发明名称 Tire tread comprising incisions and recesses
摘要 Tire tread comprising a plurality of elements forming relief, each element comprising a contact face, a plurality of elements of the tread being provided with at least one incision, this incision opening onto the contact face in order to form second edges parallel with one another and with an average orientation at most equal to 45° with the direction of the axis of rotation of the tire provided with this tread, each incision also opening onto two lateral surfaces of the element so as to form strips having a length L and a width d, this width d being less than the length L, each strip comprising at least one cavity entirely contained in the strip and of which the largest dimension is oriented so as to be in the direction of the length of the strip inside which it is formed, each cavity having a length Lc, measured along its largest dimension, which is between 10% and 90% of the length L of the strip, the total of the lengths Lc of all the cavities of one and the same strip being more than 10% of the length L of the said strip.
申请公布号 US8820372(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.09.02
申请号 US200913132833 申请日期 2009.12.02
申请人 Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin;Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A. 发明人 Berger Eric
分类号 B60C11/12;B60C11/117 主分类号 B60C11/12
代理机构 Dickinson-Wright PLLC 代理人 Dickinson-Wright PLLC
主权项 1. A tread for a tire having an axis of rotation, the tread comprising: a plurality of grooves of depth H, each defined by two walls; a plurality of elements forming a relief and delimited by the walls of the grooves, each element comprising: a contact face that during running of the tire is in contact with the road surface, andlateral faces formed by walls of the grooves, and cutting the contact face along first edges, wherein a plurality of the elements of the tread further comprise at least one first incision of depth P, wherein each first incision: does not extend from a cavity within the element,opens onto the contact face, thereby forming second edges oriented parallel with one another and having an average orientation forming an angle at most equal to 45° with a direction of the axis of rotation of the tireopens onto two lateral faces of the element in which it is formed, thereby forming strips, each strip comprising: a length L,a width d, wherein d is less than L,a total volume Ve, andat least one cavity contained within the strip such that the cavity does not itself open onto any faces of the strip, and comprising a length Lc which is the largest dimension of the cavity, which is oriented in the direction of the length of the strip inside which it is formed, and which is between 10% and 90% of the length L of the strip, and comprising a sectional area in a sectional plane perpendicular to a transverse direction of the strip that is between 20% and 80% of the area of the section of the strip in which the cavity is formed, thereby substantially increasing contact pressures along the first and second edges.
地址 Clermont-Ferrand FR