A tread (10) for a heavy truck tire is provided that has an upper surface for engaging the ground, a leading edge, and a trailing edge forward of the leading edge in a rolling direction. The tread also has a J shaped sipe (30) that has a main portion (32) that extends from the upper surface. The main portion (32) has an opening at the upper surface and a bottom end (36) opposite the opening in a radial direction. A curved portion (38) extends from the bottom end (36) and has a bottom curved wall (40) that has a radius (r1). The curved portion (38) extends from the bottom end (36) forward in the rolling direction (24), and has a curved portion end (42).
TRUCK TIRE TREAD WITH J SHAPED SIPE
LKW-REIFENLAUFFLÄCHE MIT J-FÖRMIGEN LAMELLEN
BANDE DE ROULEMENT DE PNEU DE CAMION DOTÉE D'UNE LAMELLE EN FORME DE J
2024-04-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen |