A tire is provided comprising a tread. The tread includes a rib having a first axially-facing side and a second axially-facing side. A plurality of axial grooves traverse the rib, dividing the rib into a plurality of tread blocks. Each tread block includes one or more block sidewalls, where the one or more block sidewalls of each tread block includes a first axially-facing block sidewall and a second axially-facing block sidewall. A first circumferential groove is positioned on the first axially-facing side of the rib and a second circumferential groove positioned on the second axially-facing side of the rib. Furthermore, a first circumferentially-extending channel is provided on the first axially-facing block sidewall of each tread block and having an opening at the first circumferential groove and a first corner within each tread block. The first channel is defined by two walls that extend from the block sidewall into each tread block and intersect to form the first corner having about a 90 degree angle.
SNOW VICE CHANNELS
2020-04-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen |
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