Present invention provides a tread for a tire being provided with a plurality of grooves extending in an orientation having a non-zero angle A with circumferential orientation, at least two circumferentially adjacent grooves delimiting a contact element, the contact element having at least one incision extending in an orientation substantially parallel to the grooves, the contact element being delimited into sub-contact elements, on a plane perpendicular to the orientation in which the plurality of grooves being extending and to the contact face, each sub-contact elements having a length Ls between the plurality of grooves and the at least one incision or between two incisions, an outermost portion of each the sub-contact element having a radius Rs smaller than a radius Rt of an outline OL of the tread at an intersection between the outline OL and the outermost portion, the radius Rs of the outermost portion of the sub-contact elements is smaller than or equal to 16.0 mm and greater than or equal to 5.0 mm.


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    Title :

    A TREAD FOR IMPROVING SNOW PERFORMANCE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2022-12-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen



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