A tread design for a tire is described herein that has excellent wear properties, hydroplaning resistance, and snow grip. The combination of features also makes it suitable for use in high torque high load conditions found in modern day light truck applications. The tread includes a plurality of tread features lateral sipes, lateral grooves, longitudinal sipes and longitudinal grooves, the longitudinal grooves arranged to form a plurality of ribs, each rib extending annularly around the tread and where adjacent ribs are separated by one of the longitudinal grooves, the plurality of ribs including a pair of shoulder ribs and a plurality of central ribs. At least two of the plurality of central ribs is continuous in the longitudinal direction and are separated by a bridged longitudinal groove. The center section of the tire tread having a higher CSR than the shoulder region of the tire.


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    Title :

    TIRE WITH BRIDGED CENTER GROOVES HAVING IMPROVED WEAR PERFORMANCE WITHOUT SACRIFICING HYDROPLANING PERFORMANCE


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    Publication date :

    2025-07-24


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen



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