Patents
US 12746782 B2: Tire with sipes
- Granted
- 2026-09-29
- Filed
- 2025-03-04 application 19069733
- Type
- Utility · 3 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a tire having a tread portion with tread blocks arranged in a V-shaped pattern. At least one of the tread blocks comprises a lateral sipe with a bump stop protruding into the sipe from one sidewall of the sipe towards an opposite sidewall of the sipe and extending along a radial direction to avoid closing of the sipe adjacent the bump stop due to forces transversal to the lateral sipe. In a second aspect, a tread portion of a tire comprises sipes with pairs of first and second bump stops facing each other and comprising oppositely oriented wedged shapes. In a third aspect, the invention is directed to a tire with tread blocks arranged in a V-shaped pattern, and further comprising tread blocks with chamfered edges, laterally and transversally extending sipes, transversally extending sipes with notches, and sipes with bump stops.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 (ipgb20260929.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 2,292 patents | US company or organization | Akron, OH | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Stefan Skurich | North Canton, OH | 21 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Zachary William Juergens | Akron, OH | 7 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner | Canton, OH | 67 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Lac An Nguyen | Wadsworth, OH | 12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Tibor Fülöp | Erpeldange-Wiltz, LU | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Brian James Jakubowski | Uniontown, OH | 2 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Kei Hayakawa | Uniontown, OH | 4 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Richard Mark Wieland | Akron, OH | 25 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Thomas Andrew Laurich | Fairlawn, OH | 5 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Robert Wayne Schott | Uniontown, OH | 4 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60C | Vehicle tyres; tyre inflation; tyre changing; connecting valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general; devices or arrangements related to tyres | B60C11/1281 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SKURICH, MICHAEL STEFAN signed 2025-03-05 JUERGENS, ZACHARY WILLIAM signed 2025-03-06 SCHOEPPNER, NICHOLAS THOMAS signed 2025-03-05 NGUYEN, LAC AN signed 2025-03-05 FÜLÖP, TIBOR signed 2025-03-06 JAKUBOWSKI, BRIAN JAMES signed 2025-03-05 HAYAKAWA, KEI signed 2025-03-05 WIELAND, RICHARD MARK signed 2025-03-05 LAURICH, THOMAS ANDREW signed 2025-03-05 SCHOTT, ROBERT WAYNE signed 2025-03-05 | THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AKRON, OH | 70838/278 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-06 |
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