US 11,904,561 B2
Tire with shaped tread
Andrew V. Haidet, Silver Lake, OH (US); Douglas B. Costlow, Akron, OH (US); and Robert W. Asper, Wadsworth, OH (US)
Assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,167.
Application 17/478,167 is a division of application No. 16/061,219, granted, now 11,155,050, previously published as PCT/US2016/067669, filed on Dec. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/272,163, filed on Dec. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016857 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B29D 30/02 (2006.01); B60C 7/08 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/14 (2006.01); B60C 7/22 (2006.01); B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B60C 9/22 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01); B29D 30/58 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29D 30/52 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/02 (2013.01) [B29D 30/58 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60C 7/08 (2013.01); B60C 7/10 (2013.01); B60C 7/143 (2013.01); B60C 7/22 (2013.01); B60C 9/2204 (2013.01); B60C 11/0323 (2013.01); B60C 11/14 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0083 (2013.01); B29D 2030/526 (2013.01); B60C 7/107 (2021.08); B60C 7/146 (2021.08); B60C 2011/142 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A green tire comprising:
a plurality of sheets of green rubber having a substantially circular shape, each sheet having a thickness in the axial direction between 0.02 mm and 2 mm and a tread region disposed along a circumference; and
a plurality of objects sandwiched between adjacent sheets of green rubber in the tread region, wherein each object is constructed of a material selected from the group consisting of steel, polyester, nylon, carbon fiber, aramid, fiber glass, cotton, hemp, polyurethane and other plastic, other synthetic or natural fibers, and other metal materials.