US 12,434,509 B2
Aircraft tire with zoned tread
Frank Anthony Kmiecik, Akron, OH (US); Allen Todd Mathis, Cleveland, OH (US); and Bret Herbert Marts, Akron, OH (US)
Assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US)
Filed by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/593,492.
Application 18/593,492 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/810,017, filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/260,754, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0253400 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/0041 (2013.01) [B60C 11/0008 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0025 (2013.01); B60C 2200/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic tire having a tread with a ground engaging outer surface, the tread having a first tread zone and a second tread zone, wherein the first tread zone includes a central portion of the tread and the second tread zone is located adjacent the first tread zone and on each lateral end of the tread, wherein the first tread zone is formed of a first rubber compound and the second tread zone is formed of a second rubber compound, and wherein the first rubber compound has an E (at 150% strain) in a range of 125% to 325% greater than E (at 150% strain) of the second rubber compound, wherein the E (at 150% strain) of each of the first and the second rubber compounds is measured at 27° C.