Patent ID: 9211767
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A tread for a passenger-vehicle tire, this tread having radially on the outside a running surface designed to come into contact with the road surface when running, this tread comprising a plurality of elements delimited by cutouts, at least certain of these elements being provided with at least one incision delimited by two opposite faces, this incision consisting of a succession of thin sections and of thick sections placed in an alternating manner, wherein each thin section is inclined at an average angle A equal to no more than 40 degrees, this angle being measured relative to a direction perpendicular to the running surface of the tread and passing through the points of the incision on the running surface of the tread, wherein each thick section makes an average angle B of between 60 degrees and 120 degrees with a direction perpendicular to the running surface of the tread, and wherein the thin sections have a width e less than the width E of the thick sections, the width of the thin sections being such that, when they go through the contact patch, the walls delimiting the thin sections are in contact, and the width of the thick sections being such that, when they go through the contact patch, the walls delimiting the thick sections are not in contact; wherein the thin sections of incision have a width equal to no more than 0.4 mm, and wherein the thick sections of incision have a width of more than 0.4 mm, the difference between the widths of the thin sections and of the thick sections being at least equal to 0.2 mm.