Speckled tire treads

The present invention is directed towards speckled tire treads for tires. Specifically, the speckled tire tread includes a primary tread compound that serves as a matrix in which is distributed discrete particles of one or more secondary tread compounds, at least one of the compounds is a different...

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Main Authors Puhala, Aaron Scott, Barnette, Rachel Rebekah, Bates, Kenneth Allen, Losey, Robert Allen, Hahn, Bruce Raymond, Shpargel, Tarah Pecora, D'Sidocky, Richard Michael, Lee, Ginger
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.05.2009
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Summary:The present invention is directed towards speckled tire treads for tires. Specifically, the speckled tire tread includes a primary tread compound that serves as a matrix in which is distributed discrete particles of one or more secondary tread compounds, at least one of the compounds is a different color than the other tread compound(s) so as to be visually distinguishable. For example, the primary tread compound may include carbon black pigment and be black in color while the secondary tread compound can include one or more pigments to provide the particles with non-black color. Thus, the colored particles have a visually distinguishable color from that of the primary tread composition. Additionally, at least a portion of the particles may be situated for viewing on a running surface of the tire tread so that a subject can visually distinguish between the compounds, and such observed compounds may provide a different tire performance characteristic(s).