Abstract: A vehicle console system having at least one vehicle seat and/or vehicle table console, as at least one vehicle console. At least one attachment device corresponds to at least one locking element in order to attach the at least one vehicle console to the attachment device. The attachment device has two attachment regions to which the at least one vehicle console is locked via the at least one locking element, and wherein the attachment device has, at an electrically contacted attachment region of the two attachment regions, an at least second electrical contact surface corresponding to the first electrical contact surface; and a control unit that is electrically connected to the at least one second electrical contact surface and is equipped to sense the electrical contact between the at least one first electrical contact surface and the at least second electrical contact surface and to issue a command.

Abstract: A tire tread (11) comprises first and second straight grooves (30, 31) which extend circumferentially about the tire, one of said straight grooves being disposed on either side of the equatorial plane (EP) of the tire and delimiting a central portion and two shoulder portions. A plurality of laterally extending zig-zag grooves (32, 37; 33, 34) on either side of the equatorial plane each comprises two sets of legs, a first set of three legs (32A, 32B, 32C) extending across the shoulder portion and a second set of two legs (32D, 32E) extending into the central portion, the first and second sets of legs being circumferentially offset by said straight circumferential groove.

Abstract: A tire has a tread with circumferentially extending ribs separated by a circumferentially extending zig-zag groove. The depth of the groove varies in the circumferential direction of the tire and is at a maximum at the vertex of each projecting angle of a rib, and at a minimum at the vertex of each reentrant angle of a rib.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire (10) has a preferred cross-sectional shape which acts in concert with a preferred tread structure to provide varying performance characteristics under varying operating conditions. The tread (11) has a directional tread pattern, with the net-to-gross ratio being higher in a central portion (CP) of the tread than in the laterally outer portions (OP.sub.1, OP.sub.2). The stiffness of the block elements (64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71) of the tread also varies across the width of the tread.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising at least two rows of alternating rib and block portions. The relief elements of the block portions have an area between twenty percent (20%) and sixty-five percent (65%) of the net contact area of the tire.

Abstract: A tread for a pneumatic tire comprising a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves, the grooves comprising alternating wide and narrow portions. The grooves are disposed such that the net contact area in the footprint of the tire during rotation is substantially constant and the net contact area in the footprint of the tire being at least seventy percent (70%).

Abstract: A heavy-duty radial tire has a tread with a plurality of parallel ribs separated and defined by a plurality of long, wide grooves. Each rib is inclined to the mid-circumferential plane of the tire and extends across substantially the entire width of the tread and over an arc of the tread equal to at least 45 degrees and not more than about 180 degrees. The ribs are uninterrupted by long, wide grooves over substantially their entire length. A short, wide groove is located in the portion of each rib adjacent to each axially outer edge of the tread, and each short, wide groove is connected through a transverse groove with a short, wide groove located in the portion of a rib adjacent to the opposite axially outer edge of the tread to aid in water evacuation.