| 1. A tire tread intended to be located on a radially outer surface of a tire, the tread comprising a first row of tread elements,
a second row of tread elements, and a third row of tread elements disposed between the first row and the second row, each
tread element in the first, second, and third rows having a first and a second curved sipe therein, wherein the first and
second curved sipes in each of the first, second, and third rows have a tie bar therein, the tie bar of each first and second
curved sipe being curved correspondingly with the curved sipe, each first and second curved tie bar of the third tread row
being located on a centerline of the tread, wherein,
the first and second curved sipes in each of the first, second, and third rows of tread elements has a first volume, the curved
sipe tie bar in each first and second curved sipe has a second volume, and each second volume in one of the tread rows is
not more than 10% different from another second volume in another tread row,
each tread element of the third tread row having a first notch extending axially and circumferentially toward the centerline
of the tread, each notch having a first end portion and a second end portion axially inward of the first end portion, one
sipe in each tread element of the third tread row extending from the first end portion of each notch toward the centerline
of the tread and one of the curved sipes of each tread element of the third tread row extending from the second end portion
of each notch toward the centerline of the tread.
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