Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retreaded tire treads having improved submerged voids and methods for forming the same
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Application No.: US17191626Application Date: 2021-03-03
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Publication No.: US11993045B2Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: E. Bruce Colby , Metodi L. Ikonomov , Dimitri G. Tsihlas , Michael C. Chandler , Michael Widmyer
- Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Applicant Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand
- Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
- Current Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
- Current Assignee Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand
- Agency: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
- Agent Bret A. Hrivnak
- The original application number of the division: US14914756
- Main IPC: B29D30/56
- IPC: B29D30/56 ; B60C9/02 ; B60C11/02 ; B29D30/06 ; B29D30/52 ; B29D30/54

Abstract:
The invention includes methods for forming a retreaded tire and treads there for. Particular embodiments of such methods include providing a tire carcass configured to receive a tire tread along an annular tread-receiving area and a pre-formed tread comprising a tread body and a submerged void arranged along a bottom side of the tread and extending into the tread thickness to a top end located below the top side of the tread, the submerged void having a length and an opening arranged along the bottom side when the tread is in an uninstalled configuration, where the opening of the submerged void extends in a direction of the submerged groove length along an alternating, non-linear path. Further steps include assembling a retreaded tire by arranging the tire tread atop a bonding layer arranged between the tire tread and the tire carcass and comprising uncured bonding material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210187888A1 RETREADED TIRE TREADS HAVING IMPROVED SUBMERGED VOIDS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-06-24
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