Patents
US 12291000 B2: Method and apparatus for improved tread splicing
- Granted
- 2025-05-06
- Filed
- 2024-01-26 application 18424275
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A mold for molding a tire tread comprises a plurality of mold segments. Each of the plurality of mold segments includes an integer number of tread pitch repetitions. The plurality of mold segments are structured to be coupled to each other end-to-end so as to form the mold such that the mold includes an integer number of tread pitches. The mold also includes at least one mold end segment positioned on at least one end of the mold and has a mold end segment length shorter than a length of each of the plurality of mold segments.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250506.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgestone Bandag, LLC 101 patents | US company or organization | Nashville, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert G. Otting | Summit, IA | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Terry A. Westaway | Summit, IA | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B29D | Producing particular articles from plastics or from substances in a plastic state | B29D30/52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60C | Vehicle tyres; tyre inflation; tyre changing; connecting valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general; devices or arrangements related to tyres | B60C11/0318 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-29 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | OTTING, ROBERT G. signed 2015-05-27 WESTAWAY, TERRY A. signed 2015-05-27 | BRIDGESTONE BANDAG, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 66272/560 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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