Patents
US 12508786 B2: Auto skive filling system
- Granted
- 2025-12-30
- Filed
- 2023-01-25 application 18835441
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method for automatically filling skived areas on a tire carcass is provided. The method including analyzing, by a computer system, a surface of a tire carcass with a sensor, identifying, by the computer system, a first skived area of the tire carcass, determining, by the computer system, whether to perform a filling operation to fill the first skived area, communicating, by the computer system, the location of the first skived area to a filling device responsive to a determination to perform the filling operation, and filling, by the filling device, the first skived area.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251230.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 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B29C | Shaping or joining of plastics; shaping of material in a plastic state, not otherwise provided for; after-treatment of the shaped products, e.g. repairing | B29C73/025 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B29L | Indexing scheme associated with subclass b29c, relating to particular articles | B29L2030/00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-01 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | OTTING, ROBERT G. signed 2022-12-09 | BRIDGESTONE BANDAG, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 69103/353 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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