Patents
US 12691651 B2: Methods for retreading tires
- Granted
- 2026-07-28
- Filed
- 2022-02-11 application 17670116
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A process for retreading a tire, the process comprising the steps of providing a tire casing; providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, where the first planar surface includes a tread pattern; providing a cushion gum, wherein the cushion gum is a composition including a functional polymer including at least one functional group, and a crosslinking agent including at least two moieties that will react with the functional group of the functional elastomer; applying the cushion gum to the tire casing; applying the second planar surface of the cured rubber to the cushion gum to form a tire composite; and treating the tire composite to thereby form a retread tire.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 (ipgb20260728.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC 637 patents | US company or organization | Nashville, TN | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert G. Barned | Akron, OH | 7 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 | |
| Amy M. Randall | Brentwood, TN | 40 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 | |
| Natalie V. Weingart | Canton, OH | 5 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 | |
| Mindaugas Rackaitis | Hudson, OH | 22 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B29D | Producing particular articles from plastics or from substances in a plastic state | B29D30/542 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 |
| B60C | Vehicle tyres; tyre inflation; tyre changing; connecting valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general; devices or arrangements related to tyres | B60C1/0016 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 |
| C08K | Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients | C08K3/36 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-28 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-04 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BARNED, ROBERT signed 2016-02-10 RANDALL, AMY signed 2016-02-10 WEINGART, NATALIE signed 2016-02-18 RACKAITIS, MINDAUGAS signed 2016-02-10 | BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 60716/275 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
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