The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

The Goodyear Rubber & Tire Company

Jean Luc Dheur

Michel Meunier

Gia Van Nguyen

Pierre Marie Jean Dauvister

Erich Nicolaus Lemaire

David John Zanzig

Giorgio Agostini

Richard Alan Thomas

Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin

Andrew Frederick Weimer

Jennifer Lyn Ryba

Michael William Diehl

Philippe Nicolas Joseph Renard

Michel Jacques Albert Ghislain Meunier

Donald William Baldwin, Jr

Florence De Boisfleury

Michael William Schellenberger, Ii

Gilles Reichling

Patrycja Polinska

Nicolas Robert Verdon

Michael Edward Putinski

Pierre Marie Jean Gustave Ghislain Dauvister

Jacques Camille Nevouet

Jean-Marc Lacaze

Ii Michael William Schellenberger

Richard Allan Thomas

An extruder assembly for forming a multi-layered composite is described, the extruder assembly includes an extruder head having a first and second flow passage, a first and second extruder in fluid communication with the respective first and second flow passage, and a splice bar having a first and second passageway extending from a rear side to an outlet side, and communicating flow from the first and second passageway to an outlet die. The splice bar further includes a groove located on the rear side of the splice bar and being positioned between the first and second passageway.

Extruder die assembly

A mixing and extrusion machine for tire sealant materials of the type comprising: a dump extruder equipped with conical converging twin screws located in a batching chamber, said chamber having a low pressure feeding area and a high pressure ducted area; a removable blind flange for temporarily sealing the outlet of said batching chamber so that said material is forced to recirculate between said duct area and said feeding area within said batching chamber, said chamber thereby also acting as a compounding chamber; and an inlet port located in the high pressure ducted area, the inlet port capable of introducing a diluent during mixing of a tire sealant material.

Modified tire sealant mixing device

An autoclave suitable for use for heating articles such as tires is described. The autoclave includes an elongated chamber having an interior section and an annular duct surrounding the interior section, wherein the annular duct is separated from the interior section by a dividing wall; said autoclave further including a heat source for heating the air, a fan for circulating the air in the chamber, and an air deflector mounted in a distal end of the chamber. The air deflector is positioned to redirect the airflow towards the interior portion of the chamber to eliminate air recirculation zones and improve the temperature uniformity.

Autoclave

The invention relates to the extrusion of tire components with a large change of gauge across their cross-sectional area. It is provided a method and an assembly for extruding such a tire component with an extruder feeding a flow channel with a downstream die opening, whereby a deflector is provided in the flow channel upstream the die opening such that a flow of rubber is slowed down in front of broad portions of the cross-sectional area of the downstream die, avoiding distortion or bending of the extruded tire component.

Method and assembly for extruding a rubber compound

This invention relates to a tire having an electrically non-conductive tread which contains an electrically conductive rubber strip which extends through at least a portion of the tread to its running surface in a wave configured shape, and therefore not a continuous straight line within said tread, in which at least a portion of the rubber strip is in a shape of, for example, a substantially sinusoidal, cycloidal and/or zigzag form, to thereby provide a mechanical self-locking configuration between tread segments through which the rubber strip extends and divides. In particular, said tread is composed of a cap/base configuration. The outer cap layer is of a relatively electrically non-conductive rubber composition having a running surface intended to be ground-contacting. The tread base layer, underlying the tread cap layer, is of a relatively electrically conductive rubber composition and is not normally intended to be ground-contacting. A thin rubber strip, unitary with and as an extension of said tread base layer, which is thereby relatively electrically conductive, extends radially outward from said tread base layer of which at least a portion of the rubber strip is in a form of a wave-shaped configuration through, and therefore within, said tread cap layer to an outer running surface of said tread cap layer. In practice therefore, said rubber strip extends from, and as a part of, said tread base layer through said tread cap layer. In practice, said thin layer extending in said tread cap exhibits substantially at least one half an undulation, and preferably substantially at least two undulations of its wave configured shape of, for example, a substantially sinusoidal, cycloid al and/or zigzag form. The form of the individual undulations of the wave shaped configuration of the strip within the tread may be the same or different.

Tire with electrically non-conductive tread which contains a self locking electrically conductive rubber strip extending through said tread to its running surface

A pneumatic rubber tire containing at least one electrically conductive cord extending between its bead and tread portions to provide a path of least electrical resistance. The electrically conductive cord is comprised of at least one electrically conductive metal filament spirally wound around a centrally disposed core of at least one organic fiber. The electrically conductive cord does not extend to, and is exclusive of, an outer surface of the tire.

Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive cord extending between a bead portion and a tread portion of the tire

This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire which contains at least one electrically conductive cord extending from an external outer surface of its wheel-rim mounting surface rubber component to an internal electrically conductive tread base layer rubber component to provide a path of least electrical resistance, namely an electrically conductive path, between the outer tire wheel-rim mounting surface and the internal tire tread base layer. The electrically conductive cord is comprised of at least one electrically conductive metal filament (e.g. metal filament, carbon fiber or combination of metal filament and carbon fiber) spirally wound around a centrally disposed core of at least one organic fiber.

Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive cord extending from its outer wheel-rim mounting surface to its internal tread portion

This invention relates to the preparation of a multi-layered rubber composite, said composite and a tire having a component prepared thereby. The multi-layered rubber composite is composed of at least two individual rubber compositions configured as at least three parallel aligned alternating rubber layers, wherein each rubber layer extends through the rubber composite thickness from one side to the other opposing side. The multi-layered rubber composite is prepared by co-extruding at least two individual rubber compositions, via an individual extruder for each rubber composition, to an internal cavity of a former. Said former is comprised of an internal cavity which contains a sequence of flow deflectors and channels for guiding the at least two individual rubber compositions to form said multi-layered rubber composite in a single manufacturing step.

Preparation of co-extruded multi-layered rubber composite and use as component of a tire

An apparatus for testing the fatigue of a sample of cord or filament ( ) by bending it over a fixed surface ( ). The apparatus comprises a tensioner ( ), a fixed bending surface ( ) and a driving mechanism ( ), whereby the driving mechanism ( ) causes a non-twisting bending of cord or filament ( ) over bending surface ( ) while tensioner ( ) maintains a constant tension on cord or filament ( ). In a method of the invention, a cord or filament ( ) is attached to a tensioner ( ), the cord or filament ( ) is mounted on fixed bending surface ( ) and attached to non-stationary roller ( ), and driving mechanism ( ) is activated to cause a back and forth movement of roller ( ), thereby causing filament or cord ( ) to bend back and forth over fixed bending surface ( ) until it breaks. This process is repeated using different stress increase rates on the cord or filament ( ) by adjusting the tensioner ( ) and a linear regression equation is used to determine the fatigue stress limit of the material.

Fatigue machine for testing cord or filament

A tire assembly ( ) having runflat capability comprises a tire ( ) mounted to a rim ( ) to provide a tire cavity ( ) defined by a carcass circumferential inner surface ( ), two sidewall inner surfaces ( A, B) and the rim. The tire assembly ( ) is characterized by having a platform ( ) disposed circumferentially around the rim within the tire cavity and one or more hoops ( A- C) disposed within the tire cavity ( ) between the platform ( ) and the carcass circumferential inner surface ( ) so that under normal inflation the one or more hoops do not contact either the carcass circumferential inner surface ( ) or the sidewall inner surfaces ( A, B), but below a first runflat inflation pressure, the one or more hoops ( A- C) contact and support the carcass circumferential inner surface ( ).

Support device within a tire cavity to provide runflat capability

The invention relates to a rubber tire, and its preparation, composed of carbon black reinforced rubber carcass with an outer, circumferential rubber tread construction of a rubber composition having a relatively high electrical resistivity. The tire tread construction has an electrically conductive filamentary thread stitched through the tread construction and extending between the inner surface of the tread to its outer surface. An electrically conductive path is thereby created through the tire tread.

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Arlon, Belgium

Jean Luc Dheur