The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

The Goodyear & Rubber Company

Timothy Patrick Lovell

Jonathan James Shondel

Andrew Arpad Kunos

Charles Kenneth Schmalix

Shannon Joseph Hughes

Basil Sameer Elkurd

Karl Eric Sundkvist

Michael Stefan Skurich

Paul Bryson Allen

Joseph Alan Incavo

Warren James Busch

James Earl Koerner

Patrick David Marks

Ernest Wilford Looman, Jr

Thomas Roy Fuhrig

Terrence Lee Parsons

Donald Edward Helle

Michael Charles Ruegg, Jr

David Russell Tuck

Paul Bryan Maxwell

Michael Joseph Weber

Eric John Marazzi

Robert Anthony Neubauer

Christine Ann Demagall

Thomas Andrew Laurich

Mark Henry Mineur

Max Harold Dixon

Dale Edward Umstot

Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr

Stephanie Carol Brown

Delwyn Lovell Harvey

Joseph Thomas Janesh

Daniel Thomas Murphy

Mark Anthony Canankamp

Kazunori Shinohara

Daniel Glenn Oberlin

Michael Howard Curtis

Paul Keyser Blackiston, Iii

David Lee Bair

James Oral Hunt

Yvonne Marie Arrant

Jr Ernest Wilford Looman

Jr Michael Charles Ruegg

A method for making a compartmentalized sealant strip and barrier assemblyhas the steps of co-extruding a barrier stripof non-sealant elastomeric material with a plurality of projecting linear extending wallsand a sealant stripwherein the sealant stripis formed on one side of the barrier stripfilling the space between the plurality of projecting wallsto form a plurality of linearly extending rows of sealantacross the transverse width of the co-extrusion to form the compartmentalized sealant strip and barrier assembly. The step of co-extruding may further include the step of: forming the projecting wallson an inclined angle relative to a plane perpendicular to the width of the assembly. The step of co-extruding further has the step of forming the barrier stripwith lateral edgesandthat extend beyond the lateral outermost sealant stripson each side of the assembly, the lateral edgesbeing bonding surfaces to seal the sealant strip and barrier assemblyinto an uncured rubber layer when assembled into an unvulcanized tire

Method and apparatus for making a compartmentalized tire sealant strip

Tire

A method for making a compartmentalized sealant strip and barrier assemblyhas the steps of co-extruding a barrier stripof non-sealant elastomeric material with a plurality of projecting linear extending wallsand a sealant stripwherein the sealant stripis formed on one side of the barrier stripfilling the space between the plurality of projecting wallsto form a plurality of linearly extending rows of sealantacross the transverse width of the co-extrusion to form the compartmentalized sealant strip and barrier assembly

Tire sidewall

A pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tire has a plurality of central and shoulder lugs. The central lugs are arranged in a circumferentially continuous row and extend across the equatorial plane (EP). Each central lug is similar in shape and orientation relative to each circumferentially adjacent central lug. The tire is conformed having a tread package that effects a low net-to-gross ratio of less than 40% as measured around the circumference of the tire. The low net to gross tread pattern is incorporated into a relatively low aspect ratio OTR tire for construction and industrial applications.

Low net to gross OTR tire

Tire tread

Growing community of inventors

Uniontown, OH, United States of America

Timothy Patrick Lovell