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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Inventors:
David Judd, Mauldin, SC (US);
Roger Hartman, II, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/06 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01); F17D 5/02 (2006.01); G01M 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/0662 (2013.01); B29D 30/0654 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0659 (2013.01); F16K 37/0083 (2013.01); F16K 37/0091 (2013.01); F17D 5/02 (2013.01); G01M 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting tire mold () bladder () leakage is provided that includes placing an uncured tire () into a mold (), and inflating a bladder (), that has a fluid (), within the mold. Sufficient heat and pressure are applied to at least partially cure the tire when the uncured tire is in the mold (). The mold () is opened and electronic smelling is conducted on the at least partially cured tire (). The electronic smelling is performed in order to determine whether the bladder () is leaking the fluid ().