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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2017
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Robin Lamgaday, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
Dinesh Chandra, Hudson, OH (US);
Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Copley, OH (US);
Sagar Dilip Bafana, Akron, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A connecting member and method of forming the connecting member in an air maintenance tire is provided. The method includes providing a tire having a sidewall formed with an annular groove. The groove receives an annular air tube having a first end with a first fitting and a second end with a second fitting. A recess is formed in the tire sidewall along the annular groove at a location where the first end of the annular air tube is adjacent the second end of the annular air tube. A mold formed with a cavity is provided and the fittings are removably secured in the cavity. The mold is positioned on a surface of the tire sidewall and an elastomer or a polymer is introduced into the mold cavity. The mold is heated to form the connecting member on the tire sidewall.