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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Andrew V. Haidet, Silver Lake, OH (US);
Douglas B. Costlow, Akron, OH (US);
Robert W. Asper, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/02 (2006.01); B60C 7/08 (2006.01); B60C 9/22 (2006.01); B60C 7/14 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/14 (2006.01); B60C 7/22 (2006.01); B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/58 (2006.01); B60C 7/12 (2006.01); B29D 30/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/02 (2013.01); B29D 30/58 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60C 7/08 (2013.01); B60C 7/10 (2013.01); B60C 7/12 (2013.01); B60C 7/143 (2013.01); B60C 7/22 (2013.01); B60C 9/2204 (2013.01); B60C 11/0323 (2013.01); B60C 11/14 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0083 (2013.01); B29D 2030/526 (2013.01); B60C 2007/107 (2013.01); B60C 2007/146 (2013.01); B60C 2011/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a tire includes placing substantially circular sheets of polymeric material on top of each other until a tire is built to a predetermined width. A predetermined tread shape is formed along a circumference of the substantially circular sheets of polymeric material.