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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2021
Applicant:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);

Inventor:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/06 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/0629 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60C 11/124 (2013.01); B29D 2030/063 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0613 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0617 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tire mold comprising a tread mold portion divided into mold segments having transverse edges which are movable between (i) an opened position, wherein the mold segments are spaced apart, and (ii) a closed position, wherein neighboring mold segments are in contact with each other, each of the mold segments comprising blades; wherein at least a first one of the mold segments has laterally extending blades located at a first transverse edge, wherein at least a second neighboring one of the mold segments has laterally extending blades located at a second transverse edge adjacent to the first transverse edge of the first one of said the mold segments, and when in the closed position said the laterally extending blades of the first one of the mold segments interlock between the laterally extending blades of the second one of said the mold segments.


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