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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2021
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Steven Amos Edwards, Akron, OH (US);
Michael Scott Deem, Kent, OH (US);
Ceyhan Celik, Stow, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A system cures and manufactures a partially-cured tire assembly. The system includes a plurality of elongate spacer members for maintaining corresponding a uniform cavity tension in the partially-cured tire assembly, each spacer member including a first longitudinal body member axially opposed to a second longitudinal body member, two cam bolts for adjusting a radial gap between the first longitudinal body member and the second longitudinal body member, and two springs each attached to the first body member and the second body member for maintaining a radial compressive force against the cam bolts; a first annular curing platen for securing spacer members relative to each other; and a second annular curing platen for securing spacer members relative to each other.