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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramendra Nath Majumdar, Hudson, OH (US);
Robert Calevich, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152524 ; 152450 ; 152525 ; 156 67 ; 156116 ;
Abstract
Poly(vinyl alcohol) used in combination with a marking composition including a fluorescent pigment or dye can be used to identify the location of variations, e.g. radial variations, in a pneumatic tire so the tire can be precisely mixed and matched with other components such as tire rims which may have compensating radial variations. The fluorescent marking can include poly(vinyl alcohol) or alternatively be applied as another layer over a poly(vinyl alcohol) based protective coating in which case the fluorescent marking composition need not contain poly(vinyl alcohol).