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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert James Yovichin, Copley, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 3/016 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 3/016 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed toward an improved method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire using a bladderless curing system. The tire is built on an associated tire building drum ( ) by the layering of multiple tire components on the drum ( ); one of the components is an innerliner strip ( ). In accordance with the disclosed invention, the innerliner strip ( ) is formed with precured regions ( ). The precured regions ( ) are formed by curing the innerliner strip ( ) at one or more regions intermediate of the ends ( ) of the strip ( ). The strip ( ) is applied to the tire building drum ( ) and the ends ( ) are spliced to one another.