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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Edward Helle, Poland, OH (US);
Ernest Wilford Looman, Jr., Tallmadge, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/500 ;
Abstract
Providing a narrow strip of electrically conductive rubber extending from a lower undertread layer to the surface of the tread by positioning a slotted chimney block in an outer tread rubber passage of a tire tread die and having the chimney block passage in communication with a lower undertread passage of the tire tread die.