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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Brett Alan Kasper, Stow, OH (US);
James Stephen Horvath, Doylestown, OH (US);
Todd Andrew Bachochin, Berlin Center, OH (US);
Gregory Lee Loney, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
David Alton Balderson, Alliance, OH (US);
Michael James Hogan, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Brett Alan Kasper, Stow, OH (US);
James Stephen Horvath, Doylestown, OH (US);
Todd Andrew Bachochin, Berlin Center, OH (US);
Gregory Lee Loney, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
David Alton Balderson, Alliance, OH (US);
Michael James Hogan, Tallmadge, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire mold having improved heat transfer is disclosed. A plurality of wear plates are installed onto a conical inner surface of an actuating ring. The wear plates are designed to improve thermal transfer between the actuating ring and a segmented treadmolding ring, reducing tire cure time and temperature variation within the mold.