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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Gia-van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Anne-france Gabrielle Jeanne-marie Cambron, Mersch, LU;
Frank Pierre Severens, Arlon, BE;
Raymond Marie Joseph Ghislain Houba, Vaux-sur-Sure, BE;
Gia-Van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Mersch, LU;
Frank Pierre Severens, Arlon, BE;
Raymond Marie Joseph Ghislain Houba, Vaux-sur-Sure, BE;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire mold and a molding device for forming a sunken groove, sipe in a tire is provided. The molding device molding device comprises a flexible member and a blade element, the flexible member having a distal end for mounting to a tire mold, a radiused midsection and a second end, wherein a portion of the second end is embedded within the blade element, the blade element having a lower surface with a cutout to allow bending of the flexible member.