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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Gia-van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Asselborn, LU;
Peter Phelps Roch, Ettelbruck, LU;
Anne-france Gabrielle Jeanne-marie Cambron, Mersch, LU;
Yacine Ouyahia, Bereldange, LU;
Yvan Sac, Nachtmanderscheid, LU;
Francis Bartholome, Libramont, BE;
Gerard Louis Marie Schmit, Attert, BE;
Joel Andre Ghislain Delogne, Neufchateau, BE;
Guy Jacobs, Holzthum, LU;
Raymond Marie Joseph Ghislain Houba, Vaux-sur-sure, BE;
Bernard Marie Henin, Latour, BE;
Gia-Van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Asselborn, LU;
Peter Phelps Roch, Ettelbruck, LU;
Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Mersch, LU;
Yacine Ouyahia, Bereldange, LU;
Yvan Sac, Nachtmanderscheid, LU;
Francis Bartholome, Libramont, BE;
Gerard Louis Marie Schmit, Attert, BE;
Joel Andre Ghislain Delogne, Neufchateau, BE;
Guy Jacobs, Holzthum, LU;
Raymond Marie Joseph Ghislain Houba, Vaux-sur-sure, BE;
Bernard Marie Henin, Latour, BE;
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire mold and a molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire are provided. The molding device includes one or more rigid elements joined to a flexible member. The flexible member is formed from a flexible material, preferably a superalloy, or hyperelastic material. The molding device may further comprise a magnet. A portion of the flexible member is positioned in contact with a first surface of a relief forming element of a mold and the rigid element has a mating surface in mating contact with a second surface of the relief forming element. The mold further may further comprise a second relief forming element positioned adjacent the first relief forming element, wherein the rigid element further includes an outer surface in mating contact with a surface of said second relief forming element.