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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Gia-van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Asselborn, LU;
Anne-france Gabrielle Jeanne-marie Cambron, Mersch, LU;
Peter Phelps Roch, Ettelbruck, LU;
Marc Ernest Ginter, Mersch, LU;
Gia-Van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Asselborn, LU;
Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Mersch, LU;
Peter Phelps Roch, Ettelbruck, LU;
Marc Ernest Ginter, Mersch, LU;
The Goodyear Tire & 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 along an attachment point or line on the connecting surface of the rigid element. The flexible member is formed from a flexible material, preferably a superalloy, or hyperelastic material. If multiple rigid elements are utilized, the rigid elements are closely spaced together such that a portion of the opposed walls are in mating contact with an adjacent rigid element.