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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Donald L. Smith, Jr., Brentwood, TN (US);
Daniel C. Orendorf, Franklin, TN (US);
Stefan A. Parks, Smyma, TN (US);
Thomas W. Bell, Akron, OH (US);
Joseph J. Peters, Brentwood, TN (US);
Ira L. Wood, Spring Hill, TN (US);
Jason J. Para, Franklin, TN (US);
Donald L. Smith, Jr., Brentwood, TN (US);
Daniel C. Orendorf, Franklin, TN (US);
Stefan A. Parks, Smyma, TN (US);
Thomas W. Bell, Akron, OH (US);
Joseph J. Peters, Brentwood, TN (US);
Ira L. Wood, Spring Hill, TN (US);
Jason J. Para, Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method of marking a molded vehicle tire with laser engraved information to provide both human visible and machine readable data concerning the tire. Information contained in a barcode on the tire is read at a first station and supplied to a control unit. The physical location of human visible information previously molded into the tire is read from the tire at a second station and supplied to the control unit which uses this information to position a laser located at a third station for engaging additional human visible information pertaining to the manufacture of the tire adjacent the existing visible information to satisfy the Department of Transportation (DOT) tire marking requirements. The additional information also can be laser engraved into the tire in a machine readable encoded format, such as 2D symbols, for subsequent control and verification throughout the life of the tire.
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