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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Hans R. Dorfi, Akron, OH (US);
Kevin Scheifele, Atwater, OH (US);
Terence Eugene Wei, Copley, OH (US);
Paul Wilson, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Andrew Miklic, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 13/02 (2006.01); B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B60C 13/00 (2006.01); B60C 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/0061 (2013.01); B60C 13/001 (2013.01); B60C 13/04 (2013.01); B60C 23/00 (2013.01); B60C 23/0433 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0072 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0077 (2013.01); B60C 23/0447 (2013.01); Y10T 152/10495 (2015.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of mounting an object on a tire includes providing a tire having a sidewall, wherein the sidewall includes a mounting portion configured to receive an object. The method further includes mounting the object on the mounting portion of the sidewall, such that the object is visible without extending outwardly beyond the mounting portion.