ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,951, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).
"Tire mold and method for tire manufacturing" was invented by Didier Pol Colson (Vaux-sur-Sure, Belgium) and Fabrice Gabriele (Aywaille, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tire mold for manufacturing at least one pneumatic tire. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a tire mold. The present invention further relates to a molding kit comprising the tire mold. The present invention further relates to a tire cured in a tire mold."
The patent was filed on July 26, 2023, under Applicati...