ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,999, issued on May 6, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).
"Molding method for tire production" was invented by Christophe Jean Alexis Ghislain Pierre (Aubange, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire is molded in a mold having elements movable to bring the mold into an open or into a closed position. The mold includes first and second sidewall mold plates and tread mold segments capable of forming a mold cavity. The segments are radially. The process comprises: bringing the mold from an open position into a first intermediate position wherein the segments remain separated radially from the tire by ...