Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tools for manufacturing non-pneumatic tires
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Application No.: US16838174Application Date: 2020-04-02
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Publication No.: US11806959B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Janice Lisa Tardiff , Adam Wirth , Wesley Grant Morris , Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: B29D30/02
- IPC: B29D30/02 ; B33Y80/00 ; B29C45/73 ; B29C45/26 ; B60C7/00 ; B29C33/38 ; B60C7/10

Abstract:
A molding tool for forming a non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel portion cavity, a tread ring portion cavity, and a plurality of spoke cavities extending between the wheel portion cavity and the tread ring portion cavity. At least a subset spoke cavities within the plurality of spoke cavities include at least one of a non-uniform thickness, a non-uniform width, and a non-uniform surface. Also, the molding tool can include a conformal thermal control channel, e.g., a conformal cooling channel and/or a conformal heating channel, proximate to at least one mold cavity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200324497A1 NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES AND TOOLS FOR MANUFACTURING NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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