Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire and manufacturing process thereof
- Patent Title (中): 气动轮胎及其制造方法
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Application No.: US11659477Application Date: 2005-07-05
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Publication No.: US08646499B2Publication Date: 2014-02-11
- Inventor: Kentaro Saeki
- Applicant: Kentaro Saeki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2004-231119 20040806
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/012385 WO 20050705
- International Announcement: WO2006/013694 WO 20060209
- Main IPC: B29C33/42
- IPC: B29C33/42 ; B29D30/52 ; B60C11/12

Abstract:
A pneumatic tire is molded by using a vulcanizing mold in which blades 20, each composed of a metal thin plate having an inclined portion 20a in the depth direction and a plurality of through holes 20G with the same sectional form as that of projections to be formed in the sipe in the inclined portion 20a are buried in a groove portion corresponding to the tire block of the vulcanizing mold, thereby forming 3D sipes having unevenness in the radial direction of the block and a plurality of pairs of projections in the inclined portion in the block of the tire. Thereby, when longitudinal force is applied to the tire, adjacent small blocks of the block come into close contact with each other only at the positions of the projections of the 3D sipes, thereby making it possible to ensure the block stiffness of the pneumatic tire 10 without reducing the drainage function.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090223613A1 Pneumatic tire and manufacturing process thereof Public/Granted day:2009-09-10
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