Tire with raised indicia
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsRene Zimmer, Claude Boes, Rene Reuter, Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Wolfgang Lauer, David Zanzig
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire comprising raised indicia on a sidewall of the tire, the raised indicia comprising a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition.
Claims20
A pneumatic tire comprising raised indicia on a sidewall of the tire, said raised indicia comprising a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition.
A method of applying raised indicia to a sidewall surface of a pneumatic tire, said raised indicia having a raised thickness measured normal to said sidewall surface and an indicial cross-section substantially perpendicular to said normal, comprising the steps of:
- preparing said sidewall surface of said tire to accept said raised indicia;
- applying a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition to said prepared sidewall surface to form said raised indicia, each of said layers having a cross-section substantially similar to said indicial cross-section;
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- curing the curable elastomer composition by application of heat or electromagnetic radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.