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US 7,329,325 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a tire comprising at least one insert
AssigneeMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorPascal Prost
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a tire (3), which includes a crown (5) having a molded tread pattern, and at least one insert (6) with a position that is set relative to the molded tread pattern. The method includes building an uncured tire around a core (1), positioning the at least one insert (6) within the uncured tire in a position set relative to the core (1), positioning the core bearing the uncured tire and the at least one insert (6) in an external mold (10) according to a set azimuth (β), and molding the tire.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a tire comprising at least one insert, the method comprising:
- building an uncured tire around a core;
- positioning at least one insert within the uncured tire in a pre-selected position relative to the core;
- positioning the core bearing the uncured tire and the at least one insert in an external mold so that the core is disposed at a pre-determined azimuth relative to the external mold;
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- molding the tire with a tread pattern, the pre-determined azimuth being selected so that the at least one insert is disposed in a pre-determined position relative to the tread pattern.
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