Tire apparatus
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsCheng-Hsiung Lin, Michael Joseph Durr, Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Dale Roy Norton
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Abstract
A tire support apparatus includes a support plate for receiving a tire includes an optional inflatable inner tube for insertion into the tire cavity, and an upper plate having a hole for receiving a support member, the upper plate further includes a ring having an inner lip that seats against the bead region of the tire and a radially outer surface that seats against the lower sidewall region of the tire T.
Claims7
A method for making an air maintenance tire and pump assembly, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a tire having a molded groove in a sidewall of the tire and a pocket in the sidewall and a cavity;
- b. inserting an inflatable tube assembly in the tire cavity;
- c. placing the tire and tube on a support plate;
- d. inflating the tube to open the molded groove in the sidewall,
- e. coating a green rubber patch with adhesive and inserting the green rubber patch into the pocket;
- f. affixing a filter housing bottom to the green rubber patch;
- g. coating the molded groove with adhesive and inserting a tube into the molded groove;
- h. inserting a green cover strip over the tube;
- i. deflating the tube assembly;
- j. placing an upper plate over the tire, wherein the upper plate has a ring having an inner lip that seats against the bead region of the tire and a radially outer surface seats against the lower sidewall region of the tire T;
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- k. heating the ring.
A method for making an air maintenance tire and pump assembly, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a tire having a molded groove in a sidewall of the tire and a cavity;
- b. inserting an inflatable tube assembly in the tire cavity;
- c. placing the tire and tube on a support plate;
- d. inflating the inflatable tube assembly to open the molded groove in the sidewall,
- e. coating the molded groove with adhesive and inserting a tube into the molded groove;
- f. inserting a green cover strip over the tube;
- g. deflating the inflatable tube assembly;
- h. placing an upper plate over the tire, wherein the upper plate has a ring having an inner lip that seats against the bead region of the tire and a radially outer surface seats against the lower sidewall region of the tire T;
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- i. heating the ring.
A method for making an air maintenance tire and pump assembly, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a tire having a molded groove in a sidewall of the tire;
- b. providing an upper support plate having an upper sealing ring and a lower support ring having a lower sealing ring, wherein the upper sealing ring has a ring for heating an area of the tire;
- c. positioning the tire between the upper support plate and the lower support plate so that each upper and lower support plate is in engagement with a respective bead;
- d. inflating the tire to open the molded groove in the sidewall,
- e. coating the molded groove with adhesive and inserting a tube into the molded groove;
- f. inserting a green cover strip over the tube;
- g. releasing some air from the tire;
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- h. heating the ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.