Luis M Cabrera

US Patent:

7185534, Mar 6, 2007

Filed:

Aug 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/196083

Inventors:

George Michael Stoila - Tallmadge OH, US
William Randall Dutt - Copley OH, US
Shaun Matthew Immel - Massillon OH, US
Eric Christian Osborn - Medina OH, US
John Michael Maloney - Uniontown OH, US
David Paul Schweitzer - North Canton OH, US
Normajean Selby - Cuyahoga Falls OH, US
Luis Antonio Cabrera Arevalo - Hartville OH, US

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

G01M 17/02

US Classification:

73146

Abstract:

A ply wire sensor system is provided for a tire carcass ply in a green tire carcass having a toroidal shape, the tire carcass ply having a plurality of spaced apart ply wires extending across the toroidal shape. The sensor system includes a wire sensor mounted in close proximity with the tire carcass ply, the wire sensor detecting the presence of a proximal ply wire; and means for establishing relative movement between the wire sensor and the tire carcass whereby the plurality of spaced apart ply wires are sequentially placed into proximity with the wire sensor. The wire sensor generates sequential data indicative of at least one ply wire parameter of the plurality of spaced apart ply wires.

US Patent:

7416624, Aug 26, 2008

Filed:

Aug 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/196170

Inventors:

George Michael Stoila - Tallmadge OH, US
William Randall Dutt - Copley OH, US
Shaun Matthew Immel - Massillon OH, US
Eric Christian Osborn - Medina OH, US
John Michael Maloney - Uniontown OH, US
David Paul Schweitzer - North Canton OH, US
Normajean Selby - Cuyahoga Falls OH, US
Luis Antonio Cabrera Arevalo - Hartville OH, US

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B29D 30/06
G01M 17/02

US Classification:

156 64, 156123, 1561307

Abstract:

A method for detecting ply wire anomalies in a tire carcass ply having a plurality of spaced apart ply wires extending across a tire carcass, the method comprising the steps: constructing a green tire carcass in a diametrically expanded toroidal configuration, the carcass comprising a pair of beads, the carcass ply extending from bead to bead, at least one crown layer covering the carcass ply and having a peripheral skirt region; and sidewalls covering the carcass ply and extending from the beads to the crown layer and having edge portions intersecting the crown layer; mounting a wire sensor apparatus proximal to the tire carcass ply, the wire sensor apparatus including a wire sensor for detecting the presence of a proximal ply wire; establishing relative movement between the wire sensor and the tire carcass whereby the plurality of spaced apart ply wires are sequentially placed into proximal relationship with the wire sensor; and generating sequential data from the wire sensor indicative of at least one ply wire parameter of the plurality of spaced apart ply wires.

US Patent:

20110146874, Jun 23, 2011

Filed:

Nov 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/955083

Inventors:

Robert Allen Losey - Kent OH, US
Samuel Patrick Landers - North Canton OH, US
Thulasiram Gobinath - Hudson OH, US
Luis Antonio Cabrera - Hartville OH, US

International Classification:

B60C 9/02
B60C 9/18
B29D 30/08
B32B 37/00

US Classification:

152526, 152562, 156117, 156 64

Abstract:

A method of making a tire comprising the steps of providing a core; forming a first layer of ply by winding a strip of one or more rubber coated cords onto the core in a geodesic pattern extending from a first shoulder to a second shoulder opposite said first shoulder and being tangent to the bead at a location between said first shoulder and said second shoulder.