US 11,806,960 B2
System for manufacturing a support structure
Ceyhan Celik, Stow, OH (US); Steven Amos Edwards, Akron, OH (US); Michael James Hogan, Tallmadge, OH (US); George Michael Stoila, Tallmadge, OH (US); James Alfred Benzing, II, North Canton, OH (US); and Arun Kumar Byatarayanapura Gopala, Copley, OH (US)
Assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US)
Filed by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/111,741.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176664 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B29D 30/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/02 (2013.01) [B29C 35/007 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for curing a portion of a tire assembly includes:
an axial placement shaft;
a first actuator slid onto the axial placement shaft;
a first retainer plate adjacent the first actuator on the axial placement shaft;
a core on the axial placement shaft;
a plurality of first inserts each axially and radially engaging a radially outer surface of the core with first ends of the first inserts axially engaging the first retainer plate; wherein the first inserts have internal channels for contributing to the curing of parts of the tire assembly;
a plurality of second inserts each axially and radially engaging the radially outer surface of the core with first ends of the second inserts axially engaging the first retainer plate, each second insert disposed circumferentially between two of the plurality of first inserts;
a second retainer plate securing opposite second parts of the first inserts and opposite second parts of the second inserts to the axial placement shaft; and
a second actuator slid on to the axial placement shaft.