Patents by Inventor Clarence Maxon Gainer

Clarence Maxon Gainer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tire mold reinforcement
    Patent number: 6551086
    Abstract: Making a tire mold having a plurality of complete tire mold segments (20) of epoxy resin mold material formed in the chambers (18) of segmental shoes (10) and having reinforced stand alone ribs (56) formed in recesses in the tread models mounted in the shoes. The shoes (10) and models (50) are reusable and have standard shoe split diameters and chord lengths to reduce the time necessary to make the molds. The models (50) are of resilient material and are also reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
    Inventors: James Robert Tuttle, Stanley Anthony Gwizdak, Jr., Roger Alden Fleming, James Glen Moore, Jr., Gary Scott Christie, Clarence Maxon Gainer, Bernard Byron Jacobs, Stephanie Anne Lee, Harold Eugene Marlott, Frederick Forbes Vannan, Jr.