Patents by Inventor Don A. Cain

Don A. Cain 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLADDERLESS TIRE CURING
    Publication number: 20120164254
    Abstract: A system for curing tires that does not require a traditional bladder is described. The system has top and bottom assembly rings that are coupled to modified mold rings. The bottom assembly ring has a curing medium delivery system, which has ports and a diverter that disperses the curing medium thereby reducing the momentum of the curing medium striking a liner the tire being cured. The system is adapted for easy installation to existing center post presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Don Cain
  • Systems and methods for bladderless tire curing
    Patent number: 8105062
    Abstract: A system for curing tires that does not require a traditional bladder is described. The system disclosed has top and bottom assembly rings that are coupled to modified mold rings. The bottom assembly ring has a curing medium delivery system, which has ports and a diverter that disperses the curing medium thereby reducing the momentum of the curing medium striking a liner of the tire being cured. The system is adapted for easy installation to existing center post presses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Curing Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Don Cain
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLADDERLESS TIRE CURING
    Publication number: 20080224365
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for curing tires that does not require a traditional bladder. The system disclosed has a top and bottom assembly ring that is coupled to modified mold rings. The bottom assembly ring has a curing medium delivery system, which has ports and an angular slot device that directs the curing medium in a circumferential direction. The system is adapted for easy installation to existing center post presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Don Cain
  • Mold vent plug
    Patent number: 4795331
    Abstract: A vent plug for a mold having a head, neck and collar where the collar seats the plug in a bore in the mold, and the head forms an annulus with the bore for passage of air to the neck and past the collar to a cross vent and drilled hole providing a labyrinth to vent the mold. The bore may be counterbored to receive the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Don A. Cain, Michael F. Dewaele