Patents by Inventor Werner Hillman

Werner Hillman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for making a tire mold
    Patent number: 5449483
    Abstract: Making a tire mold by spraying molten atomized metal on a model to form a metal shell and then reinforcing the shell with a resin backing to form a mold segment for the tire mold. Modular shoe container assemblies have replaceable backing members for making different size molds and flat plate spacers for providing different thicknesses of the mold segment. In one embodiment a slide block is used for one side of the cavity whereby a sole plate is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Alan Greenwood, Paul T. Hardy, Veronique Moris-Herbeuval, Werner Hillman, Norbert Majerus, Douglas E. Pryor, Timothy M. Rooney, Ronda R. Bayer-Thayer, David L. Wolfe