Patents by Inventor Andre Domange

Andre Domange 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).

  • Flexible molding device for manufacturing a sunken groove in a tire tread
    Patent number: 7575424
    Abstract: A mold and molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire is provided. The molding device includes a thin flexible wire having a desired cross-sectional shape. The wire thickness can range from about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm. The flexible wire is preferably hyperelastic. An optional molding element may be connected to the flexible wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Gia-Van Nguyen, Yacine Ouyahia, Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Yvan Sac, Francis Bartholome, Gerard Louis Marie Schmit, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Joel Andre Ghislain Delogne, Guy Jacobs, Andre Domange
  • Flexible molding device for manufacturing a sunken groove in a tire tread
    Publication number: 20080152744
    Abstract: A mold and molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire is provided. The molding device includes a thin flexible wire having a desired cross-sectional shape. The wire thickness can range from about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm. The flexible wire is preferably hyperelastic. An optional molding element may be connected to the flexible wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Gia-Van Nguyen, Yacine Ouyahia, Alain Emile Francois Roesgen, Yvan Sac, Francis Bartholome, Gerard Louis Marie Schmit, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Joel Andre Ghislain Delogne, Guy Jacobs, Andre Domange
  • Three-dimensional sipes for treads
    Patent number: 7143799
    Abstract: Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one row of alternating polygonal shaped recesses and protrusions. The recesses and protrusions terminate in a vertex; the vertex has a planar, or two-dimensional, configuration that is parallel to either-the blade centerline or the sipe centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jean Joseph Collette, Philippe Marie Manne, André Domange, Pascale De Briey-Terlinden
  • Three-dimensional sipes for treads
    Publication number: 20050109438
    Abstract: Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one row of alternating polygonal shaped recesses and protrusions. The recesses and protrusions terminate in a vertex; the vertex has a planar, or two-dimensional, configuration that is parallel to either-the blade centerline or the sipe centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Jean Collette, Philippe Manne, Andre Domange, Pascale De Briey-Terlinden
  • Composite blade
    Publication number: 20030101851
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a composite blade (300 through 313) having at least two blade portions (101, 201), for a tire curing mold having the steps of providing a first strip (100) of metallic material commonly used to form blades for tire curing molds; stamping or punching out from the strip various shapes to make main blade portions (101); providing a second strip (200) of metallic material; stamping or punching out from the second strip (200) a further set of blade portions (201) having a longitudinal and lateral dimensions which are preferably at most equal to those of the first blade portions (101), assembling at least one of the first and at least one of the second blade portions (201); and affixing the different blade portions (101, 201) together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andre Domange, Patrick Louis
  • Composite blade
    Publication number: 20020134202
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a composite blade (300 through 313) having at least two blade portions (101, 201), for a tire curing mold having the steps of providing a first strip (100) of metallic material commonly used to form blades for tire curing molds; stamping or punching out from the strip various shapes to make main blade portions (101); providing a second strip (200) of metallic material; stamping or punching out from the second strip (200) a further set of blade portions (201) having a longitudinal and lateral dimensions which are preferably at most equal to those of the first blade portions (101), assembling at least one of the first and at least one of the second blade portions (201); and affixing the different blade portions (101, 201) together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Andre Domange, Patrick Louis