Patents by Inventor James M. Traylor

James M. Traylor 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).

  • Publication number: 20040020583
    Abstract: A method for controlling uniformity in tire manufacturing, includes the steps of building at least one tire according to a series of process steps, measuring vector quantities for a uniformity characteristic at high speed and uniformity characteristics at low speed, determining a phase angle relationship for the vector quantities for the uniformity characteristics at low speed that results in a selected vector quantity for the uniformity characteristic at high speed, and modifying at least one process step so that a vector quantity for at least one of the uniformity characteristics at low speed is adjusted toward the phase angle relationship, wherein a modified series of process steps results, and, building at least one additional tire according to the modified series of process steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Fang Zhu, Clarence Vernon Hair, James M. Traylor