Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Labbe, JR.

Joseph A. Labbe, JR. 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).

  • KEYHOLE SIPE BLADE
    Publication number: 20210086461
    Abstract: Provided is a sipe blade for molding a cavity in a tire tread. The sipe blade may comprise an elongated bulb core having an axis of elongation and a peripheral surface and an elongated thin strap. The elongated thin strap may have a first end fixedly mounted to an associated tire tread mold surface, a second end opposite the first end, and may extending substantially normally to the associated tire tread mold surface. The first end and the second end may be connected by a first face. A bulb may be formed from the first face wrapped over the peripheral surface starting from the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Labbe, Jr.
  • Tire molding apparatus
    Patent number: 9138950
    Abstract: A tire mold apparatus is provided along with methods of retrofitting a tire mold, such that a tire mold of the type traditionally utilized in a dome type curing press can be modified to have external steam tracings allowing the mold to be utilized in a platen press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Bo William Byers, Robert P. Karpinski, Craig Romans, John Dempsey, Edward Steven Seroka, Larry E. Speck, Joseph A. Labbe, Jr., Phillip Coderre
  • Tire Molding Apparatus
    Publication number: 20130049254
    Abstract: A tire mold apparatus is provided along with methods of retrofitting a tire mold, such that a tire mold of the type traditionally utilized in a dome type curing press can be modified to have external steam tracings allowing the mold to be utilized in a platen press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Bo William Byers, Robert P. Karpinski, Craig Romans, John Dempsey, Edward Steven Seroka, Larry E. Speck, Joseph A. Labbe, JR., Phillip Coderre