Patents by Inventor Kenneth Dean Conger
Kenneth Dean Conger 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).
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Patent number: 10245796Abstract: The invention is directed to a center deck assembly for a tire building drum. The tire building drum is rotatably mounted on a central drive shaft and includes a center section. The center deck assembly is disposed in the center section of the drum and includes a hub that seats on and is secured to the central drive shaft. At least one piston extends circumferentially in the tire building drum about the hub and a plurality of segment bars are disposed about the circumference of the center deck assembly. The at least one piston is operably connected to the segment bars by a plurality of linkages, in which each of the linkages includes a scissor-lever mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Dennis Alan Lundell, Douglas Raymond Weaver, Mark John Montgomery, Kenneth Dean Conger, Kristian Daniel Johnson
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Publication number: 20190070814Abstract: A method of forming a tire having a first and second bead on a tire building drum is disclosed. The method includes the steps of applying a green tire carcass onto the tire building drum, said tire building drum having a left and right hub, each hub having a bead pocket. The method includes the steps of placing the first and second bead onto a first and second respective bead pocket of the tire building drum and then inflating the carcass into engagement with a belt and tread package while moving at least one of the left and right hubs in the axial direction at a controlled velocity towards the other respective hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: George Michael STOILA, Michael James HOGAN, Frank Anthony KMIECIK, Minwu YAO, Mark John MONTGOMERY, Dennis Alan LUNDELL, Kenneth Dean CONGER, Pablo Rafael MORALES, Andrew Robert ONDO, Richard David VARGO
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Publication number: 20190070813Abstract: A second stage tire building drum is disclosed. The second stage tire building drum comprises a first and second hub, wherein each hub is mounted on a central shaft of the second stage tire building drum. Each hub is axially movable and has a bead receiving mechanism. The bead receiving mechanism includes one or more bead segments, wherein each bead segment has a pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: George Michael STOILA, Michael James HOGAN, Frank Anthony KMIECIK, Minwu YAO, Mark John MONTGOMERY, Dennis Alan LUNDELL, Kenneth Dean CONGER, Pablo Rafael MORALES, Andrew Robert ONDO, Richard David VARGO
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Publication number: 20180022048Abstract: The invention is directed to a center deck assembly for a tire building drum. The tire building drum is rotatably mounted on a central drive shaft and includes a center section. The center deck assembly is disposed in the center section of the drum and includes a hub that seats on and is secured to the central drive shaft. At least one piston extends circumferentially in the tire building drum about the hub and a plurality of segment bars are disposed about the circumference of the center deck assembly. The at least one piston is operably connected to the segment bars by a plurality of linkages, in which each of the linkages includes a scissor-lever mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Dennis Alan Lundell, Douglas Raymond Weaver, Mark John Montgomery, Kenneth Dean Conger, Kristian Daniel Johnson
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Patent number: 8114335Abstract: A method and apparatus for partial depth-wise cure of a tire inner liner are disclosed. The method comprising forming a layer of uncured rubber, that layer having a first surface and an opposite surface, applying pressure to the layer of rubber, heating the layer of rubber from the first surface to more fully cure the layer on that surface than on the opposite surface, cooling the layer of rubber and releasing the pressure applied to the layer of rubber after the layer has cooled.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Kenneth Dean Conger, William Murray Huth, William Allen Rex, Frederick Forbes Vannan, Jr.
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Publication number: 20090071587Abstract: An improved tire cord fabric is provided that has a main portion and a tabby. The tire cord fabric is comprised of warp cords oriented in the longitudinal direction and weft yarns oriented in the lateral direction. The warp cords are used in reinforcing pneumatic tires. In the tabby, the weft yarns have an increased count per inch versus the count per inch of the weft yarns in the main portion of the fabric. The weft yarns in the tabby are preshrunk prior to weaving of the tire cord fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Kenneth Dean Conger, Kenneth Michael Kot, Jon Michael Madaras, Paul Michael Bujak
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Patent number: 6776603Abstract: A tire bundle is molded in a mold cavity formed by closing a mold having upper and lower mold halves with intermeshing fingers (20, 24) for enclosing bead wires and providing a molded bead ring for placing in a bead apex mold.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: William Allen Rex, Kenneth Dean Conger, Brian Joseph Wilson
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Publication number: 20040123936Abstract: A method and apparatus for partial depth-wise cure of a tire inner liner are disclosed. The method comprising forming a layer of uncured rubber, that layer having a first surface and an opposite surface, applying pressure to the layer of rubber, heating the layer of rubber from the first surface to more fully cure the layer on that surface than on the opposite surface, cooling the layer of rubber and releasing the pressure applied to the layer of rubber after the layer has cooled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Kenneth Dean Conger, William Murray Huth, William A. Rex, Frederick Forbes Vannan
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Patent number: 6439090Abstract: A method of removing waste material from an annular, elastomeric article 10. The method includes the steps of: securing at least a portion of the annular, elastomeric article 10; securing at least a portion of the waste material; penetrating the waste material with a cutting tool 52; and guiding the cutting tool 52 through the waste material. The method is characterized by the step of stretching the waste material prior to guiding the cutting tool 52. In the preferred method, the waste material is stretched a distance sufficient to simultaneously apply some degree of tension to the unsecured portions of the waste material.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2000Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Brian Joseph Wilson, Kenneth Dean Conger, Scott Richard Harshbarger, William Allen Rex
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Patent number: 6215205Abstract: A conveyor assembly and method for conveying and storing a strip material in a conveyor system that is subject to changes in length of the strip material due to intermittent operation includes an upper conveyor (16), an adjustable substantially horizontal center conveyor (22) for receiving the strip material (34) from the upper conveyor, and a lower conveyor (28) for receiving the associated strip material from the center conveyor. A computer (94) controls the movement and rotation of the center conveyor, and loop detecting apparatus on the center conveyor may also detect a loop (90) in the strip material carried by the center conveyor and thereby detecting changes in length of the strip material not predetermined by the computer. A servomechanism (100) activated by signals from the computer or the loop detecting apparatus moves the center conveyor in a substantially horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Mark Daniel Banas, Klaus Beer, Gary Robert Burg, Kenneth Dean Conger, Raymond Patrick Eckman, Dennis Alan Lundell, Ralph Damon Ring, John Patrick Roman, James Dale Stokes, Thomas Alan Murray
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Patent number: 6139668Abstract: A tire assembly method and apparatus are disclosed which utilize at least two rotatable turrets (16, 18) that each have two drums (26, 28, 58, 60) and at least one transfer unit (156) for transferring tire components from one turret to another. The preferred embodiment of the invention features three turrets (16, 18, 20) and two transfer units (156, 170), wherein a carcass band is assembled on the drums of a first turret (16) the tread package is assembled on a third turret (20), and the complete tire carcass is assembled on a second turret (18), in between the first and third turrets. Simultaneous, continuous and sequential building and assembly of tire carcass bands and tread packages for a plurality of tires is provided by the method and apparatus of this invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: James Dale Stokes, Klaus Beer, Kenneth Dean Conger, Dennis Alan Lundell, Ralph Damon Ring, John Patrick Roman
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Patent number: 5730829Abstract: A turret for a tire building system having two drums with drum shafts mounted on the turret and adjusted so that the axes of the drum will be offset and parallel providing a compact turret assembly with a minimum shaft length and weight. The offset drum shafts provide for positioning of the drums in operating positions of different heights relative to the floor surface so that manual operations can be carried out at the lower drum position where there is easy access by an operator. Safety provisions are incorporated to disengage the motor and stop rotation of the turret if the motor does not stop and thereby protect the operator and the turret mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1996Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Kenneth Dean Conger, Dean Charles Testa