JAMES MICHAEL HART
Pilots at Provence Pt, Akron, OH

6355136, Mar 12, 2002

Jan 21, 2000

09/463546

William Dudley Currie - Stow OH
James Michael Hart - Akron OH
Patrick David Marks - Uniontown OH

The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company - Akron OH

B29D 3030

1564051, 1561281

Tread guides ( ) supported on a frame ( ) over a conveyor ( ) have rollers ( ) for engaging edges of the tread ( ) an the conveyor and a constant centering force is provided by ball nuts ( ) in engagement with a ball screw ( ) connected to a pneumatic torque applying actuator ( ). Conicity adjustment ( ) is provided by lateral adjustment of the ball screw ( ), ball nuts ( ) and tread guide assembly as a unit relative to the conveyor ( ).

6575064, Jun 10, 2003

Aug 23, 2002

10/226886

James Michael Hart - Akron OH

The Goodyear Rubber Company - Akron OH

B26D 710

83 16, 83 30, 83 39, 83 56, 83951

A method and apparatus for cutting segments from a long sheet ( ) of multilayered elastomeric material. An initial opening is formed in the sheet without severing reinforcing cords ( ) within the elastomeric sheet by a penetrator/separator ( ). Two ultrasonic knives are inserted on either side of the penetrator/separator ( ) and positioned to cut the sheet at a small skive angle with respect to the plane of the sheet being cut. Then the knives are moved to opposite edges of the sheet of elastomeric material.

6510773, Jan 28, 2003

Feb 8, 2001

09/762549

James Michael Hart - Akron OH

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Akron OH

B26D 508

83171, 83 30, 83554, 83555, 83613, 83951, 1564051

An apparatus for cutting segments from a long sheet of multilayered elastomeric material. An initial opening is formed in the sheet without severing reinforcing cords within the elastomeric sheet by a penetrator/separator. Two ultrasonic knives are inserted on either side of the penetrator/separator and positioned to cut the sheet at a small skive angle with respect to the plane of the sheet being cut. Then the knives are moved to opposite edges of the sheet of elastomeric material.

5951797, Sep 14, 1999

Mar 19, 1997

8/820742

Ramendra Nath Majumdar - Hudson OH
Larry Lee Mershon - Ridgeley WV
James Michael Hart - Akron OH

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

B29D 3052

156 96

A composite of a flexible, releasable backing having discrete portions of thin, sulfur vulcanizable, carbon black filled adhesive rubber composition thereon is used for adhering a tire tread splice and other applications in assembled rubber articles. The adhesive composition comprises a rubber composition containing a sulfur curative together with carbon black, processing oil, and tackifier resin. The invention is further directed to a method of preparing a tire having tread ends joined together with said discrete adhesive composition. The adhesive is applied to the tread from its releasable backing so that tacky adhesive need not be physically contacted by an operator or machine.

5638732, Jun 17, 1997

Sep 2, 1994

8/299943

Michael Lee Becker - Akron OH
Klaus Beer - Stow OH
Daniel Ray Downing - Uniontown OH
William Frank Dunn - Stow OH
James Michael Hart - Akron OH
Dennis Alan Lundell - Uniontown OH

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

B26D 1547, B26D 702

83461

An apparatus for cutting an elongated body of elastomeric material includes a tensioned wire which is oscillated in a generally up and down motion while traversing through the elastomeric material. The wire acts as a cutting blade and prepares the cut surface of the elastomeric material to improve splices. The wire is suspended between a pair of pivotally mounted arms so that the wire oscillates as the arms are rocked by an eccentric mounted to a rotating shaft. The cutter wire passes through the body of elastomeric material at an angle relative to the plane in which the body of elastomeric material lies. The body of elastomeric material is secured in place by clamp segments which conform themselves to the cross-sectional shape of the body. The cutter wire is traversed through the elastomeric material on a cutter frame which is moved by a ball screw driven by a variable speed electric motor.

2006010, May 25, 2006

Nov 19, 2004

10/994015

James Hart - Akron OH, US
Gary Burg - Massillon OH, US
John Roedseth - Bissen, LU
Marie-Laure Cavalotti - Nusbaum, DE

B29D 30/32

156131000, 156132000, 156136000, 156398000

Method and apparatus for applying an apex at a workstation of a pneumatic tire building machine wherein a carcass reinforcement ply and one or more bead area components have been built into an in-process carcass on a tire building drum of the tire building machine. An injector-extruder is located at the workstation, and is either configured to extrude hot apex material directly into a bead area of the in-process carcass on the tire building drum, or to extrude the hot apex material onto an application drum followed by applying a hot apex from the application drum into a bead area of the in-process carcass on the tire building drum.

4761195, Aug 2, 1988

Nov 24, 1986

6/933984

James M. Hart - Akron OH

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

B29H 1720

156116

An apparatus and method especially adapted for applying and cutting a predetermined length of sidewall in strip form on a transfer roll. The strip material is carried by a strip applier assembly which is mounted on a supporting structure for movement of the strip applier assembly toward the transfer roll to carry the strip into position for stitching the end of the strip on the roll so that a predetermined length can be wound on the roll. The strip applier assembly has a primary means for moving the assembly away from the transfer roll to clear a knife assembly which is pivotally mounted on the supporting structure. Tilting of the knife assembly moves an anvil into a cutting position proximate to the strip. The strip applier assembly also has a secondary means for moving the assembly away from the knife before the knife is retracted to prevent smearing of the white sidewall.

7004218, Feb 28, 2006

Dec 22, 2004

11/021624

David Charles Poling - Uniontown OH, US
William Michael Hopkins - Hudson OH, US
James Michael Hart - Akron OH, US
John Kolbjoern Roedseth - Bissen, LU
Samuel Patrick Landers - North Canton OH, US
Joseph Michael Gingo - Akron OH, US

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

B60C 15/00, B60C 15/02, B60C 15/06

152544, 152539, 152547, 152552

A tire has a carcass reinforcement extending between a pair of opposing bead portion. At least one of the bead portions terminates axially to the outside by a tip and is intended to be mounted on a wheel rim having a bead seat that has an axially outer end closer to the axis of rotation than the axially inner end thereof. Within the bead portion are a bead ring and a bead apex. The radial carcass reinforcement ply is anchored in each bead portion and has at least one terminal end located in the bead portion. In the bead portion, the reinforcement ply passing radially inward of the bead ring, extending axially outward of the bead ring. The reinforcement ply terminates without passing back under the bead ring.

2005013, Jun 23, 2005

Feb 12, 2004

10/777366

Jean-Claude Girard - Copley OH, US
James Hart - Akron OH, US
William Rex - Doylestown OH, US

B29D030/12, B60C019/00

152152100, 156123000, 156414000, 425049000

Apparatus and a method for pre-cure application of an annular antenna assembly to a tire comprises the method steps: forming within a rigid core defining an interior surface of the tire a core recess complementarily configured to the annular antenna assembly; positioning the annular antenna assembly within the core recess; building an uncured carcass of the tire around the rigid core entrapping the annular antenna assembly within the core recess; cross-bonding the annular antenna assembly to the inner surface of the tire during a cure cycle; and removing the cured tire and annular assembly from the rigid core.

7180410, Feb 20, 2007

Oct 6, 2004

10/959552

Brian Matthew Logan - Akron OH, US
Robert Leon Benedict - Tallmadge OH, US
Joseph Carmine Lettieri - Stow OH, US
James Michael Hart - Akron OH, US

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

H01Q 1/32, B60C 23/00

340447, 343711, 731465

An antenna conductor is electrically coupled to a transponder and antenna conductor ends are spliced. The antenna conductor and the transponder are formed into a ring assembly and at least partially embedded within an adhesive material. The annular assembly affixes to a tire by means of the adhesive material.