Apparatus and method for assembling a pumping tube into an air maintenance tire sidewall groove
Patent
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OSTI ID:1771523
Apparatus and method of assembling an elongate air pumping tube into an elongate tire sidewall groove includes engaging the tire sidewall outward surface with an impact wheel at an impact location proximally adjacent and above the elongate groove as the tire is rotated. The groove is thereby spread segment-by-segment for segment-by-segment synchronous insertion of the tube into the groove. The groove is closed segment-by-segment as each spread segment is returned to its original narrower dimension utilizing elastomeric material composition properties of the tire sidewall.
- Research Organization:
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005447
- Assignee:
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,807,332
- Application Number:
- 14/489,608
- OSTI ID:
- 1771523
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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