AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION

• Main Authors: GRIFFOIN JEAN-CLAUDE PATRICE PHILIPPE, LEVY LOIS, PIRET GAUTHIER, BONNET GILLES, HAEGEL YANNICK RAYMOND GEORGES, HINQUE DANIEL PAUL LUC MARIE, BECK RAPHAEL, FRANTZEN ANDREAS, PRZIBILLA MARCEL, PERONNET-PAQUIN ANNE THERESE, PRIZIO OLIVIER DI, CUNY ANDRE, BESNOIN ETIENNE, REINARDT RALF
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.06.2013
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of constructing a tire includes: constructing an elongate strip core; encasing the strip core into a containment within an uncured flexible tire component, the strip core extending between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component; building on a tire building drum a green tire carcass from tire components including the flexible tire component and encased strip core; removing the encased strip core from the cured flexible tire component to leave within the flexible tire component a substantially unobstructed air passageway; and inserting a permanent air inlet assembly into the air inlet cavity and a permanent air outlet assembly into the air outlet cavity.