Kenneth Arthur Conger

US Patent:

6439090, Aug 27, 2002

Filed:

Feb 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/501016

Inventors:

Brian Joseph Wilson - Akron OH
Kenneth Dean Conger - Stow OH
Scott Richard Harshbarger - Copley OH
William Allen Rex - Doylestown OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B26D 714

US Classification:

83 18, 83176, 83914, 83951

Abstract:

A method of removing waste material from an annular, elastomeric article The method includes the steps of: securing at least a portion of the annular, elastomeric article securing at least a portion of the waste material; penetrating the waste material with a cutting tool and guiding the cutting tool through the waste material. The method is characterized by the step of stretching the waste material prior to guiding the cutting tool 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.

US Patent:

6776603, Aug 17, 2004

Filed:

Nov 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/980835

Inventors:

William Allen Rex - Doylestown OH
Kenneth Dean Conger - Stow OH
Brian Joseph Wilson - Akron OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B29C 3502

US Classification:

425501, 156136, 156422, 425520, 425395

Abstract:

A tire bundle is molded in a mold cavity formed by closing a mold having upper and lower mold halves with intermeshing fingers ( ) for enclosing bead wires and providing a molded bead ring for placing in a bead apex mold.

US Patent:

8114335, Feb 14, 2012

Filed:

Dec 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/331948

Inventors:

Kenneth Dean Conger - Stow OH, US
William Murray Huth - Tallmadge OH, US
William Allen Rex - Doylestown OH, US

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B29D 30/00

US Classification:

264501, 264327, 156123, 1561305, 156129, 152510

Abstract:

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. The apparatus comprising a drum, a heat exchange chamber on the inner surface of the drum, a housing that surrounds the drum, a space between the outer surface of the drum and the housing, an inflatable seal at each end of the housing inside the housing such that by inflating the seal, the seal expands and encloses the space between the drum and the housing, a gas inlet for feeding a gas to the space and pressurizing the space, a heat source in communication with the heat exchange chamber for heating the drum and a coolant source in communication with the heat exchange chamber for cooling the drum.

US Patent:

20060130960, Jun 22, 2006

Filed:

Dec 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/014925

Inventors:

Kenneth Conger - Stow OH, US
Steven Phippen - Napanee, CA

International Classification:

B29D 30/24

US Classification:

156131000, 156398000, 156414000

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for locking a pneumatic tire carcass ply between a bead pocket of an annular bead lock mechanism and a bead ring in a way that clamps all ply reinforcement cords between the bead pocket and the bead with a uniform clamping pressure. The bead lock mechanism is expandable from a retracted radius to a larger expanded radius by simultaneous radial movement of a plurality of bead lock segments each of which have circumferentially extending fingers that are axially staggered such that the fingers of circumferentially adjacent bead lock segments are interlaced when the bead lock mechanism is expanded to the expanded radius.

US Patent:

20090071587, Mar 19, 2009

Filed:

Sep 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/855253

Inventors:

Kenneth Dean Conger - Stow OH, US
Kenneth Michael Kot - Canton OH, US
Jon Michael Madaras - Fairlawn OH, US
Paul Michael Bujak - Cuyahoga Falls OH, US

International Classification:

B60C 9/00

US Classification:

152556

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

61396680, Oct 31, 2000

Filed:

Dec 15, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/202742

Inventors:

James Dale Stokes - Akron OH
Klaus Beer - Stow OH
Kenneth Dean Conger - Stow OH
Dennis Alan Lundell - North Canton OH
Ralph Damon Ring - Akron OH
John Patrick Roman - Cuyahoga Falls OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B29D 3020

US Classification:

156111

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

6215205, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Oct 26, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/171927

Inventors:

Mark Daniel Banas - Cuyahoga Falls OH
Klaus Beer - Stow OH
Gary Robert Burg - Canton OH
Kenneth Dean Conger - Stow OH
Raymond Patrick Eckman - Stow OH
Dennis Alan Lundell - North Canton OH
Ralph Damon Ring - Akron OH
John Patrick Roman - Cuyahoga Falls OH
James Dale Stokes - Akron OH
Thomas Alan Murray - Akron OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B29D 3030
B65H 2032

US Classification:

310 12

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

50314785, Jul 16, 1991

Filed:

Oct 12, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/597193

Inventors:

Michael L. Becker - Akron OH
Henry D. Broyles - Uniontown OH
Kenneth D. Conger - Munroe Falls OH
James M. Hart - Merl, LU
Arland A. Peck - Akron OH
Dean C. Testa - Akron OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

F16H 3502

US Classification:

74821

Abstract:

Rotation and linear movement of a main gear is provided by a pinion gear rotatably mounted on a crank arm and in meshing engagement with the main gear. A connecting arm between the gear centers keeps the gears in meshing engagement. The pinion gear may have a diameter one half the diameter of the main gear to provide rotation of the main gear 180 degrees after one revolution of the pinion gear. The crank arm may be rotated in opposite directions to provide oscillating movement of the main gear. In a tire building machine, the main gear may be mounted in a linear guide of an upright plate member for vertical movement. The main gear is connected to a shaft for rotating and tilting a hub member having two spaced apart tire building drums mounted with axes at an angle of 90 degrees and in the same plane as the axes of the tire building drums so that they can be oscillated between two fabricating positions.