ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,606, issued on March 17, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Mold for forming a tire and tire production method" was invented by Yasuyuki Ishihara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a mold for forming a tire including an annular tread molding part which is configured to be opened and closed by moving a plurality of segments in a radial direction, and a tire production method using the same. In the mold for forming the tire, each of the segments includes a plurality of design surface dividing mold parts, each of the plurality of the design surface dividing mold parts includes a tread design surface for forming...