ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,634, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HARBURG-FREUDENBERGER MASCHINENBAU GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Method for vulcanizing a tire" was invented by Stefan Bahlke (Luneburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for vulcanizing a tire with a tire vulcanization machine having closing force unit for the treatment space of the tire vulcanization machine. The closing force unit having a base plate and at least one linear drive for the displacement and force application of a mold pressure plate, wherein the at least one linear drive is an integral part of the base plate so that a compact and stringent structure of the closing force...