Part for a mold for a tire, comprising an insert

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9463604-B2
Application number	US-201314436662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	Oct 17, 2012
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

A tire mold part having a body with a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface, a second surface opposite the first and intended to contact another part of the mold, and a lateral face connecting the first surface and the second surface. The body includes a sintered part of a metallic powder fused together layer by layer, and a non-sintered part attached to the sintered part and in contact therewith in a contact zone, the sintered part forming the first surface and the non-sintered part forming the second surface. The sintered part has a thickness (E) of between 1 and 6 millimeters. The mold part further includes a cavity extending from the first surface into the part beyond the contact zone, without opening onto the second surface. The part comprises an insert placed in the cavity, at the same level as the first surface, and including a canal extending from the first surface and opening onto the contact zone the contact zone opening onto the lateral face.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire mold part comprising:
a body, this body comprising:
a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface of the tire,
a second surface opposite the first surface and intended to be in contact with another part of the mold, and
a lateral face connecting the first surface and the second surface,

wherein the body comprises:
sintered part made of a metallic powder fused together layer by layer, and
a non-sintered part attached to the sintered part and in contact with this sintered part at a contact zone,
wherein the sintered part forms the first surface of the body and the non-sintered part forms the second surface of the body,
wherein the sintered part has a thickness (E) of between 1 and 6 millimeters,

a cavity extending from the first surface into a depth of the mold part beyond the contact zone,
wherein this cavity does not open onto the second surface of the body,

an insert placed in the cavity,
wherein this insert is at the same level as the first surface of the body, and
wherein the insert comprises a canal extending from the first surface of the body and opening onto the contact zone between the sintered part and the non-sintered part of the body, the contact zone opening onto the lateral face of the body.

2. The mold part according to claim 1 , wherein the canal is formed by a plurality of holes opening onto the first surface of the body, these holes forming a grid structure on the insert, these holes having a diameter of between 0.05 and 1 mm.

3. The mold part according to claim 2 , wherein the grid structure of holes forms a marking on the insert, this marking being intended to mold a pattern on the tire.

4. The mold part according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of protrusions projecting from the first surface and intended to mold cuts in the tread of the tire, at least two protrusions of the plurality of protrusions intersecting on this first surface, and wherein the canal opens onto the first surface at the intersection of the two protrusions.

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie
• Michelin Rech Tech
• Michelin Rech Et Techniques S A

Inventors

• Gueugneau Anthony

Classifications

• B29D2030/0614

  porous moulds, e.g. sintered materials · CPC title

• B33Y80/00

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B29D2030/0617

  Venting devices, e.g. vent plugs or inserts · CPC title

• B29D30/0606 Primary

  Vulcanising moulds not integral with vulcanising presses (for solid tyres B29D30/02) · CPC title

• B29C33/10

  with incorporated venting means · CPC title