US 12,240,277 B2
Polyurethane gauge wheel tire
Richard Gallagher, Lake Bluff, IL (US); and Shaun Gosselin, Fox Lake, IL (US)
Assigned to Gallagher Corporation, Gurnee (IL)
Filed by Gallagher Corporation, Gurnee, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/602,669.
Application 18/602,669 is a division of application No. 16/787,337, filed on Feb. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,970,031.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,245, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217271 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B29D 30/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/06 (2006.01); B60C 7/10 (2006.01); B60C 7/12 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B60C 1/00 (2006.01); B60C 7/00 (2006.01); B60C 11/00 (2006.01); B60C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 7/1015 (2021.08) [B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/06 (2013.01); B29C 66/547 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29D 30/02 (2013.01); B60C 7/102 (2013.01); B60C 7/12 (2013.01); B29C 66/54 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B60C 2001/0091 (2013.01); B60C 2007/005 (2013.01); B60C 7/101 (2021.08); B60C 7/121 (2021.08); B60C 2011/0016 (2013.01); B60C 2013/006 (2013.01); B60C 2200/08 (2013.01); Y10T 152/10306 (2015.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for making a gauge wheel tire, comprising:
forming a first elastomer component comprising at least a ground-engaging portion of the gauge wheel tire, the ground-engaging portion being adapted to contact a ground surface as the gauge wheel tire rotates about an axis of rotation;
forming a second elastomer component comprising at least an axial support portion; and
moving the first elastomer component relative to the second elastomer component to generate friction that melts contacting portions of the first elastomer component and the second elastomer component so as to combine the first elastomer component and the second elastomer component into an assembly in which the axial support portion is spaced apart from the ground-engaging portion to form a gap that allows radial movement of the ground-engaging portion relative to the axial support portion.