US 12,409,622 B2
Insert for tire mold lining element
Damien Bardin, Clermont-Ferrand (FR); Jaroslaw Michno, Clermont-Ferrand (FR); Anna Majewska, Clermont-Ferrand (FR); and Dariusz Konobrocki, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Appl. No. 17/628,806
Filed by COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FR2020/051215
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/014066, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1908375 (FR), filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274362 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B29D 30/06 (2006.01); B29C 33/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/08 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/0606 (2013.01) [B29C 33/00 (2013.01); B29D 30/08 (2013.01); B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0612 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0613 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insert configured to be incorporated in a composition of a fitting element and to form part of a molding surface of the fitting element,
the molding surface comprising at least one intersection of at least a first and a second projecting pattern,
the insert comprising a junction which is configured to be joined with a molding element integral with a body of the fitting element,
the junction dividing a second pattern into a first and a second part,
the insert forming a first pattern and the first part of the second pattern, and a molding element forming the second part of the second pattern,
the junction having a flat form substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the molding element or forming an angle with the longitudinal direction of the molding element, the angle in a range going from 0° to 20°,
the junction going away from the intersection, and
the insert comprising at least one recessed element as means for retention of the insert, the at least one recessed element being arranged on the junction.