Method for making airspring flex members
CA 1278657 C · Owner: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · Inventors: Warmuth, Ivan Joseph; Safreed, Carl Kenneth, Jr.
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A method of manufacturing a beadless flexible member for an airspring having a fully molded non-tubular shape. An axially segmented mold with tapered circular end bores is used with conically tapered end plugs which sealingly compress an uncured preform of the flexible member between the conical plugs and the tapered circular end bores. Compressed fluid is injected into the interior of the preform to radially expand it to the desired molded shape. At a rate determined by the radial expansion of the preform the annular segments of the mold are axially moved together to accommodate the axial foreshortening of the preform during its radial expansion. After full axial closure of the mold, heat …
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- Granted January 8, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 8, 2008.
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