Frank B Slopko

US Patent:

8272861, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

May 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/104340

Inventors:

Louis T. Fike - Hacienda Heights CA, US
Frank Slopko - Victorville CA, US
John Fike - Chino Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Titan International, Inc. - Quincy IL

International Classification:

B29C 33/28

US Classification:

425 47, 425 25

Abstract:

An apparatus for vulcanizing at least a tread of a tire has a top mold section and a bottom mold section. The mold sections are secured to one another during a vulcanizing process by a plurality of locking mechanisms located around the outer circumference of the apparatus. Each locking mechanism includes a dual action hydraulic actuator. A piston rod of the hydraulic actuator imparts movement to a generally vertically oriented articulated linkage member. T-shaped projection located at an end of the articulated linkage member distal from the piston rod is brought into engagement with a securing member associated with the top mold section to secure the mold sections to one another. After the vulcanizing process is complete the hydraulic actuator imparts movement to the articulated linkage member to release the top mold section from the bottom mold section.

US Patent:

20150308864, Oct 29, 2015

Filed:

Apr 24, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/120093

Inventors:

Björn N. Paulsson - Woodland Hills CA, US
Jules L. Toko - Los Angeles CA, US
Frank Slopko - Victorville CA, US
Jon A. Thornburg - Woodland Hills CA, US
Ruiqing He - Northridge CA, US

International Classification:

G01D 5/353
G01H 9/00
G01V 1/48

Abstract:

A vector sensor system includes an optical fiber and a sensor array having a plurality of sensor levels and a plurality of optical fiber vector sensors, each sensor level having at least one of the optical fiber vector sensors. The sensor system further includes circuitry configured to provide optical input signals into the optical fiber and to receive optical output signals from the optical fiber. Each optical fiber vector sensor includes a vector mandrel and a first length of the optical fiber wound around the mandrel. The sensor levels are connected to one another by a second length of the optical fiber. Circuitry is configured to extract from the optical return signals backscattered light information from the first lengths of the optical fiber and to determine phase change information between the optical input signals and the optical output signals based on the backscattered light information.