US Patent Issued to Compagnie General des Etablissements Michelin on June 23 for "Flexible mold segment with sipe element having a projection for use in forming a tire" (Polish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,858, issued on June 23, was assigned to Compagnie General des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Flexible mold segment with sipe element having a projection for use in forming a tire" was invented by Damien Leblay (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jaroslaw Michno (Olsztyn, Poland) and Dariusz Konobrocki (Olsztyn, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold segment for forming a tire is provided that has a sipe element with first and second ends. A first side face is oppositely disposed from a second side face in a width direction, and a bottom is oppositely disposed from a top in a height direction. The sipe element has ...