US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on April 14 for "Composite comprising a metal reinforcing element and an elastomer composition containing an adhesion promoting resin" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,171, issued on April 14, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Composite comprising a metal reinforcing element and an elastomer composition containing an adhesion promoting resin" was invented by Anne-Lise Thuilliez (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Odile Gavard-Lonchay (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Christophe Le Clerc (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Julien Letessier (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite comprises at least one reinforcing element exhibiting a surface comprising an alloy of copper and zinc, the reinforcing element being embedded in an elasto...