US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on April 14 for "Tire comprising at least one sidewall with a protective protuberance" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,177, issued on April 14, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire comprising at least one sidewall with a protective protuberance" was invented by Bruno Guimard (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Olivier Muhlhoff (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Vincent-Jacques Chaput (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire (1), intended in particular for a private passenger vehicle and comprising at least one sidewall (3) with a protuberance of the sidewall (3) close to the connection of the tire with its mounting rim (2), and intended to reduce the aerodynamic drag and hence th...