US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on Aug. 11 for "Device for shaping a pneumatic tire comprising a conditional assistance system for the rotation of the flanges carrying the beads of the tire" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,163, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Device for shaping a pneumatic tire comprising a conditional assistance system for the rotation of the flanges carrying the beads of the tire" was invented by Vincent Robin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device is a drum brake and allows for the shaping of a tire by axial convergence and relative rotation of a first flange carrying the first bead of the tire and a second flange carrying the second bead of the tire. The device applies a law comprising a conditional assistance mode in which a...