US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on Aug. 11 for "Tilting roller system for folding a pneumatic tire carcass insert around a bead core and folding-up method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,164, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tilting roller system for folding a pneumatic tire carcass insert around a bead core and folding-up method" was invented by Michael Massoptier-David (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Bertrand Guery (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The folding-up system is intended to fold an end portion of a cylindrical wall of a tire carcass assembly around a reinforcing bead core. The system comprises a drive device that is arranged to cause the carcass assembly to revolve intermittently about its roll axis, by su...