US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Aug. 18 for "Device for assembling the spokes of a tire for a wheel by means of thrust members actuated by ramped punches" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,078, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Device for assembling the spokes of a tire for a wheel by means of thrust members actuated by ramped punches" was invented by Christophe Bessac (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Lucie Chevrel (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jean-Claude Delorme (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Yorrick Bunge (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and David Bouchereau (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly device for assembling an airless tire (2) that comprises a hub (3) having a central axis (Z3), a peripheral annular band (4) and a p...