US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on Dec. 30 for "Process for manufacturing a tread by coextrusion with integration of a decoupling interface between tread pattern blocks and reinforcing wedges" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,762, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Process for manufacturing a tread by coextrusion with integration of a decoupling interface between tread pattern blocks and reinforcing wedges" was invented by Mickael Rouby (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Dominique Denis (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a coextrusion process for manufacturing a profiled element intended to form a tread for a pneumatic tire. The process includes coextruding a first elastomer compound forming an underlayer and reinforcing wedges, ...