US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Jan. 27 for "Two-part mold for vulcanizing tires" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,860, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Two-part mold for vulcanizing tires" was invented by Johan Ferri (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Jerome Lepretre (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold (20) for vulcanizing tires comprises an upper part (24) and a lower part (26), the upper part and the lower part being able to move axially between an open position and a closed position in which the lower part and the upper part meet along a joint line (31). A mold part (24, 26) has at least one sipe blade (50), all or some of the sipe blades ext...