US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on July 21 for "Process for manufacturing semi-finished products" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,190, issued on July 21, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Process for manufacturing semi-finished products" was invented by Baptiste Forichon (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Benjamin Dault (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for continuous manufacturing of semi-finished products incorporating at least one electronic device (5) positioned between two strips (10, 14) of elastomeric material, each of the strips being extruded, includes: extruding a first strip (10) of elastomeric material, depositing the electronic device (5) on the first strip, extr...