US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on July 28 for "Method for modifying expandable curing membranes for manufacturing tyres" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,355, issued on July 28, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Method for modifying expandable curing membranes for manufacturing tyres" was invented by Milan Fedurco (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Marco Ribezzo (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Antonio Delfino (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Alain Faugeras (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for modifying an expandable curing bladder for a tire, which bladder has a surface intended to come into contact with a tire casing is provided. The process comprises a step of applying to the surface a layer of a silicone...