US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on June 16 for "Heat treatment of a reinforcement element" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,363, issued on June 16, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Heat treatment of a reinforcement element" was invented by Sarah Benart (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Gaetan Davayat (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Pierre Morisot (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Remi Pinaut (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a reinforced ply comprising an elastomer composition and at least one metallic reinforcing element includes subjecting the reinforcer to a specific heat treatment."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2021, under Application No. 18/017,174.

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