US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on June 23 for "Grooved-core tooling for manufacturing pneumatic tires reinforced by stays passing through the inflation cavity" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,859, issued on June 23, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Grooved-core tooling for manufacturing pneumatic tires reinforced by stays passing through the inflation cavity" was invented by Mickael Rouby (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Clement Nagode (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Thomas Simonelli (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Francois Rouyet (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tooling is suitable for manufacturing a toroidal tire that has a crown, a first annular bead and a second annular bead, together with a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The, tool ha...