US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on March 17 for "Tire curing mold having a removable insert, and associated manufacturing method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,605, issued on March 17, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire curing mold having a removable insert, and associated manufacturing method" was invented by Heloise Debordeaux (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jean-Claude Desvignes (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Alain Baptiste (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold (20) for curing a tire comprises at least one body, such as a shell (21) or a lining, and at least one insert (22) mounted removably in a housing of the body, the molding surface (23) of the body having a first texture pattern (24), the molding su...