US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on March 24 for "Pneumatic tire with optimized crown and bead architectures" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,260, issued on March 24, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Pneumatic tire with optimized crown and bead architectures" was invented by Daniel Fabing (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Patrice Fraysse (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Alexandre Tobie (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Francois-Xavier Bruneau (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Patrick Pallot (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire comprises, in the central part of its crown, at least one undulation (51) of the radially outermost crown layer, having a radial amplitude A at least equal to 1 mm. At least one bead ...