US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on May 12 for "Tire comprising an optimized layer of self-sealing product" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,496, issued on May 12, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire comprising an optimized layer of self-sealing product" was invented by Frederic Sarazin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tire comprises a tread (14) comprising a deeply cut rib (68, 70) and a slightly cut rib (62, 64, 66), and a layer of a self-sealing product (80) comprising: a portion (90", 92") extending in line with the deeply cut rib (68, 70) and having an average thickness Ecless than0 of self-sealing product, and a portion (100', 102', 104') extending in line with the slightly cut r...