US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on Nov. 3 for "Tire-producing facility provided with tool-following linkages" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,804, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire-producing facility provided with tool-following linkages" was invented by Guilhaume Malval (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Denis Meloux (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Clement Meallier (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The installation is intended for the manufacture of tires, and includes a work area with a drum, a magazine provided with a support carrying a plurality of laying tools, and a manipulator robot. The manipulator robot is arranged to selectively grasp a laying tool waiting in the magazi...