ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,672, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Tread for a tire" was invented by Jose Merino Lopez (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jose Carlos Araujo Da Silva (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Aurore Crochet (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Guillaume Hennebert (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire having a rubber tread comprises a first radially inner layer C1 and a second radially outer layer C2, the first and second layers being intended to be in contact with a ground on which they are running, in new or worn condition, in which the rubber compositio...