US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN on March 17 for "Tire comprising reinforcing elements in the form of laminated strips" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,673, issued on March 17, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire comprising reinforcing elements in the form of laminated strips" was invented by Gael Pataut (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jose Merino (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Christopher Careme (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tire comprises a carcass ply connecting two beads via two sidewalls, the carcass ply being surmounted radially towards the outside of the tire by a crown reinforcing zone which is itself surmounted radially towards the outside of the tire by a tread, the crown reinforcing zo...