US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Aug. 5 for "Tire fabric comprising tousled weft reinforcing elements with low moisture absorption content" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,685, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire fabric comprising tousled weft reinforcing elements with low moisture absorption content" was invented by Damien Charleux (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Arnaud Delbast (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Laure Gallard (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Christophe Goarant (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weft fabric (T) for tires (10) comprises several textile warp reinforcing elements (44) and several weft reinforcing elements (50), wherein the moisture regain MR of the weft reinforcing elements (50) is le...