US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Aug. 5 for "Tire having optimized performance in terms of rolling resistance without impairing the industrial performance" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,691, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire having optimized performance in terms of rolling resistance without impairing the industrial performance" was invented by Sophie Gander (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Gael Roty (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Herve Ferigo (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rolling resistance of a tire has been improved without degrading industrial performance. The sidewall (30) consists of two sub-layers. A first sub-layer (FE1) of thickness E1 and volume V1 provides the expected protection functions of a sidewa...