US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Dec. 30 for "Tire comprising a tread" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,844, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire comprising a tread" was invented by Bertrand Boisdon (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jerome Labrousse (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Marie-Helene Vantal (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire comprises a tread provided with two edges (25A, 25B) and with a center (C) dividing it into two parts of equal width with sets of blocks (21A, 21B). Each set of blocks (21A, 21B) comprises three zones: at the edge (211), at the center (213) and intermediate (212). Each set of blocks (21A, 21B) comprises a ...