US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on Dec. 9 for "Inner liner with improved permeability properties" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,736, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Inner liner with improved permeability properties" was invented by Tingdong Lin (Greenville, S.C.), Constantine Khripin (Greenville, S.C.) and Stephen Vance (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inner liner for an elastomeric articles is provided. The inner liner contains platy mineral particles having a mean aspect ratio of less than three, where at least about 30% or more of the platy mineral particles have an aspect ratio of 2 or greater. Furthermore, an inflatable article, such as a tire, that includes a...