ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,716, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Aircraft tire carcass reinforcements" was invented by Marc Romero De La Osa (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Thierry Deux (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Nizar Didane (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Julie Gourdin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft radial tire, having a radial carcass reinforcement with a plurality of carcass layers made up of textile reinforcing elements oriented substantially radially, which is to say making an angle of between 75deg and 105deg with the circumferential direction, ...