US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Jan. 28 for "Mold with sectors for tires, in particular tires for agricultural vehicles, and associated molding method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,588, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Mold with sectors for tires, in particular tires for agricultural vehicles, and associated molding method" was invented by Luc Ouamane (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Philippe Cealis (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Stephane Chaland (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Florian Ferriere (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Romain Viard (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tire mold comprises lower 12 and upper portions 14 which are movable relative to one another between a close-together position for molding the tire and...