US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin on July 8 for "Heavy truck tire tread and heavy truck tire" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,970, issued on July 8, was assigned to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Heavy truck tire tread and heavy truck tire" was invented by Victor Abarotin (Greer, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides for a heavy truck tire tread (2) having a longitudinal direction (X), a lateral direction (Y) and a thickness direction (Z), said tread comprising: longitudinal grooves (20) separating longitudinal ribs; a pair of opposing tread edges (21, 21') spaced apart along the lateral direction; a pair of shoulder ribs (22, 22'), each shoulder rib being adjacent to a respective tread edge o...