US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on July 8 for "Low-noise tire and method for manufacturing same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,982, issued on July 8, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Low-noise tire and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Gael Roty (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jose Merino Lopez (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Olivier Muhlhoff (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire comprises a sealing layer comprising a junction (21) extending in a main direction (D4) forming, with the circumferential direction (Z) of the tire: in a portion (15S) of the sealing layer extending axially in radial line with the working layer, an angle (ES) ranging, in absolute value, from ...