US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin on June 24 for "Mold segment with connected first and second sipe elements for use in forming a tire" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,564, issued on June 24, was assigned to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Mold segment with connected first and second sipe elements for use in forming a tire" was invented by Frederic Massis (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Damien Bardin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold segment for forming a tire is provided that has a first sipe element with a protrusion that extends from a first sipe element side surface. The height of the protrusion is less than a height of the first sipe element side surface. A second sipe element is present and has a cavity that extends from...