US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on March 4 for "Method and device for splicing multifilament textile fibers" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,185, issued on March 4, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Method and device for splicing multifilament textile fibers" was invented by David Olsommer (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Philippe Berguerand (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Antonio Delfino (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for splicing two bundles (1, 2) of multifilament textile fibers comprises: inserting an end portion of a first bundle (1) into a first end of a heat-shrinkable sheath (10) and an end portion of a second bundle (2) into a second end of the sheath, axially opposite the firs...