US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on March 4 for "Tire having an improved tread" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,272, issued on March 4, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire having an improved tread" was invented by Miguel Fernandez (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Regis Schach (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Philippe Labrunie (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Karine Longchambon (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Alexandre Tobie (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire comprises an outer strip (2) having a tread (21). The outer strip (2) has a central part and two axially outer parts and comprises at least two rubber compounds (M1, M2) making up at least 90% of the volume of the ou...