US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on May 13 for "Tire comprising a radiofrequency transponder" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,624, issued on May 13, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire comprising a radiofrequency transponder" was invented by Julien Destraves (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Pierre Guinault (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Michel Robert (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire fitted with a transponder comprises: a crown comprising a crown reinforcement having an axial end at each of its edges, connected at each of its axial ends by a sidewall to a bead having an interior end; a carcass reinforcement layer formed of parallel reinforcers, which is anchored in each be...