ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,776, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Low-noise tire" was invented by Arnaud Delbast (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Bruno Guimard (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Frederic Bourgeois (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tire (10) for a passenger vehicle has an axially central portion and axially lateral portions. The axially central portion and each axially lateral portion satisfies just one of conditions I, II, III: I-the portion comprises no transverse cut (90, 90'), II-the portion comprises N transverse cuts (90, 90') arranged in such a...