US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Nov. 25 for "Device for assembling the spokes of a tire for a wheel by means of pushers that are actuated and elastically suspended by levers" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,238, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Device for assembling the spokes of a tire for a wheel by means of pushers that are actuated and elastically suspended by levers" was invented by Christophe Bessac (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Lucie Chevrel (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jean-Claude Delorme (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Yorrick Bunge (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for assembling an airless tire (2) comprising a hub (3) of central axis (Z3), a peripheral annular band (4) and a plurality of spokes (5) that connect the hub (...