US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin on Nov. 25 for "Facility and method for manufacturing an annular tire on a lightweight monolithic core" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,177, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Facility and method for manufacturing an annular tire on a lightweight monolithic core" was invented by David Bouchereau (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jean Mechin (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Francois Rouyet (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Jean-Claude Delorme (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Stephane Barjon (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The facility comprises a tire-building station that is configured to form an uncured tire on a core. A curing station is configured to cure the assembly formed by the c...