US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on Nov. 4 for "Tire comprising a sidewall insert" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,307, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire comprising a sidewall insert" was invented by Bruno Guimard (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Vincent-Jacques Chaput (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Olivier Muhlhoff (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire (1) having at least one sidewall (3), intended to interact with a sidewall insert (9) by way of an anchor (6), and aims to personalize the design of the tire sidewall. The anchor has a recess (7) formed in an axially outer sidewall layer (30), with a protuberance (8), which is raised in relation to...