US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin on Oct. 7 for "Tire sipe for heavy truck tread having handlebar shape" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,511, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Tire sipe for heavy truck tread having handlebar shape" was invented by Jeremy David Trowbridge (Greenville, S.C.), Victor Abarotin (Greer, S.C.) and Arthur Rade (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heavy truck tire tread that has a rib is provided. A sipe is in the rib that extends from a first lateral surface to a second lateral surface. A first end of a teardrop is located at the first lateral surface, and a second end at the second lateral surface. A middle section of the teardrop is located between the ...