ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,406, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Laminate based on silicone rubber compositions" was invented by Milan Fedurco (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Marco Ribezzo (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Antonio Delfino (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Alain Faugeras (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate comprising a first layer and a second layer directly covering the first layer, the first layer being a layer of a silicone rubber composition comprising a micrometric silicone powder and a mixture of crosslinkable organopolysiloxanes, the second l...