ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,808, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Assembly for a tire comprising a three-dimensional fabric or knit and a securing element" was invented by Richard Cornille (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Bastien Limozin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Sebastien Rigo (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly (1) comprises: a first structure (10) formed by first filamentary elements (15), a second structure (12) formed by second filamentary elements (16), a supporting structure (14) comprising supporting filamentary elements linking the first fil...