Patents by Inventor Damien BLOUIN

Damien BLOUIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11738601
    Abstract: A tire having a tread with a plurality of blocks 12 provided with at least one sipe 22 extending from the contact face of said block, and having a width that can vary in the direction of its depth, and known as a complex sipe. The tread has a first layer of material 38 and at least one second layer of material 40 radially on the inside of the first layer, the first layer being formed in a first rubber composition and the second layer being formed in a second rubber composition different from the first composition. The complex sipe 22 and the grooves separating the blocks are formed entirely in the first layer of material 38. Laterally on each side of the complex sipe, the second layer of material 40 extends, when viewed in transverse section in the block, beyond the bottom 30 of the complex sipe in the direction of the contact face of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Damien Blouin, Quentin Bonneton
  • Publication number: 20210394039
    Abstract: A snowshoe with a base structure forming a flotation zone having a plurality of transverse tread elements (20) of substantially elongate shape. The tread elements (20) have front lateral walls (25) and rear lateral walls (26),In the front portion of the flotation zone, at least a portion of the tread elements (20) have a rear lateral wall (26) that is inclined toward the rear of the snowshoe; and in the rear portion of the flotation zone, at least a portion of the tread elements (20) have a front lateral wall (25) that is inclined toward the front of the snowshoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Emmanuel IGIER, Philippe SOUYRI, Damien BLOUIN
  • Publication number: 20210155046
    Abstract: A tire having a tread with a plurality of blocks 12 provided with at least one sipe 22 extending from the contact face of said block, and having a width that can vary in the direction of its depth, and known as a complex sipe. The tread has a first layer of material 38 and at least one second layer of material 40 radially on the inside of the first layer, the first layer being formed in a first rubber composition and the second layer being formed in a second rubber composition different from the first composition. The complex sipe 22 and the grooves separating the blocks are formed entirely in the first layer of material 38. Laterally on each side of the complex sipe, the second layer of material 40 extends, when viewed in transverse section in the block, beyond the bottom 30 of the complex sipe in the direction of the contact face of the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Damien BLOUIN, Quentin BONNETON
  • Publication number: 20210114417
    Abstract: Pneumatic tire comprising a tread (1) provided with two edges (2), a center (3) and a plurality of tread bars (10) distributed in a circumferential direction, each tread bar (10) extending in an oblique direction from one of the edges (2) towards the center (3) of said tread (1), the plurality of tread bars (10) comprising at least two adjacent tread bars (11, 12); each of said adjacent tread bars (11, 12) has at least one incision (20, 21, 23) extending along the length of the tread bar, each adjacent tread bar has an overall incision length (LGI) corresponding to the sum of the lengths of the incisions that are part of said tread bar, the widths (LB11, LB12) of said adjacent tread bars (11, 12) are different, and the overall incision length (LGI) in said adjacent tread bars (11, 12) is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Damien BLOUIN, Quentin BONNETON, Marion CAVRO