Patents by Inventor Eric De Benedittis
Eric De Benedittis 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).
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Patent number: 8776847Abstract: Apparatus for ejecting objects from a tire tread include, in particular embodiments, a pair of adjacent ground-engaging elements, each element including a ground-engaging contact surface; a groove separating the pair of ground-engaging elements, the groove having a base and a pair of opposing sidewalls spaced apart by a groove width; a sipe having a particular size, and located in communication with a portion of the groove extending between the pair of ground-engaging elements; and, an ejector associated with the sipe, the ejector comprising a projection that extends within the groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventor: Eric A. De Benedittis
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Patent number: 8459321Abstract: Tread for a tire provided with a running surface intended to come into contact with the roadway when running, this tread comprising a plurality of blocks of mean axis XX? intersecting the running surface of the tread, each block, including a side wall that makes a full circuit of the block about the axis XX?. This side wall intersects the running surface at an edge with a closed geometric outline, this edge delimiting a contact surface via which the block makes contact with the roadway. The side wall of the block and the opposite wall delimit an incision, the blocks being provided on their lateral surface with at least one notch having a depth measured perpendicular to the lateral surface of the block and a width measured parallel to the lateral face of the block, the at least one notch at least partially making a circuit of the block about the axis XX?, that is to say at least over 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Eric De Benedittis, Sylvie Lhospitalier, Eric Slachmuylders, Pierre Yem
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Publication number: 20100307650Abstract: Tread for a tire provided with a running surface intended to come into contact with the roadway when running, this tread comprising a plurality of blocks of mean axis XX? intersecting the running surface of the tread, each block, including a side wall that makes a full circuit of the block about the axis XX?. This side wall intersects the running surface at an edge with a closed geometric outline, this edge delimiting a contact surface via which the block makes contact with the roadway. The side wall of the block and the opposite wall delimit an incision, the blocks being provided on their lateral surface with at least one notch having a depth measured perpendicular to the lateral surface of the block and a width measured parallel to the lateral face of the block, the at least one notch at least partially making a circuit of the block about the axis XX?, that is to say at least over 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicants: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Eric De Benedittis, Sylvie Lhospitalier, Eric Slachmuylders, Pierre Yem
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Publication number: 20100258228Abstract: Apparatus for ejecting objects from a tire tread include, in particular embodiments, a pair of adjacent ground-engaging elements, each element including a ground-engaging contact surface; a groove separating the pair of ground-engaging elements, the groove having a base and a pair of opposing sidewalls spaced apart by a groove width; a sipe having a particular size, and located in communication with a portion of the groove extending between the pair of ground-engaging elements; and, an ejector associated with the sipe, the ejector comprising a projection that extends within the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventor: Eric A. De Benedittis
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Patent number: 7530802Abstract: A tread provided with a plurality of cutouts of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that when new, some of the transverse cutouts form on the running surface hollowed zones of average width Lt greater than or equal to 2 mm and of maximum depth Pt at most equal to 80% of the thickness Pb of tread to become worn, the other transverse cutouts forming on the same running surface incisions of average width Li less than 2 mm and of depth Pi at most equal to Pt. A plurality of the incisions extending by hollowed zones such that after homogenous wear of the tread the volume V1 of the hollowed zones opening on to the new running surface is between 50% and 150% of the volume V0 formed by the hollowed zones when new.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Robert Radulescu, Eric De Benedittis
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Patent number: 7017634Abstract: A tread (1) provided with a plurality of cutouts (5, 6, 71, 72, 73, 81, 82, 83) of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that: when new, some of the transverse cutouts (5, 6) form on the running surface hollowed zones of average width Lt greater than or equal to 2 mm and of maximum depth Pt at most equal to 80% of the thickness Pb of tread to become worn, the other transverse cutouts (71, 72, 73, 81, 82, 83) forming on the same running surface incisions (71?, 72?, 73?, 81?, 82?, 83?) of average width Li less than 2 mm and of depth Pi at most equal to Pt; a plurality of the incisions (71?, 72?, 73?, 81?, 82?, 83?) extending by hollowed zones (71?, 72?, 73?, 81?, 82?, 83?) such that after homogenous wear of the tread the volume V1 of the hollowed zones (71?, 72?, 73?, 81?, 82?, 83?) opening on to the new running surface is between 50% and 150% of the volume V0 formed by the hollowed zones when new. A molding element comprising thick parts and thin parts.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Robert Radulescu, Eric De Benedittis
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Publication number: 20050224151Abstract: Mold for molding a tread that comprises a running surface, lateral faces and at least one axial cavity opening onto at least one lateral face. The cavity is molded with the aid of a pin which, during molding, produces two rubber mix flows that envelop the pin and reunite to form a junction surface, such that the mean length of the trace of this junction surface in a section plane perpendicular to the mold face that molds the running surface and to the axial direction, is larger than the minimum distance between the cavity and the mold face that molds the running surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 13, 2005Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Eric de Benedittis, Gilbert Menard
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Publication number: 20030201048Abstract: A tread (1) provided with a plurality of cutouts (5, 6, 71, 72, 73, 81, 82, 83) of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that:Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A.Inventors: Robert Radulescu, Eric De Benedittis
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Patent number: D496625Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventor: Eric De Benedittis
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Patent number: D628146Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Michelin Recherche Et TechniqueInventors: Lisa M. N. Bachtel, Scott Cothran, John Anthony Hutz, Joseph A. Stain, Eric De-Benedittis
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Patent number: D647470Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Michelin Recherche et TechniqueInventors: Lisa M. N. Bachtel, Scott Cothran, John Anthony Hutz, Joseph A. Stain, Eric De-Benedittis
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Patent number: D662458Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et TechniqueInventors: Eric De Benedittis, Ralston Moore, Benjamin Quantinet
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Patent number: D668209Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignees: Compagnie Generale de Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et TechniqueInventors: Eric De Benedittis, Ralston Moore
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Patent number: D756901Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Eric De-Benedittis, Sylvain Bourgeade, Abhishek Agarwal