Patents by Inventor Michel Balland

Michel Balland 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).

  • Pneumatic tire with anisotropic filler strip
    Patent number: 4236563
    Abstract: A vehicle tire has a radial carcass and a reinforced crown and the tire beads each comprise at least one beadwire surmounted by a filler strip whose cross-section is broadly tapered towards the side-wall and which is made of a rubbery mixture reinforced with short fibres. According to the invention, the fibres reinforcing the filler strip are, at least in part, orientated in the radial direction of the tire so that the mixture used for the strip has a ratio of anisotropy at least equal to 2:1. The filler strip may rise up the side wall to a height of between 0.2 and 0.5 times the cross-sectional height of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Pneumatiques, Caoutchouc Manufacture et Plastiques Kleber-Colombes
    Inventors: Daniel Moers, Michel Balland