Patents by Inventor Yves Herbelleau

Yves Herbelleau 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: 7063117
    Abstract: A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two tire beads and a belt reinforcement, the belt reinforcement including at least two superposed reinforcing plies formed by cords parallel in each ply and criss-crossed from one to the other forming with the circumferential direction angles (?, ?) ranging between 10° and 70° and characterized in that, there is provided, between the two superposed reinforcing plies, at least two axially adjacent rubber decoupling layers with different mechanical properties and in that each of the two rubber decoupling layers is in contact with the cords of the two superposed reinforcing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Yves Herbelleau
  • Patent number: 7032638
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a casing reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement, the crown reinforcement comprising radially, from the inside outwards, a working block and a protective block having at least one ply of circumferentially oriented parallel reinforcing threads, characterized in that the protective block ply consists of aromatic polyamide reinforcing threads with an initial modulus of less than 1000 cN/tex and a tenacity of greater than 65 cN/tex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Hubert Pacherie, Jean-Luc Guerbert-Jubert, Philippe Esnault
  • Patent number: 7000662
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus, each circumferential alignment of the first reinforcing threads being, within each bead, bordered axially inwardly and axially outwardly by second reinforcing threads, oriented substantially circumferentially, of a modulus greater than or equal to that of the first reinforcing threads. The first reinforcing threads and second reinforcing threads are separated by a layer of mix of very high elasticity modulus. Considering ?RI as being the total of the rigidities of extension of the second reinforcing threads arranged axially inwardly relative to the carcass reinforcement and considering ?RE as being the total of the rigidities of extension of the second reinforcing threads arranged axially on either side of the carcass reinforcement, then: 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Patent number: 6997224
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus, each circumferential alignment of the first reinforcing threads being, within each bead, bordered axially by second reinforcing threads oriented substantially circumferentially. The first reinforcing threads and the second reinforcing threads are separated by a layer of mix of very high elasticity modulus. The second reinforcements are arranged in a spiral and formed of monofilaments or unit threads of steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Patent number: 6994139
    Abstract: A tire includes two beads and a carcass reinforcement anchored in the beads. The carcass reinforcement has at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads. Each such circumferential alignment is, within each bead, bordered axially inwardly and outwardly by second circumferential reinforcing threads having an elasticity modulus at least equal to that of the first threads. The first and second threads are separated by a rubber mix of high elasticity modulus. The outer surface of each bead includes a seat which includes an arc-shaped wall section having a geometrical center arranged axially outwardly relative to the bead. Considering an imaginary straight line passing through both the center and the bead at an angle ?=+45±5 degrees relative to the tire axis, all of the second threads are spaced from that axis by a radial distance no larger than the locus of the imaginary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Publication number: 20050236088
    Abstract: Tire containing a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement with first reinforcing cords placed adjacent, aligned circumferentially in at least one circumferential alignment from at least one of said beads to one of said sidewalls and anchored in said one bead, and a crown reinforcement, said one bead containing an anchoring zone enabling the carcass reinforcement to be maintained and including at least one circumferentially oriented second reinforcing cord cooperating with an adjacent portion of the carcass reinforcement by means of a rubber anchoring compound in contact with the second reinforcing cord and the adjacent sections of the first reinforcing cords, wherein the rubber anchoring compound has a modulus of elasticity at a 10% deformation ranging between 10 and 20 MPa and wherein the rubber anchoring compound comprises at least one synthetic elastomer in the SBR group and of polybutadienes with a total proportion of synthetic elastomer exceeding 50% of the total weight of elastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Leblond, Laure Huault, Yves Herbelleau
  • Patent number: 6951234
    Abstract: An aircraft tire, the inflation pressure of which is greater than 12 bar, comprises a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus. The means for anchoring the first reinforcing threads within each bead comprises second reinforcing threads oriented circumferentially and axially bordering the circumferential alignments of the first reinforcing threads, the first reinforcing threads and second reinforcing threads being separated by a layer of mix of very high elasticity modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Patent number: 6926054
    Abstract: Tire containing a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement with first reinforcing cords placed adjacent, aligned circumferentially in at least one circumferential alignment from at least one of said beads to one of said sidewalls and anchored in said one bead, and a crown reinforcement, said one bead containing an anchoring zone enabling the carcass reinforcement to be maintained and including at least one circumferentially oriented second reinforcing cord cooperating with an adjacent portion of the carcass reinforcement by means of a rubber anchoring compound in contact with the second reinforcing cord and the adjacent sections of the first reinforcing cords, wherein the rubber anchoring compound has a modulus of elasticity at a 10% deformation ranging between 10 and 20 MPa and wherein the rubber anchoring compound comprises at least one synthetic elastomer in the SBR group and of polybutadienes with a total proportion of synthetic elastomer exceeding 50% of the total weight of elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Leblond, Laure Huault, Yves Herbelleau
  • Publication number: 20040211504
    Abstract: A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two tire beads and a belt reinforcement, the belt reinforcement including at least two superposed reinforcing plies formed by cords parallel in each ply and criss-crossed from one to the other forming with the circumferential direction angles (&agr;, &bgr;) ranging between 10° and 70° and characterized in that, there is provided, between the two superposed reinforcing plies, at least two axially adjacent rubber decoupling layers with different mechanical properties and in that each of the two rubber decoupling layers is in contact with the cords of the two superposed reinforcing layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Yves Herbelleau
  • Patent number: 6776205
    Abstract: A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two tire beads and a belt reinforcement, the belt reinforcement including at least two superposed reinforcing plies formed by cords parallel in each ply and criss-crossed from one to the other forming with the circumferential direction angles (&agr;, &bgr;) ranging between 10° and 70° and characterized in that, there is provided, between the two superposed reinforcing plies, at least two axially adjacent rubber decoupling layers with different mechanical properties and in that each of the two rubber decoupling layers is in contact with the cords of the two superposed reinforcing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Yves Herbelleau
  • Patent number: 6640861
    Abstract: A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two tire beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two tire beads and a belt reinforcement, said belt reinforcement including at least two superposed reinforcement plies formed with cords parallel in each ply and criss-crossed from one ply to the other forming with the circumferential direction angles (&agr;, &bgr;) ranging between 10° and 55° and characterized in that the cords of at least one of the two reinforcing plies are successively in contact, on the same side of said ply, moving from the tire equatorial plane towards one of the reinforcing ply lateral ends with a rubber bonding layer having a first modulus of elasticity and then a rubber bonding layer of a second modulus of elasticity lower than the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Yves Herbelleau
  • Patent number: 6626221
    Abstract: A tire wherein the reinforcing cords of the carcass, in the part situated between the anchoring zone of the carcass and the sidewall, are in contact with at least one layer of cushion compound having a high modulus of elasticity on the axially outer side and a low modulus of elasticity on the axially inner side and in the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Compagnie Générale des Establissements Michelin-Michelin & CIE
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Jacques Barraud, Jean-Yves Denoueix, Bernard Guerinon, Yves Herbelleau
  • Publication number: 20030155061
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus, each circumferential alignment of the first reinforcing threads being, within each bead, bordered axially inwardly and axially outwardly by second reinforcing threads, oriented substantially circumferentially, of a modulus greater than or equal to that of the first reinforcing threads. The first reinforcing threads and second reinforcing threads are separated by a layer of mix of very high elasticity modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Publication number: 20030155060
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a casing reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement, the crown reinforcement comprising radially, from the inside outwards, a working block and a protective block having at least one ply of circumferentially oriented parallel reinforcing threads, characterized in that the protective block ply consists of aromatic polyamide reinforcing threads with an initial modulus of less than 1000 cN/tex and a tenacity of greater than 65 cN/tex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Hubert Pacherie, Jean-Luc Guerbert-Jubert, Philippe Esnault
  • Publication number: 20030150542
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus, each circumferential alignment of first reinforcing threads being, within each bead, bordered axially inwardly and axially outwardly by second reinforcing threads oriented substantially circumferentially of a modulus greater than or equal to that of the first reinforcing threads. The first reinforcing threads and the second reinforcing threads are separated by a layer of mix of very high elasticity modulus. The outer surface of each bead comprises a seat, a frustoconical wall of substantially radial orientation radially inwardly adjacent to a wall section in the shape of an arc of a circle EF of center C which center C is arranged axially outwardly relative to the bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Publication number: 20030150540
    Abstract: An aircraft tire, the inflation pressure of which is greater than 12 bar, comprises a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Publication number: 20030150541
    Abstract: A tire comprising a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in each of the beads and a crown reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement comprises at least two circumferential alignments of first reinforcing threads of high elasticity modulus, each circumferential alignment of the first reinforcing threads being, within each bead, bordered axially by second reinforcing threads oriented substantially circumferentially. The first reinforcing threads and the second reinforcing threads are separated by a layer of mix of very high elasticity modulus. The second reinforcements are arranged in a spiral and formed of monofilaments or unit threads of steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Herbelleau, Bernard Guerinon, Pierre Roux
  • Publication number: 20030062107
    Abstract: Tire containing a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement with first reinforcing cords placed adjacent, aligned circumferentially in at least one circumferential alignment from at least one of said beads to one of said sidewalls and anchored in said one bead, and a crown reinforcement, said one bead containing an anchoring zone enabling the carcass reinforcement to be maintained and including at least one circumferentially oriented second reinforcing cord cooperating with an adjacent portion of the carcass reinforcement by means of a rubber anchoring compound in contact with the second reinforcing cord and the adjacent sections of the first reinforcing cords, wherein the rubber anchoring compound has a modulus of elasticity at a 10% deformation ranging between 10 and 20 MPa and wherein the rubber anchoring compound comprises at least one synthetic elastomer in the SBR group and of polybutadienes with a total proportion of synthetic elastomer exceeding 50% of the total weight of elastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Philippe Leblond, Laure Huault, Yves Herbelleau
  • Patent number: 6460587
    Abstract: A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads and a crown reinforcement, the crown reinforcement including radially, from inside outward, a working block with at least one ply of parallel cords of circular orientation and a protective block with at least one ply of parallel cords of elongation at rupture greater than that of the cords of the ply of circumferential orientation of the working block, characterized in that said ply of parallel cords of circumferential orientation is the radially outermost ply of said working block and in that the parallel cords of said ply of said protective block have a circumferential orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Yves Herbelleau
  • Publication number: 20010020507
    Abstract: A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two tire beads and a belt reinforcement, the belt reinforcement including at least two superposed reinforcing plies formed by cords parallel in each ply and criss-crossed from one to the other forming with the circumferential direction angles (&agr;, &bgr;) ranging between 10° and 70° and characterized in that, there is provided, between the two superposed reinforcing plies, at least two axially adjacent rubber decoupling layers with different mechanical properties and in that each of the two rubber decoupling layers is in contact with the cords of the two superposed reinforcing layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Costa Pereira, Yves Herbelleau