Patents Assigned to Michelin & Cie (Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin)
  • Patent number: 4880043
    Abstract: To provide good handling behavior for a motorcycle, the belt of the rear motorcycle tire has threads extending parallel to the equatorial plane and the slip angles of the tires as a function of the camber (slip angle .delta. as a function of camber angle .gamma.) are such that the difference: front slip angle .delta.2 minus rear slip angle .delta.1 as a function of camber angle .gamma. is an invariably increasing function of .gamma..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Michelin & Cie (Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin)
    Inventors: Francois Decima, Alain Rochon