Patents Assigned to Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A.
  • Patent number: 8950456
    Abstract: An assembly including a tire having beads, said bead axially including outside the turn-up a layer of a material defining a bead outer profile, such that the distance A, between the carcass frame and the bead outer profile, is as defined in formula (Z), B being the distance between the end of the turn-up, said bead including first and second profiles between the carcass frame and the turn-up, the first profile extends from the bead wire and is made of a material having an extension secant modulus at a 10% elongation higher than 20 MPa, a second profile arranged in the bead such as to be in contact with a surface of the first profile and the turn-up, made of a material having an extension secant modulus at a 10% elongation of at least 7 MPa and an extension secant modulus at a 100*% extension of at least 4.5 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements, Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Laurent, David Dean, David Lavialle
  • Publication number: 20140174637
    Abstract: The tool which contains: a support, and an arm bearing a strip extrusion member and a strip applicator roller, wherein the arm is articulated with respect to the support about a first axis parallel to a geometric axis of the roller and about a second axis tangential to a circumference of the roller, of the first and second axes at least one passing through a centre of gravity of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Nicolas Chevaux
  • Publication number: 20110011509
    Abstract: A tire comprising at least one carcass-type reinforcing structure and comprising a crown reinforcing structure having at least one working layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicants: Societe De Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A.
    Inventors: Luc Bestgen, Alain Valle
  • Publication number: 20100264610
    Abstract: A tire for an axle of a private passenger vehicle having two axles. The axle comprises a suspension device for positively controlling the camber of the wheels relative to the ground in the case of transverse acceleration. The tire develops a contact patch on the ground, said contact patch having a length at the left shoulder (Leg), a length at the right shoulder (Led) and a central length (Lc), a contact patch ratio (Rep) being defined by the quotient of the average of the shoulder lengths divided by the central length. The tire contact patch ratio is greater than 0.65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicants: SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Custodero, Jean-Marie Mus
  • Publication number: 20090014108
    Abstract: A tire is provided that includes a crown with a mid-plane S, two sidewalls, a first bead, of diameter ?1, intended to be positioned on the outboard side of a vehicle, and a second bead, of diameter ?2, intended to be positioned on the inboard side of a vehicle, such that ?1>?2. When the tire is mounted on its working rim and inflated to its nominal pressure, the mid-plane S of the crown is axially offset towards the first bead relative to a mid-plane B of the beads by a positive or zero distance D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Grolier, Nicolas Janin
  • Patent number: 7152867
    Abstract: A support device connects a wheel to suspension elements of a vehicle, the wheel having a radius R?. The support device includes rods articulated at their lower ends to the suspension elements and at their upper ends to the wheel carrier so as to confer on the wheel a degree of camber freedom relative to the suspension elements. The camber movement takes place around an instantaneous center of rotation. The device is also configured in such manner that Y and Z are respectively the abscissa and ordinate of the instantaneous position of the instantaneous center of rotation in the camber plane, wherein such position, during a camber deflection from 0° to 1°, satisfies the following conditions: Y?0.125*R Z??0.0625*R Z?0.66225*Y+0.02028*R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Lemineur, Loïc Serra, Davy Vernier
  • Patent number: D663679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Techique S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Felder, Mathieu Vandaele