Abstract: A ground-contacting component of a vehicle, comprising at least two physical parameter measurement systems, each measurement system having a linearly polarized antenna. The polarization directions of the antennas make an angle of between 30 and 90° between them. Also disclosed are a tire and a vehicle ground contact.
Abstract: A mounted assembly of a wheel and a tire. The tire inflation pressure is greater than 9 bar, and a relative deflection of the tire greater than 30%. The rim comprises a drop-centre functionality and is of monobloc type. A carcass reinforcement includes a circumferential alignment of carcass reinforcement elements anchored in the beads by a stack of circumferentially oriented reinforcement elements, and by an anchoring rubber mix having an elasticity modulus of less than 30 MPa at 10% deformation.
Abstract: A borohydride metallocene complex of a lanthanide, its process of preparation, a catalytic system incorporating a borohydride metallocene complex and a process for the copolymerization of olefins employing this catalytic system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 31, 2006
Publication date:
July 16, 2009
Applicants:
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Total Petrochemicals France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Superieure de Chimie-Physique-Electronique de Lyon (CPE)
Inventors:
Julien Thuilliez, Christophe Boisson, Roger Spitz
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of a catalytic system that can be used for the polymerization of at least one conjugated diene monomer, said catalytic system being based on at least: a preforming conjugated diene; an organic phosphoric acid salt of one or more rare-earth metal(s), said salt being in suspension in at least one saturated aliphatic or alicyclic and inert hydrocarbon-based solvent; an alkylating agent comprising an alkylaluminium having the formula AlR3 or HAlR2; and a halogen donor comprising an alkylaluminium halide; characterized in that it comprises successively in one line (L): (i) a reaction between the preforming conjugated diene, with the solution of the salt of rare-earth element(s) and the alkylating agent, with the alkylation reaction being carried out for a characteristic minimum period of at least 5 minutes in an alkylation reactor (30) composed of at least one well-mixed dynamic mixer; (ii) the addition of said halogen donor to the mixtur
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 16, 2006
Publication date:
July 16, 2009
Applicant:
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
Inventors:
Helene Parola, Fanny Barbotin, Pierre Kiener, Bernard Anselme, Fabrice Martinet
Abstract: A tire includes a cavity formed therein to receive a removable electronic monitoring module. A mouth of the cavity opens into the inside volume of the tire and is located along a section of a joint of a first layer formed by the assembly of rubber profiled elements adjacent to the inside volume of the tire. The joint can extend radially or circumferentially. The cavity can be formed by inserting an element into the tire body and then leaving the element in place or removing it prior to vulcanization.
Abstract: Rubber composition, which can be used for the manufacture of tires, based on at least one diene elastomer, one reinforcing filler, one vulcanization system and, as antireversion agent, one itaconimidomaleimide compound of formula (R hydrocarbon radical): Use of such a composition for the manufacture of a finished article or of a semi-finished product made of rubber intended for a motor vehicle ground-contact system, in particular of a tire.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2006
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2009
Assignee:
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
Inventors:
Laure Belin, Jose Carlos Araujo Da Silva, Sylvie Gandon-Pain, Geraldine Laffargue
Abstract: A tire comprising at least one reinforcement structure of carcass type anchored on either side of the tire in a bead, the base of which is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, each bead being extended radially outward by a sidewall, the sidewalls extending radially towards outward to join a tread, the reinforcement structure extending circumferentially from the bead towards said sidewall, an anchoring zone for the reinforcement structure, said tire furthermore comprising an anti-vibration means arranged circumferentially in the junction zone of the shoulder and the sidewall.
Abstract: A magnetometric device for evaluating a physical parameter (D, K), comprising a circuit (1) which is sensitive to a magnetic field, a measurement circuit (2) and a magnetic field generator (3), the sensitive circuit (1) being subjected to a magnetic field which varies with the physical parameter to be measured and having an electrical characteristic which is evaluated by the measurement circuit and which varies as a function of the magnetic field. The field generator (3) is designed to reverse the polarity of the applied magnetic field, the evaluation of the physical parameter thus being able to be corrected of the parasitic influence of the terrestrial magnetic field.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 22, 2008
Publication date:
July 2, 2009
Applicant:
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
Inventors:
Thomas Ledoux, Nathalie Levain, Denis Martin
Abstract: Tyre belt comprising a rubber composition based on at least one isoprene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and an antioxidant agent, characterized in that said antioxidant agent comprises a 4,4?-bis(alkylamino)triphenylamine corresponding to the formula (I): in which R1 and R2, which are identical or different, each represent a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms. Such an antioxidant gives the belt of the invention a better long-term resistance to fatigue and to crack propagation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2007
Publication date:
July 2, 2009
Applicant:
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
Inventors:
Jose Carlos Araujo Da Silva, Pierre-Antoine Niore, Arnaud Remy
Abstract: A device for fixing a module to the internal wall of a tire. This device includes a support secured to the tire and of a flexible strip, the support including means for fixing said strip, the ends of the strip having at least two independent means for attaching the module, and the strip having means for immobilizing the module.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2007
Publication date:
June 25, 2009
Applicant:
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
Inventors:
Pierre Durif, Xavier Paul, Patrick T. Hicks, Terry James Martin
Abstract: A mold for vulcanizing an unvulcanized tire blank comprises: two axial members each carrying a molding surface for molding a sidewall of the tire, at least one of the axial members being movable between a position for molding the sidewall and a position for unmolding the tire; at least one molding member for molding a channel in a tread of the tire, the molding member being movable between a channel-molding position and a channel-unmolding position; and axial movement means for axially moving the channel-molding member between its molding and unmolding positions. The axial movement means include releasable connection means between the channel-molding member and the axial member.
Abstract: A device for preparing a flat profiled element from an elastomeric thermoplastic gel includes: an extruder with at least one feed and a discharge; an extruder die having section configured to be suitable for a profile of the flat profiled element; a liquid cooling bath with a free surface for receiving and cooling the flat profiled element as the flat profiled element is discharged from the extruder die; and a flat moving support for receiving the flat profiled element. The free surface of the liquid cooling bath is arranged in an immediate vicinity of an outlet of the extruder die. Additionally, an angle of inclination of a plane of the extruder die to a horizontal plane is between 20 and 70 degrees.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2008
Publication date:
June 25, 2009
Applicant:
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
Inventors:
Vincent ABAD, Luc CHEBANCE, Vincent LEMAL
Abstract: A device for adjusting the delivery rate of a linear element. The device forms a delivery path for the linear element between an inlet to the device at a delivery rate that is substantially constant and an outlet from the device at a delivery rate that is variable and substantially periodic and varies the length of the path of the linear element in application of a predetermined periodic relationship. The device includes a plurality of pulleys movable in rectilinear translation periodically in sinusoidal manner.
Abstract: A tire provided with a Seebeck effect thermoelectric generator to deliver electrical power to a member, the generator comprising a cold pole and a hot pole respectively in contact with a cold element and a hot element, the hot element forming a portion of the tire.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 16, 2008
Publication date:
June 18, 2009
Applicant:
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
Inventors:
Olivier COLLONGE, David BERTRAND, Frederic SPETLER, Charles SALVI
Abstract: The mobility of a vehicle having first and second pairs of diagonally opposite wheels is extended when the pressure on a given wheel is abnormally low. A load on the first pair of wheels defines a first load diagonal, and a load on the second pair of wheels defines a second load diagonal. A disequilibrium between the first and second load diagonals is induced by actuation of a level corrector comprised of at least two actuators each acting on a respective side of the vehicle, for reducing a load borne by said given wheel and thereby extending the mobility thereof.
Abstract: A catalytic system usable for the copolymerization of at least one conjugated diene and at least one monoolefin, a process for preparing this catalytic system, a process for preparing a copolymer of a conjugated diene and at least one monoolefin using said catalytic system, and said copolymer are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 16, 2009
Assignees:
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
Inventors:
Christophe Boisson, Vincent Monteil, Roger Spitz