Patents by Inventor Antoine Filiol

Antoine Filiol 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).

  • TIRE COMPRISING A DURABLE STIFFENING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20240174025
    Abstract: The tire (10) comprises a crown (12), two sidewalls (30A, 30B), two beads (32A, 32B), an inner surface (33) delimiting a toroidal cavity (35), and a stiffening structure (50) comprising a stiffening element (52) extending continuously into the toroidal cavity (35) from at least one of the sidewalls (30A, 30B) or one of the beads (32A, 32B) to the crown (12). The stiffening element (52) is anchored in or around: a radially inner reinforcing structure (60A, 60B) arranged in the sidewall (30A, 30B) and/or the bead (32A, 32B), the radially inner reinforcing structure (60A, 60B) being distinct from the circumferential reinforcing element (40A, 40B) situated on the same side of the median plane (M) of the tire (10) as the sidewall (30A, 30B) and/or the bead (32A, 32B), and a radially outer reinforcing structure (70A, 70B) arranged in the crown (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: MATHIEU GIRARD, MATTHIEU BONNAMOUR, STEPHANE CALLAMAND, ALEXANDRE LAVAL, DAVID HERNANDEZ, JULIEN FALEMPIN, ANTOINE FILIOL
  • Device for transferring and aligning strips intended to be assembled to form a ply
    Patent number: 8726961
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a reinforcing ply N by assembling lengths of strip cut at an angle, comprising: a feed means (300) for delivering a strip (B), an assembly belt (101), a transfer means (200) for conveying onto the assembly belt a given length of straight-grain strip in a direction (AA?) comprising a retaining wall (211), parallel to the planes of the assembly belt (101) and of the feed means, and a first face (211a) of which is intended to come into contact with the surface of the strip, in which device the feed means (300), the transfer means (200) and the assembly belt (101) are fitted with magnetic means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Michel Druet, Jacques Lauper, Antoine Filiol, Pascal Martin, Nicolas Jaunet, Gerard Buvat
  • Device for Transferring and Aligning Strips Intended to be Assembled to form a Ply
    Publication number: 20120067516
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a reinforcing ply N by assembling lengths of strip cut at an angle, comprising: a feed means (300) for delivering a strip (B), an assembly belt (101), a transfer means (200) for conveying onto the assembly belt a given length of straight-grain strip in a direction (AA?) comprising a retaining wall (211), parallel to the planes of the assembly belt (101) and of the feed means, and a first face (211a) of which is intended to come into contact with the surface of the strip, in which device the feed means (300), the transfer means (200) and the assembly belt (101) are fitted with magnetic means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Michel Druet, Jacques Lauper, Antoine Filiol, Pascal Martin, Nicolas Jaunet, Gerard Buvat