Patents by Inventor Benjamin Quantinet
Benjamin Quantinet 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).
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Patent number: 10864777Abstract: The device for monitoring the wear of a tread during running comprises at least one internal cavity intended to form a void opening on to a tread surface after predefined partial wearing of the tread, this tread comprising a wear limit corresponding to a maximum thickness of wearable material, this device comprising a measurement well opening on to the tread surface, this measurement well having a bottom formed of a first part and of a second part which are offset from one another in the depth, these two parts of the bottom being situated at different distances with respect to the tread surface when new.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.Inventors: Benjamin Quantinet, Damien Bardin, Stephanie Cambon, Jonathan Lejeune
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Patent number: 10787040Abstract: Tire with radial carcass reinforcement having a tread of thickness E, this tread having a tread surface and at least one cut opening onto the tread surface to form edge corners. The cut extends into the tread over a total depth H. The cut is in the form of a sipe having a width D. There is also formed, in the vicinity, i.e. at a minimum distance from the said edge corner that is at most equal to five times the width D of the cut, of at least one edge corner of this cut and on the tread surface, at least one cavity having a depth h that is small in comparison with the depth of the cut, i.e. that is at most equal to 30% of the depth H. The at least one cavity reduces the compression rigidity of the tread in the vicinity of the the at least one edge corner.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Christophe Gayton, Stephane Oraison, Benjamin Quantinet, Matthieu Vandaele
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Publication number: 20180333992Abstract: Tire with radial carcass reinforcement having a tread of thickness E, this tread having a tread surface and at least one cut opening onto the tread surface to form edge corners. The cut extends into the tread over a total depth H. The cut is in the form of a sipe having a width D. There is also formed, in the vicinity, i.e. at a minimum distance from the said edge corner that is at most equal to five times the width D of the cut, of at least one edge corner of this cut and on the tread surface, at least one cavity having a depth h that is small in comparison with the depth of the cut, i.e. that is at most equal to 30% of the depth H. The at least one cavity reduces the compression rigidity of the tread in the vicinity of the the at least one edge corner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.Inventors: Christophe GAYTON, Stephane ORAISON, Benjamin QUANTINET, Matthieu VANDAELE
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Patent number: 10099513Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, having at least two radially superposed layers of elastomeric compounds; a first layer, forming the radially outer part of the tread, has a first elastomeric compound having a modulus G* greater than 1.8 MPa, a second layer of elastomeric compounds radially on the inside of and in contact with the said first layer of elastomeric compound has at least three parts, the axially outer parts having a second elastomeric compound having a maximum value of tan (?), denoted tan (?) max, strictly less than 0.060, and at least a part of the second layer, axially in contact with at least an axially outer part having a third compound with modulus G* greater than 1.2 MPa and at least 5% less than the first elastomeric compound and a maximum value of tan (?), tan (?)max, between 0.060 and 0.120.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche Et Technique, S.A.Inventors: Claudia Navarro-Losada, Benjamin Quantinet, Gilles Godeau, Pierre Tregouet
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Patent number: 10000093Abstract: Tire with radial carcass reinforcement having a tread of thickness E, this tread having a tread surface to come into contact with a roadway and comprising at least one cut opening onto the tread surface to form edge corners, this cut extending into the tread over a total depth H at most equal to the thickness E of the tread, this cut being, between the tread surface and a depth H1 at most equal to the total depth H, in the form of a sipe having a width D suitable for being able to close up at least in part under normal running conditions of the tire. There is also formed, in the vicinity, i.e. at a minimum distance from the said edge corner that is at most equal to five times the width D of the cut, of at least one edge corner of this cut and on the tread surface, at least one cavity having a depth h that is small in comparison with the depth of the cut, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventors: Christophe Gayton, Stéphane Oraison, Benjamin Quantinet, Matthieu Vandaele
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Patent number: 9981506Abstract: Tire for a heavy goods vehicle, comprising a crown reinforcement, and, radially outside this crown reinforcement, a tread having a total thickness PMU of material intended to become worn during running, the crown reinforcement being formed by at least two working plies and a protection ply positioned radially outside the working plies and radially inside the tread, the narrowest working ply having a width in the range from 70% to 90% of the width W of the tread, the protection ply having a width at most equal to 70% of the width of the narrowest working ply, the tread comprising grooves only in the part radially outside the protection ply, each circumferentially orientated groove having a depth at least equal to 75% of the maximum thickness intended to become worn PMU.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Fabien Marlier, Benjamin Quantinet, Eric Slachmuylders
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Publication number: 20170291456Abstract: The device for monitoring the wear of a tread during running comprises at least one internal cavity intended to form a void opening on to a tread surface after predefined partial wearing of the tread, this tread comprising a wear limit corresponding to a maximum thickness of wearable material, this device comprising a measurement well opening on to the tread surface, this measurement well having a bottom formed of a first part and of a second part which are offset from one another in the depth, these two parts of the bottom being situated at different distances with respect to the tread surface when new.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicants: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.Inventors: Benjamin QUANTINET, Damien BARDIN, Stéphanie CAMBON, Jonathan LEJEUNE
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Patent number: 9764598Abstract: Tread having a maximum thickness PMU of material to be worn away during running, having: at least two grooves of circumferential overall orientation delimiting at least one intermediate row and two edge rows, a plurality of cuts of transverse overall orientation on each intermediate and edge row, representing, in the new state, a void of total volume Vco open onto the tread surface, at most equal to 13% of the total volume of the tread, channels or cavities extending under the tread surface in the new state, adapted to form new grooves after the tread has partially worn away, and having, in the initial state, a total volume Vcc at least equal to 30% of the total void volume Vco in the new state, intermediate rows of suffix (i) and edge rows of suffix (e) each provided with a plurality of cuts of transverse or oblique orientation distributed over each row evenly or near-evenly with a mean pitch of Pi and Pe respectively, having mean depths, Di and De respectively, which are at least equal to 20% of the thickneType: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ESTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.Inventors: Robert Ciprian Radulescu, Fabien Marlier, Benjamin Quantinet, Maxime Rolland
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Patent number: 9539862Abstract: Tire for heavy goods vehicle having a tread comprising a plurality of circumferential grooves delimiting intermediate ribs and two edge ribs each circumferential groove comprising a plurality of protuberances formed as a protrusion on at least one lateral wall delimiting this groove, wherein: facing each protuberance, a half-closed notch has an axial length La at most equal to 60% of the minimum width Ln of this rib, and a width Le at most equal to the width Lr of the groove oriented so as to make an average angle B at least equal to 10 degrees with the main direction of the protuberance, each protuberance closes the section of the groove in which it is formed over at least 35% and at most 75% of the surface of the said section, a functional clearance (J1, J2) is arranged between the protuberance and the walls delimiting the half-closed notch.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Inventors: Alexis Bournat, Benoit Foucher, Didier Michel Martin, Benjamin Quantinet
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Publication number: 20160137004Abstract: Tread for a tire to equip a heavy vehicle, having:—a plurality of grooves of circumferential overall orientation and a plurality of grooves of oblique overall orientation intersecting the circumferential grooves to delimit blocks, these circumferential and transverse grooves forming a directional tread pattern, imposing a running direction on the tread, a dividing plane separating part of the pattern to the left and part of the pattern to the right,—the circumferential grooves delimiting at least three intermediate rows of blocks and two edge rows situated axially on the outside of the intermediate rows, wherein each block has a contact face forming part of the tread surface, a front face and a rear face and two lateral faces, the front face and the rear face intersecting the contact face along a leading edge Ai and a trailing edge Fi respectively, Ai coming into the contact patch during running before Fi of the same block when running in the running direction, wherein Ai of all the blocks are offset from oneType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.Inventors: BENJAMIN QUANTINET, FABIEN MARLIER
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Publication number: 20150314650Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, having at least two radially superposed layers of elastomeric compounds; a first layer, forming the radially outer part of the tread, has a first elastomeric compound having a modulus G* greater than 1.8 MPa, a second layer of elastomeric compounds radially on the inside of and in contact with the said first layer of elastomeric compound has at least three parts, the axially outer parts having a second elastomeric compound having a maximum value of tan (?), denoted tan (?) max, strictly less than 0.060, and at least a part of the second layer, axially in contact with at least an axially outer part having a third compound with modulus G* greater than 1.2 MPa and at least 5% less than the first elastomeric compound and a maximum value of tan (?), tan (?)max, between 0.060 and 0.120.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Claudia NAVARRO-LOSADA, Benjamin QUANTINET, Gilles GODEAU, Pierre TREGOUET
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Publication number: 20150059943Abstract: Tread having a maximum thickness PMU of material to be worn away during running, having: at least two grooves of circumferential overall orientation delimiting at least one intermediate row and two edge rows, a plurality of cuts of transverse overall orientation on each intermediate and edge row, representing, in the new state, a void of total volume Vco open onto the tread surface, at most equal to 13% of the total volume of the tread, channels or cavities extending under the tread surface in the new state, adapted to form new grooves after the tread has partially worn away, and having, in the initial state, a total volume Vcc at least equal to 30% of the total void volume Vco in the new state, intermediate rows of suffix (i) and edge rows of suffix (e) each provided with a plurality of cuts of transverse or oblique orientation distributed over each row evenly or near-evenly with a mean pitch of Pi and Pe respectively, having mean depths, Di and De respectively, which are at least equal to 20% of the thickneType: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Robert Ciprian Radulescu, Fabien Marlier, Benjamin Quantinet, Maxime Rolland
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Tire tread with blocks of at least one intermediate row having incision and blind longilinear cavity
Patent number: 8936055Abstract: Tire tread (1) comprising a plurality of blocks (6), each block (6) comprising a leading face (61), a trailing face (62) and a contact face (60), the leading face (61) making a mean angle ?A greater than 0 degrees, the trailing edge (62) making a mean angle ?F greater than 0 degrees, the angle ?A of the leading face (61) being greater than the angle ?F of the trailing face, each block (6) comprises an incision (7) extending into the thickness of the block, this incision (7) being delimited by opposing faces provided with blocking means (71) for blocking the relative movements of one of the said faces with respect to the other face in at least one direction, this incision (7) dividing the contact face (60) of the block into two parts with substantially equal surface areas, this tread being characterized in that the incision (7) is inclined by a mean angle ?, measured with respect to the perpendicular to the contact face (60) in the same direction as the angle ?A of the leading face and in that the volume of maType: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Techniques S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Jean-Denis Hidrot, Benjamin Quantinet -
Publication number: 20140352863Abstract: Tire for a heavy goods vehicle, comprising a crown reinforcement, and, radially outside this crown reinforcement, a tread having a total thickness PMU of material intended to become worn during running, the crown reinforcement being formed by at least two working plies and a protection ply positioned radially outside the working plies and radially inside the tread, the narrowest working ply having a width in the range from 70% to 90% of the width W of the tread, the protection ply having a width at most equal to 70% of the width of the narrowest working ply, the tread comprising grooves only in the part radially outside the protection ply, each circumferentially orientated groove having a depth at least equal to 75% of the maximum thickness intended to become worn PMU.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Fabien Marlier, Benjamin Quantinet, Eric Slachmuylders
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Publication number: 20130153105Abstract: Tire for heavy goods vehicle having a tread comprising a plurality of circumferential grooves delimiting intermediate ribs and two edge ribs each circumferential groove comprising a plurality of protuberances formed as a protrusion on at least one lateral wall delimiting this groove, wherein: facing each protuberance, a half-closed notch has an axial length La at most equal to 60% of the minimum width Ln of this rib, and a width Le at most equal to the width Lr of the groove oriented so as to make an average angle B at least equal to 10 degrees with the main direction of the protuberance, each protuberance closes the section of the groove in which it is formed over at least 35% and at most 75% of the surface of the said section, a functional clearance (J1, J2) is arranged between the protuberance and the walls delimiting the half-closed notch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Alexis Bournat, Benoit Foucher, Didier Michel Martin, Benjamin Quantinet
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Publication number: 20130139937Abstract: Tire with radial carcass reinforcement having a tread of thickness E, this tread having a tread surface to come into contact with a roadway and comprising at least one cut opening onto the tread surface to form edge corners, this cut extending into the tread over a total depth H at most equal to the thickness E of the tread, this cut being, between the tread surface and a depth H1 at most equal to the total depth H, in the form of a sipe having a width D suitable for being able to close up at least in part under normal running conditions of the tire. There is also formed, in the vicinity, i.e. at a minimum distance from the said edge corner that is at most equal to five times the width D of the cut, of at least one edge corner of this cut and on the tread surface, at least one cavity having a depth h that is small in comparison with the depth of the cut, i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Christophe Gayton, Stéphan Oraison, Benjamin Quantinet, Mathieu Vandaele
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Patent number: D662458Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et TechniqueInventors: Eric De Benedittis, Ralston Moore, Benjamin Quantinet
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Patent number: D689814Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Stéphanie Cambon, Fabien Marlier, Benjamin Quantinet
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Patent number: D703131Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.Inventors: Stéphanie Cambon, Fabien Marlier, Benjamin Quantinet
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Patent number: D971818Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Arnaud Larregain, Benjamin Quantinet