Patents by Inventor Benoît Delbecque

Benoît Delbecque 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).

  • Assembly drum intended for the manufacture of self-supporting tires
    Patent number: 7866359
    Abstract: Assembly drum of variable diameter D, intended for the manufacture of a tire blank, the drum having a generally cylindrical laying surface (2) provided with circular grooves (3) arranged axially in a zone intended to receive profiled elements of great thickness, said groove (3) containing elastic circumferential bodies (4). When the drum D is moved to a first laying diameter, a mechanical means moves the elastic body (4) radially apart from the bottom of the groove, so as to align the radially outer surface of the elastic body (4) with the laying surface of the drum (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Antoine de Laubier, Benoît Delbecque, Daniel Macheffe
  • Assembly drum intended for the manufacture of self-supporting tires
    Publication number: 20070246164
    Abstract: Assembly drum of variable diameter D, intended for the manufacture of a tire blank, the drum having a generally cylindrical laying surface (2) provided with circular grooves (3) arranged axially in a zone intended to receive profiled elements of great thickness, said groove (3) containing elastic circumferential bodies (4). When the drum D is moved to a first laying diameter, a mechanical means moves the elastic body (4) radially apart from the bottom of the groove, so as to align the radially outer surface of the elastic body (4) with the laying surface of the drum (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Antoine de Laubier, Benoit Delbecque, Daniel Macheffe