Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Lacour

Emmanuel Lacour 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 bielastic reinforcing element
    Patent number: 8695668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire comprising at least one, and preferably at least two, reinforcing structures of the carcass type, one inner one and one outer one, possibly one or more crown reinforcing structures, at least one circumferential bielastic reinforcing element consisting of a bielastic fabric in which the said fabric used is a bielastic knit, namely a loop mesh fabric the mesh-forming loops of which are able to move relative to one another in the direction of knitting and in the direction perpendicular to the direction of knitting, the said bielastic reinforcement being positioned in such a way as to run substantially parallel along a portion of a reinforcing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvie Duchemin, Emmanuel Lacour
  • Tyre Comprising a Bielastic Reinforcing Element
    Publication number: 20090139631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire comprising at least one, and preferably at least two, reinforcing structures of the carcass type, one inner one and one outer one, possibly one or more crown reinforcing structures, at least one circumferential bielastic reinforcing element consisting of a bielastic fabric in which the said fabric used is a bielastic knit, namely a loop mesh fabric the mesh-forming loops of which are able to move relative to one another in the direction of knitting and in the direction perpendicular to the direction of knitting, the said bielastic reinforcement being positioned in such a way as to run substantially parallel along a portion of a reinforcing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvie Duchemin, Emmanuel Lacour