Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Viller

Jean-Marc Viller 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).

  • Patent number: 9315073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire comprising at least two working layers (41, 43) and at least one layer of circumferential metal reinforcing elements (42). According to the invention, the layer of circumferential reinforcing elements consists of at least one central part (422) and two axially external parts (421), the reinforcing elements of the central part of at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements being reinforcing elements cut so as to form sections (6), the length of the sections being less than 550 mm, the distance (d) between the ends of two consecutive sections being greater than 25 mm, the length of the sections being between 1.1 and 13 times the distance between the ends of two consecutive sections and the reinforcing elements of the two axially external parts (421) being continuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Viller
  • Patent number: 8763664
    Abstract: Tire reinforcement (10) having a bi-material structure of reinforcing elements that consists of at least a plurality of extensible first reinforcing elements (1) and at least a plurality of inextensible second reinforcing elements (2), these first and second reinforcing elements being mutually parallel and distributed alternately in appropriate proportions in order to achieve the desired level of reinforcement, these first and second reinforcing elements lying within the same mean plane, this reinforcement being such that the extensible first reinforcing elements (1) are coupled to the inextensible second reinforcing elements (2) over a coupling length Lc which is shorter than the length L1 of the extensible first reinforcing elements (1) so that, with each of the first and second reinforcing elements having two ends, at least one of the ends of the extensible first reinforcing elements (1) is offset in relation to the two ends of the inextensible second reinforcing elements (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Murielle De-Tullio, Jean-Marc Viller
  • Publication number: 20130186543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tyre comprising at least two working layers (41, 43) and at least one layer of circumferential metal reinforcing elements (42). According to the invention, the layer of circumferential reinforcing elements consists of at least one central part (422) and two axially external parts (421), the reinforcing elements of the central part of at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements being reinforcing elements cut so as to form sections (6), the length of the sections being less than 550 mm, the distance (d) between the ends of two consecutive sections being greater than 25 mm, the length of the sections being between 1.1 and 13 times the distance between the ends of two consecutive sections and the reinforcing elements of the two axially external parts (421) being continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ESTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Viller
  • Publication number: 20120103499
    Abstract: Tyre reinforcement (10) having a bi-material structure of reinforcing elements that consists of at least a plurality of extensible first reinforcing elements (1) and at least a plurality of inextensible second reinforcing elements (2), these first and second reinforcing elements being mutually parallel and distributed alternately in appropriate proportions in order to achieve the desired level of reinforcement, these first and second reinforcing elements lying within the same mean plane, this reinforcement being such that the extensible first reinforcing elements (1) are coupled to the inextensible second reinforcing elements (2) over a coupling length Lc which is shorter than the length L1 of the extensible first reinforcing elements (1) so that, with each of the first and second reinforcing elements having two ends, at least one of the ends of the extensible first reinforcing elements (1) is offset in relation to the two ends of the inextensible second reinforcing elements (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventors: Murielle De-Tullio, Jean-Marc Viller