Patents by Inventor Luc Bestgen
Luc Bestgen 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: 12280557Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tire (1) equipped with a communication module (20) consists in successively, and in the order required by the architecture of said tire, laying rubber products, notably profiled elements (50) and reinforcing elements on a given support in order to yield a green tire (1), then in vulcanizing the green tire to yield a tire (1), wherein, prior to laying one of the rubber profiled elements (50) on the green tire, a slot (52) is created starting from a surface of the rubber profiled element (50) and the communication module (20) is introduced into the slot (52).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Luc Bestgen, Henri Hinc, Severine Glibert
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Patent number: 12240193Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tire (1) equipped with a communication module (20) consists in successively, and in the order required by the architecture of said tire, laying rubber products, notably profiled elements (50) and reinforcing elements on a given support in order to yield a green tire (1), then in vulcanizing the green tire to yield a tire (1), wherein, prior to laying one of the rubber profiled elements (50) on the green tire, a slot (52) is created starting from a surface of the rubber profiled element (50) and the communication module (20) is introduced into the slot (52).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Luc Bestgen, Henri Hinc, Severine Glibert
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Publication number: 20240227452Abstract: The invention relates to a tire (1) that can be regrooved at least once, and the tread of which has at least one re-cuttable groove (3). According to the invention, after regrooving, the height (HR) of said at least one re-cut groove (3) is greater than or equal to 70% of the groove height (HN3) of said at least one re-cuttable groove of the tire when new.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: LUC BESTGEN, PATRICK DAYET, STEPHANE HEBERT
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Publication number: 20240131869Abstract: The invention relates to a tire (1) that can be regrooved at least once, and the tread of which has at least one re-cuttable groove (3). According to the invention, after regrooving, the height (HR) of said at least one re-cut groove (3) is greater than or equal to 70% of the groove height (HN3) of said at least one re-cuttable groove of the tire when new.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: LUC BESTGEN, PATRICK DAYET, STEPHANE HEBERT
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Publication number: 20230356488Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tire (1) equipped with a communication module (20) consists in successively, and in the order required by the architecture of said tire, laying rubber products, notably profiled elements (50) and reinforcing elements on a given support in order to yield a green tire (1), then in vulcanizing the green tire to yield a tire (1), wherein, prior to laying one of the rubber profiled elements (50) on the green tire, a slot (52) is created starting from a surface of the rubber profiled element (50) and the communication module (20) is introduced into the slot (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: LUC BESTGEN, HENRI HINC, SEVERINE GLIBERT
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Publication number: 20230356487Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tire (1) equipped with a communication module (20) consists in successively, and in the order required by the architecture of said tire, laying rubber products, notably profiled elements (50) and reinforcing elements on a given support in order to yield a green tire (1), then in vulcanizing the green tire to yield a tire (1), wherein, prior to laying one of the rubber profiled elements (50) on the green tire, a slot (52) is created starting from a surface of the rubber profiled element (50) and the communication module (20) is introduced into the slot (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: LUC BESTGEN, HENRI HINC, SEVERINE GLIBERT
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Patent number: 11766895Abstract: A passenger vehicle tire having hooping layer (71) that has a force at break FR per mm of axial width of the hooping layer at least equal to 35 daN/mm and has a secant extension modulus MA at least equal to 250 daN/mm, for an applied force F equal to 15% of FR. Working reinforcement (6) comprises a single working layer (61) the working reinforcers of which form, with the circumferential direction (YY?), an angle AT at least equal to 30° and at most equal to 50°. The carcass reinforcers of the at least one carcass layer (81) form, with the circumferential direction (YY?) and in the equatorial plane (XZ), an angle AC2 at least equal to 55° and at most equal to 80° and having an orientation opposite of that of angle AT of the working reinforcers so that the carcass reinforcers and the working reinforcers constitute a triangulation.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Luc Bestgen, Christophe Le Clerc, Jacky Pineau
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Patent number: 11679571Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tire (1) equipped with a communication module (20) consists in successively, and in the order required by the architecture of said tire, laying rubber products, notably profiled elements (50) and reinforcing elements on a given support in order to yield a green tire (1), then in vulcanizing the green tire to yield a tire (1), wherein, prior to laying one of the rubber profiled elements (50) on the green tire, a slot (52) is created starting from a surface of the rubber profiled element (50) and the communication module (20) is introduced into the slot (52).Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Luc Bestgen, Henri Hinc, Severine Glibert
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Patent number: 11173755Abstract: A flexible adapter (1) for a rolling assembly, said rolling assembly comprising a tyre (2) having two beads (21), a rim (3) and two adapters (1) each intended to ensure the joint between one of the beads (21) and the rim (3), said rim (3) having two rim seats (31) each extended axially outwards by a rim flange (32), the rim seat having a diameter D3, the adapter comprising an axially outer end (11) and a body (12) oriented substantially axially and disposed between said axially outer end (11) and said axially inner end (10), said body (12) having a radially outer face (121) and a radially inner face (122), having the intersection between the shoulder (111) of the axially outer end (11) of the adapter (1) and the substantially tapered face of said adapter seat (13) forming a circle of diameter D1, said adapter seat (13) having a substantially tapered face of angle ?, in which the difference “d” between the diameters D1 and D3, d=D1?D3, lies between 25.9 mm and 30.4 mm and the angle ? is greater than 0.5°.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Jose Merino, Michel Ahouanto, Luc Bestgen, Henri Hinc, Jacky Pineau, Arthur Topin
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Publication number: 20210252815Abstract: Method for manufacturing a tyre (1) equipped with a communication module (20), consisting in successively, and in the order required by the architecture of said tyre, laying rubber products, notably profiled elements (50) and reinforcing elements on a given support in order to yield a green tyre (1), then in vulcanizing the green tyre to yield a tyre (1), wherein, prior to laying one of the rubber profiled elements (50) on the green tyre, a slot (52) is created starting from a surface of the rubber profiled element (50) and the communication module (20) is introduced into the slot (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: LUC BESTGEN, HENRI HINC, SEVERINE GLIBERT
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Patent number: 10369849Abstract: An adapter for a rolling assembly comprising a tire having two beads (B), a rim (J) with two rim seats (7), said adapter connecting one of the beads and the rim. The adapter has an axially inner end (10) comprising inner reinforcer element (16), and an axially outer end (15) comprising outer reinforcer element (15), respectively mounted on a rim seat (7). Body (11) connects said outer end (9) to said inner end (10). Main reinforcement connects said outer reinforcer (15), and said inner reinforcer (16), a substantially cylindrical adapter seat (18) receiving one of said beads (B), an adapter bearing face (21) substantially contained in a plane perpendicular to the rion otataxis. The reinforcer element (15) of the axially outer end (9) is entirely situated axially outside the bearing face (21), and in that the body (11) comprises, opposite the adapter seat (7), an annular seat reinforcer (19).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Michel Ahouanto, Luc Bestgen, Arthur Topin
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Publication number: 20190135049Abstract: A flexible adapter (1) for a rolling assembly, said rolling assembly comprising a tyre (2) having two beads (21), a rim (3) and two adapters (1) each intended to ensure the joint between one of the beads (21) and the rim (3), said rim (3) having two rim seats (31) each extended axially outwards by a rim flange (32), the rim seat having a diameter D3, the adapter comprising an axially outer end (11) and a body (12) oriented substantially axially and disposed between said axially outer end (11) and said axially inner end (10), said body (12) having a radially outer face (121) and a radially inner face (122), having the intersection between the shoulder (111) of the axially outer end (11) of the adapter (1) and the substantially tapered face of said adapter seat (13) forming a circle of diameter D1, said adapter seat (13) having a substantially tapered face of angle ?, in which the difference “d” between the diameters D1 and D3, d=D1?D3, lies between 25.9 mm and 30.4 mm and the angle ? is greater than 0.5°.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: JOSE MERINO, MICHEL AHOUANTO, LUC BESTGEN, HENRI HINC, JACKY PINEAU, ARTHUR TOPIN
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Publication number: 20180201067Abstract: The reinforcing structure for a tire is in the form of a stratified assembly formed of two layers of reinforcing strips of completely connected cross section, and flattened in shape. According to the method, the strips of each layer are laid side by side in a main direction of laying. The strips of the first layer are spaced apart by a distance that is less than the width of the strips of the second layer and in such a way that the edges of the strips of the first layer overlap the edges of the strips of the second layer. The two layers of strips are separated by a layer of uncoupling rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Jean-Luc GUERBERT-JUBERT, Luc BESTGEN, Didier VASSEUR, Delphine NAYRAT
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Patent number: 10023014Abstract: Bicycle tire (1) comprising a continuous toothing (5) having a substantially radial generatrix (G) with respect to the rotation axis of the tire in the axial direction (YY?), said toothing (5) being positioned circumferentially on an axially outer face (21) of at least one sidewall (2) and comprising an elastomeric material. A retroreflective strip (6) is positioned circumferentially on the sidewall (2), axially on the outside of the axially outer face (21) of the sidewall (2) and radially on the outside of the toothing (5), a strip support (7) is interposed axially between the retroreflective strip (6) and the axially outer face (21) of the sidewall (2), and an axially outer face (71) of the strip support (7), to which the retroreflective strip (6) is applied, forms an angle (A) of at most equal to 30° with the radial direction (ZZ?) of the tire.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Sylvain Petitjean, Luc Bestgen, David Olsommer
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Patent number: 9937749Abstract: Adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation comprising a tire having two beads, a rim with rim well (13) between two rim seats (12) each with an axially outer end, and width W between axially outer ends of these rim seats. The adapter, coupled between each bead and each rim seat, has two axially outer ends (2) each comprising seat (3) and bearing face (4) in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Body (5) connects outer axial ends (2) and comprises a main reinforcement, face (16) in contact with each seat (12) and with well (13) and positioned radially on the inside. The adapter has a total axial width L between each seat (3), and 60%?W/L?20%. Body (5) comprises immobilizing element (8) to wedge the adapter in the rim well (13).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Michel Ahouanto, Luc Bestgen, Jacky Pineau, Arthur Topin
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Patent number: 9937754Abstract: A tire for a motorized two-wheeled vehicle comprising a reinforcing structure of the carcass type, made up of reinforcing elements, anchored on each side of the tire to a bead the base of which is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, each bead being extended radially outward by a sidewall, the sidewalls radially toward the outside joining to a tread. At least the central part of the tread comprises at least one circumferentially continuous cut, the cut being made up, for at least 80% of its length of at least one incision and at most 20% of at least one part having a width greater than that of an incision and the apparent area of the at least one incision is greater than the apparent area of the at least one part having a width greater than that of an incision.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventor: Luc Bestgen
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Publication number: 20180093532Abstract: A passenger vehicle tire having hooping layer (71) that has a force at break FR per mm of axial width of the hooping layer at least equal to 35 daN/mm and has a secant extension modulus MA at least equal to 250 daN/mm, for an applied force F equal to 15% of FR. Working reinforcement (6) comprises a single working layer (61) the working reinforcers of which form, with the circumferential direction (YY?), an angle AT at least equal to 30° and at most equal to 50°. The carcass reinforcers of the at least one carcass layer (81) form, with the circumferential direction (YY?) and in the equatorial plane (XZ), an angle AC2 at least equal to 55° and at most equal to 80° and having an orientation opposite of that of angle AT of the working reinforcers so that the carcass reinforcers and the working reinforcers constitute a triangulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Luc BESTGEN, Christophe LE CLERC, Jacky PINEAU
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Patent number: 9889704Abstract: A collapsible tire for a passenger vehicle, comprising at least one carcass reinforcement optionally associated with an inextensible crown reinforcement, itself radially on the inside of a tread, two beads and two sidewalls, said beads comprising at least one inextensible circumferential reinforcing element called a bead wire, said bead wire defining, when free of any stress, a mean line forming a substantially circular closed curve in a circumferential plane, wherein the invention is characterized in that the bead wire of each bead is flexible, wherein after the tire has been collapsed, the mean line of the bead wire simultaneously defines a first curvature, and a second curvature, the first and second curvatures being connected together by a third connecting curvature, the projection of said first, second and third curvatures of the collapsed tire onto an axial plane defining the two-dimensional envelope by way of a total perimeter P of less than or equal to [3×(2H+A)], H being the height of the sidewall anType: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Luc Bestgen, Florian Vilcot
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Patent number: 9840112Abstract: The collapsible tire includes at least one carcass reinforcement that is surmounted radially from the outside by an inextensible crown reinforcement, which is radially on an inside of a tread. The reinforcements each include at least one layer of reinforcing elements. The tread is connected to two beads by two sidewalls. The beads are intended to come into contact with a rim, and each bead has at least one circumferential reinforcing element called a bead wire. The bead wire defines a mean line which forms a substantially circular closed curve in a circumferential plane. The bead wires are flexible and have at least one concave part Pc with a radius Rc and a center of curvature Cc.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.Inventors: Luc Bestgen, Michel Ahouanto
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Publication number: 20170036483Abstract: Adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation comprising a tire having two beads, a rim with rim well (13) between two rim seats (12) each with an axially outer end, and width W between axially outer ends of these rim seats. The adapter, coupled between each bead and each rim seat, has two axially outer ends (2) each comprising seat (3) and bearing face (4) in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Body (5) connects outer axial ends (2) and comprises a main reinforcement, face (16) in contact with each seat (12) and with well (13) and positioned radially on the inside. The adapter has a total axial width L between each seat (3), and 60%?W/L?20%. Body (5) comprises immobilizing element (8) to wedge the adapter in the rim well (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Michel AHOUANTO, Luc BESTGEN, Jacky PINEAU, Arthur TOPIN