Patents by Inventor Lucien Bondu, JR.

Lucien Bondu, JR. 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: 9718312
    Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread having at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, lower than 0.120, and the complex dynamic shear modulus G* 1% at 100° C. of the second blended elastomeric compound having a value at least 10% higher than that of the complex dynamic shear modulus G* 1% at 100° C. of the first blended elastomeric compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, Jr., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin
  • Patent number: 9718313
    Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread containing at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, lower than 0.150, and the elongation at break in a tearability test of the second blended elastomeric compound at 100° C. having a value at least 10% higher than that of the elongation at break of the first blended elastomeric compound in a tearability test at 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, Jr., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin
  • Patent number: 9713941
    Abstract: A tire of which the tread contains at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a Z-value higher than 55 and a tan(?)max value lower than 0.120, the second blended elastomeric compound having a Z-value higher than 50 and a tan(?)max value lower than 0.100, and the complex modulus G*1% at 100° C. of the second blended elastomeric compound having a value at least 5% higher than that of the modulus G*1% at 100° C. of the first blended elastomeric compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche El-Technique, S.A.
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, Jr., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin
  • Publication number: 20150165824
    Abstract: A tire of which the tread contains at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a Z-value higher than 55 and a tan(?)max value lower than 0.120, the second blended elastomeric compound having a Z-value higher than 50 and a tan(?)max value lower than 0.100, and the complex modulus G*1% at 100° C. of the second blended elastomeric compound having a value at least 5% higher than that of the modulus G*1% at 100° C. of the first blended elastomeric compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, JR., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin
  • Publication number: 20150158338
    Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread containing at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, lower than 0.150, and the elongation at break in a tearability test of the second blended elastomeric compound at 100° C. having a value at least 10% higher than that of the elongation at break of the first blended elastomeric compound in a tearability test at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, JR., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin
  • Publication number: 20150151579
    Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread having at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, lower than 0.120, and the complex dynamic shear modulus G* 1% at 100° C. of the second blended elastomeric compound having a value at least 10% higher than that of the complex dynamic shear modulus G* 1% at 100° C. of the first blended elastomeric compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, JR., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin
  • Publication number: 20150136287
    Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, the tread having at least two layers of blended elastomeric compounds that are radially superposed and have a voids ratio that is lower in the central part than at the axially outer parts. A first layer of blended elastomeric compounds of the tread is made up of a first blended elastomeric compound forming a part extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and of at least two axially outer parts formed of a second blended elastomeric compound, the first blended elastomeric compound having a macro dispersion Z-value higher than 65 and a maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, lower than 0.150, and the second blended elastomeric compound having a maximum tan(?) value, denoted tan(?)max, lower than 0.130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Lucien Bondu, JR., Francois Harle, Olivier Goncalves, Cecile Belin