Patents by Inventor Michael Cogne
Michael Cogne 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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Publication number: 20160303913Abstract: Tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, made up of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements, the tire comprising a crown reinforcement, itself radially capped by a tread, the tread being connected to two beads by two sidewalls. The metal reinforcing elements of at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are non-wrapped cords which, in the test referred to as the permeability test, return a flow rate of less than 20 cm3/min, in a radial plane, at least over part of the meridian profile of the tire, the thickness of rubber compound between the interior surface of the cavity of the tire and the point of a metal reinforcing element of the carcass reinforcement closest to the interior surface of the cavity is less than or equal to 3.8 mm and the ratio between the thickness of rubber compound measured at the circumferential mid plane and the said thickness measured in another region of the tire is greater than 1.05.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Charlotte CAFFEAU, Michaël COGNE, Jean BERANGER
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Patent number: 9108465Abstract: A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement, comprised of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements, said tire comprising a crown reinforcement, which is itself covered radially with a tread, said tread being joined to two beads via two sidewalls. The metal reinforcing elements of at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are non-hooped cords having, in the permeability test, a flow rate of less than 20 cm3/min and at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement being provided on at least one side with textile threads oriented mainly along a direction parallel to that of the metal reinforcing elements of said at least one carcass reinforcement layer, said textile threads being corrugated about this main direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Michael Cogne, Bernard Jault, Laurent Nadreau
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Patent number: 9056529Abstract: A technique for comprising the compression fatigue rupture strength of the carcass reinforcement external layer (3) of an aeroplane tire in the region of bending on the rim (7). The distance (d) between a point (A) on the bead external face (6) and the carcass reinforcement external layer (3), measured along the straight line perpendicular at this point to the bead external face, is at a maximum at the point (M) on the bead external face that is the orthogonal projection of the radially external end (E) of the filling element (5) onto the bead external face, and the distance (dmax) between the orthogonal projection (M) of the radially external end (E) of the filling element (5) onto the bead external face (6) and the carcass reinforcement external layer (3) is at least equal to 1.3 times the distance (d1) between the orthogonal projection (L) of the center (O) of the bead wire core (4) onto the bead external face and the carcass reinforcement external layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technoque S.A.Inventors: Michael Cogne, Jean-Luc Dendievel
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Patent number: 9033016Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement made up of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements, the tire comprising a crown reinforcement itself capped radially with a tread, the tread being connected to two beads via two sidewalls. At least 70% of the metal reinforcing elements of at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are non wrapped cables which, in what is known as the air-wicking test, display a flow rate of less than 2 cm3/min, and at least 10% of the metal reinforcing elements of the at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are cables which, in what is known as the air-wicking test, display a flow rate of greater than 4 cm3/min.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENT MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.AInventors: Alain Domingo, Christelle Chaulet, Sébastien Noel, Michael Cogne
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Patent number: 8720515Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement, itself radially capped by a tread strip, the said tread strip being connected to two beads via two sidewalls, the carcass reinforcement being anchored in each of the beads to form an anchorage region. The tire additionally comprises, in part of at least each of the anchorage regions, at least two layers formed by circumferential winding of a complex strip formed of two layers consisting of continuous reinforcing elements passing from one layer to the other, the said reinforcing elements being parallel within a layer and crossed from one layer to the other at angles with respect to the circumferential direction that are identical in terms of absolute value.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Michael Cogne, Agnes Degeorges
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Patent number: 8695667Abstract: Method of manufacturing a tire comprising a carcass reinforcement extending between beads, this carcass reinforcement being anchored in each bead by being wrapped around each circumferential bead reinforcement to form a turned-back portion, this carcass reinforcement comprising at least one rubber ply which is reinforced with a plurality of metal cords of low or zero permeability, each bead comprising a plurality of rubber-based strips, at least one of these strips, known as the bead rubber strip, radially on the outside of the circumferential bead reinforcement performing a function of filling and mechanical connection between the carcass reinforcement and its turned-back portion, this bead rubber strip comprising a first surface axially towards the inside in contact with the carcass reinforcement and a second surface axially towards the outside, each bead further comprising at least one other strip, known as the filler strip which, radially on the outside of the radially outermost points of the turned-backType: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Michael Cogne, Laurent Nadreau, Niclas Seidel, Robert Veyret
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Patent number: 8613300Abstract: Tire (10) comprising a radial carcass reinforcement (2) anchored in beads, the tire (10) comprising two sidewalls (1), each sidewall (1) extending between a bead (4) and a crown (3), the two sidewalls comprising a first additional reinforcement (6) positioned either between the carcass reinforcement and the internal cavity of the tire or axially on the outside of the carcass reinforcement and at least one of the sidewalls comprising a second additional reinforcement (5), this tire being characterized in that the first additional reinforcement comprises a plurality of reinforcing elements of textile nature oriented at an angle at least equal to 80° and at most equal to 90° to the circumferential direction, and in that the second additional reinforcement (5) comprises, in the circumferential direction and in an alternating manner, a plurality of first parts (51) and of second parts (52), these second parts (52), having a mean width at least equal to 20 mm, these first and second parts having ultimate tensile stType: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Vincent Estenne, Michael Cogne
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Patent number: 8418738Abstract: A tire 10 comprises a radial carcass reinforcement 2 surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement 31, the carcass reinforcement 2 being formed of a plurality of metal reinforcing elements 21. The tire also includes two sidewalls 1, at least one of the sidewalls comprising an additional reinforcing reinforcement 5 wherein the additional reinforcement 5 comprises, in the circumferential direction, on the tire a plurality of first parts 51 and of second parts 52 that have rupture strengths, that is to say, forces that rupture per unit width of reinforcement, that are such that the rupture strength of the second parts 52 is lower than the rupture strength of the first parts. The first parts 51 and the second parts are arranged such that they alternate in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Karl Van Den Nieuwenhuyzen, Philippe Esnault, Michael Cogne
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Publication number: 20120305160Abstract: A technique for comprising the compression fatigue rupture strength of the carcass reinforcement external layer (3) of an aeroplane tire in the region of bending on the rim (7). The distance (d) between a point (A) on the bead external face (6) and the carcass reinforcement external layer (3), measured along the straight line perpendicular at this point to the bead external face, is at a maximum at the point (M) on the bead external face that is the orthogonal projection of the radially external end (E) of the filling element (5) onto the bead external face, and the distance (dmax) between the orthogonal projection (M) of the radially external end (E) of the filling element (5) onto the bead external face (6) and the carcass reinforcement external layer (3) is at least equal to 1.3 times the distance (d1) between the orthogonal projection (L) of the centre (O) of the bead wire core (4) onto the bead external face and the carcass reinforcement external layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Michael Cogne, Jean-Luc Dendievel
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Publication number: 20120285602Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement made up of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements, the tire comprising a crown reinforcement itself capped radially with a tread, the tread being connected to two beads via two sidewalls. At least 70% of the metal reinforcing elements of at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are non wrapped cables which, in what is known as the air-wicking test, display a flow rate of less than 2 cm3/min, and at least 10% of the metal reinforcing elements of the at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are cables which, in what is known as the air-wicking test, display a flow rate of greater than 4 cm3/min.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Alain Domingo, Christelle Chaulet, Sébastien Noel, Michael Cogne
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Publication number: 20120279627Abstract: A tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed from at least two bilayers of parallel reinforcing elements in a ply, which bilayers are distributed with a constant pitch and crossed from one ply to another, and which do not have a free end at the edges thereof. Within a radial plane, the surface density of reinforcing elements in a region bounded by the geometric centers of four pairwise adjacent reinforcing elements, belonging in pairs to a bilayer, and forming a quadrilateral, is greater at the center of the tire than at the ends of the bilayers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELINInventors: Michael Cogne, Murielle De-Tullio
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Publication number: 20120000590Abstract: A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement, comprised of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements, said tire comprising a crown reinforcement, which is itself covered radially with a tread, said tread being joined to two beads via two sidewalls. The metal reinforcing elements of at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are non-hooped cords having, in the permeability test, a flow rate of less than 20 cm3/min and at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement being provided on at least one side with textile threads oriented mainly along a direction parallel to that of the metal reinforcing elements of said at least one carcass reinforcement layer, said textile threads being corrugated about this main direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2009Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELINInventors: Michael Cogne, Bernard Jault, Laurent Nadreau
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Publication number: 20110315295Abstract: Method of manufacturing a tire comprising a carcass reinforcement extending between beads, this carcass reinforcement being anchored in each bead by being wrapped around each circumferential bead reinforcement to form a turned-back portion, this carcass reinforcement comprising at least one rubber ply which is reinforced with a plurality of metal cords of low or zero permeability, each bead comprising a plurality of rubber-based strips, at least one of these strips, known as the bead rubber strip, radially on the outside of the circumferential bead reinforcement performing a function of filling and mechanical connection between the carcass reinforcement and its turned-back portion, this bead rubber strip comprising a first surface axially towards the inside in contact with the carcass reinforcement and a second surface axially towards the outside, each bead further comprising at least one other strip, known as the filler strip which, radially on the outside of the radially outermost points of the turned-backType: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicants: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A., Societe De Technologie MichelinInventors: Michael Cogne, Laurent Nadreau, Niclas Seidel, Robert Veyret
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Publication number: 20110315296Abstract: A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement, comprised of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements, said tire comprising a crown reinforcement, which is itself covered radially with a tread, said tread being joined to two beads via two sidewalls. The metal reinforcing elements of at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement are non-hooped cords having, in the permeability test, a flow rate of less than 20 cm3/min and at least one layer of the carcass reinforcement being provided on at least one side with at least one layer of textile threads of straight orientation and said textile threads forming an angle with the direction of the metal reinforcing elements of said at least one carcass reinforcement layer of more than 10°.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2009Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Michael Cogne, Bernard Jault
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Publication number: 20110297286Abstract: A tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements itself radially capped by a tread strip, the tread strip being connected to two beads via two sidewalls. At least two working crown layers are formed by circumferential winding of a complex strip formed of two layers including continuous reinforcing elements passing from one layer to the other, the said reinforcing elements being parallel within a layer and crossed from one layer to the other at angles with respect to the circumferential direction that are identical in terms of absolute value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELINInventor: Michael Cogne
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Publication number: 20110232819Abstract: A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement, itself radially capped by a tread strip, the said tread strip being connected to two beads via two sidewalls, the carcass reinforcement being anchored in each of the beads to form an anchorage region. The tire additionally comprises, in part of at least each of the anchorage regions, at least two layers formed by circumferential winding of a complex strip formed of two layers consisting of continuous reinforcing elements passing from one layer to the other, the said reinforcing elements being parallel within a layer and crossed from one layer to the other at angles with respect to the circumferential direction that are identical in terms of absolute value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicants: SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN, Michelin Rescherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Michael Cogne, Agnes Degeorges
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Publication number: 20110232818Abstract: A tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements. The tire additionally comprises, in each shoulder, at least two layers formed by circumferential winding of a complex strip formed of two layers including continuous reinforcing elements passing from one layer to the other, the said reinforcing elements being parallel within a layer and crossed from one layer to the other at angles with respect to the circumferential direction that are identical in terms of absolute value, the said additional complex strip being radially adjacent to the edge of a working crown layer, and the axially outer end of the said additional complex strip being situated a distance from the equatorial plane of the tire that is at least equal to the distance separating from the said plane that end of the working layer to which it is adjacent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventor: Michael Cogne
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Publication number: 20110132516Abstract: Tire (10) comprising a radial carcass reinforcement (2) anchored in beads, the tire (10) comprising two sidewalls (1), each sidewall (1) extending between a bead (4) and a crown (3), the two sidewalls comprising a first additional reinforcement (6) positioned either between the carcass reinforcement and the internal cavity of the tire or axially on the outside of the carcass reinforcement and at least one of the sidewalls comprising a second additional reinforcement (5), this tire being characterized in that the first additional reinforcement comprises a plurality of reinforcing elements of textile nature oriented at an angle at least equal to 80° and at most equal to 90° to the circumferential direction, and in that the second additional reinforcement (5) comprises, in the circumferential direction and in an alternating manner, a plurality of first parts (51) and of second parts (52), these second parts (52), having a mean width at least equal to 20 mm, these first and second parts having ultimate tensile stType: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicants: Societe De Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Vincent Estenne, Michael Cogne
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Publication number: 20100181001Abstract: A tire 10 comprises a radial carcass reinforcement 2 surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement 31, the carcass reinforcement 2 being formed of a plurality of metal reinforcing elements 21. The tire also includes two sidewalls 1, at least one of the sidewalls comprising an additional reinforcing reinforcement 5 wherein the additional reinforcement 5 comprises, in the circumferential direction, on the tire a plurality of first parts 51 and of second parts 52 that have rupture strengths, that is to say, forces that rupture per unit width of reinforcement, that are such that the rupture strength of the second parts 52 is lower than the rupture strength of the first parts. The first parts 51 and the second parts are arranged such that they alternate in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Karl Van Den Nieuwenhuyzen, Philippe Esnault, Michael Cogne
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Publication number: 20090020205Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounted assembly (i.e. tire/wheel assembly) for an automobile vehicle, comprising a rim, a safety support which is mounted on the rim and at least the radially outer face of which is formed of a material of very high modulus, a tire casing mounted on the rim around said support, said rim having on each of its two peripheral edges a rim seat on which is mounted a bead of said casing, and comprising between its two seats a bearing surface receiving said support; this mounted assembly is characterised in that: the material of very high modulus has a secant tensile modulus at 10% elongation, measured at 80° C. and denoted E10, which is greater than 50 MPa; the mounted assembly is provided with a lubricating composition having values of viscosity (denoted respectively ?1 and ?2), expressed in Pa·s and measured at 20° C., which satisfy the following relationships: at a shear rate of 0.3 s?1: 80<?1<2500; at a shear rate of 10 s?1: 0.1<?2<35.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2005Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A.Inventors: Michael Cogne, Laure Simonot, Jean-Louis Mauclin