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).

  • Publication number: 20160303913
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Charlotte CAFFEAU, Michaël COGNE, Jean BERANGER
  • Patent number: 9108465
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Bernard Jault, Laurent Nadreau
  • Patent number: 9056529
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technoque S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Jean-Luc Dendievel
  • Patent number: 9033016
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENT MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A
    Inventors: Alain Domingo, Christelle Chaulet, Sébastien Noel, Michael Cogne
  • Patent number: 8720515
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Agnes Degeorges
  • Patent number: 8695667
    Abstract: 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-back
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Laurent Nadreau, Niclas Seidel, Robert Veyret
  • Patent number: 8613300
    Abstract: 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 st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Estenne, Michael Cogne
  • Patent number: 8418738
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Karl Van Den Nieuwenhuyzen, Philippe Esnault, Michael Cogne
  • Publication number: 20120305160
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Jean-Luc Dendievel
  • Publication number: 20120285602
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Alain Domingo, Christelle Chaulet, Sébastien Noel, Michael Cogne
  • Publication number: 20120279627
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Murielle De-Tullio
  • Publication number: 20120000590
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Bernard Jault, Laurent Nadreau
  • Publication number: 20110315295
    Abstract: 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-back
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A., Societe De Technologie Michelin
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Laurent Nadreau, Niclas Seidel, Robert Veyret
  • Publication number: 20110315296
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Bernard Jault
  • Publication number: 20110297286
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventor: Michael Cogne
  • Publication number: 20110232819
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN, Michelin Rescherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Agnes Degeorges
  • Publication number: 20110232818
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Cogne
  • Publication number: 20110132516
    Abstract: 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 st
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: Societe De Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Estenne, Michael Cogne
  • Publication number: 20100181001
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Karl Van Den Nieuwenhuyzen, Philippe Esnault, Michael Cogne
  • Publication number: 20090020205
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Cogne, Laure Simonot, Jean-Louis Mauclin