Patents by Inventor Patrice Monnereau

Patrice Monnereau 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: 11685132
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tread (5) based on uncured rubber material comprises the steps of forming a green form (9) of tread based on uncured rubber material having at least one tread pattern (2) block (3), each tread pattern (2) block (3) having a central portion (11) and at least one lateral portion (12) extending along the central portion (11), of mounting at least one reinforcing ply (7) on at least a part of the central portion (11), and of covering the central part (11) with the aid of the lateral portion (12) in order that the tread pattern (2) block (3) envelops the reinforcing ply (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Mickael Rouby, Patrice Monnereau, Christophe Bessac
  • Publication number: 20210213696
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tread (5) based on uncured rubber material, comprises the steps of forming a green form (9) of tread based on uncured rubber material having at least one tread pattern (2) block (3), each tread pattern (2) block (3) having a central portion (11) and at least one lateral portion (12) extending along the central portion (11), of mounting at least one reinforcing ply (7) on at least a part of the central portion (11), and of covering the central part (11) with the aid of the lateral portion (12) in order that the tread pattern (2) block (3) envelops the reinforcing ply (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: MICKAEL ROUBY, PATRICE MONNEREAU, CHRISTOPHE BESSAC
  • Publication number: 20210197511
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tire (1) comprises a step of positioning a reinforcing ply (9) in a rubber material having grooves (6a) such that the reinforcing ply (9) extends through the grooves (6a), and of crosslinking the tire (1) based on uncured rubber material while hot moulding the latter, with the reinforcing ply (9) being pushed against the bottom of the grooves (6a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: MICKAEL ROUBY, PATRICE MONNEREAU, CHRISTOPHE BESSAC
  • Patent number: 10654209
    Abstract: A method and device for producing metal wire by sheathing a wire with an elastomer compound coming from an extruder is described herein. The aspects disclosed herein may include a feed canal for feeding a sheathing die, through which the wire is made to pass at a pre-established nominal speed. Various temperatures are controlled during the method based on a variety of parameters such as the measured speed at which the wire is moving is other than the nominal speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Tailleur, Patrice Monnereau, Davy Vernier
  • Patent number: 10350805
    Abstract: Method for regulating an extrusion device for the manufacture of a continuous strip of profiled product (P) made of an elastomeric compound, comprising a screw rotationally driven in a fixed barrel the outlet of which comprises an extrusion die and at least one rotationally driven cylindrical roller, the rotational speed of the screw (?screw) being directly connected to the rotational speed of the roller (?roller) by a proportionality coefficient, including: for a given elastomeric compound and a given profiled product (P), determining a setpoint value Ks of the proportionality coefficient, measuring the thickness (e) of the profiled product (P) leaving the extrusion die at each instant and correcting the value of the proportionality coefficient to Ks?, correcting the rotational speed of the screw taking account of the corrected value Ks? of the proportionality coefficient, such that ??screw=Ks?*?roller The roller speed is adjusted as a function of the corrected value Ks? of the proportionality coeffi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche Et Technique, S.A.
    Inventor: Patrice Monnereau
  • Publication number: 20190202156
    Abstract: In this method for turning up the plies of a green tire, longitudinal and radial movements, with reference to a main axis (8) of the green tyre (3), of ply-turning arms (20) are brought about independently of one another in order to apply a rubber element to at least one sidewall (5) of the green tire (3). The radial movement of the arms is controlled by means of a speed setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Massoptier-David, Patrice Monnereau
  • Patent number: 10259147
    Abstract: The extrusion apparatus includes a screw in a fixed barrel. The barrel has a feed inlet and an outlet with an extrusion nozzle which discharges into the nip between first and second rotary rolls that can rotate in opposite directions. The apparatus also has a first means for rotating and a first control means that are able to synchronize the speed of rotation of the first roll and the screw and has a second means that is able to rotate the second screw at a different speed of rotation than the first roll. The first control means can regulate the speed of rotation of the screw depending on the width of the strip, and a second control means can regulate the speed of rotation of the second roll depending on the thickness of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche Et Technique, S.A.
    Inventors: Patrice Monnereau, Jean-Francois Verjat
  • Patent number: 9821524
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a raw blank of a tyre includes using a calender to produce a ply. The calender includes two rollers with a gap situated therebetween. A ply that includes a first rubber material is formed in the gap of the calender, with a bead of the first rubber material being formed upstream of the gap. The bead and the gap of the calender are fed with a second rubber material, different from the first rubber material, to form at least one insert in the ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Denavit, Christian Beccavin, Michael Petrovich, Patrice Monnereau
  • Publication number: 20170136675
    Abstract: A method and device for producing metal wire by sheathing a wire with an elastomer compound coming from an extruder is described herein. The aspects disclosed herein may include a feed canal for feeding a sheathing die, through which the wire is made to pass at a pre-established nominal speed. Various temperatures are controlled during the method based on a variety of parameters such as the measured speed at which the wire is moving is other than the nominal speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: Julien TAILLEUR, Patrice MONNEREAU, Davy VERNIER
  • Patent number: 9421724
    Abstract: In the method for manufacturing an uncured blank of a vehicle tire, a strip (30) of rubber is extruded and is made to pass between two members (18, 10) one of which forms a roller (18) for extruding the strip, such that the faces (21, 23) of the strip, forming one and the same section of the strip in a plane perpendicular to a direction of travel of the strip and pressing simultaneously against the respective members, are driven at linear speeds that differ from one another, and that the members (18, 10) stretch the strip between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Magaly Fougeras, Stephane Gatien, Patrice Monnereau
  • Publication number: 20150343692
    Abstract: Method for regulating an extrusion device for the manufacture of a continuous strip of profiled product (P) made of an elastomeric compound, comprising a screw rotationally driven in a fixed barrel the outlet of which comprises an extrusion die and at least one rotationally driven cylindrical roller, the rotational speed of the screw (?screw) being directly connected to the rotational speed of the roller (?roller) by a proportionality coefficient, including: for a given elastomeric compound and a given profiled product (P), determining a setpoint value Ks of the proportionality coefficient, measuring the thickness (e) of the profiled product (P) leaving the extrusion die at each instant and correcting the value of the proportionality coefficient to Ks?, correcting the rotational speed of the screw taking account of the corrected value Ks? of the proportionality coefficient, such that ??screw=Ks?*?roller The roller speed is adjusted as a function of the corrected value Ks? of the proportionality coeffi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Patrice MONNEREAU
  • Publication number: 20130334729
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a raw blank of a tyre includes using a calender to produce a ply. The calender includes two rollers with a gap situated therebetween. A ply that includes a first rubber material is formed in the gap of the calender, with a bead of the first rubber material being formed upstream of the gap. The bead and the gap of the calender are fed with a second rubber material, different from the first rubber material, to form at least one insert in the ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Franck Denavit, Christian Beccavin, Michael Petrovich, Patrice Monnereau
  • Publication number: 20130243987
    Abstract: In the method for manufacturing an uncured blank of a vehicle tire, a strip (30) of rubber is extruded and is made to pass between two members (18, 10) one of which forms a roller (18) for extruding the strip, such that the faces (21, 23) of the strip, forming one and the same section of the strip in a plane perpendicular to a direction of travel of the strip and pressing simultaneously against the respective members, are driven at linear speeds that differ from one another, and that the members (18, 10) stretch the strip between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Magaly Fougeras, Stephane Gatien, Patrice Monnereau
  • Patent number: 7641752
    Abstract: A mechanism for laying a strip on a receiving surface rotating about a first axis. The mechanism includes a laying head moving along a second axis oriented parallel to the axis of rotation of the surface and along a third axis oriented parallel to a radial direction passing through the point of contact between the receiving surface and a strip applicator of the laying head. The laying head is rotatable about a front axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the second and third axes and passing through the contact point. the laying includes a device for estimating the value of the of the angle ? formed by a tangent to the transverse profile of the surface and the second axis. The movements of the laying head are determined by the value of the angle ? in such a way as to displace the laying head in a direction parallel to the tangent following the transverse profile of the receiving surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Michelin-Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Nicolas Chevaux, Patrice Monnereau
  • Patent number: 7444855
    Abstract: Device for measuring the rheological properties of a viscoelastic material, formed of an upper rotating plate (10) and of a lower rotating plate (20) which are able to press against the opposite faces of a sample S of the material to be measured. The axes of rotation (a1 a1? and a2 a2?) of said plates are arranged parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the plane formed by the plates, and offset from one another by a distance d. Two independent motors (12, 22) drive respectively the upper plate (10) and the lower plate (20) at the same speed of rotation ?, without giving rise to any angular displacement between the two plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.
    Inventors: Frédéric Cottais, Patrice Monnereau, Daniel Meyer
  • Publication number: 20080022758
    Abstract: Device for measuring the rheological properties of a viscoelastic material, formed of an upper rotating plate (10) and of a lower rotating plate (20) which are able to press against the opposite faces of a sample S of the material to be measured. The axes of rotation (a1a1? and a2 a2?) of said plates are arranged parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the plane formed by the plates, and offset from one another by a distance d. Two independent motors (12, 22) drive respectively the upper plate (10) and the lower plate (20) at the same speed of rotation ?, without giving rise to any angular displacement between the two plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Frederic Cottais, Patrice Monnereau, Daniel Meyer
  • Publication number: 20070199661
    Abstract: Apparatus designed for laying a strip on a rotating receiving surface S, comprising a laying head (100) moving along axes XX? parallel to the axis of rotation of the surface (S) and YY? parallel to a radial direction passing through the point of contact Q between the strip application means (112) and the receiving surface (S), and capable of moving in rotation about an axis AA? substantially perpendicular to the above axes and passing through the point Q. The laying head comprises a device allowing estimation of the value of the angle ? formed by the tangent TT? to the transverse profile of the surface S and the axis XX?. The movements of the laying head are determined by the value of the angle ? in such a way as to displace the latter in a direction parallel to TT? following the transverse profile of the receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Nicolas Chevaux, Patrice Monnereau