Patents by Inventor Renaud Rivaton

Renaud Rivaton 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: 6467518
    Abstract: A toric membrane of reinforced rubber, used as a support for the tread of a tubeless tire and forming with the tire P and its mounting rim a rolling assembly, characterized in that, when inflated to a pressure p0 greater than the pressure p1 of the cavity of the tire, it has in the inflated state a crown radius RM less than the loaded radius RE of the tire when used at its recommended pressure, the membrane being reinforced in its crown by a crown reinforcement and a hooping reinforcement composed of circumferentially oriented cords or cables, and in its sidewalls by at least one reinforcement ply, wound around an annular reinforcement element having a breaking load slightly greater than that of the hooping reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Compagnie General des Establissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Alain Clouet, Renaud Rivaton
  • Patent number: 6283185
    Abstract: A toric membrane of reinforced rubber, used as a supporting means for the tread of a tubeless tire, and forming with said tire and its mounting rim a traveling assembly, characterized in that, inflated to a pressure po greater than the pressure p1 of the cavity of the tire, it has, in the inflated state, a crown radius RM less than the loaded radius RE of the tire used at its recommended pressure, said membrane being reinforced, at least in its crown, by a crown reinforcement and a hooping reinforcement, composed of cords or cables oriented circumferentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin - Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Renaud Rivaton
  • Patent number: 5975171
    Abstract: A device for supporting the tread of a tire which includes a rigid support 1) and an elastic top cap rubber (2) made of a vulcanized rubber compound, a lubricant (5) arranged between said support (1) and said top cap rubber (2) allowing circumferential displacement between the support (1) and the top cap rubber (2), wherein each shoulder (122) of the bearing ring (12) of the support (1) is equipped on its edge with at least one straight circumferential groove (124) in which there is housed the corresponding circumferential rib (25) of the radially internal face (200) of the top cap rubber (2), said rib (25) being in contact with the bottom of the groove (124) of the support (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin - Michelin & Cie
    Inventor: Renaud Rivaton
  • Patent number: 5868880
    Abstract: Prevulcanized tread strip (1, 10) including a cap (2) and two side wings 20, 30), such that each lateral end of said wings (3, 20, 30) ends in a bead (4, 21, 31) made of elastomeric material with a substantial thickness in the region intended for connection to a tire carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie
    Inventors: Guy Pouille, Bernard Ravel, Renaud Rivaton