Patents by Inventor Sebastien Beaugrand

Sebastien Beaugrand 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: 8109749
    Abstract: A core (N) defining at least partially a manufacturing form whose receiving surface (S), which is of essentially toroidal appearance, is designed to receive directly, by winding, profiles (B) in the form of contiguous bands forming the inside surface of a tire, comprising a plurality of segments (10, 10d, 10i), each having transverse faces (110d, 111d, 110i, 111i), said segments being circumferentially adjacent and located side by side, bearing against each other via their transverse faces, in which core the connecting radius (r) between the transverse face and the receiving surface (S) of a segment (10d, 10i) is between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm, along all or part of the length of the edge formed by the intersection of these two surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Societe de Technologie Michelin
    Inventors: Carlos-Manuel Dos Santos, Sébastien Beaugrand
  • Publication number: 20120012237
    Abstract: Tubeless tire, adapted to be inflated with an inflation gas, comprising: a crown (25) comprising a crown reinforcement (80, 90) surmounted by a tread (40); two sidewalls (30) extending the crown radially inwards; two beads (20) radially inside the sidewalls and each comprising a annular reinforcement structure (70); a carcass reinforcement (60) anchored in each of the beads; an inner-liner (50) impermeable to the inflation gas, covering the inner surface of the tire; wherein, in each sidewall of the tire, the inner-liner comprises at least one slit (200), situated radially between the annular reinforcement structure that is radially outermost, and the radius RE at which the carcass reinforcement, when the tire is fitted to the rim and inflated to its operating pressure, has its largest axial width, the slit having a maximum radial height HR of between 0.5 and 5 mm and extending over at least half of the circumference of the tire. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing such a tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventors: Sebastien Beaugrand, Daniel Lesclingant, Gilles Pommeyrol
  • Publication number: 20100247696
    Abstract: A core (N) defining at least partially a manufacturing form whose receiving surface (S), which is of essentially toroidal appearance, is designed to receive directly, by winding, profiles (B) in the form of contiguous bands forming the inside surface of a tire, comprising a plurality of segments (10, 10d, 10i), each having transverse faces (110d, 111d, 110i, 111i), said segments being circumferentially adjacent and located side by side, bearing against each other via their transverse faces, in which core the connecting radius (r) between the transverse face and the receiving surface (S) of a segment (10d, 10i) is between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm, along all or part of the length of the edge formed by the intersection of these two surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN, Michelin recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Carlos-Manuel Dos Santos, Sébastien Beaugrand