Patents by Inventor William License

William License 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: 12275283
    Abstract: Radial carcass tire for a civil engineering vehicle, having two bead wires (2) of radial height Ht, and carcass reinforcement made of two layers, the first (1) being radially innermost with a radial height Hdc, is anchored in each bead to form a main part (11) and a turn-up (12). The second layer (3) is radially outside the first layer (1). The free end (A) of the turn-up (12) is at a radial distance from the radially outermost point (21) of the bead wire that is at least equal to 1 and at most equal to 2 times Ht. From the end A of the turn-up (12) to the point B at 85% of the radial height Hdc, the distance between carcass layers is at least equal to 2 and at most equal to 11 times the diameter of metal reinforcers of first carcass layer (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: William License, François Barbarin
  • Patent number: 11807048
    Abstract: Tire (1) comprising a carcass reinforcement (2) surmounted by a crown reinforcement (3), itself capped by a tread (7), the said tread being connected to two beads (6) via two sidewalls (4) each having an exterior surface (40), at least one of the said sidewalls comprising at least two circumferential protrusions (5a, 5b, 5c), each sidewall (4) comprising an equator point (E) situated on the exterior surface of the sidewall radially at the same position as the axially outermost point (20) of the carcass reinforcement (2) in the unladen reference configuration, each circumferential protrusion (5a, 5b, 5c) being bounded by a radially upper wall (51), by a radially lower wall (52), and by a connecting wall (53) situated between the radially upper wall (51) and the radially lower wall (52) tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: William License, Jacques Babaud
  • Patent number: 9333810
    Abstract: Vulcanizing device with radially mobile segments comprising: a bottom plate supporting a bottom shell for molding a tire sidewall, an axially mobile top plate supporting a top shell for molding a tire sidewall, an axially mobile closure ring comprising an inclined interior face, a plurality of circumferentially arranged adjacent segments of which the interior radial faces comprise linings for molding the tread of the tire and of which the inclined exterior radial faces are able to collaborate with: first means of coupling with the closure ring which are produced in such a way that the axial movements of the closure ring involve a radial movement of the segments, and second means of coupling the segments to the top plate which are able to connect the segments to the top plate and to allow their radial movement, the said second means of coupling being adjustable on the circumference of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Hélène Emorine, Sylvain Petitjean, William License
  • Publication number: 20130206291
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire tread for a passenger vehicle comprising a tread surface designed to come into contact with a ground when this tire is running. The tread comprises at least one internal cavity of elongate overall shape with a total length LC and width WC and a sipe less than 2 mm wide beginning partly or totally on the cavity. The sipe extends the cavity over the whole of the length LC while extending radially outwards in order to emerge on the tread surface. The cavity comprises a bottom and two lateral walls surrounding this bottom and extending in the length LC of the cavity. The bottom comprises a message intended for an observer of the tire and the message is at a distance from at least one lateral wall of the cavity, the distance between the message and the said lateral wall being at least equal to 5% of the width WC of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Hélène Emorine, Sylvain Petitjean, William License
  • Patent number: D676803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Alexis Bournat, William License
  • Patent number: D721032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphanie Cambon, Julien Metzeger, Jonathan Lejeune, William License
  • Patent number: D722012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Houria Belarbi, Mathieu Vandaele, William License
  • Patent number: D724007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Houria Belarbi, Mathieu Vandaele, William License