Michelin Recherche et Technique Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120318424 | TIRE HAVING A CROWN AREA PROVIDED WITH A SUBLAYER COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER - Radial tire having:
| 12-20-2012 |
20120252928 | FUNCTIONALIZED DIENE ELASTOMER, AND RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME - The present invention relates to a specific functionalized diene elastomer. This functionalized elastomer exhibits a reduced cold flow without, however, damaging the properties of a reinforced rubber composition in which it is present, in particular the processing properties and the hysteresis properties. This functionalized diene elastomer carries, at the chain end, a silanol functional group or a polysiloxane block having a silanol end and is partially coupled by or star-branched by tin. | 10-04-2012 |
20120097301 | METHOD OF IMPROVING TREAD NOISE - A method of improving tire tread noise is provided. The method allows the identification of locations where the tread pattern should be particularly modified in order to optimize the level of noise created by the tread during tire operation. Variations in a defined parameter, contact length ratio, are used to determine one or more locations in the tread pattern where modification for noise reduction can be made. The type of modifications needed can also be indicated. | 04-26-2012 |
20110180958 | Mould for Vulcanizing a Tire, Installation and Method for Regulating the Temperature of the Mould - A mould for vulcanizing a blank tire has an overall shape that is annular about an axis of revolution and includes a configuration for channelling a heat-transfer liquid in a substantially circular path about the axis. The channelling configuration includes an annular wall around the axis, separating at least two chambers in which the heat-transfer liquid circulates. Furthermore, a downstream end (respectively an upstream end) of one of the chambers has substantially the same angular position with respect to the substantially circular path as the downstream (respectively upstream) end of the other of the chambers. The mould is additionally configured for circulating the liquid in opposite directions in the two chambers. | 07-28-2011 |