Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-contrast tire pattern and method for producing same
- Patent Title (中): 高对比度轮胎图案及其制造方法
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Application No.: US13496917Application Date: 2010-09-09
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Publication No.: US08672008B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Olivier Muhlhoff , Jean-Claude Desvignes
- Applicant: Olivier Muhlhoff , Jean-Claude Desvignes
- Applicant Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand CH Granges-Paccot
- Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin,Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
- Current Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin,Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand CH Granges-Paccot
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Priority: FR0956675 20090928
- International Application: PCT/EP2010/063212 WO 20100909
- International Announcement: WO2011/036061 WO 20110331
- Main IPC: B60C13/00
- IPC: B60C13/00 ; B60C13/02

Abstract:
Tire having a visible surface comprising patterns contrasting with said surface, said pattern comprising, over the entire surface thereof, a plurality of tufts distributed with a density of at least five tufts per mm2 or a plurality of blades which are substantially parallel to one another and arranged with a pitch of less than 0.5 mm, each tuft having a mean cross section having a diameter of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm or each blade having a mean width of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm, characterized in that the walls of the tufts or of the blades have, over at least one quarter of the area thereof, a mean roughness Rz of between 5 μm and 30 μm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120227879A1 HIGH-CONTRAST TIRE PATTERN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Public/Granted day:2012-09-13
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