Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.a.

Melaine Guillou

Bernard Guerinon

Eric Berger

Bertrand Boisdon

Christine Nourry

Florian Bremond

Andre-Clement Gaucerand

Xavier Marduel

André-Clément Gaucerand

Ground surface comprising a substrate () having a Young's modulus of between 100 and 1000 GPa, and in which the ground surface has, on a working surface (), a Vickers hardness of between 1300 and 10 000 kgf/mm, and/or a surface coating forming the working surface, in which the surface coating contains amorphous carbon and/or titanium nitride and/or chromium nitride and/or tungsten carbide.

Flooring and device and methods associated with same

Tire tread having a central part (I) made from at least one first rubber compound and having at least one circumferential rib (-) formed of a plurality of blocks () separated by sipes; a first and a second lateral part (II and III) made of at least a second and third rubber compound, and having a circumferential rib () formed by a plurality of blocks (), separated by sipes, wherein the at least one second and third rubber compounds have a value of tan &#x3b4; at 23&#xb0; C.&#x2014;at a frequency of 10 Hz and an elongation of 10% &#x2014;of less than 0.25, wherein the complex modulus G*(T) of the at least one first rubber compound is greater than the complex moduli G*(T) of at least one second and third rubber compounds for all temperatures T greater than or equal to 0&#xb0; and less than or equal to 60&#xb0; C.

Tire having low rolling resistance

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Melaine Guillou