Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.a.

Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements

Nicolas Levy

Arnaud Larregain

Olivier Muhlhoff

Frédéric Perrin

Hélène Emorine

Michel Blondelet

Tire () comprising a tread (), the tire comprising at least one groove (), at least one wear indicator () disposed in the groove (), the wear indicator comprising a contact face () intended to come into contact with a roadway when the tire reaches a wear limit, the groove () comprising a texture () produced integrally with a bottom () of this groove (), said texture () surrounding the wear indicator () and contrasting with the contact face () of the wear indicator.

Tire comprising a textured tread

Road-going assembly consisting of a vehicle comprising a front axle and a rear axle, and of a set of tires which are mounted on their mounting rim in order to be fitted to the front axle and the rear axle of this vehicle, the tires of the rear axle having grooves the mean depths of which are at least equal to 3 mm and at most equal to 5 mm, the tires of the front axle having grooves the mean depths of which are greater than 5 mm, this road-going assembly having, at least in the case of the rear axle, static setups (camber, toe-in) of close to zero, that is to say a camber of each wheel-tire assembly on the said axle of between &#x2212;0.8 degrees and +0.8 degrees and a toe-in at each wheel of between &#x2212;0.15 degrees and +0.15 degrees, the static setups of the tires of one and the same axle being equal in terms of absolute value and symmetric with respect to a plane perpendicular to the road surface.

Suspension system for vehicle and tire for vehicle

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Nicolas Levy