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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Frederic Pialot, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jose Merino Lopez, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Alain Faugeras, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
The method includes a step of deploying a curing membrane against an interior surface of the tire. The curing membrane has a contact surface with a drainage structure which comprises air-discharge channels and which is subdivided into a first drainage region, a second drainage region, and a third drainage reason. The first drainage region is pressed intimately against a crown region of the tire, the second drainage region is pressed intimately against a sidewall region of the tire, and the third drainage region is pressed intimately against a bead region of the tire. A mean depth of the channels of the third drainage region is strictly greater than a mean depth of the channels of the second drainage region, which is itself strictly greater than a mean depth of the channels of the first drainage region.