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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.a., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Olivier Ferlin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
Method for indicating attacks on a tire () for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type. This method comprises a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material () to at least part of at least one tire lateral face () allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tire lateral face (), a second step of using the tire () in a mechanically aggressive environment, a third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones () of the part of at least one tire lateral face () initially covered with the retroreflective covering material () and now devoid of the said retroreflective covering material () as a result of the mechanical attack experienced by the tire () in use.