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January 03, 2014 12:00 AM

Quiet tires the quest for Michelin patent application

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    ERJ staff report (UTI)

    Clermont-Ferrand, France − An inner coating of polyurethane designed to eliminate noise from automobile tires is the subject of an international patent application by Michelin, reported Urethanes Technology International.

    The innovation was filed with the World Intellectual Property Office under patent number WO/2013/182477 earlier in 2013 and published on the organisation's website in December.

    The French firm outlined details of the specific polyurethane foam used in its application.

    According to the filing, "The polyurethane is based on a diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), in particular on 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and a polyol which has an ethylene oxide content greater than 50 percent (percent by weight).

    "This specific polyurethane formulation makes it possible to obtain a light foam which efficiently absorbs noise. It has the advantage of being simple and inexpensive and of being easy to use by direct casting of the reagents in the tire of the invention."

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