Patents by Inventor Akihiko Shinkai

Akihiko Shinkai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10086659
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread rubber made of a nonconductive rubber. The tread rubber is provided with a first and second conductive portions made of a conductive rubber. The first conductive portion extends radially inwardly from a ground-contacting surface, extends to one side in tire width direction, and reaches a carcass layer or a side wall rubber. An exposed position of the first conductive portion is separated from a tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of a ground-contacting width. The second conductive portion extends radially inwardly from the ground-contacting surface, extends to another side in tire width direction, and reaches the carcass layer or the side wall rubber. An exposed position of the second conductive portion is separated from the tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of the ground-contacting width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20160280016
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread rubber made of a nonconductive rubber. The tread rubber is provided with a first and second conductive portions made of a conductive rubber. The first conductive portion extends radially inwardly from a ground-contacting surface, extends to one side in tire width direction, and reaches a carcass layer or a side wall rubber. An exposed position of the first conductive portion is separated from a tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of a ground-contacting width. The second conductive portion extends radially inwardly from the ground-contacting surface, extends to another side in tire width direction, and reaches the carcass layer or the side wall rubber. An exposed position of the second conductive portion is separated from the tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of the ground-contacting width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai
  • Patent number: 9327559
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread rubber made of a nonconductive rubber. The tread rubber is provided with a first and second conductive portions made of a conductive rubber. The first conductive portion extends radially inwardly from a ground-contacting surface, extends to one side in tire width direction, and reaches a carcass layer or a side wall rubber. An exposed position of the first conductive portion is separated from a tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of a ground-contacting width. The second conductive portion extends radially inwardly from the ground-contacting surface, extends to another side in tire width direction, and reaches the carcass layer or the side wall rubber. An exposed position of the second conductive portion is separated from the tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of the ground-contacting width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai
  • Patent number: 9193216
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a center rib extending along a tire circumferential direction in a center portion of a tread surface. A width of the center rib is equal to or more than 10% of a grounding width. An outside rubber having a relatively high tension modulus is arranged outside a vehicle and an inside rubber having a relatively low tension modulus is arranged inside the vehicle, by setting an interface formed in the center rib along a tire diametrical direction to a boundary. 300% tension modulus Mo and a rubber hardness Ho of the outside rubber, and 300% tension modulus Mi and a rubber hardness Hi of the inside rubber satisfy the following relationship: (Mo?Mi)/Mo?0.15 Ho?Hi?±3 degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Yogou, Akihiko Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20130068358
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread rubber made of a nonconductive rubber. The tread rubber is provided with a first and second conductive portions made of a conductive rubber. The first conductive portion extends radially inwardly from a ground-contacting surface, extends to one side in tire width direction, and reaches a carcass layer or a side wall rubber. An exposed position of the first conductive portion is separated from a tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of a ground-contacting width. The second conductive portion extends radially inwardly from the ground-contacting surface, extends to another side in tire width direction, and reaches the carcass layer or the side wall rubber. An exposed position of the second conductive portion is separated from the tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of the ground-contacting width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20110048600
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a center rib extending along a tire circumferential direction in a center portion of a tread surface. A width of the center rib is equal to or more than 10% of a grounding width. An outside rubber having a relatively high tension modulus is arranged outside a vehicle and an inside rubber having a relatively low tension modulus is arranged inside the vehicle, by setting an interface formed in the center rib along a tire diametrical direction to a boundary. 300% tension modulus Mo and a rubber hardness Ho of the outside rubber, and 300% tension modulus Mi and a rubber hardness Hi of the inside rubber satisfy the following relationship: (Mo?Mi)/Mo?0.15 Ho?Hi?±3 degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Yogou, Akihiko Shinkai
  • Patent number: D582340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai
  • Patent number: D584213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai
  • Patent number: D601949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shinkai