Patents by Inventor Katsuyoshi Sekine

Katsuyoshi Sekine 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: 11390123
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a longitudinal protrusion portion provided on at least one of tire side surfaces located on either side in a tire lateral direction, the longitudinal protrusion portion projecting from the tire side surface and extending along the tire side surface; and serration provided on the tire side surface in a region including an end portion of the longitudinal protrusion portion, the serration being formed of a plurality of small grooves arranged in parallel, and the plurality of small grooves being inclined with respect to a lateral centerline that passes through a center of the longitudinal protrusion portion in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Yuji Kodama, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20200231011
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a longitudinal protrusion portion provided on at least one of tire side surfaces located on either side in a tire lateral direction, the longitudinal protrusion portion projecting from the tire side surface and extending along the tire side surface; and serration provided on the tire side surface in a region including an end portion of the longitudinal protrusion portion, the serration being formed of a plurality of small grooves arranged in parallel, and the plurality of small grooves being inclined with respect to a lateral centerline that passes through a center of the longitudinal protrusion portion in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Yuji Kodama, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 8844591
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. A widened portion where a width of a cut is locally increased is formed at at least one position of an intermediate region from the imaginary axis to a terminating portion of the cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Publication number: 20120103490
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe 5 in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface 1, provided with at least three cuts 4 extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis 2 that extends in a depth direction of the land portion 3, and that terminate in the land portion 3. A widened portion 6 where a width of a cut is locally increased is formed at least one position of an intermediate region from the imaginary axis 2 to a terminating portion 4z of the cuts 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 7410222
    Abstract: A tire-wheel assembly having a wheel with a rim and a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim, the pneumatic tire having a cavity inside for charging air. The pneumatic tire has a cavity's resonant frequency Fc arising from the cavity, and the wheel has a plurality of natural frequencies. The difference between the cavity's resonant frequency Fc of the pneumatic tire and the natural frequency Fw of the wheel closest to the cavity's resonant frequency is 10 Hz or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ikeda, Katsuyoshi Sekine
  • Publication number: 20070090682
    Abstract: A tire-wheel assembly having a wheel with a rim and a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim, the pneumatic tire having a cavity inside for charging air. The pneumatic tire has a cavity's resonant frequency Fc arising from the cavity, and the wheel has a plurality of natural frequencies. The difference between the cavity's resonant frequency Fc of the pneumatic tire and the natural frequency Fw of the wheel closest to the cavity's resonant frequency is 10 Hz or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ikeda, Katsuyoshi Sekine
  • Patent number: D797038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: D801257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Noboru Kuwahara