Patents by Inventor Ken TANIDA

Ken TANIDA 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: 11938758
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion axially divided by circumferential grooves into a first middle land portion, a crown land portion and a second middle land portion. Each land portion has a profile protruding radially outwardly from a reference tread profile. The maximum protrusion amount of the second middle land portion's profile is larger than the maximum protrusion amount of the crown land portion's profile which is larger than the maximum protrusion amount of the first middle land portion's profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Tanida
  • Patent number: 11752803
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a pair of shoulder main grooves and a plurality of crown blocks. Each of the crown blocks includes a ground contacting surface, a chamfered portion arranged so as to surround the entire circumference of the ground contacting surface, and a main body portion arranged inside the chamfered portion in a tire radial direction. The main body portion is provided with at least one step-shaped portion that is bent stepwise in a transverse cross section orthogonal to the ground contacting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ken Tanida
  • Publication number: 20220250413
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion axially divided by circumferential grooves into a first middle land portion, a crown land portion and a second middle land portion. Each land portion has a profile protruding radially outwardly from a reference tread profile. The maximum protrusion amount of the second middle land portion's profile is larger than the maximum protrusion amount of the crown land portion's profile which is larger than the maximum protrusion amount of the first middle land portion's profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: KEN TANIDA
  • Publication number: 20210107319
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a pair of shoulder main grooves and a plurality of crown blocks. Each of the crown blocks includes a ground contacting surface, a chamfered portion arranged so as to surround the entire circumference of the ground contacting surface, and a main body portion arranged inside the chamfered portion in a tire radial direction. The main body portion is provided with at least one step-shaped portion that is bent stepwise in a transverse cross section orthogonal to the ground contacting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken TANIDA
  • Patent number: 10882359
    Abstract: In a tire 2 according to the present invention, an outer surface 52 of a crown rib 48e and an outer surface 54 of a shoulder rib 48s form a part of a tread surface 28. On a cross-section of the tire 2 along a plane that includes a rotation axis of the tire 2, an outline of the outer surface 52 of the crown rib 48e is represented as a first arc. A center of a circle to which the first arc belongs is disposed on the equator plane. An outline of the outer surface 54 of the shoulder rib 48s is represented as a second arc. A ratio of a distance from a center of a chord of the second arc to the second arc relative to a length of the chord of the second arc is not less than 0.03 and not greater than 0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ken Tanida
  • Publication number: 20180111420
    Abstract: In a tire 2 according to the present invention, an outer surface 52 of a crown rib 48e and an outer surface 54 of a shoulder rib 48s form a part of a tread surface 28. On a cross-section of the tire 2 along a plane that includes a rotation axis of the tire 2, an outline of the outer surface 52 of the crown rib 48e is represented as a first arc. A center of a circle to which the first arc belongs is disposed on the equator plane. An outline of the outer surface 54 of the shoulder rib 48s is represented as a second arc. A ratio of a distance from a center of a chord of the second arc to the second arc relative to a length of the chord of the second arc is not less than 0.03 and not greater than 0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ken TANIDA