Patents by Inventor Kyosuke Kono
Kyosuke Kono 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).
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Publication number: 20230406040Abstract: A motorcycle tire comprises a tread reinforcement including a jointless band ply. The jointless band ply has a developed width Wa of not more than 65% of the developed tread width TWe. The tread portion has a tread profile comprising a crown arc portion having a radius R1 of curvature and a pair of shoulder arc portions having a radius R2 of curvature. The radius R1 is smaller than the radius R2 and smaller than 50% of the maximum tire cross-section width Wt. In a normal state of the tire, the axial ends of the crown arc portion are respectively positioned axially inward of the outer edges of the jointless band ply.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kyosuke KONO
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Patent number: 11760131Abstract: A tire pair includes a front tire 2 and a rear tire 52. The front tire 2 includes a pair of beads 18, a carcass 10 extending on and between a first bead 18 and a second bead 18, a tread 4 located outward of the carcass 10 in a radial direction, and a band 14 located between the tread 4 and the carcass 10 in the radial direction. The carcass 10 includes a large number of carcass cords 30 aligned with each other and each tilted relative to an equator plane. The band 14 includes a band cord 34 extending substantially in a circumferential direction. A ratio (Jf/Jr) of a bending stiffness Jf of the band cord 34 of the front tire 2 to a bending stiffness Jr of a band cord 84 of the rear tire 52 is not less than 0.0 and less than 0.7.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: 11465447Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a belt layer and a tread rubber disposed radially outwardly of the belt layer. The belt layer includes steel cords oriented along a tyre circumferential direction. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber, wherein 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber, and loss tangent (tan ?c) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan ?b) of the base rubber.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Publication number: 20220258538Abstract: A tire pair includes a front tire 2 and a rear tire 52. The front tire 2 includes a pair of beads 18, a carcass 10 extending on and between a first bead 18 and a second bead 18, a tread 4 located outward of the carcass 10 in a radial direction, and a band 14 located between the tread 4 and the carcass 10 in the radial direction. The carcass 10 includes a large number of carcass cords 30 aligned with each other and each tilted relative to an equator plane. The band 14 includes a band cord 34 extending substantially in a circumferential direction. A ratio (Jf/Jr) of a bending stiffness Jf of the band cord 34 of the front tire 2 to a bending stiffness Jr of a band cord 84 of the rear tire 52 is not less than 0.0 and less than 0.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke KONO
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Patent number: 11383556Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion including a tread rubber. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber. 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber. Loss tangent (tan ?c) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan ?b) of the base rubber. The tread surface includes a crown region centered on a tyre equator and a pair of shoulder regions located axially outwardly of the crown region, and a thickness of the cap rubber in the crown region is greater than a thickness of the cap rubber in each of the shoulder regions.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: 11077713Abstract: A tire comprises a tread reinforcing layer comprising a cord-reinforced part formed by winding a rubberized cord strip with at least one reinforcing cord covered with a topping rubber. The cord-reinforced part includes a mesh part in which first inclined segments and second inclined segments of the rubberized cord strip are inclined to opposite directions with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The first inclined segments intersect the second inclined segments, leaving space parts each having a quadrilateral shape. The mesh part has a tire-equator-side first region, a tread-edge-side second region and a third region therebetween, wherein the space parts within the tire-equator-side first region each have an area A1, the space parts within the tread-edge-side second region each have an area A2, and the space parts within the third region each have an area A3 which is smaller than the area A1 and larger than the area A2.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Hikita, Kyosuke Kono
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Publication number: 20190275839Abstract: A tire comprises a tread reinforcing layer comprising a cord-reinforced part formed by winding a rubberized cord strip with at least one reinforcing cord covered with a topping rubber. The cord-reinforced part includes a mesh part in which first inclined segments and second inclined segments of the rubberized cord strip are inclined to opposite directions with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The first inclined segments intersect the second inclined segments, leaving space parts each having a quadrilateral shape. The mesh part has a tire-equator-side first region, a tread-edge-side second region and a third region therebetween, wherein the space parts within the tire-equator-side first region each have an area A1, the space parts within the tread-edge-side second region each have an area A2, and the space parts within the third region each have an area A3 which is smaller than the area A1 and larger than the area A2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro HIKITA, Kyosuke KONO
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Publication number: 20190263183Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion including a tread rubber. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber. 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber. Loss tangent (tan ?c) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan ?b) of the base rubber. The tread surface includes a crown region centered on a tyre equator and a pair of shoulder regions located axially outwardly of the crown region, and a thickness of the cap rubber in the crown region is greater than a thickness of the cap rubber in each of the shoulder regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kyosuke KONO
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Publication number: 20190263184Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a belt layer and a tread rubber disposed radially outwardly of the belt layer. The belt layer includes steel cords oriented along a tyre circumferential direction. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber, wherein 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber, and loss tangent (tan ?c) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan ?b) of the base rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke KONO
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Patent number: D804397Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D804398Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D809451Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D809452Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D810000Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D827554Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D832190Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono