Patents by Inventor Noboru Kuwahara
Noboru Kuwahara 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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Patent number: 11590804Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and a land portion defined by the circumferential main grooves. The land portion includes a through lug groove that passes through the land portion in the tire lateral direction and includes first and second chamfered portions formed on left and right edge portions of the through lug groove. The first chamfered portion opens at one end to one of the edge portions of the land portion and terminates at the other end at a central portion in the groove length direction of the through lug groove. The second chamfered portion opens at one end portion to one of the edge portions of the land portion and terminates at the other end portion at a central portion in the groove length direction of the through lug groove.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: 11420481Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a decorative portion on a tire side portion that is an outer surface of a sidewall portion. The decorative portion includes a plurality of ridges that extend along the tire side portion and are arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction. The plurality of ridges include a common form of an inclination angle in the tire circumferential direction with respect to the tire radial direction and an interval between a pair of the plurality of ridges adjacent. The plurality of ridges constitute a ridge group. Three or more ridge groups are provided and the plurality of ridges of the different ridge groups are arranged intersecting one another. Accordingly, the pneumatic tire can reduce poor appearance of the sidewall portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Noboru Kuwahara, Masataka Kubota
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Patent number: 11407258Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire with a side pattern including a ridge pattern region provided with first ridges extending continuously in one direction at an interval; and a marking display region bordering and being surrounded by the ridge pattern region, the marking display region displaying markings including one or more of a letter, a number, a symbol, and/or a figure. The marking display region includes: a bordering ridge that borders an outer edge of the markings; and second ridges provided in an inner region of the markings and extending continuously in one direction at an interval from each other. Ends of the first ridges and the second ridges are connected to the bordering ridge, and apexes of the first ridges and the second ridges are flush with and connected to an apex of the bordering ridge.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: 11390123Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Yuji Kodama, Noboru Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20220118796Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, high and low blocks with different heights are provided in a side region. High and low blocks adjacent in a circumferential direction form a block pair. The high and low blocks in the block pair are partially in contact with each other. A side groove between these blocks is a closed groove. In each block pair, contour lines including first, second and third linear portions, define edges on both sides in the tire circumferential direction, of a top surface of each of the high and low blocks. The first linear portions and one of the second linear portions or the third linear portions extend in an identical direction with an angle difference being equal to or smaller than 15 degrees. Other linear portions of the second linear portions or the third linear portions extend in different directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Yousuke SAKAMOTO, Noboru KUWAHARA
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Publication number: 20210379935Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, among land portions located on both sides of a center circumferential main groove, a first land portion includes a first circumferential narrow groove, and a second land portion includes a second circumferential narrow groove; among regions defined by the first circumferential narrow groove in the first land portion, a side adjacent to the center circumferential main groove is defined as a first-land-portion first region, and the other side is defined as a first-land-portion second region; among regions defined by the second circumferential narrow groove in the second land portion, a side adjacent to the center circumferential main groove is defined as a second-land-portion first region, and the other side is defined as a second-land-portion second region; the first-land-portion first region and the second-land-portion first region have plane regions; and lateral grooves are formed in the first-land-portion second region and the second-land-portion second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Noboru Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20210188013Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a sipe formed in a tread rubber which includes an opening extending in a first direction in a surface of the tread rubber. The opening is provided between a first edge of the tread rubber extending in the first direction and a second edge of the tread rubber adjacent to the first edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first edge and the second edge are divided into a first range defined in the first direction and a second range different from the first range. In the first range, the first edge is provided with a first chamfered portion. In the second range, the second edge is provided with a second chamfered portion. In the first range, the second edge is not provided with a chamfered portion. In the second range, the first edge is not provided with a chamfered portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D915271Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D916004Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D924788Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D928697Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D958050Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D958051Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D988244Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D988975Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D997080Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D994583Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D1001720Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D1004529Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiraku Kouda, Noboru Kuwahara
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Patent number: D1012827Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mizuki Kuninaka, Noboru Kuwahara