Patents by Inventor Shunsuke HIRAKI

Shunsuke HIRAKI 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: 10377058
    Abstract: A tire mold capable of improving the efficiency in mold production and tire production without compromising the aesthetic quality and performance of a tire after cure-molding. To that end, the tire mold has a hole that penetrates from the molding surface for molding a rubber article to the back surface, a core member that is disposed inside the hole and forms an air discharge flow channel annular in cross section extending along the extension direction of the hole between itself and the hole wall forming the hole, and an interlinking part for interlinking the hole wall and the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Hiraki
  • Publication number: 20180339430
    Abstract: A tire mold capable of improving the efficiency in mold production and tire production without compromising the aesthetic quality and performance of a tire after cure-molding. To that end, the tire mold has a hole that penetrates from the molding surface for molding a rubber article to the back surface, a core member that is disposed inside the hole and forms an air discharge flow channel annular in cross section extending along the extension direction of the hole between itself and the hole wall forming the hole, and an interlinking part for interlinking the hole wall and the core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke HIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20170106614
    Abstract: Provided are a mold for molding a rubber article capable of ensuring the discharge of air (gas) during cure-molding of uncured rubber and improving the appearance of the rubber article after the cure-molding by preventing spews from occurring after the cure-molding, a method for manufacturing a tire using this mold for a rubber article and a tire molded with this mold for a rubber article. The mold for molding a rubber article has a molding surface for molding uncured rubber and has air vent holes penetrating from the molding surface to the back surface. And the width of the opening of each of the air vent holes opening in the molding surface is set larger than 0 mm and smaller than 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke HIRAKI