Patents by Inventor Sumito Nakagawa

Sumito Nakagawa 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: 7562684
    Abstract: The durability is improved by using as a carcass ply cord or a belt cord of a tire a cord formed by twisting plural steel filaments having a tensile strength of not less than 2700 N/mm2, and a total elongation at break of the cord of 3.0-7.0% without sacrificing the excellent ride comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Sumito Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7476285
    Abstract: A motorcycle tire having excellent belt cord durability, high-speed durability, impact force absorbability, running stability and uniformity performances is produced by constituting a belt with a low-cost steel cord member having a specified twisting construction of 2 to 7 filaments and a specified space between the mutual filaments over a full length of the cord in the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ikehara, Sumito Nakagawa, Tsutomu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7438104
    Abstract: A rubber-covered belt ply forms a belt layer. At least a majority of metal wires in the ply exist as metal wire bundles in which a plurality of metal wires of circular cross-sections and substantially equal wire diameters are aligned in parallel without being twisted together, the metal wire bundles being aligned planarly and in parallel with intervals between the metal wire bundles in a transverse direction. At least one layer, which is a cap layer in which organic fibers are covered with rubber and/or a reinforcing layer which is formed of rubber or whose main component is rubber, is disposed between the belt layer and a tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Morii, Sumito Nakagawa, Naohiko Obana
  • Publication number: 20050241741
    Abstract: The durability is improved by using as a carcass ply cord or a belt cord of a tire a cord formed by twisting plural steel filaments having a tensile strength of not less than 2700 N/mm2, and a total elongation at break of the cord of 3.0-7.0% without sacrificing the excellent ride comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Sumito Nakagawa, Go Nagaya
  • Publication number: 20050121135
    Abstract: A motorcycle tire having excellent belt cord durability, high-speed durability, impact force absorbability, running stability and uniformity performances is produced by constituting a belt with a low-cost steel cord member having a specified twisting construction of 2 to 7 filaments and a specified space between the mutual filaments over a full length of the cord in the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ikehara, Sumito Nakagawa, Tsutomu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020104605
    Abstract: A motorcycle tire having excellent belt cord durability, high-speed durability, impact force absorbability, running stability and uniformity performances is produced by constituting a belt with a low-cost steel cord member having a specified twisting construction of 2 to 7 filaments and a specified space between the mutual filaments over a full length of the cord in the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ikehara, Sumito Nakagawa, Tsutomu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20010054466
    Abstract: A rubber-covered belt ply forms a belt layer. At least a majority of metal wires in the ply exist as metal wire bundles in which a plurality of metal wires of circular cross-sections and substantially equal wire diameters are aligned in parallel without being twisted together, the metal wire bundles being aligned planarly and in parallel with intervals between the metal wire bundles in a transverse direction. At least one layer, which is a cap layer in which organic fibers are covered with rubber and/or a reinforcing layer which is formed of rubber or whose main component is rubber, is disposed between the belt layer and a tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Morii, Sumito Nakagawa, Naohiko Obana
  • Patent number: 4765386
    Abstract: A radial tire for use in passenger cars is disclosed which is excellent in motion performance and durability. The tire has a carcass cord layer in which steel cords of a single strand construction represented by (1xn) in which n is a number of filament yarns and is an integer of from 1 to 5 are embedded in rubber. The thickness of the rubber between the adjacent steel cords is in a range between 0.80 and 2.00 mm when measured in a tire circumferential direction at a location having a tire maximum width in an arrangement of the steel cords in the carcass cord layer. A product (nxd.sup.4) between a number (m) of the filament yarns constituting the steel cord of the single strand construction and a diameter (d) of the filaments is in a range of 0.002 to 0.012. The diameter of the filaments is in a range between 0.15.ltoreq.d.ltoreq.0.25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Ogino, Sumito Nakagawa