Zigzag Type Patents (Class D12/552)
  • Patent number: 11173749
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes shoulder lug grooves and narrow grooves. The shoulder lug grooves are positioned outward in a width direction with respect outermost main grooves. The narrow grooves are positioned outward in the width direction with respect to the outermost main grooves, are formed in spaces between the shoulder lug grooves that are adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction, and have both ends connected to the shoulder lug grooves. The narrow grooves are formed across the ground contact edges. A relationship W?(D1×0.8) is satisfied, where W indicates a distance between the ground contact surface inner end portions and the outermost main grooves in the tire width direction and D1 indicates a groove depth of the outermost main grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Shunya Harada
  • Patent number: 11155121
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 comprises a plurality of first oblique grooves 10A extending obliquely from a first tread edge Te1 positioned on one side in a tire axial direction toward a tire equator C. Each of the first oblique grooves 10A comprises a main body portion 12 extending from the first tread edge Te1 without reaching the tire equator C and a branch portion 13 branching off from the main body portion 12 and extending to cross the tire equator. The branch portion 13 terminates without being connected with other grooves than the first oblique grooves 10A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Fujimoto, Yuki Kigami
  • Patent number: 9174494
    Abstract: A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes: first inclined grooves having positions located separated from a center line as starting ends and extending in a first direction of the tire circumferential direction; first lug grooves extending from respective ends on the outer side in the tire width direction of the first inclined grooves in the first direction of the tire circumferential direction, and having an angle formed with the tire width direction smaller than an angle formed with tire width direction of the first inclined grooves; second inclined grooves extending from the respective ends on the outer side in the tire width direction of the first inclined grooves in the first direction of the tire circumferential direction; and third inclined grooves extending from respective intermediate points on the first lug grooves in the first direction of the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8443855
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a straight main groove and two wave-shaped main grooves arranged in the center area of a tread, and diagonal grooves arranged in each shoulder area ranging from each wave-shaped main groove to the outer side of the tire, and extending obliquely outward from the wave-shaped main groove to a direction reverse to the tire rotational direction, the rotational direction being specified for the tire. Each diagonal groove is formed to have a convex protruding toward the outer side of the tire, and the extending end portion of the diagonal groove terminates in the shoulder area. Thus, each shoulder area is provided with a non-block pattern in which a land section continues in the tire circumferential direction. Thereby, the pneumatic tire has increased driving stability and uneven wear resistance while substantially maintaining good drainage performance and noise performance against columnar resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yamane
  • Patent number: D500731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D500983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D512015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Samuel Patrick Landers, Paul Bryan Maxwell, David Charles Poling
  • Patent number: D512958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: William Butterworth Allison, Max Harold Dixon, Dale Edward Umstot, William Thomas Adams, Jr., Jerry Christos Candiliotis
  • Patent number: D514059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Max Harold Dixon
  • Patent number: D525192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Shondel, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Joseph Henry Laco
  • Patent number: D458894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr.
  • Patent number: D549158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Richard Heinen, Pascale de Briey-Terlinden, Sebastien Morin
  • Patent number: D581349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Daisuke Ibaraki
  • Patent number: D588527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiki Sato
  • Patent number: D588981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Ibaraki
  • Patent number: D598841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D603326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Nexen Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Rip Chung, Seung Il Choi
  • Patent number: D603327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Nexen Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Rip Chung, Seung Il Choi
  • Patent number: D606927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Koo Kang
  • Patent number: D607400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Koo Kang
  • Patent number: D607810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Oizumi, Takumi Morito
  • Patent number: D610963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Naoya Ochi
  • Patent number: D610964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, John David Renner, Charles Joseph Ashton, Karl Eric Sundkvist
  • Patent number: D615479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Kumho Tire Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Chang Ho Lee
  • Patent number: D616807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Maxwell, Joseph Thomas Janesh, Daniel Abe Alford
  • Patent number: D616808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Maxwell, Joseph Thomas Janesh, Daniel Abe Alford
  • Patent number: D626911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutoshi Takashima
  • Patent number: D662453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Ataka Takei
  • Patent number: D663258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Ataka Takei
  • Patent number: D669416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Cano, Sébastien Fugier, Arnaud Frappart
  • Patent number: D670234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Rittweger
  • Patent number: D683301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Koo Kang
  • Patent number: D694172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Ataka Takei
  • Patent number: D717725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Shungo Fujita
  • Patent number: D724522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas D'Abrigeon, Stéphane Parrat
  • Patent number: D749495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ZHAOQING JUNHONG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinying Wang
  • Patent number: D782397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Heinhaupt, Tanja Wackerhage
  • Patent number: D786180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiko Honda, Kenichi Sato
  • Patent number: D800051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Andrew J. Lucas
  • Patent number: D815017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: NOKIAN TYRES PLC
    Inventors: Slava Bukarev, Mikko Jokinen
  • Patent number: D820774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Randall Raymond Brayer, Julien Vito Proietti, Dale Edward Umstot
  • Patent number: D828285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Hae Dong Jeong
  • Patent number: D834506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Haitao Sui, Meng Zhang, Xiaogang Ma, Yinghui Zhang, Xiaowei Wen, Hongling Feng
  • Patent number: D845879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Corentin Eric Ghislain Farinelle, Jean-Julien Edouard Ghislain Krier, Georges Gaston Feider
  • Patent number: D852729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Stephane Houchard
  • Patent number: D853940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Stephane Houchard
  • Patent number: D867973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: D876320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Nukushina
  • Patent number: D939427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FEDERAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chang-Yuan Lu
  • Patent number: D943499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Nagase