Patents Assigned to Bridgestones Corporation
  • Publication number: 20120034486
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition for a conveyor belt, which is characterized by containing 0.5-3 parts by weight of zinc dimethacrylate and 1.1-4.5 parts by weight of neodecanoic acid cobalt boride per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component. Also disclosed is a conveyor belt in which a galvanized steel cord that is covered with an adhesive rubber layer formed from the rubber composition is used as the core body. The rubber composition has excellent adhesion to a galvanized steel cord and good vulcanization rate. The conveyor belt using the rubber composition has excellent durability and productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Nakano
  • Patent number: 8110618
    Abstract: A sealing agent stock solution 20 is prepared by preparing a mixed solution 14 by mixing a rubber latex, a resin emulsion and a surfactant, and a predetermined amount of water in a solution preparation vessel 12, followed by adding an anti-freeze agent 18 to the mixed solution 14. The sealing agent stock solution 20 is held (left standing still) at least over for 24 hr or more and preferably over for 48 hr or more without stirring in the solution preparation vessel 12, followed by filtering the sealing agent stock solution 20 with a filter member 26 made of a mesh filter having the mesh number from 50 to 400 mesh to remove latex aggregates 36 generated in the sealing agent stock solution 20, and thereby a sealing agent 10 that does not contain the latex aggregates 36 is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hideshi Yanagi, Narukuni Hirata, Haruki Minoshima, Daisuke Sugio
  • Patent number: 8110625
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition comprising an inorganic filler, a compound having at least one group A reacting with a rubber and two or more groups B adsorbing on the inorganic filler described above in the same molecule, a compound having the group A reacting with a rubber and an amino group in the same molecule or acrylate or methacrylate having a specific structure and further comprising, if necessary, a silane coupling agent. This makes it possible to provide a rubber composition which is excellent in the dispersibility of an inorganic filler, so that it does not elevate a viscosity of a non-vulcanized rubber and does not damage the processability and which does not bring about roughening on the surface of a rubber and is improved in a storage modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: Bridgestone Corporation, Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Nohara, Masaaki Tsuchihashi, Isao Nishi, Tetsuo Takano
  • Publication number: 20120024446
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle which secures a sufficiently large lateral force in the intermediate region contacting the ground particularly when a middle camber angle is applied to the tire and increases a driving force and a braking force. The tire comprises a tread portion 1, side wall portions 2 and bead portions 3. This tread portion 1 comprises five regions of a central region A, shoulder regions C and intermediate regions B. Loss tangent of at least a portion forming a ground contact surface of an intermediate tread rubber 7b disposed over an entire region of the intermediate regions B is larger than both of loss tangent of at least a portion forming a ground contact surface of a central tread rubber 7a disposed over an entire region of the central region A and loss tangent of at least a portion forming a ground contact surface of a shoulder tread rubber 7c disposed over an entire region of the shoulder regions C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidemitsu Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20120025585
    Abstract: Provided is a seat pad 1 having a fastener member 4 on a front surface side of a pad body 2 made of a foaming resin, which includes: a ventilation member 5, one end portion of the ventilation member being located in the vicinity of the fastener member 4, and the other end portion of the ventilation member extending on a rear surface side of the pad body 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Oota, Yuuya Tanaka, Toshio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120027469
    Abstract: The present invention provide a mold for forming a developer blade and a developer blade manufactured with such a mold which are able to give images of good quality even in the low-temperature low-humidity condition and to improve a mold releasability. A mold 10 for forming a developer blade has a plate accommodation space 14 in which the metal plate is accommodated and a belt-like cavity 15 for forming the elastic member adjacent to the plate accommodation space. At least a part 20a of a cavity surface 20 defining the cavity 15 in the cross section taken along the cavity width direction is finished to have a surface roughness Ry of not more than 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taihei GOTO
  • Patent number: 8106117
    Abstract: A method for reducing the cold flow of a polymeric composition of matter by introducing polymer with the combination or reaction product of (i) an acetal or ketal of an alditol and (ii) (a) a hydrocarbylated boric acid, (b) an organoaluminum compound, or (c) both a hydrocarbylated boric acid and an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin M. McCauley, Terrence E. Hogan, Zbyslaw R. Owczarczyk, Amy M. Randall
  • Patent number: 8108099
    Abstract: A pneumatic tires (20FL, 20FR, 20RL, 20RR) each having a plurality of air chambers disposed therein along a tread width direction. An internal pressure control device (100) includes a sensor unit (120) configured to inform a controller (110) that the four-wheel automobile (10) is going as being displaced in the leftward or rightward direction; and the controller (110) configure to change the internal pressures of the plurality of air chambers on the basis of the instruction outputted from the sensor unit (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Sawada, Yasumichi Wakao
  • Publication number: 20120018071
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having a high partial wear resistance and a low rolling resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumio Takahashi, Souto Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20120018068
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire which comprises a land portion (10) and a land portion (20). A main groove (50) extending along the tire circumferential direction is formed between the land portion (10) and the land portion (20). The land portion (10) comprises a groove wall (10a) that forms the main groove (50). The land portion (20) comprises a groove wall (20a) that forms the main groove (50). The groove wall (10a) and the groove wall (20a) are serpentine along the tire circumferential direction (R) when seen from a plane of the tread surface, and the groove width of the main groove (50) in the tread width direction (WTR) varies in a predetermined repetition interval (?) along the tire circumferential direction. The ratio of the minimum width (WMIN) of the groove to the maximum width (WMAX) of the groove satisfies a relation of 35%?WMIN/WMAX?85%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kiwaki, Shungo Fujita, Takaaki Kojima, Kenjiro Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20120021157
    Abstract: A durable refrigerant transporting hose is provided which includes a gas barrier layer made of a polyamide resin composition, and prevented from being degraded by the refrigerant or compressor oil. A refrigerant transporting hose 1 including a gas barrier layer 2 made of a polyamide resin composition. The polyamide resin composition contains at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of hydroxides, oxides and carbonates of divalent and trivalent metals in an amount of 1% to 15% by weight relative to the total amount of the metal compound and the polymer component. An olefin elastomer may be added to the polyamide resin composition to enhance the flexibility and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawai, Katsuhiko Tsunoda, Ichiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20120018937
    Abstract: A vibration absorption device includes a cylindrical bracket coupled with one of a vibration generating section and a vibration receiving section and having an inner surface formed in a linear shape in a cylinder axial direction, an external cylinder made of resin and including a small diameter section that is formed in a cylindrical shape, press-fit into a cylinder of the bracket, and has a small diameter surface formed to an outer surface configured to a press-fit leading end to the bracket, a large diameter section that has an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the bracket and the outer diameter of the small diameter section and a thickness which is configured to a portion nearer to a press-fit rear end side to the bracket than the small diameter section and is thicker than the small diameter section before the press-fit, and a large diameter surface formed to an outer surface, and an intermediate section that is configured between the small diameter section and the large diameter section and
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norikatsu Namito
  • Patent number: 8100677
    Abstract: A vacuum container for a tyre curing mold having two sidewalls and a number of lateral sectors; the container having an inclined-surface actuating device, which moves the lateral sectors radially, is activated by a press having a movable plate with a central airtight chamber, and has, for each lateral sector, a wedge integral with the lateral sector, and a conical bell fitted in sliding manner to the wedges; and the container having: an air shut-off plate integral with the movable plate of the press to transmit motion to the conical bell; an adjusting ring integral with the air shut-off plate and the conical bell; a static first annular seal interposed between the conical bell and the adjusting ring; and a static second annular seal interposed between the air shut-off plate and the movable plate of the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Pierpaolo Scala
  • Patent number: 8101697
    Abstract: A method for preparing multi-functional high-trans elastomeric polymers that have various applications such as in vulcanizable rubber compositions, moisture curable resin compositions, as well as other areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Pawlow, Takayuki Yako, Jason T. Poulton, Sandra Warren, Christopher Robertson
  • Publication number: 20120012443
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conveyor belt (1) which is provided with a plurality of rollers (10), a detection portion (110) for detecting the state of rollers (10), and processing portion (120) connected to the detection portion (110) and processes output signals from the detection portion (110). The conveyor belt (1) has a mount portion (7) on which the processing portion (120) is mounted. The mount portion (7) is provided at the end part (5) of the conveyor belt (1) in the width direction thereof. Providing a detection portion for processing output signals from a sensor for detecting rotational failure at the end of the conveyor belt in the width direction thereof makes it possible to suppress increased costs in a belt conveyor apparatus and to reduce the frequency of failure of the detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8097674
    Abstract: A vulcanizable rubber composition is presented that comprises an elastomer; a reinforcing filler selected from silica, carbon black, and mixtures thereof, a cure agent; and an amino alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane (AMS) comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an amino AMS, an amino/mercaptan co-AMS, an amino/blocked mercaptan co-AMS, mixtures thereof, and weak acid-neutralized solid and aqueous solutions thereof. Addition of such compounds to the rubber composition provides improved dynamic viscoelastic and mechanical properties of the vulcanized rubber compound and predict that tire components, especially tread stocks, will provide tires having improved snow traction, lower rolling resistance but equal wet traction, increased rebound, decreased hysteresis, and a general improvement in tire performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Hergenrother, Chenchy Jeffrey Lin
  • Publication number: 20120006456
    Abstract: Provision of a tire with enhanced wet weather performance while maintaining resistance to uneven wear performance without entailing an increase in the tread rubber volume. A center block row (30) is formed extending along the tire circumferential direction U in a tread section (18). Blocks (33) configuring the center block row (30) when viewed from the tread face side are formed with long sides (34H) adjacent to respective main grooves (20L), (20R) and short sides (34S1), (34S2). Cutout portions (21) are formed in the blocks (33) on the sides of the long sides (34H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Koshio
  • Publication number: 20120006455
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire for a construction vehicle capable of suppressing deterioration in heat release property while maintaining high wear resistance especially when used as driving wheels. A central area 20 is provided with a central narrow groove 21 continuously extending along a tire circumferential direction in a zigzag form. Each side area 30 is provided with a side narrow groove 32. A width direction narrow groove 22 is provided The central narrow groove 21, the side narrow grooves 32 and the width direction narrow grooves 22 define plural polygonal block land portions 23 having five or more straight sides in the tread portion 10. The block land portions are lined in the tire circumferential direction to form two block arrays arranged next to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jyunya Asari
  • Patent number: 8091600
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire, which allows the inside narrow-width belt layers to have a wide width as desired, and which suppresses the amount of strain generated at side edge portions of the belt layer to be sufficiently small thereby effectively preventing the separation of the belt layer, therefore the belt, in which two inside narrow-width belt layers 1B, 2B and two outside wide-width belt layers 3B, 4B, which have a larger width than the narrow-width belt layers, are sequentially disposed in the outer periphery side of the crown area of the radial carcass 5, wherein a portion of the wide-width belt layer 3B adjacent to the outer periphery side of the two narrow-width belt layers 1B, 2B, corresponding to side-edge vicinity of the narrow-width belt layer 2B of the outer periphery side is formed to be convex in radially outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuomi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8095055
    Abstract: An electroconductive endless belt for use as an intermediate transfer member that is disposed between an image-forming unit and a recording medium, is circularly driven by a drive unit, and temporarily holds a toner image transferred from the image-forming unit and subsequently transfers the toner image onto the recording medium, wherein the electroconductive endless belt has a multilayer structure including at least a surface layer disposed on a base layer, and the base layer is mainly composed of a polyester resin and/or a polyester elastomer and contains a conductive agent, a brominated epoxy resin, and an antimony compound, the polyester elastomer having a melting point of at least 210° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Suzuki