Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230311588
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire can have, in each shoulder land portion, a plurality of holes extending from an outer surface thereof toward a belt. The tire can include a fiber reinforcing layer including a relatively large number of fiber cords aligned with each other and formed from a nylon fiber. The fiber reinforcing layer can include an inner fiber reinforcing layer and an outer fiber reinforcing layer. The inner fiber reinforcing layer can cover an outer end of a steel reinforcing layer from an outer side in an axial direction, and the outer fiber reinforcing layer can cover an outer end of the inner fiber reinforcing layer from the outer side in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230312878
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rubber composition from which a crosslinked rubber molded product having good softness and excellent resilience performance can be obtained. The present disclosure provides a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an organic sulfur compound, wherein (d) the organic sulfur compound includes (d1) a compound represented by the formula (1) and/or (d2) a compound represented by the formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi KANEKO, Hiroshi TADAOKA, Ayaka SHINDO, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230311587
    Abstract: A tire can include a pair of beads, a carcass, an inner liner, and an insulation located between the carcass and the inner liner. The carcass can include one carcass ply. The carcass ply can include a plurality of carcass cords and a topping rubber. Each carcass cord can have a total fineness of not less than 6000 dtex and not greater than 9000 dtex. The insulation can be located between first and second beads. A ratio (ta/td) of a thickness to of the topping rubber located between the insulation and the carcass cords to a thickness td of the insulation can be not less than 0.2 and not greater than 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro TATSUTA, Junya TAMAI, Tomohiko HIROSHIGE, Hiroki SATO
  • Publication number: 20230310943
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball which has excellent spin performance on short iron shots to long iron shots while maintaining a flight distance on driver shots and from which stain such as mud or grass juice can be wiped off when the stain is adhered to the golf ball. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film composed of at least one layer and formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein an outermost layer of the paint film includes, as a base resin, a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate composition and a polyol composition, and the polyol composition contains, as a polyol component, a polyrotaxane having at least two hydroxyl groups and a polycarbonate diol having a number average molecular weight in a range from 400 to 900.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi KAJIKAWA, Mami TANAKA, Toshiyuki TARAO
  • Publication number: 20230311591
    Abstract: A tire air pressure management system (100) includes: an acquisition processing portion (61) that acquires an air pressure and an air temperature of a tire (11) attached to a vehicle (1); a correction processing portion (62) that corrects the air pressure that has been acquired by the acquisition processing portion (61) together with the air temperature, based on a difference between the air temperature and a predetermined reference temperature; and a first output processing portion (63) that outputs determination information that is generated based on the air pressure after correction by the correction processing portion (62) and is used to determine whether or not the tire (11) needs air pressure adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki TERAMOTO, Kazuharu TANIMURA, Takahiro NISHIMOTO, Kenji YONEDA, Yukinori HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230311577
    Abstract: A tread portion includes a land portion provided with lateral groove-shaped elements arranged in a first array. Each lateral groove-shaped element extends from a first end to a second end. In the first array, the second end of one of the lateral groove-shaped elements is located at the circumferential same position as the first end of another of the lateral groove-shaped elements. Each lateral groove-shaped elements includes a first portion on the first end side, a second portion on the second end side, and a third portion therebetween. The first, second, and third portions are inclined in the same direction. An angle ?3 of the third portion to the tire circumferential direction is smaller than angles ?1 and 02 of the first and second portions, and a length of the third portion is greater than a sum of lengths of the first and second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sawa OGIHARA, Ryuhei SANAE, Ken MIYAZAWA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Naoto OISHI
  • Publication number: 20230311585
    Abstract: Provided is a motorcycle tire 2 that can enhance a stiffness feeling while suppressing deterioration of a ground-contact feeling. A bead portion TB of the tire 2 includes a core 18. An outer surface of the bead portion TB includes a seat surface 24, a flange surface 26, and a heel surface 28. An inner diameter dw of the core 18, a rim diameter D, an inner diameter dA of the tire 2 at a heel reference point PH, and an inner diameter dB of the tire 2 at the seat reference point PS satisfy the following formulas. dw/D?1.0041 dA/D?0.9966 dA?1.72?dB?dA?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki TOCHIKI
  • Publication number: 20230311586
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a side portion and a clinch portion, wherein: in a meridian cross section, the distance from a bead baseline to the outside portion in the width direction of the clinch portion is greater than the distance to the inside portion in the width direction; the E*S of the side portion, as measured at 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a distortion rate of 1%, is less than the E*C of the clinch portion; and, formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1600?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(2) where Wt is the cross-sectional width of the tire installed on a standardized rim and filled with air to an internal pressure of 250 kPa, Dt is the outer diameter, and V is the volume of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 11772430
    Abstract: A tire 1 includes a tread portion 2, and how the tire is to be oriented when mounted to a vehicle is specified for the tire. The tread portion 2 has an outer tread edge T1, an inner tread edge T2, a first crown main groove 4, a second crown main groove 5, and three land portions demarcated by the first crown main groove 4 and the second crown main groove 5. The land portions include an outer shoulder land portion 7 demarcated between the outer tread edge T1 and the first crown main groove 4. The outer shoulder land portion 7 has a largest width in a tire axial direction among the three land portions. The outer shoulder land portion 7 has an outer shoulder lateral groove 20 and an outer shoulder sipe 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Koike, Masayuki Fujita
  • Patent number: 11772428
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion comprising a first land region divided by a circumferential groove extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction. The first land region is provided with first lateral grooves extending thereacross to circumferentially divide the first land region into blocks. The blocks include a first block provided with a second lateral groove and sipes. The second lateral groove has two end portions which are inclined with respect to the tire axial direction to a first direction toward one side in the tire axial direction, and a central portion between the two end portions which is inclined with respect to the tire axial direction to a second direction opposite to the first direction toward the above-said one side in the tire axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenta Yagi
  • Patent number: 11772425
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread reinforcing layer comprising a net structure formed from a tape of rubber coated reinforcing cord(s). The net structure comprises first oblique segments and second oblique segments of the tape which intersect with each other, forming interspaces therebetween. The first oblique segment has a first axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward one end in the tire axial direction of the net structure. The second oblique segment has a second axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward the above-said one end of the net structure. The first axial outside part is connected to the second axial outside part directly or through a circumferential segment of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masafumi Otani
  • Patent number: 11772427
    Abstract: A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a toroidal carcass extending between the pair of bead portions, and a belt layer and a band layer disposed outwardly in the tire radial direction of the carcass in the tread portion. The carcass includes a plurality of carcass cords. The band layer includes a jointless band ply having a band cord wound spirally at an angle equal to or less than 5 degrees with respect to a tire circumferential direction. The belt layer includes a plurality of belt cords arranged in a direction intersecting with the carcass cords. The belt cords intersect with the carcass cords at an intersection angle ?c in a tread crown region, and intersect with the carcass cords at an intersection angle ?s in tread shoulder regions, and the intersection angle ?c is greater than the intersection angle ?s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11771967
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a golf club grip having excellent anti-slipping performance, and feeling when the grip is wet, and further to provide a golf club grip having excellent durability and an improved head speed. [Solution] The golf club grip comprises a cylindrical portion for inserting a shaft, wherein the golf club grip has a narrow groove region comprising narrow grooves in an occupation ratio of 35% or more per 25 mm2 at at least a part of a surface of the cylindrical portion, and the narrow groove has a width (w) of from 0.1 mm to 0.7 mm and a depth (h) of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. In addition, an interval (d) between the narrow grooves are preferably 1.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga
  • Patent number: 11772422
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a tire rubber composition and a tire which have an excellent ability to reduce deterioration of fuel economy and abrasion resistance over time. The present disclosure relates to a tire rubber composition which contains one or more rubber components having a combined content of styrene-butadiene rubber and polybutadiene of 90% by mass or more, one or more fillers, and one or more vulcanizing agents, the rubber composition as a whole having a vinyl content of 53 mol % or higher based on 100 mol % of the combined amount of the butadiene-based structural units in the butadiene portion of the styrene-butadiene rubber and the polybutadiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoji Matsui
  • Patent number: 11772429
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including a pair of shoulder main grooves, a crown region defined between the pair of the shoulder main grooves, and a pair of shoulder regions arranged on both outer sides of the pair of the shoulder main grooves. A land ratio of the crown region is 50% or more and 70% or less. A land ratio of the shoulder regions is 50% or more and 70% or less. The land ratio of the crown region is larger than the land ratio of the shoulder regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Wada
  • Patent number: 11771833
    Abstract: Laminated gasket free from liquid drug leakage. Gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe includes main body (14) made of an elastic material and film (15) on a surface of main body (14). Gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) that can contact an inner peripheral surface of syringe barrel (11) of the syringe, and has an annular groove (22) formed circumferentially in a surface portion of the film present in the circumferential surface portion thereof. Annular groove (22) has outer edge portions (24) provided along opposite edges (23) thereof as projecting from an unprocessed surface portion of the film. Annular groove (22) has groove formation start points and end points that are connected to each other in a groove connection region. Outer edge portions (24) along the opposite edges of the annular groove have a maximum-to-minimum height difference of ?5 ?m in the groove connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11771959
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having improved ball speed or aerodynamic performance on a rainy day or the like by controlling the formulation of the paint film. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein a paint film surface of the golf ball has a water contact angle A1 of 70° or more and a water sliding angle B1 of less than 50°. The present invention also provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein when a sheet consisting of a slab formed from a composition constituting a golf ball body surface and a coating film formed by applying a paint constituting the paint film on the slab is prepared, a coating film surface of the sheet has a water contact angle A2 of 90° or more and a water sliding angle B2 of less than 52°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kamino, Hidetaka Inoue, Kuniyasu Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11772426
    Abstract: A heavy-duty tire comprises a tread reinforcing belt comprising first to fourth belt plies each composed of belt cords inclined with respect to the tire equatorial plane. The first radial distance L1 between the belt cords of the third belt ply and the belt cords of the fourth belt ply is not more than the second radial distance L2 between the belt cords of the second belt ply and the belt cords of the third belt ply. The cord count E4 of the fourth belt ply is smaller than the cord count E3 of the third belt ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20230302852
    Abstract: A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion, sidewall portions, bead portions each with a bead core therein, a carcass, and a tread reinforcing layer arranged radially outwardly of the carcass and includes a belt layer and a band layer. The belt layer includes an inner belt ply and an outer belt ply. The band layer includes a band ply arranged between the inner and outer belt plies. The inner belt ply includes belt cords oriented at an angle greater than 5 degrees to the tire circumferential direction and a first development width. The outer belt ply includes belt cords oriented at an angle greater than 5 degrees to the tire circumferential direction and a second development width. The band ply includes band cords oriented at an angle not more than 5 degrees to the tire circumferential direction. The second development width is greater than the first development width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mamoru NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230302850
    Abstract: A contour CL of a carcass 12 includes a curved portion 44 and an inversely curved portion 46. A boundary between the curved portion 44 and the inversely curved portion 46 is an inflection point PV. A part or an entirety of the curved portion 44 is represented by a first arc. A part or an entirety of the inversely curved portion 46 is represented by a second arc. The first arc and the second arc are tangent to each other at the inflection point PV. A ratio (X/W) of a distance X in an axial direction to a distance W in the axial direction is not less than 70% and not greater than 85%. A ratio (Y/H) of a distance Y in a radial direction to a distance H in the radial direction is not less than 15% and not greater than 22%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi ITO, Tetsuya KITANO