Patents Assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5358021
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire having an asymmetric tread pattern in witch ribs continuing in a tire circumferential direction are disposed on a tread surface at a shoulder end portion on the outer side of a vehicle when the tire is fitted to the vehicle, and block lines each comprising a plurality of blocks are disposed at a shoulder end portion on the inner side of the vehicle, wherein sub-grooves extending in a tire width-wise direction while forming right and left pairs are disposed on the portion of the tire more inward than the ribs at a predetermined pitch in the tire circumferential direction and in a herringbone pattern widening in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the tire, the apexes of the herringbone patterns are positioned on the outer side of the tire with respect to a tire equator line, and pairs of the right and left sub-grooves are made mutually discontinuous at the apexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohide Takasugi, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 5355922
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for passenger cars having a plurality of grooves formed in the tread and extending at least circumferentially of the tire, the tread being provided with two belt plies therein. The grooves have a depth in the range of 6.0 to 8.5 mm, with the thickness of the under-groove rubber layer from the bottom of the grooves to the outer belt ply being fixed within the range of 0.5 to 2.5 mm. The belt plies are both made from aramid fiber cords, or either belt ply is made from aramid fiber cords and the other ply from steel cords. The both edge portions of at least one of the belt plies are folded back toward the center of the tread at a fold percentage of 8 to 100 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kogure, Yoshiaki Hashimura
  • Patent number: 5345988
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for heavy loads, having steel belt layers provided on the inner side of a tread, and a tread pattern having a plurality of divisional ribs separated by a plurality of main grooves extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, characterized in that at least the inner vertical surfaces of left and right outermost main grooves out of the main grooves are formed so as to extend zigzag in the circumferential direction of the tire, narrow grooves which extend continuously in the circumferential direction of the tire being provided at the shoulder side edge portions of ribs internally adjacent to the outermost main grooves, the width W.sub.4 of the narrow grooves being set to a level in the range of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kabe, Hajime Tomoda
  • Patent number: 5343917
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for a passenger car, which includes a plurality of grooves provided on the surface of a tread and extending at least in a tire circumferential direction and a belt layer having a double layer structure and provided within the tread, characterized in that the total sectional area, .alpha., of steel wires per 50 mm width of the belt layer is in a range satisfying 5.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq.9 mm.sup.2, the depth, d, of the grooves is in a range satisfying 6.0.ltoreq.d.ltoreq.8.0 mm, and the thickness, t, of rubber under the grooves defined as the distance from the bottom of the groove to the outermost belt layer is in a range satisfying 1.0.ltoreq.t.ltoreq.2.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Okihara, Tomohiko Kogure
  • Patent number: 5336358
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a bead assembly consisting of a combination of a ring shaped bead core, a bead filler and a flipper is manufactured by continuous automated steps, whereby productivity is greatly improved. The present invention is characterized by the steps of providing bead locking drums on the free end portions of a plurality of rotary arms arranged radially around the center of rotation thereof, and turning and stopping these rotary arms sequentially so as to set a bead core on a bead locking drum stopped in a first stopping position A, wind a bead filler around the bead core set on the bead locking drum stopped in a second stopping position B to form a bead assembly, and then take out the bead assembly formed on the bead locking drum stopped in a final stopping position D. A third stopping position C is set between the second and final stopping positions, and a flipper is pasted on the bead assembly stopped in this stopping position C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katuhide Kawaguchi, Kouichiro Sugino, Kazuyoshi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 5333860
    Abstract: A golf club set consisting of a plurality of golf clubs having a series of continuous club numbers, characterized in that an angle of centroid defined as an angle described between an extension line of a face of a club head and a perpendicular passing through a center axis of a club shaft when the club shaft of each of the golf clubs is placed on a horizontal table with the club head thereof being suspended freely, is smaller for the golf clubs having higher club numbers and progressively larger in the order of decreasing club numbers among a plurality of the golf clubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinkichi Saito, Hideyo Asabuki, Atsushi Onozato, Toshinori Nishimura, Kazuo Kawada, Shinji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5333859
    Abstract: An iron golf club set characterized in that the difference of the club lengths between at least two adjacent golf clubs in terms of the club number in a middle iron golf club group is set to be greater than the pitch difference of the club length between the club numbers in a long iron golf club group and the pitch difference of the club lengths between the club numbers in a short iron golf club group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutake Teramoto, Takaharu Okumoto, Teruo Goto, Shinkichi Saito, Hideyo Asabuki
  • Patent number: 5333862
    Abstract: A wood type golf club having a club head provided with a sole at the bottom portion thereof, a ball striking face at the front side thereof and a hosel at the heel side thereof, and a club shaft joined to the hosel of the club head, characterized in that a face angle .theta..sub.1 measured on the basis of a direction square with the direction in which a ball is to be driven thereby, toward the side of a closed face of the club head is set to 0.degree.-5.degree. closed face, a lie angle .theta..sub.2 defined as an angle of inclination of the axis of the club shaft with respect to a horizontal line and measured with the sole of the club head contacting a horizontal ground surface being set to 58.degree.-62.degree., an angle of center of gravity .theta..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutake Teramoto, Shinkichi Saito, Hideyo Asabuki
  • Patent number: 5332017
    Abstract: Pneumatic radial tires for automotive use are constructed with a belt layer reinforced with a steel cord of a unique structure. The steel cord results from the preformation of a single steel wire into a spiral shape meeting specified spiral parameters as determined by specified spiral diameters, specified wire diameters and specified spiral pitches. Significant weight saving is attainable with sufficient driving performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Imamiya, Eiji Igarashi, Hisao Kato, Tomohiko Kogure
  • Patent number: 5326099
    Abstract: A golf club having a fiber-reinforced resin club shaft comprising at least a plurality of bias layers having reinforcing fibers therein disposed as to be inclined to an axial direction of the shaft and a plurality of straight layers having reinforcing fibers therein disposed in parallel with the axial direction of the shaft, the bias layers and the straight layers being wound in a tubular form, and a club head, wherein a recess formed at a tip of the club shaft is fitted to a protrusion disposed at a hosel of the club head in an over-hosel arrangement, characterized in that at least one reinforcing layer having reinforcing fibers therein arranged as cross the axial direction of the shaft is disposed only in the tip portion of the club shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Kazutsugu Takamizawa
  • Patent number: 5326615
    Abstract: A honeycomb core panel structure for use for instance as a lining or roofing in an automobile. The panel structure has cavities or pockets for receiving lamps or other fittings and includes an upper support plate member, a lower support plate member and an intermediate support plate member interposed between the upper and lower plate members and defining a bottom wall of each pocket. The lower support plate member has reinforcing extensions extending a predetermined distance into the region of the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignees: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Tsuchihashi, Kenzo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5326810
    Abstract: Rubber compositions are disclosed for automobile tire treads. One or more SBR rubbers of higher than -40.degree. C. in Tg are combined with carbon black of specified N.sub.2 SA, DBP, .DELTA.DBP and .DELTA.Dst qualities. The resulting composition has enhanced tan .delta. at 0.degree. C. and 60.degree. C., breaking strength, breaking energy and abrasion resistance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Muraki, Kinya Kawakami, Masayoshi Daio
  • Patent number: D348862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasujiro Daisho, Susumu Watanabe, Izumi Kuramochi, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D348863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Narabayashi, Izumi Kuramochi, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D348864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Hashimura
  • Patent number: D349671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzi Seimiya, Izumi Kuramochi, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi, Hisaya Morishita
  • Patent number: D349672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzi Seimiya, Izumi Kuramochi, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi, Hisaya Morishita
  • Patent number: D349673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzi Seimiya, Izumi Kuramochi, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi, Hisaya Morishita
  • Patent number: D349674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzi Seimiya, Izumi Kuramochi, Kohtaroh Iwabuchi, Hisaya Morishita
  • Patent number: D351442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyo Asabuki, Masahiko Nagahama