Patents Assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited
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Patent number: 9481208Abstract: A tire according to an embodiment of the present invention specifically has the annular inner ring band and the annular outer ring band separated from and concentric with the inner ring band, on the outer peripheral side of the wheel, and includes an air bag between the inner ring band and the outer ring band, the air bag including the air intake/discharge mechanism that communicates with the outside. A support body for coupling the inner ring band and the outer ring band is included. A plurality of the air bags is present in a peripheral direction of the tire. Furthermore, the outer ring band, is formed of a rubber composition for a tire. An air discharge hole of the air bag communicates with an outer most layer of the outer ring band. With this configuration, the tire that has advantages of both of a non-pneumatic tire and a pneumatic tire is realized.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, LimitedInventors: Jun Matsuda, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Yasunobu Seki
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Patent number: 9150712Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread contains styrene-butadiene rubber in a compounding amount of 100 parts by weight, silica in a compounding amount of 90 to 170 parts by weight, and an aromatic modified terpene resin in a compounding amount of 10 to 30 parts by weight. The styrene-butadiene rubber contains 40 to 100% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR1) and 60 to 0% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR2), the total content thereof being 100% by weight. The S-SBR1 has a styrene content of 30 to 38% by weight and a vinyl content of 60 to 80% by weight, the total content thereof being 100% by weight, a glass transition temperature of ?20 to ?5° C., and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,800,000.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, LimitedInventors: Youichi Takizawa, Naoki Kushida
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Patent number: 8993659Abstract: A rubber composition contains diene-based rubber, silica, a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent, and an amine compound. The amine compound is indole, indigo, and derivatives thereof each of which is represented by a predetermined formula. The content of the silica is 20 to 120 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the diene-based rubber. The content of the sulfur-containing silane coupling agent is 3 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the silica. The content of the amine compound is 0.5 to 20 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the silica. By the use of the rubber composition with this composition, a tire having improved dispersibility of silica, excellent wet performance, and excellent rolling resistance and showing a suppressed decrease in reinforcing property can be produced.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, LimitedInventors: Katsunori Shimizu, Satoshi Mihara
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Patent number: 8950768Abstract: An air cellular cushion according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of air cells; a sensor configured to detect an air cell collapsing to a bottom; a parameter measuring unit configured to measure a parameter indicating a collapse state of the air cell collapsing to the bottom; an indicator configured to output an indication; and a control unit configured to change the indication output from the indicator based on a parameter value measured by the parameter measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, LimitedInventor: Hideki Nihei
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Publication number: 20140155524Abstract: A rubber composition contains diene-based rubber, silica, a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent, and an amine compound. The amine compound is indole, indigo, and derivatives thereof each of which is represented by a predetermined formula. The content of the silica is 20 to 120 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the diene-based rubber. The content of the sulfur-containing silane coupling agent is 3 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the silica. The content of the amine compound is 0.5 to 20 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the silica. By the use of the rubber composition with this composition, a tire having improved dispersibility of silica, excellent wet performance, and excellent rolling resistance and showing a suppressed decrease in reinforcing property can be produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Katsunori Shimizu, Satoshi Mihara
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Publication number: 20130237653Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread contains styrene-butadiene rubber in a compounding amount of 100 parts by weight, silica in a compounding amount of 90 to 170 parts by weight, and an aromatic modified terpene resin in a compounding amount of 10 to 30 parts by weight. The styrene-butadiene rubber contains 40 to 100% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR1) and 60 to 0% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR2), the total content thereof being 100% by weight. The S-SBR1 has a styrene content of 30 to 38% by weight and a vinyl content of 60 to 80% by weight, the total content thereof being 100% by weight, a glass transition temperature of ?20 to ?5° C., and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,800,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Youichi Takizawa, Naoki Kushida
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Patent number: 8476349Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire is blended with diene-based rubber containing 50 wt % or more of SBR, and 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of cyclic polysulfide represented by the below formula (I), 1 to 30 parts by weight of aromatic denatured terpene resin, 20 to 80 parts by weight of silica, and 40 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black relative to 100 parts by weight of the diene-based rubber. Further, a total blending amount of the silica and the carbon black is 70 to 130 parts by weight. In the formula, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted oxyalkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkylene group including an aromatic ring, x represents an average number of 2 to 6, and n represents an integer of 1 to 15.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, LimitedInventor: Naoki Kushida
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Publication number: 20070219320Abstract: A process for producing a rubber composition containing a nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), a softener (B) and a diene rubber (C), comprising: a step of mixing a copolymer composition (I), said copolymer composition (I) comprising 100 parts by weight of a nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), said nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A) being a random copolymer containing 96 to 70 mol % of the structural units derived from ?-olefin (A1) and 4 to 30 mol % of the structural units derived from nonconjugated polyene (A2) and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?25 to 20° C., and 1 to 100 parts by weight of the softener (B); the diene rubber (C); and optionally further the softener (B). A tire tread using the rubber composition and a tire having the tire tread.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2005Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicants: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited, TheInventors: Kotaro Ichino, Masao Kunizane, Yuji Ishii, Kunihide Hiraoka, Masaaki Kawasaki, Hidetatsu Murakami, Keiji Okada
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Patent number: 5153987Abstract: By using a composite film comprising an additive layer and an insulating layer containing an epoxy resin and a synthetic rubber as major components, printed wiring boards having a higher circuit density and higher reliability can be produced simply and effectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1989Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd., Hitachi, Condenser Co., Ltd., Yokohama Rubber Company LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Shin Takanezawa, Masao Kanno, Toshiro Okamura, Naoki Fukutomi, Hiroyoshi Yokoyama, Hideo Watanabe, Hajime Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Toshinobu Takahashi
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Patent number: 4082909Abstract: A rubber composition which comprises a vulcanizable rubber and 0.5 - 20 wt. parts of a metal salt of hydroxy benzoic acid per 100 wt. parts of the rubber. This composition exhibits excellent adhesive bonding to metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1976Date of Patent: April 4, 1978Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, LimitedInventors: Yuichi Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Kaido, Tsuneo Koyama