Patents Assigned to TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 11820191
    Abstract: Provided is a stabilizer bush that ensures improved durability. The stabilizer bush (10) comprises: a bush main body (11) formed from a tubular elastic body having a retention hole (12) through which the stabilizer bar (2) passes; a rigid body portion (14) that is fixed to the bush main body (11) and has a higher rigidity than the bush main body (11); and an elastic film (16) that comprises an elastic body and is in contact with a second surface (14b) of the rigid body portion (14). A part of the elastic film (16) is fitted into depressed portions (15a, 15b) that are depressed from the second surface (14b) to a first surface (14a) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakagaki, Yoshiyuki Saihara
  • Patent number: 11820091
    Abstract: A first forming apparatus includes a forming drum, a forming unit, a conveyance path, and a conveyance unit that conveys the forming drum along the conveyance path. A tire member is formed with tire components wound on the forming drum by the forming unit. The first forming apparatus also includes a measurement unit that performs, on a downstream side of the forming unit in the conveyance path, measurement on the tire components wound on the forming drum while the forming drum is moving through the measurement unit, in a tire radial direction over a width direction of the forming drum, and an inspection unit that performs inspection on winding states of the tire components based on a measurement result due to the measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Inoue, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11795307
    Abstract: A rubber composition for tires according to an embodiment is produced by kneading a diene rubber, silica, and a granular carbon nanotube prepared as a binder-coated, granulated carbon nanotube. A tire according to an embodiment comprises the rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Hirabayashi, Norio Minouchi
  • Patent number: 11794528
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a sidewall region comprises a protruding portion that protrudes in a tire width direction from a base surface, the protruding portion comprises an apical surface which is arranged at an end toward an exterior in the tire width direction, at least one side surface that is respectively contiguous with the base surface and the apical surface, a first linear projection which protrudes at a boundary between the apical surface and the at least one side surface, a second linear projection which protrudes at a boundary between the basal surface and the at least one side surface, and a third linear projection which protrudes in such fashion that a first end of the third linear projection is contiguous with the first linear projection, and a second end of the third linear projection is contiguous with the second linear projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20230331963
    Abstract: A rubber composition for tires according to an embodiment includes, per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene-based resin Containing an ?-pinene unit and a ?-pinene unit, and 1 to 30 parts by mass of vegetable granules having an average particle size of 0.1 to 500 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Mogari
  • Publication number: 20230331042
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread according to an embodiment includes, per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber including 30 to 85 parts by mass of a styrene butadiene rubber and 15 to 70 parts by mass of a butadiene rubber and having an average glass transition temperature of -57° C. or less: 90 to 150 parts by mass of silica; 5 to 30 parts by mass of an oil; and 10 parts by mass or more and less than 40 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin having a softening point of 40° C. or more. In the rubber composition, the total content of the oil and the thermoplastic resin is less than 45 parts by mass, and the oil content is less than 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230331044
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread is disclosed, which provides a tire excellent in wet grip performance at low temperatures and wet grip performance at high temperatures. The rubber composition for a tire tread includes, per 100 parts by mass of diene-based rubbers including (a) 25 to 65 parts by mass of a modified styrene butadiene rubber having a glass transition point of ?30° C. or more and (b) 25 to 65 parts by mass of a modified styrene butadiene rubber having a glass transition point of ?50° C. or less: 80 to 140 parts by mass of silica; 15 to 50 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin having a softening point of 40° C. or more; and 5 to 15 parts by mass of an oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230331964
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread according to an embodiment includes, per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component including 40 parts by mass or more of at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber and a synthetic isoprene rubber: 5 to 50 parts by mass of a polyterpene resin having a softening point of 110° C. or more and a glass transition point of 55° C. or more and containing a ?-pinene unit; and 50 to 150 parts by mass of silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Hirabayashi, Norio Minouchi
  • Publication number: 20230331043
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread is disclosed, which provides a tire excellent in wet grip performance at low temperatures and wet grip performance at high temperatures. The rubber composition for a tire tread includes, per 100 parts by mass of diene-based rubbers including (a) 30 to 50 parts by mass of a styrene butadiene rubber having a glass transition point of ?35° C. or more, (b) 20 to 40 parts by mass of a styrene butadiene rubber having a glass transition point of ?45° C. or more and less than ?35° C., and (c) 10 to 30 parts by mass of a styrene butadiene rubber having a glass transition point of ?65° C. or more and less than ?45° C.: 80 to 140 parts by mass of silica; and 15 to 50 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin having a softening point of 40° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hishikawa
  • Patent number: 11772433
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire according to an embodiment, a spiral-shaped pattern is formed in a pattern forming area provided on a surface of a sidewall. The spiral-shaped pattern is formed by alternately providing ridges protruding from a reference surface in the pattern forming area and grooves recessed from the reference surface along a spiral while gradually changing the height and the depth with respect to the reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Kamada
  • Patent number: 11772431
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a block defined by first and second main grooves and first and second lateral grooves, wherein the block includes a slit having one end open to the first main groove and the other end terminating in the block, a first corrugated sipe having one end open to the first main groove and the other end terminating in the block, and a second corrugated sipe having one end open to the second main groove and the other end terminating in the block, the slit includes a notch groove and a center sipe, the center sipe includes a first portion extending from the notch groove toward the second main groove, and a second portion bent and extending from a terminal end of the first portion, and the first and second corrugated sipe are disposed in the tire circumferential direction across the center sipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Ikuno
  • Patent number: 11772432
    Abstract: An arithmetic model generation system includes a tire information acquisition unit, a position information acquisition unit, a wear amount calculator, and an arithmetic model update unit. The tire information acquisition unit acquires tire data including a temperature and pressure of a tire. The position information acquisition unit acquires position data for a vehicle on which the tire is mounted. The wear amount calculator includes an arithmetic model that generates an estimated wear amount of at least one groove of the tire, the wear amount calculator calculating the estimated wear amount of at least one groove of the tire by using the arithmetic model by inputting the tire data and the position data. The arithmetic model update unit updates the arithmetic model based on a wear amount measured by a tire measurement device external to the vehicle and the estimated wear amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Ishizaka, Sachiko Nakajima, Satoshi Meguro, Akio Yoshinari, Tadashi Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20230303802
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition having excellent breaking strength. The rubber composition contains an inverse vulcanizate having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20230303726
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition having excellent breaking strength. The rubber composition contains an inverse vulcanizate containing 10 mass % or more of carbon atoms and 30 mass % or more of sulfur atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11767383
    Abstract: Provided are a terminally modified diene-based polymer having excellent mechanical properties and also a method for producing the same. The terminally modified diene-based polymer is obtainable by allowing a diene-based polymer terminated with ketone or aldehyde groups to react with an aminophosphonic acid compound represented by general formula (1) or (2): wherein in formulas (1) and (2), R1 and R4 each represent a C1-10 alkanediyl group, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen, a C1-3 alkyl group, or a phenyl group, R5, R6, R8, and R9 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen, a C1-3 alkyl group, or a phenyl group, and R7 represents hydrogen or a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Taiki Iwachi
  • Patent number: 11760132
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a center land comprises a plurality of center sipes, all of the center sipes are respectively contiguous with a first end and a second end in a tire axial direction of the center land, a first shoulder land comprises a plurality of first shoulder sipes, and all of the first shoulder sipes are contiguous with an outer end in the tire axial direction of the first shoulder land but are separated from an inner end in the tire axial direction of the first shoulder land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Tada
  • Publication number: 20230286327
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire according to an embodiment includes a main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction on a tread, and a plurality of protrusions protruding from a bottom of the main groove and connected to walls on both sides in a tire axial direction of the main groove. Each of the protrusions is provided with a narrow groove extending in an extending direction of the main groove and dividing the protrusion into both sides in the tire axial direction, and the bottom of the narrow groove is at a higher position than the bottom of the main groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 11745404
    Abstract: A rubber strip manufacturing method that includes a step of extruding a rubber from an extrusion orifice of an extruder includes: a step of forming a long rubber member by extruding the rubber from the extrusion orifice that is circular; and a step of forming a rubber strip by passing the long rubber member through a gap between a pair of rotating rollers. The gap has a shape that is the widest in a central portion in a direction parallel to rotation axes of the rollers and that narrows as a distance from the central portion increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakatani, Naoki Mori
  • Patent number: 11745545
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a first longitudinal groove and a second longitudinal groove extending in a tire circumferential direction; a first lateral groove extending obliquely with respect to a tire width direction and connected to the first longitudinal groove and the second longitudinal groove; a second lateral groove extending obliquely toward a side opposite to the first lateral groove with respect to a tire width direction and connected to the first longitudinal groove and the second longitudinal groove; and a trapezoidal block defined by the first longitudinal groove, the second longitudinal groove, the first lateral groove, and the second lateral groove. The block includes a first sipe and a second sipe extending obliquely toward opposite sides in the tire width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: D1000360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Matsubara