Patents Assigned to Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12208646
    Abstract: A tire includes a mounting direction indicator indicating a tire mounting direction with respect to a vehicle. Additionally, the tire includes a first circumferential groove and a second circumferential groove extending intermittently or continuously in a tire circumferential direction. Additionally, the second circumferential groove is located further on an inner side than the first circumferential groove in a vehicle width direction in a state in which the tire is mounted on a vehicle. In addition, a distance D1 from the tire equatorial plane to the groove center line of the first circumferential groove and a distance D2 from the second circumferential groove to the groove center line have the relationship D1<D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12208651
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tire, a forming system for the tire, and the tire are provided. A preceding carcass cord from one feeding unit is used to form a carcass layer while being fed to a forming drum, and a leading edge portion of a next carcass cord is paid out from another feeding unit in advance. At a time when a predetermined length of the preceding carcass cord is fed, a splice mechanism is used to join the leading edge portion of the next carcass cord to the preceding carcass cord to make the leading edge portion of the next carcass cord continuous with the preceding carcass cord. Then, with the next carcass cord fed to the forming drum, formation of the carcass layer is continued to complete the carcass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru Nishio
  • Patent number: 12202298
    Abstract: In a tread pattern of a tire, a main groove side of a shoulder lug groove in a side of a first circumferential main groove inclines with respect to the width direction. In each of first intermediate lug grooves and inner lug grooves, a direction from one side toward the other side in the width direction is inclined to a side identical to a side to which the main groove side is inclined. The first intermediate lug grooves overlap with extension lines of each of the shoulder lug grooves extending from a closed end of each of the shoulder lug grooves along an inclination direction of the main groove side toward each of closed ends of the inner lug grooves. A second intermediate lug groove extends between two of the extension lines adjacent in the circumferential direction, in a direction along the extension lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12202299
    Abstract: A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes two or more circumferential main grooves in a half region demarcated by the equatorial plane, and land portions defined by the circumferential main grooves. A center land portion closest among the land portions to the equatorial plane includes a center sipe extending in the width direction, the center sipe is a composite sipe including a two-dimensional portion and three-dimensional portions provided on both sides of the two-dimensional portion in the width direction, a middle land portion that is adjacent to an outer side of the center land portion in the width direction includes a middle sipe extending in the width direction, and the middle sipe is a composite sipe comprising a two-dimensional portion provided on an inner side in the width direction and a three-dimensional portion provided on an outer side of the two-dimensional portion in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Toyoaki Endo
  • Patent number: 12202297
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes fins disposed on sidewall surfaces of blocks and extending in a tire circumferential direction. Further, a plane is local and is defined to include a ground contact edge of the first and second blocks and an arc connecting opening end portions of three lug grooves defining the first and second blocks. At this time, the fins of the first and second blocks extend sidewalls of the lug grooves further toward an outer side in a tire width direction than the plane via one circumferential edge portions of the blocks. Furthermore, the projection amount of the fins with respect to the plane tapers from the one circumferential edge portions toward other circumferential edge portions of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Tamura
  • Patent number: 12194702
    Abstract: In a rubber temperature measuring device, a temperature sensor and a biasing member are disposed in an installation hole formed in a molding surface of a mold. The temperature sensor is biased by the biasing member and a temperature detecting unit at a tip end projects from the molding surface and is not in contact with the mold. The mold is closed and vulcanized in a state in which a green tire making contact with the temperature detecting unit presses the temperature sensor against biasing force of the biasing member and an opening portion of the installation hole is blocked by the temperature detecting unit. Temperature data detected by the temperature detecting unit is input to a control unit disposed outside the mold through a communication line extending in a communicating hole communicating with the installation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukihisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12187077
    Abstract: A tire includes a mounting direction indicator that indicates a tire mounting direction with respect to a vehicle. The tire includes a first circumferential groove and a second circumferential groove extending intermittently or continuously in a tire circumferential direction. Additionally, the second circumferential groove is located further on an inner side than the first circumferential groove in a vehicle width direction in a state in which the tire is mounted on a vehicle. Additionally, a groove volume V1 of the first circumferential groove and a groove volume V2 of the second circumferential groove have the relationship V1<V2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12179390
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is vulcanized by using a bladder provided with a coating layer formed by a release agent, and the release agent has a thickness, detected by an electron microscope, of 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m on an inner surface of a tread portion 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshiba, Masahiro Naruse
  • Patent number: 12181079
    Abstract: A hose for fluid transportation includes an inner layer, a reinforcing layer, and an outer layer. The inner layer includes a (A) layer including a thermoplastic resin composition ax made of a matrix am containing a thermoplastic resin ar and a domain ad containing a rubber ae, a (B) layer including a thermoplastic resin b or a thermoplastic resin composition bx made of a matrix bm containing a thermoplastic resin br and a domain bd containing a rubber be, and a (C) layer including a rubber composition cx. The (A), (B) and (C) layers are arranged in this order as innermost to outer layers. A 10% modulus M10 to 100% modulus M100 ratio of the (A) and (B) layer structure satisfies 0.5<M10/M100<1.2. A 100% modulus of the (C) layer<a 100% modulus of the (A) layer<a 100% modulus of the (B) layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ai Momose, Shun Sato, Aya Sato, Tomohiro Yonaha
  • Patent number: 12179515
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire tread pattern includes, on a first side in a width direction relative to a tire centerline, first lug grooves in a shoulder land portion extending from an outer side in the width direction toward and connecting with a shoulder side main groove; and second lug grooves in a middle land portion between the shoulder side main groove and a center side main groove, the second lug grooves extending from a portion of the shoulder side main groove between connection positions of circumferentially adjacent first lug grooves with the shoulder side main groove, toward the center side main groove, and being closed within the middle land portion. The first lug grooves are inclined, at the connection position, to one side in the circumferential direction relative to the width direction. The second lug grooves are inclined to be parallel with an inclination direction of the first lug groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro Matsushita
  • Patent number: 12172471
    Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential narrow groove disposed in a tread portion center region and having a groove width of 0.5 mm or more and 3.0 mm or less, and a first land portion defined by the circumferential narrow groove and a second land portion located further on a tire equatorial plane side than the first land portion and adjacent to the first land portion. Additionally, the first and second land portions include chamfered portions, respectively in edge portions on the circumferential narrow groove side. Additionally, a circumferential length L33 of the chamfered portion of the second land portion has the relationship L33<L24 with respect to a circumferential length L24 of the chamfered portion of the first land portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisen Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12172469
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion including a rubber composition including a diene rubber including styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and butadiene rubber (BR), and a filler. The styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) includes emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (E-SBR) by an amount of 40 mass % or greater in the diene rubber. A ratio of a blended amount of the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) to a blended amount of the butadiene rubber (BR) is from 1.0 to 1.3, and the filler includes 70 parts by mass or greater of silica with respect to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Miyuki Iizuka
  • Patent number: 12172470
    Abstract: A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes circumferential main grooves, lug grooves and first and second sipes connecting the circumferential main grooves, a block land portion defined by the circumferential main grooves and the lug grooves and including the sipes. The lug grooves and the first and second sipes have a shape that projects toward one direction in the circumferential direction. A shallow depth groove raised bottom is provided in a turning portion where the lug groove includes a projecting apex. The projecting apex of a sipe turning portion including the projecting apex of the first sipe is within the range of the shallow depth groove raised bottom, and is inward in the lateral direction compared with the position of the projecting apex of a sipe turning portion including the projecting apex of the second sipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 12168373
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having lug grooves in shoulder land portions that each include one end reaching at least a ground contact edge and an other end terminating in the shoulder land portion. Sipes in the shoulder land portions each include one end communicating with a shoulder main groove and an other end terminating in a ground contact region. Lug grooves in intermediate land portions each include one end communicating with the shoulder main groove and an other end terminating in the intermediate land portion. Sipes in the intermediate land portion each include one end communicating with a center main groove and an other end terminating in the intermediate land portion. Sipes in the center land portion each include one end communicating with the center main groove and an other end terminating in the center land portion without exceeding a tire center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12162311
    Abstract: In a tire, first and second center land portions each include a circumferential narrow groove and first and second lateral grooves. The first and second lateral grooves of the first center land portion are disposed overlapped with each other in a tire circumferential direction. The first and second lateral grooves of the second center land portion are disposed overlapped with each other in the tire circumferential direction. The first and second lateral grooves of the first center land portion are disposed offset with respect to the first and second lateral grooves of the second center land portion in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Noritake
  • Patent number: 12163061
    Abstract: The two-part curable adhesive composition contains a main agent (A) containing a urethane prepolymer (a1) and a residual polyisocyanate (a2), and a curing agent (B) containing a polyol compound (b1) and a polyamine compound (b2). The urethane prepolymer (a1) is made by reacting in an equivalent ratio of an isocyanate group in a raw material polyisocyanate to a hydroxy group in a polycarbonate polyol being 2.05 or greater. The equivalent ratio of an isocyanate group in the main agent (A) to an active hydrogen group in the curing agent (B) is from 0.5 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kageyama, Kazushi Kimura, Yutaro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12157620
    Abstract: A delivery container for a drone includes: an outer container (2) which is formed of an elastic material and is watertight and has a load opening (3) that opens and closes which is provided with a water stop portion (3a) to be watertight; and a cushioning portion (5) formed of an elastic material having an air chamber (6) and which is interposed between a load (B) stored inside the outer container (2) and the outer container (2) to hold the load (B) within a predetermined range inside the outer container (2). The delivery container can prevent a load to be delivered from getting damaged or wet and can easily and more reliably protect the load is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shibayama, Kishin Hirajima, Yugo Nagase, Misa Kuwahara
  • Patent number: D1053793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Noritake
  • Patent number: D1059253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Mayuko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D1059254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Mayuko Hasegawa