Patents by Inventor Atsuhito Nakano

Atsuhito Nakano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12214627
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes, on a surface of a side rubber provided on sidewall portions, a two-dimensional code in which a dot pattern is formed by two types of gray scale elements distinguishable from each other by irregularities on the surface. Dot holes are formed in the two-dimensional code, corresponding to dark elements of the gray scale elements. The side rubber is a diene rubber including butadiene rubber, and when A is a blended amount of the butadiene rubber relative to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber contained in the side rubber and when B is a blended amount of carbon, a ratio A/B and a hole depth D (mm) from an opening of the dot hole to a hole bottom satisfies a relationship of 1.1?(A/B)/D?6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshiba, Tatsuro Shinzawa, Atsuhito Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230339267
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire including a tread portion, a sidewall portion, a bead portion, a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions, a plurality of main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and formed in the tread portion, and a plurality of land portions defined by the main grooves, the carcass layer includes a carcass cord formed of a polyester fiber cord, an elongation at break of the carcass cord is from 20% to 30%, and a groove area ratio SgA in a ground contact region of the tread portion is from 30% to 60%, a groove area ratio SgB in a center region of the tread portion satisfies a relationship 0.7?SgB/SgA<1.1, and a depth of the main groove included in the center region is from 7 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Atsuhito NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230241922
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire including a tread portion, a sidewall portion, a bead portion, a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions, a plurality of main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and formed in the tread portion, and a plurality of land portions defined by the main grooves, the carcass layer includes a carcass cord formed of a polyester fiber cord, an elongation at break of the carcass cord is from 20% to 30%, and a groove area ratio SgA in a ground contact region of the tread portion is from 20% to 40%, a groove area ratio SgB in a center region of the tread portion satisfies a relationship 1.1?SgB/SgA?1.5, and a depth of the main groove included in the center region is from 5 mm to 8 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Atsuhito NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220410626
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, an elongation at break (EB) of carcass cords constituting a carcass layer satisfies a condition of EB?15%. A tread portion includes a pair of center main grooves each extending in a tire circumferential direction with a tire equator line interposed therebetween, and a center land portion defined by the pair of center main grooves. A ratio (Wc/Wb) of a width (Wc) of the center land portion to a width (Wb) of a widest belt within a belt layer in the tire width direction satisfies a condition of 0.10?Wc/Wb?0.20. An elongation at break (EB) of the carcass cords and the ratio (Wc/Wb) of the width (Wc) of the center land portion to the width (Wb) of the widest belt satisfy a condition of 350?10×1/(Wc/Wb)+20×EB?900.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuro SHINZAWA, Atsuhito NAKANO, Kenta HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20220402304
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided. A carcass layer includes carcass cords formed of organic fiber cords obtained by intertwining a filament bundle of organic fibers, and includes turn-up portions formed by turning up end portions of a pair of bead portions to an outer side in a tire width direction. The carcass cords have an elongation at break (EB) satisfying EB?15%. A portion of a belt layer located in a width range of 10% of a width of a second widest belt in the belt layer on each of a left side and a right side of a tire equator line in a tire width direction has a belt angle (?c) satisfying 0.349 rad??c?0.56 rad. The elongation at break (EB) of the carcass cords and the belt angle (?c) satisfy 800<1140×?c+20×EB<1400.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuhito NAKANO, Tatsuro SHINZAWA, Kenta HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20220388340
    Abstract: A carcass layer of a pneumatic lire includes carcass cords of organic fiber cords obtained by intertw ining a filament bundle of organic fibers, and includes turn-up portions formed by turning back end portions of the carcass layer at bead portions toward an outer side in a width direction. The carcass cords have an elongation at break (EB) satisfying EB?15%. An averagetotal gauge (GC)of a center land portion located within a width of 10% of a width of a second widest belt in a belt layer on right and left sides of an equatorial plane in the width direction, an average thickness(SG) of a sound absorptive member inside the pneumatic tire and located within a range identical to that of the center land portion, and the elongation at break (EB) of the carcass cords satisfy 15?GC/(GC+SG/10)×EB (%)?25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuro SHINZAWA, Atsuhito NAKANO, Kenta HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20220371368
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes at least one carcass layer between bead portions on an inner side in a radial direction of sidewall portions on both sides of a tread portion extending in a circumferential direction and having an annular shape, and the carcass layer includes carcass cords formed of organic fiber cords obtained by intertwining a filament bundle of organic fibers. The carcass layer includes turn-up portions formed by being turned back at an end portion of the bead portions to an outer side in a tire width direction. The carcass cords have an elongation at break EB satisfying EB?15%, a cap tread rubber compound of the tread portion has a 300% modulus MD satisfying 4 MPa?MD?13 MPa, and the elongation at break EB and the 300% modulus MD satisfy 600?40×MD+20×EB (%)?1300.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuro SHINZAWA, Atsuhito NAKANO, Kenta HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20220258536
    Abstract: A carcass layer of a run-flat tire includes a carcass cord formed by twisting together organic fibers, wherein a breaking elongation Eb of the carcass cord, an average thickness Gs of a sidewall between a tire maximum width position of the sidewall and a position separated from the tire maximum width position to the outer side in a tire radial direction by a length equivalent to 15% of a tire cross-section height, and an average thickness Gsh in a tread between a shoulder position where a straight line orthogonal to the carcass layer and passing through a maximum width belt layer maximum width position intersects a surface of the tread and a position separated from the shoulder position toward the inner side in the tire width direction by a length equivalent to 15% of a maximum width belt layer maximum width satisfy: Eb?20%; Gsh?10 mm; Gs?9 mm; and 60%?Eb·Gsh/Gs?18%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta HOMMA, Tatsuro SHINZAWA, Atsuhito NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220032692
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes, on a surface of a side rubber provided on sidewall portions, a two-dimensional code in which a dot pattern is formed by two types of gray scale elements distinguishable from each other by irregularities on the surface. Dot holes are formed in the two-dimensional code, corresponding to dark elements of the gray scale elements. The side rubber is a diene rubber including butadiene rubber, and when A is a blended amount of the butadiene rubber relative to 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber contained in the side rubber and when B is a blended amount of carbon, a ratio A/B and a hole depth D (mm) from an opening of the dot hole to a hole bottom satisfies a relationship of 1.1?(A/B)/D?6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshiba, Tatsuro Shinzawa, Atsuhito Nakano