Patents by Inventor Ayaka KITAOU

Ayaka KITAOU 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).

  • Publication number: 20210023881
    Abstract: The present invention provides rubber compositions with good silica dispersion and fuel economy, and pneumatic tires including the rubber compositions. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing: a rubber component including 30% by mass or more of a styrene-butadiene rubber having a SiOR group wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 210 m2/g or more in an amount of 50 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether sulfate salts and polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether sulfate salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayaka KITAOU, Yukari TOMISAKI, Naoyuki MIKI, Shoko NAKAHATA
  • Patent number: 10808082
    Abstract: Provided are a polymer ready for introduction into a kneading machine which is milled with good milling efficiency in a kneading machine and which provides a kneaded mixture with excellent filler dispersion, and a rubber composition and a pneumatic tire containing the polymer. The present invention relates to a polymer ready for introduction into a kneading machine, excluding natural rubber, the polymer having a temperature within the range of ?20° C. to 80° C. and satisfying the following formula (I): (Tip clearance d of kneading machine)3?(Volume V of polymer ready for introduction into kneading machine)?2.0×104 cm3??(I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukari Tomisaki, Ryoji Kojima, Tsuyoshi Tsuchida, Ayaka Kitaou
  • Publication number: 20190300658
    Abstract: Provided are a polymer ready for introduction into a kneading machine which is milled with good milling efficiency in a kneading machine and which provides a kneaded mixture with excellent filler dispersion, and a rubber composition and a pneumatic tire containing the polymer. The present invention relates to a polymer ready for introduction into a kneading machine, excluding natural rubber, the polymer having a temperature within the range of ?20° C. to 80° C. and satisfying the following formula (I): (Tip clearance d of kneading machine)3?(Volume V of polymer ready for introduction into kneading machine)?2.0×104 cm3??(I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari TOMISAKI, Ryoji KOJIMA, Tsuyoshi TSUCHIDA, Ayaka KITAOU
  • Publication number: 20180118896
    Abstract: Provided are a polymer ready for introduction into a kneading machine which is milled with good milling efficiency in a kneading machine and which provides a kneaded mixture with excellent filler dispersion, and a rubber composition and a pneumatic tire containing the polymer. The present invention relates to a polymer ready for introduction into a kneading machine, excluding natural rubber, the polymer having a temperature within the range of ?20° C. to 80° C. and satisfying the following formula (I): (Tip clearance d of kneading machine)3?(Volume V of polymer ready for introduction into kneading machine)?2.0×104 cm3 ?? (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari TOMISAKI, Ryoji KOJIMA, Tsuyoshi TSUCHIDA, Ayaka KITAOU