Patents by Inventor Ayako Joza

Ayako Joza 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: 10377099
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire with surface fastener according to the present technology includes, while engaging a surface fastener provided with a plurality of first engaging elements and a sheet-shaped protective member provided with a plurality of second engaging elements that engage with the first engaging elements of the surface fastener, disposing the surface fastener in an unvulcanized tire so that a surface on a side opposite that of a surface on which the engaging elements are provided is closely fitted to an inner surface of the tire, and vulcanizing the unvulcanized tire provided with the surface fastener using a vulcanizer equipped with a vulcanization bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Joza, Atsushi Tanno, Shiro Ogawa, Akira Fujita
  • Publication number: 20170274709
    Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire that can prevent photoluminescent material from falling off and can maintain visibility and fashionability based on the photoluminescent material over a long period of time when providing a decorative portion decorated with a photoluminescent material in a tire side wall and a method for manufacturing the same. The pneumatic tire of the present technology is a pneumatic tire including a decorative portion in a tire side wall decorated with a photoluminescent material, wherein at least one recess is formed in the decorative portion and the photoluminescent material is adhered within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Ayako Joza
  • Patent number: 9707805
    Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire that can prevent reflective material from falling off and can maintain visibility and fashionability based on the reflective material over a long period of time when providing a decorative portion decorated with a reflective material in a tire side wall and a method for manufacturing the same. The pneumatic tire of the present technology is a pneumatic tire including a decorative portion in a tire side wall decorated with a reflective material, wherein at least one recess is formed in the decorative portion and the reflective material is adhered within the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ayako Joza
  • Patent number: 9623636
    Abstract: A laminated body of rubber layers includes: a resin layer formed from a polyester resin or a polyamide resin; a rubber layer formed from a rubber composition containing a diene rubber; and an adhesive layer disposed between the resin layer and the rubber layer. The adhesive rubber composition contains a modified rubber composition (A) or a modified rubber composition (B) both having a number average molecular weight of 70,000 to 110,000. The modified rubber composition (A) is formed from a modified butyl rubber (1) formed by reacting, with a butyl rubber, a compound having in a molecule a nitroxide free radical that is stable at ambient temperature in the presence of oxygen, a radical initiator, and a co-crosslinking agent. The modified rubber composition (B) is formed by compounding the co-crosslinking agent with a modified butyl rubber (2) formed by reacting the compound and the radical initiator with the butyl rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Tokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako Joza, Takahiro Okamatsu
  • Publication number: 20150343852
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having grooves on a tread surface, wherein recessed sections are provided on groove wall surfaces of the grooves, and a photoluminescent material is adhered to the inside of the recessed sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Ayako Joza
  • Publication number: 20150306831
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire with surface fastener according to the present technology includes, while engaging a surface fastener provided with a plurality of first engaging elements and a sheet-shaped protective member provided with a plurality of second engaging elements that engage with the first engaging elements of the surface fastener, disposing the surface fastener in an unvulcanized tire so that a surface on a side opposite that of a surface on which the engaging elements are provided is closely fitted to an inner surface of the tire, and vulcanizing the unvulcanized tire provided with the surface fastener using a vulcanizer equipped with a vulcanization bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Joza, Atsushi Tanno, Shiro Ogawa, Akira Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140150946
    Abstract: A laminated body of rubber layers includes: a resin layer formed from a polyester resin or a polyamide resin; a rubber layer formed from a rubber composition containing a diene rubber; and an adhesive layer disposed between the resin layer and the rubber layer. The adhesive rubber composition contains a modified rubber composition (A) or a modified rubber composition (B) both having a number average molecular weight of 70,000 to 110,000. The modified rubber composition (A) is formed from a modified butyl rubber (1) formed by reacting, with a butyl rubber, a compound having in a molecule a nitroxide free radical that is stable at ambient temperature in the presence of oxygen, a radical initiator, and a co-crosslinking agent. The modified rubber composition (B) is formed by compounding the co-crosslinking agent with a modified butyl rubber (2) formed by reacting the compound and the radical initiator with the butyl rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Joza, Takahiro Okamatsu
  • Publication number: 20140027035
    Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire that can prevent photoluminescent material from falling off and can maintain visibility and fashionability based on the photoluminescent material over a long period of time when providing a decorative portion decorated with a photoluminescent material in a tire side wall and a method for manufacturing the same. The pneumatic tire of the present technology is a pneumatic tire including a decorative portion in a tire side wall decorated with a photoluminescent material, wherein at least one recess is formed in the decorative portion and the photoluminescent material is adhered within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ayako Joza