Patents by Inventor Eiji Azuma

Eiji Azuma 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: 9028630
    Abstract: In the invention, at least a tire outer circumferential side portion of a tread portion is formed of a non-conductive rubber layer. The non-conductive rubber layer is formed by winding and laminating a non-conductive rubber ribbon along a tire circumferential direction. A conductive layer is provided on an outer circumference of the non-conductive rubber ribbon, and the conductive layer continuously and spirally extends along the tire circumferential direction, and is exposed on a tread surface from a bottom surface of the non-conductive rubber layer toward a tire outer circumferential side. Accordingly, an electricity generated in a vehicle body is discharged to a road through the conductive layer. Since the conductive layer is scattered within the non-conductive rubber layer and exposure on the tread surface is preferably secured, it is possible to achieve an excellent conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Asayama, Eiji Azuma
  • Publication number: 20100006194
    Abstract: In the invention, at least a tire outer circumferential side portion of a tread portion is formed of a non-conductive rubber layer. The non-conductive rubber layer is formed by winding and laminating a non-conductive rubber ribbon along a tire circumferential direction. A conductive layer is provided on an outer circumference of the non-conductive rubber ribbon, and the conductive layer continuously and spirally extends along the tire circumferential direction, and is exposed on a tread surface from a bottom surface of the non-conductive rubber layer toward a tire outer circumferential side. Accordingly, an electricity generated in a vehicle body is discharged to a road through the conductive layer. Since the conductive layer is scattered within the non-conductive rubber layer and exposure on the tread surface is preferably secured, it is possible to achieve an excellent conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshinori Asayama, Eiji Azuma
  • Patent number: 7253692
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a phase locked loop. The phase locked loop comprises a variable frequency divider for performing a fraction frequency division by switching a dividing value having an integer portion and a fraction portion; a memory for storing the fraction portion; and a data converter for adding the integer portion to the fraction portion from the memory based on a clock signal from the variable frequency divider to determine the dividing value to be supplied to the variable frequency divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Azuma
  • Publication number: 20060012440
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a phase locked loop. The phase locked loop comprises a variable frequency divider for performing a fraction frequency division by switching a dividing value having an integer portion and a fraction portion; a memory for storing the fraction portion; and a data converter for adding the integer portion to the fraction portion from the memory based on a clock signal from the variable frequency divider to determine the dividing value to be supplied to the variable frequency divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Azuma