Patents by Inventor Eiji Ichihara

Eiji Ichihara 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: 11926182
    Abstract: A first belt cord made of organic fibers of a spirally wound belt layer extends at an angle of equal to or less than 5° relative to a tire equatorial plane, a second belt cord made of organic fibers of a zigzag belt layer extends at an inclination of an angle of 2° to 45° relative to the tire equatorial plane, to folding back points where the second belt cord is folded back at each width directional end edge of the zigzag belt layer, and a relation of N95>N50 is satisfied. N50 is the number of stacked belt layers of the spirally wound belt layers, at 50% of half the length of a maximum belt width of belt layers from the tire equatorial plane. N95 is the number of stacked belt layers of the spirally wound belt layers, at 95% of half the length of the maximum belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Ichihara, Yusuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230406042
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for aircraft according to this disclosure has belt layers arranged in the following order from the inside of the tire radial direction: the inner zigzag belt layers, the spiral belt layers, and the outer zigzag belt layers, and among the belt layers, the inner zigzag belt layer has the maximum width in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji ICHIHARA, Naoto KOCHI, Juntarou TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230391141
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for aircraft according to this disclosure satisfies the following inequality in the reference state, 0??35/Rc?0.004 and 0.015??90/Rc?0.025.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji ICHIHARA, Naoto KOCHI, Juntarou TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220063339
    Abstract: A first belt cord made of organic fibers of a spirally wound belt layer extends at an angle of equal to or less than 5° relative to a tire equatorial plane, a second belt cord made of organic fibers of a zigzag belt layer extends at an inclination of an angle of 2° to 45° relative to the tire equatorial plane, to folding back points where the second belt cord is folded back at each width directional end edge of the zigzag belt layer, and a relation of N95>N50 is satisfied. N50 is the number of stacked belt layers of the spirally wound belt layers, at 50% of half the length of a maximum belt width of belt layers from the tire equatorial plane. N95 is the number of stacked belt layers of the spirally wound belt layers, at 95% of half the length of the maximum belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji ICHIHARA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220055409
    Abstract: An aircraft pneumatic tire includes a spirally wound belt layer in which a ribbon-shaped first strip material with a first belt cord including organic fibers and being covered with rubber is spirally wound; and zigzag belt layers in which a ribbon-shaped second strip material with a second belt cord including organic fibers and being covered with rubber extends and is wound in a circumferential direction while bending zigzag by being folded back at width directional end edges to an outer circumferential side of the spirally wound belt layers. The maximum width of the spirally wound belt layers is wider than the maximum width of the zigzag belt layers, and the width of the second strip material is wider than the width of the first strip material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji ICHIHARA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180037064
    Abstract: A belt portion of a heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a cross-laminated body in which extension directions of the cords in the belt layers next to each other in a tire radial direction intersect each other, and a parallel-laminated body in which extension directions of the cords in the belt layers next to each other in the tire radial direction are substantially parallel to each other. The parallel-laminated body is provided in the belt portion in a way that satisfies a relationship expressed with i?n/2 where n denotes a total number of belt layers included in the belt portion, and i denotes the number of a belt layer, which is located on the inner side in the tire radial direction among the belt layers of the parallel-laminated body, when the belt layers included in the belt portion are counted from an inner side in the tire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji ICHIHARA
  • Patent number: 9211764
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent durability and driving stability during high-speed running of the vehicle (that is, during high-speed rotation of the tire). The pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; an intersecting belt which is provided on the outer circumference side of a crown portion of the carcass and formed of two inclined belt layers having cords inclined and extending in a direction intersecting each other across a tire equatorial plane; and a circumferential belt layer which is provided on either one of the inner side and the outer side of the intersecting belt in the tire radial direction and includes a spiral cord arranged as being spirally wound at an inclination angle of equal to or smaller than 5 degrees to the tire equatorial plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Ichihara
  • Patent number: 9168788
    Abstract: Proposed is a pneumatic tire having excellent durability, handling stability and uneven wear resistance even if weight reduction is achieved by improving a belt. The pneumatic tire according to the present invention having a carcass layer 5 toroidally extending from a tread portion 3 through a side wall portion 2 to a bead portion 1, and a belt layer 6 disposed at the outer side of the carcass layer 5 in the tire radial direction, in which the carcass layer 5 includes one or more carcass plies 5a, the belt layer 6 includes a first belt 7 having a first cord 7a inclined with respect to a tire equator S at an angle in the range of 15° to 75° and a second belt 8 having a second cord 8a extending in parallel to the tire equator S, said first belt 7 having a tensile strength smaller than that of the second belt 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Ichihara
  • Patent number: 9132700
    Abstract: In tread-width-direction cross section under a standard internal pressure and no load condition, a point B is an outermost point of overlapping area in tread-width-direction, a line CC is a line passing through an outermost point CT of carcass layer in tread-width-direction and extending along tread-width-direction, a point C is a point of tire surface through the line CC, a line segment BW is a line segment extending in tread-width-direction from an equator center line to point B, a line segment CW is a line segment extending along tread-width-direction from equator center line to point C, and a line segment BC is a line segment connecting between point B and C. A ratio BW/CW between a length of BW and CW is not less than 0.6 and not more than 0.8. An angle ? formed by BC and CW is not less than 50° and not more than 70°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20140373993
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent durability and driving stability during high-speed running of the vehicle (that is, during high-speed rotation of the tire). The pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; an intersecting belt which is provided on the outer circumference side of a crown portion of the carcass and formed of two inclined belt layers having cords inclined and extending in a direction intersecting each other across a tire equatorial plane; and a circumferential belt layer which is provided on either one of the inner side and the outer side of the intersecting belt in the tire radial direction and includes a spiral cord arranged as being spirally wound at an inclination angle of equal to or smaller than 5 degrees to the tire equatorial plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20130048183
    Abstract: In tread-width-direction cross section under a standard internal pressure and no load condition, a point B is an outermost point of overlapping area in tread-width-direction, a line CC is a line passing through an outermost point C? of carcass layer in tread-width-direction and extending along tread-width-direction, a point C is a point of tire surface through the line CC, a line segment BW is a line segment extending in tread-width-direction from an equator center line to point B, a line segment CW is a line segment extending along tread-width-direction from equator center line to point C, and a line segment BC is a line segment connecting between point B and C. A ratio BW/CW between a length of BW and CW is not less than 0.6 and not more than 0.8. An angle ? formed by BC and CW is not less than 50° and not more than 70°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20120241068
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent durability and driving stability during high-speed running of the vehicle (that is, during high-speed rotation of the tire). The pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; an intersecting belt which is provided on the outer circumference side of a crown portion of the carcass and formed of two inclined belt layers having cords inclined and extending in a direction intersecting each other across a tire equatorial plane; and a circumferential belt layer which is provided on either one of the inner side and the outer side of the intersecting belt in the tire radial direction and includes a spiral cord arranged as being spirally wound at an inclination angle of equal to or smaller than 5 degrees to the tire equatorial plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20120125508
    Abstract: Proposed is a pneumatic tire having excellent durability, handling stability and uneven wear resistance even if weight reduction is achieved by improving a belt. The pneumatic tire according to the present invention having a carcass layer 5 toroidally extending from a tread portion 3 through a side wall portion 2 to a bead portion 1, and a belt layer 6 disposed at the outer side of the carcass layer 5 in the tire radial direction, in which the carcass layer 5 includes one or more carcass plies 5a, the belt layer 6 includes a first belt 7 having a first cord 7a inclined with respect to a tire equator S at an angle in the range of 15° to 75° and a second belt 8 having a second cord 8a extending in parallel to the tire equator S, said first belt 7 having a tensile strength smaller than that of the second belt 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Ichihara
  • Patent number: 7563021
    Abstract: There are provided a process and the like for judging a residual lifetime of a run-flat tire and an end stage of the residual lifetime thereof during continuous running at a run-flat state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Ichihara, Yoshinori Imamura, Takehiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060093015
    Abstract: There are provided a process and the like for judging a residual lifetime of a run-flat tire and an end stage of the residual lifetime thereof during continuous running at a run-flat state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Eiji Ichihara, Yoshinori Imamura, Takehiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 5886098
    Abstract: A polyetheresteramide having good heat resistance, permanent antistatic property and superior compatibility with thermoplastic resins and a resin composition containing the polyetheresteramide are disclosed, wherein the polyetherester-amide consists essentially of a polyamide oligomer with carboxylic chain ends having a number average molecular weight between 200 and 5,000 and a bisphenol compound with oxyalkylene units having a number average molecular weight between 300 and 3,000. Antistatic resin compositions with good antistatic property and heat resistance are obtained from compositions comprising 3 to 40% by weight of the polyetheresteramide and 60 to 97% by weight of thermoplastic resins. The antistatic resin compositions can contain as compatibilizers vinyl polymers having functional groups such as carboxyl and epoxy groups or block polymers containing polyolefin blocks and aromatic vinyl polymer blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Eiichi Senda, Yoshitsugu Takai, Tokiko Kokubu, Toshiaki Okamoto, Eiji Ichihara
  • Patent number: 5652326
    Abstract: A polyetheresteramide having good heat resistance, permanent antistatic property and superior compatibility with thermoplastic resins and a resin composition containing of the polyetheresteramide are disclosed, wherein the polyetherester-amide consists essentially of a polyamide oligomer with carboxylic chain ends having a number average molecular weight between 200 and 5,000 and a bisphenol compound with oxyalkylene units having a number average molecular weight between 300 and 3,000. Antistatic resin compositions with good antistatic property and heat resistance are obtained from compositions comprising 3 to 40% by weight of the polyetheresteramide and 60 to 97% by weight of thermoplastic resins. The antistatic resin compositions can contain as compatibilizers vinyl polymers having functional groups such as carboxyl and epoxy groups or block polymers containing polyolefin blocks and aromatic vinyl polymer blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Eiichi Senda, Yoshitsugu Takai, Tokiko Kokubu, Toshiaki Okamoto, Eiji Ichihara
  • Patent number: 5604284
    Abstract: A polyetheresteramide having good heat resistance, permanent antistatic property and superior compatibility with thermoplastic resins and a resin composition containing the polyetheresteramide are disclosed, wherein the polyetherester-amide consists essentially of a polyamide oligomer with carboxylic chain ends having a number average molecular weight between 200 and 5,000 and a bisphenol compound with oxyalkylene units having a number average molecular weight between 300 and 3,000. Antistatic resin compositions with good antistatic property and heat resistance are obtained from compositions comprising 3 to 40% by weight of the polyetheresteramide and 60 to 97% by weight of thermoplastic resins. The antistatic resin compositions can contain as compatibilizers vinyl polymers having functional groups such as carboxyl and epoxy groups or block polymers containing polyolefin blocks and aromatic vinyl polymer blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Eiichi Senda, Yoshitsugu Takai, Tokiko Kokubu, Toshiaki Okamoto, Eiji Ichihara
  • Patent number: 5578680
    Abstract: Vibration-absorbing elastomeric composites, having improved vibration-damping properties with improved moldability and resin properties suitable for molded products, are obtained by reacting, insitu in a melted thermoplastic resin such as olefin-diene copolymer, a polyisocyanate with a polyol to form a polyurethane having a nitrogen atom content of at least 3% and having a solubility parameter which is higher by at least 2.5 than that of said thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ando, Katsura Gohda, Eiji Ichihara, Hiroshi Itayama