Patents by Inventor Eiji Nakaski

Eiji Nakaski 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: 4940069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a run-flat tire and rim assembly for all-terrain vehicles (ATV), wherein the rubber thickness of the tire sidewall is at leat 10 times the diameter of the ply cords of a carcass; the height of the radially outermost end of a tire bead apex from the tire bead base is within a range of 20 to 40% of the section height of the tire; each tire bead has a toe with a protrusion protruded radially inwardly from the bead base and a hump groove axially outward of the protrusion; the bead toe comprises a toe strip having a JIS A hardness of 65 to 95; and the rim is provided with a well in the center portion, a pair of bead seats one on each side of the well, a pair of humps one formed axially inward and adjacent to each bead seat to be engaged with the hump grooves of the tire beads and a pair of grooves one formed axially inward of each hump to receive the protrusions of the tire bead toes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Nakaski, Yasuo Igarashi