Patents by Inventor Fumiya KATO

Fumiya KATO 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: 20230202235
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide tire rubber composition with significantly improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and fuel economy, and pneumatic tires including the rubber compositions. The tire rubber compositions of the present invention have a tan ? versus temperature curve whose peak tan ? and half width satisfy the following relationship (1): Peak tan ?/Half width ? 0.025 (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichiro ONO, Fumiya KATO
  • Patent number: 11312191
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masako Nakatani, Takahiro Kawachi, Ayuko Yamada, Takuya Horiguchi, Masataka Hiro, Takayuki Nagase, Hiroshi Ito, Fumiya Kato, Subaru Toya
  • Patent number: 10752757
    Abstract: Provided is a tire comprising a tread composed of a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising 21 to 100 parts by mass of a liquid styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 40 to 60% by mass and a weight average molecular weight of 4000 to 20000, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a linear styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 35 to 45% by mass, a vinyl content of 35 to 45% by mass, and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiya Kato
  • Publication number: 20200238768
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Takuya HORIGUCHI, Masataka HIRO, Takayuki NAGASE, Hiroshi ITO, Fumiya KATO, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 10633523
    Abstract: Provided is a tire comprising a tread composed of a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising 5 to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic petroleum resin having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 5000, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a linear styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 35 to 45% by mass, a vinyl content of 35 to 45% by mass, and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Otsubo, Fumiya Kato
  • Publication number: 20190299722
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Takuya HORIGUCHI, Masataka HIRO, Takayuki NAGASE, Hiroshi ITO, Fumiya KATO, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 10369843
    Abstract: According to a production method of a rubber composition for tire of the present invention comprising a rubber component (A) comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber and a synthetic diene rubber, a filler, a coupling agent (D) of (CpH2p+1O)3—Si—(CH2)q—S—CO—CkH2k+1, and a vulcanizing agent (E) comprising a vulcanizer and a vulcanization accelerator, the method comprising: a step X1 of kneading all amount of A, a part of the filler and a part of D, a step X2 of kneading the kneaded product of step X1, the remaining amount of the filler and D, and a step F of kneading the kneaded product of step X2 and E, it is possible to produce a rubber composition for tire in which fuel efficiency and abrasion resistance are improved in a good balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayuko Yamana, Yuka Yokoyama, Masako Nakatani, Takashi Miki, Takuya Horiguchi, Yoichi Mizuno, Takahiro Kawachi, Noboru Okabe, Natsuki Sugimoto, Kenichi Uesaka, Tetsuya Maekawa, Yumi Suzuki, Fumiya Kato
  • Patent number: 10297039
    Abstract: With a recognition device of the present invention, when a target component that is an imaging target is moved in a direction from one to another of an upper limit imaging position and a lower limit imaging position, a protruding section of the target component is imaged at each of a predetermined pitch (0.1 mm). Then, it is determined whether it is possible to recognize the position of the protruding section of the target component based on image data of each pitch (O: recognition possible, X: recognition not possible). Here, from among imaging positions (H4 to H10) according to image data for which it was determined to be possible to recognize the position of the protruding section of the target component, a position (H7) that is at a central point between a position closest to the upper limit imaging position (H4) and a position closest to the lower limit imaging position (H10) is decided as a recommended imaging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tanaka, Fumiya Kato, Takuya Nagaishi, Shigeo Saito, Yasunari Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190031864
    Abstract: There is provided a tire having good initial grip performance. The tire comprises a tread composed of a rubber composition for the tread, and the rubber composition comprises a styrene-butadiene rubber having a weight-average molecular weight of 700,000 or more, a high content of styrene monomer and a vinyl content of 30 to 55%, a styrene-butadiene polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 30,000 or less, carbon black and sulfur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiya KATO
  • Patent number: 10189987
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition that can achieve balanced improvements in fuel economy and wet-grip performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a rubber component, silica, and a specific silane coupling agent, the rubber component containing, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, not less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene polymer containing a constituent unit based on a conjugated diene and a specific constituent unit, at least one terminal of the polymer being modified with a specific compound, the rubber composition containing the silica in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nishioka, Kenichi Uesaka, Takahiro Kawachi, Masako Nakatani, Tatsuhiro Tanaka, Fumiya Kato
  • Publication number: 20180304686
    Abstract: There is provided a tire being excellent in abrasion resistance. The tire comprises a tread composed of a rubber composition for the tread, and the rubber composition comprises 70 to 130 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 100 to 290 m2/g based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a linear styrene-butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 35 to 45% by mass, a vinyl content of 35 to 45% by mass and a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180291189
    Abstract: Provided is a tire comprising a tread composed of a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising 5 to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic petroleum resin having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 5000, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a linear styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 35 to 45% by mass, a vinyl content of 35 to 45% by mass, and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki OTSUBO, Fumiya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180291190
    Abstract: Provided is a tire comprising a tread composed of a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising 21 to 100 parts by mass of a liquid styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 40 to 60% by mass and a weight average molecular weight of 4000 to 20000, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a linear styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 35 to 45% by mass, a vinyl content of 35 to 45% by mass, and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,400,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180178129
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a game processing program that causes a computer to execute a process includes: photographing an object using an infrared sensor; and specifying a parameter regarding a game based on at least either of a shape and brightness of the photographed object, by referring to a storage unit in which at least either of a plurality of shapes of an object and a plurality of brightness's are in association with parameters regarding the game, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Fumiya KATO, Kohei KUMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180047180
    Abstract: With a recognition device of the present invention, when a target component that is an imaging target is moved in a direction from one to another of an upper limit imaging position and a lower limit imaging position, a protruding section of the target component is imaged at each of a predetermined pitch (0.1 mm). Then, it is determined whether it is possible to recognize the position of the protruding section of the target component based on image data of each pitch (O: recognition possible, X: recognition not possible). Here, from among imaging positions (H4 to H10) according to image data for which it was determined to be possible to recognize the position of the protruding section of the target component, a position (H7) that is at a central point between a position closest to the upper limit imaging position (H4) and a position closest to the lower limit imaging position (H10) is decided as a recommended imaging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji TANAKA, Fumiya KATO, Takuya NAGAISHI, Shigeo SAITO, Yasunari MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20170225512
    Abstract: According to a production method of a rubber composition for tire of the present invention comprising a rubber component (A) comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber and a synthetic diene rubber, a filler, a coupling agent (D) of (CpH2p+1O)3—Si—(CH2)q—S—CO—CkH2k+1, and a vulcanizing agent (E) comprising a vulcanizer and a vulcanization accelerator, the method comprising: a step X1 of kneading all amount of A, a part of the filler and a part of D, a step X2 of kneading the kneaded product of step X1, the remaining amount of the filler and D, and a step F of kneading the kneaded product of step X2 and E, it is possible to produce a rubber composition for tire in which fuel efficiency and abrasion resistance are improved in a good balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayuko YAMANA, Yuka YOKOYAMA, Masako NAKATANI, Takashi MIKI, Takuya HORIGUCHI, Yoichi MIZUNO, Takahiro KAWACHI, Noboru OKABE, Natsuki SUGIMOTO, Kenichi UESAKA, Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Yumi SUZUKI, Fumiya KATO
  • Publication number: 20160264772
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition that can achieve balanced improvements in fuel economy and wet-grip performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a rubber component, silica, and a specific silane coupling agent, the rubber component containing, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, not less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene polymer containing a constituent unit based on a conjugated diene and a specific constituent unit, at least one terminal of the polymer being modified with a specific compound, the rubber composition containing the silica in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki NISHIOKA, Kenichi UESAKA, Takahiro KAWACHI, Masako NAKATANI, Tatsuhiro TANAKA, Fumiya KATO