Patents by Inventor Harunobu Suita
Harunobu Suita 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).
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Patent number: 11858298Abstract: A tire includes: a pair of beads having bead cores and a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply extending from one of the bead core of one bead to the bead core of the other bead, and folded back around each of the bead cores; a first pad disposed at an outer side in a tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply which is folded back; a second pad disposed at an outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad; and rim strip rubber disposed at least at a part on an outer side in the tire-width direction of the second pad, in which an electronic component is provided to interpose the second pad and the rim strip rubber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11628694Abstract: A tire including a rubber sheet which covers an end of the carcass ply which has been folded back and an RFID tag serving as an electronic component provided between the bead filler and the rubber sheet, in which the bead filler is formed in an annular shape, the rubber sheet is formed in an annular shape by one end side and another end side of a long sheet being joined, and the RFID tag serving as the electronic component is disposed between the bead filler and the rubber sheet at a joint part which is a portion of the rubber sheet which is joined.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Publication number: 20220297482Abstract: The method is a method of manufacturing a tire, the tire-including bead cores, a bead filler-extending outward in a tire radial direction of each of the bead cores, a carcass ply extending from one bead core—to another bead core—and folded back around the bead cores, and an electronic component, the method comprising: a covering step of covering the electronic component with coated rubber; a recess forming step of forming, in the bead filler, a recess-having a shape corresponding to a shape of the coated rubber; and a disposing step of disposing the coated rubber, which at least partially covers the electronic component, in the recess-in the bead filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA
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Patent number: 11440356Abstract: A tire includes: a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in the tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core, and folded back around the bead core; and a rubber sheet which covers a folding end of the carcass ply folded back, in which an electronic component is provided between the bead filler and the rubber sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11440355Abstract: A tire includes: a bead filler extending to an outer side in the tire-radial direction of a bead core; a carcass ply folded around the bead core; a steel chafer arranged so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core; a first pad covering an outer side in the tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply, at the outer side in the tire-radial direction of the end part of the steel chafer; a second pad covering an outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad; and side wall rubber covering at least part of the outer side in the tire-width direction of the second pad, in which an electronic component is provided between the second pad and the side wall rubber.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Publication number: 20220281269Abstract: A tire that includes a plurality of annular tire constituent members respectively having joint parts formed by joining one end and another end of each member, and an electronic component. The plurality of annular tire constituent members respectively having joint parts include an inner liner that covers a tire inner cavity surface, and at least two tire constituent members different from the inner liner. The electronic component is disposed within a range of less than 90° around a tire rotation axis, relative to the positions of the joint parts of the inner liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA
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Patent number: 11433714Abstract: A pneumatic tire in the present invention has a narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction on a portion closer to a tire equator than a ground contact end, and dividing a shoulder land into a main land close to the tire equator and a sub land close to the ground contact end. An outer sidewall of the narrow groove has: a straight line extending inward in a tire radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the sub land; a first circular arc smoothly connected to the straight line; and a second circular arc smoothly connected to a groove bottom of the narrow groove. The first circular arc has a center of a circular arc closer to the equator than the outer sidewall. The second circular arc has a center of a circular arc closer to an outside in a tire width direction than the outer sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11338624Abstract: A tire includes: a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in the tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core, and folded back around the bead core; a first rubber sheet which covers a folding end of the carcass ply folded back from an inner side in the tire-width direction; and a second rubber sheet which covers the folding end of the carcass ply folded back from an outer side in the tire-width direction, in which an electronic component is provided between the first rubber sheet and the second rubber sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11331962Abstract: A tire including a bead core, a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core, and a carcass play extending from the bead core to another bead core and folded back around the bead core, further including a steel chafer arranged so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core, a first pad which covers outside in the tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply at the outside in the tire-radial direction of an end part of the steel chafer, and a second pad which covers the outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad, in which an electronic component is provided between the first pad and second pad.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11334784Abstract: A tire including a bead core; bead filler; upper ply; reinforcement ply which is provided to overlap a tire-radial direction inside portion of the upper ply; and down ply which overlaps a turnup part of the upper ply and reinforcement ply, and extends from an outer side in the tire-radial direction to an inner side in the tire-radial direction so as to encompass the bead core and bead filler together with the upper ply, in which an electronic component is embedded in a region of substantially triangular shape in a cross section surrounded by the turnup part of the upper ply, down ply and an end part of the reinforcement ply.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Publication number: 20220126634Abstract: A tire includes: a pair of beads having bead cores and a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply extending from one of the bead core of one bead to the bead core of the other bead, and folded back around each of the bead cores; a first pad disposed at an outer side in a tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply which is folded back; a second pad disposed at an outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad; and rim strip rubber disposed at least at a part on an outer side in the tire-width direction of the second pad, in which an electronic component is provided to interpose the second pad and the rim strip rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA
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Patent number: 11230147Abstract: A tire including a bead core, a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core, and a carcass play extending from the bead core to another bead core and folded back around the bead core, further including a steel chafer arranged so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core, a first pad which covers outside in the tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply at the outside in the tire-radial direction of an end part of the steel chafer, and a second pad which covers the outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad, in which an electronic component is provided between the first pad and second pad.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11142023Abstract: A tire having four belt plies laminated at an outside circumference of the carcass. Cords at second and third belt plies among the four belt plies, as numbered from the carcass to the outside circumference, intersect, being inclined in mutually opposite fashion with respect to a tire axis. Angles of inclination with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the second and third belt plies are such that an angle at a belt end is less than an angle at a tire equator. A first mounded region that has a peak at which the angle of inclination is greater than at a periphery and that corresponds to a shoulder rib which among the plurality of ribs is provided. The peak at the first mounded region is arranged at a shoulder rib region which appears to overlap the shoulder rib as seen in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 11084333Abstract: A tire includes: a bead core; a bead filler extending to an outer side in the tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which is folded back around the bead core; a pad member disposed on an outer side in the tire-width direction of the bead filler; and a first rubber sheet disposed in a state covering a folding end of the carcass ply which is folded back, between the bead filler and the pad member, in which a second rubber sheet covering an electronic component is disposed between the bead filler and the pad member on an outer side in the tire-radial direction of the first rubber sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Patent number: 10940721Abstract: A tire has cap rubber that forms a contact patch. The cap rubber has a plurality of lugs. A shoulder lug, which among the plurality of lugs is that which is located outwardmost in a tire width direction, has a narrow groove that extends in the tire circumferential direction and that partitions the shoulder lug into a main lug portion toward the interior in the tire width direction, and a sacrificial lug portion toward the exterior in the tire width direction; and low-modulus rubber, for which stress at a given elongation is lower than that of the cap rubber, is arranged at a corner where the contact patch at the main lug portion and a groove side face toward the interior in the tire width direction which forms the narrow groove intersect.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Publication number: 20200364528Abstract: A tire including a bead core; bead filler; upper ply; reinforcement ply which is provided to overlap a tire-radial direction inside portion of the upper ply; and down ply which overlaps a turnup part of the upper ply and reinforcement ply, and extends from an outer side in the tire-radial direction to an inner side in the tire-radial direction so as to encompass the bead core and bead filler together with the upper ply, in which an electronic component is embedded in a region of substantially triangular shape in a cross section surrounded by the turnup part of the upper ply, down ply and an end part of the reinforcement ply.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA
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Publication number: 20200361247Abstract: A pneumatic tire in the present invention has a narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction on a portion closer to a tire equator than a ground contact end, and dividing a shoulder land into a main land close to the tire equator and a sub land close to the ground contact end. An outer sidewall of the narrow groove has: a straight line extending inward in a tire radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the sub land; a first circular arc smoothly connected to the straight line; and a second circular arc smoothly connected to a groove bottom of the narrow groove. The first circular arc has a center of a circular arc closer to the equator than the outer sidewall. The second circular arc has a center of a circular arc closer to an outside in a tire width direction than the outer sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu Suita
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Publication number: 20200353780Abstract: A tire including a rubber sheet which covers an end of the carcass ply which has been folded back and an RFID tag serving as an electronic component provided between the bead filler and the rubber sheet, in which the bead filler is formed in an annular shape, the rubber sheet is formed in an annular shape by one end side and another end side of a long sheet being joined, and the RFID tag serving as the electronic component is disposed between the bead filler and the rubber sheet at a joint part which is a portion of the rubber sheet which is joined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA
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Publication number: 20200338933Abstract: A tire includes a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core and is folded around the bead core; a rim strip rubber which is arranged at least at an outer side in a tire-width direction of the carcass ply which has been folded back around the bead core; and a side-wall rubber covering a part on an outer side in the tire-width direction of the rim strip rubber, in which an RFID tag serving as an electronic component is provided between the rim strip rubber and the side-wall rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA
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Publication number: 20200338934Abstract: A tire includes a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core, and is folded back around the bead core; a pad member which is disposed at an outer side in a tire-width direction of the bead filler; and a rubber sheet which is disposed between the bead filler and the pad member in a state covering a folding end of the carcass ply which has been folded back, in which an RFID tag serving as an electronic component is provided between the rubber sheet and the pad member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventor: Harunobu SUITA