Patents by Inventor Hideaki Minowa

Hideaki Minowa 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: 9630452
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including: a belt reinforcing layer (12) having an outside end portion in the tire width direction disposed outside in the tire width direction than a tire circumferential groove (16) disposed at the outermost side in the tire width direction, in which a buttress portion (19) being positioned on the outside of a tread (15) in the tire width direction and connecting a surface (15a) of the tread (15) to a sidewall (20) is formed to have, in section in the tire width direction, an outer surface in a concave shape with a depth shallow enough not to be set into the inside in the tire width direction from the outside end of the surface (15a) of the tread (15) in the tire width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Minowa
  • Patent number: 8800624
    Abstract: A belt width of an intersecting belt 15a having the maximum belt width is set to 80% or more of the maximum width of a carcass line; a difference in belt widths between the intersecting belt 15a and an intersecting belt 15b is set in the range of 10 mm to 50 mm on one side of the belt in the width direction; the intersecting belt 15a is not narrower than the circumferential belt 14, and the circumferential belt 14 is not narrower than the intersecting belt 15b; and a pneumatic tire according to the present invention has an interposed rubber 16 having a thickness increasing toward the widthwise outer side of the tire to be 3 mm or more, and a side-lower rubber 17 having an elastic modulus less than the elastic modulus of a coating rubber coating the circumferential belt 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakata, Hideaki Minowa
  • Publication number: 20130299052
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including: a belt reinforcing layer (12) having an outside end portion in the tire width direction disposed outside in the tire width direction than a tire circumferential groove (16) disposed at the outermost side in the tire width direction, in which a buttress portion (19) being positioned on the outside of a tread (15) in the tire width direction and connecting a surface (15a) of the tread (15) to a sidewall (20) is formed to have, in section in the tire width direction, an outer surface in a concave shape with a depth shallow enough not to be set into the inside in the tire width direction from the outside end of the surface (15a) of the tread (15) in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Minowa
  • Publication number: 20120216935
    Abstract: A belt width of an intersecting belt 15a having the maximum belt width is set to 80% or more of the maximum width of a carcass line; a difference in belt widths between the intersecting belt 15a and an intersecting belt 15b is set in the range of 10 mm to 50 mm on one side of the belt in the width direction; the intersecting belt 15a is not narrower than the circumferential belt 14, and the circumferential belt 14 is not narrower than the intersecting belt 15b; and a pneumatic tire according to the present invention has an interposed rubber 16 having a thickness increasing toward the widthwise outer side of the tire to be 3 mm or more, and a side-lower rubber 17 having an elastic modulus less than the elastic modulus of a coating rubber coating the circumferential belt 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakata, Hideaki Minowa