Patents by Inventor Hideki Hamanaka

Hideki Hamanaka 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: 10300746
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes center lug grooves disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that extend crossing a tire equator line and include a first groove turning portion and a second groove turning portion; shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential main grooves to which the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves between the first groove turning portion and the second groove turning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sato, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi
  • Patent number: 10150338
    Abstract: Provided is a heavy duty pneumatic tire that includes a tread portion including, in a tread pattern: shoulder lug grooves extending outward in the tire width direction and opening at ground contact edges; a pair of circumferential primary grooves; center lug grooves; center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves and aligned in the tire circumferential direction; and circumferential secondary grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction in the center block regions and opening to the center lug grooves adjoining the center blocks. The circumferential secondary grooves extend in the tire circumferential direction while changing positions in the tire width direction and each include third groove turning portions formed into a bent shape or a curved shape. The ratio P4/P1 of the width P4 of the circumferential secondary grooves to the width P1 of the circumferential primary grooves is from 0.70 to 1.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sato, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi
  • Publication number: 20180281523
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire are defined: a first line VL1 passing through a ground contact surface in a cross-section of a tread, a second line VL2 passing through a bottom of a shoulder groove and parallel to VL1, an intersection P between tVL2 and a surface of a shoulder land outward of a ground contact edge T in a lateral direction, and an equatorial plane CL. Given A as a distance in the lateral direction between P and CL, B as a depth of the shoulder groove, and C as a distance between T and CL, 0.80?(B+C)/A?1.15 is satisfied. Given J as an outer diameter in the equatorial plane, K as an outer diameter of an opening end inward of the shoulder groove, and L as an outer diameter at T, 0.05?(K?L)/(J?L)?0.85 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Hideki Hamanaka
  • Publication number: 20180272806
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a first imaginary line passes through a ground contact surface in a meridian cross section of a tread portion and a second imaginary line passes through a bottom portion of a shoulder main groove and is parallel to the first imaginary line. Given A as a distance in the tire lateral direction between an intersection point of the first and second imaginary lines and a tire equatorial plane, B as a groove depth of the shoulder main groove, and C as a distance in the tire lateral direction between the ground contact edge and the tire equatorial plane, the condition 0.80?(B+C)/A?1.15 is satisfied and, given M as a distance in a tire radial direction between the bottom portion of the shoulder main groove and a belt layer, the condition 0.60?B/(B+M)?0.75 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hideki Hamanaka
  • Patent number: 10071602
    Abstract: A tread pattern is provided with: shoulder lug grooves open at ground contact edges; center lug grooves having two ends; circumferential primary grooves formed in a wave-like shape by alternately connecting ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends in the tire width direction of the shoulder lug grooves; and center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves. The belt portion of the tire includes first cross belt layers and second cross belt layers. The ratio of the width WB of the center blocks in the tire width direction to the belt width W1 of the belt layer having the shortest width in the tire width direction among the first cross belt layers is in the range from 0.6 to 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Motomitsu, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20180236820
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes at least four circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and at least five land portions defined by the at least four circumferential main grooves. A center land portion includes a plurality of center lug grooves extending through the center land portion in a tire lateral direction and disposed at predetermined intervals in the tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of center blocks that are defined by the plurality of center lug grooves. The center blocks each include a narrow shallow groove that extends through the center block in the tire lateral direction and that remains open when the tire comes into contact with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Hideki Hamanaka
  • Patent number: 10040320
    Abstract: The present technology provides a heavy duty pneumatic tire with a tread portion having a tread pattern including: a pair of circumferential primary grooves defined in a wave-like shape and extending in the tire circumferential direction; center lug grooves; center blocks; and circumferential secondary grooves extending in regions of the center blocks and open to the center lug grooves. The center lug grooves have two groove turning portions turned in a bend shape or a curved shape. The circumferential secondary grooves extend in an inclined manner relative to the tire circumferential direction. An inclination angle (?4) of the circumferential secondary grooves relative to the tire circumferential direction is different from an inclination angle (?1) of portions of the circumferential primary grooves relative to the tire circumferential direction, the portions extending toward the same side as a side in the tire width direction, toward which the circumferential secondary grooves are inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Hamanaka, Shoei Kakuta, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10029517
    Abstract: A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern including center lug grooves, shoulder lug grooves, a pair of circumferential primary grooves formed in wave-like shapes by alternately connecting ends of the center lug grooves and ends of the shoulder lug grooves and having a smaller width than the width of the shoulder lug grooves, center blocks defined by the center lug groove and the circumferential primary grooves, and a circumferential secondary groove extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to divide regions of the center blocks. The belt portion includes two or greater pairs of belts. The ratio of the width W8 of a belt having a smaller width in each of the belt pairs to the width W7 of a belt having a greater width is 0.75 or greater and 0.90 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Manabe, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9987885
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire with improved heat build-up resistance in a land portion in a tread center region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Risa Tauchi, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9962997
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread pattern includes: shoulder lug grooves opening at ground contact edges; center lug grooves having both ends; circumferential primary grooves being formed to wave-like shape and alternately connecting the ends of the center lug grooves and inward ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction; center blocks formed in a row defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves; and circumferential secondary grooves being formed in regions of the center blocks and interconnecting center lug grooves adjacent in the tire circumferential direction. The circumferential secondary grooves have secondary groove turning portions, and the center lug grooves have lug groove turning portions and connect to the circumferential secondary grooves at the lug groove turning portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihito Yamaguchi, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20180037063
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer formed by laminating an angle belt having a belt angle ?45° and ?70° in absolute values, a pair of cross belts, having belt angles of ?10° and ?45° in absolute values and having belt angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction. A tread width TW and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.82?TW/Wca?0.92. A width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer such that 0.60?Ws/Wca?0.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Hideki Hamanaka
  • Publication number: 20180001714
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes center lug grooves disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that extend crossing a tire equator line and include a first groove turning portion and a second groove turning portion; shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential main grooves to which the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves between the first groove turning portion and the second groove turning portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SATO, Shoei KAKUTA, Hideki HAMANAKA, Yukihito YAMAGUCHI, Risa TAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9849730
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer that is disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber that is disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the belt layer. The pneumatic tire also includes at least three circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are defined by these circumferential main grooves. The belt layer includes an inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt having belt angles of not less than 51° and not more than 80° as absolute values with respect to the tire circumferential direction, the belt angles having mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle that satisfies a range of ±5° with respect to the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Hamanaka, Koshi Iga, Koichi Kotoku
  • Patent number: 9821607
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer formed by laminating an angle belt having a belt angle?45° and ?70° in absolute values, a pair of cross belts, having belt angles of ?10° and ?45° in absolute values and having belt angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction. A tread width TW and a total tire width SW such that 0.79?TW/SW?0.89. A width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer such that 0.60?Ws/Wca?0.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Hamanaka
  • Patent number: 9783003
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes an inner-side cross belt and an outer-side cross belt forming belt angles of mutually different signs with the tire circumferential direction with absolute values from 46° to 80°, inclusive; a circumferential reinforcing layer arranged between the inner-side cross belt and the outer-side cross belt and forming a belt angle of ±5° with the tire circumferential direction; and a supplemental belt arranged outside the outer-side cross belt in the radial direction of the tire and forming a belt angle with the tire circumferential direction with an absolute value between 10° and 45° inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kotoku, Koshi Iga, Hideki Hamanaka
  • Publication number: 20170240000
    Abstract: A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern including center lug grooves, shoulder lug grooves, a pair of circumferential primary grooves formed in wave-like shapes by alternately connecting ends of the center lug grooves and ends of the shoulder lug grooves and having a smaller width than the width of the shoulder lug grooves, center blocks defined by the center lug groove and the circumferential primary grooves, and a circumferential secondary groove extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to divide regions of the center blocks. The belt portion includes two or greater pairs of belts. The ratio of the width W8 of a belt having a smaller width in each of the belt pairs to the width W7 of a belt having a greater width is 0.75 or greater and 0.90 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsuru Manabe, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170239999
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of center lug grooves disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that extend crossing a tire equator line and include a first groove turning portion and a second groove turning portion; a plurality of shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the plurality of center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential main grooves to which the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the plurality of shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire with a wave-like shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Yukihito Yamaguchi, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170225518
    Abstract: A tread pattern is provided with: shoulder lug grooves open at ground contact ends; center lug grooves each having opposite ends; circumferential primary grooves each formed in a wavy shape by connecting ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the width direction of the tire; and center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves. The width of the circumferential primary grooves is smaller than the width of the shoulder lug grooves. The center lug grooves are tilted relative to both the circumferential direction and the width direction of the tire and each have a third groove turning portion and a fourth groove turning portion which protrude in the different directions in the circumferential direction of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170217256
    Abstract: The present technology provides a heavy duty pneumatic tire with a tread portion having a tread pattern including: a pair of circumferential primary grooves defined in a wave-like shape and extending in the tire circumferential direction; center lug grooves; center blocks; and circumferential secondary grooves extending in regions of the center blocks and open to the center lug grooves. The center lug grooves have two groove turning portions turned in a bend shape or a curved shape. The circumferential secondary grooves extend in an inclined manner relative to the tire circumferential direction. An inclination angle (?4) of the circumferential secondary grooves relative to the tire circumferential direction is different from an inclination angle (?1) of portions of the circumferential primary grooves relative to the tire circumferential direction, the portions extending toward the same side as a side in the tire width direction, toward which the circumferential secondary grooves are inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hideki Hamanaka, Shoei Kakuta, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170217255
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire with improved heat build-up resistance in a land portion in a tread center region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Risa Tauchi, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Sato