Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Matsuzaki

Hiroaki Matsuzaki 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: 5295526
    Abstract: A run-flat pneumatic radial tire having an aspect ratio of up to 50%, which includes a reinforcing liner layer made of a rubber having a complex modulus at 20.degree. C. E*.sub.20, a ratio of a complex modulus at 100.degree. C. to the complex modulus at 20.degree. C., a 100% modulus and a loss tangent (tan .delta.) at 100.degree. C. which satisfy certain specified numeric values. The liner has a crescent sectional shape and is disposed in sidewall portions of a carcass layer with its end portions overlapping the end portions of a belt layer and a bead filler having a specified hardness and height h from a wheel rim base. The carcass layer consists of an inner carcass layer turned up around the bead core from inside to outside the tire so that its end portion is positioned at a position higher than the height h of the bead filler and an outer carcass layer having an end portion disposed axially outward of the bead core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Tokieda, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 5158627
    Abstract: A run flat pneumatic radial tire having a flatness of 50% or less, comprising a reinforcing liner layer comprised of a high-hardness rubber having a crescent cross section disposed on the inside of a side wall portion and an inner liner layer comprising a rubber composition mainly composed of a butyl rubber provided all over the internal surface of the tire, wherein the inside of the inner liner layer in at least a region covering said reinforcing liner layer is covered with a rubber layer comprising a rubber composition mainly composed of a diene rubber having a polybutadiene rubber content of 50% by weight or more based on the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saneto, Akinori Tokieda, Kunihiko Kakigi, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 5131445
    Abstract: A run-flat pneumatic radial tire having an aspect ratio of up to 50%, which includes a reinforcing liner layer mode of a rubber having a complex modulus at 20.degree. C. E*.sub.20, a ratio of a complex modulus at 100.degree. C. to the complex modulus at 20.degree. C., a 100% modulus and a loss tangent (tan .delta.) at 100.degree. C. which satisfy certain specified numeric values. The liner has a crescent sectional shape and is disposed in sidewall portions of a carcass layer with its end portions overlapping the end portions of a belt layer and a bead filler having a specified hardness and height h from a wheel rim base. The carcass layer consists of an inner carcass layer turned up around the bead core from inside to outside the tire so that its end portion is positioned at a position higher than the height h of the bead filler and an outer carcass layer having an end portion disposed axially outward of the bead core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Tokieda, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: D549160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Kazunori Shinohara, Nicholas Albert Poginy, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: D568234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Kazunori Shinohara, Nicholas Albert Poginy, Hiroaki Matsuzaki