Patents by Inventor Hiroki MIZOKAWA

Hiroki MIZOKAWA 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: 20230138951
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a pair of bead portions, a pair of bead cores, and a carcass extending between the bead cores. The carcass includes a carcass ply including a main portion extending between the bead cores and a pair of turn-up portions each turned up around a respective one of the bead cores from axially inside to the outside of the tire and extending radially outwardly. In at least one of the bead portions, a reinforcing rubber layer is disposed outwardly and adjacently in the tire axial direction of the turn-up portion. The reinforcing rubber layer includes a first rubber layer and a second rubber layer arranged outwardly in the tire axial direction of the first rubber layer. A loss tangent tan ?1 of the first rubber layer is smaller than a loss tangent tan ?2 of the second rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki MIZOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220203780
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire can include a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, and a carcass. At least one of the sidewall portions can include a first sidewall rubber. The first sidewall rubber can include a base rubber layer, a different color rubber layer, and a barrier rubber layer. The base rubber layer can be in contact with the carcass. At least a part of the different color rubber layer can be exposed in the outer surface of the at least one of the sidewall portions. The barrier rubber layer can be arranged between the different color rubber layer and the base rubber layer. The barrier rubber layer can have a rubber compounding to suppress migration of rubber compounding agents on the base rubber layer side to the different color rubber layer. The barrier rubber layer can have a thickness of 1.0 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki MIZOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210188019
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each having a bead core embedded therein, and a carcass extending between the bead portions in a toroidal manner. A buttress portion of at least one of the pair of the sidewall portions is provided with at least one raised portion protruding outward in a tire axial direction. The carcass includes a main body portion and a pair of turned up portions. In the sidewall portion which is provided with the at least one raised portion, the turned up portion is arranged so as to overlap with the raised portion in the tire radial direction. A length in the tire radial direction of an overlapping portion of the turned up portion and the raised portion is 5% or more and 40% or less of a tire section height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki MIZOKAWA, Yuichi ISHIGAKI