Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Furusawa
Hiroshi Furusawa 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: 11364748Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves in a tread surface of a shoulder land, the lug grooves crossing a circumferential direction and terminating at a first side within the shoulder land and passing through a contact edge at a second side; and a notch formed on an opening edge of the lug grooves, the notch being cutout from the tread surface cut radially inward. The lug grooves have a width decreasing from the first to the second side, an end position of the lug grooves is disposed from a main groove from 5% to 35% of a lateral dimension from the main groove to the ground contact edge, and a maximum groove width position is disposed from the main groove 40% or less of the lateral dimension from the main groove to the ground contact edge; and the notch has a width that increases from the first to the second side.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Patent number: 11331957Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves arranged in a circumferential direction in a tread surface of a land portion defined by two main grooves adjacent in a lateral direction, the lug grooves each crossing the circumferential direction and communicating at both ends with the main grooves, defining the land portion in the circumferential direction. A notch portion is formed on an opening edge of the lug grooves. The notch portion is cutout from the tread surface inward in a radial direction. The lug grooves have a maximum groove width at a position from 30% to 70% of a lateral direction dimension of the land portion from one of the main grooves and a groove width that decreases from the maximum groove width to the main grooves. The notch portion has a notch width that increases from a position of the maximum groove width of the lug grooves to the main grooves.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20210129594Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves in a tread surface of a shoulder land, the lug grooves crossing a circumferential direction and terminating at a first side within the shoulder land and passing through a contact edge at a second side; and a notch formed on an opening edge of the lug grooves, the notch being cutout from the tread surface cut radially inward. The lug grooves have a width decreasing from the first to the second side, an end position of the lug grooves is disposed from a main groove from 5% to 35% of a lateral dimension from the main groove to the ground contact edge, and a maximum groove width position is disposed from the main groove 40% or less of the lateral dimension from the main groove to the ground contact edge; and the notch has a width that increases from the first to the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20210122192Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, land portions that include a plurality of blocks. The land portions are provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions in a contact patch. The opening area ratio Se? of the recessed portions in the end portion regions in the tire circumferential direction of one continuous contact patch and the opening area ratio Sc? of the recessed portions in the central portion region in the tire circumferential direction have the relationship Sc?<Se?, where the central portion region is defined as the region in the central portion in the tire circumferential direction occupying 50% of the continuous contact patch, and the end portion regions are defined as the regions in the front and back end portions in the tire circumferential direction occupying 25%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Patent number: 10875361Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, land portions that include a rib or a plurality of blocks. The land portions are provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions in a contact patch. The opening area ratio Se of the recessed portions in the end portion regions in the tire lateral direction of one continuous contact patch and the opening area ratio Sc of the recessed portions in the central portion region in the tire lateral direction have the relationship Sc<Se, where the central portion region is defined as the region in the central portion in the tire lateral direction occupying 50% of the continuous contact patch of the land portions, and the end portion regions are defined as the regions in the left and right end portions in the tire lateral direction occupying 25%.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Patent number: 10576789Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire, in which a first set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by two first circumferential grooves and a plurality of first lateral grooves is provided in the center region that includes the tire equatorial plane, a second set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by one second circumferential groove and a plurality of second lateral grooves is provided in the outermost portion in the tire width direction on each side in the tire width direction, a rib is provided between the first set of blocks and the second sets of blocks, the rib is divided by at least one third circumferential groove, and a plurality of sipes is formed in the first set of blocks, the second set of blocks, and the rib.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Masaaki Miyoshi
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Publication number: 20200023688Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves arranged in a circumferential direction in a tread surface of a land portion defined by two main grooves adjacent in a lateral direction, the lug grooves each crossing the circumferential direction and communicating at both ends with the main grooves, defining the land portion in the circumferential direction. A notch portion is formed on an opening edge of the lug grooves. The notch portion is cutout from the tread surface inward in a radial direction. The lug grooves have a maximum groove width at a position from 30% to 70% of a lateral direction dimension of the land portion from one of the main grooves and a groove width that decreases from the maximum groove width to the main grooves. The notch portion has a notch width that increases from a position of the maximum groove width of the lug grooves to the main grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20190084351Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, a land portion that is a rib or a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks are each provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions that communicate with the plurality of narrow shallow grooves in a contact patch. The recessed portions are disposed across separate adjacent narrow shallow grooves. The narrow shallow grooves each have a groove width of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm and a groove depth from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm. The recessed portions each have the same depth as the narrow shallow grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Patent number: 10160266Abstract: The present technology relates to a pneumatic tire in which a plurality of small blocks is delineated and formed by a plurality of rectilinear circumferential narrow grooves and a plurality of widthwise narrow grooves that communicate with the circumferential narrow grooves, and small block rows with the small blocks aligned along a tire circumferential direction are formed between adjacent circumferential narrow grooves. Each of the small blocks has a surface area differing from that of at least one small block that belongs to an adjacent small block row on at least one side with respect to a tire width direction and has an overlapping tire circumferential directional region. The small blocks have surface areas of no less than 20 mm2 and no more than 400 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20180333990Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, a land portion, which is a row of blocks. The land portion is provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions in a contact patch. Additionally, in the continuous contact patch of the land portion, four recessed portions are arranged in a row along an arc, with at least one of the four recessed portions being disposed in a central region and left and right end portion regions in a tire lateral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20180312010Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, land portions that include a rib or a plurality of blocks. The land portions are provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions in a contact patch. The opening area ratio Se of the recessed portions in the end portion regions in the tire lateral direction of one continuous contact patch and the opening area ratio Sc of the recessed portions in the central portion region in the tire lateral direction have the relationship Sc<Se, where the central portion region is defined as the region in the central portion in the tire lateral direction occupying 50% of the continuous contact patch of the land portions, and the end portion regions are defined as the regions in the left and right end portions in the tire lateral direction occupying 25%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20170368884Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, land portions that include a rib or a plurality of blocks. The land portions are provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions in a contact patch. Additionally, the opening area ratio Sc of the recessed portions in the central portion region in the tire lateral direction of one continuous contact patch and the opening area ratio Se of the recessed portions in the end portion regions in the tire lateral direction have the relationship Se<Sc, where the central portion region is defined as the region in the central portion in the tire lateral direction occupying 50% of the continuous contact patch of the land portions, and the end portion regions are defined as the regions in the left and right end portions in the tire lateral direction occupying 25%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20170361660Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises in a tread surface thereof a land portion that comprises a plurality of blocks. Each of the blocks comprises in a contact patch thereof a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions disposed separated from the narrow shallow grooves. The narrow shallow grooves have a groove width of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm and a groove depth of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm. The recessed portions have the same depth as the narrow shallow grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20170305200Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided that improves braking performance on ice, turning performance on ice, and water drainage performance in a well-balanced manner. A plurality of small blocks each having a contour consisting of four line segments is arranged while curving in a tire width direction to form medium blocks. The medium blocks are arranged in a plurality of rows in a tire circumferential direction to form large blocks. The large blocks are formed adjacent to the circumferential main groove in the tire circumferential direction on both sides in the tire width direction across the circumferential main groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventor: Hiroshi Furusawa
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Patent number: 9539863Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a single block includes a first sipe and a second sipe each extending in a tire width direction and disposed at a predetermined pitch in a tire circumferential direction. The first sipe and the second sipe include a first sipe portion that has a linear form when the block is viewed planarly, and a second sipe portion that has a zigzag shape when the block is viewed planarly and that connects to the first sipe portion. The first sipe portion includes a pair of sipe wall faces that face each other and have a linear form when viewed as a cross-section from a direction perpendicular to a sipe length direction, and includes a protrusion disposed on a first face of the sipe wall faces and a recess disposed on a second face of the sipe wall faces so as to mate with the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Masaaki Nagayasu
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Publication number: 20160229231Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire, in which a first set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by two first circumferential grooves and a plurality of first lateral grooves is provided in the center region that includes the tire equatorial plane, a second set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by one second circumferential groove and a plurality of second lateral grooves is provided in the outermost portion in the tire width direction on each side in the tire width direction, a rib is provided between the first set of blocks and the second sets of blocks, the rib is divided by at least one third circumferential groove, and a plurality of sipes is formed in the first set of blocks, the second set of blocks, and the rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Masaaki Miyoshi
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Patent number: D788686Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Nagayasu, Yoshimasa Hashimoto, Hiroshi Furusawa, Kenichirou Endou, Kenichi Sato
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Patent number: D848359Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Makoto Ishii
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Patent number: D856913Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Daisuke Watanabe
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Patent number: D876328Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Daisuke Watanabe