Patents by Inventor Hirotoshi Otsuki

Hirotoshi Otsuki 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: 11118034
    Abstract: According to the tire of the present invention having a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, 1 to 20 parts by mass of an ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer, wherein the composition ratio thereof is 10 to 60% by mass of ethylene, 10 to 60% by mass of propylene, and 5 to 40% by mass of styrene; and 3 to 100 parts by mass of carbon black, a tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition excellent in chipping resistance can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kasai, Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20210206950
    Abstract: The present invention provides a studless winter tire having excellent performance on ice. The present invention relates to a studless winter tire including a tread formed from a rubber vulcanizate, the rubber vulcanizate containing a rubber component, and a short fiber with a degree of fibrillation of 50 to 95%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki KASAI, Hirotoshi OTSUKI, Yuka YOKOYAMA, Daiki MUKOUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200140661
    Abstract: According to the tire of the present invention having a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, 1 to 20 parts by mass of an ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer, wherein the composition ratio thereof is 10 to 60% by mass of ethylene, 10 to 60% by mass of propylene, and 5 to 40% by mass of styrene; and 3 to 100 parts by mass of carbon black, a tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition excellent in chipping resistance can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki KASAI, Hirotoshi OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 10603958
    Abstract: An airless tire includes a tread ring, a hub formed on radial direction inner side of the ring to be fixed to an axle, and a spoke structure connecting the ring and hub. The ring includes a tread rubber layer, a first reinforcing cord layer, a second reinforcing cord layer and a shear rubber layer between the first and second cord layers, the first and second cord layers and shear layer are formed such that ratio Eb1/Ee between tire circumferential direction tensile modulus Eb1 of the first cord layer and shear modulus Ee of the shear layer is 100 or greater and ratio Eb2/Ee between tire circumferential direction tensile modulus Eb2 of the second cord layer and shear modulus Ee is 100 or greater, and each cord layer has topping rubber having loss tangent tan ?b of 0.03 to 0.10 and tensile modulus E*b of 4 to 20 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Wako Iwamura, Makoto Sugiya, Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 10174185
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a base tread formed from a rubber composition that can highly improve fuel economy, wet grip performance, and abrasion resistance while maintaining the balance between them. The pneumatic tire includes a base tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing predetermined amounts of an isoprene rubber, a specified hydrogenated terpene resin, and a specified carbon black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 10131763
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified natural rubber having a good balance of improved fuel economy, heat-aging resistance, processability, and breaking resistance, and a method for producing such a rubber. The present invention also provides a tire rubber composition and a pneumatic tire which are prepared using the modified natural rubber. The present invention relates to a highly purified, modified natural rubber whose pH is adjusted to 2 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sakaki, Hirotoshi Otsuki, Yuka Yokoyama, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Ryo Mashita
  • Publication number: 20170158844
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a base tread formed from a rubber composition that can highly improve fuel economy, wet grip performance, and abrasion resistance while maintaining the balance between them. The pneumatic tire includes a base tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing predetermined amounts of an isoprene rubber, a specified hydrogenated terpene resin, and a specified carbon black.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20170057294
    Abstract: An airless tire includes a tread ring, a hub formed on radial direction inner side of the ring to be fixed to an axle, and a spoke structure connecting the ring and hub. The ring includes a tread rubber layer, a first reinforcing cord layer, a second reinforcing cord layer and a shear rubber layer between the first and second cord layers, the first and second cord layers and shear layer are formed such that ratio Eb1/Ee between tire circumferential direction tensile modulus Eb1 of the first cord layer and shear modulus Ee of the shear layer is 100 or greater and that ratio Eb2/Ee between tire circumferential direction tensile modulus Eb2 of the second cord layer and shear modulus Ee is 100 or greater, and each cord layer has a topping rubber having loss tangent tan ?b of 0.03 to 0.10 and tensile modulus E*b of 4 to 20 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Wako IWAMURA, Makoto SUGIYA, Hirotoshi OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20150291765
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified natural rubber having a good balance of improved fuel economy, heat-aging resistance, processability, and breaking resistance, and a method for producing such a rubber. The present invention also provides a tire rubber composition and a pneumatic tire which are prepared using the modified natural rubber. The present invention relates to a highly purified, modified natural rubber whose pH is adjusted to 2 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sasaki, Hirotoshi Otsuki, Yuka Yokoyama, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Ryo Mashita
  • Patent number: 7893147
    Abstract: There is provided a radial tire reducing rolling resistance by having a breaker cushion or a side wall packing comprising a rubber composition in which the loss tangent tan ? is reduced and the complex elastic modulus E* and the fracture feature are improved in good balance. A radial tire having a breaker cushion or a side wall packing comprising a rubber composition containing 20 to 55 parts by weight of carbon black having an iodine adsorption amount of 25 to 75 mg/g and a DBP oil absorption amount of 110 to 150 ml/100 g and 5 to 30 parts by weight of silica having a BET specific surface area of 115 to 200 m2/g based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20090020207
    Abstract: There is provided a rubber composition for a chafer, enabling generation of crack in a chafer at mounting or dismounting a rim to be suppressed as well as improving durability of a bead part by improving hardness and elongation at break. Namely, the present invention provides a rubber composition for a chafer, which comprises a rubber component comprising a butadiene rubber in which syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 100 nm is dispersed, and has a JIS-A harness of 75 to 85 and elongation at break in a tensile test of not less than 180%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Otsuki, Takashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20090000720
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a sidewall, in which balance between tip cut resistance and heat build-up property of a sidewall is enhanced, is provided. Namely, the present invention relates to a rubber composition for a sidewall, comprising a rubber component comprising 10 to 60% by weight of a butadiene rubber, wherein syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 100 nm is dispersed in the butadiene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishida, Hirotoshi Otsuki, Takashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20080216933
    Abstract: A rubber composition used for an inner liner layer that reduces an amount of air permeation, lessens density of the rubber composition and does not lower fracture property of the rubber composition is provided. The rubber composition is used for an inner liner layer of an inner surface of a tire and comprises 1 to 30 parts by weight of thermal expansion microcapsules based on 100 parts by weight of rubber components containing a butyl rubber in an amount of not less than 80% by weight, wherein an outer shell portion of independent thermal expansion microcapsules is made of a thermoplastic resin, and an average particle diameter of the thermal expansion microcapsules is 10 to 95 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20070082999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition used for a tire tread excellent in abrasion resistance under a high severity abrasion condition and a low severity abrasion condition, while keeping low exothermic property and rubber crack resistance. The rubber composition for a tire tread, comprising a rubber component containing 5 to 40% by weight of a butadiene rubber having 110 to 150 cps of a toluene solution viscosity and 3.0 to 3.4 of a molecular weight distribution, wherein a Mooney viscosity of the rubber composition (MS1+4/130° C.) is 45 to 70, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20060217481
    Abstract: There is provided a radial tire reducing rolling resistance by having a breaker cushion or a side wall packing comprising a rubber composition in which the loss tangent tan ? is reduced and the complex elastic modulus E* and the fracture feature are improved in good balance. A radial tire having a breaker cushion or a side wall packing comprising a rubber composition containing 20 to 55 parts by weight of carbon black having an iodine adsorption amount of 25 to 75 mg/g and a DBP oil absorption amount of 110 to 150 ml/100 g and 5 to 30 parts by weight of silica having a BET specific surface area of 115 to 200 m2/g based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20040129359
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having a buttress in which ozone cracking resistance can be controlled over a long period and coloring and peeling do not occur, without compounding a large amount of an antioxidant. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pneumatic tire comprising a thin film layer of a width of 20 to 100 mm and a thickness of 0.5 to 5 mm formed on the buttress of the tire; wherein the thin film layer comprises a rubber composition containing 100 parts by weight of diene rubber and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a compound, which is in a solid state at a temperature of 40° C. or lower and is obtained by adsorbing N-(1-methylheptyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine to silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki