Patents by Inventor Hitoo Umemoto

Hitoo Umemoto 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: 4800943
    Abstract: A device for dislodging a tire bead from the bead seat of a wheel rim comprises a support member positionable on the upper side of the wheel rim, a pair of engaging pawl portions provided on the support member and engageable with the wheel rim from outside the outer periphery thereof at diametrically opposed positions of the rim for removably fixing the support member to the wheel rim, and a bead pusher provided on the support member adjacent to at least one of the engaging pawl portions. With the wheel rim clamped between the pawl portions at the opposed positions, the bead pusher is driven by rotating a screw to cause the pusher to dislodge the bead from the bead seat and push the bead into the center drop of the wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: The Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoo Umemoto, Tomio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: D288423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: The Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Furusawa, Hitoo Umemoto
  • Patent number: D293562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: The Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizi Fuzioka, Hitoo Umemoto
  • Patent number: D293563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: The Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co.
    Inventors: Keizi Fuzioka, Hitoo Umemoto