Patents by Inventor Isao SAWAKAMI
Isao SAWAKAMI 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: 11225109Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion provided with circumferentially extending main grooves and land portions. The main grooves include an outboard crown main groove, and an inboard crown main groove. The land portions include a crown land portion defined between the outboard crown main groove and the inboard crown main groove. The crown land portion is provided with first crown sipes having first ends connected to the outboard crown main groove and second ends terminating within the crown land portion, and second crown sipes having first ends connected to the inboard crown main groove and second ends terminating within the crown land portion, wherein the first crown sipes are inclined with respect to a tyre axial direction in a same direction as the second crown sipes, and the first crown sipes and the second crown sipes are different in angle with respect to the tyre axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Isao Sawakami, Rena Onitsuka, Yuan Suxiang
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Patent number: 11161373Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion with a designated install direction to a vehicle to have an inboard tread edge and an outboard tread edge. The tread portion is provided with a circumferentially extending inboard shoulder main groove to form an inboard shoulder land portion and a circumferentially extending outboard shoulder main groove with a width smaller than a width of the inboard shoulder main groove to form an outboard shoulder land portion. The inboard shoulder land portion is provided with inboard shoulder lug grooves extending inwardly in a tire axial direction from at least the inboard tread edge and terminated within the inboard shoulder land portion. The outboard shoulder land portion is provided with outboard shoulder lug grooves extending inwardly in the tire axial direction from at least the outboard tread edge to the outboard shoulder main groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Isao Sawakami
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Patent number: 10780743Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 comprises two crown land regions 6 and two shoulder land regions 7 divided by a crown main groove 3 and a pair of shoulder main grooves 4 and 5 arranged one by one on each side of the crown main groove 3. Each of the two crown land regions 6 is provided with a plurality of sipes 15 each having a width less than 1.5 mm. The sipes 15 of each of the two crown land regions 6 include only semi-open sipes 18 each having one end connected with one of the main grooves and the other end terminating within the land region. The sipes 15 of the two crown land regions 6 are inclined in a same direction with respect to a tire axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Rena Onitsuka, Isao Sawakami, Mahito Arai
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Publication number: 20190308467Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion provided with circumferentially extending main grooves and land portions. The main grooves include an outboard crown main groove, and an inboard crown main groove. The land portions include a crown land portion defined between the outboard crown main groove and the inboard crown main groove. The crown land portion is provided with first crown sipes having first ends connected to the outboard crown main groove and second ends terminating within the crown land portion, and second crown sipes having first ends connected to the inboard crown main groove and second ends terminating within the crown land portion, wherein the first crown sipes are inclined with respect to a tyre axial direction in a same direction as the second crown sipes, and the first crown sipes and the second crown sipes are different in angle with respect to the tyre axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Isao Sawakami, Rena Onitsuka, Yuan Suxiang
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Publication number: 20180264887Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 comprises two crown land regions 6 and two shoulder land regions 7 divided by a crown main groove 3 and a pair of shoulder main grooves 4 and 5 arranged one by one on each side of the crown main groove 3. Each of the two crown land regions 6 is provided with a plurality of sipes 15 each having a width less than 1.5 mm. The sipes 15 of each of the two crown land regions 6 include only semi-open sipes 18 each having one end connected with one of the main grooves and the other end terminating within the land region. The sipes 15 of the two crown land regions 6 are inclined in a same direction with respect to a tire axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Rena ONITSUKA, Isao SAWAKAMI, Mahito ARAI
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Publication number: 20180134088Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion with a designated install direction to a vehicle to have an inboard tread edge and an outboard tread edge. The tread portion is provided with a circumferentially extending inboard shoulder main groove to form an inboard shoulder land portion and a circumferentially extending outboard shoulder main groove with a width smaller than a width of the inboard shoulder main groove to form an outboard shoulder land portion. The inboard shoulder land portion is provided with inboard shoulder lug grooves extending inwardly in a tire axial direction from at least the inboard tread edge and terminated within the inboard shoulder land portion. The outboard shoulder land portion is provided with outboard shoulder lug grooves extending inwardly in the tire axial direction from at least the outboard tread edge to the outboard shoulder main groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Isao SAWAKAMI
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Patent number: D1004528Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Isao Sawakami