Patents by Inventor Iwao Arimura

Iwao Arimura 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: 4736783
    Abstract: A heavy load pneumatic radial tire having a tire tread sectioned into a plurality of circumferentially continuous ribs by a plurality of circumferentially extending wide main grooves. One of the ribs disposed at the outermost side when the tire is mounted on a vehicle is provided with a narrow groove circumferentially continuously formed in a proportion of 10% to 40% with respect to a width of the outermost rib from an adjacent tread end. The narrow groove separates the outermost rib into two portions. One of the ribs disposed at the innermost side when the tire is mounted on a vehicle is provided with a discontinuous narrow groove circumferentially disposed in a proportion of 10% to 50% with respect to a width of the innermost rib from an adjacent tread end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Motomura, Iwao Arimura
  • Patent number: 4266592
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for a heavy duty vehicle including a tread surface divided along circumferential directions by at least two tread zigzag grooves to form a plurality of circumferential zigzag ribs comprises stress releasing apertures formed at least in zones of the circumferential ribs which are within distances approximately 30% of widths of the circumferential ribs from the side of the ribs to mitigate stress concentrations in corners of the ribs extending in the tread grooves by reducing rigidities of the corners for preventing railway wear which would otherwise occur in the tire of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Takigawa, Iwao Arimura, Makoto Tanaka, Shinichiro Ohkuni
  • Patent number: 4037637
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire so constructed as to reduce a breaker interlayer shearing strain without adding any particular supplemental reinforcing layer is disclosed. The radial tire has an initial sectional shape which satisfies the following conditions.1. R.sub.1 /R.sub.1' .ltoreq. 0.82. r.sub.2 /w / r.sub.2' /w' .gtoreq. 1.53. modulus of a breaker cord .gtoreq. 10 .times. 10.sup.3 Kg/mm.sup.2, and4. Breaker cord angle .ltoreq. 25.degree.Where R.sub.1 is a radius of curvature of an outer profile of a carcass in a vertical center section through a rotational axis of the tire on a normal line to an outer curved surface through a widthwise end of a crown before the inside of the tire is pressurized, R.sub.1' is its corresponding radius of curvature after the inside of the tire has been pressurized, R.sub.2 is a radius of curvature of an outer profile of the crown in the vertical center section through the rotational axis of the tire before the inside of the tire is pressurized, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Iwao Arimura, Akio Sato, Hironori Hirano, Shigeo Makino
  • Patent number: 3974018
    Abstract: A device for making a pneumatic tire including an outer mold and a core for making tread rubber having a high lug or deep tread pattern and an inflatable bladder for use in joining the tread rubber to the tread portion of a green case when the green case is shaped and vulcanized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Iwao Arimura, Yasuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 3964533
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial type tire having an improved durability in bead section comprises at least one carcass ply composed of metal cords in a substantially radial arrangement, at least one chafer composed of rubberized metal cords, a carcass reinforcing member secured to the surface of the carcass ply and composed of at least two rubberized cord fabrics whose cords are crossed with each other at an angle larger than 60.degree. with respect to the cord direction of the carcass ply, and a rubber stiffener composed of a composite rubber stock having a hardness which is made smaller at the upper part than at the lower part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Iwao Arimura, Akio Sato, Hironori Hirano
  • Patent number: 3935892
    Abstract: A pneumatic tired wheel having excellent highspeed performance after puncture comprises a tubeless tire, a bead stopper and a rim. The tubeless tire comprises a pair of elastic reinforcements having a Shore A hardness of at least 47, the bead stopper comprises an independent air-tight chamber and a crown portion with at least one inextensible reinforcing layer. The crown portion has an outer diameter determined in connection with the outer diameters of the flange of the rim and the tread portion of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Arimura, Yasuo Suzuki, Akira Matsuda, Akio Sato