Patents by Inventor Izumi Kuramochi

Izumi Kuramochi 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).

  • Publication number: 20210188013
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a sipe formed in a tread rubber which includes an opening extending in a first direction in a surface of the tread rubber. The opening is provided between a first edge of the tread rubber extending in the first direction and a second edge of the tread rubber adjacent to the first edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first edge and the second edge are divided into a first range defined in the first direction and a second range different from the first range. In the first range, the first edge is provided with a first chamfered portion. In the second range, the second edge is provided with a second chamfered portion. In the first range, the second edge is not provided with a chamfered portion. In the second range, the first edge is not provided with a chamfered portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 9975386
    Abstract: A tire-wheel assembly comprises a wheel coupled to a rotating shaft; an elastic tube disposed on an outer side of the wheel with respect to a radial direction, the interior of the tube being filled with air; a rigid protective ring disposed on an outer side of the tube with respect to the radial direction separated from the wheel; and a tread ring disposed on an outer side of the protective ring with respect to the radial direction, an inner circumferential surface of the tread ring contacting an outer circumferential surface of the protective ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Endo, Jun Matsuda, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Izumi Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 9278580
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a first row of blocks arranged in a substantially central region of a tread of the pneumatic tire, wherein the first row of blocks includes a plurality of first blocks; a plurality of first grooves, each arranged between two adjacent first blocks; a plurality of second rows of blocks each including a plurality of second blocks, each arranged on either side of the first row of blocks; a plurality of second grooves, each arranged between the first row of blocks and each of the second rows of blocks; and a plurality of third grooves, wherein each third groove is arranged between two adjacent second blocks, the third grooves including a plurality of fourth grooves and a plurality of fifth grooves, with each fourth groove being narrower than each fifth groove, and the fourth groove and fifth groove being arranged alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Kishizoe, Izumi Kuramochi, Kotaro Iwabuchi, Takumi Morito, Koji Watanabe, Yoshimasa Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150343856
    Abstract: A tire-wheel assembly comprises a wheel coupled to a rotating shaft; an elastic tube disposed on an outer side of the wheel with respect to a radial direction, the interior of the tube being filled with air; a rigid protective ring disposed on an outer side of the tube with respect to the radial direction separated from the wheel; and a tread ring disposed on an outer side of the protective ring with respect to the radial direction, an inner circumferential surface of the tread ring contacting an outer circumferential surface of the protective ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Endo, Jun Matsuda, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Izumi Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 8276628
    Abstract: Provided is a non-pneumatic tire in which buckling can be prevented without a weight increase, the non-pneumatic tire including a spoke structure. The spoke structure is obtained by circumferentially arranging spokes intermittently at intervals and coupling together annular cylindrical outer member and cylindrical inner. The spoke structure is joined to an inner peripheral side of a tread ring. At least some of a plurality of spaces formed between two spokes adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction have an air-containing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hanada, Hideki Seto, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Jun Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichirou Endo
  • Patent number: 7950428
    Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a spoke structure that can be easily mounted on a rim of a wheel. Durability is improved by suppressing the buckling of a spoke structure. A non-pneumatic tire includes a spoke structure (5) and a tread ring (11). The spoke structure (5) includes a cylindrical outer member (2) and a cylindrical inner member (3) which are concentrically arranged, and which are connected to each other with a plurality of fins (4, 4?) arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction. The tread ring (11) fits onto the outer periphery of the spoke structure (5). The spoke structure (5) is divided in the tire circumferential direction into at least two circumferential-direction separate structures (511, 521, 531).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hanada, Hideki Seto, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Jun Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20090211674
    Abstract: Provided is a non-pneumatic tire in which buckling can be prevented without a weigh increase of the tire, the non-pneumatic tire including a spoke structure. The non-pneumatic tire is characterized in that, in the non-pneumatic tire where a spoke structure obtained by circumferentially arranging spokes intermittently at intervals, which radially couple together annular cylindrical outer member and cylindrical inner member, is joined to an inner peripheral side of a tread ring, at least some of a plurality of spaces each formed between two spokes adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction each have an air-containing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hanada, Hideki Seto, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Jun Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichirou Endo
  • Publication number: 20080053586
    Abstract: To provide a non-pneumatic tire, including a spoke structure, which can be easily mounted on a rim of a wheel. In addition, to provide a non-pneumatic tire whose durability is improved by suppressing the buckling of a spoke structure. [Solving Means] Provided is a non-pneumatic tire including a spoke structure (5) and a tread ring (11). The spoke structure (5) includes a cylindrical outer member (2) and a cylindrical inner member (3) which are concentrically arranged, and which are connected to each other with a plurality of fins (4, 4?) arranged in between at intervals in the circumferential direction. The tread ring (11) is fitted onto the outer periphery of the spoke structure (5). In the pneumatic tire, the spoke structure (5) is divided in the tire circumferential direction into at least two circumferential-direction separate structures (511, 521, 531).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hanada, Hideki Seto, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Jun Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Patent number: D522962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Hirohisa Hazama, Hiroshi Tokizaki, Koutarou Iwabuchi, Izumi Kuramochi
  • Patent number: D529863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Kuramochi, Kotaro Iwabuchi, Takumi Morito, Kouji Watanabe, Yoshimasa Hashimoto, Isamu Kishizoe
  • Patent number: D547717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Koji Watanabe, Izumi Kuramochi, Hiroshi Tokizaki
  • Patent number: D585814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuji Tomatsu, Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Yukio Kuroda
  • Patent number: D587189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hata, Masaki Noro, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichirou Endou
  • Patent number: D588521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tomatsu, Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Yukio Kuroda
  • Patent number: D589433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Kensuke Saito, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Patent number: D598364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuji Tomatsu, Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Yukio Kuroda
  • Patent number: D601944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tomatsu, Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Yukio Kuroda
  • Patent number: D606012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Mori, Michio Shimizu, Yoshimasa Hashimoto, Izumi Kuramochi, Takumi Morito
  • Patent number: D650734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Mita, Koji Watanabe, Kenichiro Endo, Izumi Kuramochi
  • Patent number: D653194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Matsushita, Takumi Morito, Izumi Kuramochi, Yukio Kuroda