Patents by Inventor Kanta Ando

Kanta Ando 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: 20230074596
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a pair of bead portions are each composed of an annular bead core made of a thermoplastic resin, and a bead core covering portion made of a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230070678
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread reinforcing component disposed between a tire inner cavity surface and a tire ground contacting surface, and made of a thermoplastic resin. On an arbitrary reference line which extends across the tread reinforcing component in parallel with the tire equator, a distance L1 in the tire radial direction from the tire inner cavity surface to the thickness center point of the tread reinforcing component is in a range of 50% to 95% of a distance L0 in the tire radial direction from the tire inner cavity surface to the tire ground contacting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230026673
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tordial tire framework member having bead portions, sidewall portions and an under tread portion, and a ground contacting tread component disposed radially outside the under tread portion. The ground contacting tread component is made of a first resin material. The sidewall portions and the under tread portion are made of a second resin material. The bead portions are made of a third resin material. The tensile elastic moduli E1 to E3 of the first to third resin materials M3, respectively, satisfy E1<E2<E3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220371374
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a toroidal tire framework member having bead portions, sidewall portions and an under tread portion, and a ground contacting tread component disposed radially outside the under tread portion. The tire framework member and the ground contacting tread component are made of a resin material, and a tensile elastic modulus of the ground contacting tread component is smaller than that of the tire framework member. The tread thickness between the radially inner surface of the under tread portion and the radially outer surface of the ground contacting tread component is such that the tread thickness X2 at a tread edge is more than 1.2 times and less than 5.0 times the tread thickness X1 at the tire equator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta ANDO
  • Patent number: 10766308
    Abstract: A band 12 includes a center portion C, a pair of intermediate portions M, and a pair of outer end portions E. The center portion C is formed from a first band member 40 and that extends in a circumferential direction. Each intermediate portion M is formed from a second band member 42 and that extends so as to form a mesh-like shape. The second band member 42 includes a plurality of first tilt portions 44 extending so as to be tilted relative to the circumferential direction and a plurality of second tilt portions 46 extending so as to be tilted relative to the circumferential direction in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first tilt portions 44 are tilted. Each outer end portion E is formed from a third band member 54 and that extends in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta Ando
  • Publication number: 20180244110
    Abstract: A band 12 includes a center portion C, a pair of intermediate portions M, and a pair of outer end portions E. The center portion C is formed from a first band member 40 and that extends in a circumferential direction. Each intermediate portion M is formed from a second band member 42 and that extends so as to form a mesh-like shape. The second band member 42 includes a plurality of first tilt portions 44 extending so as to be tilted relative to the circumferential direction and a plurality of second tilt portions 46 extending so as to be tilted relative to the circumferential direction in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first tilt portions 44 are tilted. Each outer end portion E is formed from a third band member 54 and that extends in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta Ando