Patents by Inventor Kaoru Furubayashi

Kaoru Furubayashi 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: 4936364
    Abstract: A low-noise tire which comprising a plurality of block lines which run in the circumferential direction of the tire. The block lines include a basic block line made up of unit blocks arranged at a uniform pitch in the circumferential direction of the tire and phase-difference block lines each made up of unit blocks arranged such that the phase in the circumferential direction is shifted with respect to that of the unit blocks in the basic block line. The phase difference varies from one unit block to the adjacent one in the circumferential direction. The length of the unit block in the basic block line is smaller than that of the unit block in the phase-difference block line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubbert Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kajiwara, Kaoru Furubayashi