Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Nakatani

Katsuhiro Nakatani 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: 10532529
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10350847
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170157872
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150000826
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7975741
    Abstract: A sidewall rubber disposed outside of a carcass layer, reinforcing a portion between beads, in a widthwise direction of the tire is configured from a wide rubber ribbon having a width of 20 to 100 mm wound spirally along a circumferential direction of the tire outward of the tire such that the rubber ribbon is deviated radially outward of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma Nishitani, Shigeru Ohno, Hiroshi Ikegami, Koji Hiramatsu, Katsuhiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 7353852
    Abstract: A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire includes a supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head along a widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a sticking body having a sticking surface to which the ply cord supplied by the supply head is stuck, a sticking body driving mechanism for moving the sticking surface of the sticking body along a longitudinal direction of the carcass ply, and a moving amount controlling mechanism capable of controlling a moving amount of the sticking surface with respect to a moving amount of the supply head. When the ply cord is supplied along the widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a disposition angle of the ply cord with respect to the longitudinal direction can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20060237112
    Abstract: A sidewall rubber disposed outside of a carcass layer, reinforcing a portion between beads, in a widthwise direction of the tire is configured from a wide rubber ribbon having a width of 20 to 100 mm wound spirally along a circumferential direction of the tire outward of the tire such that the rubber ribbon is deviated radially outward of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuma Nishitani, Shigeru Ohno, Hiroshi Ikegami, Koji Hiramatsu, Katsuhiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20060124222
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads. The pneumatic tire includes: (i) a region including or near a position having a tire maximum width, which region includes a radial region where cords constituting the carcass layers are arranged at an angle of 90±10° with respect to a circumferential direction; (ii) a region between the radial region and one of the beads close thereto, which region includes a bias region where cords in an upper layer and cords in a lower layer constituting the carcass intersect and are both arranged at an angle of 10° to 60° with respect to the circumferential direction; and (iii) a region between the radial region and a tire equator line, which region includes another bias region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani, Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050067107
    Abstract: A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire includes a supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head along a widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a sticking body having a sticking surface to which the ply cord supplied by the supply head is stuck, a sticking body driving mechanism for moving the sticking surface of the sticking body along a longitudinal direction of the carcass ply, and a moving amount controlling mechanism capable of controlling a moving amount of the sticking surface with respect to a moving amount of the supply head. When the ply cord is supplied along the widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a disposition angle of the ply cord with respect to the longitudinal direction can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 6849146
    Abstract: A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire comprises a supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head along a widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a sticking body having a sticking surface to which the ply cord supplied by the supply head is stuck, a sticking body driving mechanism for moving the sticking surface of the sticking body along a longitudinal direction of the carcass ply, and a moving amount controlling mechanism capable of controlling a moving amount of the sticking surface with respect to a moving amount of the supply head, wherein when the ply cord is supplied along the widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a disposition angle of the ply cord with respect to the longitudinal direction can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani, Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20020046796
    Abstract: A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani, Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda