Patents by Inventor Kazunori Inaba

Kazunori Inaba 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: 20180134089
    Abstract: A tire made of rubbery material comprising a tread (1), said tread having a width C measured between two edges (3) of the tread, the tread comprising a tread surface (5) intended to come into contact with the ground. The tread surface (5) comprises two shoulder regions (7a, 7b) surrounding a central region (9), at least one of the two shoulder regions (7a, 7b) comprising a plurality of successive cutouts (11a, 11b) in a circumferential direction (X). All or some of the cutouts (11a, 11b) of the plurality of cutouts extend obliquely, each cutout having two ends (13a, 13b), and when a cutout (11a) reaches one of its ends (13b), another cutout (11b) starts out at the same circumferential level (N) in the shoulder region (7a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Benoit DURAND-GASSELIN, Kenji FUKUDA, Kazunori INABA
  • Publication number: 20150191906
    Abstract: A seismic isolation apparatus 1 includes an upper flange plate 2 which is connected to a superstructure; a lower flange plate 3 which is connected to a substructure; a laminated rubber body 7 which is provided between the upper flange plate 2 and the lower flange plate 3 and has rubber elastic material layers 4 and rigid material layers 5, both of which are alternately laminated in a vertical direction V; a columnar hole 8 provided in the laminated rubber body 7; and a vibrational energy absorbing body 9 disposed in the columnar hole 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Osamu Kochiyama, Kazunori Inaba, Shuhei Kaneko