Patents by Inventor Kazuya Shirakami

Kazuya Shirakami 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: 11325425
    Abstract: A tyre for a motorcycle for rough terrain comprises a tread portion. In a region between at least one of tread edges and a tyre equator, the tread portion is provided with middle blocks, shoulder blocks, and tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and its adjacent one of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder blocks include first shoulder blocks forming the one of the tread edges and second shoulder blocks arranged on an inner side in a tyre axial direction of the one of the tread edges. The tie bars include first tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the first shoulder blocks and second tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the second shoulder blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Publication number: 20220072911
    Abstract: In a tire 2, each crown block 22c has a laterally extending shape that is longer in an axial direction and shorter in a rotation direction. A top surface 32c of the crown block 22c includes a crown front edge 46c. The crown front edge 46c has a bottom BC located on a heel side with respect to both ends thereof in the rotation direction. Of the crown front edge 46c, a portion connecting the bottom BC and each end forms an inclined edge 54c extending from the bottom BC to the end and inclined to a toe side in the rotation direction. The inclined edge 54c of the crown front edge 46c includes at least three edge components 58c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya SHIRAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10940720
    Abstract: A tire 1 for motorcycles comprises a carcass 6, a belt layer 7, and a tread rubber 2G. The belt layer 7 includes at least one reinforcing cord coated with rubber and spirally wound. In a meridian section passing through a tire rotational axis of the tire 1 in a standard state, a width BW of the belt layer 7 in a tire axial direction is in a range of from 60% to 80% of a tread width TW. The tread rubber 2G has a thickness at a tire equator (C) in a range of from 70% to 90% of thickness at tread edges (2t).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Publication number: 20190232727
    Abstract: A tyre for a motorcycle for rough terrain comprises a tread portion. In a region between at least one of tread edges and a tyre equator, the tread portion is provided with middle blocks, shoulder blocks, and tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and its adjacent one of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder blocks include first shoulder blocks forming the one of the tread edges and second shoulder blocks arranged on an inner side in a tyre axial direction of the one of the tread edges. The tie bars include first tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the first shoulder blocks and second tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the second shoulder blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya SHIRAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180162169
    Abstract: A tire 1 for motorcycles comprises a carcass 6, a belt layer 7, and a tread rubber 2G. The belt layer 7 includes at least one reinforcing cord coated with rubber and spirally wound. In a meridian section passing through a tire rotational axis of the tire 1 in a standard state, a width BW of the belt layer 7 in a tire axial direction is in a range of from 60% to 80% of a tread width TW. The tread rubber 2G has a thickness at a tire equator (C) in a range of from 70% to 90% of thickness at tread edges (2t).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya SHIRAKAMI
  • Patent number: D811317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D814393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D826843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D832775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D932987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami