Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Saneto

Kazuyoshi Saneto 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: 5358021
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire having an asymmetric tread pattern in witch ribs continuing in a tire circumferential direction are disposed on a tread surface at a shoulder end portion on the outer side of a vehicle when the tire is fitted to the vehicle, and block lines each comprising a plurality of blocks are disposed at a shoulder end portion on the inner side of the vehicle, wherein sub-grooves extending in a tire width-wise direction while forming right and left pairs are disposed on the portion of the tire more inward than the ribs at a predetermined pitch in the tire circumferential direction and in a herringbone pattern widening in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the tire, the apexes of the herringbone patterns are positioned on the outer side of the tire with respect to a tire equator line, and pairs of the right and left sub-grooves are made mutually discontinuous at the apexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohide Takasugi, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 5295526
    Abstract: A run-flat pneumatic radial tire having an aspect ratio of up to 50%, which includes a reinforcing liner layer made of a rubber having a complex modulus at 20.degree. C. E*.sub.20, a ratio of a complex modulus at 100.degree. C. to the complex modulus at 20.degree. C., a 100% modulus and a loss tangent (tan .delta.) at 100.degree. C. which satisfy certain specified numeric values. The liner has a crescent sectional shape and is disposed in sidewall portions of a carcass layer with its end portions overlapping the end portions of a belt layer and a bead filler having a specified hardness and height h from a wheel rim base. The carcass layer consists of an inner carcass layer turned up around the bead core from inside to outside the tire so that its end portion is positioned at a position higher than the height h of the bead filler and an outer carcass layer having an end portion disposed axially outward of the bead core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Tokieda, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 5158627
    Abstract: A run flat pneumatic radial tire having a flatness of 50% or less, comprising a reinforcing liner layer comprised of a high-hardness rubber having a crescent cross section disposed on the inside of a side wall portion and an inner liner layer comprising a rubber composition mainly composed of a butyl rubber provided all over the internal surface of the tire, wherein the inside of the inner liner layer in at least a region covering said reinforcing liner layer is covered with a rubber layer comprising a rubber composition mainly composed of a diene rubber having a polybutadiene rubber content of 50% by weight or more based on the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saneto, Akinori Tokieda, Kunihiko Kakigi, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 5131445
    Abstract: A run-flat pneumatic radial tire having an aspect ratio of up to 50%, which includes a reinforcing liner layer mode of a rubber having a complex modulus at 20.degree. C. E*.sub.20, a ratio of a complex modulus at 100.degree. C. to the complex modulus at 20.degree. C., a 100% modulus and a loss tangent (tan .delta.) at 100.degree. C. which satisfy certain specified numeric values. The liner has a crescent sectional shape and is disposed in sidewall portions of a carcass layer with its end portions overlapping the end portions of a belt layer and a bead filler having a specified hardness and height h from a wheel rim base. The carcass layer consists of an inner carcass layer turned up around the bead core from inside to outside the tire so that its end portion is positioned at a position higher than the height h of the bead filler and an outer carcass layer having an end portion disposed axially outward of the bead core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Tokieda, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Hiroaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 4865102
    Abstract: A radial tire comprising a pair of belt layer provided on a tread portion, a narrow reinforcing covers covering each of the edge portions of the belt layer, and a wide reinforcing cover provided on the narrow reinforcing covers so as to cover the full width of the belt layer, wherein the wide reinforcing cover has a multi-layer structure formed by winding a sheet in the circumferential direction of the tire so as to cause each successive layer to be put on top of a preceding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saneto, Hisamiti: Masaki
  • Patent number: 4777993
    Abstract: In a tire tread pattern in which a plurality of block patterns are disposed on a tire tread surface in the circumferential direction and their pitch lengths are varied, lug grooves inside of said block patterns extend in the direction of a grounding width, and their angles relative to the direction of grounding width are varied in accordance with the change of the pitch lengths of said block patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Kazuyoshi Saneto
  • Patent number: 4732194
    Abstract: A cord inclination angle of the outermost belt layer of a tire on the right side with respect to a tire running direction is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined leftwardly downward in the tire running direction while the cord inclination angle of the outermost belt layer of the left tire is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined rightwardly downward in the tire running direction. In addition, projecting bent portions of lug grooves on a tread pattern of a tire grounding surface are disposed outside from the center of a tread exploded width in the tire running direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saneto, Mitsutoshi Saeki
  • Patent number: D286393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Kuramochi, Hiroshi Tokizaki, Kazuyoshi Saneto, Daisuke Higashide