Patents by Inventor Keisuke Maejima
Keisuke Maejima 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).
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Patent number: 11104782Abstract: A rubber composition for use in a tire tread includes: per 100 parts by weight of diene rubber containing 40 wt % or greater of butadiene rubber, and a styrene butadiene rubber, from 80 to 150 parts by weight of silica having a CTAB specific surface area of 150 to 250 m2/g, and a long chain alkyl group-containing silane compound in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % of the amount of the silica. The rubber composition further includes a styrene component in the diene rubber being from 15 to 20 wt %, and a vinyl component in the diene rubber being from 18 to 28 wt %; and an average glass transition temperature of the diene rubber is ?55° C. or lower.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventor: Keisuke Maejima
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Patent number: 10703828Abstract: A rubber composition for tires of the present technology contains a diene rubber, silica, and a predetermined alkyltrialkoxysilane; the diene rubber containing a butadiene rubber and a particular conjugated diene rubber, a content of the butadiene rubber in the diene rubber being 20 mass % or greater and a content of the particular conjugated diene rubber in the diene rubber being from 30 to 80 mass %; an average glass transition temperature of the diene rubber being from ?65 to ?45° C.; the particular conjugated diene rubber being a conjugated diene rubber produced by a particular production method and having predetermined ranges of aromatic vinyl unit content, vinyl bond content, and weight average molecular weight.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Maejima, Masaki Sato, Makoto Ashiura
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Patent number: 10589576Abstract: A studded tire includes stud pins embedded in a road contact surface of a tread portion 1; the rubber composition forming the tread portion containing at least one of natural rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and butadiene rubber, from 5 to 50 parts by weight of carbon black and from 5 to 70 parts by weight of silica per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber; a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of the carbon black being from 50 to 120 m2/g; a CTAB specific surface area of the silica being from 80 to 190 m2/g; a rubber hardness of the rubber composition being not greater than 60; and a product of a stress at the time of 400% elongation and a bottom surface area of a flange portion on a bottom side of the stud pins being not less than 400 MPa·mm2 and not greater than 850 MPa·mm2.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Maejima, Satoshi Mihara
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Patent number: 9951210Abstract: The present technology provides a rubber composition for a tire with which it is possible to produce a tire having excellent on-ice performance and excellent wear resistance, and a studless winter tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for a tire of the present technology is a rubber composition for a tire comprising: 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber (A); from 30 to 100 parts by mass of carbon black and/or a white filler (B); and from 0.3 to 30 parts by mass of a cured product (C) prepared by curing a crosslinkable oligomer or polymer (c1) incompatible with the diene rubber (A); a JIS A hardness of the cured product (C) being from 3 to 45.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kakubo, Kazushi Kimura, Keisuke Maejima
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Publication number: 20170283518Abstract: A rubber composition for tires of the present technology contains a diene rubber, silica, and a predetermined alkyltrialkoxysilane; the diene rubber containing a butadiene rubber and a particular conjugated diene rubber, a content of the butadiene rubber in the diene rubber being 20 mass % or greater and a content of the particular conjugated diene rubber in the diene rubber being from 30 to 80 mass %; an average glass transition temperature of the diene rubber being from ?65 to ?45° C.; the particular conjugated diene rubber being a conjugated diene rubber produced by a particular production method and having predetermined ranges of aromatic vinyl unit content, vinyl bond content, and weight average molecular weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Keisuke Maejima, Masaki Sato, Makoto Ashiura
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Publication number: 20170174876Abstract: A rubber composition for use in a tire tread includes: per 100 parts by weight of diene rubber containing 40 wt % or greater of butadiene rubber, and a styrene butadiene rubber, from 80 to 150 parts by weight of silica having a CTAB specific surface area of 150 to 250 m2/g, and a long chain alkyl group-containing silane compound in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % of the amount of the silica. The rubber composition further includes a styrene component in the diene rubber being from 15 to 20 wt %, and a vinyl component in the diene rubber being from 18 to 28 wt %; and an average glass transition temperature of the diene rubber is ?55° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventor: Keisuke MAEJIMA
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Publication number: 20170144490Abstract: A studded tire includes stud pins embedded in a road contact surface of a tread portion 1; the rubber composition forming the tread portion containing at least one of natural rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and butadiene rubber, from 5 to 50 parts by weight of carbon black and from 5 to 70 parts by weight of silica per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber; a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of the carbon black being from 50 to 120 m2/g; a CTAB specific surface area of the silica being from 80 to 190 m2/g; a rubber hardness of the rubber composition being not greater than 60; and a product of a stress at the time of 400% elongation and a bottom surface area of a flange portion on a bottom side of the stud pins being not less than 400 MPa·mm2 and not greater than 850 MPa·mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Keisuke MAEJIMA, Satoshi MIHARA
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Patent number: 9567451Abstract: A rubber composition for use in tire treads comprises a diene rubber including not less than 40% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 66 to 110 parts by weight of a filler. The filler comprises not less than 50% by weight of silica. The modified conjugated diene polymer rubber is obtained by copolymerizing a conjugated diene monomer unit and an aromatic vinyl monomer unit in a hydrocarbon solvent using an organic active metal compound as an initiator. A resulting active conjugated diene polymer chain thereof has a terminal modified group, obtained by reacting at least one type of compound having a functional group that is reactable with the active terminal of the polymer chain. Moreover, the terminal modified group has a functional group that interacts with the silica.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Satou, Takashi Shirokawa, Makoto Ashiura, Yoshihiro Kameda, Ayumi Naka, Keisuke Maejima
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Patent number: 9493637Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tire rubber composition capable of producing a studless tire that has excellent performance on ice and wear resistance, and to provide a studless tire using the composition. The tire rubber composition of the present invention is composed of 100 parts by mass of a diene type rubber (A), from 30 to 100 parts by mass of a carbon black and/or a white filler (B), from 0.3 to 30 parts by mass of a cross-linkable oligomer or polymer (C) that is not phase-soluble with the diene type rubber (A); and from 0.1 to 12 parts by mass of three dimensionally crosslinked fine particles (D) of 1 to 200 ?m average particle diameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Maejima, Kazushi Kimura, Satoshi Mihara, Yayoi Akahori, Katsunori Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160237253Abstract: The present technology provides a rubber composition for a tire with which it is possible to produce a tire having excellent on-ice performance and excellent wear resistance, and a studless winter tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for a tire of the present technology is a rubber composition for a tire comprising: 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber (A); from 30 to 100 parts by mass of carbon black and/or a white filler (B); and from 0.3 to 30 parts by mass of a cured product (C) prepared by curing a crosslinkable oligomer or polymer (c1) incompatible with the diene rubber (A); a JIS A hardness of the cured product (C) being from 3 to 45.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Takashi Kakubo, Kazushi Kimura, Keisuke Maejima
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Patent number: 9416252Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a diene rubber including not less than 25% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 25 to 65 parts by weight of a filler, the filler comprising not less than 50% by weight of silica. The silica has a DBP absorption number of 190 to 250 ml/100 g, an N2SA of 194 to 225 m/g, and a CTAB of 185 to 215 m2/g. A ratio of the N2SA to the CTAB is from 0.9 to 1.4. The modified conjugated diene polymer rubber has a terminal modified group including a functional group that interacts with the silica. In the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber, aromatic vinyl unit content is from 38% to 48% by weight, vinyl unit content is from 20% to 35%, and weight-average molecular weight is from 600,000 to 1,000,000.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Ayumi Naka, Takashi Shirokawa, Makoto Ashiura, Yoshihiro Kameda, Masaki Satou, Keisuke Maejima
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Patent number: 9034950Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition with which it is possible to produce a tire that retains wear resistance and has excellent frictional force on ice, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention is a rubber composition comprising a diene rubber, carbon black and/or a white filler, and a master batch prepared by premixing a non-diene rubber and an organic peroxide, wherein a total content of carbon black and white filler is from 20 to 70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of diene rubber and a content of the non-diene rubber in the master batch is from 3 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Mihara, Katsunori Shimizu, Keisuke Maejima, Yayoi Akahori
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Publication number: 20140100321Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tire rubber composition capable of producing a studless tire that has excellent performance on ice and wear resistance, and to provide a studless tire using the composition. The tire rubber composition of the present invention is composed of 100 parts by mass of a diene type rubber (A), from 30 to 100 parts by mass of a carbon black and/or a white filler (B), from 0.3 to 30 parts by mass of a cross-linkable oligomer or polymer (C) that is not phase-soluble with the diene type rubber (A); and from 0.1 to 12 parts by mass of three dimensionally crosslinked fine particles (D) of 1 to 200 ?m average particle diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Maejima, Kazushi Kimura, Satoshi Mihara, Yayoi Akahori, Katsunori Shimizu
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Publication number: 20140011909Abstract: A rubber composition for use in tire treads comprises a diene rubber including not less than 40% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 66 to 110 parts by weight of a filler. The filler comprises not less than 50% by weight of silica. The modified conjugated diene polymer rubber is obtained by copolymerizing a conjugated diene monomer unit and an aromatic vinyl monomer unit in a hydrocarbon solvent using an organic active metal compound as an initiator. A resulting active conjugated diene polymer chain thereof has a terminal modified group, obtained by reacting at least one type of compound having a functional group that is reactable with the active terminal of the polymer chain. Moreover, the terminal modified group has a functional group that interacts with the silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Satou, Takashi Shirokawa, Makoto Ashiura, Yoshihiro Kameda, Ayumi Naka, Keisuke Maejima
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Publication number: 20130338255Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a diene rubber including not less than 25% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 25 to 65 parts by weight of a filler, the filler comprising not less than 50% by weight of silica. The silica has a DBP absorption number of 190 to 250 ml/100 g, an N2SA of 194 to 225 m/g, and a CTAB of 185 to 215 m2/g. A ratio of the N2SA to the CTAB is from 0.9 to 1.4. The modified conjugated diene polymer rubber has a terminal modified group including a functional group that interacts with the silica. In the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber, aromatic vinyl unit content is from 38% to 48% by weight, vinyl unit content is from 20% to 35%, and weight-average molecular weight is from 600,000 to 1,000,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Ayumi Naka, Takashi Shirokawa, Makoto Ashiura, Yoshihiro Kameda, Masaki Satou, Keisuke Maejima
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Publication number: 20130150512Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition with which it is possible to produce a tire that retains wear resistance and has excellent frictional force on ice, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention is a rubber composition comprising a diene rubber, carbon black and/or a white filler, and a master batch prepared by premixing a non-diene rubber and an organic peroxide, wherein a total content of carbon black and white filler is from 20 to 70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of diene rubber and a content of the non-diene rubber in the master batch is from 3 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Mihara, Katsunori Shimizu, Keisuke Maejima, Yayoi Akahori