Patents by Inventor Kenichirou Endo

Kenichirou Endo 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).

  • Non-pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 8276628
    Abstract: Provided is a non-pneumatic tire in which buckling can be prevented without a weight increase, the non-pneumatic tire including a spoke structure. The spoke structure is obtained by circumferentially arranging spokes intermittently at intervals and coupling together annular cylindrical outer member and cylindrical inner. The spoke structure is joined to an inner peripheral side of a tread ring. At least some of a plurality of spaces formed between two spokes adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction have an air-containing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hanada, Hideki Seto, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Jun Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichirou Endo
  • NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20090211674
    Abstract: Provided is a non-pneumatic tire in which buckling can be prevented without a weigh increase of the tire, the non-pneumatic tire including a spoke structure. The non-pneumatic tire is characterized in that, in the non-pneumatic tire where a spoke structure obtained by circumferentially arranging spokes intermittently at intervals, which radially couple together annular cylindrical outer member and cylindrical inner member, is joined to an inner peripheral side of a tread ring, at least some of a plurality of spaces each formed between two spokes adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction each have an air-containing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hanada, Hideki Seto, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Jun Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Izumi Kuramochi, Kenichirou Endo