Patents by Inventor Kenji Hatakenaka

Kenji Hatakenaka 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: 6079464
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread rubber having a Shore A hardness of not more than 65 degrees at 20 degrees C.; a tread portion provided with at least one circumferential row of blocks having circumferential edges adjacent to lateral grooves; each of the circumferential edges having a mean inclination angle of 0 to 60 degrees with respect to the tire axial direction; sidewalls of the lateral grooves on one side in the tire circumferential direction each comprising a first upper slope extending from the top of the adjacent block to a first point at a depth h1, while inclining at an angle .alpha.1, and a first lower slope extending from said first point towards the groove bottom, while inclining at an angle .alpha.2 smaller than the angle .alpha.1,; the remaining sidewalls of the lateral grooves on the other side each comprising a second upper slope extending from the top of the adjacent block to a second point at a different depth h2 than said depth h1, while inclining at an angle .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Kenji Hatakenaka, Keiji Shimizu, Toru Kawai, Hidehiko Hino
  • Patent number: 5605588
    Abstract: A studless tire with a tread pattern comprising blocks that are defined by longitudinal and transverse grooves and having at least one row of blocks that extends in the peripheral direction of the tire. The peripheral rows of blocks are such that at least one sub-block is provided within one pitch of the tread pattern outside an adjacent block in the tire's rotating axle. And the sub-block is separated from the block by a sub-groove less deep than the longitudinal and transverse grooves and has the longer side in the peripheral direction and the shorter side in the direction of the rotating axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Hatakenaka, Kenichi Mineta, Akihiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 5571351
    Abstract: A studless tire with a tread pattern comprising blocks that are defined by longitudinal and transverse grooves and having at least one row of blocks that extends in the peripheral direction of the tire. The peripheral rows of blocks are such that at least one sub-block is provided within one pitch of the tread pattern outside an adjacent block in the tire's rotating axle. And the sub-block is separated from the block by a sub-groove less deep than the longitudinal and transverse grooves and has the longer side in the peripheral direction and the shorter side in the direction of the rotating axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Hatakenaka, Kenichi Mineta, Akihiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: D272815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventor: Kenji Hatakenaka
  • Patent number: D286522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Hatakenaka
  • Patent number: D287842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries
    Inventor: Kenji Hatakenaka
  • Patent number: D288084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Hatakenaka
  • Patent number: D292085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Hatakenaka