Patents by Inventor Kenji Horiuchi
Kenji Horiuchi 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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Publication number: 20150202929Abstract: In a side reinforcing type run flat tire, a minimum wall thickness portion is arranged between an end portion of each belt layer and a position at 70% of a tire cross-sectional height SH. A relationship between a thickness Gmin of the minimum wall thickness portion and a thickness Gmax of a maximum wall thickness portion 17 is 0.5×Gmax?Gmin?0.8×Gmax. A relationship between a length L min of a thin wall region and the tire cross-sectional height SH is 0.18×SH?Lmin?0.26×SH. A relationship among a weight Wr of a side reinforcing layer, a total weight Wt of the tire, and a tire flattening rate R is 0.08×Wt×(1?0.2×(1?R/50))?Wr?0.18×Wt×(1?0.2×(1?R/50)). A relationship between a thickness Ga at a rim check line position of an outer side rubber portion more to the outer side than a carcass layer and a maximum thickness Gb thereof is 0.8×Gb?Ga?1.0×Gb.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Patent number: 8905101Abstract: A run flat tire where: the ratio of the cross-sectional height on the inner side in the radial direction to the cross-sectional height on the outer side in the radial direction, having the maximum tire width in a state inflated to an air pressure as a boundary; the inclination angle of the outer wall in the upper region of the side wall portion; the curving form of the tread surface; the position of the carcass folded over end; the height of the bead filler; the relationship between the thickness of the outer side rubber taken on a line normal to the rim line and the maximum thickness of the outer side rubber in an upper region of the bead portion; and the relationship of the thickness of the inner side rubber and the thickness of the outer side rubber taken on a line normal to the rim line are stipulated.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Patent number: 8898685Abstract: A cartridge drive apparatus includes a holder, a lock plate, and a drive unit. The holder is configured to hold a cartridge inserted therein. The lock plate is attached with respect to the holder to be movable in one of an insertion direction and a discharge direction of the cartridge and includes a locking mechanism configured to lock the cartridge. The drive unit is configured to drive the holder and the lock plate in one of the insertion direction and the discharge direction of the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihiro Miyazaki, Satoshi Muto, Hideyuki Takagi, Kenji Horiuchi, Tomio Hironaka, Takuji Nakamura
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Patent number: 8879202Abstract: A cartridge drive apparatus includes a hole detection lever and a hole detector. The hole detection lever is provided with a projection corresponding to an identification hole position of a first shell of a cartridge at an insertion completion position of the cartridge. The projection is supported with respect to the identification hole to be movable in an insertion direction. The movement of the projection in the insertion direction is limited depending on a position of a second shell separated from the first shell. The hole detector is configured to detect whether or not an identification hole is formed at an identification hole position depending on the amount of movement of the projection in the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenji Horiuchi, Takuji Nakamura, Satoshi Muto, Akihiro Miyazaki
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Patent number: 8869852Abstract: A run flat tire with reinforced sides, wherein inner and outer rubber thickness ratios centered on a carcass layer in a side wall portion are stipulated and a side filler extending in the tire radial direction is embedded on the outer wall surface side of the side wall portion. In this run flat tire, the modulus of the side filler/modulus of a side reinforcing layer, the modulus of a rim cushion/a modulus of the side filler, the cross-sectional area of a bead filler/cross-sectional area of the side filler, the cross-sectional area of the side filler/cross-sectional area of the side reinforcing layer, the rubber hardness of the side reinforcing layer, and the material of belt cover layers are each stipulated.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20140089951Abstract: A cartridge drive apparatus includes a holder, a lock plate, and a drive unit. The holder is configured to hold a cartridge inserted therein. The lock plate is attached with respect to the holder to be movable in one of an insertion direction and a discharge direction of the cartridge and includes a locking mechanism configured to lock the cartridge. The drive unit is configured to drive the holder and the lock plate in one of the insertion direction and the discharge direction of the cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihiro MIYAZAKI, Satoshi Muto, Hideyuki Takagi, Kenji Horiuchi, Tomio Hironaka, Takuji Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140085752Abstract: A cartridge drive apparatus includes a hole detection lever and a hole detector. The hole detection lever is provided with a projection corresponding to an identification hole position of a first shell of a cartridge at an insertion completion position of the cartridge. The projection is supported with respect to the identification hole to be movable in an insertion direction. The movement of the projection in the insertion direction is limited depending on a position of a second shell separated from the first shell. The hole detector is configured to detect whether or not an identification hole is formed at an identification hole position depending on the amount of movement of the projection in the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenji Horiuchi, Takuji Nakamura, Satoshi Muto, Akihiro Miyazaki
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Patent number: 8640754Abstract: A side wall reinforced run flat tire, wherein a second carcass layer that does not reach a bead core is disposed along the outer peripheral surface of a carcass layer. A position of an outer peripheral edge of a bead filler, a relationship between a rubber thickness Gc of the inner side and a rubber thickness Ga of an outer side taken on the line X normal to the rim line and centered on the carcass layer, a relationship between the rubber thicknesses Ga and Gb of the side wall rubber in an upper region of a bead portion, and a position of a folded up end of the carcass layer are each stipulated.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Patent number: 8596318Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having a tread surface in which two circumferential direction main grooves continuous in a tire circumferential direction are arranged on left and right sides of a tire center, and land portions are defined by the circumferential direction main grooves as ribs or blocks having lug grooves. Multiple fine grooves are provided in each of right and left walls of the circumferential direction main groove, the fine grooves being inclined to the tire circumferential direction and provided in regions along the circumferential direction main groove, covering at least 50% of the entire circumference thereof in total. In each of the two circumferential direction main grooves on corresponding tire shoulder sides, the fine grooves in the right and left walls are inclined to the tire circumferential direction in the same direction in a plan view in a tire radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20130248072Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a height from a turned-up edge of a carcass layer is not more than 10 mm, a distance from a tire outer surface to the carcass layer is not less than 50% of the total gauge, a height of the bead filler is from 50% to 80% of a tire cross-section height, a cross-sectional area ratio VB/VR of the bead filler to a side reinforcing layer is not less than 0.4 and not more than 0.6, a hardness HsB of the bead filler is not less than 65 and not more than 80, and the hardness HsR of the side reinforcing layer is not less than 75 and not more than 85, a size relationship between the hardness HsB and the hardness HsR is HsB?HsR, a value TB of tan ? is not more than 0.06, and a value TR of tan ? is not more than 0.05.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Patent number: 8469071Abstract: A run flat tire in which the maximum tire width position when the tire is in an inflated state, the inclination angle formed by the line S? tangent to the tire outer wall in the tire shoulder region, the curving form of the tread surface, the relationship between the thickness Ga of the outer side rubber taken on a line X normal to the rim line and centered on the carcass layer 5 and the maximum thickness Gb of the outer side rubber in an upper region of the bead portion 2, the relationship of the thickness Gc of the inner side rubber taken on a line X normal to the rim line and centered on the carcass layer 5 and the thickness Ga of the outer side rubber are each stipulated.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20130075004Abstract: In a pneumatic run flat tire in which an inner side reinforcing rubber layer having a falcated cross-section is disposed in a side wall portion, dynamic elastic moduli E?10A, E?10B, and E?10C and values T10A, T10B, and T10C of a tan ? at 60° C. of rubber compositions of each region of the inner side reinforcing rubber layer are configured so as to satisfy the relationships E?10A<E?10B<E?10C, E?10A?4.0 MPa, T10A<T10B<T10C, and T10A?0.06. Dynamic elastic moduli E?20A, E?20B, and E?20C at 60° C. of rubber compositions of each region of the outer side rubber layer are configured so as to satisfy the relationships E?20B<E?20A?E?20C and E?20C/E?20B?1.6. Furthermore, the dynamic elastic modulus ratios E?20A/E?10A and E?20C/E?10C are configured so as to satisfy the relationships 0.6?E?20A/E?10A?1.0 and 0.6?E?20C/E?10C?1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTDInventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20130075003Abstract: A pneumatic run flat tire includes an inner side reinforcing rubber layer having a falcated cross-section and an outer side reinforcing rubber layer having a center of gravity position in a meridian cross-section that is positioned inward in a tire radial direction of a tire maximum width position disposed in a side wall portion. Volumes of the inner side reinforcing rubber layer and the outer side reinforcing rubber layer are each different on a vehicle inner side and a vehicle outer side when mounted on a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTDInventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20130037193Abstract: A run flat tire with reinforced sides, wherein inner and outer rubber thickness ratios centered on a carcass layer in a side wall portion are stipulated and a side filler extending in the tire radial direction is embedded on the outer wall surface side of the side wail portion. In this run flat tire, the modulus of the side filler/modulus of a side reinforcing layer, the modulus of a rim cushion/a modulus of the side filler, the cross-sectional area of a bead filler/cross-sectional area of the side filler, the cross-sectional area of the side filler/cross-sectional area of the side reinforcing layer, the rubber hardness of the side reinforcing layer, and the material of belt cover layers are each stipulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20120132338Abstract: A run flat tire where: the ratio of the cross-sectional height on the inner side in the radial direction to the cross-sectional height on the outer side in the radial direction, having the maximum tire width in a state inflated to an air pressure as a boundary; the inclination angle of the outer wall in the upper region of the side wall portion; the curving form of the tread surface; the position of the carcass folded over end; the height of the bead filler; the relationship between the thickness of the outer side rubber taken on a line normal to the rim line and the maximum thickness of the outer side rubber in an upper region of the bead portion; and the relationship of the thickness of the inner side rubber and the thickness of the outer side rubber taken on a line normal to the rim line are stipulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20120073718Abstract: A run flat tire in which the maximum tire width position when the tire is in an inflated state, the inclination angle formed by the line S? tangent to the tire outer wall in the tire shoulder region, the curving form of the tread surface, the relationship between the thickness Ga of the outer side rubber taken on a line X normal to the rim line and centered on the carcass layer 5 and the maximum thickness Gb of the outer side rubber in an upper region of the bead portion 2, the relationship of the thickness Gc of the inner side rubber taken on a line X normal to the rim line and centered on the carcass layer 5 and the thickness Ga of the outer side rubber are each stipulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20110284143Abstract: A side wall reinforced run flat tire, wherein a second carcass layer that does not reach a bead core is disposed along the outer peripheral surface of a carcass layer. A position of an outer peripheral edge of a bead filler, a relationship between a rubber thickness Gc of the inner side and a rubber thickness Ga of an outer side taken on the line X normal to the rim line and centered on the carcass layer, a relationship between the rubber thicknesses Ga and Gb of the side wall rubber in an upper region of a bead portion, and a position of a folded up end of the carcass layer are each stipulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20090294003Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having a tread surface in which two circumferential direction main grooves continuous in a tire circumferential direction are arranged on left and right sides of a tire center, and land portions are defined by the circumferential direction main grooves as ribs or blocks having lug grooves. Multiple fine grooves are provided in each of right and left walls of the circumferential direction main groove, the fine grooves being inclined to the tire circumferential direction and provided in regions along the circumferential direction main groove, covering at least 50% of the entire circumference thereof in total. In each of the two circumferential direction main grooves on corresponding tire shoulder sides, the fine grooves in the right and left walls are inclined to the tire circumferential direction in the same direction in a plan view in a tire radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Patent number: 7009219Abstract: A small, simple current-injection diamond ultraviolet light-emitting device comprising a high-quality diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method (1), a surface conductive layer (2) provided on the surface of the diamond, and electrodes (4, 5) provided on the surface conductive layer. The device is a free-exciton recombination emission diamond ultraviolet light-emitting device comprising a CVD diamond crystal where the free-exciton recombination radiation (235 nm) caused by current injection is dominant.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2000Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takefumi Ishikura, Kenji Horiuchi, Satoshi Yamashita, Aki Kawamura, Kazuo Nakamura, Kenichi Nakamura, Takahiro Ide
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Patent number: D719079Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Horiuchi, Norifumi Kameda