Patents by Inventor Kenji Nakakura

Kenji Nakakura 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: 7273083
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads. The pneumatic tire includes: (i) a region including or near a position having a tire maximum width, which region includes a radial region where cords constituting the carcass layers are arranged at an angle of 90±10° with respect to a circumferential direction; (ii) a region between the radial region and one of the beads close thereto, which region includes a bias region where cords in an upper layer and cords in a lower layer constituting the carcass intersect and are both arranged at an angle of 10° to 60° with respect to the circumferential direction; and (iii) a region between the radial region and a tire equator line, which region includes another bias region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Patent number: 7082977
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads, and a reinforcing layer having a cord arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the carcass layer below a tread surface in a circumferential direction of a tire. The pneumatic tire has a flattening of 70% or less. The cord constituting the carcass layers are arranged substantially in a radial direction in a region of the tire from the bead to a position near a tire maximum width, and from that position to a grounding end. The angle with respect to a circumferential direction of the tire is gradually changed between 20° and 60° in the vicinity of the grounding end, and between 20° and 50° at the tread surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060124222
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads. The pneumatic tire includes: (i) a region including or near a position having a tire maximum width, which region includes a radial region where cords constituting the carcass layers are arranged at an angle of 90±10° with respect to a circumferential direction; (ii) a region between the radial region and one of the beads close thereto, which region includes a bias region where cords in an upper layer and cords in a lower layer constituting the carcass intersect and are both arranged at an angle of 10° to 60° with respect to the circumferential direction; and (iii) a region between the radial region and a tire equator line, which region includes another bias region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani, Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050067081
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes two or more carcass layers for reinforcing between a pair of annular beads, and a reinforcing layer having a cord arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the carcass layer below a tread surface in a circumferential direction of a tire. The pneumatic tire has a flattening of 70% or less. The cord constituting the carcass layers are arranged substantially in a radial direction in a region of the tire from the bead to a position near a tire maximum width, and from that position to a grounding end. The angle with respect to a circumferential direction of the tire is gradually changed between 20° and 60° in the vicinity of the grounding end, and between 20° and 50° at the tread surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Patent number: 6849146
    Abstract: A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire comprises a supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head along a widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a sticking body having a sticking surface to which the ply cord supplied by the supply head is stuck, a sticking body driving mechanism for moving the sticking surface of the sticking body along a longitudinal direction of the carcass ply, and a moving amount controlling mechanism capable of controlling a moving amount of the sticking surface with respect to a moving amount of the supply head, wherein when the ply cord is supplied along the widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a disposition angle of the ply cord with respect to the longitudinal direction can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani, Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20020046796
    Abstract: A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hitotsuyanagi, Katsuhiro Nakatani, Kenji Nakakura, Kietsu Maeda
  • Patent number: 4202391
    Abstract: A tire for construction vehicles including the lug type, the semi-lug type, and the block type with a ratio of 60-75 percent of the area of the projecting portion of the tread to the total area of the tread having the standard size of 16.00-25 or larger or the wide size of 20.5-25 or larger, wherein the size of the projecting portion of the tread is under the conditions specified by the following formulas:1.0.ltoreq.k.ltoreq.1.3 at 1/8 point1.0.ltoreq.k.ltoreq.1.6 at 1/4 pointsaid "k" designating the quotient of "a" the diameter of a maximum circle to be drawn within the width of the projecting portion by "h" designating the height of the grooves in the tread, and said 1/8 point and 1/4 point designating a point respectively 1/8 and 1/4 of the width of the tread from the end of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: The Toyo Rubber Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Shibayama, Kenji Nakakura