Patents by Inventor Kenta Sumitomo

Kenta Sumitomo 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).

  • Publication number: 20240253402
    Abstract: A tire 1 wherein a height in the tire radial direction of the first rubber member 10 is 15% or less of a tire cross-sectional height; and a high-hardness rubber member (11A, 11B) that has a higher hardness than side rubber 9 and that is arranged on an outer side in a tire width direction of the first rubber member 10, wherein a communication device 12 is embedded in a position in the tire radial direction that is located on an inner side in the tire radial direction of a tire maximum width position SWH and on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the high-hardness rubber member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta SUMITOMO
  • Publication number: 20240208272
    Abstract: The tire 1 comprises a pair of bead portions 2, a pair of sidewall portions 3, a tread portion 4, and a carcass 5, and comprises: two or more layers of side rubbers 11a and 11b of different rubber types, each of which is disposed on the outer side of the carcass 5 in the tire width direction so as to straddle the tire maximum width position SWH in the tire radial direction, and a communication device disposed at a boundary of at least one of the two or more layers of side rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki HASHIMOTO, Kenta SUMITOMO, Takashi OSAKA
  • Patent number: D728452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Sano, Kenta Sumitomo