Patents by Inventor Kenya Watanabe

Kenya Watanabe 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: 20220033625
    Abstract: Provided are a tread rubber composition which provides a balanced improvement in wet grip performance and resistance to low-temperature brittleness, and a pneumatic tire including a tread at least partially containing the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tread rubber composition containing a styrene-butadiene rubber and having a tan ? peak temperature of ?10° C. or higher and a brittleness temperature of ?40° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenya WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11174375
    Abstract: Provided are a tread rubber composition which provides a balanced improvement in wet grip performance and resistance to low-temperature brittleness, and a pneumatic tire including a tread at least partially containing the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tread rubber composition containing a styrene-butadiene rubber and having a tan ? peak temperature of ?10° C. or higher and a brittleness temperature of ?40° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10913840
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprises 5 to 30 parts by mass of a terpene resin having a softening point of 100 to 120° C. and a molecular weight of 500 to 10,000, and 2 to 10 parts by mass of a liquid rubber or a liquid resin having a molecular weight of 100 to 3,500, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 72 to 95% by mass of an aromatic olefin rubber and 5 to 28% by mass of a diene olefin rubber, wherein a ratio of a content of the terpene resin to a content of the liquid rubber or the liquid resin (a content of the terpene resin/a content of the liquid rubber or the liquid resin) is from 0.5 to 5, and the tire is one having a tire member composed of the rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya Watanabe, Takahiro Kawachi, Keiji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200040168
    Abstract: Provided are a tread rubber composition which provides a balanced improvement in wet grip performance and resistance to low-temperature brittleness, and a pneumatic tire including a tread at least partially containing the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tread rubber composition containing a styrene-butadiene rubber and having a tan ? peak temperature of ?10° C. or higher and a brittleness temperature of ?40° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190389995
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition having improved fuel efficiency, wet grip performance and abrasion resistance in good balance, and a tire having a tire member composed of the rubber composition. The rubber composition is a rubber composition comprising: 5 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 500 to 4,000, 5 to 30 parts by mass of a liquid rubber and/or a liquid resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 100 to 4,000, and 95 to 160 parts by mass of silica, based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, wherein a volume change rate of the rubber composition measured in accordance with JIS K 6258 after having been dipped in toluene of 40° C. for 24 hours is of 220 to 270%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190185644
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for tires having a styrene-butadiene rubber content of 35% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing: an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer in the rubber component, the copolymer containing aromatic vinyl units and conjugated diene units; carbon black; and a silica having a N2SA of 40 m2/g or more, the copolymer containing at least 80% of isolated aromatic vinyl units based on the total aromatic vinyl units, the copolymer having a ?Tg of more than 10° C. but less than 20° C. as determined by DSC, the rubber component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, 1 to 90% by mass of the copolymer and 0 to 40% by mass of an isoprene-based rubber, the rubber composition containing 10 parts by mass or more of the silica per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya WATANABE, Takahiro MABUCHI, Daisuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20190119473
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition which has further enhanced dispersion of microfibrillated cellulose in rubber to provide excellent processability and further to provide excellent rigidity, tensile properties, and fuel economy while maintaining a good balance between them. The present invention also aims to provide a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition with high productivity which provides excellent handling stability, durability, and rolling resistance properties while maintaining a good balance between them. The rubber composition of the present invention contains: a rubber component; a chemically modified microfibrillated cellulose; and a filler, the chemically modified microfibrillated cellulose having a structure in which the hydroxyl hydrogen atoms of microfibrillated cellulose are partly substituted with a cationic group of a cationic group-containing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumiko MIYAZAKI, Kenya WATANABE, Takafumi KAWASAKI, Kotaro ITO
  • Patent number: 10149063
    Abstract: An example vibrating body for the acoustic transducer may include a diaphragm including a first vibrating part and a second vibrating part located at an outer circumference of the first vibrating part. A coil is configured to vibrate the diaphragm. An edge portion is located at an outer circumference of the diaphragm. A plurality of ribs are provided outside of the coil on the second vibrating part formed integrally with the second vibrating part. A plurality of ribs is provided on the edge portion formed integrally with the edge portion. None of the integrally formed ribs is provided inside of the coil on the first vibrating part. The ribs provided on the second vibrating part are formed in an inner circumferential side of regions of the edge portion, the regions being located between the ribs provided on the edge portion next to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kimura, Masanori Ito
  • Publication number: 20180291187
    Abstract: The rubber composition comprises 5 to 30 parts by mass of a terpene resin having a softening point of 100 to 118° C. and a molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000, and 7 to 40 parts by mass of an ?-methyl styrene resin having a molecular weight of from 700 to 3,000, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 60 to 95% by mass of an aromatic olefin rubber and 5 to 40% by mass of a diene olefin rubber, wherein a ratio of a content of the terpene resin to a content of the ?-methyl styrene resin (a content of the terpene resin/a content of the ?-methyl styrene resin) is from 0.2 to 5, and the tire is one having a tire member composed of the rubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya WATANABE, Takahiro KAWACHI, Keiji IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180282532
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprises 5 to 30 parts by mass of a terpene resin having a softening point of 100 to 120° C. and a molecular weight of 500 to 10,000, and 2 to 10 parts by mass of a liquid rubber or a liquid resin having a molecular weight of 100 to 3,500, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 72 to 95% by mass of an aromatic olefin rubber and 5 to 28% by mass of a diene olefin rubber, wherein a ratio of a content of the terpene resin to a content of the liquid rubber or the liquid resin (a content of the terpene resin/a content of the liquid rubber or the liquid resin) is from 0.5 to 5, and the tire is one having a tire member composed of the rubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya WATANABE, Takahiro KAWACHI, Keiji IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10017634
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a sidewall that has a good balance of excellent handling stability, rolling resistance, and durability and further has excellent flex crack growth resistance. The sidewall is formed from a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition that is allowed to simultaneously achieve excellent rigidity, excellent tensile properties, and low energy loss by improving the dispersibility of the cellulose fiber in rubber. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a sidewall formed from a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition, the modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition containing a modified cellulose fiber (A) obtained by adding a C15 or higher cyclic polybasic acid anhydride (a) containing a hydrophobic group to a cellulose fiber through esterification, a dispersing polymer (B) having a softening point of 135° C. or lower, and a rubber component (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sumiko Miyazaki, Kenya Watanabe, Ryo Miyamori
  • Patent number: 9982114
    Abstract: Provided are a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition and rubber composition for tires that are allowed to simultaneously achieve excellent rigidity, excellent tensile properties, and low energy loss by improving the dispersibility of the cellulose fiber in rubber, as well as a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition, having excellent handling stability, excellent rolling resistance properties, and excellent durability. The present invention relates to a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition containing: a modified cellulose fiber (A) obtained by adding a C15 or higher cyclic polybasic acid anhydride (a) containing a hydrophobic group to a cellulose fiber through esterification; a dispersing polymer (B) having a softening point of 135° C. or lower; and a rubber component (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sumiko Miyazaki, Kenya Watanabe, Ryo Miyamori
  • Publication number: 20180099528
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition for studless winter tires that can improve not only performance on snow and ice but also abrasion resistance, thereby simultaneously achieving excellent performance on snow and ice and excellent abrasion resistance, and a studless winter tire formed from the rubber composition. The rubber composition for studless winter tires contains: a rubber component; a chemically modified microfibrillated cellulose; carbon black; and silica, the chemically modified microfibrillated cellulose having an average fiber diameter of 0.1 ?m or less, the rubber component having a combined amount of natural rubber and polybutadiene rubber of 30-100% by mass based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1-10 parts by mass of the chemically modified microfibrillated cellulose, 10-80 parts by mass of the carbon black, and 10-80 parts by mass of the silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya WATANABE, Sumiko MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180044509
    Abstract: Provided is a studless winter tire which provides good performance on ice and snow and good abrasion resistance, and suffers little change in hardness and little discoloration on the tire surface. The present invention relates to a studless winter tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition containing a predetermined amount of a farnesene resin obtained by polymerizing farnesene. The present invention relates to a studless winter tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition containing a predetermined amount of at least one myrcene resin selected from the group consisting of myrcene polymers with a Mw of 1,000-500,000, myrcene-butadiene copolymers with a Mw of 1,000-500,000, and myrcene-styrene copolymers with a Mw of 1,000-150,000; and a predetermined amount of a silica with an N2SA of 40-400 m2/g, the rubber component containing a predetermined amount of a high-cis polybutadiene with a cis content of 95% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro MABUCHI, Kensuke WASHIZU, Toshifumi HABA, Kenya WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9873775
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy and abrasion resistance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer, a structural unit derived from farnesene, and a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R11 and R12 are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Oshimo, Kenya Watanabe, Toshifumi Haba
  • Patent number: 9822245
    Abstract: Provided is a studless winter tire which provides good performance on ice and snow and good abrasion resistance, and suffers little change in hardness and little discoloration on the tire surface. The present invention relates to a studless winter tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition containing a predetermined amount of a farnesene resin obtained by polymerizing farnesene. The present invention relates to a studless winter tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition containing a predetermined amount of at least one myrcene resin selected from the group consisting of myrcene polymers with a Mw of 1,000-500,000, myrcene-butadiene copolymers with a Mw of 1,000-500,000, and myrcene-styrene copolymers with a Mw of 1,000-150,000; and a predetermined amount of a silica with an N2SA of 40-400 m2/g, the rubber component containing a predetermined amount of a high-cis polybutadiene with a cis content of 95% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Mabuchi, Kensuke Washizu, Toshifumi Haba, Kenya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170289698
    Abstract: An example vibrating body for the acoustic transducer may include a diaphragm including a first vibrating part and a second vibrating part located at an outer circumference of the first vibrating part. A coil is configured to vibrate the diaphragm. An edge portion is located at an outer circumference of the diaphragm. A plurality of ribs are provided outside of the coil on the second vibrating part formed integrally with the second vibrating part. A plurality of ribs is provided on the edge portion formed integrally with the edge portion. None of the integrally formed ribs is provided inside of the coil on the first vibrating part. The ribs provided on the second vibrating part are formed in an inner circumferential side of regions of the edge portion, the regions being located between the ribs provided on the edge portion next to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kenya WATANABE, Yoshihiro KIMURA, Masanori ITO
  • Patent number: 9765197
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition having a good balance of improved fuel efficiency, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while providing good processability, and a pneumatic tire having a tread manufactured from the rubber composition. A rubber composition comprising: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerization of a conjugated diene monomer and an unsaturated acyclic monoester represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group, and R2 represents hydrogen or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Haba, Kenya Watanabe, Takahiro Mabuchi, Daiko Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20170137599
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy and abrasion resistance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer, a structural unit derived from farnesene, and a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R11 and R12 are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki OSHIMO, Kenya WATANABE, Toshifumi HABA
  • Publication number: 20160340501
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a sidewall that has a good balance of excellent handling stability, rolling resistance, and durability and further has excellent flex crack growth resistance. The sidewall is formed from a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition that is allowed to simultaneously achieve excellent rigidity, excellent tensile properties, and low energy loss by improving the dispersibility of the cellulose fiber in rubber. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a sidewall formed from a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition, the modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition containing a modified cellulose fiber (A) obtained by adding a C15 or higher cyclic polybasic acid anhydride (a) containing a hydrophobic group to a cellulose fiber through esterification, a dispersing polymer (B) having a softening point of 135° C. or lower, and a rubber component (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sumiko MIYAZAKI, Kenya WATANABE, Ryo MIYAMORI