Patents by Inventor Kikuo Oka

Kikuo Oka 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: 5055245
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a tire vulcanization by controlling a heat supply to a vulcanizing machine including a mold unit and a bladder unit, temperatures at points on a boundary between the mold unit and a tire are measured by means of temperature sensors, a temperature at a center post assembly of the bladder unit is measured by a temperature sensor arranged at the center post assembly. The method includes calculating temperature profiles within the tire from the measured temperatures by using the finite difference method, estimating vulcanization profiles within the tire from the temperature profile, deriving the least vulcanization within the tire from the vulcanization profiles, and producing a stop signal for the heat supply to the vulcanizing machine in accordance with the least vulcanization thus derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Hisatomi, Toshiro Iwata, Toshihide Kosoegawa, Kikuo Oka, Seizo Ichikawa, Kuninori Mitarai