Patents by Inventor Kimikazu Tsukamoto

Kimikazu Tsukamoto 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: 11745544
    Abstract: A pneumatic tyre includes a tread portion provided with circumferential grooves to form circumferential land portions, a belt layer, and a band layer disposed outwardly in the tyre radial direction of the belt layer. The band layer includes a first layer covering an entire width of the belt layer, and second layers disposed outwardly in the tyre radial direction of the first layer and arranged separately in a tyre axially direction from one another. Each second layer is located radially inwardly of a respective one of the circumferential land portions. In each circumferential land portion, the second layer has at least one axial edge that is away at a distance (A) of equal to or more than 3.0 mm in the tyre axial direction from a groove bottom of one of the circumferential grooves nearest to the at least one axial edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kimikazu Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20200148005
    Abstract: A pneumatic tyre includes a tread portion provided with circumferential grooves to form circumferential land portions, a belt layer, and a band layer disposed outwardly in the tyre radial direction of the belt layer. The band layer includes a first layer covering an entire width of the belt layer, and second layers disposed outwardly in the tyre radial direction of the first layer and arranged separately in a tyre axially direction from one another. Each second layer is located radially inwardly of a respective one of the circumferential land portions. In each circumferential land portion, the second layer has at least one axial edge that is away at a distance (A) of equal to or more than 3.0 mm in the tyre axial direction from a groove bottom of one of the circumferential grooves nearest to the at least one axial edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kimikazu TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170197471
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 2 includes a buttress reinforcing layer 22. A carcass 12 includes a first ply 38 and a second ply 40. The first ply 38 and the second ply 40 each have a main portion that is extended on and between beads 10 on both sides. The buttress reinforcing layer 22 extends along the first ply 38 and the second ply 40 between the first ply 38 and the second ply 40. An outer end 22a of the buttress reinforcing layer 22 is disposed inward of a shoulder region S of a tread 4 in a radial direction. An inner end 22b of the buttress reinforcing layer 22 is disposed at a maximum width position of the tire or disposed outward of the maximum width position of the tire in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kimikazu TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: D777093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Kimikazu Tsukamoto