Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Ino

Kiyoshi Ino 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: 5218789
    Abstract: A method for improving uniformity level of a tire having a plurality of projections over a surface thereof includes the steps of measuring a variation in lateral force exerted on a contact are a of the tire while the tire is rotated in at least one of a normal direction and a reverse direction, determining two regions at a tire surface, one region including at least one position where the lateral force variation becomes maximum and the other region including at least one position where the lateral force variation becomes minimum based on the measurement result, and scouring over the determined two regions on at least one of the projections for each half part of the tire surface divided by the center line thereof, which satisfies the following conditions: 1) located on the side of the tire surface corresponding to a first direction in which the lateral force varies, and 2) located neither on a center line of a tire tread nor most outwardly with respect to the center line of the tire tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ino, Hiroyuki Tanizawa