Patents by Inventor Kohei IRIE

Kohei IRIE 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: 9975304
    Abstract: A tire manufacturing method in which a vulcanizing mold (20) is provided with a tire molding portion (21) defining an outer surface shape of a tire (1), an extrusion preparing portion (22) in which an unvulcanized rubber member (5) that forms a tread portion (2) can be disposed, and a rubber inflow path (23) communicating between the tire molding portion (21) and the extrusion preparing portion (22), wherein vulcanization molding includes: loading a casing member (4) in the tire molding portion (21) and loading the unvulcanized rubber member (5) in the extrusion preparing portion (22); extruding the unvulcanized rubber member (5) to tread molding portions (21c), (21d) through the rubber inflow path (23), the tread molding portions formed in the tire molding portion (21) and defining an outer surface shape of a land portion of the tire; and vulcanizing the unvulcanized rubber member (5) and casing member (4) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Irie
  • Publication number: 20160059501
    Abstract: A tire manufacturing method in which a vulcanizing mold (20) is provided with a tire molding portion (21) defining an outer surface shape of a tire (1), an extrusion preparing portion (22) in which an unvulcanized rubber member (5) that forms a tread portion (2) can be disposed, and a rubber inflow path (23) communicating between the tire molding portion (21) and the extrusion preparing portion (22), wherein vulcanization molding includes: loading a casing member (4) in the tire molding portion (21) and loading the unvulcanized rubber member (5) in the extrusion preparing portion (22); extruding the unvulcanized rubber member (5) to tread molding portions (21c), (21d) through the rubber inflow path (23), the tread molding portions formed in the tire molding portion (21) and defining an outer surface shape of a land portion of the tire; and vulcanizing the unvulcanized rubber member (5) and casing member (4) together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei IRIE