Patents by Inventor Koji Fujisawa

Koji Fujisawa 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: 20230010210
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device, in which a plurality of light guides include a plurality of light guide pairs, each of the plurality of light guide pairs includes a first light guide and a second light guide, the plurality of light guide pairs are connected with their long sides opposed to each other, a plurality of laser light source elements include a plurality of first light source elements arranged to be opposed to a first side surface on a short side of the first light guide of the light guide pair, and a plurality of second light source elements arranged to be opposed to a second side surface of the second light guide of the light guide pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Ken KAGABU, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Ken ONODA
  • Patent number: 11433706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki Maekawa, Koji Fujisawa, Hiroshi Ito, Ryosuke Harada, Daiko Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20210155041
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki MAEKAWA, Koji FUJISAWA, Hiroshi ITO, Ryosuke HARADA, Daiko FUJIMORI
  • Patent number: 10940718
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki Maekawa, Koji Fujisawa, Hiroshi Ito, Ryosuke Harada, Daiko Fujimori
  • Patent number: 10914015
    Abstract: There is provided a steel cord including a steel wire and a plating layer that covers the steel wire and has Cu, Zn, and Co, wherein Cu and Zn are alloyed and a region covered with Co and a region not covered with Co are mixed on the outermost surface of the plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Tochigi Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa, Junichi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20200361241
    Abstract: A plurality of belt layers are laminated in a radial direction. The belt layer includes a plurality of steel cords arranged in parallel and aligned in a row, and rubber. The steel cords have a 1×4 structure in which 4 filaments are stranded. [Tensile rigidity]×[number of ends] is 10,000 N/% or greater and 20,000 N/% or less, and an interface rigidity is 2.5 MPa or higher and 5.0 MPa or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Akifumi MATSUOKA, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20200338928
    Abstract: A tire includes a steel cord having a plated coating layer, rubber covering the steel cord, the plated coating layer including Cu and Zn, and a bonding layer including Cu2S and CuS provided closer to the rubber than an interface between the steel cord and the rubber, wherein a molar ratio Cu2S/CuS of Cu2S and CuS included in the bonding layer is 1.0 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAJIMA, Hiroyuki FUJIOKA, Akifumi MATSUOKA, Kenichi YAMASHITA, Shinei TAKAMURA, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 10632791
    Abstract: A tire having a rubber body in which a steel cord is embedded, wherein a layer composed of ZnxCoyO is formed at the interface between the steel cord and the rubber body and x+y is 5/6 or more and 1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Tochigi Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20190299715
    Abstract: A tire that includes a band and a belt, the band is layered outward of the belt in a radial direction of the tire, the belt includes two or more layers layered in the radial direction of the tire, the band includes a rubber composition and a polyester cord, each of the two or more layers of the belt includes a rubber composition and a cord, and a gauge between the cords of two adjacent layers is not greater than 0.40 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru OKABE, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20190111735
    Abstract: Provided is a tire that is lightweight and excellent in riding characteristics while suppressing an increase in cost. A plurality of belt layers 7 are superimposed in a radial direction. The belt layers 7 include a plurality of steel cords 10 arranged in parallel in a row and rubber 11. The steel cords 10 have a 1×4 structure in which four filaments 20 are twisted, and when a center-to-center distance between the steel cords 10 in at least two of the belt layers 7 adjacent in the radial direction is T, and an average diameter of virtual circumscribed circles of the steel cords 10 having the 1×4 structure is D, 1.25?T/D?2.25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Akifumi MATSUOKA, Kazuhiko SAITO, Shinei TAKAMURA, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20180304689
    Abstract: A tire having a rubber body in which a steel cord is embedded, wherein a layer composed of ZnxCoyO is formed at the interface between the steel cord and the rubber body and x+y is 5/6 or more and 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20180304687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki MAEKAWA, Koji FUJISAWA, Hiroshi ITO, Ryosuke HARADA, Daiko FUJIMORI
  • Patent number: 10086651
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerization of a conjugated diene monomer and 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: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Haba, Koji Fujisawa, Gen Higa, Satoko Kitamura, Takahiro Mabuchi, Kazuya Torita
  • Publication number: 20180266000
    Abstract: There is provided a steel cord including a steel wire and a plating layer that covers the steel wire and has Cu, Zn, and Co, wherein Cu and Zn are alloyed and a region covered with Co and a region not covered with Co are mixed on the outermost surface of the plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa, Junichi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20180029421
    Abstract: A cord-rubber composite 11 comprises a cord array 12 of parallel steel cords 14, and an unvulcanized topping rubber 13 coating the cord array 12 and having a complex elastic modulus E* of not less than 5 MPa after vulcanization. The code array has a surface area parameter S (mm) of not less than 60 mm. The surface area parameter s (mm) is defined by the following expression: S=D×Pi×E, wherein E is a cord count of the steel cords 14 per 5 cm width of the cord-rubber composite 11 in a direction orthogonal to longitudinal directions of the steel cords, and D is an average outer diameter (mm) of the steel cords per the 5 cm width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20160288570
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerization of a conjugated diene monomer and 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: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Gen HIGA, Satoko KITAMURA, Takahiro MABUCHI, Kazuya TORITA
  • Publication number: 20160108213
    Abstract: Provided are pneumatic tires having good processability and achieving a balanced improvement in wet-grip performance, fuel economy, abrasion resistance, flex fatigue resistance, and durability. The invention relates to a pneumatic tire including at least one selected from the group consisting of a tread, a sidewall, and a tire internal component, the at least one being formed from a rubber composition containing carbon black, silica, and an emulsion-polymerized rubber that has an acetone extractable content of at most 2.5% by mass when determined by an acetone extraction method; or a pneumatic tire including at least one selected from the group consisting of a tread, a sidewall, and a tire internal component, the at least one being formed from a rubber composition containing carbon black, silica, and an emulsion-polymerized rubber that has a soap content of at most 2.5% by mass and an organic acid content of at most 2.5% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Koji FUJISAWA, Kenichi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140048192
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including an inner liner on a tire inner side of a carcass ply laid between a pair of bead parts, the inner liner having a first layer made of a first polymer composition, the first polymer composition containing not less than 0.5 parts by mass and not more than 70 parts by mass of at least one selected from the group consisting of liquid polyisoprene, a maleic anhydride adduct of liquid polyisoprene, and a maleic acid monomethyl ester adduct of liquid polyisoprene, relative to 100 parts by mass of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro MABUCHI, Koji FUJISAWA, Mutsuki SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20070223770
    Abstract: A speaker includes a vibration board and at least one illuminant. The vibration board is made of translucent resin, and provided with light diffusing patterns on at least one side thereof. The illuminant is disposed behind the vibration board in a circular manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicants: SEVEN CO., LTD., SHARP SANGYO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Koji Fujisawa, Yu Kobayashi