Patents by Inventor Makoto Komo

Makoto Komo 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: 10532529
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10350847
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180147768
    Abstract: A molding member shape control device includes: a flowable molding material flow passage; a flow resistance member advancing into and withdrawing from the flowable molding material flow passage; a sensor measuring a speed of a molding member formed by extruding a molding material from the flowable molding material flow passage; and a control unit advancing and withdrawing the flow resistance member on the basis of a difference between a speed of the molding member measured by the sensor and a target speed of the molding member at a position of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Ito, Makoto Komo
  • Publication number: 20170157872
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150000826
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nakatani, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Masuda, Makoto Komo, Taizo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140255531
    Abstract: A method of estimating a life of a gear pump includes detecting the number of rotations of a gear and a discharge amount of rubber being extruded from the gear pump; calculating, based on the number of rotations and the discharge amount of the rubber which are detected, a discharge efficiency ? (=T1/T) that is a ratio of a measured value T1 of a discharge amount of the rubber that is extruded from the gear pump per one rotation of the gear to a theoretical value T; and estimating the life of the gear pump based on the calculated discharge efficiency ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuji Niwa, Yoshifumi Kubota, Makoto Komo