Patents by Inventor Mami MONJI

Mami MONJI 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: 11724548
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a longitudinal groove and a land portion being adjacent to the longitudinal groove. The land portion has a ground contact surface defined between a first circumferential edge located on the longitudinal groove side and a second circumferential edge located on an opposite side to the first circumferential edge. The land portion is provided with first lateral grooves and sipes. The first lateral grooves extend from the first circumferential edge and having inner ends thereof terminating within the land portion. The first lateral grooves are provided with tie-bars on the respective inner ends side, the tie-bars having lengths smaller than lengths of the respective first lateral grooves. The sipes include first sipe elements extending form the second circumferential edge to the respective first lateral grooves and second sipe elements extending on the respective tie-bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mami Monji
  • Publication number: 20220410639
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a pair of bead portions, a pair of bead cores each disposed in a respective one of the pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the pair of bead cores, the carcass including a carcass ply that includes a main portion extending between the pair of bead cores and a pair of turn-up portions each turned up around a respective one of the pair of bead cores from axially inside to outside of the tire and extending outwardly in a tire radial direction, and a reinforcing rubber layer disposed in each bead portion and being adjacent to an axially outside of the turn-up portion, wherein the reinforcing rubber layer has a laminated body in which a plurality of sheet-shaped rubber members having different radial lengths are laminated in the tire axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi ISHIGAKI, Masahiro YAO, Mami MONJI
  • Publication number: 20210155050
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a longitudinal groove and a land portion being adjacent to the longitudinal groove. The land portion has a ground contact surface defined between a first circumferential edge located on the longitudinal groove side and a second circumferential edge located on an opposite side to the first circumferential edge. The land portion is provided with first lateral grooves and sipes. The first lateral grooves extend from the first circumferential edge and having inner ends thereof terminating within the land portion. The first lateral grooves are provided with tie-bars on the respective inner ends side, the tie-bars having lengths smaller than lengths of the respective first lateral grooves. The sipes include first sipe elements extending form the second circumferential edge to the respective first lateral grooves and second sipe elements extending on the respective tie-bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mami MONJI