Patents by Inventor Masashi WAKASUGI

Masashi WAKASUGI 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: 20240126573
    Abstract: A display control device (10) includes: a first acquisition unit (151a) configured to acquire information regarding an existing UI; an extraction unit (151b) configured to extract a rule set indicating relevance between the existing UI and an extended UI from a predetermined database based on the information regarding the existing UI acquired by the first acquisition unit (151a); a first generation unit (151c) configured to generate rule information of the extended UI based on the rule set extracted by the extraction unit (151b); and a setting unit (152) configured to set display of the extended UI based on the rule information of the extended UI generated by the first generation unit (151c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Taisuke WAKASUGI, Tomonori MORI, Masashi Tadokoro, Akira KATAOKA, Haruo OISHI
  • Patent number: 11207922
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified. The tread portion includes an inner crown land region defined between a crown main groove and an inner shoulder main groove. The inner crown land region includes crown lateral grooves, first inner crown sipes, second inner crown sipes each extending from the inner shoulder main groove toward the crown main groove and having an inner end terminating within the inner crown land region, and third inner crown sipes each extending from the crown main groove toward the inner shoulder main groove and having an outer end terminating within the inner crown land region. The crown lateral grooves each have a length in a tire axial direction larger than that of each of the second inner crown sipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mahito Arai, Masashi Wakasugi, Hiroki Omura
  • Patent number: 11167596
    Abstract: The tire comprises a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified and having an asymmetric pattern with respect to a tire equator. The tread portion includes an outer shoulder main groove, an outer crown main groove, an inner crown main groove, an outer crown land region, and a center crown land region. The outer crown land region is provided with first outer crown sipes and second outer crown sipes. The center crown land region is provided with first center crown sipes and second center crown sipes. Each of the second outer crown sipes is arranged so as to be smoothly continuous with a respective one of the first center crown sipes with the outer crown main groove therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Wakasugi, Yuzo Kawasaki, Takahiro Kawanoue
  • Patent number: 11014414
    Abstract: A tire sidewall portion is provided with a circumferentially extending decorative zone which comprises a serrated region formed from ridges extending in a radial direction and arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction. The ridges include continuous ridges and discontinuous ridges with a discontinuity part. A diagonal pattern is formed by discontinuity-pattern elements each formed from the discontinuity parts of the discontinuous ridges positioned adjacently in the tire circumferential direction. In the diagonal pattern, one of the continuous ridges is disposed between every two of the adjacent discontinuity-pattern elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Wakasugi, Daiki Imai
  • Patent number: 10981418
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion. The tread portion comprises a first tread edge, a shoulder main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction between the first tread edge and a tire equator, and a shoulder land region defined between the first tread edge and the shoulder main groove. The shoulder land region is provided with a shoulder sipe extending in a tire axial direction with a width less than 1.5 mm. The shoulder sipe includes a narrow sipe portion and a wide sipe portion having a width larger than that of the narrow sipe portion. The wide sipe portion is arranged on a side of the shoulder main groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 10800212
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a first tread-half region from the tire equator to a first tread edge. In the first tread-half region, a crown land portion and a middle land portion are not provided with any grooves having widths equal to or more than 2 mm. In the first tread-half region, crown, middle and shoulder portions are respectively provided with a first crown sipe, a first middle sipe and a first shoulder sipe each having a width less than 2 mm. The first crown sipe, the first middle sipe and the first shoulder sipe are respectively configured as arc shapes having radiuses R1, R2 and R3 of curvature to protrude in a first circumferential direction side, wherein the radiuses R1, R2 and R3 are satisfied the following relation: R1<=R2<=R3, and R1<R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Masashi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 10752057
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 having an outboard tread edge Te1 to be positioned away from the center of a vehicle body and an inboard tread edge Te2 to be positioned close to the center of the vehicle body. The tread portion 2 is provided with an inboard shoulder main groove 12, and an inboard shoulder land region 15 between the inboard shoulder main groove 12 and the inboard tread edge Te2. The inboard shoulder land region 15 is provided with inboard shoulder rug grooves 21, connecting sipes 22, and inboard shoulder sipes 23. The inboard shoulder sipe 23 is made up of a straight outer part 24 extending from the inboard tread edge Te2 toward the axially inside, and a straight inner part 25 extending to the inboard shoulder main groove 12 at a flexion angle with respect to the outer part 24. The axial length of the inner part 25 is more than the axial length of the connecting sipe 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20190160879
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified. The tread portion includes an inner crown land region defined between a crown main groove and an inner shoulder main groove. The inner crown land region includes crown lateral grooves, first inner crown sipes, second inner crown sipes each extending from the inner shoulder main groove toward the crown main groove and having an inner end terminating within the inner crown land region, and third inner crown sipes each extending from the crown main groove toward the inner shoulder main groove and having an outer end terminating within the inner crown land region. The crown lateral grooves each have a length in a tire axial direction larger than that of each of the second inner crown sipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mahito ARAI, Masashi WAKASUGI, Hiroki OMURA
  • Publication number: 20190160880
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion. The tread portion comprises a first tread edge, a shoulder main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction between the first tread edge and a tire equator, and a shoulder land region defined between the first tread edge and the shoulder main groove. The shoulder land region is provided with a shoulder sipe extending in a tire axial direction with a width less than 1.5 mm. The shoulder sipe includes a narrow sipe portion and a wide sipe portion having a width larger than that of the narrow sipe portion. The wide sipe portion is arranged on a side of the shoulder main groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi WAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20190160887
    Abstract: A tire sidewall portion is provided with a circumferentially extending decorative zone which comprises a serrated region formed from ridges extending in a radial direction and arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction. The ridges include continuous ridges and discontinuous ridges with a discontinuity part. A diagonal pattern is formed by discontinuity-pattern elements each formed from the discontinuity parts of the discontinuous ridges positioned adjacently in the tire circumferential direction. In the diagonal pattern, one of the continuous ridges is disposed between every two of the adjacent discontinuity-pattern elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi WAKASUGI, Daiki IMAI
  • Publication number: 20190160878
    Abstract: The tire comprises a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified and having an asymmetric pattern with respect to a tire equator. The tread portion includes an outer shoulder main groove, an outer crown main groove, an inner crown main groove, an outer crown land region, and a center crown land region. The outer crown land region is provided with first outer crown sipes and second outer crown sipes. The center crown land region is provided with first center crown sipes and second center crown sipes. Each of the second outer crown sipes is arranged so as to be smoothly continuous with a respective one of the first center crown sipes with the outer crown main groove therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi WAKASUGI, Yuzo KAWASAKI, Takahiro KAWANOUE
  • Publication number: 20180072105
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 having an outboard tread edge Te1 to be positioned away from the center of a vehicle body and an inboard tread edge Te2 to be positioned close to the center of the vehicle body. The tread portion 2 is provided with an inboard shoulder main groove 12, and an inboard shoulder land region 15 between the inboard shoulder main groove 12 and the inboard tread edge Te2. The inboard shoulder land region 15 is provided with inboard shoulder rug grooves 21, connecting sipes 22, and inboard shoulder sipes 23. The inboard shoulder sipe 23 is made up of a straight outer part 24 extending from the inboard tread edge Te2 toward the axially inside, and a straight inner part 25 extending to the inboard shoulder main groove 12 at a flexion angle with respect to the outer part 24. The axial length of the inner part 25 is more than the axial length of the connecting sipe 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20180009269
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a first tread-half region from the tire equator to a first tread edge. In the first tread-half region, a crown land portion and a middle land portion are not provided with any grooves having widths equal to or more than 2 mm. In the first tread-half region, crown, middle and shoulder portions are respectively provided with a first crown sipe, a first middle sipe and a first shoulder sipe each having a width less than 2 mm. The first crown sipe, the first middle sipe and the first shoulder sipe are respectively configured as arc shapes having radiuses R1, R2 and R3 of curvature to protrude in a first circumferential direction side, wherein the radiuses R1, R2 and R3 are satisfied the following relation: R1<=R2<=R3, and R1<R3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Masashi WAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20170368888
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a pair of crown grooves, a pair of shoulder grooves, a crown land, a pair of middle lands, and a pair of shoulder lands. No grooves having width of 2 mm or more are formed in the crown and middle lands, the tread has first and second halves and has first sipes in the first half such that each has width of less than 2 mm and extends from the crown to shoulder lands via the grooves, second sipes in the second half such that each has width of less than 2 mm and extends from the crown to shoulder lands via the grooves without reaching the ground contact edge, and third sipes in the middle land in the second half such that each has width of less than 2 mm and extends in axial direction between second sipes adjacent in circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi WAKASUGI, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Patent number: D821961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: D854490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: D871312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: D873764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: D873765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventor: Masashi Wakasugi