Patents by Inventor Masataka Koishi

Masataka Koishi 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: 11173754
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided including a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses of at least one tire side portion. A region including the recesses is provided in the outermost side in a tire radial direction. The protrusions are formed as convexities having a longitudinal shape in a predetermined direction. A region including the protrusions is provided inward in the tire radial direction of the region including the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Masatoshi Kuwajima, Masataka Koishi
  • Patent number: 10675919
    Abstract: A circumferential direction protrusion is provided extending longitudinally mainly along a tire circumferential direction on a side outward in a tire radial direction from a maximum tire width position on at least a first tire side portion of a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Patent number: 10675920
    Abstract: A circumferential direction protrusion is provided extending longitudinally mainly along a tire circumferential direction on a side outward in a tire radial direction from a maximum tire width position on at least a first tire side portion of a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Patent number: 10518591
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a plurality of long radially extending ridges disposed at intervals in the tire circumferential direction on at least one side section of the tire, the ridges being non-uniformly disposed around the tire circumferential direction. The ridges are disposed, for example, so that the angles ? between the ridges vary in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20190176541
    Abstract: A circumferential direction protrusion is provided extending longitudinally mainly along a tire circumferential direction on a side outward in a tire radial direction from a maximum tire width position on at least a first tire side portion of a tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20190176540
    Abstract: A circumferential direction protrusion is provided extending longitudinally mainly along a tire circumferential direction on a side outward in a tire radial direction from a maximum tire width position on at least a first tire side portion of a tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Patent number: 10189315
    Abstract: The pneumatic tire having a vehicle inner/outer orientation when mounted on a vehicle includes: protrusions provided on a vehicle inner side on a tire side portion in a tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of recesses provided on a vehicle outer side on a tire side portion, wherein the height of projection of the protrusions from the tire side portion is more than 4 mm and not more than 10 mm, the protrusions are formed elongated and the bending rigidity in a lateral direction satisfies a range not less than 0.1 MPa·mm4 and not more than 10,000 MPa·mm4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20170255721
    Abstract: A data analysis method targeting, in a plurality of input values and a plurality of output values having a predetermined relationship, two types of data, namely input data representing the plurality of input values and output data representing the plurality of output values. The method includes a step of finding at least one of a first indicator and a second indicator in objective function space, the plurality of output values being defined as an objective function. The first indicator is a distance from a preset value of the values of at least two objective functions among the values of the plurality of objective functions. The second indicator is expressed as a ratio of the values of at least two objective functions among the values of the plurality of objective functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Naoya Kowatari, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20170240004
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided including a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses of at least one tire side portion. A region including the recesses is provided in the outermost side in a tire radial direction. The protrusions are formed as convexities having a longitudinal shape in a predetermined direction. A region including the protrusions is provided inward in the tire radial direction of the region including the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Masatoshi Kuwajima, Masataka Koishi
  • Patent number: 9663154
    Abstract: A protrusion that projects from the inner wall surface of a tire house towards the rotational axis side is provided on the tire house side in a range from an edge of a tire cross-sectional width S that corresponds to a vehicle inner side of the pneumatic tire to a vehicle outer side. A plurality of ridges and/or recesses is provided on at least one tire side section on the pneumatic tire side. Where a maximum distance of the ridges from the surface of the tire side section is designated as Hp, a maximum distance of the recesses from the surface of the tire side section is designated as Hd, and the tire cross-sectional width of the pneumatic tire is designated as S, ranges 0.005?Hp/S?0.05 and/or 0.001?Hd/S?0.01 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi
  • Patent number: 9387730
    Abstract: In a tire, protrusions are disposed at intervals in the tire circumferential direction in at least one tire side portion, extending in an elongated manner from the inner side to the outer side in the tire radial direction including the maximum tire width position, the extension direction of each of the protrusions is inclined with respect to the tire radial direction, and the each of the protrusions adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction is disposed with the opposite orientation of the inclination with respect to the tire radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Hiroshi Tokizaki
  • Publication number: 20160107707
    Abstract: A protrusion that projects from the inner wall surface of a tire house towards the rotational axis side is provided on the tire house side in a range from an edge of a tire cross-sectional width S that corresponds to a vehicle inner side of the pneumatic tire to a vehicle outer side. A plurality of ridges and/or recesses is provided on at least one tire side section on the pneumatic tire side. Where a maximum distance of the ridges from the surface of the tire side section is designated as Hp, a maximum distance of the recesses from the surface of the tire side section is designated as Hd, and the tire cross-sectional width of the pneumatic tire is designated as S, ranges 0.005?Hp/S?0.05 and/or 0.001?Hd/S?0.01 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20150266347
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a plurality of long radially extending ridges disposed at intervals in the tire circumferential direction on at least one side section of the tire, the ridges being non-uniformly disposed around the tire circumferential direction. The ridges are disposed, for example, so that the angles ? between the ridges vary in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi
  • Patent number: 9090130
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a turbulent flow generating fin on a surface of a tire side portion. A plurality of the fins is arranged in a tire radial direction having a predetermined gap so as to form a fin row. Additionally, a plurality of the fin rows is disposed in a tire circumferential direction at a predetermined pitch. Moreover, the adjacent fins are disposed so as to overlap each other in the tire circumferential direction and a tire radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Masataka Koishi, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Publication number: 20150183275
    Abstract: The pneumatic tire having a vehicle inner/outer orientation when mounted on a vehicle includes: protrusions provided on a vehicle inner side on a tire side portion in a tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of recesses provided on a vehicle outer side on a tire side portion, wherein the height of projection of the protrusions from the tire side portion is more than 4 mm and not more than 10 mm, the protrusions are formed elongated and the bending rigidity in a lateral direction satisfies a range not less than 0.1 MPa·mm4 and not more than 10,000 MPa·mm4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20150165831
    Abstract: A circumferential direction protrusion is provided extending longitudinally mainly along a tire circumferential direction on a side outward in a tire radial direction from a maximum tire width position on at least a first tire side portion of a tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Kenichiro Endo
  • Patent number: 9038684
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire unit comprises a front tire to be mounted on a leading side of a vehicle, and a rear tire to be mounted on a trailing side of the vehicle. A plurality of recesses is provided in at least one tire side portion of the front tire, and a plurality of protrusions is provided on at least one tire side portion of the rear tire. A negative pressure region that can be generated at a back surface side of the vehicle is reduced and, therefore, air resistance of the vehicle is reduced and fuel economy is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Masatoshi Kuwajima, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20150136292
    Abstract: In a tire, protrusions are disposed at intervals in the tire circumferential direction in at least one tire side portion, extending in an elongated manner from the inner side to the outer side in the tire radial direction including the maximum tire width position, the extension direction of each of the protrusions is inclined with respect to the tire radial direction, and the each of the protrusions adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction is disposed with the opposite orientation of the inclination with respect to the tire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Hiroshi Tokizaki
  • Publication number: 20140008000
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire unit comprises a front tire to be mounted on a leading side of a vehicle, and a rear tire to be mounted on a trailing side of the vehicle. A plurality of recesses is provided in at least one tire side portion of the front tire, and a plurality of protrusions is provided on at least one tire side portion of the rear tire. A negative pressure region that can be generated at a back surface side of the vehicle is reduced and, therefore, air resistance of the vehicle is reduced and fuel economy is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Masatoshi Kuwajima, Masataka Koishi
  • Patent number: D704131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Minami, Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Hiroshi Tokizaki