Patents by Inventor Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota 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: 9199513
    Abstract: An intersection of an extended line of a shoulder side arc and an extended line of a side portion arc is a reference point P, an aspect ratio is ?, and an angle ? formed by a straight line A joining the reference point P and a center crown CC and a straight line B in a tire width direction that passes through the center crown CC is configured such that 0.025×?+1.0???0.045×?+2.5. A curvature radius Rc of a center portion arc and a curvature radius Rs of the shoulder side arc are configured such that 12?Rc/Rs?30. A reference developed width L from a tire equatorial plane CL to an edge of the shoulder side arc on a tire width direction inner side and a developed tread width TDW are configured such that 0.2?L/(TDW/2)?0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masataka Kubota
  • Patent number: 9132694
    Abstract: A tire/wheel assembly includes a wheel having an attaching portion for attaching the wheel to a vehicle and a pneumatic tire that is fit on a periphery of the wheel. The pneumatic tire includes a plurality of tire protrusions and/or a plurality of tire recesses of a tire side portion that constitutes a vehicle outer side, and the wheel includes a plurality of wheel recesses in a surface that constitutes the vehicle outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20120103488
    Abstract: An intersection of an extended line of a shoulder side arc and an extended line of a side portion arc is a reference point P, an aspect ratio is ?, and an angle ? formed by a straight line A joining the reference point P and a center crown CC and a straight line B in a tire width direction that passes through the center crown CC is configured such that 0.025×?+1.0???0.045×?+2.5. A curvature radius Rc of a center portion arc and a curvature radius Rs of the shoulder side arc are configured such that 12?Rc/Rs?30. A reference developed width L from a tire equatorial plane CL to an edge of the shoulder side arc on a tire width direction inner side and a developed tread width TDW are configured such that 0.2?L/(TDW/2)?0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masataka Kubota