Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Kuwajima

Masatoshi Kuwajima 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: 11453250
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a carcass layer is between bead portions, a bead core is in each bead portion, a reinforcement layer is on an outer side of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber layer is on the outer side of the reinforcement layer. A pair of first boundary lines passes through an intersection of an extension of a side arc forming a tread profile and an extension of a shoulder arc and orthogonal to a tire inner surface, a pair of second boundary lines passes through a rim check line and orthogonal to the tire inner surface, first to third regions are defined which have cross sectional areas of SA, SB, and SC, respectively, and the first to third regions respectively have lengths of a, b, and c along the tire inner surface such that 7.5?SA/a?11.5 and 2.0?SB/b?6.0 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shimizu, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • 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: 10278522
    Abstract: The tire arrangement implement is employed to arrange a plurality of tires, each provided with a decorative portion located on a sidewall portion, in a row in the tire rotational axis direction. The tire arrangement implement comprises a spacer. The spacer is disposed between adjacent tires or between the tire and the floor, not in contact with the decorative portion, and separates the decorative portion of one tire from another tire or the peripherally located member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • 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: 9579931
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses of at least one tire side portion. The protrusions are formed as convexities having a longitudinal shape in a predetermined direction. A region including the protrusions is provided on an outermost side in a tire radial direction. A region including the recesses is provided inward in the tire radial direction of the region including the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 9527349
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. The cuts are provided with a spiral-like twist in the depth direction, centered on the imaginary axis, and a twist angle thereof is not less than 10° and not more than 135°. Additionally, a length in the radiation direction of the cuts or a width of the cuts is formed larger at a tread surface side than at a bottom surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Publication number: 20160316937
    Abstract: The tire arrangement implement is employed to arrange a plurality of tires, each provided with a decorative portion located on a sidewall portion, in a row in the tire rotational axis direction. The tire arrangement implement comprises a spacer. The spacer is disposed between adjacent tires or between the tire and the floor, not in contact with the decorative portion, and separates the decorative portion of one tire from another tire or the peripherally located member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Publication number: 20160176241
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a carcass layer is between bead portions, a bead core is in each bead portion, a reinforcement layer is on an outer side of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber layer is on the outer side of the reinforcement layer. A pair of first boundary lines passes through an intersection of an extension of a side arc forming a tread profile and an extension of a shoulder arc and orthogonal to a tire inner surface, a pair of second boundary lines passes through a rim check line and orthogonal to the tire inner surface, first to third regions are defined which have cross sectional areas of SA, SB, and SC, respectively, and the first to third regions respectively have lengths of a, b, and c along the tire inner surface such that 7.5?SA/a?11.5 and 2.0?SB/b?6.0 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shimizu, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 9193217
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe 5 formed in a tread surface 1 that includes a small hole 2 extending along a tire radial direction and a plurality of cuts 4 extending in a radiation direction from the small hole 2 and that terminating in a land portion 3. A diameter of an inscribed circle of the small hole 2 is greater than a thickness of the cuts 4. The cuts 4 are provided with a twist in a depth direction centered on the small hole 2, and a twist angle ? from a top surface to a bottom surface of the land portion 3 is not less than 10° and less than 135°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • 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: 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
  • 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: 20150114535
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. The cuts are provided with a spiral-like twist in the depth direction, centered on the imaginary axis, and a twist angle thereof is not less than 10° and not more than 135° . Additionally, a length in the radiation direction of the cuts or a width of the cuts is formed larger at a tread surface side than at a bottom surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 9016339
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a separatable pair of mechanical fasteners wherein a first fastener of the pair of mechanical fasteners is provided on a tire inner surface. In this pneumatic tire, the obtained engagement force of the pair of mechanical fasteners is great and is essentially free of variations (positional variation within the tire and variation from tire to tire); the engagement force deteriorates/declines minimally over time due to extreme usage conditions including repetitive deformation and compaction over an extended period of time caused by tire rotation at high speeds in a state of relatively elevated temperatures; and the desired engagement force can be maintained over an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tanno, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 8944123
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. The cuts are provided with a spiral-like twist in the depth direction, centered on the imaginary axis, and a twist angle thereof is not less than 10° and not more than 135°. Additionally, a length in the radiation direction of the cuts or a width of the cuts is formed larger at a tread surface side than at a bottom surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 8844591
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. A widened portion where a width of a cut is locally increased is formed at at least one position of an intermediate region from the imaginary axis to a terminating portion of the cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • 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: 20130263991
    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: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Masatoshi Kuwajima, Masataka Koishi
  • Publication number: 20120103490
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe 5 in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface 1, provided with at least three cuts 4 extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis 2 that extends in a depth direction of the land portion 3, and that terminate in the land portion 3. A widened portion 6 where a width of a cut is locally increased is formed at least one position of an intermediate region from the imaginary axis 2 to a terminating portion 4z of the cuts 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sekine, Masatoshi Kuwajima
  • Publication number: 20120090750
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. The cuts are provided with a spiral-like twist in the depth direction, centered on the imaginary axis, and a twist angle thereof is not less than 10° and not more than 135°. Additionally, a length in the radiation direction of the cuts or a width of the cuts is formed larger at a tread surface side than at a bottom surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima