Patents by Inventor Michihiko Sugiura

Michihiko Sugiura 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: 20030216520
    Abstract: A golf ball whose core is covered with a cover, wherein the core is constituted of a rubber composition containing polybutadiene rubber and the cover is constituted of a resin composition composed of ionomer resin and diene rubber. A golf ball cover material composition composed of ionomer resin, diene rubber and non-staining antioxidant. A method of manufacturing a golf ball cover material composition constituted by mixing/kneading ionomer resin and diene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Irii, Yoshihiro Inomata, Nobuo Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kabe, Michihiko Sugiura
  • Patent number: 6599983
    Abstract: A golf ball whose core is covered with a cover, wherein the core is constituted of a rubber composition containing polybutadiene rubber and the cover is constituted of a resin composition composed of ionomer resin and diene rubber. A golf ball cover material composition composed of ionomer resin, diene rubber and non-staining antioxidant. A method of manufacturing a golf ball cover material composition constituted by mixing/kneading ionomer resin and diene rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Irii, Yoshihiro Inomata, Nobuo Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kabe, Michihiko Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20020025863
    Abstract: A golf ball whose core is covered with a cover, wherein the core is constituted of a rubber composition containing polybutadiene rubber and the cover is constituted of a resin composition composed of ionomer resin and diene rubber. A golf ball cover material composition composed of ionomer resin, diene rubber and non-staining antioxidant. A method of manufacturing a golf ball cover material composition constituted by mixing/kneading ionomer resin and diene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Irii, Yoshihiro Inomata, Nobuo Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kabe, Michihiko Sugiura
  • Patent number: 6290613
    Abstract: A golf ball whose core is covered with a cover, wherein the core is constituted of a rubber composition containing polybutadiene rubber and the cover is constituted of a resin composition composed of ionomer resin and diene rubber. A golf ball cover material composition composed of ionomer resin, diene rubber and non-staining antioxidant. A method of manufacturing a golf ball cover material composition constituted by mixing/kneading ionomer resin and diene rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Irii, Yoshihiro Inomata, Nobuo Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kabe, Michihiko Sugiura
  • Patent number: 5700209
    Abstract: In a golf ball a spherical surface of which is divided in such a manner as to correspond to the facets of a 12-20 hedron, dimple patterns having the same arrangement are disposed in spherical regular pentagons, the dimple pattern is constituted in such a manner that the dimple arrangement thereof is different from each other when viewed from the direction of each side of the spherical regular pentagon, and the directions of each dimple pattern in five spherical regular pentagons aligned on one side along each great circle path are different from each other in the same sequence with respect to each great circle path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michihiko Sugiura
  • Patent number: 5586951
    Abstract: A golf ball includes a substantially spherical surface containing a plurality of dimples of differing diameter. Twelve spherical regular pentagons and twenty spherical regular triangles are arranged on the spherical surface in a manner corresponding to a dodecaicosahedron (12-20 hedron). Each pentagon shares a same asymmetrical dimple pattern such that each of five sides of each pentagon have a dimple pattern that differs from a dimple pattern on four other sides, and all of the pentagons share the same five differing side patterns. Six great circle paths are arranged about the spherical surface, each great circle path being bounded on one side by a series of five adjacent pentagons, one of which is a reference pentagon, and the other four of which are respectively and angularly displaced at angles of 72.degree., 288.degree., 144.degree. and 216.degree. with respect to the reference pentagon. A sequence of angular pentagon displacement of the series is consistent along all six great circle paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michihiko Sugiura