Patents by Inventor Minoru Hirachi

Minoru Hirachi 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).

  • Steel cord for tire and radial tire
    Publication number: 20050121126
    Abstract: A steel cord for a tire which increases a corrosion resistance and durability and improves the energy efficiency during curing of the tire and a radial tire using the same. This steel cord has an m+n twist structure comprising a core containing m pieces of wires and a sheath containing n pieces of wires, in which a rubber compound or an elastomer compound is filled into a space between the core and the sheath. Otherwise, the steel cord has a 1×N twist structure containing N pieces of wires, in which a rubber compound or an elastomer compound is filled into a space at a cord center surrounded by the N pieces of wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Minoru Hirachi, Susumu Imamiya
  • Steel cord for tire and radial tire
    Publication number: 20020053386
    Abstract: A steel cord for a tire which increases a corrosion resistance and durability and improves the energy efficiency during curing of the tire and a radial tire using the same. This steel cord has an m+n twist structure comprising a core containing m pieces of wires and a sheath containing n pieces of wires, in which a rubber compound or an elastomer compound is filled into a space between the core and the sheath. Otherwise, the steel cord has a 1×N twist structure containing N pieces of wires, in which a rubber compound or an elastomer compound is filled into a space at a cord center surrounded by the N pieces of wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Hirachi, Susumu Imamiya