Patents by Inventor Naotoshi Aoki

Naotoshi Aoki 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: 10913313
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire in which a side reinforcement layer formed of a treated member is arranged, the treated member formed by coating with rubber organic fiber cords extending parallelly to ply cords of a carcass ply of the carcass main body, only on a sidewall portion of a half portion on one tire widthwise side; a tire radial inner end of the side reinforcement layer is located on a side inner in the tire radial direction than a tire radial outermost position of a rim flange, and a tire radial outer end of the side reinforcement layer overlaps the belt by 5 mm or more in a tire widthwise direction; and the tread portion has one or more circumferential main grooves, and a contact width of a tire widthwise outermost land portion is larger than a contact width of a tire widthwise outermost land portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10173475
    Abstract: Each central land portion row (9) has at least one first narrow groove (21) that is open to the central main groove (5) and has a length a in a tire width direction and an angle ? to the tire width direction, and at least one second narrow groove (23) has a length b in the tire width direction and an angle ? to the tire width direction. Each outer land portion row (11) located on an outer side of a different one of the outer main grooves (7) in the tire width direction has at least one third narrow groove (25) that is open to the outer main groove (7) and has a length c in the tire width direction and an angle ? to the tire width direction. In the tire, a<b, and ?<?<?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170157985
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire in which a side reinforcement layer formed of a treated member is arranged, the treated member formed by coating with rubber organic fiber cords extending parallelly to ply cords of a carcass ply of the carcass main body, only on a sidewall portion of a half portion on one tire widthwise side; a tire radial inner end of the side reinforcement layer is located on a side inner in the tire radial direction than a tire radial outermost position of a rim flange, and a tire radial outer end of the side reinforcement layer overlaps the belt by 5 mm or more in a tire widthwise direction; and the tread portion has one or more circumferential main grooves, and a contact width of a tire widthwise outermost land portion is larger than a contact width of a tire widthwise outermost land portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi AOKI
  • Patent number: 9387729
    Abstract: Both wet weather performance and steering stability performance are achieved. Lateral main grooves (16) formed in a tread (12) extend in a direction intersecting with circumferential main grooves (14) and open onto the circumferential main grooves (14). Water between the tread (12) and a road surface during wet weather running is accordingly discharged through the lateral main grooves (16) to the circumferential main grooves (14). The end portions of the lateral main grooves (16) opening onto the circumferential main groove (14) are provided with intersection portions 18 where first land portions (21) and second land portions (22) adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction at a lateral main groove (16) support each other in the tire width direction. The end portions at the circumferential main groove (14) side of the first land portions (21) and the second land portions (22) do not therefore readily tilt over even when a large slip angle is imparted to the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Aoki, Yukihiro Kiwaki
  • Publication number: 20160185158
    Abstract: Each central land portion row (9) has at least one first narrow groove (21) that is open to the central main groove (5) and has a length a in a tire width direction and an angle ? to the tire width direction, and at least one second narrow groove (23) has a length b in the tire width direction and an angle ? to the tire width direction. Each outer land portion row (11) located on an outer side of a different one of the outer main grooves (7) in the tire width direction has at least one third narrow groove (25) that is open to the outer main groove (7) and has a length c in the tire width direction and an angle ? to the tire width direction. In the tire, a<b, and ?<?<?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20130153103
    Abstract: The weight of a tire is reduced whilst maintaining wet weather performance. A pneumatic tire includes a lug groove (34) positioned to a tire radial direction outside of a tire width direction outside edge portion (belt edge (18A)) of a belt layer (18), and a raised bottom portion (36) that is disposed at a position in the lug groove (34) corresponding to the tire width direction outside edge portion (18A) of the belt layer (18) with a bottom raised in comparison to the groove bottom (34A) at a general portion of the lug groove (34). The raised bottom portion (36) is set at a position corresponding to the belt edge (18A), allowing the volume of the lug groove (34) to be maintained and a rubber gauge (D6) between the lug groove (34) bottom and the belt edge (18A) to be secured even though the rubber gauge of a tread portion (20) overall is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20130146190
    Abstract: Both wet weather performance and steering stability performance are achieved. Lateral main grooves (16) formed in a tread (12) extend in a direction intersecting with circumferential main grooves (14) and open onto the circumferential main grooves (14). Water between the tread (12) and a road surface during wet weather running is accordingly discharged through the lateral main grooves (16) to the circumferential main grooves (14). The end portions of the lateral main grooves (16) opening onto the circumferential main groove (14) are provided with intersection portions 18 where first land portions (21) and second land portions (22) adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction at a lateral main groove (16) support each other in the tire width direction. The end portions at the circumferential main groove (14) side of the first land portions (21) and the second land portions (22) do not therefore readily tilt over even when a large slip angle is imparted to the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Aoki, Yukihiro Kiwaki
  • Patent number: D767482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kiwaki, Naotoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: D781774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: D786776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naotoshi Aoki