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).
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Patent number: 10913313Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi Aoki
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Patent number: 10173475Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi Aoki
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Publication number: 20170157985Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi AOKI
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Patent number: 9387729Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naotoshi Aoki, Yukihiro Kiwaki
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Publication number: 20160185158Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi Aoki
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Publication number: 20130153103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi Aoki
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Publication number: 20130146190Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naotoshi Aoki, Yukihiro Kiwaki
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Patent number: D767482Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Kiwaki, Naotoshi Aoki
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Patent number: D781774Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi Aoki
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Patent number: D786776Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Naotoshi Aoki