Patents by Inventor Noboru Sugimura

Noboru Sugimura 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: 4495976
    Abstract: A combination radial tire for heavy load vehicles comprising a thread portion consisting of a combination of a belt composed of at least two metal cord layers and a carcass composed of at least two organic textile cord plies. In the lower half region of the carcass located at a bead portion, at least one additional reinforcing layer is interposed between the carcass plies and/or another additional reinforcing layer is interposed between the carcass ply and rubber stocks sandwiched between the carcass ply and its turn-up portion, these additional reinforcing layers being extended in parallel with the carcass ply cords and including organic textile cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeo Makino, Noboru Sugimura
  • Patent number: 4387758
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic low-sectional radial tire having an aspect ratio of not more than 0.8 is disclosed, which comprises a pair of bead portions, a pair of side portions, a tread portion extending across the side portions, and a reinforcement for a tire casing composed of at least one carcass ply extending across two bead cores and turning up around the bead core and containing cords embedded therein in a substantially radial direction of the tire, each cord having a modulus of not less than 4,000 kg/mm.sup.2, and a belt of at least two layers, each layer containing metal cords embedded therein, superimposed around a crown portion of the carcass and crossing with each other at a relatively small angle with respect to the equatorial line of the tire. In this tire, a carcass line of the tire casing at a temporarily mounted posture on a normal rim under an internal pressure of 0.5 kg/cm.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Shigeo Makino, Noboru Sugimura
  • Patent number: 4366851
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for heavy load vehicles comprising a body reinforcement and a bead portion reinforcement, in which the bead portion reinforcement substantially continuously covers the carcass ply wound around a bead core up to the inside of the tire, the upper end of the turn-up portion of the carcass ply and the outside upper end of the bead portion reinforcement covering the upper end of the carcass ply are arranged at an area other than a bead portion flexible region defined by two segments BC and AD as shown in attached FIG. 3, the bead portion reinforcement makes use of a cord having a modulus which corresponds to 15 to 60% of that of the ply cord of the carcass, and a tension at 100% elongation of a soft stiffener corresponds to 5 to 30% of that of a hard stiffener, the soft and hard stiffeners being disposed on the bead core one upon the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Makino, Noboru Sugimura