Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Toyosato

Nobuaki Toyosato 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: 8151843
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 according to the invention has bead portions 11, 12 including bead cores 11a, 12a, and at least a carcass layer 13 and a tread portion 16 arranged, wherein in a section in a tire-width direction, assuming as a reference a tire centerline CL making right angles with a bead line BL interconnecting a center of the bead core 11a and a center of the bead core 12a, and passing a center of the bead line BL, an outer ground-contact area 20B is wider by 5 to 15% than an inner ground-contact area 20B, and wherein in the section in the tire-width direction, a carcass periphery length as a distance along a carcass centerline CaL from a crossing point P to an approach point P2 is longer by 0.5 mm to 10 mm than a carcass periphery length Ca as a distance from the crossing point P to an approach point P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemasa Ishii, Nobuaki Toyosato
  • Publication number: 20090000712
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 according to the invention has bead portions 11, 12 including a bead core 11a and a bead core 12a, and an outer rag groove extending, relative to a tire centerline CL, in a tread face 17 of a tread portion 16 constituting an outer side B when vehicle-mounted, in a direction from the tire centerline CL side toward a tire shoulder 20B, at a skew angle of 50 degrees or more from the tire centerline CL, and in a section in a tire-width direction, a carcass periphery length Ca1 as a distance along a carcass centerline CaL, from a crossing point P to an approach point P2 is greater by 0.5 mm to 10 mm than a carcass periphery length Ca as a distance from the crossing point P to an approach point P1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Toyosato, Shigemasa Ishii
  • Publication number: 20080149239
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 according to the invention has bead portions 11, 12 including bead cores 11a, 12a, and at least a carcass layer 13 and a tread portion 16 arranged, wherein in a section in a tire-width direction, assuming as a reference a tire centerline CL making right angles with a bead line BL interconnecting a center of the bead core 11a and a center of the bead core 12a, and passing a center of the bead line BL, an outer ground-contact area 20B is wider by 5 to 15 % than an inner ground-contact area 20B, and wherein in the section in the tire-width direction, a carcass periphery length as a distance along a carcass centerline CaL from a crossing point P to an approach point P2 is longer by 0.5 mm to 10 mm than a carcass periphery length Ca as a distance from the crossing point P to an approach point P1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigemasa Ishii, Nobuaki Toyosato