Patents by Inventor Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI

Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI 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: 11958316
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion being provided with circumferential grooves extending continuously in a zigzag manner. One of the circumferential grooves includes first inclined elements inclined in a first direction with respect to the tire circumferential direction, second inclined elements inclined in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and intersections where the first inclined elements and second inclined elements intersect. Each of the first inclined elements and the second inclined elements is provided with at least one first protrusion that projects outwardly in a tire radial direction from the groove bottom and connects the pair of groove walls. At least one of the intersections is provided with a second protrusion that projects outwardly in the tire radial direction from the groove bottom and is separated from the pair of groove walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoko Tsujibayashi
  • Publication number: 20230311588
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire can have, in each shoulder land portion, a plurality of holes extending from an outer surface thereof toward a belt. The tire can include a fiber reinforcing layer including a relatively large number of fiber cords aligned with each other and formed from a nylon fiber. The fiber reinforcing layer can include an inner fiber reinforcing layer and an outer fiber reinforcing layer. The inner fiber reinforcing layer can cover an outer end of a steel reinforcing layer from an outer side in an axial direction, and the outer fiber reinforcing layer can cover an outer end of the inner fiber reinforcing layer from the outer side in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230150312
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion being provided with circumferential grooves extending continuously in a zigzag manner. One of the circumferential grooves includes first inclined elements inclined in a first direction with respect to the tire circumferential direction, second inclined elements inclined in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and intersections where the first inclined elements and second inclined elements intersect. Each of the first inclined elements and the second inclined elements is provided with at least one first protrusion that projects outwardly in a tire radial direction from the groove bottom and connects the pair of groove walls. At least one of the intersections is provided with a second protrusion that projects outwardly in the tire radial direction from the groove bottom and is separated from the pair of groove walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230135384
    Abstract: A heavy duty tire comprises a tread portion having circumferential grooves and land portions. The circumferential grooves include two shoulder circumferential grooves and a crown circumferential groove. The land portions include two of shoulder land portions and two crown land portions. The width W3 of the shoulder land portion is 17% to 28% of the tread width TW. The crown land portion is divided by crown shallow groove into crown blocks. The groove depth of the crown shallow groove is smaller than the groove depth of the crown circumferential groove. The groove bottom of the crown shallow groove is provided with a groove bottom sipe. The ground contacting top surface of the crown block is hexagonal, and the maximum circumferential dimension is 100% to 200% of the maximum axial dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11535060
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire in which occurrence of uneven wear is inhibited is provided. In the tire, each shoulder land portion includes a groove wall portion forming a wall of a shoulder circumferential groove, and a cap portion located outward of the groove wall portion in an axial direction. A wear resistance index of the groove wall portion is lower than a wear resistance index of the cap portion. A ratio of a distance in the axial direction from an outer edge of the shoulder circumferential groove to a boundary between the groove wall portion and the cap portion on an outer surface of the shoulder land portion, to a width in the axial direction of the shoulder land portion, is not less than 20% and not greater than 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoko Tsujibayashi, Yoshiyuki Takada, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210107316
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire in which occurrence of uneven wear is inhibited is provided. In the tire, each shoulder land portion includes a groove wall portion forming a wall of a shoulder circumferential groove, and a cap portion located outward of the groove wall portion in an axial direction. A wear resistance index of the groove wall portion is lower than a wear resistance index of the cap portion. A ratio of a distance in the axial direction from an outer edge of the shoulder circumferential groove to a boundary between the groove wall portion and the cap portion on an outer surface of the shoulder land portion, to a width in the axial direction of the shoulder land portion, is not less than 20% and not greater than 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoko TSUJIBAYASHI, Yoshiyuki TAKADA, Satoshi TANAKA
  • Patent number: D1003816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoko Tsujibayashi
  • Patent number: D1003817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoko Tsujibayashi