Patents by Inventor Sawa OKABAYASHI

Sawa OKABAYASHI 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: 9221302
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a unidirectional tread pattern. On each side of the tire equator, there are a circumferential groove and main oblique grooves extending form the tread edge to the circumferential groove while inclining to the intended tire rotational direction and gradually decreasing its inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The inclination angle of the main oblique groove measured at the tread edge is 60 to 120 degrees. The width of the main oblique groove is gradually increased toward the axially outside from the circumferential groove. The width of the circumferential groove becomes narrower at heel-side ends of shoulder blocks than at toe-side ends of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder block is provided with an auxiliary oblique groove extending from the main oblique groove toward the intended tire rotational direction and terminating without reaching to the next main oblique groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Sawa Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20120285594
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a unidirectional tread pattern. On each side of the tire equator, there are a circumferential groove and main oblique grooves extending form the tread edge to the circumferential groove while inclining to the intended tire rotational direction and gradually decreasing its inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The inclination angle of the main oblique groove measured at the tread edge is 60 to 120 degrees. The width of the main oblique groove is gradually increased toward the axially outside from the circumferential groove. The width of the circumferential groove becomes narrower at heel-side ends of shoulder blocks than at toe-side ends of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder block is provided with an auxiliary oblique groove extending from the main oblique groove toward the intended tire rotational direction and terminating without reaching to the next main oblique groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Sawa OKABAYASHI