Patents by Inventor Seiji Kon
Seiji Kon 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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Publication number: 20200031168Abstract: A metal-resin composite member for a tire, comprising plural metal cords that are positioned alongside each other, an adhesive layer that is disposed on the metal cords, and a resin layer that is disposed on the adhesive layer, the metal-resin composite member satisfying at least one of the following (1) or (2): (1) the adhesive layer is independently disposed on each of the plural metal cords, and at least one of the adhesive layers has a cross-sectional shape that has a projecting portion; (2) the adhesive layer is integrally disposed on all of the plural metal cords, and a region consisting of the metal cords and the adhesive layer has a cross-sectional shape that has, between the metal cords, a portion that is narrower in width than a portion at which the metal cords are disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Seiji Kon
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Patent number: 10493807Abstract: Plural inner face grooves 40 are formed to tire inner faces of a tire frame member 17 formed from a resin material. The inner face grooves 40 are formed to a region from an inner separation point corresponding to a separation point of a bead portion 12 from a rim 20 as far as an inner end portion 30 IN corresponding to a tread end 30A of a tread member 30.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon
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Publication number: 20190217666Abstract: A tire is provided with a tire frame member that is made from resin and has a pair of bead portions, a pair of side portions that extend from the bead portions towards an outer side in a tire radial direction, and a crown portion that connects an outer side end in the tire radial direction of one side portion to an outer side end in the tire radial direction of another side portion, and with a crossing belt layer that is provided with plural reinforcing cords that are arranged in rows which are inclined relative to a tire rotation axis of the tire frame member and are coated with a resin material. The crossing belt layer is disposed either directly or via a resin layer on an outer side surface in the tire radial direction of the crown portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Publication number: 20190202239Abstract: A tire, including: a tire frame member formed of a resin material; and a reinforcing layer that includes a plurality of reinforcing cords coated with a rubber material and that is disposed on an outer side of the tire frame member in a tire radial direction; in which the tire frame member has a region formed of a resin material having a Young's modulus in a range of from 50 MPa to 2,000 MPa, and the region being included in at least a part of a reinforcing region in which the reinforcing layer is disposed on an outer side in the tire radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Publication number: 20190202241Abstract: A tire is provided with a carcass that is formed so as to include a carcass ply that extends from one bead portion to another bead portion; a belt that is disposed at a tire radial direction outer side of the carcass, and that is formed by one sheet of belt ply in which plural cords that are disposed with an inclination of not more than 10° relative to a tire circumferential direction and extend around an entire tire circumference in the tire circumferential direction are coated with a rubber having a tensile modulus of elasticity in excess of 50 MPa, one end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cords being positioned at one end side in a width direction of the belt ply, and another end portion in the longitudinal direction of the cords being positioned at another end side in the width direction of the belt ply; and a tread that is disposed at a tire radial direction outer side of the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Yoshihide KOUNO, Seiji KON
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Publication number: 20190152260Abstract: A tire includes a tire frame member made of a resin material; a top tread disposed outside the tire frame member in a tire radial direction; a belt layer disposed between the tire frame member and the top tread, the width dimension BW of the belt layer in a tire axial direction being in a range of from 85 to 105% of the ground width dimension TW of the top tread; and a belt reinforcement layer disposed at end portions of the belt layer in a tire width direction, the belt reinforcement layer having lower stiffness than the belt layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yoshihide KOUNO, Yoshifumi MATSUMOTO, Kenji MATSUI, Seiji KON
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Publication number: 20190143755Abstract: A tire includes a tire frame member made of a resin material; a top tread disposed outside the tire frame member in a tire radial direction; and a belt layer disposed between the tire frame member and the top tread, the belt layer constituting of a center area at a middle in a tire width direction and shoulder areas at both sides of the center area in the tire width direction, a width dimension BCW of the center area in a tire axial direction being in a range of from 85 to 105% of a ground width dimension TW of the top tread. In a case in which Hc represents stiffness of the center area, and Hs represents stiffness of the shoulder area, Hc>Hs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yoshihide KOUNO, Kenji MATSUI, Yoshifumi MATSUMOTO, Seiji KON
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Publication number: 20190105947Abstract: A tire includes a tire frame member formed of a resin material, a belt layer, and a top tread, in which in an outer contour of the tire as viewed in a cross section along a tire rotation axis, a ground end side of the top tread is a shoulder portion having a small arc portion which is convex toward an outer side of the tire and has a radius of curvature smaller than the radius of curvature of the top tread on a tire equatorial plane side. In addition, in the outer contour of the tire as viewed in the cross section along the tire rotation axis, a ground angle ? of a tangent line of the small arc portion at a height of 80% of a tire cross section height SH with respect to the tire axial direction is set within a range of from 47° to 52°.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide KOUNO, Kenji MATSUI, Yoshifumi MATSUMOTO, Seiji KON
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Publication number: 20190092099Abstract: A tire frame member 17 configured from a resin material is formed with plural outer surface recesses 40 on a tire outer surface. The outer surface recesses 40 are disposed separated from each other, and are formed at least on an outer surface of a side portion 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Publication number: 20190001750Abstract: A tire comprising a tire frame having a circular shape and a metal-resin composite, the metal-resin composite having a structure in which a metal member, an adhesive layer and a resin layer are disposed in this order, the adhesive layer comprising a thermoplastic resin and carbon black, and a content of carbon black in the adhesive layer being greater than 0% by mass and less than 10% by mass with respect to the entire adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Seiji KON, Hideaki TAKENOUCHI
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Patent number: 10112440Abstract: A tire containing at least a circular tire frame body that is formed from a resin material and has a layered structure, wherein the tire frame body includes at least one gas retaining layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiko Tsunoda, Yoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon, Keiichi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20180290493Abstract: A tire includes a tire frame member, a reinforcing layer, and a housing recess. The tire frame member is circular and is formed from a resin material. The tire frame member includes a bead portion, a side portion, and a crown portion. The reinforcing layer is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of the crown portion, and comprises a reinforcing cord extending in a direction intersecting the tire width direction, the reinforcing cord being covered by rubber. The housing recess is formed in the crown portion and extends in a tire circumferential direction. At least an inner circumferential portion of the reinforcing layer is housed in the housing recess with side faces of the reinforcing layer contacting recess wall faces on both tire width direction sides of the housing recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Publication number: 20180290494Abstract: A tire including a tire frame member, a reinforcing layer, and projections. The tire frame member is circular and is formed from a resin material, and includes a bead portion, a side portion, and a crown portion. The reinforcing layer is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of the crown portion, and comprises a reinforcing cord extending in a direction intersecting the tire width direction, the reinforcing cord being covered by rubber. The projections are respectively formed at both tire width direction sides of the crown portion such that the reinforcing layer is interposed between the projections. Each projection projects toward the tire radial direction outer side, and includes a projection wall face contacted by a side face of the reinforcing layer at the tire width direction inner side of the projection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Patent number: 10017009Abstract: A tire is provided with a tire frame member that is made from resin and includes: a bead portion; a side portion that is connected to an outer side of the bead portion in a tire radial direction and that has hole portions formed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction; and a crown portion that is connected to an inner side of the side portion in a tire width direction and that has a tread disposed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon
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Patent number: 9994073Abstract: A tire includes: a ring shaped tire frame member that is made of a resin with plural tire pieces joined along a tire circumferential direction; a joint portion reinforcing belt that is adhered to the tire frame member, that extends around the tire circumferential direction, and that covers a joint portion of the plural tire pieces; and a tread layer that is provided further to the tire radial direction outside than the tire frame member and the joint portion reinforcing belt.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon
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Patent number: 9994075Abstract: A tire includes: a tire case serving as an example of a circular tire frame member that is formed using a frame resin material; and a reinforcing cord member that is disposed at an outer circumference of the tire case, that is configured by a reinforcing cord covered with a resin covering layer, that is wound along a tire circumferential direction so as to form a spiral shape, that is bonded to the tire case, and in which tire axial direction adjacent portions of the reinforcing cord member are bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Kon, Keiichi Hasegawa, Yoshihide Kouno
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Patent number: 9937757Abstract: Tire frame step portions 18 are formed to a tire frame member 17. The tire frame step portions 18 are formed further toward the tire equatorial plane side than tire axial direction end portions 30A of a tread member 30. Covering layers 24 are formed at the outside of the tire frame member 17 so as to span from bead portions to the tire frame step portions 18.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Kon, Keiichi Hasegawa, Yoshihide Kouno
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Publication number: 20180086142Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire (1) of the present invention includes an attachment body (11) attached to an axle, an outer cylindrical body (13) which surrounds the attachment body (11) from the outside in a tire radial direction, a tread portion (16) which surrounds the outer cylindrical body (13) from the outside in the tire radial direction, and a coupling member (15) which displaceably couples the attachment body (11) to the outer cylindrical body (13), wherein, a spiral reinforcing layer (20) formed by spirally winding an element wire body in which one cord (42) or a plurality of cords (42) parallel to each other are embedded in a covering body on an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical body (13) is bonded to the outer circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical body (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi HASEGAWA, Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO, Masashi NISHIDA, Daisuke NAKAJIMA, Shinichi TOYOSAWA
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Patent number: 9902121Abstract: A tire includes: a tire frame member formed in a ring shape from a frame resin material, and including a pair of bead sections, a pair of side sections, and a crown section; a ring shaped bead core that is embedded in and joined to each of the bead sections, and that is formed by a single strand, or plurality of strands, of bead cord extending in the tire circumferential direction, and covered with, and joined to, a covering resin material; and an extension portion that extends from each of the bead cores in a direction that intersects with the tire circumferential direction when viewed from a tire side face, and that is joined to the tire frame member.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon, Keiichi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20170305197Abstract: A tire includes a circular tire frame member formed from a frame-resin material and a covered cord member. The covered cord member includes a reinforcing cord provided in the tire frame member and extending along a tire circumferential direction, a covering-resin layer formed from a covering-resin material, covering the reinforcing cord, and bonded to the tire frame member, and a bonding-resin layer. The bonding-resin layer is formed from a bonding-resin material having an elastic modulus higher than that of the covering-resin material, is interposed between the reinforcing cord and the covering-resin layer, bonds the reinforcing cord and the covering-resin layer together, and has a layer thickness thicker than a layer thickness of the covering-resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Seiji KON, Yoshihide KOUNO