Patents by Inventor Shingo Kuwano

Shingo Kuwano 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).

  • Publication number: 20230241927
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area, and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. The buttress area is provided with an annular rib annularly extending along a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves are comparted into an outside lug groove positioned in an outer side of the annular rib, and an inside lug groove positioned in an inner side of the annular rib. A widened portion is provided in at least part of the plurality of lug grooves so as to enlarge a width of the annular rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 11685196
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes block rows which are arranged in a tire width direction and each of which includes a plurality of blocks defined by main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and lateral grooves extending in a tire width direction. The plurality of block rows includes inner block rows which are the block rows other than an outermost block row located most outwardly in the tire width direction. Numbers of the blocks included in the inner block rows increase toward an inner side in the tire width direction. The blocks in each of the inner block rows include an auxiliary-grooves-formed block having, on an outer surface thereof, an auxiliary groove region in which a plurality of drain auxiliary grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction are formed. Occupied areas in each of the inner block rows decrease toward the inner side in the tire width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Kuwano, Shuichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11648805
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area, and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. The buttress area is provided with an annular rib annularly extending along a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves are comparted into an outside lug groove positioned in an outer side of the annular rib, and an inside lug groove positioned in an inner side of the annular rib. A widened portion is provided in at least part of the plurality of lug grooves so as to enlarge a width of the annular rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 11565554
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector has a first protruding edge which extends in the tire circumferential direction, a second protruding edge which extends in the tire circumferential direction, a plurality of recesses, and a plurality of ridges. The plurality of ridges respectively connect the first protruding edge and the second protruding edge. Each of the plurality of ridges includes a first ridge that extends from the first protruding edge so as to be directed in a first direction in the tire circumferential direction to reach the second protruding edge, and a second ridge that extends from the second protruding edge so as to be directed in the first direction to reach the first protruding edge. The first ridges and the second ridges are arranged in alternating fashion along the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 11529830
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector which is formed at a sidewall and which constitutes an annular protrusion that extends in a tire circumferential direction. The rim protector has not less than two recesses that extend toward the tread region from a location toward the bead region in such fashion as to be directed toward a location in a second direction from a location in a first direction in the tire circumferential direction, the not less than two recesses being arranged with spaces therebetween in the tire circumferential direction. A mutually adjacent pair of recesses among the not less than two recesses are in a positional relationship such that they partially overlap as seen when projected onto a virtual plane perpendicular to a tire radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Kuwano, Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11491826
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector which is formed at a sidewall and which constitutes an annular protrusion that extends in a tire circumferential direction. The rim protector has not less than two recesses that extend toward the tread region from a location toward the bead region in such fashion as to be directed toward a location in a second direction from a location in a first direction in the tire circumferential direction, the not less than two recesses being arranged with spaces therebetween in the tire circumferential direction. A mutually adjacent pair of recesses among the not less than two recesses are in a positional relationship such that they partially overlap as seen when projected onto a virtual plane perpendicular to a tire radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Kuwano, Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11465452
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. At least some of the plurality of lug grooves end at a connecting portion connecting the paired buttress blocks, the connecting portion is provided on an inner side in the tire diametrical direction of position that are 50% of length in the tire diametrical direction of the buttress block from upper end position of the buttress block. A step or a protrusion where the buttress block has a largest upraised height is provided in the tire diametrical position of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 11427037
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector which is formed at a sidewall and which constitutes an annular protrusion that extends in a tire circumferential direction. The rim protector has not less than two recesses that extend toward the tread region from a location toward the bead region in such fashion as to be directed toward a location in a second direction from a location in a first direction in the tire circumferential direction, the not less than two recesses being arranged with spaces therebetween in the tire circumferential direction. A mutually adjacent pair of recesses among the not less than two recesses are in a positional relationship such that they partially overlap as seen when projected onto a virtual plane perpendicular to a tire radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Kuwano, Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11305586
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are partitioned by the plurality of main grooves; the plurality of land portions include at least one shoulder land portion arranged in outwardmost fashion in a tire width direction; the at least one shoulder land portion comprises a plurality of width grooves of groove width not less than 2 mm; and at least one of the plurality of width grooves extends as far as an outside end in the tire width direction of the at least one shoulder land portion and comprises, at a location toward the exterior in the tire width direction from a contact patch end, a wide portion at which groove width increases toward a groove bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20220111685
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area, and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. The buttress area is provided with an annular rib annularly extending along a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves are comparted into an outside lug groove positioned in an outer side of the annular rib, and an inside lug groove positioned in an inner side of the annular rib. A widened portion is provided in at least part of the plurality of lug grooves so as to enlarge a width of the annular rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 11260701
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area, and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. The buttress area is provided with an annular rib annularly extending along a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves are comparted into an outside lug groove positioned in an outer side of the annular rib, and an inside lug groove positioned in an inner side of the annular rib. A widened portion is provided in at least part of the plurality of lug grooves so as to enlarge a width of the annular rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20210331524
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire of the embodiment including two main grooves provided on a tread and extending in a tire circumferential direction; a center land portion formed between the two main grooves and extending in the tire circumferential direction; a pair of shoulder land portions formed between a ground contact end and the main groove; a center auxiliary groove provided on the center land portion; and a shoulder auxiliary groove provided on the shoulder land portion, in which the center auxiliary groove has a groove width narrower than that of the main groove and extends in the tire circumferential direction, and the shoulder auxiliary groove has a groove width narrower than that of the main groove and extends in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Sayaka Arakawa, Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 10967685
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a sidewall portion includes a plurality of projecting portions projecting in a tire width-direction. The projecting portions are placed such that at least portions of the projecting portions are superposed on a first block in a tire radial-direction as viewed in the tire width-direction. At least one of the projecting portions includes an opening which is separated from both end edges of the projecting portion in a tire circumferential-direction. A center position of the opening in the tire circumferential-direction is deviated from a center position of the projecting portion in the tire circumferential-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 10836218
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a sidewall portion includes a plurality of projecting portions projecting in a tire width-direction. The projecting portions are placed such that at least portions of the projecting portions are superposed on a first block in a tire radial-direction as viewed in the tire width-direction. At least one of the projecting portions includes an opening which is separated from at least one of end edges of the projecting portions in the tire radial-direction. The opening includes a radial bottom curved surface having an arc cross section extending along the tire radial-direction. A radius of curvature of the radial bottom curved surface is equal to or greater than a maximum depth size of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20200207157
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes block rows which are arranged in a tire width direction and each of which includes a plurality of blocks defined by main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and lateral grooves extending in a tire width direction. The plurality of block rows includes inner block rows which are the block rows other than an outermost block row located most outwardly in the tire width direction. Numbers of the blocks included in the inner block rows increase toward an inner side in the tire width direction. The blocks in each of the inner block rows include an auxiliary-grooves-formed block having, on an outer surface thereof, an auxiliary groove region in which a plurality of drain auxiliary grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction are formed. Occupied areas in each of the inner block rows decrease toward the inner side in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Kuwano, Shuichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200180364
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector has a first protruding edge which extends in the tire circumferential direction, a second protruding edge which extends in the tire circumferential direction, a plurality of recesses, and a plurality of ridges. The plurality of ridges respectively connect the first protruding edge and the second protruding edge. Each of the plurality of ridges includes a first ridge that extends from the first protruding edge so as to be directed in a first direction in the tire circumferential direction to reach the second protruding edge, and a second ridge that extends from the second protruding edge so as to be directed in the first direction to reach the first protruding edge. The first ridges and the second ridges are arranged in alternating fashion along the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20200180360
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector which is formed at a sidewall and which constitutes, an annular protrusion that extends in a tire circumferential direction. The rim protector has not less than two recesses that extend toward the tread region from a location toward the bead region in such fashion as to be directed toward a location in a second direction from a location in a first, direction in the tire circumferential direction, the not less than two recesses being arranged with spaces therebetween in the tire circumferential direction. A mutually adjacent pair of recesses among the not less than two recesses are in a positional relationship such that they partially overlap as seen when projected onto a virtual plane perpendicular to a tire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Kuwano, Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 10625541
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes first and second side blocks formed respectively on a side portion such that the first and second side blocks extend toward the inside in a tire radial direction from a tread shoulder portion. The first and second side blocks are arranged alternately in a tire circumferential direction. The first side block has a recessed portion formed so as to be indented with respect to a side surface. In a first region, the second side block projects outwardly in a tire width direction more than the first side block. In a second region disposed inner side than the first region, the first side block projects outwardly in the tire width direction more than the second side block. In a third region disposed inner side than the second region, the second side block projects outwardly in the tire width direction more than the first side block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: D884580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: D934783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano