Patents by Inventor Shinichiro HONDA

Shinichiro HONDA 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: 10850563
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent chipping resistance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having an elongation at break of 540% or higher as measured under the following test conditions: Tensile rate: 8.3 m/sec, Temperature: 75° C., Specimen: No. 3 dumbbell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Maekawa, Shinichiro Honda
  • Patent number: 10603831
    Abstract: A rubber extruding machine 1 comprises two or more rubber extruders 2, an extrusion head 3 to which the rubber extruders 2 are connected, and a decompression device 4. A pre-former 6 of the extrusion head comprises: rubber flow paths 20 including respective flow paths 22 through which the extruded unvulcanized rubber compounds G pass respectively; a merging position P at which the rubber flow paths 20 are confluent; and a vent channel 21 whose one end communicates with the merging position P and the other end is connected to the decompression device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Honda
  • Patent number: 10328650
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a bladder used for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanizing tire, in which 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended in 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and a method for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanization of tires characterized in that the bladder for vulcanization of tires is manufactured by an extrusion molding and an injection molding of a rubber composition for a bladder, in the rubber composition for a bladder, 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and the injection molding of the rubber composition for a bladder is carried out while performing vacuum suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Honda
  • Publication number: 20190030952
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having improved durability while maintaining or improving good handling stability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including an outer apex formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having a thermal conductivity of 0.60 W/m·K or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20180345739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that provides improved durability while maintaining or improving good handling stability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including an outer apex formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having a thermal conductivity of 0.45 W/m·K or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20180272638
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a bladder used for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanizing tire, in which 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended in 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and a method for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanization of tires characterized in that the bladder for vulcanization of tires is manufactured by an extrusion molding and an injection molding of a rubber composition for a bladder, in the rubber composition for a bladder, 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and the injection molding of the rubber composition for a bladder is carried out while performing vacuum suction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20180250985
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent chipping resistance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having an elongation at break of 540% or higher as measured under the following test conditions: Tensile rate: 8.3 m/sec, Temperature: 75° C., Specimen: No.3 dumbbell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Shinichiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20180222105
    Abstract: A rubber extruding machine 1 comprises two or more rubber extruders 2, an extrusion head 3 to which the rubber extruders 2 are connected, and a decompression device 4. A pre-former 6 of the extrusion head comprises: rubber flow paths 20 including respective flow paths 22 through which the extruded unvulcanized rubber compounds G pass respectively; a merging position P at which the rubber flow paths 20 are confluent; and a vent channel 21 whose one end communicates with the merging position P and the other end is connected to the decompression device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20170334157
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes an inner liner including a vulcanized rubber composition such that a number of voids each having a volume of 4.19 ?m3 or more per 8,000,000 ?m3 in the vulcanized rubber composition is 2 or less in an environment of 60° C. under an atmospheric pressure, and that the vulcanized rubber composition has an air permeation coefficient of 0.95×10?10 cm3·cm/(cm2·s·cmHg) or less when measured using a differential pressure method in the environment of 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro HONDA, Daiki MUKOUGUCHI, Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20140213706
    Abstract: An unvulcanized rubber composition for calendaring has an elongational viscosity of not more than 102 kPa when measured at a temperature of 95 deg. C., and a shear velocity of 500 to 2000 (1/second). A method for manufacturing a topping rubber for a cord ply embedded in a pneumatic tire is characterized in that, the unvulcanized rubber composition is extended and shaped with the use of calender rolls whose surface temperature is 60 to 100 deg. C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro HONDA