Patents by Inventor Shuichiro Ono

Shuichiro Ono 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: 20230406043
    Abstract: A tire including a tread portion, the tread portion having at least one main groove continuously extending in the tire circumferential direction, the tread portion including a rubber having a hardness at 60° C. of 58 or higher and a hardness at 0° C. of not more than 115% of the hardness at 60° C., the tread portion having a S50/S0 ratio of more than 1, wherein S0 denotes the sea proportion (%) in the tread ground contact surface of the new tire, and S50 denotes the sea proportion (%) when the tread portion is worn until the depth of the main groove reaches 50% of that of the new tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230226857
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a tire having little change in riding comfort performance and wet performance before and after wear of the tread part and in which riding comfort performance and wet performance as when the tire is newly used are maintained. The fire comprises a tread being composed of a rubber layer in which there is little change in hardness after thermal deterioration and having a groove shape such that a sea ratio after wear with respect to a sea ratio as when the tire is newly used is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230226856
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a tire having good steering stability performance after wear and in which a decrease in wet performance after wear is suppressed. The tire comprises a tread being composed of a rubber layer in which change in hardness after thermal deterioration is within a predetermined range and having a groove shape such that a sea ratio after wear with respect to a sea ratio as when the tire is newly used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230202235
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide tire rubber composition with significantly improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and fuel economy, and pneumatic tires including the rubber compositions. The tire rubber compositions of the present invention have a tan ? versus temperature curve whose peak tan ? and half width satisfy the following relationship (1): Peak tan ?/Half width ? 0.025 (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichiro ONO, Fumiya KATO
  • Publication number: 20220306777
    Abstract: The present invention provides plasticizers, compositions, and tires which can vary tire performance in response to temperature changes. The present invention relates to a plasticizer for resins and/or elastomers, containing a group that changes hydrophilicity with changes in temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoko NAKAHATA, Kensuke WASHIZU, Shuichiro ONO
  • Patent number: 11433705
    Abstract: A studless tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition for a tread comprising 1 to 20 parts by mass of a farnesene resin and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kunisawa, Shuichiro Ono, Kenichi Uesaka, Seiji Hatano
  • Patent number: 11312841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire and a rubber composition for tires, which have improved durability at high temperatures and during high-speed running while ensuring good ice performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, including a tread, the tread including blocks having an average ripe density of 1.0 cm/cm2 or higher and an average height of 0.6 to 2.0 cm, the blocks containing a rubber composition having a tan ? at 100° C. of 0.179 or less as determined at an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 2%, and a frequency of 10 Hz, and has a ratio of the modulus at 100° C. to the modulus at room temperature of 69% or greater as determined in accordance with JIS K6251:2010.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichiro Ono, Subaru Toya
  • Publication number: 20200114704
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 includes a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 has a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. Glass transition temperature of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from ?55 degrees Celsius to ?45 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Keiichi NAKADERA, Hiroshi ITO, Shuichiro ONO, Daiki MUKOUGUCHI, Tatsuhiro TANAKA, Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20200009914
    Abstract: A studless tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition for a tread comprising 1 to 20 parts by mass of a farnesene resin and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KUNISAWA, Shuichiro ONO, Kenichi UESAKA, Seiji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20190375250
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 includes a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 has a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. Glass transition temperature of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from ?55 degrees Celsius to ?45 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Keiichi NAKADERA, Hiroshi ITO, Shuichiro ONO, Daiki MUKOUGUCHI, Tatsuhiro TANAKA, Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 10493801
    Abstract: Provided are a cap tread rubber composition for cold weather tires enabling a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, performance on ice/snow, and high-speed performance on snow-/ice-free cold roads, and a cold weather tire formed from the same. The rubber composition contains: a rubber component including BR, SBR, and NR and/or IR; and a filler, the composition having a combined amount of NR, IR, and BR of 80% by mass or more, an amount of BR of 30% by mass or more, and an amount of SBR of 0.3-10% by mass, each per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the filler including 60% by mass or more of silica per 100% by mass of the filler, the composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 50 parts by mass or more of a fine particle silica having a N2SA of 190 m2/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Yokoyama, Shuichiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20190359796
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire and a rubber composition for tires, which have improved durability at high temperatures and during high-speed running while ensuring good ice performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, including a tread, the tread including blocks having an average ripe density of 1.0 cm/cm2 or higher and an average height of 0.6 to 2.0 cm, the blocks containing a rubber composition having a tan ? at 100° C. of 0.179 or less as determined at an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 2%, and a frequency of 10 Hz, and has a ratio of the modulus at 100° C. to the modulus at room temperature of 69% or greater as determined in accordance with JIS K6251:2010.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichiro ONO, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20190248182
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between a pair of bead portions 4, 4, an inner liner 10 arranged on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and forming a tire inner cavity surface 16, and a noise damper 20 made of a porous material and fixed to the tire inner cavity surface 16 of the inner liner 10. A glass transition temperature Tg1 of the noise damper 20 is lower than a glass transition temperature Tg2 of the inner liner 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Masataka HIRO, Satomi YAMAUCHI, Shuichiro ONO, Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Natsuki MAEKAWA, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20190160870
    Abstract: A tread assuring less temperature dependency of on-ice performance and good wet grip performance and a studless tire composed of the rubber composition includes a rubber component comprising an isoprene rubber, a terpene resin and a branched conjugated diene copolymer, wherein the branched conjugated diene copolymer is prepared by copolymerizing a branched conjugated diene compound represented by the general formula (1): wherein R1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 11 carbon atoms and a conjugated diene compound represented by the general formula (2): R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and a copolymerization ratio of the branched conjugated diene compound (1) is 1 to 99% by weight and a copolymerization ratio of the conjugated diene compound (2) is 1 to 99% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro ONO
  • Patent number: 10279630
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold weather tire achieving a balanced improvement in conductivity, fuel economy, performance on ice and snow, high speed performance (handling stability, grip performance) on snow- and ice-free cold roads, and road noise performance. Provided is a pneumatic tire including: a two-layer tread including a base tread and a cap tread, the base tread being formed of a rubber composition for base treads containing: predetermined amounts of a rubber component including natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber, and a filler including silica and carbon black, the cap tread being formed of a rubber composition for cap treads containing a predetermined amount of silica, the cap tread having cells and/or voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Yokoyama, Shuichiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20190030954
    Abstract: [ solution] A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between a pair of bead portions 4, 4, an inner liner 10 arranged on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and forming a tire inner cavity surface 16, and a noise damper 20 made of a porous material and fixed to the tire inner cavity surface 16 of the inner liner 10. A glass transition temperature Tg1 of the noise damper 20 is lower than a glass transition temperature Tg2 of the inner liner 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Masataka HIRO, Satomi YAMAUCHI, Shuichiro ONO, Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Natsuki MAEKAWA, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 9988516
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which can further improve abrasion resistance without deterioration in energy efficiency, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises a polymer mixture obtained by modifying a polymer composed of at least one of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound with a compound having at least one of an ester group and a carboxyl group; at least one of triamines; and silica, the polymer mixture having a weight-average molecular weight of 1.0×103 to 1.0×105, and the triamines being a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of RA, RB, RC, RD and RE independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and each of ALK1 and ALK2 independently represents an alkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20180093533
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold weather tire achieving a balanced improvement in conductivity, fuel economy, performance on ice and snow, high speed performance (handling stability, grip performance) on snow- and ice-free cold roads, and road noise performance. Provided is a pneumatic tire including: a two-layer tread including a base tread and a cap tread, the base tread being formed of a rubber composition for base treads containing: predetermined amounts of a rubber component including natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber, and a filler including silica and carbon black, the cap tread being formed of a rubber composition for cap treads containing a predetermined amount of silica, the cap tread having cells and/or voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka YOKOYAMA, Shuichiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20180093531
    Abstract: Provided are a cap tread rubber composition for cold weather tires enabling a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, performance on ice/snow, and high-speed performance on snow-/ice-free cold roads, and a cold weather tire formed from the same. The rubber composition contains: a rubber component including BR, SBR, and NR and/or IR; and a filler, the composition having a combined amount of NR, IR, and BR of 80% by mass or more, an amount of BR of 30% by mass or more, and an amount of SBR of 0.3-10% by mass, each per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the filler including 60% by mass or more of silica per 100% by mass of the filler, the composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 50 parts by mass or more of a fine particle silica having a N2SA of 190 m2/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Yokoyama, Shuichiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20180093530
    Abstract: Provided is a cold weather tire achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, performance on ice and snow, and high-speed performance (handling stability, grip performance) on snow- and ice-free roads at low temperatures. The cold weather tire includes a cap tread formed of a rubber composition that contains: a rubber component including polybutadiene rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, and natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber; and a filler, the rubber composition having a combined amount of the natural rubber, polyisoprene rubber, and polybutadiene rubber of 80% by mass or more, an amount of the polybutadiene rubber of 30% by mass or more, and an amount of the styrene butadiene rubber of 0.3-10% by mass, each based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the filler including 60% by mass or more of silica based on 100% by mass of the filler, the cap tread having cells and/or voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichiro ONO, Yuka YOKOYAMA