Patents by Inventor Sotaro Iwabuchi
Sotaro Iwabuchi 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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Patent number: 11964516Abstract: A pneumatic tire including: a tread portion is in contact with a road surface; and a side wall portion is continuous to the tread portion and positioned inside a tire radial direction of the tread portion. A large region including a plurality of small regions having different arithmetic average roughness outside in a tire width direction is formed on outer surface of the side wall portion. A plurality of large regions are formed along a tire circumferential direction and the tire radial direction. In a boundary line of adjacent large region, small regions having different arithmetic average roughness come into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naoko Ishikawa, Yasuo Himuro, Sotaro Iwabuchi
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Patent number: 11872847Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential direction groove and plural protrusions. The circumferential direction groove is formed in a tread face so as to open toward an outer side in a tire radial direction. The plural protrusions are formed so as to project to a projection height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm from a groove bottom face or a groove side face of the circumferential direction groove, and are spaced apart by a spacing of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. A center line MA, MB linking a center point of a leading end side with a center point of a base end side of each of the plural protrusions leans with respect to a perpendicular line HA, HB such that the leading end side of the protrusion is positioned further toward a tire rotation direction upstream side than the base end side of the protrusion when viewed along a tire width direction or the tire radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Yusaku Ishiguro, Hikaru Inagaki, Keiichi Kato
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Publication number: 20230241928Abstract: A tire according to the present disclosure includes, on the tire outer surface, a first region including an uneven surface formed by a convex portion arranged throughout the first region, and a second region including an uneven surface formed by a plurality of ridges arranged in parallel throughout the second region, the second region being arranged adjacent to the first region. The minimum separation distance between apices of the convex portion in the first region is shorter than the minimum separation distance between apices of two adjacent ridges in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Patent number: 11673430Abstract: Provided is a tire including: a decorative portion that is formed on an outer surface of the tire and has a base surface; and a pattern region that is provided at the decorative portion and includes plural projections projecting from the base surface and formed at an interval of from more than 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, the plural projections having a height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, in which at least in the pattern region, the plurality of projections is inclined in one direction with respect to a normal line perpendicular to the base surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Takayuki Fukunaga
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Patent number: 11479061Abstract: A tire that can suppress an unused tire from giving an impression like a worn tire as compared with a case where the brightness of a tread surface and the brightness of a bottom surface of a groove are the same is obtained. The tread portion includes a tread portion including a tread surface and a groove that partitions the tread surface; and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from a bottom surface of the groove at a height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm and are arranged at an interval of from more than 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. A ratio of a height of the protrusions to a depth of the groove (protrusion height/groove depth) is from 0.02 to 0.2 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20220063348Abstract: A pneumatic tire including: a tread portion is in contact with a road surface; and a side wall portion is continuous to the tread portion and positioned inside a tire radial direction of the tread portion. A large region including a plurality of small regions having different arithmetic average roughness outside in a tire width direction is formed on outer surface of the side wall portion. A plurality of large regions are formed along a tire circumferential direction and the tire radial direction. In a boundary line of adjacent large region, small regions having different arithmetic average roughness come into contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naoko ISHIKAWA, Yasuo HIMURO, Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Patent number: 11148476Abstract: A tire includes a pattern portion that is formed on a tire surface and in which ridges are arranged in a nest shape having a center point, the ridges including ridgelines CL having a curved portion in plan view, in which a height of each of the ridges is from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, and adjacent ridges are arranged at a constant pitch of from 0.15 mm to 0.35 mm.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Takayuki Fukunaga
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Publication number: 20210197623Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential direction groove and plural protrusions. The circumferential direction groove is formed in a tread face so as to open toward an outer side in a tire radial direction. The plural protrusions are formed so as to project to a projection height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm from a groove bottom face or a groove side face of the circumferential direction groove, and are spaced apart by a spacing of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Sotaro IWABUCHI, Yusaku ISHIGURO, Hikaru INAGAKI, Keiichi KATO
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Publication number: 20210188018Abstract: Provided is a tire including: a decorative portion that is formed on an outer surface of the tire and that has a base surface; and a pattern region that is provided at the decorative portion and that formed with plural projections projecting at a height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm from the base surface and formed at an interval of from more than 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, in which the pattern region is provided with a gradual decrease region in which a height of the plural projections disposed adjacent to each other gradually decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Sotaro IWABUCHI, Takayuki FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20210129597Abstract: A tire includes protrusions having a hexagonal shape in plan view and formed on an outer surface of the tire, in which a height of the protrusions is set to be from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm and the protrusions adjacent to each other are arranged at a pitch of from 0.15 mm to 0.4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200391557Abstract: A tire including a decorative portion that is formed at a tire side portion (tire outer face) and that includes a base face, and a first patterned region and a second patterned region, in each of which a plurality of protrusions, that project from the base face of the decorative portion to a projection height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, are formed at a pitch of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. Shapes of the protrusions in the first patterned region and the second patterned region are different from each other as viewed along a direction orthogonal to the base face.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Patent number: 10850572Abstract: A tire including a pattern region and plural unit patterns. The pattern region is formed at an outer surface of a tire and includes a base. The plural unit patterns are formed within the pattern region, and each unit pattern is formed including extension portions having a projection height from the base of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. The extension portions extend in plural directions from a bend point in plan view. A spacing between the bend points of adjacent unit patterns out of the unit patterns is from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Miyasaka, Sotaro Iwabuchi
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Publication number: 20200369094Abstract: Provided is a tire including: a decorative portion that is formed on an outer surface of the tire and has a base surface; and a pattern region that is provided at the decorative portion and includes plural projections projecting from the base surface and formed at an interval of from more than 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, the plural projections having a height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, in which at least in the pattern region, the plurality of projections is inclined in one direction with respect to a normal line perpendicular to the base surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Sotaro IWABUCHI, Takayuki FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20200369092Abstract: A tread portion includes a tread surface, and a groove that partitions the tread surface and has a ratio of a groove width to a groove depth from 0.5 to 8.0. Plural protrusions protrude from a bottom surface of the groove, the plural protrusions have a height from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm and are arranged having an interval of greater than 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 1.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200369095Abstract: A tire includes a first pattern region in which are formed plural first projections, the first projections protruding at a protrusion height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm from a base surface of a decorative trim portion, and a pitch between each of the first projections being of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, and a second pattern region in which are formed plural second projections, the second projections protruding at a protrusion height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm from the base surface of the decorative trim portion, and a pitch between each of the second projections being of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. The pitches between each of the first projections and the pitches between each of the second projections are the same, while the protrusion height of the first projections and the protrusion height of the second projections are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200307323Abstract: A tire that can suppress an unused tire from giving an impression like a worn tire as compared with a case where the brightness of a tread surface and the brightness of a bottom surface of a groove are the same is obtained. The tread portion includes a tread portion including a tread surface and a groove that partitions the tread surface; and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from a bottom surface of the groove at a height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm and are arranged at an interval of from more than 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. A ratio of a height of the protrusions to a depth of the groove (protrusion height/groove depth) is from 0.02 to 0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200290406Abstract: Provided is a tire including: a decorative part having a base surface; and a first patterned region in which plural first protrusions protruding from the base surface of the decorative part at a protrusion height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm and intervals of larger than 1.0 mm and 3.0 mm or smaller are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200276869Abstract: A tire has: a decorative portion that is formed at a tire side portion a tire outer surface) and has a base surface; and a first low brightness region and second low brightness regions (a plurality of first pattern regions) at which plurality of projections, which project-out from the base surface of the decorative portion at a projecting height of from 0.1 [mm] to 1.0 [mm], are formed at intervals of from 0.1 [mm] to 1.0 [mm]. Intervals between the projections differ from one another in the plurality of first pattern regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro IWABUCHI
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Patent number: 10759232Abstract: A tire includes: a pattern portion, in which plural ridges having ridgelines are arranged adjacent to each other, on a tire surface, the ridgelines including a main body portion and a first extending portion and a second extending portion that extend in different directions from the main body portion in plan view, in which the first extending portion of a ridge and the second extending portion of an adjacent ridge at least partially overlap each other when viewed from a direction orthogonal to an adjacent direction of the ridges, a height of the ridge is from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, and ridges adjacent to each other are arranged at a constant pitch of from 0.15 mm to 0.35 mm.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Shiho Kamada
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Patent number: D906951Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi