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).

  • Publication number: 20100224296
    Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire sufficiently improving drainage performance, driving stability, uneven wear resistance and quiet performance. A pneumatic tire 1 has at least one tire circumferential groove 9 extending along the tire circumferential direction in a tread portion 2. In addition, there are provided in a surface of the tread portion, a plurality of inclined grooves consisting of two or more small grooves 10 inclined at the same direction with respect to the tire circumferential direction and having an inclination angle within a range between 10 degrees and 60 degrees and configured in a zig-zag manner by coupling ends of the small grooves 10. The inclined grooves 11 are included in any widthwise section of the tread portion 2 of the tire and a part of the inclined grooves 11 is opened to the tire circumferential groove 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Dobashi, Toshiyuki Ishiguro, Sotaro Iwabuchi, Shungo Fujita
  • Publication number: 20100212796
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire (1) having a sound absorption effect by lateral grooves is provided. The tire tread (2) has circumferential grooves formed continuously in the circumferential direction and lateral grooves extending from a circumferential groove. One end of each lateral groove is connected to the circumferential groove and the other end is a dead end. Each of the lateral grooves (7) includes a one-directional groove (11) extending in one direction from the circumferential groove (5) toward a side edge of the tire and an another-directional groove (14) extending in another direction from the circumferential groove toward the side edge of the tire. A root section (11a), which is close to the circumferential groove, of the one-directional groove (11) and a root section (14a), which is close to the circumferential groove (5), of the another-directional groove (14) are formed by a common groove (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA BRIDGESTONE
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D549167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Bridgstone Corporation
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D554051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D556127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D557656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D569337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D569791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Shungo Fujita
  • Patent number: D574766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Shungo Fujita
  • Patent number: D611893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Sotaro Iwabuchi, Yasuo Himuro, Paula R. Lundgren, Jon I. Stuckey
  • Patent number: D658574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Sotaro Iwabuchi