Patents by Inventor Sousuke Tsubotani

Sousuke Tsubotani 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: 10183434
    Abstract: A conveying device for conveying a rubber member extruded in a curved state from an extrusion device, the device including a support and a plurality of rollers which are spirally arranged around the support to constitute a spiral conveying path and which rotate while supporting a lower surface of the rubber member, wherein an outer diameter of each of the rollers increases from one end to the other end in an axial direction, the one end being rotatably fixed to the support, and the plurality of rollers include drive rollers which rotate and drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoshi Miyamoto, Sousuke Tsubotani
  • Patent number: 9694552
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for molding an annular member capable of accurately molding an annular member into a predetermined cross-sectional shape even if the annular member has a thick-walled inner peripheral part and a thin-walled outer peripheral part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sousuke Tsubotani, Ryoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20140260863
    Abstract: A conveying device for conveying a rubber member extruded in a curved state from an extrusion device, the device including a support and a plurality of rollers which are spirally arranged around the support to constitute a spiral conveying path and which rotate while supporting a lower surface of the rubber member, wherein an outer diameter of each of the rollers increases from one end to the other end in an axial direction, the one end being rotatably fixed to the support, and the plurality of rollers include drive rollers which rotate and drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoshi Miyamoto, Sousuke Tsubotani
  • Publication number: 20140262048
    Abstract: A conveying device which receives a curved rubber member supplied from a supply device and delivers the rubber member to a supply target device, the conveying device including a rotary table having an annular mounting surface on which the curved rubber member is placed, and a moving mechanism capable of moving the rotary table between a receiving position and a delivery position, wherein the rotary table is rotated at the receiving position to roll up the rubber member, is moved from the receiving position to the delivery position, and is reversely rotated at the delivery position to roll back the rubber member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoshi Miyamoto, Sousuke Tsubotani
  • Publication number: 20140252673
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for molding an annular member capable of accurately molding an annular member into a predetermined cross-sectional shape even if the annular member has a thick-walled inner peripheral part and a thin-walled outer peripheral part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sousuke Tsubotani, Ryoshi Miyamoto