Patents by Inventor Subaru TOYA

Subaru TOYA 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: 20230311586
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a side portion and a clinch portion, wherein: in a meridian cross section, the distance from a bead baseline to the outside portion in the width direction of the clinch portion is greater than the distance to the inside portion in the width direction; the E*S of the side portion, as measured at 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a distortion rate of 1%, is less than the E*C of the clinch portion; and, formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1600?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(2) where Wt is the cross-sectional width of the tire installed on a standardized rim and filled with air to an internal pressure of 250 kPa, Dt is the outer diameter, and V is the volume of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230294455
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire with which any change in steering stability between low-speed running and high-speed running is sufficiently minimized, and durability is also sufficiently improved. This pneumatic tire has a belt layer radially inward of the tread portion, wherein the ratio (tan ?/E*) of the loss tangent (tan ?) to the complex elastic modulus E*(MPa) of the rubber composition constituting the belt layer, as measured under the conditions of 70° C., frequency 10 Hz, initial distortion 5%, and dynamic distortion rate 1%, is 0.002 to 0.017 (inclusive), and the (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied, where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire, Dt (mm) is the outside diameter, and the virtual volume V (mm3) is the volume of the space occupied by the tire, when the tire is installed on a standardized rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230294460
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided which has sufficiently reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running and which has excellent durability. The pneumatic tire has a bead portion, carcass and tread, wherein: a bead-reinforcing layer that reinforces the bead portion from outside of the carcass is provided outside of the carcass in the tire axis direction; and the pneumatic tire satisfies (formula 1) and (formula 2) below, where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire when the tire installed on a standardized rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, Dt (mm) is the outer diameter, and the virtual volume V (mm3) is the volume of the space occupied by the tire. 1600?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230286329
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire for which rolling resistance at high speed running is sufficiently reduced and durability is sufficiently improved. The pneumatic tire has a side portion, a thickness S (mm) of a rubber layer radially outside a carcass on the side portion at the maximum tire width position is 3 mm or less, the loss tangent of the rubber layer measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a dynamic distortion rate of 1% is 0.15 or less, and when the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the outer diameter is Dt (mm) when installed on a regular rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, the volume of the space occupied by the tire is the virtual volume V (mm3), the following (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230286321
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread, wherein the ground contact surface of the tread is composed of at least two types of rubber compositions different in the thermal conductivity, and the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(2) where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width and Dt (mm) is the outer diameter of the tire when installed on a standardized rim and inflated to an internal pressure of 250 kPa, and V (mm3) is the virtual volume of the space occupied by the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230286330
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire that has reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running as well as excellent durability performance. This pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall and a clinch section in each of a pair of side sections. When the loss tangent of the sidewall is tan ?sw and the loss tangent of the clinch section is tan ?c when measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial strain of 5%, and a dynamic strain rate of 1%, then (tan ?sw+tan ?c)?0.3 and |tan ?sw?tan ?c|?0.07. When the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the external diameter is Dt (mm) when the pneumatic tire is installed on a standardized rim and internal pressure is set to 250 kPa, and if the volume of space occupied by the tire is a virtual volume V (mm3), then (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(formula 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230278372
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having a sufficiently suppressed change in handling property and sufficiently improved durability. This pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion including a rubber layer, the rubber layer is formed of a rubber composition having 0.25 or less of a loss tangent (15° C. tan?) measured under such conditions as 15° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230264519
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided which has sufficiently reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running and which has sufficiently improved durability. In this pneumatic tire, which has a tread, at least one rubber layer forming the tread includes a rubber component containing styrene butadiene rubber and isoprene rubber, and is formed from a rubber composition with a loss tangent (30° C. tan ?) less than or equal to 0.14, measured under the conditions of 30° C., frequency 10 Hz, initial strain 5%, and dynamic strain rate 1%; defining Wt (mm) as the cross-section width, Dt (mm) as the outer diameter and virtual volume V (mm3) as the volume of the space occupied by the tire when said tire is installed on the standardized rim and has an internal pressure of 250 kPa, the pneumatic tire satisfies (Formula 1) and (Formula 2). 1600?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(Formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230264518
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire which is sufficiently reduced in the rolling resistance during high-speed travel, while having sufficiently improved chipping resistance. A pneumatic tire which has a tread part, wherein: at least one rubber layer that forms the tread part contains a rubber component that contains an isoprene rubber, a styrene butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber, while containing more than 5 parts by mass but 25 parts by mass or less of carbon black relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and if Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width of the tire, Dt (mm) is the outer diameter of the tire, and V (mm3) is the virtual volume that is the volume of the space occupied by the tire when this pneumatic tire is installed on a standardized rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji HAMAMURA, Hiroki KAWAI, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 11597822
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which provides improved abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire containing the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires containing a rubber component including at least 80% by mass in total of at least one of an isoprene-based rubber, a polybutadiene rubber, or a styrene-butadiene rubber, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 3 to 250 parts by mass of a reinforcing filler and 0.2 to 10 parts by mass of a specific tetrazine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Kitaura, Subaru Toya, Hayato Yoshiyasu, Hiroaki Yamada
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11312191
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises 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 of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masako Nakatani, Takahiro Kawachi, Ayuko Yamada, Takuya Horiguchi, Masataka Hiro, Takayuki Nagase, Hiroshi Ito, Fumiya Kato, Subaru Toya
  • Publication number: 20210129599
    Abstract: A pneumatic tyre 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 tyre radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tyre 1 has a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tyre axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tyre axial direction of the belt layer 7, and air permeability of the noise damper 20 measured in accordance with the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS-L1096 is 3.0 cm3/cm2/s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Noboru OKABE, Keiji TAKAGI, Natsuki MAEKAWA, Kenji HAMAMURA, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20200238768
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises 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 of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Takuya HORIGUCHI, Masataka HIRO, Takayuki NAGASE, Hiroshi ITO, Fumiya KATO, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20200164700
    Abstract: To be capable of preventing deterioration of uniformity after puncture repair while suppressing running noise. [Solution] A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a noise damper 20 fixed to a tire inner cavity surface of a tread portion 2 and formed of a porous material. The noise damper 20 includes a first part 23 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction and fixed to the tire inner cavity surface 16, and a second part 24 arranged on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the first part 23 and exposed in a tire inner cavity 17. A water absorption rate of the first part 23 calculated by a following formula (1) is in a range of from 5% to 25%. Air permeability of the second part 24 measured in accordance with Japanese Industrial standard JIS-L1096 is in a range of from 1 to 7 cm3/cm2/s. The formula (1) is: water absorption rate (%)=weight change before and after immersion (g)/volume at 50% compression (cm3)×100 (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Nanaho KAMI, Ayuko YAMADA, Takuya HORIGUCHI, Tatsuhiro TANAKA, Keiji TAKAGI, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 10647168
    Abstract: To be capable of preventing deterioration of uniformity after puncture repair while suppressing running noise. [Solution] A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a noise damper 20 fixed to a tire inner cavity surface of a tread portion 2 and formed of a porous material. The noise damper 20 includes a first part 23 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction and fixed to the tire inner cavity surface 16, and a second part 24 arranged on an inner side in the tire radial direction of the first part 23 and exposed in a tire inner cavity 17. A water absorption rate of the first part 23 calculated by a following formula (1) is in a range of from 5% to 25%. Air permeability of the second part 24 measured in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard JIS-L1096 is in a range of from 1 to 7 cm3/cm2/s. The formula (1) is: water absorption rate (%)=weight change before and after immersion (g)/volume at 50% compression (cm3)×100 ??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masako Nakatani, Takahiro Kawachi, Nanaho Kami, Ayuko Yamada, Takuya Horiguchi, Tatsuhiro Tanaka, Keiji Takagi, 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: 20200024432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which provides improved abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire containing the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires containing a rubber component including at least 80% by mass in total of at least one of an isoprene-based rubber, a polybutadiene rubber, or a styrene-butadiene rubber, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 3 to 250 parts by mass of a reinforcing filler and 0.2 to 10 parts by mass of a specific tetrazine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro KITAURA, Subaru TOYA, Hayato YOSHIYASU, Hiroaki YAMADA
  • 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
  • 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