Patents by Inventor Suguru IZUMO

Suguru IZUMO 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: 20250196539
    Abstract: A tire 2 includes a tread 4 formed from a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a styrene butadiene rubber; and a filler including silica. The tread 4 has a plurality of circumferential main grooves 10. The plurality of circumferential main grooves 10 define a pair of crown land portion 20 in the tread 4. Each crown land portion 20 has a crown narrow groove 24. Each crown narrow land portion 34 defined by the crown narrow groove 24 has a crown sipe 40. An amount CSB of the styrene butadiene rubber, an amount BS of the silica, a groove depth DGs of the crown sipe 40, and a groove depth DGg of the crown narrow groove 24 satisfy the following relational expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hana HISAJIMA, Suguru IZUMO, Shuji KAGIMOTO, Satsuki FUJISE
  • Patent number: 11807042
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a pneumatic tire for heavy load having improved fuel efficiency and rib tear resistance. Provided is a pneumatic tire for heavy load comprising a tread, wherein the pneumatic tire has a difference in modulus at 200% elongation between a base rubber layer and a cap rubber layer is set within a predetermined range and an acetone extraction amount of the base rubber layer is set within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Suguru Izumo
  • Publication number: 20230023252
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a tire having well-improved fuel efficiency, wet grip performance, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance at a later stage of abrasion. Provided is a tire comprising a tread part of a rubber composition comprising a rubber component comprising an isoprene-based rubber and a styrene-butadiene rubber, wherein a vinyl content of the styrene-butadiene rubber is greater than 26 mol %, wherein a given ratio A of an ash content of the rubber composition is greater than 25 mol %, wherein the tread part comprises two or more circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and land parts partitioned by the circumferential main grooves, wherein at least one land part of the land parts comprises at least one given flask-like circumferential groove extending in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Suguru IZUMO
  • Publication number: 20220234388
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a pneumatic tire for heavy load having improved fuel efficiency and rib tear resistance. Provided is a pneumatic tire for heavy load comprising a tread, wherein the pneumatic tire has a difference in modulus at 200% elongation between a base rubber layer and a cap rubber layer is set within a predetermined range and an acetone extraction amount of the base rubber layer is set within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Suguru IZUMO
  • Publication number: 20210221981
    Abstract: According to the rubber composition of the present invention comprising a starting chemical comprising a rubber component comprising styrene-butadiene rubber, a filler comprising silica, a silane coupling agent and an organoaluminum compound, a rubber composition for a tire having enhanced wet grip performance and abrasion resistance as well as enhanced fuel efficiency and a tire tread and tire produced using the rubber composition can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Suguru IZUMO
  • Patent number: 10967677
    Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire having improved wet grip performance and fuel efficiency in a good balance. The pneumatic tire is provided with a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising not less than 0.5 part by mass of silica and not less than 5 parts by mass of a resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 40 to 100% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber and 0 to 60% by mass of a butadiene rubber, wherein an adhesive force of the rubber composition measured by the specified adhesion test method is not less than 300 when an adhesive force of a reference rubber composition wherein the whole amount of resin has been replaced by oil is assumed to be 100, and a ratio of a loss tangent tan ?0° C. at 0° C. of the rubber composition to a loss tangent tan ?70° C. at 70° C. of the rubber composition (tan ?0° C./tan ?70° C. is from 3.0 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Izumo, Ryoji Kojima
  • Patent number: 10844199
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for tires that provides a balanced improvement of wet grip, abrasion resistance, handling stability, and fuel economy during high-speed running, and further has less performance degradation after long-term service. Also provided is a tire including the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition for tires containing, based on 100% by mass of a rubber component therein: 3-25% by mass of a component derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer; 0-15% by mass of a component derived from a butadiene monomer and having a vinyl configuration; 1-90% by mass of a component derived from a butadiene monomer and having a cis configuration; and 1-6% by mans of a component derived from an isoprene monomer and having a cis configuration, the rubber composition having, after vulcanization, physical properties satisfying the following relationships (1) and (2): ?25° C.<Tg<0° C.??(1); and 65<Hs<75??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Yokoyama, Suguru Izumo
  • Patent number: 10710409
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cap tread rubber composition and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition which are excellent in grip performance and abrasion resistance during high speed running. Provided is a cap tread rubber composition, containing: styrene butadiene rubber and/or polybutadiene rubber; an isoprene-based rubber; a filler; and a plasticizer, the rubber composition containing, based on 100% by mass of a rubber component therein, at least 90% by mass in total of the styrene butadiene rubber and/or polybutadiene rubber and 0.3% to 10% by mass of the isoprene-based rubber, the filler including, based on 100% by mass thereof, at least 80% by mass of silica, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, at least 110 parts by mass of the silica and at least 50 parts by mass of the plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Yokoyama, Suguru Izumo
  • Publication number: 20190309146
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for tires that provides a balanced improvement of wet grip, abrasion resistance, handling stability, and fuel economy during high-speed running, and further has less performance degradation after long-term service. Also provided is a tire including the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition for tires containing, based on 100% by mass of a rubber component therein: 3-25% by mass of a component derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer; 0-15% by mass of a component derived from a butadiene monomer and having a vinyl configuration; 1-90% by mass of a component derived from a butadiene monomer and having a cis configuration; and 1-6% by mans of a component derived from an isoprene monomer and having a cis configuration, the rubber composition having, after vulcanization, physical properties satisfying the following relationships (1) and (2): ?25° C.<Tg<0° C. ??(1); and 65<Hs<75 ??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka YOKOYAMA, Suguru IZUMO
  • Publication number: 20190062531
    Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire having improved wet grip performance and fuel efficiency in a good balance. The pneumatic tire is provided with a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising not less than 0.5 part by mass of silica and 5 to 50 parts by mass of a resin having a melt viscosity (150° C.) of 12000 to 15000 mPa·s based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component. The rubber component comprises 40 to 100% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber and 0 to 60% by mass of a butadiene rubber. The resin is selected from the group consisting of a terpene phenol resin, a phenol resin and an alkylphenol resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: Kraton Chemical, LLC, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pille-Wolf, Jérémie Pichereau, Mikako Takenaka, Ryoji Kojima, Suguru Izumo
  • Publication number: 20180236815
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cap tread rubber composition and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition which are excellent in grip performance and abrasion resistance during high speed running. Provided is a cap tread rubber composition, containing: styrene butadiene rubber and/or polybutadiene rubber; an isoprene-based rubber; a filler; and a plasticizer, the rubber composition containing, based on 100% by mass of a rubber component therein, at least 90% by mass in total of the styrene butadiene rubber and/or polybutadiene rubber and 0.3% to 10% by mass of the isoprene-based rubber, the filler including, based on 100% by mass thereof, at least 80% by mass of silica, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, at least 110 parts by mass of the silica and at least 50 parts by mass of the plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka YOKOYAMA, Suguru IZUMO
  • Publication number: 20170291450
    Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire having improved wet grip performance and fuel efficiency in a good balance. The pneumatic tire is provided with a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising not less than 0.5 part by mass of silica and not less than 5 parts by mass of a resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 40 to 100% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber and 0 to 60% by mass of a butadiene rubber, wherein an adhesive force of the rubber composition measured by the specified adhesion test method is not less than 300 when an adhesive force of a reference rubber composition wherein the whole amount of resin has been replaced by oil is assumed to be 100, and a ratio of a loss tangent tan ?0° C. at 0° C. of the rubber composition to a loss tangent tan ?70° C. at 70° C. of the rubber composition (tan ?0° C./tan ?70° C. is from 3.0 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru IZUMO, Ryoji KOJIMA