Patents by Inventor Taiichi Nishio

Taiichi Nishio 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: 11318794
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire in which a plurality of sipes 20 are formed in land sections of a tread and at least one of end parts in an extending direction of each sipe 20 is an end part 21 in the land section that is blocked in the land section, in which holes 22 separated from the sipes 20 are formed on line segments L connecting the end parts 21 in the land section of adjacent two sipes 20 to each other, and the hole 22 has a circular shape or an elliptical shape in plan view, a diameter of which becomes smaller as coming toward a deeper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taiichi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20200016936
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided in which main sipes 20 are formed on land sections of a tread and at least one of ends in an extending direction of each main sipe is a blocked end 21 that is blocked in the land section, auxiliary sipes 23 separated from the main sipe are formed on both sides of the blocked end, the blocked end overlaps with the auxiliary sipes on both sides thereof in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the main sipe, a distance between a center in an extending direction of the auxiliary sipe and the blocked end is 10% or more to 20% or less of a depth of the main sipe, the extending direction of the auxiliary sipes is inclined with respect to the extending direction of the main sipe, and the auxiliary sipes are gradually shortened as coming toward a depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Taiichi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20200001653
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire in which a plurality of sipes 20 are formed in land sections of a tread and at least one of end parts in an extending direction of each sipe 20 is an end part 21 in the land section that is blocked in the land section, in which holes 22 separated from the sipes 20 are formed on line segments L connecting the end parts 21 in the land section of adjacent two sipes 20 to each other, and the hole 22 has a circular shape or an elliptical shape in plan view, a diameter of which becomes smaller as coming toward a deeper position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Taiichi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20200001660
    Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire in which sipes 20 are formed in a land section of a tread, at least one of end parts in an extending direction of each sipe 20 is an end part 21 in the land section that is blocked in the land section, and holes 22 continue from the end parts 21 in the land section with a circular shape or an elliptical shape in plan view are formed, in which a portion from an opening end 23 to a bottom part 24 of the hole 22 continues from the end part 21 in the land section, and a diameter of the hole 22 is reduced as coming toward a deeper position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Taiichi Nishio
  • Patent number: 8905102
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a rubber filler includes a lower filler and an upper filler. The lower filler surrounds a bead core and has a round cross sectional shape. The upper filler has a lower rubber hardness than the lower filler. A chafer is wound up around the bead core outside of a carcass ply and includes a metal cord. A wound-up end of the carcass ply is arranged radially outside of an upper end of the lower filler and a wound-up end of the chafer. A rubber pad has a higher rubber hardness than the upper filler and sandwiches the wound-up end of the carcass ply. The rubber pad extends to radially inside of the upper end of the lower filler and contacts with an inside of a wound-up portion of the carcass ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taiichi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20120318427
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a rubber filler includes a lower filler and an upper filler. The lower filler surrounds a bead core and has a round cross sectional shape. The upper filler has a lower rubber hardness than the lower filler. A chafer is wound up around the bead core outside of a carcass ply and includes a metal cord. A wound-up end of the carcass ply is arranged radially outside of an upper end of the lower filler and a wound-up end of the chafer. A rubber pad has a higher rubber hardness than the upper filler and sandwiches the wound-up end of the carcass ply. The rubber pad extends to radially inside of the upper end of the lower filler and contacts with an inside of a wound-up portion of the carcass ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taiichi Nishio