Patents by Inventor Takuma YOSHIZUMI

Takuma YOSHIZUMI 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: 20240131867
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire (1) includes: a tread portion (2) including a land portion (24) divided by a plurality of main grooves (22) formed on a tread surface (21); an inner liner (7) constituting a tire inner surface (7A) on an inner side of the tread portion (2); and a mount member (10) which is provided on the tire inner surface (7A), and to which electric equipment can be attached. In the pneumatic tire (1), acetone extraction amount (AE2) of a rubber composition constituting the inner liner (7) is larger than acetone extraction amount AE1 of a rubber composition constituting the mount member (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma YOSHIZUMI, Naoya SOFUE, Daichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240123765
    Abstract: Provided is a tire in which cracks do not occur in the tire inner member during high-speed running and the occurrence of tire air leakage and detachment of electronic component mounting members is suppressed. A tire in which an electronic component mounting member for a built-in electronic component is mounted on the surface of a tire inner member, wherein the electronic component mounting member has an electronic component storage portion for storing an electronic component and a joint portion equipped with a joint surface for mounting the electronic component mounting member on the surface of the tire inner member, and the acetone extraction weight AEr (mass %) of the electronic component mounting member and the acetone extraction weight AEi (mass %) of the tire inner member satisfy (formula 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma YOSHIZUMI, Naoya SOFUE, Daichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240042813
    Abstract: Provided is a tire having excellent peeling resistance such that it is unsusceptible to having an electronic component peel off from the surface of the tire, even when a large impact is exerted on the tire during high-speed travel. An electronic component attachment member for embedding an electronic component is attached to a surface of a tire inner member disposed in a tire inner cavity. The electronic component attachment member comprises an electronic component storage part for storing an electronic component, and a bonding part having a bonding surface for attaching the electronic component attachment member to the surface of the tire inner member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya SOFUE, Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240010033
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire (1) includes: a tread portion (2) including a land portion (24) divided by a plurality of main grooves (22) formed on a tread surface (21); and a mount member (10) which is provided on a tire inner surface (7A) on an inner side of the tread portion (2), and to which electric equipment can be attached. The mount member (10) is disposed on the tire inner surface (7A) at a position corresponding to the land portion (24). Complex elastic modulus E*1 of a rubber composition constituting the mount member (10) is larger than complex elastic modulus E*2 of a rubber composition constituting the tread portion (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya SOFUE, Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Patent number: 11795586
    Abstract: A composite cord is composed of two first strands formed of aramid fibers and one second strand formed of nylon fibers. In a cross section perpendicular to a length direction, a ratio L2/L0 of a length L2 of an exposed surface of the second strand along the outer cord periphery to a length L0 of an exposed surface of the composite cord along the outer cord periphery is in a range of 0.30 or more and 0.40 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuma Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11760135
    Abstract: Provided is a tire structure technology with which sufficient reading performance can be maintained even when a tire having an electronic component provided therein is caused to drive under high speed and severe handling. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is provided farther outward in a tire axial direction than a carcass, and in which the tan ?(1)50° C. and tan ?(1)150° C. of a first rubber member, and the tan ?(2)50° C. and tan ?(2)150° C. of a second rubber member, satisfy the following formula, where the first rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned outward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction, and the second rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned inward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction. (tan ?(1)50° C.+tan ?(2)50° C.)?(tan ?(1)150° C.+tan ?(2)150° C.)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Yoshizumi, Hiroki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20210370719
    Abstract: A composite cord is composed of two first strands formed of aramid fibers and one second strand formed of nylon fibers. In a cross section perpendicular to a length direction, a ratio L2/L0 of a length L2 of an exposed surface of the second strand along the outer cord periphery to a length L0 of an exposed surface of the composite cord along the outer cord periphery is in a range of 0.30 or more and 0.40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20210070112
    Abstract: Provided is a tire structure technology with which sufficient reading performance can be maintained even when a tire having an electronic component provided therein is caused to drive under high speed and severe handling. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is provided farther outward in a tire axial direction than a carcass, and in which the tan?(1)50° C. and tan?(1)150° C. of a first rubber member, and the tan?(2)50° C. and tan?(2)150° C. of a second rubber member, satisfy the following formula, where the first rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned outward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction, and the second rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned inward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction. (tan?(1)50° C.+tan ?(2)50° C. )?(tan?(1)150° C.tan?(2)150° C.)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma YOSHIZUMI, Hiroki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210070113
    Abstract: Provided is a tire structure technology with which, even in the case of a tire having an electronic component provided therein, damage and deformation of the electronic component caused by impact loads, etc., during road surface travel can be suppressed and sufficient reading performance can be maintained. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is provided at a position farther outward in a tire axial direction than a carcass, wherein, in a tire rubber member that has the greatest E*(50° C.) at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned inward in the tire axial direction from the position where the electronic component is provided, E*(50° C.) at 50° and E*(150° C.) at 150° C. satisfy the following formula. E*(150° C.)/E*(50° C.)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma YOSHIZUMI, Hiroki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210070111
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for producing a tire which, even if an electronic component is included therein, can prevent damages or deformations of the electronic component caused by impact load during street-traveling, etc., and maintain sufficient reading performance. Provided is a pneumatic tire provided with an electronic component at a position located on the further outer side in the tire axis direction than a carcass, wherein, in a tire rubber member having a maximum value of E*(100° C.) at 100° C., among tire rubber members located toward the outer side in the tire axis direction from the position at which the electronic component is disposed, E*(1000° C.) at 100° C. and E*(150° C.) at 150° C. satisfy the following formula: E*(150° C.)/E*(100° C.)?0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma YOSHIZUMI, Hiroki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200385549
    Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition for sidewalls which provides improved low heat build-up properties, and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200247193
    Abstract: Provided is a tire manufacturing feature in which even when an electronic component is embedded in a tire, damage due to impact load during traveling on the road surface is inhibited and the durability of the tire is prevented from deteriorating. A pneumatic tire provided with: a bead reinforcing layer provided in the tire-axial-direction outer side of the carcass of a bead part the bead reinforcing layer reinforcing the bead part from the outer side of the carcass; a clinch member provided on the tire-axial-direction outer side of the bead reinforcing layer; and an electronic device. The clinch member has a rigidity lower than that of the bead reinforcing layer, and the electronic component is embedded between the bead reinforcing layer and the clinch member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAJIMA, Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200189331
    Abstract: Provided is a tire structure technology with which sufficient reading performance can be maintained even when a tire having an electronic component provided therein is caused to travel at high speed with severe handling. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is provided farther outward in a tire axial direction than a carcass, and in which the E*(1)50° C. at 50° C. and E*(1)150° C. at 150° C. of a first rubber member, and the E*(2)50° C. at 50° C. and E*(2)150° C. at 150° C. of a second rubber member, satisfy the following formula, where the first rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned inward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction, and the second rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned outward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction. (E*(1)50° C./E*(2)50° C.)?(E*(1)150° C./E*(2)150° C.)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma YOSHIZUMI, Hiroki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200180366
    Abstract: Provided is a tire manufacturing feature in which, even when an electronic component is disposed on a side wall portion in order to secure sufficient communication performance, damage to the tire or to the electronic component is avoided. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is disposed in the interior thereof, wherein a protective layer for reinforcing a side wall is provided at a position on the inside of a carcass and on the outside of an inner liner with respect to the tire axial direction, the protective layer has higher rigidity and lower heat generating properties than the side wall, and the electronic component is disposed between the carcass and the protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAJIMA, Takuma YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20170334157
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes an inner liner including a vulcanized rubber composition such that a number of voids each having a volume of 4.19 ?m3 or more per 8,000,000 ?m3 in the vulcanized rubber composition is 2 or less in an environment of 60° C. under an atmospheric pressure, and that the vulcanized rubber composition has an air permeation coefficient of 0.95×10?10 cm3·cm/(cm2·s·cmHg) or less when measured using a differential pressure method in the environment of 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro HONDA, Daiki MUKOUGUCHI, Takuma YOSHIZUMI