Patents by Inventor Teppei NAKAMICHI
Teppei NAKAMICHI 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).
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Patent number: 11738603Abstract: Provided is a tire including a tread portion. The tread portion can include three circumferential grooves and four land portions. The circumferential grooves can include two shoulder circumferential grooves and one crown circumferential groove. The land portions can include two shoulder land portions and two middle land portions. The two middle land portions can each include a circumferential sipe, a plurality of first middle lateral grooves, and a plurality of second middle lateral grooves. The two shoulder land portions can each include a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves extending from a tread end and terminating in the shoulder land portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keiji Higuchi, Teppei Nakamichi, Tomohisa Kuriyama, Kengo Fukuda
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Patent number: 11524529Abstract: The tire has a tread portion axially divided into two shoulder land regions, two middle land regions and one crown land region by two shoulder circumferential grooves and two crown circumferential grooves. The middle land regions are each provided with a single longitudinal sipe, and first and second middle transverse grooves extending from the adjacent shoulder circumferential groove and crown circumferential groove, and terminated without being connected to the longitudinal sipe. The shoulder land regions are each provided with shoulder transverse grooves extending from tread edges and terminated within the respective shoulder land regions.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuya Osawa, Teppei Nakamichi, Kensuke Aizawa, Daichi Takatsuki
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Patent number: 11198330Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion being divided into four land portions by one circumferentially extending crown main groove and two circumferentially extending shoulder main grooves arranged one on each side of the crown main groove. The four land portions include two crown land portions disposed one on each side of the crown main groove. Each of the crown land portions is provided with first crown lateral grooves each extending from the crown main groove and terminating within the crown land portion and second crown lateral grooves each extending from the adjacent shoulder main groove and terminating within the crown land portion. In each of the crown land portion, the first crown lateral grooves and the second crown lateral grooves extend at least to an axial center location of the crown land portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Teppei Nakamichi
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Publication number: 20210170800Abstract: Provided is a tire including a tread portion. The tread portion can include three circumferential grooves and four land portions. The circumferential grooves can include two shoulder circumferential grooves and one crown circumferential groove. The land portions can include two shoulder land portions and two middle land portions. The two middle land portions can each include a circumferential sipe, a plurality of first middle lateral grooves, and a plurality of second middle lateral grooves. The two shoulder land portions can each include a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves extending from a tread end and terminating in the shoulder land portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Higuchi, Teppei Nakamichi, Tomohisa Kuriyama, Kengo Fukuda
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Publication number: 20210146729Abstract: The tire has a tread portion axially divided into two shoulder land regions, two middle land regions and one crown land region by two shoulder circumferential grooves and two crown circumferential grooves. The middle land regions are each provided with a single longitudinal sipe, and first and second middle transverse grooves extending from the adjacent shoulder circumferential groove and crown circumferential groove, and terminated without being connected to the longitudinal sipe. The shoulder land regions are each provided with shoulder transverse grooves extending from tread edges and terminated within the respective shoulder land regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya OSAWA, Teppei NAKAMICHI, Kensuke AIZAWA, Daichi TAKATSUKI
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Publication number: 20180297413Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion being divided into four land portions by one circumferentially extending crown main groove and two circumferentially extending shoulder main grooves arranged one on each side of the crown main groove. The four land portions include two crown land portions disposed one on each side of the crown main groove. Each of the crown land portions is provided with first crown lateral grooves each extending from the crown main groove and terminating within the crown land portion and second crown lateral grooves each extending from the adjacent shoulder main groove and terminating within the crown land portion. In each of the crown land portion, the first crown lateral grooves and the second crown lateral grooves extend at least to an axial center location of the crown land portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Teppei NAKAMICHI
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Patent number: D963557Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventors: Teppei Nakamichi, Yuto Ohte, Minoru Terada, Kenji Ueda, Hiroki Uno, Hideki Osawa, Tomo Niura, Etsuro Takada, Daisuke Morito
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Patent number: D964919Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Inventors: Teppei Nakamichi, Yuto Ohte, Minoru Terada, Kenji Ueda, Hiroki Uno, Hideki Osawa, Tomo Niura, Etsuro Takada, Daisuke Morito