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).

  • Patent number: 11738603
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Higuchi, Teppei Nakamichi, Tomohisa Kuriyama, Kengo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11524529
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Osawa, Teppei Nakamichi, Kensuke Aizawa, Daichi Takatsuki
  • Patent number: 11198330
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Teppei Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20210170800
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Higuchi, Teppei Nakamichi, Tomohisa Kuriyama, Kengo Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20210146729
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya OSAWA, Teppei NAKAMICHI, Kensuke AIZAWA, Daichi TAKATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20180297413
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Teppei NAKAMICHI
  • Patent number: D963557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Teppei Nakamichi, Yuto Ohte, Minoru Terada, Kenji Ueda, Hiroki Uno, Hideki Osawa, Tomo Niura, Etsuro Takada, Daisuke Morito
  • Patent number: D964919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Teppei Nakamichi, Yuto Ohte, Minoru Terada, Kenji Ueda, Hiroki Uno, Hideki Osawa, Tomo Niura, Etsuro Takada, Daisuke Morito