Patents by Inventor Tetsuro SAEKI

Tetsuro SAEKI 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: 11794526
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion including a tyre equator, a tread edge, a tread width which is a distance in a tyre axial direction from the tyre equator to the tread edge, a shoulder land portion including the tread edge. The shoulder land portion is provided with a plurality of first shoulder lateral grooves. Each first shoulder lateral groove includes an inner groove portion extending inwardly in the tyre axial direction of the tread edge and an outer groove portion extending outwardly in the tyre axial direction of the tread edge. Each first shoulder lateral groove, in a tread development view, has a groove area Sb of the outer groove portion extending in a region from the tread edge to an 125% position of the tread width is greater than a groove area Sa of the inner groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Saeki
  • Publication number: 20230219377
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a bead portion provided with a bead core and a bead apex rubber. The bead apex rubber extends radially outward from the radially outer surface of the bead core, and has a radially outer end not positioned in a first region. The first region is defined between a first radial line and a second radial line. The first radial line extends straight through a radially outer end of a contact area where the bead portion comes into contact with a flange of a wheel rim. The second radial line extends straight through a position spaced 10 mm axially outward from the radially outer end of the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro SAEKI
  • Patent number: 11654724
    Abstract: A tire includes a pair of shoulder land regions each provided with a plurality of wavy sipes and first shoulder lateral grooves each having a groove width of 2 mm or less and larger than a width of each of the wavy sipes. The tire further includes a pair of middle land regions and a crown land region each provided with a plurality of non-wavy sipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Saeki
  • Publication number: 20220118799
    Abstract: A tire includes a pair of shoulder land regions each provided with a plurality of wavy sipes and first shoulder lateral grooves each having a groove width of 2 mm or less and larger than a width of each of the wavy sipes. The tire further includes a pair of middle land regions and a crown land region each provided with a plurality of non-wavy sipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro SAEKI
  • Publication number: 20210316574
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion including a tyre equator, a tread edge, a tread width which is a distance in a tyre axial direction from the tyre equator to the tread edge, a shoulder land portion including the tread edge. The shoulder land portion is provided with a plurality of first shoulder lateral grooves. Each first shoulder lateral groove includes an inner groove portion extending inwardly in the tyre axial direction of the tread edge and an outer groove portion extending outwardly in the tyre axial direction of the tread edge. Each first shoulder lateral groove, in a tread development view, has a groove area Sb of the outer groove portion extending in a region from the tread edge to an 125% position of the tread width is greater than a groove area Sa of the inner groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro SAEKI