Patents by Inventor Tomio Yamabe

Tomio Yamabe 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: 20130248071
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire manufactured by a method comprising: covering the engagement element groups on first sides of a two-side fasteners with a protective rubber layer made of an uncured rubber; making a cylindrical first formed body on a making drum, with the two-side fasteners covered with the protective rubber layer being intermittently attached to an inner circumferential surface of the first forming body in a circumferential direction thereof with the engagement element groups on second sides of the two-side fasteners being interposed in between; bonding the first formed body to an inner circumference of an annular second formed body by compression through expanding the first formed body into a toroidal shape, and thereby making the green tire; and curing the green tire inside a mold of a curing machine while pressing the green tire from its inside by a bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi TANNO, Shiro OGAWA, Akira FUJITA, Tomio YAMABE
  • Patent number: 8444795
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire manufacturing method capable of improving the productivity of pneumatic tires each having surface fasteners in its tire inner surface, and of avoiding manufacturing a pneumatic tire having a deteriorated uniformity, as well as of preventing engagement elements of each surface fastener from being crushed. Also, provided is a pneumatic tire manufactured by the pneumatic tire manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tanno, Shiro Ogawa, Akira Fujita, Tomio Yamabe
  • Publication number: 20090159172
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire manufacturing method capable of improving the productivity of pneumatic tires each having surface fasteners in its tire inner surface, and of avoiding manufacturing a pneumatic tire having a deteriorated uniformity, as well as of preventing engagement elements of each surface fastener from being crushed. Also, provided is a pneumatic tire manufactured by the pneumatic tire manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tanno, Shiro Ogawa, Akira Fujita, Tomio Yamabe