Patents by Inventor Tomohiro HIRAISHI
Tomohiro HIRAISHI 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: 11390121Abstract: Provided is a tire in which a tread half portion has a circumferential groove and land portions, an outline of a tread surface of the tread half portion includes circular arcs, the circular arc having a minimum radius of curvature is present within the outline of the land portion adjacent to a tread edge, the tread half portion has a base rubber layer, and a cap rubber layer, the base rubber layer has a lower storage modulus than the cap rubber layer, and an end of the layer in a tire width direction on a tread edge side is located in a region extending as much as 0.06 times a ground contact width of the tread half portion on each of both tire widthwise sides of a center of a tire widthwise length of an outline portion occupied by the circular arc having the minimum radius of curvature.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Hiraishi
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Patent number: 10967680Abstract: Provided is a tire, comprising a tread surface divided into a plurality of land portions by at least one circumferential groove extending along a tire equator and tread edges, wherein at least an outline on one side of the tire equator of the tread surface comprises a plurality of arcs each having a different radius of curvature in a width direction cross-sectional view of the tire; an arc having a minimum radius of curvature among the plurality of arcs lies in a land portion having a maximum tread width direction length among the plurality of land portions; and an arc having a larger radius of curvature is disposed on a tread edge side of the arc having the minimum radius of curvature.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Hiraishi
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Publication number: 20200114694Abstract: Provided is a tire in which a tread half portion has a circumferential groove and land portions, an outline of a tread surface of the tread half portion includes circular arcs, the circular arc having a minimum radius of curvature is present within the outline of the land portion adjacent to a tread edge, the tread half portion has a base rubber layer, and a cap rubber layer, the base rubber layer has a lower storage modulus than the cap rubber layer, and an end of the layer in a tire width direction on a tread edge side is located in a region extending as much as 0.06 times a ground contact width of the tread half portion on each of both tire widthwise sides of a center of a tire widthwise length of an outline portion occupied by the circular arc having the minimum radius of curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Tomohiro HIRAISHI
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Patent number: 10576791Abstract: A tire includes sipes, on a surface of a tread of the tire, extending towards the direction of tire rotation from the tread edge side to the tire equator side of the surface of the tread. The sipes are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction of the tread. In each of the sipes disposed at the tread edge side, a plane that follows the shape of the opening of the sipe and extends in the tire radial direction from the opening is defined as a reference plane, and each of the sipes disposed at the tread edge side is formed to include an extending portion that extends along the reference plane in the tire radial direction from the opening and a protruding portion that protrudes from the reference plane towards the direction of tire rotation and returns to the reference plane via a bend.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Hiraishi
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Publication number: 20190329596Abstract: Provided is a tire, comprising a tread surface divided into a plurality of land portions by at least one circumferential groove extending along a tire equator and tread edges, wherein at least an outline on one side of the tire equator of the tread surface comprises a plurality of arcs each having a different radius of curvature in a width direction cross-sectional view of the tire; an arc having a minimum radius of curvature among the plurality of arcs lies in a land portion having a maximum tread width direction length among the plurality of land portions; and an arc having a larger radius of curvature is disposed on a tread edge side of the arc having the minimum radius of curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro HIRAISHI
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Publication number: 20190210407Abstract: Provided is a tire, comprising a tread surface divided into a plurality of land portions by at least one circumferential groove extending along a tire equator and tread edges, wherein at least one of the land portions divided by the at least one circumferential groove and the tread edges comprises a plurality of blocks divided by a plurality of width direction grooves; each of the blocks has a shape that protrudes from four sides toward a central portion; and each of the width direction grooves comprises a sipe portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro HIRAISHI
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Publication number: 20180162166Abstract: A tire comprising a tread surface of the tire partitioned into a plurality of land portions by a plurality of circumferential grooves along an equatorial plane of the tire and tread edges, wherein: among the plurality of land portions, one or both land portions adjacent to the tread edges have a plurality of sipes opening to at least one of either the tread edges or the circumferential grooves; a tackiness in a watery environment is 1.96 N or less; and a tackiness in a 90° C. environment is 2.16 N or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro HIRAISHI
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Publication number: 20170066291Abstract: A tire includes sipes, on a surface of a tread of the tire, extending towards the direction of tire rotation from the tread edge side to the tire equator side of the surface of the tread. The sipes are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction of the tread. In each of the sipes disposed at the tread edge side, a plane that follows the shape of the opening of the sipe and extends in the tire radial direction from the opening is defined as a reference plane, and each of the sipes disposed at the tread edge side is formed to include an extending portion that extends along the reference plane in the tire radial direction from the opening and a protruding portion that protrudes from the reference plane towards the direction of tire rotation and returns to the reference plane via a bend.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro HIRAISHI