Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Yasunaga

Toshikazu Yasunaga 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: 20190135043
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a center rib extending in a tire circumferential direction at a center in a tire width direction; a plurality of inclined blocks branching and extending from the center rib to both sides in the tire width direction and defined by a plurality of inclined grooves extending obliquely in the tire circumferential direction toward an outside in the tire width direction; and a plurality of stud pins arranged in at least one of inclined blocks, in which the plurality of inclined grooves are arranged at predetermined formation intervals in the tire circumferential direction so as not to intersect with each other, and a length of each inclined groove in the tire circumferential direction is within twice the formation intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20190135041
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a shoulder block on an outer side in the tire width direction. The pneumatic tire includes an edge portion protruding from an end portion of the shoulder block located on the outer side in the tire width direction toward a tire step-in side so as to be inclined toward the center side in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20190135045
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of blocks formed by being divided by a longitudinal groove in a tire width direction and divided by a lateral groove in a tire circumferential direction. The blocks include a first block on the inner side in the tire width direction, a second block on the outer side in the tire width direction, a third block adjacent to the first block in the tire circumferential direction, and a fourth block adjacent to the second block in the tire circumferential direction. The pneumatic tire includes a bridge formed in the longitudinal groove and the lateral groove and coupling the first block, the second block, and the third block, or the third block, the fourth block, and the second block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20190135047
    Abstract: A tread portion has a pin hole with a stud pin being mounted. In the periphery of the pin hole a recess is formed that gradually deepens as the recess extends toward radially outside and that has a depth of 10% or less of the depth of the pin hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20190135046
    Abstract: A method for arranging stud pins in a pneumatic tire is a method for arranging stud pins in a tread portion at intervals in a tire width direction so as to form a plurality of rows. This method includes specifying an inner region, an intermediate region, and an outer region by virtually partitioning the tread portion into equal three parts from a center line extending in a tire circumferential direction to a ground contact end in the tire width direction outward. The method also includes arranging the stud pins such that among numbers of stud pins per row in the inner region, the intermediate region, and the outer region, the number in the outer region is the largest, the number in the intermediate region is the second largest, the number in intermediate region is the smallest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20190126691
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire exerts an excellent blurring effect on irregularities resulting from a boundary between members in a sidewall portion. A pneumatic tire includes a serration portion formed by providing multiple basic ridges side by side at intervals in a tire circumferential direction on a surface of a sidewall portion, and multiple sub-ridges extending in a direction crossing the basic ridges and shorter than the basic ridges, which are provided without coupling the basic ridges neighboring each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20190061429
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a plurally of shoulder blocks that are provided in a side portion, defined by a shoulder main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction and a shoulder lateral groove extending in a tire width direction, and disposed side by side in the tire circumferential direction; a rib that is provided in the side portion, and extends in the tire circumferential direction along the shoulder blocks; and a projection that is provided in the side portion, and extends from the rib toward the shoulder blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yasunaga, Jiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10105994
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread surface which is sectioned into a center area, a mediate area arranged in an outer side of the center area, and a shoulder area arranged in an outer side of the mediate area, wherein inclined grooves are formed spaced apart in a tire circumferential direction, the inclined grooves continuously extending from the mediate area to the shoulder area, in blocks in the mediate area and the shoulder area sectioned by the inclined grooves, an angle of inclination of a side wall on a leading side with respect to a normal direction of the tread surface is greater than an angle of inclination of a side wall on a trailing side with respect to a normal direction of the tread surface, and a plurality of dimples are formed in the side wall on the leading side of the block in the mediate area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D814396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D814397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D814398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D815025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D816014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D816016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Sano, Toshikazu Yasunaga, Yoshiki Sato
  • Patent number: D826844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D829162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Sano, Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D832778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D833375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D847736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D847737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga