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: 20180037066
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes, in a tread portion, a main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction, a lateral groove extending in a tire width direction, and a land portion formed by the main groove and the lateral groove. The land portion is formed with a sipe extending in a tire width direction. The sipe has a wave-shaped portion of two cycles or less having a larger depth than both end portions on portion thereof excluding the both end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20180037065
    Abstract: A tread portion of a pneumatic tire is divided into a center region at a center portion in a tire width direction and shoulder regions disposed on both sides of the center region. Each of the center region includes ribs which are formed by a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction. The shoulder region includes: a plurality of inclined grooves which are inclined toward the outside in a tire width direction and toward a direction opposite to a tire rotational direction at the time of advancing a vehicle; and a shoulder block surrounded by the inclined grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20180009272
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a first region including a plurality of first zones disposed adjacently to each other in a tire circumferential direction, each first zone being formed in a closed region and extending in a first extending direction; and a second region which is disposed adjacently to the first region in a tire radial direction and includes a plurality of second zones, each second zone being disposed adjacently to each other in a tire circumferential direction, being formed in a closed region and extending in a second extending direction. On an end portion of the first region disposed adjacently to the second region, valley portions are formed by the first zones disposed adjacently to each other in the tire circumferential direction. Each of the second zones has a portion disposed adjacently to the first region and configured to mate with each of the valley portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 9592706
    Abstract: A shoulder land portion is constructed by block rows. Shoulder lateral grooves sectionalize the block rows. The shoulder lateral grooves extend along the tire width direction in such a manner as to cut across ground contact ends. A plurality of projections is provided on a wall surface of the shoulder lateral groove. The projections protrude out of the wall surface of the shoulder lateral groove without reaching a center of a groove width of the shoulder lateral groove and are lined up in a length direction of the shoulder lateral groove in an outside area in the tire width direction from the ground contact end. The projection is formed into a triangular shape or a trapezoidal shape in its plan view and is formed into a triangular shape or a trapezoidal shape in its front elevational view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 9539861
    Abstract: Sipe groups including a plurality of sipes which is opened to a main groove and is arranged at intervals in a tire circumferential direction are formed in both land parts with the main groove being interposed therebetween. The sipe groups are arranged at intervals in the tire circumferential direction, and are shifted in the tire circumferential direction on both sides of the main groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20150246585
    Abstract: A shoulder land portion is constructed by block rows. Shoulder lateral grooves sectionalize the block rows. The shoulder lateral grooves extend along the tire width direction in such a manner as to cut across ground contact ends. A plurality of projections is provided on a wall surface of the shoulder lateral groove. The projections protrude out of the wall surface of the shoulder lateral groove without reaching a center of a groove width of the shoulder lateral groove and are lined up in a length direction of the shoulder lateral groove in an outside area in the tire width direction from the ground contact end. The projection is formed into a triangular shape or a trapezoidal shape in its plan view and is formed into a triangular shape or a trapezoidal shape in its front elevational view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 9090132
    Abstract: An installation members 20 is structured detachably by a fitting structure between a groove portion 12 and a projection 21 extending in a tire peripheral direction CD, with respect to a tire side wall surface 10. a structure in which the groove portion 12 and the projection 21 interfere with each other in the tire peripheral direction is provided between the groove portion 12 and the projection 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yasunaga, Shingo Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20150020940
    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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D689013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D695209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D695211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D696183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D718225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D759575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D762553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D762554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D768565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D769806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D806643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: D811991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga