Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kimbara

Toshiyuki Kimbara 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: 6675857
    Abstract: A refitting apparatus for a tire assembly “w” having a disk wheel “a” having engaging rims and a tire “d” fitted to the disk wheel and having tire bead rims and side walls. The apparatus is constituted to perform a refit process in which a pressing step of bringing one of the tire bead rims “e” of the tire into pressing contact with one of the engaging rims “b” of the disk wheel “a” by supplying air into the tire “d” and a releasing step of releasing the one of tire bead rims “e” of the tire “d” from the one of engaging rims “b” of the disk wheel “a” are repeated a predetermined number of times for each of the tire bead rims “e”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kimbara, Shigeru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6581448
    Abstract: A snug fitting apparatus for improving the finished quality of a tire assembly 1 without sacrificing productivity, including a first pressing member 25 (25a) adapted to be pressed against the ground contact surface F of a tire assembly 1 and a second pressing member 25 (25b) adapted to be pressed against the ground contact surface F to receive the radial reactional force of the ground contact surface F. Measuring device is provided to read variation in the reactional force. As a result, a large, expensive uniformity checking machine is made unnecessary, making it possible to assure quality for all the quantity of tire assemblies 1 on the production line and to fully automate the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kimbara, Junichi Takeda, Takehiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20030006014
    Abstract: A refitting apparatus for a tire assembly “w” having a disk wheel “a” having engaging rims and a tire “d” fitted to the disk wheel and having tire bead rims and side walls. The apparatus is constituted to perform a refit process in which a pressing step of bringing one of the tire bead rims “e” of the tire into pressing contact with one of the engaging rims “b” of the disk wheel “a” by supplying air into the tire “d” and a releasing step of releasing the one of tire bead rims “e” of the tire “d” from the one of engaging rims “b” of the disk wheel “a” are repeated a predetermined number of times for each of the tire bead rims “e”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kimbara, Shigeru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20020011103
    Abstract: A snug fitting apparatus for improving the finished quality of a tire assembly 1 without sacrificing productivity, including a first pressing member 25 (25a) adapted to be pressed against the ground contact surface F of a tire assembly 1 and a second pressing member 25 (25b) adapted to be pressed against the ground contact surface F to receive the radial reactional force of the ground contact surface F. Measuring device is provided to read variation in the reactional force. As a result, a large, expensive uniformity checking machine is made unnecessary, making it possible to assure quality for all the quantity of tire assemblies 1 on the production line and to fully automate the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kimbara, Junichi Takeda, Takehiro Kawaguchi