Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Fujioka

Tsuyoshi Fujioka 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: 20160250897
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a first shallow groove extending in a zigzag manner at the shoulder rib and second shallow grooves extending in the tire width direction and arranged at regular intervals in the tire circumferential direction at inner mediate ribs and center rib or ribs. A wall of each section divided by the second shallow grooves includes a central wall surface extending from one end on an interior widthwise of a center main groove to an other end on an exterior widthwise of the center main groove, a first wall surface extending from the one end of the central wall surface, and a second wall surface extending from the other end of the central wall surface. The first wall surfaces of the inner mediate ribs and the first wall surfaces of the center rib or ribs are mutually opposed across the center main groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20160137002
    Abstract: On a tread portion, a plurality of blocks defined by a plurality of main grooves and a plurality of transverse grooves. The main grooves annularly and continuously extend in a tire circumferential direction. The transverse grooves extend in a tire width direction so as to intersect the main grooves. The plurality of blocks include a center block located at a center in the tire width direction and having, on a surface thereof, a first groove with closed both ends and a second groove joining the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20160137003
    Abstract: On a tread portion, a plurality of blocks are formed by a plurality of main grooves annularly continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of transverse grooves extending in a tire width direction, intersecting these main grooves. Each block has projections on side surfaces, which form each transverse groove, at corner regions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20160129733
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire being excellent in property of protecting the tire from a mounted tire chain or being excellent in property of discharging mud from grooves formed on the tire. The pneumatic tire includes a tread portion having lug grooves, and side portions which are contiguously formed with the tread portion. Projections which differ in at least one of a shape and a size are arranged on a side portion in a plurality of rows in a tire radial direction. Opening positions of small lug grooves on both sides of the tread portion are made to agree with a straight line which passes the projection and extends in the tire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20150151585
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a pattern formed thereon, in which the tread includes at least two main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction; a plurality of lateral slits that are each a groove extending in a direction intersecting the tire circumferential direction formed, in at least one of ribs excluding the shoulder ribs formed in the at least two main grooves, so as to be aligned in the tire circumferential direction; and a slit bottom lateral sipe formed at the bottom of every two in the tire circumferential direction of the plurality of lateral slits aligned in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20140360639
    Abstract: Blocks are formed on a tread surface of a pneumatic tire by main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and lateral grooves which intersect with the main grooves. A size of the block in the tire width direction of the tread surface is set larger than a size of the block in the tire circumferential direction of the tread surface. The blocks include: center blocks which are positioned in a center region in the tire width direction; shoulder blocks which are positioned on both side regions in the tire width direction; and mediate blocks which are positioned in an intermediate region between the center blocks and the shoulder blocks. A recessed portion is formed on an approximately center portions of the shoulder blocks and the mediate blocks excluding the center blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20140360640
    Abstract: Blocks are formed on a tread surface of a pneumatic tire by main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and lateral grooves which intersect with the main grooves. The blocks include: center blocks which are positioned in a center region in the tire width direction; shoulder blocks which are positioned on both side regions in the tire width direction; and mediate blocks which are positioned in an intermediate region between the center blocks and the shoulder blocks. The lateral groove formed between the shoulder blocks and the lateral groove formed between the mediate blocks which are positionally displaced from each other in the tire circumferential direction are connected to each other via the main groove by an auxiliary block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 8695664
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a distinguishing mark is formed on a surface of a side wall portion. The pneumatic tire comprises a first protruding portion protruding along a profile of the mark and a second protruding portion protruding at a height which is lower than the first protruding portion, adjacent to an outer side of the first protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 8100159
    Abstract: In the pneumatic tire in which not less than three main grooves 1 extending in the tire circumferential direction R are formed and ribs 2 are formed by the main grooves 1, upper edges 11 of the main groove 1 when the tire is new extend in a linear manner in the tire circumferential direction R, the bottom 12 of the main groove 1 extends in a zigzag manner in the tire circumferential direction R, the sidewalls 13 of the main groove 1 is provided with concave portions and convex portions, and in the concave portion of at least one of the sidewalls 13 of the main groove 1, the protrusions 3 that is joined to the bottom 12 of the main groove 1 and to the sidewall 13. Further, the pneumatic tire may be provided with sipes or notches that extend from the concave portion to the inner side of the rib 2 in the tire width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D647029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D669422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D669423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D669426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D738297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D742811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D757640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D766169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D766171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D767478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: D767481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka