Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro SHODA

Yasuhiro SHODA 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: 11920022
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that can achieve excellent breaking resistance while having high operability. A rubber composition comprises: a rubber component containing a multicomponent copolymer that contains a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit; and at least one selected from an ethylene-? olefin copolymer and an ethylene-aromatic vinyl copolymer each having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 30,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shoda, Olivier Tardif
  • Patent number: 11655356
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that can achieve excellent breaking resistance while having high operability. A rubber composition comprises: a rubber component containing a multicomponent copolymer that contains a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit; and an ?-olefin having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 50 to 1,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shoda
  • Publication number: 20230040071
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition being excellent in cut resistance while maintaining good elongation fatigue resistance. The rubber composition of the present disclosure contains a rubber component containing 70% by mass or more of natural rubber, a filler containing at least silica, and a cyclic polyol compound having a hydrocarbyl group of 0.1 parts by mass to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the natural rubber in the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko OGIWARA, Yasuhiro SHODA, Kenjiro YANAI
  • Publication number: 20220372232
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a rubber composition having a good low heat generation property and is excellent in high elastic modulus and fracture resistance, and a tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component that contains a diene rubber, and the diene rubber contains a polymer (A) of a copolymer that has, in one molecule, a block moiety containing a urethane backbone segment and a block moiety containing a diene backbone segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHODA, Hideyuki OTSUKA, Daisuke AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220289950
    Abstract: Provided is rubber composition that can improve wear resistance and cutting resistance while having good fuel efficiency when applied to a tire. The rubber composition contains a rubber component containing natural rubber and/or synthetic isoprene rubber, and syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, where the syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene has a crystal content of 7 J/g to 40 J/g and a number-average molecular weight of 6.5×104 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei KOTANI, Takafumi ASAKURA, Yasuhiro SHODA
  • Publication number: 20220213240
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a polymer exhibiting reduced heat generation in a low strain region. To achieve the object, the present disclosure provides a multi-component copolymer, comprising a non-conjugated olefin unit, a conjugated diene unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit, characterized in that: a ratio [(C100-120/C0-1000)×100] of crystallinity (C100-120) derived from the non-conjugated olefin unit at 100-120° C. with respect to crystallinity (C0-100) derived from the non-conjugated olefin unit at 0-100° C., as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), is 23% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHODA, Shun TANEMURA
  • Publication number: 20210340363
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that can achieve excellent breaking resistance while having high operability. A rubber composition comprises: a rubber component containing a multicomponent copolymer that contains a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit; and at least one selected from an ethylene-? olefin copolymer and an ethylene-aromatic vinyl copolymer each having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 30,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHODA, Olivier TARDIF
  • Publication number: 20210317289
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that can achieve excellent breaking resistance while having high operability. A rubber composition comprises: a rubber component containing a multicomponent copolymer that contains a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit; and an ?-olefin having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 50 to 1,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHODA
  • Publication number: 20210171743
    Abstract: The rubber composition of the present invention contains: a rubber component (A) containing a butadiene-based rubber and 30% by mass or more of a natural rubber; a filler (B); 30 to 55 parts by mass of a softening agent (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A); and 1 to 6 parts by mass of a linear polyhydric alcohol (D) relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A), wherein the softening agent (C) contains a softening agent (C1) which has a high affinity to the natural rubber in an amount of 0 parts by mass or more and less than 15 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A) and contains a softening agent (C2) which has a high affinity to the butadiene-based rubber in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A). From the rubber composition, a crosslinked rubber composition having a good balance between low heat generation property and crack resistance can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHODA
  • Publication number: 20200109265
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition from which a crosslinked rubber composition having excellent crack resistance and high breaking elongation and breaking stress can be obtained. Further, another object thereof is to provide a rubber product and a tire using the rubber composition. A rubber composition of the present invention comprises a rubber component (A) comprising 30% by mass or more of a natural rubber and a synthetic isoprene rubber in total, at least one (B) selected from the group consisting of a reclaimed rubber and a powdered rubber, and a polyhydric alcohol (C) having 3 or more hydroxyl groups per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHODA, Katsuhiko Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20200109266
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition from which a vulcanized rubber having excellent wear resistance and a high breaking elongation and a high breaking stress can be obtained. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a vulcanized rubber obtained by vulcanizing the rubber composition, and a rubber product and a tire comprising the rubber composition or the vulcanized rubber. The rubber composition of the present invention includes a rubber component (A), a foaming agent (B), and a polyhydric alcohol (C) having 3 or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, wherein the rubber component (A) comprises 30% by mass or more of natural rubber based on the entire rubber component, and a content of the polyhydric alcohol (C) is 1 to 6 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHODA, Makoto HASHIGUCHI, Saaya SHIONO
  • Publication number: 20200109258
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition which comprise: a rubber component containing 30% by mass or more of a natural rubber; and 0.1 parts by mass or more and less than 5.0 parts by mass of a polyol per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, wherein the rubber composition has a 300% modulus (M300) of less than 7 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Bridgestone Corpotation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHODA
  • Publication number: 20200109264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition which comprises: a rubber component containing 30% by mass or more of a natural rubber and/or a synthetic polyisoprene; and a total of less than 10 parts by mass of a linear polyol and a cyclic polyol per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHODA, Katsuhiko TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20200109267
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition from which a tire having high elasticity and excellent elongation fatigue resistance can be obtained. A rubber composition of the present invention comprises a rubber component (A), a linear polyhydric alcohol (B), and a silica (C), in which the total content of a natural rubber and a synthetic polyisoprene rubber in the rubber component (A) is 30% by mass or more, and the content of the silica (C) is more than 0 parts by mass and less than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shoda
  • Publication number: 20190144641
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a rubber composition containing a cyclic polyol compound having a hydrocarbyl group and a hydroxy group and having two or more and ten or less cyclic structures; carbon black; and a rubber component. A crosslinked rubber obtained from such a rubber composition is excellent in crack resistance and elongation at break at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHODA