Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi KAWAGOE

Yoshifumi KAWAGOE 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: 20230271455
    Abstract: A tread portion includes a crown land portion including first and second longitudinal edges extending in the tire circumferential direction. The crown land portion is provided with first, second and third crown sipes. The first, second and third crown sipes open at the ground contact surface via respective chamfer portions. The first and third crown sipes extend from the first longitudinal edge and have closed ends in the ground contact surface. The second crown sipes extend from the second longitudinal edge and have closed ends in the ground contact surface. Each first crown sipe has a constant opening width in a longitudinal direction of the sipe. Each second crown sipe has a constant opening width in a longitudinal direction of the sipe. Each third crown sipe has an opening width which decreases continuously from the first longitudinal edge toward the closed end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro TAHARA, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Mari MISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230271456
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including a first tread edge, a second tread edge, a crown land portion arranged between the first tread edge and the second tread edge, and a first crown circumferential groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction adjacent to the crown land portion on a first tread edge side. The first crown circumferential groove includes a groove bottom having a plurality of protrusions projecting in a tire radial direction. The crown land portion is not provided with drainage grooves that have an opening width exceeding 2.0 mm at a ground contact surface of the crown land portion and a depth exceeding 2.0 mm of an area where a distance between two opposite groove walls thereof exceeds 2.0 mm. The crown land portion is provided with a plurality of sipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu HASHIMOTO, Koichi NAKAJIMA, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Kohei IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230271453
    Abstract: A tire includes a first middle land portion having circumferentially extending first and second longitudinal edges. The first middle land portion is provided with middle lateral grooves. At least one of the middle lateral grooves includes a first groove portion extending in the tire axial direction from the first longitudinal edge, and a second groove portion extending in the tire axial direction from the second longitudinal edge. The first groove portion and the second groove portion are offset in the tire circumferential direction to form a pair of circumferential groove edges between a pair of groove edges of the first groove portion and a pair of groove edges of the second groove portion. A maximum groove depth of the first groove portion is different from a maximum groove depth of the second groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki HORIGUCHI, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Publication number: 20230271454
    Abstract: A tire includes a first middle land portion provided with middle lateral grooves that traverses the first middle land portion completely in the tire axial direction, and first middle sipes that extends from a first longitudinal edge of the first middle land portion and has terminal ends in the first middle land portion. Each middle lateral groove includes a first groove portion extending from the first longitudinal edge, a second groove portion extending from a second longitudinal edge, and a circumferential groove portion being in communication with the first and second groove portions. The circumferential groove portion includes a first circumferential groove edge on a first longitudinal edge side and a second circumferential groove edge on a second longitudinal edge side. The terminal ends of the first middle sipes are located on the second longitudinal edge side to the first circumferential groove edges of the circumferential groove portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Publication number: 20230271457
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including at least one circumferential groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The at least one circumferential groove includes a groove bottom having a plurality of protrusions projecting in a tire radial direction. Each of the plurality of protrusions has a longitudinally elongated shape with a width in a tire axial direction and a length in the tire circumferential direction that is greater than the width. Each of the plurality of protrusions includes a tapered portion whose width decreases in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro NISHINO, Koichi NAKAJIMA, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Publication number: 20230264522
    Abstract: A tire includes a pair of sidewall portions. An outer surface of at least one of the sidewall portions includes at least one concave mark recessed from a reference surface. The or each concave mark includes a bottom surface and an inner wall surface. The bottom surface includes a peripheral region and a main region. The peripheral region includes a shadow region and a non-shadow region. The shadow region and the non-shadow region are each formed with an uneven surface provided with minute protuberances. A width of the uneven surface of the non-shadow region measured in a direction perpendicular to a contour of the or each concave mark is smaller than a width of the uneven surface of the shadow region measured in a direction perpendicular to the contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Koichi NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11628690
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion having a second middle land region which is provided with middle lateral grooves and circumferentially divided into middle blocks. Each middle block is provided with two first middle sipes extending from a second shoulder circumferential groove, and one second middle sipe disposed between the two first middle sipes. Each first middle sipe extends in a wavy manner in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends straight in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends from the second shoulder circumferential groove and is terminated within the second middle land region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 11590805
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion 2. The first middle land region 11 is provided with bend grooves 15 each having a first end 15a and a second end 15b. The first end 15a is connected to the first shoulder circumferential groove 5. The second end 15b is connected to one of the bend grooves 15 next in one of two opposite circumferential directions. Each bend groove 15 has two bent portions 16 and 17 at which the groove is bent. The bent angle ?1 at the first bent portion 16 is greater than the bent angle ?2 at the second bent portion 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Toshiki Horiguchi, Mari Mishima, Kotaro Tahara
  • Patent number: 11560019
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion including a first land portion including first and second circumferential edges and and a tread surface. On the first land portion, curved grooves are provided in a tire circumferential direction. Each curved groove extends from a first end on the first circumferential edge side, terminates at a second end within the first land portion, and includes first and second curved portions and on the first end and second end sides, respectively. The first curved portion is an arc curve with a radius of curvature having a center on the first circumferential edge side of the curved groove. The second curved portion is an arc curve with a radius of curvature having a center on the second circumferential edge side of the curved groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Koike, Yoshifumi Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 11498367
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion 2 including a first land portion 11. The first land portion 11 includes a first circumferential edge 11a, a second circumferential edge 11b, and a tread surface between the first circumferential edge 11a and the second circumferential edge 11b. On the tread surface, a first inclined groove 21 extending from the second circumferential edge 11b to the first circumferential edge 11a side, a second inclined groove 22 extending from the second circumferential edge 11b to the first circumferential edge 11a side so as to be inclined in a direction opposite to that of the first inclined groove 21, and a triangular block 35 demarcated by the first inclined groove 21 and the second inclined groove 22, are formed. A curved groove 15 curved so as to be convex on the second circumferential edge 11b is formed on the triangular block 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukako Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20220169081
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including an outboard tread edge, an inboard tread edge, four circumferential grooves between the outboard and inboard tread edges, five land portions divided by the four circumferential grooves, and lateral grooves extending from the inboard tread edge to the crown land portion and terminating within the crown land portion. The four circumferential grooves include an inboard shoulder circumferential groove, an inboard crown circumferential groove, and an outboard crown circumferential groove. The five land portions include an inboard shoulder land portion, an inboard middle land portion, and a crown land portion between the inboard and outboard crown circumferential grooves. The crown land portion is provided with at least one crown sipe extending from the inboard crown circumferential groove or the outboard crown circumferential groove and terminating within the crown land portion, and crosses the axially center position of the crown land portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi NOGUCHI, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Yoshiaki KANEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220161605
    Abstract: Provided is a tire including a tread portion. The tread portion can include a first shoulder land portion. The first shoulder land portion 11 can include a shoulder lateral groove and a shoulder sipe. The shoulder lateral groove can include a minimal portion in which a groove width of the shoulder lateral groove is smallest, between a ground contact surface and a groove bottom of the shoulder lateral groove. A width of the shoulder sipe may not be greater than 1.5 mm. An internal groove having a groove width greater than the width of the shoulder sipe can be continuously disposed inwardly of the shoulder sipe in a tire radial direction. The internal groove can be disposed inwardly of the minimal portion and outwardly of the groove bottom of the shoulder lateral groove, in the tire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Koichi NAKAJIMA, Yoshiaki KANEMATSU, Hiroshi YAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 11104182
    Abstract: An outer shoulder land region includes first shoulder lateral grooves each extending axially inwardly from an outer tread ground contact edge to have a first inner end in the tyre axial direction within the outer shoulder land region, first outer shoulder lateral sipes each connecting between the first inner end and an outer shoulder main groove, and second outer shoulder lateral sipes each extending axially inwardly from the outer tread ground contact edge to have a second inner end positioned on an axially outer side of the first inner ends. An outer middle land region includes outer middle lateral sipes each smoothly connected with the respective first outer shoulder lateral sipe with the outer shoulder main groove therebetween. Each of the outer middle lateral sipes connects between the outer shoulder main groove and an outer crown main groove and has a third inner end within the outer middle land region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Sawa Ogihara, Daisuke Aoki
  • Publication number: 20210155048
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion 2 including a first land portion 11. The first land portion 11 includes a first circumferential edge 11a, a second circumferential edge 11b, and a tread surface between the first circumferential edge 11a and the second circumferential edge 11b. On the tread surface, a first inclined groove 21 extending from the second circumferential edge 11b to the first circumferential edge 11a side, a second inclined groove 22 extending from the second circumferential edge 11b to the first circumferential edge 11a side so as to be inclined in a direction opposite to that of the first inclined groove 21, and a triangular block 35 demarcated by the first inclined groove 21 and the second inclined groove 22, are formed. A curved groove 15 curved so as to be convex on the second circumferential edge 11b is formed on the triangular block 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukako KOBAYASHI, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Publication number: 20210155049
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion including a first land portion including first and second circumferential edges and and a tread surface. On the first land portion, curved grooves are provided in a tire circumferential direction. Each curved groove extends from a first end on the first circumferential edge side, terminates at a second end within the first land portion, and includes first and second curved portions and on the first end and second end sides, respectively. The first curved portion is an arc curve with a radius of curvature having a center on the first circumferential edge side of the curved groove. The second curved portion is an arc curve with a radius of curvature having a center on the second circumferential edge side of the curved groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki KOIKE, Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Publication number: 20210101412
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion 2. The first middle land region 11 is provided with bend grooves 15 each having a first end 15a and a second end 15b. The first end 15a is connected to the first shoulder circumferential groove 5. The second end 15b is connected to one of the bend grooves 15 next in one of two opposite circumferential directions. Each bend groove 15 has two bent portions 16 and 17 at which the groove is bent. The bent angle ?1 at the first bent portion 16 is greater than the bent angle ?2 at the second bent portion 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi KAWAGOE, Toshiki HORIGUCHI, Mari MISHIMA, Kotaro TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210101411
    Abstract: A tire has a tread portion having a second middle land region which is provided with middle lateral grooves and circumferentially divided into middle blocks. Each middle block is provided with two first middle sipes extending from a second shoulder circumferential groove, and one second middle sipe disposed between the two first middle sipes. Each first middle sipe extends in a wavy manner in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends straight in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends from the second shoulder circumferential groove and is terminated within the second middle land region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi KAWAGOE
  • Patent number: 10821780
    Abstract: A tire 1 includes shoulder regions 4 each provided with first lateral grooves 7 and second lateral grooves 8. Each of the first lateral grooves 7 includes an inner portion 11 that extends axially outwardly from an inner end (7i) arranged axially outside a crown main groove 3 with a space therebetween and obliquely at an angle ?1 with respect to the tire axial direction, and an outer portion 12 that extends obliquely at an angle ?2 smaller than the angle ?1 with respect to the tire axial direction so as to cross a tread edge (Te). Each of the second lateral grooves 8 is arranged between adjacent first lateral grooves and extends axially outwardly from an inner end (8i) thereof arranged axially outside the crown main groove and obliquely in the same direction as the first lateral grooves 7 so as to terminate without reaching the tread edge (Te).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Okada, Yoshifumi Kawagoe
  • Patent number: D916649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Kotaro Tahara
  • Patent number: D917379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Kotaro Tahara