Patents by Inventor Yuji Minami
Yuji Minami 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).
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Publication number: 20170136818Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire where a total width (SW) and an outer diameter (OD) satisfy the relationship SW/OD?0.3; an inner diameter (ID) and an outer diameter (OD) satisfy the relationship ID/OD?0.7; as viewed in a tire meridional cross section, an area (X1) (mm2) of a first region (R1) and a periphery length (Y1) (mm) of an inner peripheral surface of the first region (R1) have a ratio X1/Y1 of 12 or greater and 30 or less; and an area X2 (mm2) of a second region (R2) and a periphery length (Y2) (mm) of an inner peripheral surface of the second region (R2) have a ratio X2/Y2 of 10 or greater and 15 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventor: Yuji Minami
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Publication number: 20170113487Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a ratio SW/OD between the total tire width SW and the tire external diameter OD satisfying SW/OD?0.3. A first region A is defined between a pair of first boundary lines, second regions B are defined between a first boundary line and a second boundary line, and third regions C are defined on the bead toe side of the second boundary lines. Defining SA, SB, and SC as the cross-sectional area (mm2) of the first region A to the third region C, and defining the peripheral length (mm) of the first region A to third region C along the tire inner surface as a, b, and c, SA/a and SB/b satisfy 7.5?SA/a?11.5 and 2.0?SB/b?6.0, and the ratio TDW/SW between the developed tread width TDW and the total tire width SW satisfies 0.7?TDW/SW?0.95.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Masatoshi Shimizu, Yuji Minami
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Publication number: 20170087936Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion, sidewall portions, bead portions, and has at least one carcass layer disposed between the pair of bead portions. The ratio SW/OD between the total tire width SW and the tire external diameter OD satisfies the relationship SW/OD?0.3. A first region A is defined between a pair of first boundary lines (L1, L1), second regions B are defined between a first boundary line (L1) and a second boundary line (L2), and third regions C are defined on the bead toe side of the second boundary lines (L2). Defining SA, SB, and SC as the cross-sectional area (mm2) of the first region A to the third region C, and defining the peripheral lengths (mm) of the first region A to third region C along the tire inner surface as a, b, and c, respectively, the relationship 7.5?SA/a?11.5 is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masatoshi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160316937Abstract: The tire arrangement implement is employed to arrange a plurality of tires, each provided with a decorative portion located on a sidewall portion, in a row in the tire rotational axis direction. The tire arrangement implement comprises a spacer. The spacer is disposed between adjacent tires or between the tire and the floor, not in contact with the decorative portion, and separates the decorative portion of one tire from another tire or the peripherally located member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masatoshi Kuwajima
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Publication number: 20160318349Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a cylindrical annular structure disposed around a rotational axis; a carcass portion including a rubber covered cord, at least a portion of the carcass portion being disposed to the outer side of the annular structure in a direction parallel to the rotational axis; and a rubber layer including a tread portion, at least a portion of the rubber layer being disposed to an outer side of the annular structure in a radiation direction with respect to the rotational axis. In such a pneumatic tire, SW/OD?0.30 is satisfied, where SW is a total tire width and OD is a tire outer diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Masayoshi Kubota, Atsushi Tanno, Yuji Minami
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Publication number: 20160176233Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire with improved performance and balance in terms of fuel efficiency, steering stability performance and wear life. The total width SW, outside diameter OD, tread groove depth Ga, center groove depth Gc and shoulder groove depth Gs satisfy the relationships SW/OD?0.3, Ga?0.02×SW+2.5 and Gc>Gs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Yuji Minami
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Publication number: 20160052341Abstract: The present technology pertains to a pneumatic tire (1) comprising: a pair of bead portions (2); sidewall portions (3) connected to the pair of bead portions; and a tread portion (10) connected to the sidewall portions. A ratio between a total width (SW) and an outer diameter (OD) of the pneumatic tire satisfies the relationship SW/OD?0.3. Moreover, if the length along a tread profile (12) from a first side second reference point (Q1) to a second side second reference point (Q2) is the developed tread width (TDW), and an angle formed between a straight line that connects the second reference points and the profile center (cc), and a straight line parallel to the tire width direction is an amount of depression (?), the following relationships are satisfied: 0.8?TDW/SW<1, and 1.5°???4.5°.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masataka Kubota
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Publication number: 20160009137Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire (1) in which the ratio of the total width SW and the outer diameter OD satisfies “SW/OD?0.3”, and grooves are provided on the tread portion (10). In the ground contact region (G) of the tread portion, when the groove area ratio with respect to the ground contact area is GR, the ground contact width is W, the region having a width of 50% of the ground contact width W and the tire equatorial line (CL) as center is the center region (AC), the groove area ratio in the center region is GCR, the ground contact region on the outer side in the tire width direction of the center region is the shoulder region (AS), and the groove area ratio in the shoulder region is GSR, the ground contact region of the tread portion is formed to satisfy “10%?GR?25%” and “GCR?GSR”.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Masataka Kubota, Yuji Minami
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Publication number: 20160001603Abstract: A ratio between the total width (SW) and outer diameter (OD) of a pneumatic tire, which has an asymmetrical pattern formed by grooves formed on a tread part, satisfies SW/OD?0.3. Given a ground contact width (CW) in a ground contact region in the tread part, a groove area ratio (GR), and a groove area ratio (GRi) of a tire inner side region (Ai), which spans from a tire equator line (CL) to the vehicle side in the ground contact region, and a groove area ratio (GRo) of a tire outer side region (Ao), which spans from the tire equator line to the opposite side of the vehicle side in the ground contact region, the ground contact region is formed to satisfy 0.75?CW/SW?0.9, 10?GR?25%, and GRi<GRo.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: The Yokhama Rubber Co., LTDInventors: Masataka Kubota, Yuji Minami
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Publication number: 20160001599Abstract: The present technology relates to a pneumatic tire in which the ratio of the total width SW and the outer diameter OD satisfies SW/OD?0.3, and grooves are provided on the tread portion. In the ground contact region of the tread portion, when the groove area ratio in the ground contact area is GR, the ground contact width is W, the region having a width of 50% of the ground contact width W and the tire equatorial plane as center is the center region, the groove area ratio in the center region is GCR, the ground contact region on the outer side in the tire width direction of the center region is the shoulder region, and the groove area ratio in the shoulder region is GSR, the ground contact region of the tread portion is formed to satisfy 10%?GR?25% and GCR>GSR.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masataka Kubota
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Publication number: 20160001604Abstract: The present technology pertains to a pneumatic tire having an asymmetrical pattern, which is formed by grooves, formed on a tread portion. A ratio SW/OD between the total width SW and the outer diameter OD of the pneumatic tire satisfies SW/OD?0.3. A groove area ratio in a ground contact region G in the tread portion is GR, and a range from a tire equator line CL to the vehicle side in the ground contact region is a tire inside region Ai and the groove area ratio in the tire inside region Ai is GRi, and a range from the tire equator line CL to the opposite side of the vehicle side in the ground contact region is a tire outside region Ao and the groove area ratio in the tire outside region Ao is GRo, the ground contact region satisfies 10%?GR?25%, GRo.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Minami, Masataka Kubota
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Patent number: 6712464Abstract: An image processing apparatus which feeds a placed original, reads image information on the original by a reading unit, and forms an image on the original by an ink-jet printing head arranged on a downstream side along the original feed direction has an add-on processing part for changing the image information read by the reading unit in correspondence with the image to be formed by the ink-jet printing head.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Minami, Minoru Sashida
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Patent number: 5751233Abstract: A decoder decodes input codes, such as Modified Huffman, Modified READ, and Modified Modified READ codes, and includes a zero bit detector which detects the number of consecutive leading zero bits of the input code. An address compressor forms address data by performing a logical operation of data indicating the number of detected zero bits and data excluding the consecutive leading zero bits and the next one bit of the data. A reference table for code conversion is addressed by the formed address data from the address compressor and outputs decoded data corresponding to the input code.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Tateno, Yuji Minami
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Patent number: 5329154Abstract: An integrated circuit including a wafer having a GaAs substrate, an un-doped GaAs layer, and a GaAs active layer. This active layer may have an HEMT structure to improve its operation speed. Also, the substrate may a multi-layer structure to form a three dimensional capacitor. At least one mesa portion is formed on the substrate by removing a portion of the un-doped GaAs layer and GaAs active layer. A source electrode, for example, is formed on the mesa portion, and a ground electrode is formed on an exposed surface of the substrate. These electrodes are connected to each other by means of a wiring metal layer. As a result, the source electrode is easily grounded without using a long bonding wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1993Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshihiro Kishita, Toshikazu Fukuda, Yuji Minami
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Patent number: 4560501Abstract: A solidified radioactive waste manufacturing apparatus comprises a first system for producing radioactive waste powder from liquid radioactive waste and a second system connected to the first system for mixing the radioactive waste powder with a thermosetting resin and additives. The first system includes a liquid radioactive waste storage tank, a dryer for drying the liquid waste into powder, and a metering device for supplying a predetermined amount of the radioactive waste powder to the second system and the second system includes a mixer connected to the metering device for mixing the waste powder with the thermosetting resin and additives, a thermosetting resin storage tank, additive storage tanks, a cooler for cooling the mixer, and a container for receiving sludged mixture from the mixer. The additive storage tanks contain a polymerization initiator, a polymerization promotor, and a polymerization retarder, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1983Date of Patent: December 24, 1985Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Minami, Hisashi Kamiyama, Toshihide Tomita
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Patent number: D704131Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Minami, Yuji Kodama, Masataka Koishi, Hiroshi Tokizaki