Patents by Inventor Yukako KOBAYASHI

Yukako KOBAYASHI 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: 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: 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: 20190337339
    Abstract: A tyre whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified has a tread portion in which an outer tread edge and an inner tread edge are defined. The tread portion has a first main groove, a second main groove arranged on a side of the inner tread edge of the first main groove, an outer land region defined between the outer tread edge and the first main groove, a center land region defined between the first main groove and the second main groove, and an inner land region defined between the second main groove and the inner tread edge. A width in a tyre axial direction of the outer land region is larger than a width in the tyre axial direction of each of the center land region and the inner land region. The center land region is provided with first sipes each completely crossing the center land region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiki OSAWA, Yukako KOBAYASHI, Masayuki FUJITA