Patents by Inventor Yukinori NAKAKITA

Yukinori NAKAKITA 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: 11135875
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including: a metal member; an adhesive layer; and a covering resin layer in this order, wherein: the adhesive layer includes a continuous phase containing a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a discontinuous phase containing a styrene-based elastomer, and a ratio of the continuous phase with respect to an entirety of the adhesive layer is from 60% by mass to 93% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakakita, Hiroyuki Fudemoto
  • Publication number: 20200346491
    Abstract: A metal resin composite member for a tire, comprising a metal cord and a resin layer, the resin layer being formed of a resin mixture that includes a thermoplastic resin A, which has a hard segment and a soft segment, and a thermoplastic resin B, which is formed of the same structural units as the hard segment of thermoplastic A, and a ratio of the hard segment in the resin mixture being from 60% by mass to less than 75% by mass,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ANZAI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takumi YAMADA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10821690
    Abstract: Provided are: a tire including: a tire frame; and a reinforcing metal cord member that is wound at least on the outer circumference of the tire frame, wherein at least a portion of the reinforcing metal cord member is coated with a coating composition via an adhesion layer that contains a polyamide-based adhesive and has a melting point of from 160° C. to 200° C., the coating composition containing at least one thermoplastic material selected from polyamide-based thermoplastic resins having a melting point of from 160° C. to 240° C. and polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomers having a melting point of from 160° C. to 240° C.; and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakakita, Kunio Machida
  • Publication number: 20200262253
    Abstract: A bead member for a tire, including: a bead wire; a first bead filler that is in contact with the bead wire directly or via another layer and is arranged in a region including at least a region at an outer side of the bead wire in a tire radial direction; and a second bead filler that is in contact with the first bead filler directly or via another layer and is arranged in a region including at least a region at an outer side of the first bead filler in the tire radial direction, the first bead filler including a resin A, the second bead filler including a resin B, and the resin B having a melting point higher than that of the resin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Takumi YAMADA, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200238649
    Abstract: A bead member for a tire, including: a bead wire; a first bead filler that is in contact with the bead wire directly or via another layer and is arranged in a region including at least a region at an outer side of the bead wire in a tire radial direction; and a second bead filler that is in contact with the first bead filler directly or via another layer and is arranged in a region including at least a region at an outer side of the first bead filler in the tire radial direction, the first bead filler including a resin A, the second bead filler including a resin B, and the resin A having a melting point higher than that of the resin B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Takumi YAMADA, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200115600
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in this order, in which the adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and the ratio [HS/(HS+SS)] of hard segments (HS) with respect to the total of hard segments (HS) and soft segments (SS), in the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, is from 83% by mol to 98% by mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200115599
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite member for a tire includes a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in this order. The adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an amorphous resin including an ester bond, a polyester-based thermoplastic resin, and a filler, and the content ratio of the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group is 50% by mass or more with respect to the entire adhesion layer (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200115515
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in the listed order, in which the adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and the covering resin layer (28) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200114686
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including: a metal member; an adhesive layer; and a covering resin layer in this order, wherein: the adhesive layer includes a continuous phase containing a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a discontinuous phase containing a styrene-based elastomer, and a ratio of the continuous phase with respect to an entirety of the adhesive layer is from 60% by mass to 93% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200115601
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including: a metal member; an adhesive layer; and a covering resin layer in this order, wherein: the adhesive layer includes a continuous phase that contains a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a discontinuous phase that contains at least one of a polyphenylene ether resin or a styrene resin and contains a styrene-based elastomer having an epoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200101794
    Abstract: A tire includes a circular tire case formed from a resin material, a belt provided at an outer side in a tire radial direction of the tire case and configured by covering a reinforcing cord by a covering resin, the reinforcing cord being provided with an adhesion layer at an outer periphery thereof, and a tread provided at an outer periphery of the belt and configured from a rubber material. The belt has a gauge set within a range of from 1.15 mm to 2.0 mm. A relationship A>B is satisfied, wherein A is a thickness of the covering resin layer from the reinforcing cord to an outer circumferential surface of the belt and B is a thickness of the covering resin layer from the reinforcing cord to the tire case. A combined gauge of the tire case and the belt is not greater than 3.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Seiji KON, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Yoshihide KOUNO
  • Publication number: 20190001750
    Abstract: A tire comprising a tire frame having a circular shape and a metal-resin composite, the metal-resin composite having a structure in which a metal member, an adhesive layer and a resin layer are disposed in this order, the adhesive layer comprising a thermoplastic resin and carbon black, and a content of carbon black in the adhesive layer being greater than 0% by mass and less than 10% by mass with respect to the entire adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Seiji KON, Hideaki TAKENOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180370286
    Abstract: A tire comprising a tire frame that comprises a resin material and has a circular shape, and a metal-resin composite, the metal-resin composite having a structure in which a metal member, an adhesive layer and a resin layer are disposed in this order, and the tire satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) the adhesive layer comprises an acid-modified polyolefin as a first resin and a resin that is different from the an acid-modified polyolefin as a second resin, and a content of the first resin is 50% by mass or more of the entire resin in the adhesive layer; (2) the adhesive layer has a storage elastic modulus at ?10° C. of 850 MPa or less; (3) the adhesive layer has a storage elastic modulus at 140° C. of 1.5 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180370285
    Abstract: A tire comprising a tire frame that comprises a resin material and has a circular shape, and a belt portion that comprises a metal-resin composite that is disposed around the tire frame, the metal-resin composite having a structure in which a metal member, an adhesive layer and a resin layer are disposed in this order, and satisfying the following Formula (1) and Formula (2): 23?number of metal-resin composites in the belt portion/width of the belt portion (mm)×100 ??Formula (1): 1/{(a/A)+(b/B)}?210??Formula (2): wherein, in Formula (2), A is a water permeation index of the resin layer, B is a water permeation index of the adhesive layer, a is a thickness of the resin layer (mm) and b is a thickness of the adhesive layer (mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180361795
    Abstract: A tire comprising a tire frame that comprises a resin material and has a circular shape, and a metal-resin composite, the metal-resin composite having a structure in which a metal member, an adhesive layer and a resin layer are disposed in this order, and the adhesive layer comprising an acid-modified polypropylene and having a crystallinity of from 21% to 40%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Soichi KYO, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Yukinori NAKAKITA
  • Publication number: 20180169985
    Abstract: Provided are: a tire including: a tire frame; and a reinforcing metal cord member that is wound at least on the outer circumference of the tire frame, wherein at least a portion of the reinforcing metal cord member is coated with a coating composition via an adhesion layer that contains a polyamide-based adhesive and has a melting point of from 160° C. to 200° C., the coating composition containing at least one thermoplastic material selected from polyamide-based thermoplastic resins having a melting point of from 160° C. to 240° C. and polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomers having a melting point of from 160° C. to 240° C.; and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Kunio MACHIDA