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).
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Patent number: 11135875Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori Nakakita, Hiroyuki Fudemoto
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Publication number: 20200346491Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki ANZAI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takumi YAMADA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Patent number: 10821690Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori Nakakita, Kunio Machida
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Publication number: 20200262253Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Takumi YAMADA, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200238649Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Takumi YAMADA, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200115600Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Publication number: 20200115599Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Publication number: 20200115515Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200114686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Publication number: 20200115601Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Publication number: 20200101794Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Seiji KON, Yukinori NAKAKITA, Yoshihide KOUNO
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Publication number: 20190001750Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Seiji KON, Hideaki TAKENOUCHI
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Publication number: 20180370286Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Publication number: 20180370285Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO
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Publication number: 20180361795Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Soichi KYO, Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Yukinori NAKAKITA
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Publication number: 20180169985Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori NAKAKITA, Kunio MACHIDA