Patents by Inventor Yukio Nakao

Yukio Nakao 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: 20220088972
    Abstract: A tire can include a first magnetic body disposed at a predetermined position in a tread portion, a magnetic sensor disposed radially inward of the first magnetic body, and a second magnetic body disposed closer to the magnetic sensor than the first magnetic body is. At a position where the magnetic sensor is disposed, a direction of a magnetic force line emitted by the first magnetic body and a direction of a magnetic force line emitted by the second magnetic body can be different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto SETOKAWA, Kazuhisa FUSHIHARA, Mutsuki SUGIMOTO, Yukio NAKAO
  • Patent number: 9044903
    Abstract: A puncture repair kit that reduces the difference between a pressure displayed on a manometer of a compressor device and an actual tire internal pressure. The compressor device (2) is connected with a bottle unit (3) directly. A cap 6 comprises a one-way valve (14) to prevent puncture-sealing agent from flowing back toward the compressor device. A cylinder (12) of the compressor device (2) comprises a branch chamber (21) receiving compressed air from a pump chamber (11). The branch chamber (21) is connected with an air feeding passage (39) extending toward a bottle unit (3), a manometer (22), a relief valve (23), and a surge chamber (70) to store the compressed air from the pump chamber (11) and to reduce the pressure fluctuation of the compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Tsutomu Kono
  • Patent number: 9010383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cap unit wherein safety is increased by preventing a reversed flow of a puncture-sealing agent. A cap main body (33) comprises an air flow passage (31) consisting of a vertical flow passage (31A) extending downward from an air passage upper opening (31a), a lateral flow passage (31B) laterally extending from an air intake port (31b), and a connecting flow passage (31C) connecting therebetween. The air flow passage (31) is provided with a reversed flow preventing device (22). The cap main body (33) is provided with a vertical hole (40) consisting of first to fourth vertical holes (40A to 40D) which have inner diameters increasing downwardly from the upper end in a stepwise manner, and the first to third vertical holes (40A to 40C) form the vertical flow passage (31A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao
  • Patent number: 8978717
    Abstract: A cap unit is provided with: a cap body having a first flow channel for feeding the compressed air from a compressor into a bottle container, and a second flow channel for sequentially taking out a puncture repair agent and the compressed air from the bottle container; and a first and second inner lids which are independent from one another and which close the first and second flow channels. The cap body has a boss portion extending upward from the bottom surface of a mouth portion securing recess, and provided with a first inner lid securing portion. The first inner lid is fitted into the first inner lid securing portion The upper opening portion of the first flow channel opens further inward than the first inner lid securing portion, and the upper opening portion of the second flow channel opens further outward than the first inner lid securing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Chou Wen San
  • Publication number: 20140224381
    Abstract: A cap unit is provided with: a cap body having a first flow channel for feeding the compressed air from a compressor into a bottle container, and a second flow channel for sequentially taking out a puncture repair agent and the compressed air from the bottle container; and a first and second inner lids which are independent from one another and which close the first and second flow channels. The cap body has a boss portion extending upward from the bottom surface of a mouth portion securing recess, and provided with a first inner lid securing portion. The first inner lid is fitted into the first inner lid securing portion The upper opening portion of the first flow channel opens further inward than the first inner lid securing portion, and the upper opening portion of the second flow channel opens further outward than the first inner lid securing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Chou Wen San
  • Publication number: 20130199666
    Abstract: A puncture repair kit that reduces the difference between a pressure displayed on a manometer of a compressor device and an actual tire internal pressure. The compressor device (2) is connected with a bottle unit (3) directly. A cap 6 comprises a one-way valve (14) to prevent puncture-sealing agent from flowing back toward the compressor device. A cylinder (12) of the compressor device (2) comprises a branch chamber (21) receiving compressed air from a pump chamber (11). The branch chamber (21) is connected with an air feeding passage (39) extending toward a bottle unit (3), a manometer (22), a relief valve (23), and a surge chamber (70) to store the compressed air from the pump chamber (11) and to reduce the pressure fluctuation of the compressed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Tsutomu Kono
  • Publication number: 20120298255
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cap unit wherein safety is increased by preventing a reversed flow of a puncture-sealing agent. A cap main body (33) comprises an air flow passage (31) consisting of a vertical flow passage (31A) extending downward from an air passage upper opening (31a), a lateral flow passage (31B) laterally extending from an air intake port (31b), and a connecting flow passage (31C) connecting therebetween. The air flow passage (31) is provided with a reversed flow preventing device (22). The cap main body (33) is provided with a vertical hole (40) consisting of first to fourth vertical holes (40A to 40D) which have inner diameters increasing downwardly from the upper end in a stepwise manner, and the first to third vertical holes (40A to 40C) form the vertical flow passage (31A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao
  • Patent number: 8301327
    Abstract: A vehicle estimate navigation apparatus including: a speed vector calculation means for calculating, based on GPS information by a GPS receiver mounted in a running vehicle, a speed vector of a running speed of the vehicle; a tire rotation information detection means for detecting rotation information of tires attached to the vehicle; a tire rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires based on tire rotation information obtained by the tire rotation information detection means; a speed calculation means for calculating a vehicle speed based on the speed vector information; a yaw rate calculation means for calculating a vehicle yaw rate based on the speed vector information; a first parameter calculation means for calculating a first parameter of a first relational expression between the vehicle speed calculated by the speed calculation means and the tire rotation speed, the vehicle speed being obtained based on a formula model for calculating a tire ground speed based on the t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Mitsuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 8092633
    Abstract: Deadhesion of an IC tag inlet during vulcanization molding of tire is suppressed, while preventing adhesion of a portion other than a sticking out portion. An IC tag comprises a sheet-like IC tag inlet 2, a protective cover 3 of an unvulcanized rubber sheet adhered to the surface Sf of the inlet 2 through a primer layer 10 and an adhesive layer 11, and an antiadhesive layer 4 formed on the rear surface Sr of the inlet 2, wherein a maximum value Ga?max of storage shear modulus Ga? of a rubber of the protective cover 3 at a temperature of 150 to 200° C. and a storage shear modulus Gb?0 of the primer layer 10 at a temperature T0 showing the maximum value Ga?max satisfy the following equation: Ga?max×10?2<Gb?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Wakahiro Kawai, Masaru Kijima
  • Publication number: 20110125359
    Abstract: A vehicle estimate navigation apparatus including: a speed vector calculation means for calculating, based on GPS information by a GPS receiver mounted in a running vehicle, a speed vector of a running speed of the vehicle; a tire rotation information detection means for detecting rotation information of tires attached to the vehicle; a tire rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires based on tire rotation information obtained by the tire rotation information detection means; a speed calculation means for calculating a vehicle speed based on the speed vector information; a yaw rate calculation means for calculating a vehicle yaw rate based on the speed vector information; a first parameter calculation means for calculating a first parameter of a first relational expression between the vehicle speed calculated by the speed calculation means and the tire rotation speed, the vehicle speed being obtained based on a formula model for calculating a tire ground speed based on the t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Yukio NAKAO, Mitsuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 7856870
    Abstract: Provided is a method which is free from falling into a state impossible for detecting inner pressure lowering of tires even when GPS signals cannot be received and capable of precisely detecting inner pressure lowering of tires. A method for alarming inner pressure lowering of tires comprising a step of receiving satellite electric wave utilized for GPS and then detecting inner pressure lowering of tires utilizing the information of the satellite electric wave, and a step of detecting inner pressure lowering of tires utilizing wheel speed information, wherein said method comprises a step of judging whether the judgment result of inner pressure lowering of tires detected in the respective steps is adopted or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao
  • Publication number: 20100032066
    Abstract: Deadhesion of an IC tag inlet during vulcanization molding of tire is suppressed, while preventing adhesion of a portion other than a sticking out portion. An IC tag comprises a sheet-like IC tag inlet 2, a protective cover 3 of an unvulcanized rubber sheet adhered to the surface Sf of the inlet 2 through a primer layer 10 and an adhesive layer 11, and an antiadhesive layer 4 formed on the rear surface Sr of the inlet 2, wherein a maximum value Ga?max of storage shear modulus Ga? of a rubber of the protective cover 3 at a temperature of 150 to 200° C. and a storage shear modulus Gb?0 of the primer layer 10 at a temperature T0 showing the maximum value Ga?max satisfy the following equation: Ga?max×10?2<Gb?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Wakahiro Kawai, Masaru Kijima
  • Patent number: 7616121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for attaching an IC tag. In the method, an IC tag performing wireless communication using an electronic component appropriately disposed is attached to an article made from an elastically deformable material. Specifically, the IC tag is attached to a predetermined portion of the article, exclusive of a disposition section where the electronic component is disposed. The invention provides (i) an IC tag which is not damaged even when attached to an article made from an elastically deformable material, such as a tire used under extreme environment, (ii) a method for attaching the IC tag, and (iii) an article with the IC tag attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Omron Corporation, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wakahiro Kawai, Yukio Nakao
  • Patent number: 7522032
    Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting decrease in an inner pressure of a tire with excellent accuracy by calculating accurate dynamic load radii by comparing the GPS speed information with tire rotational speed information collecting data only when a stable measurement of the dynamic load radii is possible, as well as by utilizing GPS positioning information for a running state of a vehicle, and an apparatus and a program thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao
  • Patent number: 7512473
    Abstract: A judgment method of road surface condition includes steps of: periodically detecting the wheel rotational speeds of the four wheel tires of a vehicle, memorizing the wheel rotational speed of each of tires, determining a slip ratio from said wheel rotational speeds, determining the acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, determining a relation equation between said slip ratio and the acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, determining a judgment value for judging a friction coefficient between the road surface and tires based on the slope of said relation equation determined, and setting a threshold which is used for judging the friction coefficient from the judgment value using the information of wireless tags which were buried in the tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao
  • Patent number: 7430906
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire (1) has a tire cavity surface (HS) to which an accommodation tool (11) for accommodating an electronic component is bonded. The accommodation tool (11) includes an accommodation space (10) for accommodating an electronic component (W) therein, and includes a bonding region (11Sb) which is bonded to the tire cavity surface (HS) and which is provided on one end of a back surface (11S) directed to the tire cavity surface (HS). Only the bonding region (11Sb) is bonded to the tire cavity surface (HS), thereby making it possible to separate a portion of a non-bonding region (11Sa) on the side of the other end of the back surface (11S) from the tire cavity surface (HS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Nakao, Wakahiro Kawai, Masaru Kijima
  • Patent number: 7400143
    Abstract: A magnetic bias film 9 includes a magnetic bias magnet 11 that has magnetic layers and generates a magnetic field within a plane perpendicular to a lamination direction of the magnetic layers, which is manufactured in the shape of substantially a rectangular prism having a long side, a short side, and a thickness (in the lamination direction) in order of decreasing lengths. A ratio of the long side with respect to the short side of the magnetic bias magnet 11 in length is in a range of 5 to 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Hayashi, Kazuhiro Onaka, Yukio Nakao, Masataka Tagawa, Kouji Nabetani, Masako Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7389170
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program for judging road surface conditions on which a vehicle is running. The method, apparatus and program includes the steps of: obtaining wheel speed rotational information of driving wheels of the vehicle during running from wheel speed detectors, receiving GPS radio waves to calculate positional information, and judging road surface conditions during running on the basis of a relationship between the wheel speed rotational information and the positional information. Conditions of road surfaces on which a vehicle is running can be accurately judged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao
  • Publication number: 20080020516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for attaching an IC tag. In the method, an IC tag performing wireless communication using an electronic component appropriately disposed is attached to an article made from an elastically deformable material. Specifically, the IC tag is attached to a predetermined portion of the article, exclusive of a disposition section where the electronic component is disposed. The invention provides (i) an IC tag which is not damaged even when attached to an article made from an elastically deformable material, such as a tire used under extreme environment, (ii) a method for attaching the IC tag, and (iii) an article with the IC tag attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Wakahiro Kawai, Yukio Nakao
  • Publication number: 20070090933
    Abstract: Provided is a method which is free from falling into a state impossible for detecting inner pressure lowering of tires even when GPS signals cannot be received and capable of precisely detecting inner pressure lowering of tires. A method for alarming inner pressure lowering of tires comprising a step of receiving satellite electric wave utilized for GPS and then detecting inner pressure lowering of tires utilizing the information of the satellite electric wave, and a step of detecting inner pressure lowering of tires utilizing wheel speed information, wherein said method comprises a step of judging whether the judgment result of inner pressure lowering of tires detected in the respective steps is adopted or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventor: Yukio Nakao