Patents by Inventor Yukitake Kosuke

Yukitake Kosuke 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).

  • Engineered surfaces for laboratory tread wear testing of tires
    Patent number: 8555698
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a substantially rigid hardened wear surface for a tire tread wear testing apparatus is provided, the method comprising making a cast of a road surface on which tread wear of the tire is to be tested, providing a layer of adhesive mixed with at least one aggregate and configured for hardening to create the substantially rigid hardened wear surface, while the layer of adhesive is unhardened: (a) coating the layer of adhesive onto a road wheel of the tire tread wear testing apparatus, and (b) stamping an impression of the cast into the layer of epoxy adhesive for producing the wear surface adapted for emulating one or more surface roughness characteristics of the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Neugebauer, Erik Knuth, David O. Stalnaker, Craig K. McClung, Alleva Lorenzo, Kurata Takayuki, Yukitake Kosuke, Hiroshi Egami, Alberto del Grosso
  • ENGINEERED SURFACES FOR LABORATORY TREAD WEAR TESTING OF TIRES
    Publication number: 20120186324
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a substantially rigid hardened wear surface for a tire tread wear testing apparatus is provided, the method comprising making a cast of a road surface on which tread wear of the tire is to be tested, providing a layer of adhesive mixed with at least one aggregate and configured for hardening to create the substantially rigid hardened wear surface, while the layer of adhesive is unhardened: (a) coating the layer of adhesive onto a road wheel of the tire tread wear testing apparatus, and (b) stamping an impression of the cast into the layer of epoxy adhesive for producing the wear surface adapted for emulating one or more surface roughness characteristics of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Neugebauer, Erik Knuth, David O. Stalnaker, Craig K. McClung, Alleva Lorenzo, Kurata Takyuki, Yukitake Kosuke, Hiroshi Egami, Alberto DelGrosso