Patents by Inventor Yuuichi Waragai

Yuuichi Waragai 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).

  • Method and device for inspecting tire
    Patent number: 7340946
    Abstract: A method and a device for inspecting a tire, the method comprising the steps of, in a rim assembly station (G) separated from an inspection station (K) having a tire inspector (58) installed thereon, forming a rim/tire assembly (44) in a setup by assembling one side and the other side rims (19) and (20) with an inspected tire (15) and, when an inspection is performed, transforming the rim/tire assembly (44) from the rim assembly station (G) to the tire inspector (58) on the inspection station (K), whereby a preparatory operation time in the tire inspector (58) can be shortened to shorten a cycle time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Gotou, Hiroki Kunitake, Yuuichi Waragai, Kenji Kouyama
  • Method and device for inspecting tire
    Publication number: 20070084275
    Abstract: A method and a device for inspecting a tire, the method comprising the steps of, in a rim assembly station (G) separated from an inspection station (K) having a tire inspector (58) installed thereon, forming a rim/tire assembly (44) in a setup by assembling one side and the other side rims (19) and (20) with an inspected tire (15) and, when an inspection is performed, transforming the rim/tire assembly (44) from the rim assembly station (G) to the tire inspector (58) on the inspection station (K), whereby a preparatory operation time in the tire inspector (58) can be shortened to shorten a cycle time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Gotou, Hiroki Kunitake, Yuuichi Waragai, Kenji Kouyama