Patents by Inventor Yuuichirou Ogawa

Yuuichirou Ogawa 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: 7361243
    Abstract: Using a core manufacturing method, a green tire is obtained in which edge portions of a carcass ply are turned up at bead cores. An inner liner 40 is set on an external surface of a hard core 12, and a carcass 46 is formed thereon. A bladder 36 disposed inside the core is inflated, whereby edge portions of the carcass 46 can be turned up. Thereafter, conventionally known tire structural members such as a belt, a side tread and a top tread are set on, and a green tire is completed on the external surface of the hard core 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuichirou Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20060011282
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a runflat tire which can effectively inhibit both of pulling out of carcass cords and coming off of beads during running in the runflat state. A runflat tire according to the present invention comprises a carcass 4 toroidally extending over a pair of beads 5, a pair of sidewall portions 6 and a tread portion 7, and a reinforcing rubber layer 8 which has a crescent sectional shape and is arranged at the interior surface side of the carcass 4. The carcass 4 comprises at least one cord layers 3 including radial cord portions 15, which are radially-arrayed at a circumferential pitch P, and circumferential cord portions 16, which circumferentially connect respective inner ends of adjacent radial cord portion 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuichirou Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20050211366
    Abstract: Using a core manufacturing method, a green tire is obtained in which edge portions of a carcass ply are turned up at bead cores. An inner liner 40 is set on an external surface of a hard core 12, and a carcass 46 is formed thereon. A bladder 36 disposed inside the core is inflated, whereby edge portions of the carcass 46 can be turned up. Thereafter, conventionally known tire structural members such as a belt, a side tread and a top tread are set on, and a green tire is completed on the external surface of the hard core 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Yuuichirou Ogawa