Patents by Inventor Zenichiro Shida

Zenichiro Shida 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: 5385192
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire characterized in that an average thickness G.sub.U of the region of each of side walls which extends from a position corresponding to a widest portion of the tire toward a tread and that G.sub.L of the region of the side wall which extends from the same position toward a bead are set different from each other, the average thickness G.sub.U of the tread-side region being set to not less than 2.5 mm with the average thickness G.sub.L of the bead-side region set to less than 2.5 mm and not less than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hashimura, Masakazu Okihara, Yusaku Miyazaki, Zenichiro Shida, Tomohiko Kogure
  • Patent number: 5372171
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire which is to be fitted to a wheel of the type in which connecting position of a disc to a rim is offsetted to a wheel outer side from a center of a rim width, and which has a plurality of blocks on a tread thereof, a pneumatic tire wherein a total contact area C.sub.2 of shoulder blocks on the tire outer side disposed on the offset side of the disc and a total contact area C.sub.1 of shoulder blocks on the tire inner side disposed on the opposite side to the offset side of the disc satisfy the relation, C.sub.1 /C.sub.2 =1.2 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusaku Miyazaki, Masakazu Okihara, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Naoyuki Katsura, Zenichiro Shida, Tomohiko Kogure
  • Patent number: 5355925
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire to be fitted on a wheel in which a position wherein a disc is joined to a rim is offset from the center of the width of the rim toward the outer surface of said wheel, characterized in that the tire comprises an asymmetric structure in which a belt layer is provided between a tread and a carcass layer, an outer circumferential portion of the belt layer being covered with at least one belt covering layer, the at least one belt covering layer being disposed so that an average position of the center(s) of the width(s) thereof from the equator of the tire is deviated toward the opposite side of the offset side of the disc, a ratio e/w of the deviating distance e to the width w of a ground contacting portion of the tread being set to 0.05-0.13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Katsura, Tomohiko Kogure, Zenichiro Shida, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Yusaku Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 5277239
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire characterized in that at least two belt layers reinforced with cords of a high elastic modulus extending at an angle of 14.degree.-33.degree. with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire are arranged between a tread and a carcass, at least one of these belt layers being folded back at both end portions thereof toward the equator of the tire so as to wrap both end portions of any remaining belt layers, at least one reinforcing layer which is reinforced with thermally contractible organic fiber cords which extend at substantially 0.degree. with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire being inserted inside of each of the folded portions of the at least one folded belt layer, the width of the reinforcing layers being set to 10-70% of that of each of the folded portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Okihara, Yusaku Miyazaki, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Naoyuki Katsura, Zenichiro Shida, Tomohiko Kogure