Patents Issued in August 1, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190232688
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a web print medium with holes arranged at a predetermined pitch in a conveyance direction; a printer configured to perform printing on the web print medium conveyed by the conveyor; a detector configured to detect the holes; and a controller. The controller is configured to drive the printer to start printing on the web print medium based on a timing at which a count value of the holes detected by the detector from start of conveyance of the web print medium by the conveyor reaches a setting value of a number of the holes located from the detector to a print start reference position on the web print medium at the start of conveyance of the web print medium by the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190232689
    Abstract: A printing apparatus has a conveyance roller and a driven roller disposed upstream of a print head in the first direction, a platen facing the print head and supporting the print medium, a producing unit producing a holding force for holding the print medium at the platen. A conveyance operation includes a first conveyance operation in which the print medium is conveyed without any release from between the conveyance roller and the driven roller and a second conveyance operation in which the print medium is released from between the conveyance roller and the driven roller. A rotation amount of the conveyance roller during the second conveyance operation is increased than that during the first conveyance operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Takakazu Ohashi, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20190232690
    Abstract: Provided is a medium supply device including a spindle that supports a medium having a roll shape, a supplying portion that supplies the medium supported by the spindle toward outside, a plurality of support rollers that support the medium in positions between the spindle and the supplying portion, a moving roller that, in a contact position between the support rollers, is capable of coming into contact with a bridging medium extending across the support rollers in a state where a load is applied to the bridging medium and that is capable of moving from the contact position to a non-contact position of non-contact with the bridging medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move the moving roller from the contact position to the non-contact position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Seijun HORIE
  • Publication number: 20190232691
    Abstract: A ribbon rewinding mechanism for providing stable ribbon tension in a printer includes a base body, a supply shaft assembly, a take-up shaft assembly and a transmission system. Each of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly has an axis rod, an outer cover and an elastic member. The outer cover and the axis rod drive each other through the elastic member. The outer covers of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connectable to the two ends of a ribbon, respectively. The axis rods of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connected to the base body and the transmission system through unidirectional transmission elements, respectively, so that the ribbon can be stably and continuously rewound for a distance needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: YU-ZHI CHEN, ZHI-HAO LU, I-CHE YU, YAN-ZHANG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190232692
    Abstract: Some examples include a grounding system for an image forming apparatus. The grounding system includes a lifting plate having a top surface for storing media and an interface, a cable having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end attached at the interface, a retainer attached to the lifting plate at the interface, the retainer releasably securing the cable to the lifting plate, and a winding spool coupled to the second end of the cable, the winding spool to transfer torque to the cable and to accommodate a length of cable wound around the winding spool. Each of the lifting plate, the cable, and the winding spool are electrically conductive to release electrostatic energy from the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Matias Negatu, Michael A Fairchild, Jesse Phillips, Alexander M Nameroff
  • Publication number: 20190232693
    Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a main body. An ink containing unit is disposed in the main body and is configured to contain ink to be supplied. The ink containing unit includes an ink refill portion through which ink is refilled and an ink level display surface disposed on a side surface of the main body. The side surface has an opening through which a jammed sheet is removed and a first cover configured to cover the opening. The ink level display surface and the first cover are juxtaposed on the side surface in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinari ISHIBE, Motohiro MOMOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190232694
    Abstract: A serviceable machine includes a door assembly having a door, and a jointed assembly that extends between an external surface of the serviceable machine and the door. The jointed assembly is operable to move the door between a closed position in which an interior region of the serviceable machine is covered, and an open position in which the interior portion of the interior region is unobstructed. The jointed assembly may extend connectivity to the door when the door is in either the open or closed positions. Additionally, the door can mechanically and electrically decouple from the jointed assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Gerald Boyum, Michael Kevin Bowen, Tod Kinsley, Lynn A Collie, Kevin Lo, Jeremy Daniel Barker
  • Publication number: 20190232695
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an inkjet head, a hardware processor that controls an imager former so that an untransferred image is formed on a transferer at a position between two continuous transferred images, and a first cleaning member and a second cleaning member that remove the untransferred image formed on the transferer from the transferer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yukimasa AZUMA, Yusuke Nishisaka, Kuniya Matsuura, Taiya Munenaka, Midori Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20190232696
    Abstract: A printing device for dispending material on a heated substrate is provided. The device may include a printing head having one or more nozzles and a heat shield that partially masks a side of the printing head that faces the heated substrate when printing so as to reduce heat transfer from the substrate to the printing head. The shield includes a slot aligned with the one or more nozzles to enable passage of material from the one or more nozzles to the heated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: XJET LTD.
    Inventors: Eliahu M. KRITCHMAN, Hanan GOTHAIT, Yigal ROZVAL, MEIR DEBI
  • Publication number: 20190232697
    Abstract: A print device includes a first head, a second head, a platen, a guide member, a receiving portion, a processor, and a memory that stores computer-readable instructions that cause the print device to perform processes including: test printing that involves printing a test pattern by ejecting the second ink at a first timing and a second timing at a first sub-scanning direction position, and further, ejecting the second ink at a third timing and a fourth timing at a second sub-scanning direction position; and determining that involves, when one of the first and the second timing is received, determining the received timing to be the ejection timing of the second ink at the first sub-scanning direction position, and, when one of the third and the fourth timing is received, determining the received timing to be the ejection timing of the second ink at the second sub-scanning direction position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KAYANAKA, Hidekazu KOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20190232698
    Abstract: A thermal transfer printer and a composite consumable thereof and a method for supplying such composite consumable to the thermal transfer printer are disclosed. The consumable supplying device is installed with a composite consumable which is made by winding a thermal transfer ribbon and a printing media together around a common core with the ink side of the thermal transfer ribbon facing the surface of the printing media. Accordingly, just one consumable supplying device rather than two different consumable supplying devices as in existing thermal transfer printers should be arranged to provide the thermal transfer ribbon and the printing media to the thermal transfer printer at the same time. In such a way, the internal space of the thermal transfer printer can be effectively saved, which significantly reduces the volume of the thermal transfer printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Gaoren Lu
  • Publication number: 20190232699
    Abstract: An offset printing process for manufacturing a laser markable packaging uses a laser markable offset ink and a laser markable varnish or a laser markable dispersion-lacquer in the process to provide a laser markable image or area on the packaging. The laser markable offset ink, offset varnish or offset dispersion-lacquer including a leuco dye and a metal free optothermal converting agent may be used in the offset printing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Fabienne GOETHALS
  • Publication number: 20190232700
    Abstract: A method of applying a coating composition to print media includes the steps of: coating a metal roller with the coating composition; and transferring the coating composition to the print media to provide a coated print media. The coating composition is an acidic aqueous-based composition containing: (i) a water-absorbing component selected from the group consisting of: hydrophilic polymers and hydrophilic metal oxides; and (ii) phosphoric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Zeying Ma, Ellaine Munton, Monica Romelczyk
  • Publication number: 20190232701
    Abstract: An image forming method, includes: forming a precoat layer by applying a precoat agent onto a front surface of an intermediate transfer body; forming an ink layer by applying an ink onto a front surface of the formed precoat layer, according to an ink jet method; and transferring the formed precoat layer and ink layer to a recording medium, wherein a contact angle of the precoat agent with respect to the front surface of the intermediate transfer body is less than a contact angle of the ink with respect to the front surface of the intermediate transfer body, and a viscosity of the precoat agent is lower than a viscosity of the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Midori SHIMOMURA, Yusuke Nishisaka, Taiya Munenaka, Yukimasa Azuma, Kuniya Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20190232702
    Abstract: A post printing treatment assembly includes a product support assembly and a post printing treatment device. The product support assembly includes a primary support assembly, a primary drive assembly, a number of secondary support assemblies, and a secondary drive assembly. The primary drive assembly is operatively coupled to the primary support assembly. The primary drive assembly imparts a generally constant motion to the primary support assembly. Each secondary support assembly is structured to support a number of work pieces. Each secondary support assembly is movably coupled to the primary support assembly. The secondary drive assembly is operatively coupled to each secondary support assembly. The secondary drive assembly selectively imparts a motion to each secondary support assembly. The post printing treatment device is disposed adjacent the product support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Dominico, Weniek (Rex) Edward Jablonski, Russell DiDonato, Leonard A. VerHoven
  • Publication number: 20190232703
    Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor including an aluminum support, and an image recording layer on the aluminum support, in which the aluminum support includes an anodized film on a surface of the image recording layer side, the anodized film has micropores extending in a depth direction from the surface of the anodized film on the image recording layer side, an average pore diameter of the micropores in the surface of the anodized film is greater than 0 ?m and 0.03 ?m or less, an average maximum diameter of the micropores inside the anodized film is in a range of 0.04 ?m to 0.30 ?m, an average value A nm of thicknesses of surface opening portions and an average value B nm of thicknesses of internal maximum diameter portions satisfy a relationship of 2.5?B/A?28.0, and the image recording layer contains an acid color former; a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing plate precursor; and a lithographic printing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Kotaro KUDO
  • Publication number: 20190232704
    Abstract: A structural underblanket unit (10) for blanket cylinders (100) of printing machines, comprising a first layer (11) made of rubber, a second layer (12) made of polyester and a third layer (13) made of fabric. The layers (11, 12, 13) are solidly bonded to one another so as to define a multilayer structural unit (10) having an overall transversal thickness (S) corresponding to the sum of the transversal thicknesses (S11, S12, S13) of said layers, the order of bonding of said layers being any whatsoever. A process for adjusting a distance of a printing blanket (101) from a wall (102) of a blanket cylinder of a printing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Luca PAVAN
  • Publication number: 20190232705
    Abstract: The invention concerns a book with a front and a back book cover, a spine, at least one book page, and an electronic system comprising first sensors of suitable design so as to detect pressure exerted on a particular area of a book page, wherein a first sensor when pressed being capable of triggering the reproduction of certain audio files, wherein the book pages comprise individual, electronically detectable page indexes and the electronic system of the book comprises at least one second sensor capable of sensing the page index of the opened page. By the invention a book that enables an as variable as possible selection of audio files is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: JAST Gifts (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Jen-Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190232706
    Abstract: An illuminated assembly, and methods of making and using such an illuminated assembly, whereby the illuminated assembly includes a panel and at least one sheet coupled to the panel, the sheet capable of overlaying engagement with the panel. The sheet can include a sheet front surface opposite a sheet back surface, and at least one light transmission portion disposed therein, whereby the light transmission portion can communicate between the sheet front and back surfaces. Further, the illuminated assembly can include a light source operatively coupled to the panel, whereby in an activated condition, the light source can provide light to the panel. Following, the light can be transmitted from the panel through the light transmission portion of the sheet such that the light can be viewable by a viewer of the sheet front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Susan Francesca Hudachek
  • Publication number: 20190232707
    Abstract: An adjustable lighted bookmark. The adjustable lighted bookmark has a spine with an upper end opposite a lower end. A pair of upper arms, hingedly secured to the upper end of the spine, and a pair of lower arms, hingedly secured to the lower end of the spine, define a space therebetween. A pair of upper clips are disposed distally on the pair of upper arms and a pair of lower clips are disposed distally on the pair of lower arms. The pair of upper clips and the pair of lower clips are oriented inwardly towards the space between the upper and the lower arms. Each clip of the pair of upper clips and the pair of lower clips has at least one bearing on an internal surface thereof. A light extends from the spine which provides lighting on a piece of reading material secured by the adjustable lighted bookmark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Francisco Lucio
  • Publication number: 20190232708
    Abstract: A security device is disclosed, comprising an array of focussing elements with regular periodicity in at least a first direction, each focusing element having an optical footprint of which different portions will be directed to the viewer in dependence on the viewing angle; and an array of image elements with regular periodicity in at least the first direction overlapping the array of focusing structures, the image elements representing portions of at least two respective images, and at least one image element from each respective image being located in the optical footprint of each focusing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian William HOLMES, John GODFREY, Robert WHITEMAN
  • Publication number: 20190232709
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thin volume hologram sheet to be embedded sufficiently resistant to a mechanical stress such as a stress including a tensile stress, a shear stress and a compression stress at the time of processing even under a heating condition, a forgery prevention paper and a card using the same. The object is achieved by providing a volume hologram sheet to be embedded comprising a volume hologram layer, and a substrate disposed only on one side surface of the volume hologram layer using an adhesion means, wherein a peeling strength of the volume hologram layer and the substrate is 25 gf/25 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuko OIKAWA, Minoru AZAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20190232710
    Abstract: A value document having a security element in the form of a strip with a first polymer layer which comprises at least one embossed diffraction structure, having at least one reflection layer which visually interacts with the diffraction structure in order to form a reflection hologram as the first visually recognisable security feature, and having at least one imprint which is luminescent under UV radiation and which forms a second security feature that is visually recognisable under UV light, wherein the reflection hologram comprises at least one see-through region on the second security feature. In order to increase the level of protection against forgery of the security element, the luminescent imprint comprises a halftone print image, and the see-through region is formed by at least one recess in the reflection layer and by the polymer layer which is free in this region of the recess from the diffraction structure at least above the halftone print image of the imprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus SCHMIDEGG, Sonja LANDERTSHAMER, Fabrice CAPIEZ, Olivier MARTIN, Roger VILCOT, Michel BLANC
  • Publication number: 20190232711
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for forming a surface relief microstructure, including the steps of A) applying a curable composition to at least a portion of the frontside of the paper substrate, B) contacting at least a portion of the curable composition with surface relief microstructure, C) curing the composition by using at least one UV lamp which is arranged on the backside of the paper substrate, and D) depositing a metallic layer, and optionally a layer of a transparent high refractive index material, on at least a portion of the cured composition, wherein the UV lamp has an emission peak in a UV-A range of 320 nm to 400 nm and additionally in a near VIS range of 400 nm to 450 nm, the curable composition comprises a photoinitiator which absorbs in the UV-A range and also in the near VIS range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michelle RICHERT, Thomas BOLLE, Roland FLEURY
  • Publication number: 20190232712
    Abstract: The invention provides a free flowing copolymer between disparate plastic layers to thermally balance between the two differently expanding/contracting materials. The “primer” layer or “thermal balance layer” fully encapsulates the PET layer and can absorb the difference between the internal PET layer with any layer bonded to the encapsulated PET without cracking, bending or pitting and can “reset” into position when the heating/cooling has ended to make planar plastic core sheets for products such as credit cards, gift cards and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy Roche
  • Publication number: 20190232713
    Abstract: A telescopic marking assembly for marking on a surface or object that is out of a user's reach includes a rod that has an adjustable length. The rod is selectively extended to reach an object that is out of a user's reach. A tube is movably coupled to the rod and the tube is selectively positionable at a selected angle with respect to the rod. The tube insertably receives a writing utensil thereby facilitating the writing utensil to write on the object that is out of reach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Dana Beardsley
  • Publication number: 20190232714
    Abstract: A wheel with flexible spokes, including a rim and hub, and spokes between the rim and hub made of fibrous material that causes the spokes to be both lighter in weight and stronger than comparable steel spokes. The spokes are also flexible and resilient such that they can bend while retaining their integrity and strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Martin Connolly
  • Publication number: 20190232715
    Abstract: A wheel cover unit for rear wheels of trucks or buses comprises: a wheel cover, two bearing members and a cover. The wheel cover is provided with an inner concave portion having a central hole. The inner edge of the central hole is vertically and backwardly provided with a hole ring having corresponding two pairs of slots, and each slot extends to the central hole with a lock sheet. Each bearing member is provided with a connecting rod and an engaging rod. The connecting rod is formed with a connecting portion for passing through the bolts of the wheel rim. The engaging rod is formed with two connecting pieces. Each connecting piece is locked with the lock sheet via a screwed element, so as to assemble the wheel cover to the rear wheel of the truck or bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Shih Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20190232716
    Abstract: A system for attaching a plate to a vehicle is provided. The system includes lug nuts and lug bolts for attaching the plate to a threaded wheel stud. The lug nuts each define a threaded stud recess for engagement with a threaded wheel stud and a threaded bolt recess for engagement with a threaded portion of a lug bolt. The lug bolts each define a head for rotating the threaded portion of the lug bolt into the bolt recess of the lug nut, a shaft positioned between the threaded portion and the head, and a rotatable portion. The rotatable portion defines a center aperture freely rotatable about the shaft and a bolt aperture for accepting a fastener. A lock nut is positioned about each of the lug bolts for locking the lug bolt into position relative to the lug nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Tire Safety Plates, LLC
    Inventors: Jensen Roll, Daniel Cox
  • Publication number: 20190232717
    Abstract: A bicycle hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub body, and a sprocket support body. The hub body includes a first spoke-mounting portion, a second spoke-mounting portion, and a first axial length. The first axial length is defined between a first axially outermost part of the first spoke-mounting portion and a second axially outermost part of the second spoke-mounting portion in an axial direction and is equal to or larger than 55 mm. The sprocket support body includes a plurality of external spline teeth. The plurality of external spline teeth includes a plurality of external-spline driving surfaces. The plurality of external-spline driving surfaces each includes a radial length defined from a radially outermost edge to a radially innermost edge. A total of the radial lengths of the plurality of external-spline driving surfaces is equal to or larger than 7 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJITA, Kazuki KOSHIYAMA, Takashi NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20190232718
    Abstract: This invention reveals a pneumatic tire comprising a generally toroidal-shaped carcass with an outer circumferential tread, two spaced beads, at least one ply extending from bead to bead and sidewalls extending radially from and connecting said tread to said beads, and an innerliner which covers the inner surface and which is comprised of a halobutyl rubber, a filler and lignin. The incorporation of lignin into the innerliner prevents migration of moisture into the tire carcass which can lead to corrosion and consequential delamination of steel cords within the tire. Normally the lignin will be included in such innerliner formulations in an amount which is within the range of 1 phr to 20 phr. Lignin can also be used to protect the steel belts by incorporating it into other tire components located between the innerliner and the belts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Adel Farhan Halasa, John Joseph Andre Verthe, Annette Lechtenboehmer
  • Publication number: 20190232719
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread reinforcing layer comprising a net structure formed from a tape of rubber coated reinforcing cord(s). The net structure comprises first oblique segments and second oblique segments of the tape which intersect with each other, forming interspaces therebetween. The first oblique segment has a first axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward one end in the tire axial direction of the net structure. The second oblique segment has a second axial outer part in which the angle of the tape with respect to the tire circumferential direction decreases toward the above-said one end of the net structure. The first axial outside part is connected to the second axial outside part directly or through a circumferential segment of the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masafumi OTANI
  • Publication number: 20190232720
    Abstract: A tire has a sub-layer (7) made up substantially of a first base layer (71) disposed radially on the crown reinforcement (5) and axially between the median plane (CP) and a transition edge (711), the transition edge (711) being situated axially between the median plane (CP) and a shoulder (60), said first base layer (71) being made up of a rubber compound of given stiffness A, a second base layer (72) disposed radially on the crown reinforcement (5) and axially between the transition edge (711) and a shoulder end (721), said second base layer (72) being made up of a rubber compound of given stiffness B, a covering layer (73) disposed radially on the first base layer (71) and on the second base layer (72) and radially on the inside of the tread (6) and axially at least in sections situated between the median plane (CP) and the shoulder end (721), said covering layer (73) being made up of a rubber compound of given stiffness C, the stiffness B being less than the stiffness A, which is less than the stiffness C,
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: PASCAL PROST, CHRISTOPHER CAREME, DAVID DEAN
  • Publication number: 20190232721
    Abstract: At least one first circumferential direction groove is formed on a tread portion, the first circumferential direction groove including a plurality of bent portions so as to be extended in a zigzag manner in a tire circumferential direction. At least one lateral groove communicated with the first circumferential direction groove and extended in a tire width direction is formed. The bent portion is bent at an angle between 12 degrees and 41 degrees against a tire circumferential direction. A groove width of the first circumferential direction groove is set in a range between 13 mm and 19 mm. The first lateral groove includes an arc-shaped curve portion. A groove depth of the first lateral groove is smaller than a groove depth of the first circumferential direction groove. A groove width of the first lateral groove is smaller than a groove width of the first circumferential direction groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190232722
    Abstract: A first tire includes a tread having a circumferential center rib and a circumferential intermediate rib laterally adjacent the center rib, the intermediate rib being separated from the center rib by a first circumferential groove, a second circumferential rib bordering the intermediate rib opposite the first circumferential groove, the tread further including two other circumferential grooves; at least one stiffener element disposed within each of the four circumferential grooves, the stiffener elements having a reduced height relative to a height of the center and intermediate ribs; and the stiffener element having a circumferentially oriented cut extending into an upper surface of the stiffener element toward a bottom of the stiffener element, the cut extending circumferentially through the stiffener element with the cut bounded by opposite laterally inward facing cut sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Marc BECKER, Paolo TADDIA
  • Publication number: 20190232723
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are partitioned by at least one contact patch end and the plurality of main grooves, the plurality of land portions comprise a center land portion that contains a center in a tire width direction, and a side land portion that is adjacent in the tire width direction to the center land portion, a dimension in the tire width direction of one land portion among the center land portion and the side land portion is less than a dimension in the tire width direction of the other land portion thereamong, and a maximum value of an amount by which the one land portion protrudes from a tread profile is greater than a maximum value of an amount by which the other land portion protrudes from the tread profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Sachio Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190232724
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are partitioned by at least one contact patch end and the plurality of main grooves, the plurality of land portions comprise a center land portion that contains a center in a tire width direction, and a pair of side land portions that are adjacent in the tire width direction to the center land portion, and respective maximum values of amounts by which the pair of side land portions protrude from a tread profile are each greater than a maximum value of an amount by which the center land portion protrudes from the tread profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Sachio Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190232725
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are partitioned by at least one contact patch end and the plurality of main grooves, the plurality of land portions comprise a center land portion that contains a center in a tire width direction, and a pair of side land portions that are adjacent in the tire width direction to the center land portion, and a maximum value of a recessed amount by which the center land portion is recessed relative to a tread profile is greater than respective maximum value of recessed amounts by which each of the pair of side land portions are recessed relative to the tread profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Sachio Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190232726
    Abstract: Pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread profile with profile bands separated by circumferential channels, each delimited outward by an outer surface and toward the channel by a flank forming a channel wall. In a channel base, first and second rubber blocks are formed. The first blocks are attached in the flank of the first band and the second blocks are attached in the flank of the second band. The first and second blocks are arranged one behind the other in an alternating sequence. Each first block extends in the axial direction as far as a position in the axial extent region of two second blocks and ends with a spacing to the flank of the second band. Each second block extends the axial direction as far as a position in the axial extent region of two first blocks and ends with a spacing to the flank of the first band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Andre LUTZ, Florian KRISTEN
  • Publication number: 20190232727
    Abstract: A tyre for a motorcycle for rough terrain comprises a tread portion. In a region between at least one of tread edges and a tyre equator, the tread portion is provided with middle blocks, shoulder blocks, and tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and its adjacent one of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder blocks include first shoulder blocks forming the one of the tread edges and second shoulder blocks arranged on an inner side in a tyre axial direction of the one of the tread edges. The tie bars include first tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the first shoulder blocks and second tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the second shoulder blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya SHIRAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20190232728
    Abstract: A tyre including a tread portion. The tread portion includes a ground contacting surface and at least one main groove recessed from the ground contacting surface and extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction. At least one of groove walls of the main groove is provided with a recessed portion recessed outwardly in a groove width direction from a corresponding groove edge of the main groove on the ground contacting surface. The ground contacting surface has a protruding portion in a region where the recessed portion is projected outwardly in a tyre radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190232729
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are partitioned by at least one contact patch end and the plurality of main grooves, at least one of the land portions comprises a protruding region that protrudes from a tread profile, a beveled region that is arranged at an end in a tire width direction of the at least one land portion, and a connecting surface that connects a surface of the protruding region and a surface of the beveled region and that is arranged so as to be parallel to a line drawn normal to the tread profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Sachio Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190232730
    Abstract: A tire capable of showing a sufficient cooling effect on a tire side portion when a vehicle travels at a low speed. A pneumatic tire includes a projection group in a tire side portion. A gap is formed between a first projection and a second projection. A size of the gap in a tire radial direction is smaller than a size of each of the first projection and the second projection in the tire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naohiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190232731
    Abstract: When (I) a tyre 1 is in contact with a flat surface (S) with a camber angle ? of 40 degrees, (II) a load (F) applied to the tyre is increased from zero, and (III) a curve (T) is obtained by plotting, in a XY coordinate, a displacement (?x) in a tyre axial direction and a displacement (?y) in a tyre radial direction of a position (A) of one of tyre tread edges (Te) closer to the flat surface (S), the displacements being from a reference position (A0) when the load (F) is zero, inclination of the curve (T) increases as the load (F) increases at least in a range where the load (F) is not more than 78% of a maximum load capacity load of the tyre.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryota SATO
  • Publication number: 20190232732
    Abstract: A motor vehicle tire is disclosed with a pair of post-cure run-flat inserts, each of the pair of post-cure run-flat inserts is disposed within a tire cavity between a shoulder region and a respective upper sidewall region of the tire. The tire further includes a cylindrical sidewall defining an interior cylindrical cavity, each of the cylindrical sidewall and the interior cylindrical cavity extending 360 degrees about a rotational axis of the tire, the cylindrical sidewall having an exterior surface contacting a radially inner surface of an inner liner between the shoulder region and the respective upper sidewall region during a normal inflation condition of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: James M. Kirby, David J. Zemla, Bradley S. Plotner
  • Publication number: 20190232733
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling vehicle TPMS sensor localization. An example vehicle includes a plurality of tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensors, a communication module, and a controller. The controller is to detect an initiation event associated with the vehicle, and, in response to detecting the initiation event, determine whether first localization information is valid based on information associated with the TPMS sensors. The controller is also to initiate, via the communication module, a localization procedure at the TPMS sensors when the first localization information is not valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Dilip B. Patel, Ali Hassani
  • Publication number: 20190232734
    Abstract: In the present invention, virtual regions each having a width of 1/2n (where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1) of the detection width of a force sensor provided on a tire travel surface are set in a region to be measured of a tire. The contact position between the tire travel surface and tire is shifted along a prescribed direction such that the force sensor touches a single virtual region a plurality of times, and the sensor is used to carry out force measurement a plurality of times. Mapping data is generated that associates each measurement time with data about the positional relationship between the virtual regions and sensor. Force values for each virtual region are calculated on the basis of the sensor detection values and the force balance relationship between the sensor and virtual regions determined by a mapping data generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Koike
  • Publication number: 20190232735
    Abstract: An air supply system for a work vehicle includes a compressor configured to compress a first supply of ambient air and to output a compressed air supply via a compressed air line, an air induction assembly configured to receive the compressed air supply from the compressed air line and to flow the compressed air supply through a body of the air induction assembly to create a low pressure region sufficient to draw in a second supply of ambient air, wherein the body is configured to combine the second supply of ambient air with the compressed air supply to generate a combination air supply, and a tire inflation system fluidly coupled to the air induction assembly and configured to selectively increase and decrease an air pressure within a tire of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Eran Salzman
  • Publication number: 20190232736
    Abstract: An object surface managing method comprising: (a) emitting detecting light to the groove via alight source; (b) receiving first reflected detecting light from the surface and second reflected detecting light from a bottom of the groove via a light sensor; and (c) calculating a groove depth of the groove according to the first reflected detecting light and the second reflected detecting light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Guo-Zhen Wang, Chang-Sheng Chiu
  • Publication number: 20190232737
    Abstract: A stemming system is disclosed. The stemming system includes a computing device, a stemming device and an algorithm. The computing device includes data processing hardware and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The data processing hardware includes a transmitter and a receiver. The stemming device is communicatively-coupled to the computing device. The stemming device includes a base portion and a valve-engaging portion. The valve-engaging portion includes a transducer that obtains a measurement communicated to the receiver of the computing device. The measurement includes at least one physical parameter associated with installing a tire-wheel assembly valve to a wheel throughout a process of disposing the valve within a valve hole of the wheel. The algorithm is executed by a processor of the data processing hardware for analyzing a data signature associated with the measurement for determining if the valve has been adequately or inadequately installed by the stemming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Donald Graham Straitiff, Christopher Michael Bulliner, Steven Edward Lind