Straight Sides Patents (Class D12/517)
  • Patent number: 11312183
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion having an outer shoulder main groove, a crown main groove, and an outer middle land region defined between the outer shoulder main groove and the crown main groove. The outer middle land region is provided with first middle sipes each extending inwardly in a tyre axial direction from the outer shoulder main groove to have an inner end in the outer middle land region and second middle sipes each extending outwardly in the tyre axial direction from the crown main groove to have an outer end in the outer middle land region. The number of the second middle sipes is larger than the number of the first middle sipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Maiko Tanabe, Ryuta Kitora
  • Patent number: 10343462
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion 2 provided with two shoulder main grooves 3, a crown main grooves 4, two shoulder land zones 8, and two middle land zones 7. The shoulder land zones 8 are each provided with shoulder lateral grooves 11. The middle land zones 7 are each provided with middle narrow grooves 10. Each of the middle narrow grooves 10 comprises a sipe-like narrow portion 12 whose groove width is less than 2 mm, and a wide portion 14 whose groove width is not less than 2 mm. The wide portion 14 includes an axially outer wide portion 15 formed at the axially outer end of the middle narrow groove 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takemoto
  • Patent number: D791063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Audrey Marie Paule Simon, Stephane Jose Geelen, Guillaume Francois Marie Torres, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Sylvain Fourme, Stephane Laurent Claude Bokken
  • Patent number: D791064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Stephane Laurent Claude Bokken, Audrey Marie Paule Simon, Pavel Kroupa, Alexandre Vaisse, Sylvain Fourme
  • Patent number: D795790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Audrey Marie Paule Simon, Stephane Jose Geelen, Guillaume Francois Marie Torres, Sylvain Fourme, Nicolas Daniel Dumont, Stephane Laurent Claude Bokken
  • Patent number: D797651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kidesaki, Yoshifumi Koishikawa, Makoto Ishii
  • Patent number: D829638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche Et Technique, S.A.
    Inventor: Mathieu Trigueros
  • Patent number: D830954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Rittweger
  • Patent number: D833371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mayuko Takahashi
  • Patent number: D833960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Terry M Edwards, Craig Miller, Leikun Nie, Ming Li
  • Patent number: D848351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Rittweger
  • Patent number: D852117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Mihir Singh Meetarbhan, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Sebastien Willy Fontaine
  • Patent number: D857613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Diego Speziari, Stefano Montesello, Vito Bello
  • Patent number: D859287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Behr
  • Patent number: D873206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Hiram William Uphouse
  • Patent number: D885307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Gabriele De Filippis, Marco Poggi, Marco Toscano, Marco Del Duca, Enrico Sabbatini, Fabio Tomassi, Nello Palomba
  • Patent number: D885308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Gabriele De Filippis, Marco Poggi, Marco Toscano, Marco Del Duca, Enrico Sabbatini, Fabio Tomassi, Nello Palomba
  • Patent number: D892027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sakata
  • Patent number: D892712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Kotlas
  • Patent number: D894819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Masayuki Fujita
  • Patent number: D895532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
  • Patent number: D900708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jonathan James Shondel, Marc Christopher Nowacki, Brian David Digman
  • Patent number: D900709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Trine, Ananth Bhagavathapuram Srisailapathy, Sebastien Seibert, Wolfgang Albert Leo Loesslein
  • Patent number: D901372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robin Moia, Jan Frans Leyssens, Xavier Jean-Francois Beot, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes, Marco Malago
  • Patent number: D902128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
  • Patent number: D904280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: D908596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HANKOOK TIRE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Ju Kwak, Seung Koo Kang
  • Patent number: D910534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Kensuke Shibayama
  • Patent number: D914582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: D916648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Kunkel, Peter Glasner, Jaap Leendertse
  • Patent number: D918125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Daniele Matturro, Takamitsu Nakamura, Andrea Busato, Antonio Tirone, Valerio Marzioni
  • Patent number: D918126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Daniele Matturro, Takamitsu Nakamura, Andrea Busato, Antonio Tirone, Gabriele De Filippis
  • Patent number: D920893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: D921571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Stephane Jose Geelen, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Pascale de Briey-Terlinden, Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Alexandre Francois Baudouin Constant Bernier
  • Patent number: D922307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Long Qin, Wenlong Lin, Yixin Zhang, Dongyan Zhu, Li Liu
  • Patent number: D923553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Marie Basl, Dale Edward Umstot
  • Patent number: D926668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Hayashi, Kohei Sahashi
  • Patent number: D927408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Hayashi, Kohei Sahashi
  • Patent number: D948413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Francois Pierre Pautard, Julien Dominique Gilbert Majerus, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Karldev Orjela
  • Patent number: D949774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: D952542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mayuko Karasawa
  • Patent number: D957311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayuko Karasawa, Kohei Sahashi
  • Patent number: D958725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Alessandro Galderisi, Emiliano Sabetti
  • Patent number: D963552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Notaro, Jennifer Marie Basl, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Robert Wayne Schott
  • Patent number: D983124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Arakawa
  • Patent number: D983725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: D1004528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Isao Sawakami
  • Patent number: D1010556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Oliver Knispel, Jaap Leendertse, Daniel Kunkel, Yuzo Kawasaki
  • Patent number: D1021756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Hiram William Uphouse, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Patent number: D1023900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Hiram William Uphouse