Characterized By Groove Pattern Patents (Class D12/535)
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Patent number: 9956824Abstract: A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion including a central region and a pair of shoulder regions. In a cross-sectional view of the tire under a standard condition, the central region has an outer profile protruding radially outwardly and having a first radius of curvature R1, and each shoulder region having an outer profile protruding radially outwardly and having a second radius of curvature R2 smaller than the first radius of curvature R1. The tread portion is provided with a zigzag central main groove in the central region with zigzag corners, a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves each extending axially outwardly from each zigzag corner to one of the shoulder regions, and a plurality of shoulder sub groove each disposed between a pair of circumferentially adjacent shoulder lateral grooves and each extending axially outwardly from the central region to the shoulder region.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Jo
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Patent number: 9738119Abstract: A motorcycle tyre has a tread band including a central portion and two shoulder portions arranged at axially opposite sides of the central portion. The central portion includes a first plurality of grooves extended according to a substantially longitudinal direction and alternatively arranged at opposite sides of the equatorial plane of the tyre. Each groove of the first plurality of grooves has a substantially curvilinear course such as to form a concavity. The central portion further includes a sub-portion substantially free of grooves placed astride the equatorial plane of the tyre. Each of the shoulder portions includes a second plurality of grooves arranged obliquely relative to the equatorial plane of the tyre.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.Inventors: Mario Mariani, Sandro Gallo, Andrea Schiavolin, Pierangelo Misani
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Patent number: 9731559Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic motorcycle tire which includes a tread portion, and side wall portions and bead portions, and whose rotation direction when the tire is mounted on a vehicle is designated.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hidemitsu Nakagawa
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Patent number: 9688102Abstract: A motorcycle tire improved in transient characteristics when leaned is disclosed, wherein the tread portion has a unidirectional tread pattern comprising: inside oblique main grooves disposed on each side of the tire equator staggeredly, inclined to the axially outside toward the intended rotational direction (R) at an angle of 5 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction, and each having an inner end (Ai) at a distance of 0 to 30% of the half tread width (W) from the tire equator; and outside oblique main grooves 11 disposed on each side of the tire equator staggeredly, inclined to the axially outside toward the counter-rotational direction at an angle of 10 to 60 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction, and each having an inner end (Bi) axially inside the outer end (Ao).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kouji Takenaka
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Patent number: 9573424Abstract: A motorcycle tire is provided with crown main oblique grooves disposed on alternating sides of the tire equator and each extending from its axially inner end to its axially outer end, without cutting across the tire equator, while inclining to one circumferential direction, wherein the axially outer end is located outside an upstanding tire's ground contact annular zone. When measured in the annular zone, the circumferential distance between the circumferentially adjacent crown main oblique grooves existing on the same side of the tire equator is in a range of not more than 0.5 times an upstanding tire's ground contact length. In the annular zone, the crown main oblique grooves on one side of the tire equator is partially overlaps those on the other side. When measured in the annular zone, the circumferential length of the crown main oblique groove is less than the upstanding tire's ground contact length.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Takao Kuwahara
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Patent number: 9421828Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle, comprising: a main groove constituted of a first groove and a second groove and having a bent configuration; and an auxiliary groove provided to be distanced in the tread circumferential direction from the main groove, wherein groove widths of the main groove and the auxiliary groove satisfy specific relationship formulae.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Aoki, Daisuke Kurashina
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Patent number: 9340070Abstract: A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion having a first region and a second region divided by the tire equator, with the tread portion being provided with first inner inclined grooves provided in the first region and second inner inclined grooves provided in the second region, first and second inner inclined grooves alternately arranged in a tire circumferential direction, the inner inclined groove extending from an axially inner end Ai toward an anti-designated rolling direction to an axially outer end Ao at an angle ? of 0-20 to the tire circumferential direction, and first outer inclined grooves provided in the first region and second outer inclined grooves provided in the second region, and first and second outer inclined grooves alternately arranged in the tire circumferential direction, the outer inclined groove extending from an axially inner end Bi toward a designated rolling direction to an axially outer end Bo.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kouji Takenaka
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Patent number: D750547Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Auguste Elichiry
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Patent number: D753050Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro Hayashi
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Patent number: D753579Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro Hayashi
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Patent number: D754585Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Masafumi Otani, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Auguste Elichiry
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Patent number: D754586Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Masafumi Otani, Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Auguste Elichiry
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Patent number: D755711Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Jean-Julien Edouard Ghislain Krier, Georges Gaston Feider, Bernard D'Hamers
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Patent number: D755712Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventor: Jamie L. Harris
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Patent number: D777646Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENT MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHINQUE S.A.Inventors: Jonathan Lejeune, Nicolas Alapetite, Mickael Precigout
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Patent number: D778225Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.Inventors: Mario Mariani, Giuliano Bonaccorsi, Matteo Torchiana
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Patent number: D778226Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Jonathan Lejeune, Pierre Delcourt, Charles Guicherd
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Patent number: D778227Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Jonathan Lejeune, Nicolas Alapetite, Mickael Precigout
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Patent number: D778807Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Masafumi Otani
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Patent number: D779412Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Masafumi Otani
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Patent number: D779413Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Masafumi Otani
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Patent number: D781776Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D782395Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventor: Ashley Vowles
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Patent number: D787427Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Dyta Itoi
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Patent number: D789281Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Dyta Itoi
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Patent number: D789875Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Dyta Itoi
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Patent number: D792329Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D793949Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D794544Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Dyta Itoi
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Patent number: D795166Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Dyta Itoi
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Patent number: D804397Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D804398Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D807280Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Masatomo Oshima
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Patent number: D808332Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Nigel Gerard Nock
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Patent number: D808891Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Eric Rossignaud, Auguste Elichiry, Giovanni Dalla Torre, Maxime Lamour, Guillaume Royat, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
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Patent number: D808892Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Eric Rossignaud, Auguste Elichiry, Giovanni Dalla Torre, Maxime Lamour, Guillaume Royat, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
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Patent number: D808893Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Eric Rossignaud, Auguste Elichiry, Giovanni Dalla Torre, Maxime Lamour, Guillaume Royat, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
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Patent number: D809451Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D809452Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D810000Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kyosuke Kono
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Patent number: D810659Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takamitsu Nakamura, Junichi Takahashi
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Patent number: D810660Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takamitsu Nakamura, Junichi Takahashi
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Patent number: D810661Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D810662Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D811315Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takamitsu Nakamura, Yasufumi Tokitoh
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Patent number: D811316Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D814392Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
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Patent number: D816589Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Maxime Lamour, Guillaume Royat, Auguste Elichiry, Eric Rossignaud, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
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Patent number: D817259Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Maxime Lamour, Guillaume Royat, Auguste Elichiry, Eric Rossignaud, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
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Patent number: D817260Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Julien Michel Sylvain Seguy, Jean-Luc Faure, Maxime Lamour, Guillaume Royat, Auguste Elichiry, Eric Rossignaud, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte