Characterized By Block Pattern Patents (Class D12/536)
  • Patent number: 11648803
    Abstract: A tire has a block pattern. The block pattern includes a plurality of linked block pairs. Each linked block pair includes two blocks 28 and a tie bar 30 interposed between the two blocks 28 and linking the two blocks 28 together. The tie bar 30 has a toe end 40 having a height equal to or smaller than a height of the blocks 28 and a heel end 38 having a height smaller than the height of the toe end 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Sueishi
  • Patent number: 11590806
    Abstract: A motorcycle tyre for off-road includes a tread portion including a bottom surface and connected bodies. The block connected bodies each include blocks protruding from the bottom surface and tie-bars protruding from the bottom surface with a height smaller than that of the blocks to connect the blocks with one another. The block connected bodies include a first connected body whose blocks and tie-bars are arranged so as to surround the bottom surface at least partially. The first connected body includes a first end block located on a first end in a longitudinal direction of the first connected body and a second end block located on a second end in the longitudinal direction of the first connected body. The first end block and the second end block are adjacent with one another, and no tie-bar connecting the first end block and the second end block is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuji Kobori
  • Patent number: 11458773
    Abstract: A tyre for running on rough terrain includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a crown region, middle regions, and shoulder regions. The crown region is provided with a plurality of crown blocks. The middle regions are provided with a plurality of middle blocks. The shoulder regions are provided with a plurality of shoulder blocks. Each of the middle blocks is connected with at least one of the crown blocks by a crown tie bar and connected with at least one of the shoulder blocks by a shoulder tie bar. A land ratio of the shoulder regions is 90% or more and 115% or less of a land ratio of the crown region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hikita
  • Patent number: 11167599
    Abstract: Provided is a tire for a motorcycle for uneven ground traveling capable of continuously exhibiting good grip performance. The tire for a motorcycle for uneven ground traveling includes a tread part on which plural crown blocks are formed, and at least one of the crown block has a wheel tread, a first side surface, a first edge arranged between the wheel tread and the first side surface, a concave part that opens on the wheel tread and the first side surface, and a second edge arranged between the wheel tread and the concave part. The wheel tread has at least one external corner part in which an angle between the first edge and the second edge is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shohei Yamazoe
  • Patent number: 10647159
    Abstract: A tyre for vehicle wheels having a tread pattern includes: a) two circumferential grooves, which define a first and a second shoulder region, and one central region; b) a plurality of asymmetric transverse grooves having a substantially ā€œVā€ shape, which extend for the whole width of the tread, including an alternate sequence of a first and a second asymmetric transverse groove defining an alternate sequence of a first and a second asymmetric module; and c) a plurality of lateral transverse grooves, which includes one first lateral transverse groove extending for the whole width of the first shoulder region and for a portion of the central region of the first asymmetric modules, and one second lateral transverse groove extending for the whole width of the second shoulder region and for a portion of the central region of the second asymmetric modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Colombo, Stefano Montesello, Roberto Sangalli
  • Patent number: 10293641
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a motorcycle tire for uneven ground travel for which the sticking of dirt to block grooves can be effectively prevented. Provided is a motorcycle tire for uneven ground travel in which a tread portion has a block pattern in which a plurality of blocks are provided. The blocks include, at the tread surface, at least one grooved block which has a block groove which is substantially C-shaped in plan view. The block groove has a pair of first groove portions that mutually extend in the same direction from the edge of the tread surface, and a second groove portion that links the first groove portions. The groove width W2 of the second groove portion is larger than the groove width W1 of the first groove portions, or the groove depth d2 of the second groove portion is larger than the groove depth d1 of the first groove portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Ichiryu
  • Patent number: D856903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Miwa
  • Patent number: D859293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D860125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: D860126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Zhili Lai
  • Patent number: D865650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shohei Yamazoe
  • Patent number: D865651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shohei Yamazoe
  • Patent number: D870022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuyuki Matsuda
  • Patent number: D870023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D875646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Oki
  • Patent number: D877051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Jonathan LeJeune, Corey Sullivan
  • Patent number: D877052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hinami Yukiko
  • Patent number: D883186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Oki
  • Patent number: D878281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Shinji Marui
  • Patent number: D890688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIA MEN)IND. Ltd.
    Inventor: Meirui Xu
  • Patent number: D894101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryan Kurt Kuhlmann, Ronald Joseph Winkelman, Shawn Thomas Bell, Michael Jackson, Joseph John Roscetti, Sr., Geoffrey Harold Klein
  • Patent number: D897936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Tricam Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Wernberg, Joseph P. Foley, Benjamin P. Williams
  • Patent number: D904282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi-Ta Lu
  • Patent number: D911259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ralf Bohle GmbH
    Inventor: RenƩ Marks
  • Patent number: D920895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Schultz, Joseph C. Woodward
  • Patent number: D932985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jackson, Shawn Thomas Bell, Ryan Kuhlmann, Neill Rampton
  • Patent number: D932986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jackson, Shawn Thomas Bell, Ryan Kuhlmann, Neill Rampton
  • Patent number: D932987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D937181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Warren L. Guidry
  • Patent number: D953241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Sueishi
  • Patent number: D956666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiko Hinami
  • Patent number: D959359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Lee, Tsung-Hsien Shih, Li-Hao Yen
  • Patent number: D959360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Lee, Li-Hao Yen
  • Patent number: D960078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Hao Yen, Yu-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: D960815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Hao Yen, Yu-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: D978067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Sueishi
  • Patent number: D980789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SPIN MASTER LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Gamble, Matthew Lentini
  • Patent number: D983127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Zhili Lai
  • Patent number: D983128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Weina Hu
  • Patent number: D998545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimasa Yamashita, Takamitsu Nakamura
  • Patent number: D1002500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TIANJIN WANDA TYRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Chuan Liu, Yongfu Guan
  • Patent number: D1017524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Mariani, Alessio Casali
  • Patent number: D1027815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: American Kenda Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Troy Hudson, Michael Gardner, Alan Plassard
  • Patent number: D1034420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Richard Barriere, Nicolas Cret
  • Patent number: D1035562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KENDA RUBBER IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin-Jie Huang, Sin-Ying Liou
  • Patent number: D1036367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TRAXXAS, L.P.
    Inventors: Trent Collins, Otto Karl Allmendinger
  • Patent number: D1037991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Richard Barriere, Nicolas Cret
  • Patent number: D1044691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Richard Barriere, Nicolas Cret
  • Patent number: D1047882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Nonaka
  • Patent number: D1052515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Nonaka