Characterized By Block Pattern Patents (Class D12/536)
  • 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: 10239361
    Abstract: To provide a motorized two-wheeled vehicle tire for traveling on uneven terrain, the block durability performance of which has been improved; and a tire vulcanization mold capable of molding said tire. A motorized two-wheeled vehicle tire for traveling on uneven terrain wherein multiple blocks are provided on the tread at intervals in the tire circumference direction. Recesses are provided on the bottom surfaces of the grooves. Multiple recesses are provided at intervals in the axial direction of the tire. Spew, which was drawn up into the vent holes of the mold during vulcanization molding, or removal marks thereof are provided between each recess and the block that is adjacent in the tire circumference direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 10214055
    Abstract: A tire 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 “V” 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: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Colombo, Stefano Montesello, Roberto Sangalli
  • Patent number: D654426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Arnaud Larregain
  • Patent number: D654849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Shingo Ishida
  • Patent number: D657732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Balkrishna Industries Limited
    Inventor: Dilip Madhukar Vaidya
  • Patent number: D662033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignees: Societe de Technologie Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Arnaud Larregain
  • Patent number: D669020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Titan International, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Sloan, Jeff Kramer, Keith Hupp
  • Patent number: D670233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Masahiro Hikita
  • Patent number: D671485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Masahiro Hikita
  • Patent number: D678180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Masahiro Hikita
  • Patent number: D681544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Masafumi Ito
  • Patent number: D685317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D685722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Masahiro Hikita
  • Patent number: D686561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D710788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Hirofumi Oba
  • Patent number: D713327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Establissement Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Arnaud Larregain, Rudy Megevand
  • Patent number: D717236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Arnaud Larregain
  • Patent number: D720682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Makoto Sueishi
  • Patent number: D721031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Fortune Gold Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng Wang
  • Patent number: D735639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Inventor: Jiali Tian
  • Patent number: D736143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paolo Francesco Rizzo, Mario Sgreccia, Adriano Tedesco
  • Patent number: D746762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Makoto Sueishi
  • Patent number: D747679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Takuya Miwa
  • Patent number: D747680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Makoto Sueishi
  • Patent number: D754057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Pisarzewicz, Neill Rampton
  • Patent number: D755113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Yohei Maeda
  • Patent number: D777084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Oba
  • Patent number: D777085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Oba, Masafumi Ito
  • Patent number: D777096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Oba
  • Patent number: D777647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Oba
  • Patent number: D796426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Qi Liu
  • Patent number: D798225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Oba
  • Patent number: D810001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND. LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Patent number: D810663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND. LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-Hsiung Chen
  • Patent number: D811317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D814393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Shirakami
  • Patent number: D815587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D816013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Compagne Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventor: Jean-François Roziere
  • Patent number: D816590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Gandillet, Olivier Ropars
  • Patent number: D818937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Roziere
  • Patent number: D820772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuyuki Matsuda
  • Patent number: D823780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Laurent Nicolas Guy Dominique Van Miegroet, Joel Patrice Schmitt, Franck Jean-Louis Nicolas Bouffay, Beni Rukundo, Franck Reygrobellet, Philippe Jean-Marie Coton, Phuoc Thuan Le
  • Patent number: D829158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D834501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Jamie L. Harris
  • Patent number: D845217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Oki
  • 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