Discrete Tread Blocks Or Ribs Arrayed On Plain Surface Patents (Class D12/579)
  • Patent number: 10322609
    Abstract: A tread pattern is provided with: shoulder lug grooves open at ground contact ends; center lug grooves each having opposite ends; circumferential primary grooves each formed in a wavy shape by connecting ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the width direction of the tire; and center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves. The width of the circumferential primary grooves is smaller than the width of the shoulder lug grooves. The center lug grooves are tilted relative to both the circumferential direction and the width direction of the tire and each have a third groove turning portion and a fourth groove turning portion which protrude in the different directions in the circumferential direction of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10308079
    Abstract: A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire comprises shoulder lug grooves that open to ground contact edges; center lug grooves; a pair of circumferential primary grooves with a narrower groove width than the shoulder lug grooves, wherein a portion that bends outward in the tire width direction connects to the shoulder lug grooves and a portion that bends inward in the tire width direction connects to the center lug grooves; and center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the circumferential primary grooves. The circumferential primary grooves are on opposite sides in the tire width direction in regions spaced from a center line by a distance of from 30% to 60% of half of a tread width T. The ratio of the groove width P3 of the center lug grooves to the maximum length LB in the tire circumferential direction of the center blocks is from 0.03 to 0.07.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihito Yamaguchi, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Risa Tauchi, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10300746
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes center lug grooves disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that extend crossing a tire equator line and include a first groove turning portion and a second groove turning portion; shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential main grooves to which the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves between the first groove turning portion and the second groove turning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sato, Shoei Kakuta, Hideki Hamanaka, Yukihito Yamaguchi, Risa Tauchi
  • Patent number: 10252575
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a first projection formed on a buttress portion, and projecting toward the outside in a tire width direction. The first projection includes a projection body projecting outwardly in the tire width direction from the buttress portion, a first side portion adjacent to the projection body in a tire circumferential direction, and a second side portion adjacent to the first side portion in the tire circumferential direction. The projection body has a main surface extending along the surface of the buttress portion. The first side portion has a first stepped surface positioned away from the main surface toward the inside in the tire width direction by a first distance. The second side portion has a second stepped surface positioned away from the main surface toward the inside in the tire width direction by a second distance which differs from the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: D838661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nexen Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Tae Shin, Seung Il Choi
  • Patent number: D838662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIAN TYRES PLC
    Inventors: Jorma Tikka, Niko Haanketo, Mikko Jokinen, Slava Bukarev
  • Patent number: D841568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Wada
  • Patent number: D843926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Mark Leonard Bonko, Max Harold Dixon
  • Patent number: D843927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Canankamp, Nick Brandon Clark, Christopher Byron Davis, Brian David Digman, Timothy Daniel Donnelly, Logan Paul Gingery, Shannon Joseph Hughes, Eric John Marazzi, Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Daniel Scott Sheehan
  • Patent number: D844545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masataka Uchiyama
  • Patent number: D844546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sakamoto, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: D844547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tokizaki
  • Patent number: D845224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Zachary Kochanek
  • Patent number: D845885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Rooney, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D845886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D845887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D847085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: QINGDAO GRIP TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jinwei Wang
  • Patent number: D847086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CEAT SPECIALTY TYRES LIMITED
    Inventor: Dyutiman Chattopadhyay
  • Patent number: D849677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tokizaki
  • Patent number: D853945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Herbst
  • Patent number: D854493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D855556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D855557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Sylvain Bourgeade, Olivier Ropars, Pierre Tourlonias
  • Patent number: D855558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Wah Hung Group Inc.
    Inventor: John Zhao
  • Patent number: D858426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Zhili Lai
  • Patent number: D859297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventor: Qi Liu
  • Patent number: D859298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Pengpeng Li
  • Patent number: D859299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D860924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Hamanaka, Kotaro Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D861581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jillian Grace Roth, Joseph Thomas Janesh, Jonathan James Shondel, Michael Spiro Markoff
  • Patent number: D862373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: John Zhao
  • Patent number: D864099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Zhili Lai
  • Patent number: D867269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Devin Curtis Dickerhoof, Timothy Michael Rooney, Abbas Rahimi, John Stephen Guilford
  • Patent number: D867270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Devin Curtis Dickerhoof, Timothy Michael Rooney, Abbas Rahimi, John Stephen Guilford
  • Patent number: D867975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Pengpeng Li
  • Patent number: D867976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: D868679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Kaiyun Song
  • Patent number: D870650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D873762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Omni United (S) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Gajendra Singh Sareen
  • Patent number: D873763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Matthew J. Petr
  • Patent number: D875649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsai Jen Lo
  • Patent number: D875650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CHENG SHIN RUBBER (XIAMEN) IND. LTD.
    Inventor: Shiu-hsiung Chen
  • Patent number: D875651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick J. Bonifas
  • Patent number: D875652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Weina Hu
  • Patent number: D875653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HEBEI WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Zhili Lai
  • Patent number: D876322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingjing Liu, Wen Sun, Hairong Fu, Jingjing Ma
  • Patent number: D876323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: D876325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Warren L. Guidry
  • Patent number: D876327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TRAXXAS LP
    Inventors: Casey Christen Jens Christensen, Jory Sprowl, Otto Karl Allmendinger, Kent Poteet
  • Patent number: D876331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshida