Straight Sides Patents (Class D12/601)
  • Patent number: 11548321
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a pair of circumferential main grooves, a plurality of center lug grooves, and center blocks. The pair of circumferential main grooves are disposed on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire lateral direction. The tire equatorial plane is interposed between the pair of circumferential main grooves. The pair of circumferential main grooves extend in a tire circumferential direction and oscillate in the tire lateral direction. The plurality of center lug grooves have both ends connected to the pair of circumferential main grooves. The center blocks are defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential main grooves. The center lug grooves have bent portions at two or more positions. The center blocks include center narrow grooves having both ends connected to the pair of circumferential main grooves. The center narrow groove has bent portions at two or more positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Takafumi Gohara
  • Patent number: 11142026
    Abstract: A tyre has a tread portion. The tread portion has a land region divided by a first edge and a second edge extending in a tyre circumferential direction. The land region is provided with a plurality of sipes each extending between the first edge and the second edge. The plurality of the sipes includes inclined sipes and bent sipes. Each of the bent sipes includes first inclined elements inclined in the first direction with respect to the tyre axial direction and a second inclined element inclined in a direction opposite to the first inclined elements with respect to the tyre axial direction. Each of the inclined sipes is configured to have a depth larger at a center portion thereof than at both end portions thereof. Each of the bent sipes is configured to have a depth smaller at a center portion thereof than at both end portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mari Mishima
  • Patent number: 11021019
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a first main groove disposed in a tread surface on either side of a tire equatorial plane, the first main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction; a second main groove disposed outward of each of the first main grooves in a tire width direction, the second main groove extending in the tire circumferential direction; five land portions defined by the four main grooves, the five land portions including a center land portion located between the first main grooves, two intermediate land portions located between the first main grooves and the second main grooves, and two shoulder land portions located outward of the second main grooves in the tire width direction; and sub grooves and sipes disposed in each of the land portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba
  • Patent number: D867979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventor: Jeremy J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: D871319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: D876329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shungo Fujita, Shintaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: D876330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GITI TIRE GLOBAL TRADING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David C. Poling, Mohammad Reza Aboutorabi, Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr.
  • Patent number: D881114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Reo Nakasato
  • Patent number: D881800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventors: Lianbo Liu, Yan Liu, Guohong Yu, Shiduo Ren, Jiayu Qu
  • Patent number: D882505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Amanda Gari Maggelet, Brett Alan Bogner
  • Patent number: D882506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Amanda Gari Maggelet
  • Patent number: D892036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Jian Zhao, Lei Teng, Wen Shao
  • Patent number: D892720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Jian Zhao, Lei Teng, Yingna Jiang
  • Patent number: D900727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Ryan Eugene Zimmerman, Craig Desbry English
  • Patent number: D900728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Max Harold Dixon, Donald Lee Cuthbert, Jr., Todd Andrew Bachochin
  • Patent number: D907570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Nexen Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Kim Tae Nyun
  • Patent number: D908604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NEXEN TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kim Tae Nyun
  • Patent number: D911919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: D920226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoyin Qiu, Xianxin Wen
  • Patent number: D922309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: GITI TIRE GLOBAL TRADING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David C. Poling, Mohammad Reza Aboutorabi
  • Patent number: D926671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: John Hutz, Ellen MacDonald Williams, Parker Baxter
  • Patent number: D932423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PRINX CHENGSHAN (QINGDAO) INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DESIGN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongqiang Sui, Longfei Yan
  • Patent number: D940061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher Byron Davis, Andrew John Norwood, Sagar Dilip Bafana, Ryan Eugene Zimmerman
  • Patent number: D943504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hebei Wanda Tyre Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Jian An, Chuangye Yu
  • Patent number: D943505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Schultz, Omar R. Cuata
  • Patent number: D944189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Ryan Eugene Zimmerman, Craig Desbry English, David Russell Tuck, Robert Wayne Schott
  • Patent number: D947757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Daniel Porubsky
  • Patent number: D952545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Christopher Byron Davis, Andrew John Norwood, Zachary William Juergens, Cyril Jean-Louis Bomble, Brian Rene Bourel, Christopher John Lane, Mark Anthony Canankamp, Mihir Singh Meetarbhan, Sebastien Penin, Ganesh Viswanathan, Nicholas William Fazio
  • Patent number: D956679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Guixia Liu, Jingjing Liu, Xiaogang Ma, Ming Li, Hongling Feng
  • Patent number: D960822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Pingtian Li
  • Patent number: D972492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Max Harold Dixon, Charles Joseph Ashton
  • Patent number: D973012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Coopper Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brent M. Hiser, Tyler L. Turnwald, Alexander K. Binder
  • Patent number: D984961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventors: Inhee Park, Yungi Min
  • Patent number: D997856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Pingtian Li, Tyler L. Turnwald
  • Patent number: D998548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Suraj Sadananda, Philippe Jean-Marie Coton, Patrick Francois Willems, Nicolas Venet, Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
  • Patent number: D1005929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Pingtian Li
  • Patent number: D1007408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Long Zhao, Dandan Yang, Guangwei Wu
  • Patent number: D1012002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: D1012013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Michael D'Elia, Jaclyn Danner
  • Patent number: D1012831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Long Zhao, Yuhong Liu, Dandan Yang, Guie Fang
  • Patent number: D1014420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Suraj Sadananda, Jerome Marcel Germain Delu, Alexander Lachno, Olivier Rosset, Stephane Houchard, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte
  • Patent number: D1030627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Zongyi Xiang, Zhanghua Jiang, Hanchen Shi, Xubo Wang
  • Patent number: D1031625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: American Omni Trading Company, LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Fleckner, III, Huakao Dang
  • Patent number: D1032496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: American Omni Trading Company, LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Fleckner, III, Huakao Dang
  • Patent number: D1032497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Jin Son, Ji Eun Yeo
  • Patent number: D1040080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: En-Yu Chang, Wen-Chi Hung
  • Patent number: D1041394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Long Qin, Wenlong Lin, Jingbo Qin, Wen Sun, Yixin Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Junjie Liu, Meijuan Zhu, Li Zhang
  • Patent number: D1041398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Zhengfang Li, Jun Wang, Ming Su, Zhenhong Gao, Guoqing Su, Zhen Wang, Ling Deng
  • Patent number: D1042308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CEAT Limited
    Inventor: Ambalal Patil
  • Patent number: D1042318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Nico Meier, Andrej Proksa