Sidewall Or Shoulder Patents (Class D12/605)
  • Patent number: 11584168
    Abstract: Provided is a tire provided with a mark capable of reducing the air resistance during tire rotation while maintaining good visibility. A tire is provided with a mark on a tire side portion. The mark includes a first mark located on an outer side in a tire radial direction, and a second mark located inward of the first mark in the tire radial direction. Each of the first mark and the second mark includes a recess that is recessed from a side profile surface of the tire side portion. A depth of the recess of the first mark from the side profile surface is smaller than a depth of the recess of the second mark from the side profile surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Oba, Kenji Ueda, Masatomo Nakamura, Koji Hayashi, Masaki Terashima, Masahiro Nagase, Masahiro Tatsuta, Junya Tamai, Masaya Ito
  • Patent number: 11565554
    Abstract: A tire has a rim protector has a first protruding edge which extends in the tire circumferential direction, a second protruding edge which extends in the tire circumferential direction, a plurality of recesses, and a plurality of ridges. The plurality of ridges respectively connect the first protruding edge and the second protruding edge. Each of the plurality of ridges includes a first ridge that extends from the first protruding edge so as to be directed in a first direction in the tire circumferential direction to reach the second protruding edge, and a second ridge that extends from the second protruding edge so as to be directed in the first direction to reach the first protruding edge. The first ridges and the second ridges are arranged in alternating fashion along the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
  • Patent number: 11420481
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a decorative portion on a tire side portion that is an outer surface of a sidewall portion. The decorative portion includes a plurality of ridges that extend along the tire side portion and are arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction. The plurality of ridges include a common form of an inclination angle in the tire circumferential direction with respect to the tire radial direction and an interval between a pair of the plurality of ridges adjacent. The plurality of ridges constitute a ridge group. Three or more ridge groups are provided and the plurality of ridges of the different ridge groups are arranged intersecting one another. Accordingly, the pneumatic tire can reduce poor appearance of the sidewall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Kuwahara, Masataka Kubota
  • Patent number: D928697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: D931197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shungo Fujita, Kohei Sahashi
  • Patent number: D931794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Sano
  • Patent number: D931795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Arakawa
  • Patent number: D932991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Héloïse Debordeaux
  • Patent number: D932992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Akashi
  • Patent number: D932993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin E. Scheifele
  • Patent number: D934157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Shaun Patrick Fox, Jonathan James Shondel
  • Patent number: D934790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Paula R. Lundgren
  • Patent number: D935385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Héloïse Debordeaux
  • Patent number: D935991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D935992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiho Kamada
  • Patent number: D937190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Maxwell, Cheryl Lynn Hackathorn
  • Patent number: D937191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Sato
  • Patent number: D937192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Sato
  • Patent number: D937758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Ayaki Nakaishi
  • Patent number: D938898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takamitsu Nakamura
  • Patent number: D939429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Kento Ishizu, Shunya Harada
  • Patent number: D940062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiho Kamada
  • Patent number: D942369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Patent number: D944722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kenta Yagi
  • Patent number: D944723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kenta Yagi
  • Patent number: D946496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masafumi Otani
  • Patent number: D946497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masafumi Otani
  • Patent number: D947112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Shaun Patrick Fox, Michael Thomas Driscoll, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Patent number: D947113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Dale Edward Umstot
  • Patent number: D947114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Patent number: D947758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Tjiaw-Khim Tio, Savudan Sihombing
  • Patent number: D952546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hokazono, Gurmukh Bhasin
  • Patent number: D952547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Michel Mottard
  • Patent number: D954637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Trademark, LLC
    Inventor: Zhao Liu
  • Patent number: D954638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Trademark, LLC
    Inventor: Zhao Liu
  • Patent number: D958057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Kunkel, Jaap Leendertse, Oliver Knispel, Shunya Sakuma, Shotaro Abe
  • Patent number: D962155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Maxwell, Cheryl Lynn Hackathorn
  • Patent number: D962852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Hikaru Kuriyama
  • Patent number: D962853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tatsuta, Ryota Ikeda, Kohei Hayama, Yuta Sakakibara, Akiko Miura
  • Patent number: D963559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tatsuta, Ryota Ikeda, Kohei Hayama, Yuta Sakakibara, Akiko Miura
  • Patent number: D963560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tatsuta, Ryota Ikeda, Kohei Hayama, Yuta Sakakibara, Akiko Miura
  • Patent number: D963561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tatsuta, Ryota Ikeda, Kohei Hayama, Yuta Sakakibara, Akiko Miura
  • Patent number: D964261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tatsuta, Ryota Ikeda, Kohei Hayama, Yuta Sakakibara, Akiko Miura
  • Patent number: D968313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Patent number: D968314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner
  • Patent number: D968315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Cheryl Lynn Hackathorn
  • Patent number: D968316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Christophe Balducci
  • Patent number: D969728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Wendy Therese Frida El-Sebaly, Michel Mottard
  • Patent number: D975628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TIANJIN WANDA TYRE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Geng, Zhili Lai
  • Patent number: D977412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuji Miyazaki