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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122762 | Method of estimating tire contact state, tire contact state estimating apparatus and tire for tire contact state estimation Provided is a tire contact state estimating method using a tire for estimating a contact state having a block row, in which a plurality of blocks having different lengths in a tire circumference direction are arrayed, and having a tread pattern, in which the kicking... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8061191 | Method and apparatus for detecting wear of tire A method and apparatus for detecting the state of wear of the tire tread with accuracy and durability are provided. Acceleration of the inner surface of the tire tread is detected by an acceleration sensor installed in an inner liner region of the tire. From a thus ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051705 | Tire equipped with a sensor and a method of measuring strain amount of the tire This invention provides a tire (10) equipped with a sensor (14), attached to a rubber member (15) in the surface of the tire (10), for detecting deformation of the tire (10). The sensor (14) is adhered to the rubber member (... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7811075 | Screw for extruder and method of manufacturing the extruder, and rubber member for tire and method of manufacturing the rubber member A screw 12 for an extruder 10 rotatably supported on the cylinder of the extruder and carrying roll-heated rubber material supplied from a hopper port 13s provided at the rear part of the cylinder 11, wherein the height of the port... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7766110 | Vehicle having in-wheel motors A vehicle having in-wheel motors, wherein when the in-wheel motors are mounted on the vehicle driven by the torque of an internal combustion engine, the in-wheel motors are mounted on wheels on one side of the vehicle opposite to the other side on which the internal... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7696902 | Tire sensor device and tire information transmission method A tire sensor device comprising sensor modules 20A to 20D, each comprising a sensor, a communication module having a communication function and a power regenerating circuit, and an antenna; and a base station comprising an internal communication device... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7655169 | Metal mold for manufacturing a developing blade A developing blade 10 is insert molded by forming a rib portion 13 which projects from an end portion in the longitudinal direction of a blade body 12 in the transverse direction of the blade body 12, opposite to the contact surface 12... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621357 | In-wheel motor system and method of installing the same A direct drive motor module has hollow disk-like plates (21, 22) for interconnecting the rotation side of an in-wheel motor (3) and a wheel (2) and a drive force transmission mechanism (20) comprising cross guides (23) for guiding ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614467 | In-wheel motor system having damping mechanism An in-wheel motor system, wherein the non-rotating side case of a motor and the knuckle of a motor are connected to each other by a buffer mechanism 10 having plates 11 and 12 interconnected by a linear guide 15 with springs composed of a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7578181 | Method for correcting concave-convex exhibited on a surface of a body of rotation Providing a method for correcting a data of irregularity of a surface of a body of rotation with an eccentricity included to a data being not affected by eccentricity. The distance data Lk between the tire crown portion 10t of the tire 10... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7571784 | Flexible coupling and in-wheel motor system A flexible coupling 10 is constituted such that a drive-side plate 11 and an intermediate plate 13 are interconnected by first connection members 14A to 14D having a rubber member in such a manner that they can move in a direction ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7568384 | Sensor-incorporated tire and tire condition estimating method In order to accurately and stably estimate the conditions of a running tire, a vehicle is equipped with a sensor-incorporating tire having, at an equal distance from the center in the axial direction of the tire, pressure sensors (11A, 11B) buried in a... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7556112 | In-wheel motor system An in-wheel motor system, wherein the non-rotating side case of a motor and a knuckle are connected to each other by a motor attachment plate (11), a knuckle attachment place (12), and a damper (16) for interconnecting these plates (11) a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552786 | In-wheel motor system A rotating side case supporting the rotor of an in-wheel motor and a wheel or a hub are interconnected by a flexible coupling which comprises a motor-side plate and a wheel-side plate having a plurality of grooves and a plurality of grooves formed on their opposed s... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546764 | Estimation method and apparatus of tire dynamic state amount and tire with sensors The dynamic state amount of a tire when a load is applied to the tire while running can be estimated accurately and stably by installing tire deformation amount measuring means 11A and 11B at axisymmetrical positions which are equally distant in the ax... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7497112 | Method for estimating a tire running condition and an apparatus for effecting the method and a tire with sensors disposed therein A method for estimating accurately and stably the change of forces exerted on the tire or change of contact condition with the ground of the tire and an apparatus for putting it in operation. Prepare a tire with sensors disposed therein such that the first an... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7423393 | Car control method and car control apparatus A car control apparatus including a wheel sensor, wheel torque calculating means for calculating wheel torque from the wheel speed, drive force detecting means for detecting drive force generated by an electric motor, car body drive force calculating means for calcu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422080 | In-wheel motor system An in-wheel motor system having a flexible coupling for transmitting the drive torque of a motor to a wheel. The flexible coupling 10 simple in structure and easily assembled comprises a motor-side plate (11A) mounted to the rotating side case of the m... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421108 | Method and apparatus for detecting a workpiece, and method and apparatus for inspecting a workpiece A tire T as a workpiece mounted on a rotary table 2 is imaged by using floodlight means 10 for applying white slit light and a color CCD camera 20 for imaging a portion illuminated by the slit light while it is turned, the coordinates and bright... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402031 | Piece for tire mold, method of producing the piece, piece-type tire mold and method of producing the piece-type tire mold To form a fine slit having a width of 0.1 mm or less in each piece of a piece type tire mold, a plate-like shim member 44 having a width of 0.1 mm or less is inserted into a rubber mold 40A when a piece 40 is to be produced, a molten metal such ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384252 | Method for producing tire vulcanizing mold and tire vulcanizing mold A 3-D solid model of a tire vulcanizing mold is constructed on CAD, lamination models the optimum value of the pitch of which is determined in consideration of molding accuracy and processing time are created by dividing this model in a predetermined lamination dire... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364196 | Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus When feedback control is carried out to ensure that the drive torque of an electric motor for driving each wheel of a vehicle should be equal to a motor torque instruction value, micro-vibration is applied to each tire by superposing a micro-vibration signal to a dr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360749 | Rubber molded article vulcanizing mold, and method for cleaning the same Semi-circular cover members 17 and 17 having a spring function for opening and closing the openings of pores 15S are provided on the cavity inner wall side of a porous air vent 15 in order to close the openings of the above pores 15 | 04/22/2008 |
| 7311969 | Semiconductive member and electrophotographic apparatus In a semiconductive member having a coating film containing a conductive agent formed on the surface of a substrate such as an elastic material, or a semiconductive member having an elastic material as a substrate containing a conductive agent, the conductive agent ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306065 | Fixing method of in-wheel motor and in-wheel motor system A non-rotary case to which the motor stator of an inwheel motor is fixed is connected to a knuckle which is a part around the wheel of a vehicle by a first elastic member, a rotary case to which the rotor of the motor is fixed and rotatably connected to the non-rota... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7287611 | In-wheel motor system An in-wheel motor system, wherein the rotating side case 3b of an in-wheel motor 3 is connected to a wheel 2 by a flexible coupling 10 comprising a plurality of hollow disk-like plates 11A to 11C and direct-acting gui... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7249496 | System for inspecting uniformity of tire An uniformity inspection line 1 comprises a decision-only line 2 having first UF machines 2M exclusive for the measurement of the uniformity of a tire 12 sorted and distributed on an automatic sorting line 21 and a correction-only ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7226341 | Method of manufacturing laminated mold and laminated mold For manufacturing the laminated mold comprising the laminate (11) being formed of a plurality of thin sheets (11a) laminated on each other, laminate the thin sheets with the excess portions of respective thin sheets exceeding the profile of the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7203579 | Method and apparatus for estimating road surface state and tire running state, ABS and vehicle control using the same The frequency of an information signal indicative of a-vibration of a wheel detected by an acceleration sensor mounted to a wheel; or a change in the pressure of a gas in a tire detected by a pressure sensor installed in the tire, is analyzed. The band value of the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7076022 | Method and device for X-ray inspection of tire An X-ray tire inspection apparatus comprising X-ray tubes 2a and 2b for applying an X-ray to a tire 10, installed right above the opposite ends of the tire 10 conveyed by a roll conveyor 1, and X-ray line sensors 4... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7032436 | Method for estimating vehicular running state, vehicular running state estimating device, vehicle control device, and tire wheel The output level of vibration of a portion below the spring of a vehicle detected by a sensor, and its frequency is converted to obtain the frequency spectrum of the vibration level. Next, an operation is carried out on at least two vibration levels, at different fr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6987387 | Measurement value output device, measurement value monitoring device, current value output device and current monitoring device A measurement value output device including measuring unit such as current measuring unit (11) for metering an AC current running through the power line (2) of a motor (1), a detection circuit (12) for detecting the above measurement valu... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6971502 | Method of conveying extrusion molded products and device for use in the method A conveyor system having an expansion conveyor interposed between some of a plurality of conveyors of a conveying unit to extend the conveying line when trouble is detected at a receiving unit. Upon detection of trouble the extruder revolution speed and the conveyor... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6770820 | Shielded flat cable By using a conductive adhesive prepared by dispersing conductive particles such as a nickel filler in a thermally or optically curable adhesive comprising a base resin having heat resistance and flexibility after curing, such as EVA, PVB, acrylic resin or unsaturate... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6688508 | Conveyor device A conveyor device capable of conveying a belt-like material from a lower site to an upper site without elongating the belt-like material and without applying unrequired stress thereto. The conveyor device comprises a lower conveyor unit for conveying the ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6667799 | Method and apparatus for inspecting an extruded tread A method and apparatus capable of inspecting the internal structure of an extruded tread efficiently and accurately on an on-line basis. Image data on the cut section of the extruded tread photographed by a CCD camera is processed by a tread internal structure... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6496675 | Magnet roller A magnet roller comprises a magnet body integrally molded out of a resin magnet composition prepared by mixing and dispersing magnetic powders in a resin binder and a shaft portion projecting from both ends or one end in an axial direction of the magnet b... | 12/17/2002 |
