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Patent No. 6711769

Pillow with retractable umbrella

A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.

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Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.


Location: Tokyo, JP
No. of patents: 834

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8170846Computation method of mechanical material constant of composite material and volume fraction of material component in composite material, and recording medium
In a method of computing the overall material constant of a composite material, a virtual composite material is defined as the one that a first material component is dispersed in a form of inner spherical particles in a matrix phase and each of the inner spherical p...
05/01/2012
8162018Pneumatic tire
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that inhibits any fatigue rupture at an edge portion of a circumferential-direction reinforcing belt layer and also inhibits any separation at an edge portion of crossed belt layers. In the pneumatic tire, at least two...
04/24/2012
8162015Pneumatic tire having asymmetrical tread pattern
Provided is a pneumatic tire capable of improving the drainage performance while favorably maintaining the uneven wear resistance. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is a pneumatic tire having a tread portion provided with at least three main grooves extend...
04/24/2012
8160775Wheel attitude control method and wheel attitude control device
A wheel attitude control method of the invention comprises the steps of: chronologically obtaining acceleration data in a radial direction of a tire at a center position of a tire tread and at an off-center position spaced apart from the center position toward a sho...
04/17/2012
8158050Process for producing pneumatic tire
A green tire (G) is formed by stacking a tire component such as a carcass layer (13) on a film (12) which is made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition and which is disposed on the entire outer circumferential surface of a c...
04/17/2012
8153229Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite material
Provided is an epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which serves as a matrix resin for a prepreg. This epoxy resin composition is improved in tackiness stability during storage, while maintaining mechanical characteristics. The epoxy res...
04/10/2012
8152581Floater for marine hose
Provided is a floater for marine hose, which can be easily formed into an annular shape conformable even to marine hoses having variations in the circularity of their cross-section or to marine hoses of different outside diameters. A belt-like floater 1 is fo...
04/10/2012
8151841Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion on each side of the equatorial plane. At least two circumferential main grooves and three land portions are formed in the tread portion. In a cross section in a meridian direction of the pneumatic tire, profile lines of the ...
04/10/2012
8148473Sulfur-containing conjugated diolefin copolymer rubber, and rubber composition comprising the same
Disclosed is a sulfur-containing conjugated diolefin copolymer rubber composed of a conjugated diolefin and an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein (1) the content of sulfur bound to the rubber is 0.01 mmol % or more, (2) the content of the aromatic vinyl compound polym...
04/03/2012
8146635Pneumatic tire
Disclosed is a pneumatic tire which has an enhanced uniformity of the tire including an adhesive sealant layer disposed inside its tread portion. In a pneumatic tire T including an adhesive sealant layer 5 disposed inward of an inner liner 4 in a regio...
04/03/2012
8146633Pneumatic tire
In a pneumatic tire, 48%≦HB/HA≦52%, 98%≦HC/HA≦100%, 108%≦WB/WA≦115%, and 55%≦WC/WA≦75% are satisfied, where, when a line from a position A of rim height FH in tire width direction is X-axis and a line in tire radial direction via center crown CL is Y...
04/03/2012
8146631Pneumatic tire and method of producing the same as well as tire curing mold
Provided are a pneumatic tire, a method of producing the pneumatic tire, and a tire curing mold, with which decrease in wet performance of a pneumatic tire in a worn state can be effectively prevented while chipping of land portions such as blocks is prevented in re...
04/03/2012
8142875Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite material
Provided is an epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which serves as a matrix resin composition for use in a self-adhesive prepreg for a face sheet of a honeycomb panel. The epoxy resin composition enables to increase self-adhesiveness of...
03/27/2012
8137786Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite material
Provided is an epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which is improved in toughness necessary for improving the strength of self-adhesion of a matrix resin for use in a prepreg for a face sheet of a honeycomb panel. The epoxy resin compos...
03/20/2012
8136560Tire noise reduction device
A tire noise reduction device includes at least one noise absorbing member made of a porous material. The noise absorbing member is attached to the inner surface of the tire tread portion. The noise absorbing member includes multiple continuous grooves arranged side...
03/20/2012
8129453Method for preparing thermoplastic elastomer composition
Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition, which includes a halogenated isoolefin/para-alkylstyrene copolymer rubber dispersed in a polyamide resin in order to improve the fatigue durability of a polyamide resin, while maintaining high flowability of the pol...
03/06/2012
8126659Computational method of material constant of composite material and volume fraction of material component in composite material, and recording medium
In computing the overall material constant of a composite material, a virtual composite material is defined as the one that predetermined material components are dispersed in a form of spherical particles in a matrix phase at known volume fractions, and a nonlinear ...
02/28/2012
8109307Pneumatic tire with tread having protrusions on bottom of grooves
A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of protrusions on a bottom of each of the grooves. The height of the protrusion is variable in a profile of the protrusion in a circumference direction of the pneumatic. The protrusion has at least one peak portion that protrude...
02/07/2012
8097201Bisplit mold for tire forming and process for manufacturing tire therewith
Provided is a bisplit mold for tire forming capable of avoiding the pinching of the unvulcanized tire at the mold clamping. Also provided is a process for manufacturing a tire by use of the bisplit mold. The bisplit mold includes: a plurality of segments provided to...
01/17/2012
8096590Connecting structure for piping
A seal material and a washer are fitted on a piping main body of a first piping, a bead portion is inserted into a bead portion insertion hole and the seal material and the washer are inserted into a seal material insertion hole. In this state, a female screw is thr...
01/17/2012
8084519Curing accelerator for epoxy resin composition, and one-pack type thermosetting epoxy resin composition
A curing accelerator for epoxy resin compositions, which is used in a one-pack type epoxy resin composition having excellent storage stability and rapid curability. The curing accelerator for epoxy resin compositions contains a microcapsule type curing accelerator w...
12/27/2011
8080298Refrigerant hose
An object of the present invention is to provide a hose which has a gas barrier layer and a rubber layer adhered without using an adhesive, and which has a dramatically improved durability compared to the conventional hose. The hose of the present invention is a ref...
12/20/2011
8079839Bladder for vulcanization of tires, method for vulcanization of tires, and a pneumatic tire
The bladder for vulcanizing tires having a plurality of first air-release grooves provided on the outer surface of a bladder body and each formed so as to extend from one to the other of the tire circumferential direction and extend toward one side of the tire-width...
12/20/2011
D650734Automobile tire
12/20/2011
D650323Automobile tire
12/13/2011
8072336Rubber-covered RFID module, and pneumatic tire having the it is embedded
An RFID module comprising a transponder covered with a 0.2 to 2 mm thick rubber sheet containing 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber, less than 30 parts by weight of carbon black and 5 to 55 parts by weight of silica, having a relative permittivity of 7 or l...
12/06/2011
D649111Automobile tire
11/22/2011
8056934Marine hose
In the marine hose of the present invention, protruded parts are provided at each axial direction end of the axial direction ends of the hose bodies, each axial direction end is located at both sides in the axial direction of the connection portion which is provided...
11/15/2011
8056595Low-permeable rubber laminate and pneumatic tire using same
A low permeability rubber laminate capable of preventing blisters formed when fabricating a pneumatic tire having a low permeability resin composition (A) layer having a air permeation coefficient, determined according to JIS K7126, of 0.5×10−12 cc·cm...
11/15/2011
8055423Motor vehicle drive control system and sensor unit for the same
Disclosed are a motor vehicle drive control system, which easily detects accelerations, generated in the up and down, front and rear, and left and right of a motor vehicle body, in high degree of accuracy, and performs the stability control of a motor vehicle, and i...
11/08/2011
8041473Method and system for assisting steering and mooring alongside of vessels
A method and a system for assisting steering and mooring alongside of vessels that enables operators to easily obtain physical relationship between two vessels and the states of mooring lines and fenders when the operators lay the two vessels aboard and moors them a...
10/18/2011
8037910Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire is provided including a multiplicity of land portions 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, and 3E formed by main grooves 2 extending linearly in the tire width direction partitioning the tread surface 1, and having a desi...
10/18/2011
8037744Method for measuring deformation of tire tread
A method for measuring deformation of a tire tread is provided. The method uses a tire tread deformation producing system 10 including a flat, transparent base plate 24 having first and second opposite surfaces 24a and 24b. ...
10/18/2011
8037564Air cell unit and cushion
The air cells are attached detachably to the base members. By this, it is possible to set up the size or the arrangement of the air cells. For example, in a hospital, it is possible to change easily and inexpensively the air cells on a bed according to the patient's...
10/18/2011
8034868Rubber composition containing modified conjugated diene-based polymer bonded to fullerene
A rubber composition obtained by compounding thereinto a rubber component containing 0.5 to 100% by weight of a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a fullerene bonded thereto in the molecule and having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 or more e...
10/11/2011
8028606Tire puncture repair device
Provided is a tire puncture repair device capable of injecting a puncture sealing agent into a tire stably and speedily. A container is compressed between plate members by placing one of the plate members on the ground and pressing down the other one of the plate me...
10/04/2011
8026802Vehicle abnormality detection method and device thereof and sensor unit thereof
There is provided a vehicle abnormality detection method detecting an abnormal state in which a high temperature occurs due to maladjustment of a vehicle bearing mechanism section or vehicle brake mechanism section, and a device thereof and a sensor unit thereof. By...
09/27/2011
8025084Pneumatic radial tire
A pneumatic radial tire has a nominal section width of 255 mm or more, and an outer diameter of 720 mm or more. At least one carcass layer is constructed between paired right and left bead cores with the two end portions of the carcass layer being folded back from t...
09/27/2011
8024828Air cell
An object of the present invention is to provide an air cell which is capable of detecting that the upper end side and the lower end side of the air bag are nearer than a predetermined distance. This air cell has an air bag, a base member to which the lower end port...
09/27/2011
8021730Low permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition
A thermoplastic elastomer composition possessing superior air impermeability, excellent durability and flexibility. In particular, the composition includes (A) at least one halogenated isobutylene-containing elastomer; and (B) at least one nylon resin having a melti...
09/20/2011
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