Patents Assigned to Asics Corporation
  • SHOE SOLE AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230119951
    Abstract: Provided are a shoe sole composed of a rubber composition including rubber and activated carbon, and a shoe provided with the shoe sole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki NISHI
  • SHOE COMPONENT AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230115950
    Abstract: A shoe component includes a tongue covering an instep of a foot of a wearer, a medial wing covering a medial midfoot of the wearer, and a lateral wing covering a lateral midfoot of the wearer, in which a part of the tongue on a medial foot side from a center in a foot width direction and the medial wing constitute a medial-foot tongue portion, a part of the tongue on a lateral foot side from the center in the foot width direction and the lateral wing constitute a lateral-foot tongue portion, and at least one of the medial-foot tongue portion and the lateral-foot tongue portion is provided with a tongue eyelet through which a shoelace is threaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chihaya SUZUKI
  • Last, method for producing last, and method for producing shoe upper
    Patent number: 11622604
    Abstract: A last is provided for shaping a shoe upper, such as a custom-made last tailored to a user's foot. Embodiments include a last for shaping a shoe upper including at least an outer peripheral portion comprising an aggregate of a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks being joinable together to form a portion of the last and shape the shoe upper, and separable from each other after being joined together. The plurality of blocks includes a first plurality of blocks which are identical to each other. Embodiments also include a method for producing a last for shaping a shoe upper, the method including forming the last by joining a plurality of blocks together to form an aggregate, the plurality of blocks including a first plurality of blocks which are identical to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayu Bessho, Norihiko Taniguchi, Satoru Abe, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka
  • PLATE, SOLE, AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230104731
    Abstract: A plate is used for a sole forming a part of a shoe. The plate includes a front support portion and a center support portion. The front support portion is formed in a flat shape or a curved shape with a single downward protrusion in a cross section in a foot width direction, when the sole is placed on a flat plane. The center support portion has a shape with an upward protrusion and a downward protrusion arranged alternately in the foot width direction in a cross section in the foot width direction, when the sole is placed on the flat plane, where the upward protrusion has a shape curved to protrude upward and the downward protrusion has a shape curved to protrude downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu MITSUHATA, Takayuki KOGURE
  • SOLE AND FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20230108812
    Abstract: A sole constituting a part of footwear includes a shock-absorbing part provided at least in a rearfoot region, the shock-absorbing part cushioning an impact applied to a heel of a foot upon landing, and a support part provided at least in a midfoot region, the support part being higher in rigidity than the shock-absorbing part and supporting a midfoot portion of the foot, the support part includes a support surface, the support surface being provided forward of the shock-absorbing part and having a shape extending from one end to the other end in a width direction, and the shock-absorbing part includes a recessed surface located at a height position lower than the support surface, and a plurality of columnar bodies each having a shape extending from the recessed surface to a height position identical in height to the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita OZAWA, Yoshihito TAHIRA, Genki HATANO, Yousuke ATARASHI, Shingo MASUMOTO, Keishi KITAMOTO, Hiroki NAKAMURA
  • ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20230109289
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole and an upper. The upper includes a restrictive fabric portion. The restrictive fabric portion includes elastic and restrictive strands. A restrictive-side resistance index is greater than an elastic-side resistance index, when a tensile load is applied to the restrictive fabric portion in a direction of stretching the elastic and restrictive strands, where the restrictive-side resistance index is a ratio of an increase in tensile stress to an increase in rate of stretch of the restrictive strand, in a range in which a rate of stretch of the restrictive fabric portion is greater than a predetermined value, and the elastic-side resistance index is a ratio of an increase in tensile stress to an increase in rate of stretch of the elastic strand, in the range in which the rate of stretch of the restrictive fabric portion is greater than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chihaya SUZUKI
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: 11617416
    Abstract: An upper of a shoe covering at least a part of a foot, the upper including: a medial portion covering a medial surface of the foot; a lateral portion covering a lateral surface of the foot; a plurality of panel portions provided in the medial portion and/or the lateral portion while being spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction of the foot and extending in a foot girth direction crossing the front-rear direction of the foot; and a plurality of string portions formed from linear members extending in the front-rear direction, and arranged so as to extend between a pair of the plurality of panel portions that are adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction, wherein the panel portion and the string portion are formed from a single piece of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Shingo Takashima, Hisanori Fujita, Kenta Moriyasu
  • UPPER AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230098661
    Abstract: An upper includes an upper main body that covers an instep of a foot. The upper main body includes: a first portion including a plurality of linear bodies and formed by one layer; and a bag-shaped second portion formed by two layers in which some of the plurality of linear bodies constituting the first portion serve as one layer and the rest of the plurality of linear bodies serves as another layer. Inside the second portion, a cushioning material is put. The second portion protrudes toward a foot of a wearer with respect to the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihaya SUZUKI, Seiji YANO, Hiroki NAKAMURA
  • DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230098294
    Abstract: Provided is a display control method for a display control device including a processor and a storage. The method includes generating first display data for a display to display user marks at intervals so as to be added one by one as a time elapses from a timing. The intervals each correspond to a user's step length of a user obtained based on measured data on running or walking of the user. The user marks each represent a position where a foot of the user lands by one step. The method further includes generating second display data for the display to display reference marks at intervals so as to be added one by one as the time elapses. The intervals each correspond to a predetermined reference step length. The reference marks each represent a position where a reference foot lands by one step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shosaku SUZUKI, Takeshi YOKOI, Ken KUSANO, Noriko NISHIMURA, Masaru ICHIKAWA, Takehiro TAGAWA
  • INJECTION MOLDED ARTICLE AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230093459
    Abstract: Provided is an injection molded article composed of an elastomer composition including: a plurality of styrene-based thermoplastic elastomers that include a first styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer that is a block polymer having a mass average molecular weight of 300,000, and a second styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer that is a block polymer having a polyethylene block exhibiting crystallinity; and a plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke SAWADA
  • LAST, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAST, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FOOTWEAR UPPER
    Publication number: 20230087513
    Abstract: There is provided a user-dedicated last that can be easily manufactured without using large-scale equipment. A last for forming a footwear upper configuring an article of footwear comprises a foot length forming member defining a shape of the last at least in the lengthwise direction of the article of footwear, and a plurality of foot width forming members defining a shape of the last at least in the widthwise direction of the article of footwear and assembled to the foot length forming member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya KOZUKA, Genki HATANO, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Masanori SAKAGUCHI, Satoru ABE, Hironori KITAYAMA
  • CUTTING SUPPORT APPARATUS, CUTTING PATTERN GENERATION METHOD, AND CUTTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230078348
    Abstract: A cutting support apparatus includes an input unit that receives shoe last data, a storage in which a shape and a type of a plurality of plate-like parts are stored, a processor that generates a cutting pattern for cutting the plurality of plate-like parts from a plate-like member having a predetermined size based on the shoe last data and the shape of the plurality of plate-like parts, and an output unit that outputs the cutting pattern. The processor divides an area of the plate-like parts to be arranged in the plate-like member into a plurality of areas in accordance with the type of the plate-like parts that form the shoe last, determines positions of the plurality of plate-like parts to be arranged in each of the areas based on an arrangement condition, and generates the cutting pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya KOZUKA, Genki HATANO, Naoto IWASHITA, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Shinsaku WAKASUGI
  • UPPER AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230075713
    Abstract: An upper includes an upper main body that covers an instep of a foot. A first region and a second region adjacent to the first region are formed in the upper main body . The upper main body includes: a first linear body provided across the first region and the second region or provided only in the second region; and a second linear body provided in the first region while avoiding the second region and having an end located at a boundary portion between the first region and the second region. The first linear body and the second linear body have mutually different stretchability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihaya SUZUKI, Seiji YANO, Katsunori YAGYU, Yoshiyasu ANDO, Keita OZAWA, Yousuke ATARASHI, Shingo MASUMOTO, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Kenta TATENO
  • Outsole and shoe
    Patent number: 11596197
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is an outsole including a sheet body which includes a substrate sheet and an injection molded article fixed to the substrate sheet, and a shoe that has the injection molded article having a certain melt viscosity and thereby being excellent in grip performance and long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nishiura, Junichiro Tateishi
  • Outsole and shoe
    Patent number: 11589638
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a shoe that has a ground engaging surface with a simplified structure and that is excellent in lightweight properties since an outsole is composed of an elastomer sheet including a sheet body and foamed polymer particles dispersed in the sheet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Sawada, Kenichi Harano, Junichiro Tateishi
  • Last, method for manufacturing last, and method for manufacturing footwear upper
    Patent number: 11589654
    Abstract: A last matching a user's foot can be provided through a simple configuration. A last for forming a footwear upper configuring an article of footwear comprises: a common portion invariable in shape and position, a movable portion invariable in shape and positionally variable with respect to the common portion, and a position adjustment mechanism that changes a position of the movable portion with respect to the common portion and fixes the movable portion in a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sakaguchi, Yuya Kozuka, Shingo Takashima, Genki Hatano, Satoru Abe
  • Measuring board and foot shape data creating system
    Patent number: 11583037
    Abstract: A measuring board having a simple structure is to be provided. A measuring board includes a main body having a foldable structure, and the main body includes a placement part on which a foot is placed and that includes a measurement marker, a wall part provided adjacent to the placement part and configured to position a heel during measurement, and supporting structures and that support the wall part. With such a configuration, a measuring board having a simple structure can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kana Kagami, Norihiko Taniguchi, Kazunari Takeichi
  • SHOE MEMBER AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230040111
    Abstract: A shoe member consisting of a material comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the material has a glass transition temperature Tg of no more than 10° C., a loss tangent tan ? of no less than 0.4 in a test of dynamic viscoelasticity, and a ? tan ?, which is the amount of change of tan ?, of no less than 0.15 when strain is changed from 5% to 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OSAKI, Tatsuro TANABE
  • Last, method for manufacturing last, and method for manufacturing footwear upper
    Patent number: 11547181
    Abstract: There is provided a user-dedicated last that can be easily manufactured without using large-scale equipment. A last for forming a footwear upper configuring an article of footwear comprises a foot length forming member defining a shape of the last at least in the lengthwise direction of the article of footwear, and a plurality of foot width forming members defining a shape of the last at least in the widthwise direction of the article of footwear and assembled to the foot length forming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Kozuka, Genki Hatano, Shingo Takashima, Masanori Sakaguchi, Satoru Abe, Hironori Kitayama
  • SHOE MEMBER AND SHOE
    Publication number: 20230000205
    Abstract: A shoe member including a foam including a thermoplastic resin, wherein distribution of cell diameters of the foam in a part excluding a skin layer has at least two main dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuro TANABE