Patents Assigned to Yugen Kaisha Sato Seisakusho
  • Patent number: 6655049
    Abstract: A structure for inserting an insert member of an attachment, etc., into a concave receptacle portion embedded in a shoe sole and removably pinching and fixing the insert member inside the concave receptacle portion with an elastic member, the structure being capable of permitting the removal of the attachment with a wrench for a screw. The structure is constituted as follows. First, the structure has a concave receptacle portion embedded in a shoe sole and an attachment having an attaching/detaching tool fitting portion formed on the shoe sole side and an insert member that is to be inserted into the concave receptacle portion and is formed on the opposite side. Second, the insert member is inserted into the concave receptacle portion, and inside the concave receptacle portion, the insert member of the attachment is removably pinched and fixed with an elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignees: Yugen Kaisha Sato Seisakusho, Kabushiki Kaisha Daiyu Shoji
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sato, Yoshiki Mishima
  • Patent number: 6510625
    Abstract: A connector includes an insert member for seating within a socket embedded in a shoe sole wherein it is removably fixed with an elastic member, the connector permitting the removal of the attachment with a wrench engaging a tool fitting portion formed on the shoe sole side. A first camming surface is formed on the socket and a second camming surface is formed on the insert member. The insert member is removed from the socket using a wrench to turn the second camming surface relative to the first camming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignees: Yugen Kaisha Sato Seisakusho, Kabushiki Kaisha Daiyu Shoji
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sato, Yoshiki Mishima