Patents by Inventor Ayu BESSHO
Ayu BESSHO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11957214Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe including an upper that is easily conformed to a shape of a last when it is shaped. The shoe includes an upper made of a fiber sheet that includes: a first layer made of knitted fabric or woven fabric that includes yarns having a heat shrinkability and has inner gaps; and a second layer layered on the first layer and made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and being integrated with the first layer by needle punching.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu Bessho, Satoru Abe, Norihiko Taniguchi
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Patent number: 11779081Abstract: A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Asics CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Ishikawa, Ayu Bessho, Koji Otobe, Seigo Nakaya, Seiji Yano
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Patent number: 11672304Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole, wherein ventilation grooves recessed in the thickness direction of the shoe sole are formed in the upper surface part, the shoe sole has a forefoot portion that has an air intake port formed in at least one of a medial side wall and a lateral side wall in the side wall part to be in communication with the ventilation grooves and draw air from outside into the ventilation grooves, the shoe sole has a midfoot portion that has an air outlet port formed in at least one of the medial side wall and the lateral side wall to be in communication with the air intake port through the ventilation grooves and discharge air in the ventilation groove to the outside, and at least a part of the ventilation grooves constitutes an air intake groove extending obliquely rearward from the air intake port.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Sakamoto, Kenta Moriyasu, Ayu Bessho, Takayuki Ueda, Kenta Nakaya, Masaki Nakahara
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Patent number: 11622604Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu Bessho, Norihiko Taniguchi, Satoru Abe, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka
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Publication number: 20230000206Abstract: A shock absorber has a first and second end surfaces opposite to each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of connection surfaces. The first end surface is an N-sided polygon (N is an integer of 3 or more and the second end surface is an M-sided polygon (M is an integer of 4 or more and more than N). (M?N) vertices are provided at intermediate positions in the axial direction on a circumferential surface defined by the plurality of connection surfaces. From the vertices, one first ridgeline reaches one vertex of the first end surface and two second ridgelines reach a corresponding one of two vertices of the second end surface. The remaining vertices are connected to each other by (2×N?M) third ridgelines. The first ridgeline, the second ridgelines, and the third ridgelines define the plurality of connection surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Genki HATANO, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Ayu BESSHO, Jun TAKEI, Kenta NAKAYA
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Publication number: 20220225736Abstract: A shoe includes a sole, an upper provided above the sole to accommodate a foot, a tightening part that applies tightening force to the upper, and a force transmitter that transmits tightening force from the tightening part to a lower part of a midfoot portion of the upper.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Kana KAGAMI, Ayu BESSHO, Kenta MORIYASU
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Publication number: 20220218071Abstract: A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Asics CorporationInventors: Tatsuya ISHIKAWA, Ayu Bessho, Koji Otobe, Seigo Nakaya, Seiji Yano
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Patent number: 11357289Abstract: A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Ishikawa, Ayu Bessho, Koji Otobe, Seigo Nakaya, Seiji Yano
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Publication number: 20220160080Abstract: A shoe includes: an upper; a tightening tool disposed above an instep of a wearer and capable of applying, to the upper, tightening force for drawing portions and on the both sides in a foot width direction of the upper; and an arch support part provided such that tightening force applied to a first side portion in a foot width direction of the upper can be transmitted to the arch support part. The tightening force transmitter has stretchability in foot girth directions set higher than that of the arch support part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Seigo NAKAYA, Genki HATANO, Ayu BESSHO, Sho TAKAMASU, Keita OZAWA, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Yousuke ATARASHI
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Publication number: 20220087359Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole, wherein ventilation grooves recessed in the thickness direction of the shoe sole are formed in the upper surface part, the shoe sole has a forefoot portion that has an air intake port formed in at least one of a medial side wall and a lateral side wall in the side wall part to be in communication with the ventilation grooves and draw air from outside into the ventilation grooves, the shoe sole has a midfoot portion that has an air outlet port formed in at least one of the medial side wall and the lateral side wall to be in communication with the air intake port through the ventilation grooves and discharge air in the ventilation groove to the outside, and at least a part of the ventilation grooves constitutes an air intake groove extending obliquely rearward from the air intake port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori SAKAMOTO, Kenta MORIYASU, Ayu BESSHO, Takayuki UEDA, Kenta NAKAYA, Masaki NAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20220000219Abstract: A shoe including: an upper that includes a first layer made of knitted fabric and a second layer made of knitted fabric arranged inside the first layer, wherein at least one of the first layer and the second layer includes first yarns and second yarns as yarns for forming the knitted fabric, wherein the first yarns have a heat shrinkability, wherein the second yarns have a higher fusion point than that of the first yarns, and wherein the at least one of the first layer and the second layer including the first yarns and the second yarns has a higher heat shrinkage rate in a width direction than in a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210259355Abstract: A shoe includes an upper portion surrounding an internal space configured to accommodate a foot. The upper portion includes an inner foot outer surface of an inner foot portion, and an air sucking out portion from which air is capable of being sucked out from the internal space to outside of the shoe when a leg of a wearer of the shoe swings is disposed on the inner foot outer surface of the inner foot portion of the upper portion. The air sucking out portion extends in a direction which is slanted by a predetermined first angle with respect to a vertical direction when the shoe is placed on a horizontal plane and is recessed relative to the inner foot outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Masanori SAKAMOTO, Ayu BESSHO, Seigo NAKAYA, Kenta MORIYASU, Kenji HIRATA, Takayuki KOGURE
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Publication number: 20210244132Abstract: A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya ISHIKAWA, Ayu BESSHO, Koji OTOBE, Seigo NAKAYA, Seiji YANO
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Publication number: 20210186163Abstract: Provided is a last for shaping a shoe upper. The last includes at least an outer peripheral portion including an aggregate of a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks being joinable together and separable from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Satoru ABE, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Yuya KOZUKA
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Publication number: 20210169172Abstract: When a midfoot portion of a sole is divided by a predetermined sole center line into a medial midfoot region and a lateral midfoot region one on each side in the foot width direction, a rigidity lowering portion, which is provided in the medial midfoot region, is provided and, in such a manner that the bending rigidity of the medial midfoot region around a foot width direction axis becomes smaller than that of the lateral midfoot region, the rigidity lowering portion in the medial midfoot region reduces the bending rigidity of the medial midfoot region due to another factor other than the shape of the medial edge and the shape of the lateral edge of the sole in a planar view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shiori TERASAKI, Ayu BESSHO, Kenta MORIYASU
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Publication number: 20210112926Abstract: Provided is a last for shaping a shoe upper. The last includes at least an outer peripheral portion composed of a plastic material that is reversibly transformed between a solid state where the plastic material has a certain shape when the shoe upper is shaped, and a plasticized state where the plastic material has fluidity and is thereby deformable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Yuya KOZUKA
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Publication number: 20210052033Abstract: Provided is a shoe including an upper composed of a fiber sheet, the fiber sheet including: a base sheet including yarns having heat shrinkability; and a plurality of chip members, each of which is a sheet having an area smaller than that of the base sheet, the base sheet and the plurality of chip members being layered and joined together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210037913Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe including an upper that is easily conformed to a shape of a last when it is shaped. The shoe includes an upper made of a fiber sheet that includes: a first layer made of knitted fabric or woven fabric that includes yarns having a heat shrinkability and has inner gaps; and a second layer layered on the first layer and made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and being integrated with the first layer by needle punching.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150250260Abstract: The second transverse groove, provided in an area between the Chopart's joint and the Lisfranc joint, including the navicular bone where the arch of the foot is highest, is deeper than the first transverse groove, and is equal to or deeper than the third transverse groove. Therefore, the rest of the midsole is thin and it becomes easier for the shoe sole to flex, thereby facilitating the upward displacement of the area where the arch is highest. Thus, it is possible to suppress the lowering of the arch even if an exercise is continued over a long time. On the other hand, a flexion area including at least one third transverse groove is provided directly below the talus, and has a larger width than other transverse grooves. This makes it easier for the rear foot portion directly below the talus to flex, thereby facilitating the upward displacement of the area of the arch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Kenta MORIYASU, Tsuyoshi NISHIWAKI, Hisanori FUJITA