Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nishimura

Hiroaki Nishimura 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).

  • Patent number: 12383026
    Abstract: A shoe sole includes a body portion and a heel holding portion. The heel holding portion is located opposite to a ground contact surface of the body portion and holds a heel portion of a foot at least from a medial foot side. The body portion includes a low hardness portion and a high hardness portion. The high hardness portion is a foam material harder than a foam material of the low hardness portion. The heel holding portion is a resin harder than the foam material of the low hardness portion and the foam material of the high hardness portion. On the medial foot side in a rear foot portion, the low hardness portion is located between the heel holding portion and the high hardness portion in an up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakamura, Keishi Kitamoto, Yuji Tamakoshi, Seiji Yano, Shingo Masumoto, Shuhei Takemura, Hiroaki Nishimura, Naoki Sakajo, Seigo Nakaya, Kazunaga Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20250241404
    Abstract: A shoe sole includes a cushion layer, an upper-side plate, and a lower-side plate. The cushion layer includes: a first region configured to support a metatarsophalangeal (MP) joint of a foot of a wearer; and a second region included in a portion located on a rear side with respect to the first region and located on a front side with respect to the rearfoot portion. The second region includes: a third region located in a central portion in a left-right direction; a fourth region located in a medial foot-side end portion in the left-right direction; and a fifth region located in a lateral foot-side end portion in the left-right direction. The fourth region and the fifth region are lower in compression rigidity than the first region, and the third region is lower in compression rigidity than the fourth region and the fifth region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Hiromichi OTAKE, Masanori SAKAMOTO, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Fumitomo HISHIKAWA, Hiroyuki TAKANO
  • Patent number: 12201181
    Abstract: A shoe sole 1 includes a bottom part 20 and a deformation restraining part 30. The bottom part 20 includes: a rear bottom surface part 24 formed to extend from a rearfoot to a midfoot portion and to be, when the shoe sole is placed on a virtual surface S as a flat surface, in contact with the virtual surface S; and a toe portion 26 of which a height from the virtual surface S is set to 100% or greater and 250% or less with respect to a thickness in the rear bottom surface part 24. The deformation restraining part 30 is disposed in an edge part on a medial side and a lateral side of the bottom part 20 and extends from a forefoot to the midfoot portion along the bottom part 20. The deformation restraining part 30 has higher hardness than the bottom part 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Nishimura, Tomoki Ishizashi, Kenji Hirata, Seiji Yano, Seigo Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20240400808
    Abstract: A laminate has an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer and a metal foil. The number average molecular copolymer weight is between 5000 and 100000; the aromatic vinyl compound monomer is aromatic vinyl compound having between 8 and 20 carbon atoms, and the aromatic vinyl compound monomer unit content is between 10 and 60 mass %; the aromatic polyene is selected having between 5 and 20 carbon atoms and vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, the content derived from the aromatic polyene unit is between 1.5 and 20 pieces per number average molecular weight; and the olefin is selected having between 2 and 20 carbon atoms, being ethylene alone, or having a mass ratio of ?-olefin monomer components other than ethylene to an ethylene monomer component contained in the olefin, of 1/7 or less, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru ARAI, Shota YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Azusa YAGI
  • Publication number: 20240400807
    Abstract: A curable composition includes an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer satisfying conditions (1) to (4) and an additive resin, which is a polyphenylene ether. (1) The number average molecular weight of the copolymer is 5000 to 100000. (2) The aromatic vinyl compound monomer has 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and the content of the unit of the monomer is 0 to 70 mass %. (3) The aromatic polyene is selected from polyenes having 5 to 20 carbon atoms and a plurality of vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, and the content of the groups is 1.5 to 20 pieces per number average molecular weight. (4) The olefin is selected from olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru ARAI, Shota YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Azusa YAGI
  • Patent number: 12150521
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihaya Suzuki, Seiji Yano, Katsunori Yagyu, Yoshiyasu Ando, Keita Ozawa, Yousuke Atarashi, Shingo Masumoto, Hiroaki Nishimura, Kenta Tateno
  • Patent number: 12104047
    Abstract: A curable composition includes an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer satisfying conditions (1) to (4) and an additive resin, which is at least one of a hydrocarbon-based elastomer, polyphenylene ether, olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymerized oligomer, and aromatic polyene-based resin. (1) The number average molecular weight of the copolymer is 5000 to 100000. (2) The aromatic vinyl compound monomer has 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and the content of the unit of the monomer is 0 to 70 mass %. (3) The aromatic polyene is selected from polyenes having 5 to 20 carbon atoms and a plurality of vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, and the content of the groups is 1.5 to 20 pieces per number average molecular weight. (4) The olefin is selected from olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Arai, Shota Yamamoto, Hiroaki Nishimura, Azusa Yagi
  • Patent number: 12089690
    Abstract: A shoe sole includes a sole body portion and a plate portion. The sole body portion is located to continuously extend from a front foot portion to a rear foot portion. The plate portion is located to continuously extend from the front foot portion to the rear foot portion, joined to the sole body portion, and formed of a material higher in rigidity than a material forming the sole body portion. The plate portion includes an exposed region and an accommodated region. The exposed region forms a ground contact surface of the shoe sole at least in the front foot portion. The accommodated region is accommodated inside the sole body portion at least in the rear foot portion. In at least a part of the middle foot portion and at least a part of the rear foot portion, the plate portion is inclined upward as it extends rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitomo Hishikawa, Hiroaki Nishimura, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka
  • Patent number: 12091531
    Abstract: A laminate has an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer and a metal foil. The number average molecular copolymer weight is between 5000 and 100000; the aromatic vinyl compound monomer is aromatic vinyl compound having between 8 and 20 carbon atoms, and the aromatic vinyl compound monomer unit content is between 10 and 60 mass %; the aromatic polyene is selected having between 5 and 20 carbon atoms and vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, the content derived from the aromatic polyene unit is between 1.5 and 20 pieces per number average molecular weight; and the olefin is selected having between 2 and 20 carbon atoms, being ethylene alone, or having a mass ratio of ?-olefin monomer components other than ethylene to an ethylene monomer component contained in the olefin, of 1/7 or less, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Arai, Shota Yamamoto, Hiroaki Nishimura, Azusa Yagi
  • Publication number: 20240292925
    Abstract: A sole includes an upper surface defining a support surface that supports a bottom of a foot of a wearer, a lower surface defining a ground contact surface, and a peripheral surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface. The upper surface includes an MP joint support region that supports the bottom of the foot at a position corresponding to an MP joint of the foot of the wearer, and the peripheral surface includes a pair of side surfaces including a medial foot side surface located on a medial foot side and a lateral foot side surface located on a lateral foot side. Among the pair of side surfaces, a portion adjacent to the MP joint support region of at least one side surface is provided with an indicator visually indicating that the portion is different from the other portion of the one side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromichi OTAKE, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Kenta TATENO, Fumitomo HISHIKAWA, Hiroyuki TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240292926
    Abstract: A sole includes a midsole, and the midsole includes a toe support portion, a midfoot support portion, and an intervening portion. The sole includes a toe contact surface and a midfoot contact surface. The intervening portion has a recessed portion having a shape recessed from an imaginary curved surface toward a side of a wearer's foot. A length between the imaginary curved surface and the recessed portion is greater than or equal to 13% and less than or equal to 50% of a thickness of a portion of the intervening portion where the recessed portion is provided. The midsole has a front side region surrounded by a front line and a rear line, and an area of the recessed portion in plan view is greater than or equal to 35% and less than or equal to 50% of an area of the front side region in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta TATENO, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Yasuo UMETANI, Masanori SAKAGUCHI, Hiromichi OTAKE
  • Patent number: 12064004
    Abstract: A plate includes: a curved portion located in a forefoot region and shaped to curve toward a flat plane; a midfoot supporting portion located in a midfoot region; and a rear-foot supporting portion located in a rear foot region. The curved portion has a wide region including a wide portion of which dimension in a width direction is largest in the curved portion. The midfoot supporting portion has a narrow region including a narrow portion of which dimension in the width direction is smallest in the midfoot supporting portion. A ratio of a bending rigidity of the narrow region to a bending rigidity of the wide region is 0.4 or more and 0.85 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sakaguchi, Kenji Hirata, Genki Hatano, Hiroaki Nishimura, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka, Fumitomo Hishikawa, Takayuki Kogure
  • Publication number: 20240226804
    Abstract: A dryer includes a rotary adsorption rotor, a casing that rotatably supports the adsorption rotor and is petitioned into a first zone, a second zone, and a third zone, a first zone inlet flow path that supplies compressed air to the first zone, a first zone outlet flow path that supplies dry compressed air from the first zone to the consumer facility side, a third zone inlet flow path that supplies cooling gas to the third zone, a third zone outlet flow path that discharges cooling gas from the third zone, a second zone inlet flow path that supplies regeneration gas to the second zone, and a second zone outlet flow path that discharges regeneration gas from the second zone. The third zone inlet flow path supplies a part of the compressed air having flowed through the first zone as a cooling gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: KOBELCO COMPRESSORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Kiyonori IZUTANI
  • Patent number: 12017768
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and information processing method of more easily capturing image in accordance with more various situations. An imaging device including an imaging function unit and an imaging range variable unit is controlled on the basis of vehicle information that is information regarding a vehicle. For example, on the basis of vehicle information obtained in a patrol car, such as vehicle location and position information, vehicle speed information, vehicle operation information, or vehicle attached equipment information, imaging of a subject by the imaging device provided to a flying body and flight by the flying body are controlled. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a communication apparatus, an electronic device, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiro Hirai, Hiroaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: D1044235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Umehara, Hiroaki Nishimura, Yoshihiro Eguchi, Takayuki Kogure, Naoki Sakajo, Yoshikazu Mitsuhata, Shingo Masumoto, Takanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D1054164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitomo Hishikawa, Hiroaki Nishimura, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka
  • Patent number: D1084621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Takayuki Kogure, Kenta Tateno
  • Patent number: D1084628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Kenta Tateno, Takayuki Kogure
  • Patent number: D1084630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Kenta Tateno, Takayuki Kogure
  • Patent number: D1087575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Takayuki Kogure, Kenta Tateno, Yoshikazu Mitsuhata