Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Imazato

Katsuhiro Imazato 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: 10660398
    Abstract: A rubber member for laser bonding of the present invention containing a rubber ingredient and silica, wherein the silica has an average particle size of more than 50 nm and 120 nm or less, and the amount of the silica is 10 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber ingredient, the rubber member has a laser light transmittance of 30% or more, provided that the laser light transmittance is a transmittance when the rubber member has a thickness of 2 mm and is irradiated with laser light having a wavelength of 808 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Imazato, Hironori Kitayama, Junichiro Tateishi, Sadaki Mori
  • Patent number: 9192212
    Abstract: A laminate for laser bonding of the present invention contains a bonding sheet that is melted by irradiation of laser light and a first member laminated on one surface of the bonding sheet and formed of a thermoplastic foam. The difference between the melting point of the first member (Mfoam) and the melting point of the bonding sheet (Msheet) (Mfoam?Msheet) is ?50° C. to 20° C. and the difference between the melt viscosity of the first member (Vfoam) and the melt viscosity of the bonding sheet (Vsheet) (Vfoam?Vsheet) is 3.0×105 Pa·s to 8.0×105 Pa·s. Preferably, the laminate for laser bonding contains a second member having transparency to laser light laminated on the other surface of the bonding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Tateishi, Katsuhiro Imazato, Sadaki Mori, Kenichi Harano, Hironori Kitayama
  • Patent number: 8461222
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at ?10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A shoe sole component includes a cross-linked foam of a resin composition, the resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, in which tan ? (?20° C. to 40° C.) at a frequency of 10 Hz measured according to JIS K 7244-4 is 0.01 to 0.5, and tan ? (?20° C.)/tan ? (40° C.) at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.7 to 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Sadaki Mori, Katsuhiro Imazato, Kenichi Harano, Akiyuki Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20120204446
    Abstract: A laminate for laser bonding of the present invention contains a bonding sheet that is melted by irradiation of laser light and a first member laminated on one surface of the bonding sheet and formed of a thermoplastic foam. The difference between the melting point of the first member (Mfoam) and the melting point of the bonding sheet (Msheet) (Mfoam?Msheet) is ?50° C. to 20° C. and the difference between the melt viscosity of the first member (Vfoam) and the melt viscosity of the bonding sheet (Vsheet) (Vfoam?Vsheet) is 3.0×105 Pa·s to 8.0×105 Pa·s. Preferably, the laminate for laser bonding contains a second member having transparency to laser light laminated on the other surface of the bonding sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Tateishi, Katsuhiro Imazato, Sadaki Mori, Kenichi Harano, Hironori Kitayama
  • Publication number: 20120198722
    Abstract: A rubber member for laser bonding of the present invention containing a rubber ingredient and silica, wherein the silica has an average particle size of more than 50 nm and 120 nm or less, and the amount of the silica is 10 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber ingredient, the rubber member has a laser light transmittance of 30% or more, provided that the laser light transmittance is a transmittance when the rubber member has a thickness of 2 mm and is irradiated with laser light having a wavelength of 808 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Imazato, Hironori Kitayama, Junichiro Tateishi, Sadaki Mori
  • Publication number: 20110265351
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at ?10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A shoe sole component includes a cross-linked foam of a resin composition, the resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, in which tan ? (?20° C. to 40° C.) at a frequency of 10 Hz measured according to JIS K 7244-4 is 0.01 to 0.5, and tan ? (?20° C.)/tan ? (40° C.) at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.7 to 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadaki MORI, Katsuhiro Imazato, Kenichi Harano, Akiyuki Morikawa
  • Patent number: 8008363
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at ?10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A shoe sole component includes a cross-linked foam of a resin composition, the resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, in which tan ? [?20° C. to 40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz measured according to JIS K 7244-4 is 0.01 to 0.5, and tan ? [?20° C.]/tan ? [40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.7 to 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Sadaki Mori, Katsuhiro Imazato, Kenichi Harano, Akiyuki Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20100154253
    Abstract: The present invention provides an outer sole light in weight and excellent in abrasion resistance. The outer sole of the present invention is formed out of a polymer composition with a specific gravity of 0.95 or less, which contains an olefin resin and a styrene elastomer, wherein a storage elastic modulus [E?] and a loss coefficient [tan ?] in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement (20±3° C., 10 Hz) are 100 MPa to 500 MPa and 0.2 or less respectively, and a maximum tensile stress is 30 MPa or more. The olefin resin contains an ethylene polymer and a propylene polymer, for example. The styrene elastomer contains an ?-methyl styrene.butadiene copolymer, for example. A flaw is hardly occurred on the outer sole in use, so that the outer sole is excellent in abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Imazato, Sadaki Mori
  • Publication number: 20080229622
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at ?10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A shoe sole component includes a cross-linked foam of a resin composition, the resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, in which tan ? [?20° C. to 40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz measured according to JIS K 7244-4 is 0.01 to 0.5, and tan ? [?20° C.]/tan ? [40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.7 to 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Sadaki Mori, Katsuhiro Imazato, Kenichi Harano, Akiyuki Morikawa