Patents by Inventor Kei KANEMATSU

Kei KANEMATSU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081475
    Abstract: Provided is a shoe including: a shoe sole member that includes a front member arranged on a front side of the shoe and a rear member arranged on a rear side of the shoe; and an interlocking member that interlocks the front member and the rear member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KANEMATSU, Akira KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240074538
    Abstract: A footwear includes: a sole; an upper located above the sole to accommodate a foot; a loop engagement portion located on at least one of a medial face or a lateral face of the footwear, fixed to one of the sole, the upper, or an interface between the sole and the upper, and including a plurality of loops, and extending from a lower side toward an upper side; a loop tightening part including a single loop passing through the plurality of loops of the loop engagement portion ; a fixing portion disposed in the loop tightening part; and a fixed portion which is disposed on the upper or the sole and to which the fixing portion is fixed. In a state where the loop engagement portion is pulled by the loop tightening part, the fixing portion is fixable to the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei KANEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240041165
    Abstract: A measurement device for shoe fitting evaluation is disclosed. The measurement device for shoe fitting evaluation includes a last insertable into a shoe, a pressure measurement unit configured to measure a wearing pressure on a top surface of a foot of the last, and a gap measurement unit configured to measure a gap between an end portion of the last and an end portion of the shoe. The last includes a main body portion and a variable portion. The variable portion is changeable in its shape, its weight, or its position with respect to the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken KISHIMOTO, Naoko MATSUMOTO, Aya YOSHIMURA, Kei KANEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240008593
    Abstract: A shoe includes a sole, an upper and a heel member. The upper is fixed to the sole and configured to cover a foot of a wearer, the upper including a wearing opening. The heel member is disposed on a heel side of the wearing opening of the upper. The heel member includes a guiding portion configured to guide a heel of the wearer toward the wearing opening and a holding portion configured to hold the guiding portion with respect to the upper at least in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Genki HATANO, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Takayuki UEDA, Katsunori YAGYU, Kei KANEMATSU, Hironori KITAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230128436
    Abstract: According to a last, in a forming surface for forming a shoe upper, at least a portion of a specific region corresponding to an upper end portion of a to-be-formed portion of the shoe upper is defined by a plurality of plate-shaped parts included in a plurality of last forming parts. By arranging the plate-shaped parts to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of an upper end portion of the shoe upper, a portion of the specific region that is defined by the plate-shaped parts is defined by an end surface of each of the plate-shaped parts. A recessed portion as a mark used for alignment with the last during overlaying of the shoe upper is in the portion of the specific region that is defined by the plate-shaped parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya KOZUKA, Kimie TANAKA, Shinsaku WAKASUGI, Shin WATANABE, Genki HATANO, Kei KANEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230129993
    Abstract: A last includes a base part including a bottom and a plurality of additional parts, each of which is formed in a plate shape and is capable of being assembled to the base part. The base part includes a mounting unit and a first forming surface. The plurality of additional parts include a second forming surface. Each additional part has an end face. The second forming surface includes the end face of each of the plurality of additional parts. The base part includes a first base member including a mounting unit and a second base member attachable to and detachable from the first base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki HATANO, Yuya KOZUKA, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Naoto IWASHITA, Kei KANEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230129876
    Abstract: A last includes a first part having a first plate-shaped portion and a second part having a second part-side receiving portion having a cutout shape. When the first plate-shaped portion is received in the second part-side receiving portion, the first part and the second part are assembled. The second part includes a second part-side engaging portion having a protruding shape on an inner side surface in a portion defining the second part-side receiving portion, and the first plate-shaped portion has a main surface with a first part-side to-be-engaged portion having a through hole shape or a recessed shape. When the first plate-shaped portion is inserted into the second part-side receiving portion, the first plate-shaped portion is fitted into the second part-side receiving portion, and the first part-side to-be-engaged portion is engaged by the second part-side engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KANEMATSU, Yuya KOZUKA, Genki HATANO
  • Publication number: 20230037426
    Abstract: A mouth cover includes a mouth cover body that covers at least the mouth and the nostrils of a wearer, and wearing portions that are connected to the mouth cover body and allow the wearer to wear the mouth cover body. The mouth cover body includes an opening in a downward direction from a position directly facing the mouth of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: MAKOTO FUKUDA, TSUYOSHI NISHIWAKI, YOSUKE OTSUKA, TAKEHIRO TAGAWA, KENICHI HARANO, JUN KONDO, KOICHI MONMA, MIZUHO IRIE, KEI KANEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220248805
    Abstract: A shoe includes a midsole and an upper joined to the midsole. A joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the upper is located inside in a width direction with respect to an outer circumferential edge of a top surface of the midsole. The shoe in another aspect includes the midsole, a first upper joined to the midsole, and a second upper disposed on the outside in a width direction of the first upper. A first joint position between the midsole and the base end part of the first upper is located on the inside in a width direction of a second joint position between the midsole and a base end part 68 of the second upper, and an upper edge U of the second upper is joined to the first upper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Kei KANEMATSU, Shigeyuki MITSUI, Keita OZAWA, Genki HATANO, Seigo NAKAYA