Patents by Inventor Kenichi Harano
Kenichi Harano 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: 11697721Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a resin molded article including an introducing step of introducing a plurality of resin foam particles and a heat medium substance into a forming mold, and a molding step of, after the introducing step, heating the forming mold to a temperature at which the heat medium substance can be vaporized, thereby obtaining a resin molded article including the plurality of resin foam particles.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro Tateishi, Takashi Yamade, Daisuke Sawada, Takashi Osaki, Kenichi Harano
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Patent number: 11667105Abstract: A laminate of the present invention includes a first member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and through which laser light is transmitted and a second member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and absorbs laser light, wherein the first member is directly bonded to the second member, and A represented by the formula 1: A=?9×D+Wa?45 is more than zero. D represents a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the first member and a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the second member, and Wa represents work of adhesion calculated from each surface free energy of the first member and the second member. Such a first member and a second member are firmly bonded to each other without using a bonding sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hironori Kitayama, Junichiro Tateishi, Kenichi Harano
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Patent number: 11589638Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a shoe that has a ground engaging surface with a simplified structure and that is excellent in lightweight properties since an outsole is composed of an elastomer sheet including a sheet body and foamed polymer particles dispersed in the sheet body.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Sawada, Kenichi Harano, Junichiro Tateishi
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Publication number: 20230037426Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: MAKOTO FUKUDA, TSUYOSHI NISHIWAKI, YOSUKE OTSUKA, TAKEHIRO TAGAWA, KENICHI HARANO, JUN KONDO, KOICHI MONMA, MIZUHO IRIE, KEI KANEMATSU
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Patent number: 11445785Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member partially or entirely formed of a resin composite, the resin composite including; a non-foamed elastic body matrix composed of an elastomer; and a plurality of resin foam particles dispersed in the elastic body matrix. Also provided is a shoe including the shoe sole member.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro Tateishi, Takashi Yamade, Daisuke Sawada, Takashi Osaki, Kenichi Harano
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Publication number: 20210087352Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a resin molded article including an introducing step of introducing a plurality of resin foam particles and a heat medium substance into a forming mold, and a molding step of, after the introducing step, heating the forming mold to a temperature at which the heat medium substance can be vaporized, thereby obtaining a resin molded article including the plurality of resin foam particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro TATEISHI, Takashi YAMADE, Daisuke SAWADA, Takashi OSAKI, Kenichi HARANO
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Patent number: 10952494Abstract: An outsole is formed of a viscoelastic body containing a rubber component. This viscoelastic body has a loss factor measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement under conditions of a temperature of 23° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, a static strain of 10%, and a dynamic strain of 7% being 0.17 or more, a storage elastic modulus measured by the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement being 5.7 MPa or less, and a ratio of a tensile stress at 300% elongation to a tensile stress at 100% elongation being 4.4 or more. Such outsole is excellent in wet grip performance and durability.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Inventors: Masanori Sakamoto, Yusuke Nishiura, Osamu Yamane, Kenichi Harano
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Publication number: 20210045491Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member partially or entirely formed of a resin composite in which a plurality of resin foam particles are integrated with one or more non-foamed elastic bodies, wherein a resin composition constituting the one or more elastic bodies and a resin composition constituting the plurality of resin foam particles both include a polyolefin-based resin as a main component, or both include a polyurethane-based resin as a main component. Also provided is a shoe including the shoe sole member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro TATEISHI, Takashi YAMADE, Daisuke SAWADA, Takashi OSAKI, Kenichi HARANO
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Publication number: 20210045494Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member partially or entirely formed of a resin composite, the resin composite including: a non-foamed elastic body matrix composed of an elastomer; a plurality of resin foam particles dispersed in the elastic body matrix; and a binder that lies between the elastic body matrix and the plurality of resin foam particles and has a hardness at 23° C. that is higher than a hardness at 23° C. of the elastic body matrix. Also provided is a shoe including the shoe sole member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro TATEISHI, Takashi YAMADE, Daisuke SAWADA, Takashi OSAKI, Kenichi HARANO
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Publication number: 20200305547Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member partially or entirely formed of a resin composite, the resin composite including; a non-foamed elastic body matrix composed of an elastomer; and a plurality of resin foam particles dispersed in the elastic body matrix. Also provided is a shoe including the shoe sole member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro TATEISHI, Takashi YAMADE, Daisuke SAWADA, Takashi OSAKI, Kenichi HARANO
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Publication number: 20200297062Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a shoe that has a ground engaging surface with a simplified structure and that is excellent in lightweight properties since an outsole is composed of an elastomer sheet including a sheet body and foamed polymer particles dispersed in the sheet body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke SAWADA, Kenichi HARANO, Junichiro TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20200262156Abstract: A laminate of the present invention includes a first member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and through which laser light is transmitted and a second member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and absorbs laser light, wherein the first member is directly bonded to the second member, and A represented by the formula 1: A=?9×D+Wa?45 is more than zero. D represents a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the first member and a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the second member, and Wa represents work of adhesion calculated from each surface free energy of the first member and the second member. Such a first member and a second member are firmly bonded to each other without using a bonding sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hironori KITAYAMA, Junichiro TATEISHI, Kenichi HARANO
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Publication number: 20190380431Abstract: An outsole is formed of a viscoelastic body containing a rubber component. This viscoelastic body has a loss factor measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement under conditions of a temperature of 23° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, a static strain of 10%, and a dynamic strain of 7% being 0.17 or more, a storage elastic modulus measured by the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement being 5.7 MPa or less, and a ratio of a tensile stress at 300% elongation to a tensile stress at 100% elongation being 4.4 or more. Such outsole is excellent in wet grip performance and durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Masanori Sakamoto, Yusuke Nishiura, Osamu Yamane, Kenichi Harano
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Publication number: 20180368515Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member that is partially or entirely formed from a resin foam product constituted by integrating of resin foam particles, wherein the resin foam particles are composed of a resin composition containing a polyamide elastomer, and the resin foam product satisfies all formulas (1) to (4) below, when a loss factor at ?20° C. tan ? [?20° C.], a loss factor at 25° C. is tan ? [25° C.], a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the resin composition is E? [25° C.], the minimum value of a complex viscosity at 100° C. to 130° C. of the resin composition is ?min, and the maximum value thereof is ?max, in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement: 1?tan ? [?20° C.]/tan ? [25° C.]?5 . . .??(1); 50 MPa?E? [25° C.]?400 MPa . . .??(2); 0.05 MPa·s??min . . .??(3); and ?max?0.6 MPa·s . . .??(4).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi YAMADE, Kenichi HARANO, Yuuki HOSHINO, Masayuki TAKANO
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Patent number: 10143263Abstract: There is provided a shoe-forming member comprising a rubber composition containing a styrene-butadiene rubber, a butadiene rubber, silica, a silane coupling agent, and a crosslinking agent, the rubber composition being crosslinked, wherein the rubber composition contains specific materials as the silane coupling agent and the crosslinking agent, and the butadiene rubber and the styrene-butadiene rubber are contained in the rubber composition in predetermined proportions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Oomura, Yasuhiro Otsuka, Kenichi Harano
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Patent number: 10113045Abstract: There is provided a molded foam article including a foam obtained by foaming a formation material wherein the formation material contains a resin component, an Asker C hardness of the foam is 10 degrees or more, and a ratio E40/E0 of the foam is 0.5 or more, the ratio E40/E0 being a ratio of an elastic coefficient E40 at a strain of 40% in relation to an elastic coefficient E0 at a strain of 0% of the foam. The molded foam article has appropriate softness with a small change in hardness under compressive deformation.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro Tateishi, Kenichi Harano, Keisuke Yamada, Mitsuo Nasako
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Patent number: 10051915Abstract: A foamed sole according to the present invention includes a foam molding containing a rubber component and a resin component, wherein the maximum value of a loss factor [tan ?] at a frequency of 10 Hz and at 30° C. to 80° C. of the foam molding is 0.18 or less, and a peak of a loss factor [tan ?] at a frequency of 10 Hz of the foam molding lies within the range of 100° C. or higher. The foamed sole has a feature that it hardly shrinks when it is heated.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: ASICS CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Otsuka, Kenichi Harano, Takuro Kamimura, Daisuke Sawada
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Publication number: 20170013910Abstract: There is provided a shoe-forming member comprising a rubber composition containing a styrene-butadiene rubber, a butadiene rubber, silica, a silane coupling agent, and a crosslinking agent, the rubber composition being crosslinked, wherein the rubber composition contains specific materials as the silane coupling agent and the crosslinking agent, and the butadiene rubber and the styrene-butadiene rubber are contained in the rubber composition in predetermined proportions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: ASICS CorporationInventors: Takashi Oomura, Yasuhiro Otsuka, Kenichi Harano
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Patent number: 9192212Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichiro Tateishi, Katsuhiro Imazato, Sadaki Mori, Kenichi Harano, Hironori Kitayama
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Patent number: D889788Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hisao Yoshinaga, Takuro Akasaka, Nami Masao, Kenichi Harano