Patents by Inventor Kenta TERAI

Kenta TERAI 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: 9637847
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe upper that is less likely to stretch, and a method for knitting the shoe upper. A shoe upper (1) includes a linear anti-stretch section (4), knitted integrally to an instep cover section (3), for suppressing stretching of the instep cover section (3). The anti-stretch section (4) includes a pipe-form knitted fabric portion (40) configured with a knitting yarn including a heat fusible yarn, and an inserting knitting yarn (41) inserted inside the pipe-form knitted fabric portion (40) and fixed by tuck to stitches configuring the pipe-form knitted fabric portion (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Terai, Yoshinori Shimasaki
  • Patent number: 9611571
    Abstract: A shoe upper that suppresses a partial stretch of an upper main body with a means different from an inlay knitting yarn is provided. A shoe upper (100) including an upper main body (1) configured by a sole cover (2) and an instep cover (3) is provided, the shoe upper including a right side additional knitted fabric (4R) connected to a part of an edge portion (5e) of the shoe opening (5) in the instep cover (3) by knitting, which part is on a right side of a center line dividing the shoe opening (5) to right and left, and a left side additional knitted fabric (4L) connected to a part of the edge portion (5e) on a left side of the center line by knitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Ikenaka, Kenta Terai
  • Publication number: 20170065025
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe upper that is less likely to stretch, and a method for knitting the shoe upper. A shoe upper (1) includes a linear anti-stretch section (4), knitted integrally to an instep cover section (3), for suppressing stretching of the instep cover section (3). The anti-stretch section (4) includes a pipe-form knitted fabric portion (40) configured with a knitting yarn including a heat fusible yarn, and an inserting knitting yarn (41) inserted inside the pipe-form knitted fabric portion (40) and fixed by tuck to stitches configuring the pipe-form knitted fabric portion (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta TERAI, Yoshinori SHIMASAKI
  • Patent number: 9498022
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe upper with high productivity in which a reinforcing section can be easily formed at the position of the heel or the toe, and a method for producing the same. A shoe upper (1) in which an instep cover section (3) and a sole cover section (2) are integrally knitted in a seamless manner is provided. The shoe upper (1) includes a pocket section (4) formed extending over a left side portion and a right side portion of the shoe upper (1) at least at a position of a heel or a toe of the shoe upper (1). The pocket section (4) is configured by an outer side knitted fabric portion (40) configured with a part of the instep cover section (3), and an inner side knitted fabric portion (49) directly connected to the sole cover section (2) and entered to the inner side of the outer side knitted fabric portion (40). A pocket opening (4i), which is an opening of the pocket section (4), opens at the side of the sole cover section (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Ikenaka, Kenta Terai
  • Publication number: 20160198798
    Abstract: A shoe upper that suppresses a partial stretch of an upper main body with a means different from an inlay knitting yarn is provided. A shoe upper (100) including an upper main body (1) configured by a sole cover (2) and an instep cover (3) is provided, the shoe upper including a right side additional knitted fabric (4R) connected to a part of an edge portion (5e) of the shoe opening (5) in the instep cover (3) by knitting, which part is on a right side of a centerline dividing the shoe opening (5) to right and left, and a left side additional knitted fabric (4L) connected to a part of the edge portion (5e) on a left side of the center line by knitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu IKENAKA, Kenta TERAI
  • Publication number: 20160128428
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe upper with high productivity in which a reinforcing section can be easily formed at the position of the heel or the toe, and a method for producing the same. A shoe upper (1) in which an instep cover section (3) and a sole cover section (2) are integrally knitted in a seamless manner is provided. The shoe upper (1) includes a pocket section (4) formed extending over a left side portion and a right side portion of the shoe upper (1) at least at a position of a heel or a toe of the shoe upper (1). The pocket section (4) is configured by an outer side knitted fabric portion (40) configured with a part of the instep cover section (3), and an inner side knitted fabric portion (49) directly connected to the sole cover section (2) and entered to the inner side of the outer side knitted fabric portion (40). A pocket opening (4i), which is an opening of the pocket section (4), opens at the side of the sole cover section (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamitsu IKENAKA, Kenta TERAI
  • Publication number: 20160066651
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a shoe upper with which a shoe upper can be produced with high productivity, and a shoe upper obtained with the method for producing the shoe upper. An instep cover section (3) and a sole cover section (2) are integrally knitted in a seamless manner by carrying out process ? and then carrying out process ? or by carrying out process ? and then carrying out process ? with a flat knitting machine including at least a pair of a front and a back needle bed. [Process ?] Knitting a main body left portion (3L), which is a left side portion of the instep cover section (3), with one needle bed of the flat knitting machine and knitting a main body right portion (3R), which is a right side portion of the instep cover section (3), with the other needle bed of the flat knitting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta TERAI, Takashi KINO, Masamitsu IKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20150374062
    Abstract: There is provided a method for knitting a shoe upper that can allow the reinforcement degree of the shoe upper to be changed with a small number of yarn feeders. A method for knitting a shoe upper (1) including an instep cover section (3) that covers a portion on an instep side of a wearer and a sole cover section (2) that covers a sole of the wearer is provided. The instep cover section (3) and the sole cover section (2) are three-dimensionally knitted in a seamless manner; and in the knitting process, at least one base section (10) configuring a part of the shoe upper (1) is knitted using a base knitting yarn containing a non-thermal adhesive yarn and a thermal adhesive yarn, and a reinforcement knitting yarn containing a thermal adhesive yarn is interwoven in the base section (10) to reinforce the base section (10). In this case, the number of knitting with the reinforcement knitting yarn with respect to the base section (10) is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu IKENAKA, Kenta TERAI
  • Patent number: 8657950
    Abstract: An inorganic material board, which is a cured mat formed by dehydrating a slurry including 30 to 53 wt % of blast furnace slag, 2 to 5 wt % of gypsum having an average particle size of 200 to 2000 ?m, 5 to 11 wt % of alkaline material, 5 to 15 wt % of reinforcing fibers, and 31 to 50 wt % of inorganic admixture with respect to a total solid content, and in which a weight ratio of the blast furnace slag to the gypsum to the alkaline material is 1:0.05 to 0.15:0.15 to 0.35. It is desirable that the blast furnace slag has a specific surface area of 3000 to 5000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nichiha Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Terai, Hiromi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20130263760
    Abstract: An inorganic material board, which is a cured mat formed by dehydrating a slurry including 30 to 53 wt % of blast furnace slag, 2 to 5 wt % of gypsum having an average particle size of 200 to 2000 ?m, 5 to 11 wt % of alkaline material, 5 to 15 wt % of reinforcing fibers, and 31 to 50 wt % of inorganic admixture with respect to a total solid content, and in which a weight ratio of the blast furnace slag to the gypsum to the alkaline material is 1:0.05 to 0.15:0.15 to 0.35. It is desirable that the blast furnace slag has a specific surface area of 3000 to 5000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NICHIHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta TERAI, Hiromi FUJIWARA