Patents by Inventor Manabu MIKUNI

Manabu MIKUNI 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: 10383391
    Abstract: A shock absorbing structure formed by including a column member, a ring member that is provided by being fitted onto the column member and has elasticity, a first pressure receiving portion that is connected to an upper end of the column member, and a second pressure receiving portion that is connected to a lower end of the column member, wherein the column member tilts with respect to at least one of the first and second pressure receiving portions with pressure reception, and is restored with decompression, and the ring member is caused to undergo bulging deformation to an outer circumferential side direction from an inner circumferential side by tilting of the column member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: ASICS CORPORATION, TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Mitsui, Manabu Mikuni, Hiroshi Nasuno
  • Patent number: 9901136
    Abstract: A structure including hard bone portion extending to a sole side face outer side at a time of pressure reception, and elastic soft skin portion provided at an outer side of the hard bone portion, absorbs impact at a time of landing and the like, where at least part of the hard bone portion is along sole side face, and the elastic soft skin portion have a structure wherein at a time of pressure reception, the hard bone portion undergoes bending deformation in a vertical section to extend to the sole lateral side, and by receiving the deformation, the elastic soft skin portion undergoes elastic deformation to bulge to the sole lateral side to absorb a received pressure load, thereafter, with decompression, the elastic soft skin portion undergoes elastic deformation to contract to the sole inner side, and with this, the hard bone portion is restored to an initial state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: ASICS CORPORATION, TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori Fujita, Manabu Mikuni, Hiroshi Nasuno
  • Publication number: 20160360830
    Abstract: A shock absorbing structure formed by including a column member, a ring member that is provided by being fitted onto the column member and has elasticity, a first pressure receiving portion that is connected to an upper end of the column member, and a second pressure receiving portion that is connected to a lower end of the column member, wherein the column member tilts with respect to at least one of the first and second pressure receiving portions with pressure reception, and is restored with decompression, and the ring member is caused to undergo bulging deformation to an outer circumferential side direction from an inner circumferential side by tilting of the column member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: ASICS CORPORATION, TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki MITSUI, Manabu MIKUNI, Hiroshi NASUNO
  • Publication number: 20160270477
    Abstract: A shock absorbing structure is formed by including a column member, an elastic ring member that is provided by being fitted onto the column member, and upper and lower pressure receiving portions that are connected by the column member, wherein the column member is capable of being deformed and restored at least in a pressure receiving direction, the ring member has an effective working height set to be lower than the column member, and is formed to be in a non-bonded state with the upper and lower pressure receiving portions, and at a time of pressure reception, the column member undergoes compression deformation in the pressure receiving direction first, and thereafter, the ring member undergoes compression deformation in the pressure receiving direction next, whereby multi-stage shock absorbing performance is exhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: ASICS CORPORATION, TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyomitsu KUROSAKI, Manabu MIKUNI, Hiroshi NASUNO
  • Publication number: 20160262492
    Abstract: A structure including hard bone portion extending to a sole side face outer side at a time of pressure reception, and elastic soft skin portion provided at an outer side of the hard bone portion, absorbs impact at a time of landing and the like, where at least part of the hard bone portion is along sole side face, and the elastic soft skin portion have a structure wherein at a time of pressure reception, the hard bone portion undergoes bending deformation in a vertical section to extend to the sole lateral side, and by receiving the deformation, the elastic soft skin portion undergoes elastic deformation to bulge to the sole lateral side to absorb a received pressure load, thereafter, with decompression, the elastic soft skin portion undergoes elastic deformation to contract to the sole inner side, and with this, the hard bone portion is restored to an initial state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: ASICS CORPORATION, TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori FUJITA, Manabu MIKUNI, Hiroshi NASUNO