Patents by Inventor Masanobu Inohara

Masanobu Inohara 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).

  • Nonslip member and manufacturing method of nonslip member
    Patent number: 6562271
    Abstract: A nonslip member in which a large number of nonslip convexes are fixed to an upper surface of a base fabric performing an anchoring action, and the nonslip convexes are made of rubber. By engaging a male mold and a female mold with each other, a large number of small pieces coincident to a shape of through holes of the female mold are punched out from a plate-like material. By pressurizing and heating each small piece between a punching convex and a mounting base while engaging the male mold and the female mold with each other, the small piece is bridged and fixed to the base fabric to serve as a nonslip convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Hiraoka, Tomohiro Hayashi, Masanobu Inohara
  • Nonslip member and manufacturing method of nonslip member
    Publication number: 20010019758
    Abstract: A nonslip member in which a large number of nonslip convexes are fixed to an upper surface of a base fabric performing an anchoring action, and the nonslip convexes are made of rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Keiji Hiraoka, Tomohiro Hayashi, Masanobu Inohara
  • Nonslip member and manufacturing method of nonslip member
    Patent number: 6255235
    Abstract: A nonslip member in which a large number of nonslip convexes are fixed to an upper surface of a base fabric performing an anchoring action, and the nonslip convexes are made of rubber. By engaging a male mold and a female mold with each other, a large number of small pieces coincident to a shape of through holes of the female mold are punched out from a plate-like material. By pressurizing and heating each small piece between a punching convex and a mounting base while engaging the male mold and the female mold with each other, the small piece is bridged and fixed to the base fabric to serve as a nonslip convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Hiraoka, Tomohiro Hayashi, Masanobu Inohara
  • Hard plate for spiked track shoes
    Patent number: 5752332
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Hard plate for spiked track shoes
    Patent number: 5724754
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Rvuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Hard plate for spiked track shoes
    Patent number: 5689904
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Hard plate for spiked track shoes
    Patent number: 5581913
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Hard plate for spiked track shoes
    Patent number: 5483760
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Sport shoe sole
    Patent number: 4523393
    Abstract: A sport shoe sole having a ground sole rigid and of excellent abrasion resistance and an elastic interlayer body bonded to the ground sole, in which the interlayer body is provided at its heel portion with an air inclusion means such as grooves and apertures that open at least to one side of the interlayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventor: Masanobu Inohara
  • Sport shoe sole
    Patent number: 4506461
    Abstract: A sport shoe sole having a ground sole rigid and of excellent abrasion resistance and an elastic interlayer body bonded to the ground sole, in which the interlayer body is provided at its heel portion with an air inclusion means such as grooves and apertures that open at least to one side of the interlayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventor: Masanobu Inohara
  • Shoe sole
    Patent number: D290903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Inohara, Yoshiaki Hase
  • Shoe sole
    Patent number: D291743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Inohara, Yoshiaki Hase
  • Shoe sole
    Patent number: D294077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kiyosawa, Masanobu Inohara
  • Shoe sole
    Patent number: D295461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hase, Masanobu Inohara
  • Shoe lace system
    Patent number: D614855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Inohara, Takehiro Tagawa, Toshihiko Nakamura, Masafumi Ito
  • Spike
    Patent number: D341705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Spike
    Patent number: D341938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Spike
    Patent number: D342152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Spike
    Patent number: D342373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Fore shoe sole
    Patent number: D343727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka