Patents by Inventor Miho Odaira

Miho Odaira 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: 20210290414
    Abstract: A sole which is attached to a ground contact region of an athletic prosthetic leg having a leaf-spring-like leg portion extending to a side of a toe via at least one curved portion, the ground contact region extending in an arc from the toe to a side of the curved portion is provided. The sole includes a bottom surface having a shape conforming to an extending shape of the ground contact region, and the bottom surface has at least one width direction land portion defined by a plurality of width direction grooves extending in a width direction of the sole. Moreover, the width direction land portion includes a chamfer at each of both end edges at border positions, respectively, between a contact patch and both side walls facing the plurality of width direction grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dyta ITOI, Yukihiro KIWAKI, Miho ODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20210290413
    Abstract: A sole for a prosthetic leg, attached to a ground contact region of the prosthetic leg, includes a bottom surface including: a first inclined surface portion including a first inclined surface inclined such that an amount of recess in a sole thickness direction gradually increases from one to the other sides in a predetermined direction in a planar view; and a second inclined surface portion including a second inclined surface inclined such that the amount of recess in the sole thickness direction gradually increases from the other to the one sides in the predetermined direction in the planar view. The first and second inclined surface portions are mutually connected in a connecting direction crossing the predetermined direction in the planar view, so that a continuous groove in which the first and second inclined surfaces constitute a part of a side wall and which extends in the connecting direction is defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dyta ITOI, Yukihiro KIWAKI, Miho ODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200375762
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a prosthetic foot sole exhibiting high grip performance in all weather conditions and excellent in durability, and the prosthetic foot sole. The rubber composition for a prosthetic foot sole and the prosthetic foot sole, include at least one rubber component selected from a natural rubber and a synthetic diene rubber and at least one filler selected from carbon black and an inorganic filler, wherein the total amount of the filler is 50 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Shinsuke NAKANE, Miho ODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20030132507
    Abstract: A film-integrated key top include a resin key top and a resin film which is integrated with the resin key top. The resin film may be three types: (1) a matte film that contains powders fine enough to provide the film with translucency, (2) a laminate film that includes a base film and a resin matte layer which is laminated on at least one side of the base film, wherein the resin matte layer contains powders fine enough to provide the film with translucency, (3) a processed film that includes the base film or the laminate film, wherein at least a surface of the film is processed to have a roughened portion. Thus, a film-integrated key top which shows excellent translucency as well as excellent matte texture is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventor: Miho Odaira