Patents by Inventor Noboru Nakabe
Noboru Nakabe 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: 8713821Abstract: The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening 1 out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening 2 which is closed with a tongue. The two openings 1, 2 are continuous with each other, and the upper U comprises a medial side stretchable part 51 which covers a part of a medial side face of an arch of the foot, a lateral side stretchable part 50 which covers a part of a lateral side face of a ball of a little toe (a fifth toe), a front part 3 located forward of the two stretchable parts 50, 51 and a rear part 4 located backward of the two stretchable parts. Each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is provided so as to essentially cross one of side faces of the upper U from a top surface of a sole S to the second opening 2. Young's modulus along the lengthwise direction L of the foot of each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is set smaller than that of the front part 3 and the rear part 4.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Asics CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Kiyomitsu Kurosaki, Toshikazu Kayano
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Publication number: 20110041362Abstract: The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening 1 out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening 2 which is closed with a tongue. The two openings 1, 2 are continuous with each other, and the upper U comprises a medial side stretchable part 51 which covers a part of a medial side face of an arch of the foot, a lateral side stretchable part 50 which covers a part of a lateral side face of a ball of a little toe (a fifth toe), a front part 3 located forward of the two stretchable parts 50, 51 and a rear part 4 located backward of the two stretchable parts. Each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is provided so as to essentially cross one of side faces of the upper U from a top surface of a sole S to the second opening 2. Young's modulus along the lengthwise direction L of the foot of each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is set smaller than that of the front part 3 and the rear part 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Tsuyoshi NISHIWAKI, Noboru NAKABE, Kiyomitsu KUROSAKI, Toshikazu KAYANO
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Patent number: 7823298Abstract: The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening 1 out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening 2 which is closed with a tongue. The two openings 1, 2 are continuous with each other, and the upper U comprises a medial side stretchable part 51 which covers a part of a medial side face of an arch of the foot, a lateral side stretchable part 50 which covers a part of a lateral side face of a ball of a little toe (a fifth toe), a front part 3 located forward of the two stretchable parts 50, 51 and a rear part 4 located backward of the two stretchable parts. Each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is provided so as to essentially cross one of side faces of the upper U from a top surface of a sole S to the second opening 2. Young's modulus along the lengthwise direction L of the foot of each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is set smaller than that of the front part 3 and the rear part 4.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: ASICS CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Kiyomitsu Kurosaki, Toshikazu Kayano
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Publication number: 20060162190Abstract: The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening 1 out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening 2 which is closed with a tongue. The two openings 1, 2 are continuous with each other, and the upper U comprises a medial side stretchable part 51 which covers a part of a medial side face of an arch of the foot, a lateral side stretchable part 50 which covers a part of a lateral side face of a ball of a little toe (a fifth toe), a front part 3 located forward of the two stretchable parts 50, 51 and a rear part 4 located backward of the two stretchable parts. Each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is provided so as to essentially cross one of side faces of the upper U from a top surface of a sole S to the second opening 2. Young's modulus along the lengthwise direction L of the foot of each of the stretchable parts 50, 51 is set smaller than that of the front part 3 and the rear part 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2004Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Kiyomitsu Kurosaki, Toshikazu Kayano
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Patent number: 6763615Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe sole comprising an outer sole 1F, 1B, a midsole 2 and a reinforcement device 4 made of a resin plate. The reinforcement device 4 is firmly secured to the underside of an arch portion 2M of the midsole 2. At a medial side 11 and a lateral side 10 of the foot, the reinforcement device 4 is shaped like an arch between separated outer sole parts 1F and 1B. A medial foot portion 43 of the reinforcement device 4 is formed to have a higher hardness than a lateral foot portion 40 of the reinforcement device 4. This allows the reinforcement device 4 to have a greater flexural rigidity in its medial foot portion 43 than in its lateral foot portion 40.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Asics CorporationInventors: Shigeyuki Mitsui, Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Masashi Isobe
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Publication number: 20040079000Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe sole comprising an outer sole 1F, 1B, a midsole 2 and a reinforcement device 4 made of a resin plate. The reinforcement device 4 is firmly secured to the underside of an arch portion 2M of the midsole 2. At a medial side 11 and a lateral side 10 of the foot, the reinforcement device 4 is shaped like an arch between separated outer sole parts 1F and 1B. A medial foot portion 43 of the reinforcement device 4 is formed to have a higher hardness than a lateral foot portion 40 of the reinforcement device 4. This allows the reinforcement device 4 to have a greater flexural rigidity in its medial foot portion 43 than in its lateral foot portion 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Shigeyuki Mitsui, Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Masashi Isobe
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Patent number: 6647646Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe sole comprising an outer sole 1F, 1B, a midsole 2 and a reinforcement device 4 made of a resin plate. The reinforcement device 4 is firmly secured to the underside of an arch portion 2M of the midsole 2. At a medial side 11 and a lateral side 10 of the foot, the reinforcement device 4 is shaped like an arch between separated outer sole parts 1F and 1B. A medial foot portion 43 of the reinforcement device 4 is formed to have a higher hardness than a lateral foot portion 40 of the reinforcement device 4. This allows the reinforcement device 4 to have a greater flexural rigidity in its medial foot portion 43 than in its lateral foot portion 40.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: ASICS CorporationInventors: Shigeyuki Mitsui, Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Masashi Isobe
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Publication number: 20030009914Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe sole comprising an outer sole 1F, 1B, a midsole 2 and a reinforcement device 4 made of a resin plate. The reinforcement device 4 is firmly secured to the underside of an arch portion 2M of the midsole 2. At a medial side 11 and a lateral side 10 of the foot, the reinforcement device 4 is shaped like an arch between separated outer sole parts 1F and 1B. A medial foot portion 43 of the reinforcement device 4 is formed to have a higher hardness than a lateral foot portion 40 of the reinforcement device 4. This allows the reinforcement device 4 to have a greater flexural rigidity in its medial foot portion 43 than in its lateral foot portion 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Shigeyuki Mitsui, Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Masashi Isobe
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Patent number: 6467197Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe sole comprising an outer sole 1F, 1B, a midsole 2 and a reinforcement device 4 made of a resin plate. The reinforcement device 4 is firmly secured to the underside of an arch portion 2M of the midsole 2. At a medial side 11 and a lateral side 10 of the foot, the reinforcement device 4 is shaped like an arch between separated outer sole parts 1F and 1B. A medial foot portion 43 of the reinforcement device 4 is formed to have a higher hardness than a lateral foot portion 40 of the reinforcement device 4. This allows the reinforcement device 4 to have a greater flexural rigidity in its medial foot portion 43 than in its lateral foot portion 40.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Asics Corp.Inventors: Shigeyuki Mitsui, Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Noboru Nakabe, Masashi Isobe
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Patent number: 6212795Abstract: A one piece molded arched support member reinforcing device 3 for a shoe sole is provided. The member comprises a front support portion 30 and a rear support portion 31 molded integrally with an arch portion 3a. The front support portion 30 and the rear support portion 31 are disposed in front and at the back of the reinforcing device 3, respectively. These individual support portions 30 and 31 are clamped between an outer sole 1 and a midsole 2 of a shoe sole S. Preferably, the front support portion 30 of the reinforcing device 3 is supported by a tapered inclined face 10 which is inclined to ascend as it goes forward F.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Asics CorporationInventors: Noboru Nakabe, Masashi Isobe, Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Shigeyuki Mitsui