Patents by Inventor Satoru Abe
Satoru Abe 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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Publication number: 20220192321Abstract: A shoe includes a sole provided with a ground contact surface, an upper provided with an opening into which a foot of a wearer is inserted, the upper being attached to the sole and covering the foot of the wearer, and a correction member including an inner arm fixed to a medial foot side of the opening of the upper, an outer arm fixed to a lateral foot side of the opening of the upper, and a connection portion connecting the inner arm and the outer arm, the correction member being attached to the upper away from the sole in such a manner that the connection portion is disposed on a rear side of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Kana ARIMOTO, Satoru ABE, Azumi TAOKA
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Publication number: 20220155272Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensor element to which a control current is inputted, a DA converter to output the control current, and a control part configured to generate a control current instruction value and input the control current instruction value to the DAC, and further includes an instruction value generation part to sequentially generate an inspection current instruction value to be inputted to the DAC instead of the control current instruction value, an inspection current detection part to detect an inspection current value of an inspection current, an expected value calculation part to calculate an inspection current expected value, a difference value acquisition part to acquire a difference value between the inspection current value and the inspection current expected value, and a failure detection part to detect a failure of a bit in the DA converter, by frequency analysis of a temporal change of the difference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD.Inventors: Akitsugu IKEDA, Michinori TANI, Yuzo HIGUCHI, Satoru ABE
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Publication number: 20220071356Abstract: A data generating apparatus generates shoe last data for manufacturing a shoe from measured foot shape data. The data generating apparatus includes: an input unit that receives the foot shape data; a processor that computes the shoe last data from the foot shape data received by the input unit; and an output unit that outputs the shoe last data computed by the processor. The input unit further receives selected additional information. The processor specifies a portion of the shoe last data to be corrected, based on the additional information, and calculates an amount of correction of the specified portion based on the additional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Genki HATANO, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Yuya KOZUKA, Satoru ABE, Kenta TAKAHAMA
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Patent number: 11250880Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate that is long in shape; and a magnetic layer containing magnetic powder and a binder. The glass transition point of the binder is not lower than 75° C. In a case where atomic force microscope observation images in a 10 ?m×10 ?m rectangular shape are acquired at five locations randomly selected from the surface on the side of the magnetic layer, any linear protrusion that is 3 nm to 20 nm in height, is 0.3 ?m to 1.0 ?m in width, and extends across two sides of the observation image does not exist in the observation images of four locations among the acquired observation images of the five locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Miura, Satoru Abe, Yuuko Kamoshita, Riku Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220015507Abstract: A fastening structure of the present upper includes: an upper that defines a left eyelet row and a right eyelet row arranged along a longitudinal direction of a shoe; and a shoelace inserted through eyelets of the left and right eyelet rows, wherein: the left and right eyelet rows each at least include a first eyelet on a tip side, and a second eyelet, a third eyelet and a fourth eyelet that are arranged in this order from the first eyelet toward a posterior side; D1 is defined as a first average interval between eyelets; D2 is defined as a second average interval; D3 is defined as a third average interval; and Expressions (1) and (10) below are satisfied: D1>D2<D3??(1) 1.0*(D1+D2)>D1>0.6*(D1+D2)??(10).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Genki HATANO, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Kenta MORIYASU, Satoru ABE, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Tomoki ISHIZASHI
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Publication number: 20220000219Abstract: A shoe including: an upper that includes a first layer made of knitted fabric and a second layer made of knitted fabric arranged inside the first layer, wherein at least one of the first layer and the second layer includes first yarns and second yarns as yarns for forming the knitted fabric, wherein the first yarns have a heat shrinkability, wherein the second yarns have a higher fusion point than that of the first yarns, and wherein the at least one of the first layer and the second layer including the first yarns and the second yarns has a higher heat shrinkage rate in a width direction than in a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210396702Abstract: A gas sensor control device having a DA conversion circuit configured to supply a pump current having a magnitude corresponding to an inputted digital signal to the pump cell, a reference electric potential generating circuit configured to keep an electric potential of the first pump electrode at a reference electric potential, a diagnostic resistance connected to the pump cell parallel to the pump cell, and an output part configured to output a signal relating to voltage applied to the diagnostic resistance when inputting an arbitrary digital signal to the DA conversion circuit in a situation in which oxygen ion conductivity does not occur in the pump cell to an external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuzo HIGUCHI, Koji ISHIBASHI, Junichiro MITSUNO, Satoru ABE, Yuji Ol
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Publication number: 20210330040Abstract: A last matching a user's foot can be provided through a simple configuration. A last for forming a footwear upper configuring an article of footwear comprises: a common portion invariable in shape and position, a movable portion invariable in shape and positionally variable with respect to the common portion, and a position adjustment mechanism that changes a position of the movable portion with respect to the common portion and fixes the movable portion in a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori SAKAGUCHI, Yuya KOZUKA, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Genki HATANO, Satoru ABE
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Publication number: 20210330041Abstract: There is provided a user-dedicated last that can be easily manufactured without using large-scale equipment. A last for forming a footwear upper configuring an article of footwear comprises a foot length forming member defining a shape of the last at least in the lengthwise direction of the article of footwear, and a plurality of foot width forming members defining a shape of the last at least in the widthwise direction of the article of footwear and assembled to the foot length forming member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya KOZUKA, Genki HATANO, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Masanori SAKAGUCHI, Satoru ABE, Hironori KITAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210287714Abstract: A method of producing a magnetic powder includes: performing heat treatment on first particles that contain triiron tetraoxide to prepare second particles that contain ?-iron oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Atsushi MURAMATSU, Masafumi NAKAYA, Masaru TERAKAWA, Satoru ABE, Natsuki TOYOSAWA, Katsunori MAESHIMA
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Publication number: 20210186163Abstract: Provided is a last for shaping a shoe upper. The last includes at least an outer peripheral portion including an aggregate of a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks being joinable together and separable from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Satoru ABE, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Yuya KOZUKA
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Publication number: 20210173984Abstract: A design element index input unit 10 inputs multiple design element indexes obtained by quantifying design in association with multiple portions constituting shoes. A learning unit 40 uses, as teacher data, pairs of multiple design element indexes and an impression index to learn correlations between multiple design element indexes and the impression index, and creates an impression estimation model. By means of a learned impression estimation model, an impression index estimation unit 60 estimates an impression index obtained by quantifying an impression of shoes, based on a set of multiple design element indexes that have been input. An output unit 70 outputs the estimated impression index.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi INOMATA, Satoru ABE, Mizuho IRIE, Masaru ICHIKAWA, Shiori TERASAKI
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Publication number: 20210112926Abstract: Provided is a last for shaping a shoe upper. The last includes at least an outer peripheral portion composed of a plastic material that is reversibly transformed between a solid state where the plastic material has a certain shape when the shoe upper is shaped, and a plasticized state where the plastic material has fluidity and is thereby deformable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Yuya KOZUKA
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Publication number: 20210052033Abstract: Provided is a shoe including an upper composed of a fiber sheet, the fiber sheet including: a base sheet including yarns having heat shrinkability; and a plurality of chip members, each of which is a sheet having an area smaller than that of the base sheet, the base sheet and the plurality of chip members being layered and joined together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210037913Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe including an upper that is easily conformed to a shape of a last when it is shaped. The shoe includes an upper made of a fiber sheet that includes: a first layer made of knitted fabric or woven fabric that includes yarns having a heat shrinkability and has inner gaps; and a second layer layered on the first layer and made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and being integrated with the first layer by needle punching.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ayu BESSHO, Satoru ABE, Norihiko TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210027807Abstract: [Solving Means] A method of producing a magnetic powder includes: coating a surface of each of silica-coated precursor particles with at least one type of coating agent of a metal chloride or a sulfate; and firing the precursor particles coated with the coating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Natsuki TOYOSAWA, Norikatsu FUJISAWA, Yuta AKIMOTO, Satoru ABE, Masaru TERAKAWA, Katsunori MAESHIMA, Atsushi MURAMATU, Masashi NAKATANI
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Patent number: 10888520Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating particle containing a nuclear particle covered with a coating layer, and in the coating particle, the coating layer is a layer containing hydroxyalkyl cellulose and a binder.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: KOBE GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Ichikawa, Yoshinobu Fukumori, Satoru Abe, Yusuke Masue
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Patent number: 10830729Abstract: In a sensor control device which controls a sensor, a first filter unit extracts a first filtered signal obtained by attenuating a frequency component higher than a first cutoff frequency from a digital signal indicating a current-application control value for a pump current, and a second filter unit extracts a second filtered signal obtained by attenuating a frequency component higher than a second cutoff frequency from the first filtered signal. A cutoff frequency setting unit sets at least one of the first cutoff frequency and the second cutoff frequency such that the sensor control device can control at least two types of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichiro Mitsuno, Satoru Abe, Chihiro Tomimatsu, Hidetoshi Makino
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Patent number: 10746689Abstract: A sensor element drive circuit is a circuit including a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on a semiconductor substrate for realizing a current control function and a switching function. The current control function is a function of controlling the current flowing between electrodes such that the potential difference between electrodes becomes constant. The switching function is a function for switching between a connected state in which the electrodes are electrically connected to a sensor control apparatus and a cut-off state in which electrical continuity therebetween is broken. When one of an Ip+ terminal, a COM terminal, and a Vs+ terminal is determined to have an anomalous potential, the sensor control apparatus causes the sensor element drive circuit to perform switching from the connected state to the cut-off state, and connects the semiconductor substrate to a negative voltage lower than a ground potential applied to the sensor element drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD.Inventors: Yuzo Higuchi, Satoru Abe, Koji Ishibashi
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Patent number: 10712099Abstract: A heat pipe, includes; an outer tube including first and second ends, the first end closed air tight; a box connected to the second end, a cross-sectional area of the box perpendicular to the outer tube central axis is larger than a cross-sectional area of the outer tube perpendicular to its axis; an inner tube positioned in the outer tube, a central axis of the inner tube parallel to the outer tube central axis, including third and fourth ends, the third end closer to the first end than the fourth end and open in the outer tube; a partition tube including fifth and sixth ends widening from the fifth end toward the sixth end, the fifth end connected with the fourth end, part of the sixth end connected on an inner surface of the box; and fluid in a space formed by the outer tube and the box.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunio Hoshino, Rei Kimura, Yasushi Yamamoto, Masato Fukuta, Takashi Mawatari, Satoru Abe