Patents by Inventor Shigeru Hibino

Shigeru Hibino 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: 11864625
    Abstract: A sole of a shoe including: a first base including as its main component a first thermoplastic resin; a projection including as its main component the first thermoplastic resin, the projection projecting from the first base; and at least one first reinforcement fiber oriented while being bent from the first base toward the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko Taniguchi, Shigeru Hibino, Yutaro Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20200068990
    Abstract: A sole of a shoe including: a first base including as its main component a first thermoplastic resin; a projection including as its main component the first thermoplastic resin, the projection projecting from the first base; and at least one first reinforcement fiber oriented while being bent from the first base toward the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Shigeru HIBINO, Yutaro IWASA
  • Patent number: 9480304
    Abstract: An FRP-made spike sole of the present invention has a plurality of spikes in a front foot portion, wherein: at least one layer of a main reinforcement sheet which is arranged spanning from a front end of the front foot portion to a rear end of a middle foot portion and made of fiber reinforcement coated with a matrix resin is laminated with a layer of a first cut-off sheet which is absent at least in an area in the vicinity of the front end of the front foot portion and which is arranged in the middle foot portion and made of fiber reinforcement coated with a matrix resin; and a front end of the first cut-off sheet is positioned posterior to a front end of a proximal phalanx of a big toe and anterior to a base of the metatarsal bone of the big toe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko Taniguchi, Shigeru Hibino, Koki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 9061090
    Abstract: A stem 8 has the following elements made from FRP: an upper outer shell 4U, a main structure upper half 3U, a main structure lower half 3L, and a lower outer shell 4L when the stem is placed in a flat state. The elements are integrated into one piece by stacking the elements and applying heat and pressure to melt resins impregnated in the FRP structural elements. Each outer shell is a curved prepreg sheet formed by impregnating carbon fibers arranged at angle of ±45 degrees with a thermoplastic resin, and each upper and lower halve is an evenly stacked part in which prepreg sheets are stacked. Overlapping section 5 of the upper and lower outer shells are formed such that the left and right portions of a main structure 3 formed by integrating the upper and lower halves 3U, 3L does not have a stepped outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA B.I. TEC
    Inventors: Shunichi Bandoh, Kojima Kisanuki, Shigeru Hibino
  • Publication number: 20130333251
    Abstract: An FRP-made spike sole of the present invention has a plurality of spikes in a front foot portion, wherein: at least one layer of a main reinforcement sheet which is arranged spanning from a front end of the front foot portion to a rear end of a middle foot portion and made of fiber reinforcement coated with a matrix resin is laminated with a layer of a first cut-off sheet which is absent at least in an area in the vicinity of the front end of the front foot portion and which is arranged in the middle foot portion and made of fiber reinforcement coated with a matrix resin; and a front end of the first cut-off sheet is positioned posterior to a front end of a proximal phalanx of a big toe and anterior to a base of the metatarsal bone of the big toe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko Taniguchi, Shigeru Hibino, Koki Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20130030546
    Abstract: A stem 8 has the following elements made from FRP: an upper outer shell 4U, a main structure upper half 3U, a main structure lower half 3L, and a lower outer shell 4L when the stem is placed in a flat state. The elements are integrated into one piece by stacking the elements and applying heat and pressure to melt resins impregnated in the FRP structural elements. Each outer shell is a curved prepreg sheet formed by impregnating carbon fibers arranged at angle of ±45 degrees with a thermoplastic resin, and each upper and lower halve is an evenly stacked part in which prepreg sheets are stacked. Overlapping section 5 of the upper and lower outer shells are formed such that the left and right portions of a main structure 3 formed by integrating the upper and lower halves 3U, 3L does not have a stepped outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA B. I. TEC
    Inventors: Shunichi Bandoh, Kojima Kisanuki, Shigeru Hibino