Patents by Inventor Sho TAKAMASU

Sho TAKAMASU 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: 20240081481
    Abstract: An upper includes an upper body covering the instep of a foot. An upper body includes a first layer, a second layer disposed with a gap from the first layer, and a third layer connecting the first layer and the second layer. A part of the upper body is disposed with a low stiffness region having lower stiffness than an adjacent region. At least a part of the low stiffness region has a point in which the third layer is not disposed. A plurality of holes is disposed in at least a part of a portion of the first layer and the second layer of the low stiffness region corresponding to the point in which the third layer is not disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Chihaya SUZUKI, Seiji YANO, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Satoru ABE, Sho TAKAMASU
  • Patent number: 11889898
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Takamasu, Kana Arimoto, Satoru Abe, Azumi Taoka
  • Publication number: 20230346070
    Abstract: A sole of a shoe includes a forefoot support portion R1 that supports a forefoot of a foot of a wearer, a midfoot support portion that supports a midfoot of the foot of the wearer, and a rearfoot support portion that supports a rearfoot of the foot of the wearer, which are connected in order from a front side toward a rear side. A ground contact portion having a portion positioned on a lowermost line connecting a lowermost point of the forefoot support portion and a lowermost point of the rearfoot support portion in a side view is formed in a medial-foot-side region of a bottom surface of the midfoot support portion. A protrusion protruding toward the medial foot side is formed on a medial-foot-side side surface of the midfoot support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Seiji YANO, Hiroki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230036575
    Abstract: A shoe tongue structure includes a first shoe tongue and a second shoe tongue arranged such as to cover an opening of an upper extending frontward from a foot insertion part. The first shoe tongue includes a first front end fixed to an edge of the opening and extends rearward from the first front end toward the lateral side of the foot insertion part. The second shoe tongue includes a second front end fixed to an edge of the opening and extends rearward from the second front end toward the medial side of the foot insertion part. The first front end is positioned on the medial side with respect to the second front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Keita OZAWA, Shigeyuki MITSUI, Sho TAKAMASU, Kenta NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20220248805
    Abstract: A shoe includes a midsole and an upper joined to the midsole. A joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the upper is located inside in a width direction with respect to an outer circumferential edge of a top surface of the midsole. The shoe in another aspect includes the midsole, a first upper joined to the midsole, and a second upper disposed on the outside in a width direction of the first upper. A first joint position between the midsole and the base end part of the first upper is located on the inside in a width direction of a second joint position between the midsole and a base end part 68 of the second upper, and an upper edge U of the second upper is joined to the first upper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Kei KANEMATSU, Shigeyuki MITSUI, Keita OZAWA, Genki HATANO, Seigo NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20220240620
    Abstract: A shoe includes an outsole including a ground contact surface, a midsole fixed onto the outsole, and an upper portion joined to the midsole along a circumferential edge of the midsole. The midsole includes a bulging part at a position corresponding to a medial side of a rearfoot portion. The bulging part has a bulge length that is measured, in a top view, as a horizontal distance from a joint part between the upper portion and the midsole to an outer edge of the ground contact surface. The bulge length is longer than a horizontal length from the joint part between the upper portion and the midsole to an outer edge of the midsole at the rearmost end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Mai NAKAYA, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Masanori SAKAGUCHI, Sho TAKAMASU
  • Publication number: 20220192321
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Kana ARIMOTO, Satoru ABE, Azumi TAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220160080
    Abstract: A shoe includes: an upper; a tightening tool disposed above an instep of a wearer and capable of applying, to the upper, tightening force for drawing portions and on the both sides in a foot width direction of the upper; and an arch support part provided such that tightening force applied to a first side portion in a foot width direction of the upper can be transmitted to the arch support part. The tightening force transmitter has stretchability in foot girth directions set higher than that of the arch support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAYA, Genki HATANO, Ayu BESSHO, Sho TAKAMASU, Keita OZAWA, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Yousuke ATARASHI
  • Publication number: 20220061454
    Abstract: The shoe 100 includes the outer sole 10 brought in contact with the road surface, the midsole 20 arranged on the outer sole 10, and the upper 9 covering the foot from the upper side. The midsole 20 includes at the middle foot portion the cut-out portion 21 and the like opened to the outside and closed at the middle portion in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAYA, Masanori SAKAGUCHI, Kenta MORIYASU, Genki HATANO, Sho TAKAMASU, Kenji HIRATA, Takayuki KOGURE
  • Publication number: 20210330026
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shoe having a simpler structure compared to patent document JP-A 2010-162318, with reduced discomfort and enhanced repulsive force. According to an aspect of certain embodiments of the present invention, a shoe 10 comprising: a middle sole 14 having a foot contacting surface 40 and a ground contacting surface 42; an upper at least partially covering the foot contacting surface 40 of the middle sole 14; and an elastic structure 18 curving upwards towards the rear direction at least from the outer foot side of the ground contacting surface is provided. With such configuration, discomfort can be reduced and repulsive force can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Mizuho IRIE, Shigeyuki MITSUI, Kazunaga NAKAYAMA, Seigo NAKAYA, Masanori SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210315320
    Abstract: A shoe having a structure with excellent acceleration performance is provided. A shoe includes: a sole made of a soft material, which includes a ground contact surface and also includes a foot contact surface facing a side opposite to the ground contact surface; and an upper combined with the foot contact surface side of the sole. A thickness of the sole at a position corresponding to an MP joint of a wearer is different from a thickness of the sole at a position corresponding to the center of the heel such that an angle between the foot contact surface and the ground contact surface falls within the range of 8 to 16 degrees. Accordingly, a shoe having a structure that provides excellent feeling of acceleration is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Mizuho IRIE, Shigeyuki MITSUI
  • Patent number: 11122858
    Abstract: A shoe sole includes an outsole having a contact surface, and a midsole arranged over the outsole, contacting with the outsole. The midsole defines a tunnel-shaped or groove-shaped hollow extending in a front-rear direction of a shoe. At least a part of the hollow is formed in a tunnel shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki Hatano, Takashi Inomata, Kenta Moriyasu, Sho Takamasu
  • Patent number: 11058170
    Abstract: There is provided a footwear capable of efficiently removing vibrations of specific frequencies that could propagate to the human body upon landing during running or walking. A footwear includes a sole; an upper connected to an upper-side perimeter region of the sole; and a vibration absorbing unit which absorbs vibration generated by an impact upon landing. The vibration absorbing unit includes a platy flexible support portion which has a smaller rigidity in the vertical direction than in the horizontal direction, and a weight portion provided in the support portion. The support portion is fixed to the sole or the upper, surrounding a perimeter of the weight portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Sho Takamasu, Koki Matsuo, Yutaro Iwasa, Shigeyuki Mitsui, Katsunori Yagyu
  • Publication number: 20200022452
    Abstract: A shoe sole includes an outsole having a contact surface, and a midsole arranged over the outsole, contacting with the outsole. The midsole defines a tunnel-shaped or groove-shaped hollow extending in a front-rear direction of a shoe. At least a part of the hollow is formed in a tunnel shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki HATANO, Takashi INOMATA, Kenta MORIYASU, Sho TAKAMASU
  • Publication number: 20180368514
    Abstract: There is provided a footwear capable of efficiently removing vibrations of specific frequencies that could propagate to the human body upon landing during running or walking. A footwear includes a sole; an upper connected to an upper-side perimeter region of the sole; and a vibration absorbing unit which absorbs vibration generated by an impact upon landing. The vibration absorbing unit includes a platy flexible support portion which has a smaller rigidity in the vertical direction than in the horizontal direction, and a weight portion provided in the support portion. The support portion is fixed to the sole or the upper, surrounding a perimeter of the weight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI NISHIWAKI, SHO TAKAMASU, KOKI MATSUO, YUTARO IWASA, SHIGEYUKI MITSUI, KATSUNORI YAGYU
  • Publication number: 20160221396
    Abstract: A tire (100) is configured such that, when the distance between a pair of ground contact ends (11E) is a ground contact width (W), the tire (100) has shoulder regions (10S) which each constitutes a range of 0.20W to 0.30W from one of the pair of ground contact ends toward the inner side of the tire in the width direction (TW) thereof. In a cross-section of the tire taken in the width direction (TW) and radial direction (TR) of the tire, the tread profile which is the outer shape of the shoulder regions (10S) is defined by N radii of curvature (SR(n)) (n=1 to N), the N radii of curvature being arranged sequentially from the inner side of the width direction (TW) of the tire. N and the radii of curvature (SR(n)) satisfy the conditions of N?3 and SR(n)/SR(n+1)?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho TAKAMASU