Asics Corporation

Takashi Inomata

Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki

Kenta Moriyasu

Genki Hatano

Satoru Abe

Yousuke Atarashi

Tatsuya Ishikawa

Yasuyuki Takada

Hiroaki Nishimura

Seigo Nakaya

Seiji Yano

Sho Takamasu

Yoshiyasu Ando

Mizuho Irie

Shuhei Takemura

Fumitaka Kamifukumoto

Koji Otobe

Masaru Ichikawa

Masahiro Fujiwara

Tomoichiro Ozaki

Kentaro Yamashita

Hiroyuki Ogi

Souhei Nagano

Tsuyoshi Ogawa

Shiori Terasaki

A shoeincludes a twist allowance partand a medial reinforcement member(bend restraining part). The twist allowance partis provided in a medial part of a midfoot portion in a shoe soleserving as a bottom portion and allows medial twisting of the heel side with respect to the toe side. The medial reinforcement memberis disposed on the twist allowance partand restrains upward bending of the heel side in the medial part.

Shoe

A design element index input unitinputs multiple design element indexes obtained by quantifying design in association with multiple portions constituting shoes. A learning unituses, 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 unitestimates 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 unitoutputs the estimated impression index.

Shoe designing support device that estimates impression index, and shoe designing support method that estimates impression index

A reinforcement structure is disposed on a midsole of a shoe. A first bar extends from a first point in a medial side of the midsole to a second point in the medial side of the midsole. The second point is closer to a toe of the shoe than the first point. A second bar extends from a third point in the medial side of the midsole to a fourth point in a lateral side of the midsole. The fourth point being closer to the toe of the shoe than the third point. A third bar extending from a fifth point in the medial side of the midsole to a sixth point in the lateral side of the midsole. The sixth point being closer to the toe of the shoe than the fifth point. The third bar extending further toward the toe of the shoe than the second bar.

Shoe sole structure with reinforcement device

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.

Shoe sole

Provided is a shock absorber formed by a resin composition and provided in a shoe, the shock absorber satisfying all formulas (1) to (4) below when changes in storage elastic modulus between 20&#xb0; C. to 50&#xb0; C. are linearly approximated by a least-squares method: Y=aX+b . . . (1); &#x2212;0.1&#x2264;a&#x2264;&#x2212;0.02 . . . (2); 1.0&#x2264;b&#x2264;16.0 . . . (3); and R&#x2265;0.75 . . . (4), where X represents a temperature (unit: &#xb0; C.) of the shock absorber, Y represents a storage elastic modulus of the shock absorber, and R represents a correlation coefficient in the least-squares method.

Shock absorber and shoe sole

A plurality of rubber-made medial cleats project from a base surface of an outsole in a medial portion of a forefoot portion, and a plurality of rubber-made lateral cleats project from the base surface of the outsole in a lateral portion of the forefoot portion, wherein a first engaging surface of each of the medial cleats faces toward a posterior direction or an obliquely posterior direction and a second engaging surface of each of the lateral cleats faces toward an anterior direction or an obliquely anterior direction.

Shoe sole with improved grip capacity

A flexible member includes a reinforced area reinforced by first and second reinforcement portions, wherein: the area is defined by the posterior edge of a first reinforcement portion and the anterior edge of a second reinforcement portion; the first and second reinforcement portions are smoothly continuous with each other without gaps; the perimeter of the area is completely surrounded by the first and second reinforcement portions; the virtual first center line of the area extends obliquely forward and upward; and the angle formed between the first center line and the tread surface of the sole is about 40&#xb0; to 55&#xb0;.

Shoe having upper and sole

Footwear sole

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Kobe, Japan

Takashi Inomata