Yutaka Kabeshita

20110053707, Mar 3, 2011

Feb 19, 2010

12/708800

Hideyuki Ishii - Portland OR, US
Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Yasushi Ichikawa - Tualatin OR, US
Hsin Cheng - Taipei, TW
Chien-Hsin Chou - Yun-lin Hsien, TW
Chen-Tai Liu - Yun-Iin Hsien, TW

NIKE, INC. - Beaverton OR

A63B 37/02
A63B 37/12
A63B 37/14

473376, 473374, 473383, 473378

A multilayer solid golf ball maintains performance characteristics after exposure to high ambient temperatures. A core includes a thermoplastic material. The core is surrounded by an intermediate layer comprising a peroxide cross-linked polybutadiene. A single layer or double layer cover with dimples is also provided.

20110183780, Jul 28, 2011

Jan 28, 2010

12/695889

Nicholas A. Leech - Aloha OR, US
Arthur Molinari - Beaverton OR, US
Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Yasushi Ichikawa - Tualatin OR, US
Derek A. Fitchett - Portland OR, US
Bradley C. Tutmark - Aloha OR, US

NIKE, INC. - Beaverton OR

A63B 57/00

473409

A method and system for capturing, transmitting, and displaying golf swing data uses data capture elements in golf balls or golf clubs to capture data and transmission elements to transmit the golf swing data to a mobile computing auxiliary device. The mobile computing auxiliary device relays the captured and transmitted golf swing data to a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device transmits the golf swing data to a database. A server associated with the database generates web pages to make the golf swing data available over the internet.

20120070009, Mar 22, 2012

Mar 15, 2011

13/048665

Hideyuki Ishii - Portland OR, US
Takanobu Nishiura - Kyoto, JP
Hiroyuki Mashimo - Chiba, JP
Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Nicholas A. Leech - Aloha OR, US
Arthur Molinari - Beaverton OR, US

NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton OR

H04R 29/00
H04R 1/02

381 56, 381361

A system for capturing high quality sound information from an impact includes a microphone stand and microphone array. The microphone stand is configured so that the microphone array arranged thereupon is focused on a single point so that ambient noise may be reduced.

20120214615, Aug 23, 2012

Feb 24, 2012

13/404687

Hideyuki Ishii - Portland OR, US
Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Hsin Cheng - Yun-lin Hsien, TW
Chien-Hsin Chou - Yun-lin Hsien, TW
Chen-Tai Liu - Yun-lin Hsien, TW

NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton OR

A63B 37/02

473376, 473371, 473377, 473374

A multilayer solid golf ball may include a core formed from a highly neutralized polymer and a cover surrounding the core. The ball may also include an enclosing layer disposed between the core and the cover, the enclosing layer having a thermal conductivity of 0.12 W/m-K or less.

20130113961, May 9, 2013

Nov 4, 2011

13/289715

Hideyuki Ishii - Portland OR, US
Nicholas A. Leech - Aloha OR, US
Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Arthur Molinari - Beaverton OR, US

NIKE, INC. - Beaverton OR

G06K 9/62
H04N 5/76
H04N 5/225

3482313, 348373, 34833301, 382103, 348E05026, 348E05031

A portable movement capture device is described. The portable movement capture device includes one or more cameras that capture high-speed video or still images of a player performing a sports activity. In one embodiment, the sports activity is a golf swing of a golfer. The portable movement capture device is arranged in a housing with one or more cameras and may optionally include a number of additional components to assist with capturing information associated with a player performing a sports activity. The captured information is analyzed using a method of finite element analysis to isolate a portion of the captured information. With this arrangement, specific regions of a player are analyzed, individually, or relatively with other regions, for a particular movement associated with the sports activity. A handheld motion capture device is also described that combines components of a portable movement capture device with an integrated display.

20130137528, May 30, 2013

Nov 30, 2011

13/307789

Hideyuki Ishii - Portland OR, US
Arthur P. Molinari - Beaverton OR, US
Nicholas A. Leech - Aloha OR, US
Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US

NIKE, INC. - Beaverton OR

A63B 69/36

473221, 473409

A method and apparatus for determining an angle of attack of a golf swing based on multiple ball hitting is disclosed. Multiple golf balls of different known constructions are hit by a golfer. Club head speed and backspin data associated with each of the hit golf balls is measured. Based on a correlation between an angle of attack and measured data associated with the golf balls of different known constructions, an angle of attack of a golf swing can be determined. Different sets of golf balls of known constructions can be provided based on characteristics of a golfer. A kit including at least three golf balls of different known constructions and a database containing the correlation between data associated with the at least three golf balls and an angle of attack is also disclosed.

20130190904, Jul 25, 2013

Jul 26, 2012

13/559345

Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Nicholas A. Leech - Beaverton OR, US

NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton OR

G06F 17/40

700 91

A method and system determine a plurality of golf ball construction characteristics that constitute a golf ball construction. Each of the plurality of golf ball construction characteristics is determined on the basis of at least a measurement related to a golf shot parameter value obtained from samples of a specific golfer's golf swing. Accordingly, the golf ball construction may be custom-fit to golf swings of a specific golfer.

20130310197, Nov 21, 2013

May 18, 2012

13/475358

Yutaka Kabeshita - Portland OR, US
Kerby LaVar Maxwell - Portland OR, US
Arthur Molinari - Portland OR, US
Bradley C. Tutmark - Aloha OR, US
Takahisa Ono - Fujisawa City, JP
Seisuke Tomita - Tokyo, JP

NIKE, INC. - Beaverton OR

A63B 37/00

473376, 156182

A golf ball is provided capable of having various characteristics based on having an aggregated layer core. The golf ball includes an inner core, an outer shell enclosing the inner core, and an intermediate core enclosing the inner core. The intermediate core includes sublayers thermoplastically fused together to form an aggregated intermediate core layer having overall characteristics formed as a combination of the sublayer characteristics. A method of forming a golf ball core having an aggregated layer core can include forming a first and second stack of nested cups, thermoplastically bonding each of the stacks to each other to form first and second aggregated cups, arranging the aggregated cups around a golf ball inner core, and bonding the aggregated cups to each other. In some configurations, the sublayers can include ultrathin sublayers less than 20 microns thick, and in some configurations, the sublayers can include injection molded sublayers.