Patents by Inventor Kazunori Nakasai

Kazunori Nakasai 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: 9877910
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair styling device for providing lift to a mass of undifferentiated hair stands on a scalp region comprising: a bundling means for gathering hair strands into hair bundles; a reservoir, in fluid communication with the bundling means, comprising a styling composition; and a means to hold and further align the hair strands along and beyond the bundling means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Dana Hance Wolsing, James Lee Drobish, Kazunori Nakasai, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7380556
    Abstract: A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (1, 1); each having heating block (2), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (7); at least one holding part (1) containing liquid container (5), liquid holder (4) that brings the liquid in liquid container (5) in contact with heating block (2) as the liquid in liquid container (5) is transferred to heating block (2), and steam path (19) that sprays from holding surface (7) the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside liquid container (5) is heated by the contact surface with heating block (2) of liquid holder (4). Hair is held between the holding surfaces (7, 7) of the pair of holding parts (1, 1), and under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path (19), the hairstyle is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose A. Carballada, Dennis E. Kuhlman, David M. Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Patent number: 7178531
    Abstract: A hair styling device for smoothing and straightening hair strands on a scalp region, comprising, in combination: two hingedly attached, movably opposed arms each of said arms comprising a hair strand gripping means; heating means incorporated into the gripping means for providing heat to the hair strands; a reservoir in fluid communication with a means of delivery of the gripping means which delivers a nonvolatile styling active delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns. A method for straightening hair strands on a scalp region wherein hair to be straightened is passed under tension between a gripping means, wherein the gripping means provides a heating means, and a styling active comprising nonvolatile compounds, wherein the styling active is delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Dennis Eugene Kuhlman, David Michael Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Publication number: 20060144414
    Abstract: A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (1, 1); each having heating block (2), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (7); at least one holding part (1) containing liquid container (5), liquid holder (4) that brings the liquid in liquid container (5) in contact with heating block (2) as the liquid in liquid container (5) is transferred to heating block (2), and steam path (19) that sprays from holding surface (7) the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside liquid container (5) is heated by the contact surface with heating block (2) of liquid holder (4). Hair is held between the holding surfaces (7, 7) of the pair of holding parts (1, 1), and under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path (19), the hairstyle is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jose Carballada, Dennis Kuhlman, David Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Publication number: 20050109359
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair styling device for providing lift to a mass of undifferentiated hair stands on a scalp region comprising: a bundling means for gathering hair strands into hair bundles; a reservoir, in fluid communication with the bundling means, comprising a styling composition; and a means to hold and further align the hair strands along and beyond the bundling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Jose Carballada, Dana Wolsing, James Drobish, Kazunori Nakasai, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20040000319
    Abstract: A hair styling device for smoothing and straightening hair strands on a scalp region, comprising, in combination: two hingedly attached, movably opposed arms each of said arms comprising a hair strand gripping means; heating means incorporated into the gripping means for providing heat to the hair strands; a reservoir in fluid communication with a means of delivery of the gripping means which delivers a nonvolatile styling active delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns. A method for straightening hair strands on a scalp region wherein hair to be straightened is passed under tension between a gripping means, wherein the gripping means provides a heating means, and a styling active comprising nonvolatile compounds, wherein the styling active is delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Dennis Eugene Kuhlman, David Michael Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Patent number: 6591516
    Abstract: A hair dryer including a main body, a centrifugal fan, at least one air inlet and at least one inlet guide. The main body has an air outlet. The centrifugal fan is provided in the main body and configured to blow air toward the air outlet. The centrifugal fan has an intake side and an outer circumferential surface around a central axis of the centrifugal fan. The at least one air inlet is formed in the main body to face the intake side of the centrifugal fan. The at least one inlet guide is provided to project from an inside surface of the main body and extends along a circumference of the at least one air inlet to surround and face a part of the outer circumferential surface of the centrifugal fan along a circumference of the centrifugal fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kamada, Yuji Yamane, Kazunori Nakasai, Kouji Asakawa
  • Publication number: 20020174559
    Abstract: A hair dryer including a main body, a centrifugal fan, at least one air inlet and at least one inlet guide. The main body has an air outlet. The centrifugal fan is provided in the main body and configured to blow air toward the air outlet. The centrifugal fan has an intake side and an outer circumferential surface around a central axis of the centrifugal fan. The at least one air inlet is formed in the main body to face the intake side of the centrifugal fan. The at least one inlet guide is provided to project from an inside surface of the main body and extends along a circumference of the at least one air inlet to surround and face a part of the outer circumferential surface of the centrifugal fan along a circumference of the centrifugal fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kamada, Yuji Yamane, Kazunori Nakasai, Kouji Asakawa