Patents by Inventor Manabu Ikuta

Manabu Ikuta 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: 8042714
    Abstract: A backflow preventing plug, a container, and a pouring device in which a container body and a plug member are provided separately in a simple shape, and tight-contact property between the plug member and a resilient member is enhanced to improve a backflow preventing function are provided. A backflow-preventing plug includes a resilient membrane formed of a thin film for defining a flow path having an inlet port and an outlet port, and a ball-shaped plug member retained in the flow path of the resilient membrane and formed with a spherical sealing surface for restricting fluid flow by coming into tight resilient contact with a middle portion of the resilient membrane. In a container, the backflow preventing plug is attached to a container opening of a container body accommodating contents. A pouring device includes, for example, a container holder accommodating and holding the container and allowing the container body to be pressurized from the container opening side to be contractingly deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Miyazaki, Manabu Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20060065673
    Abstract: A backflow preventing plug, a container, and a pouring device in which a container body and a plug member are provided separately in a simple shape, and tight-contact property between the plug member and a resilient member is enhanced to improve a backflow preventing function are provided. A backflow preventing plug 4 includes a resilient membrane 7 formed of a thin film for defining a flow path having an inlet port 9c and an outlet port 6, and a ball-shaped plug member 8 retained in the flow path of the resilient membrane 7 and formed with a spherical sealing surface 12 for restricting fluid flow by coming into tight resilient contact with a middle portion of the resilient membrane 7. In a container 1, the backflow preventing plug 4 is attached to a container opening 2 of a container body 3 accommodating contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Masayasu MIYAZAKI
    Inventors: Masayasu Miyazaki, Manabu Ikuta
  • Patent number: D686339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shima, Junji Tashiro, Manabu Ikuta