Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Kashimura

Ryuichi Kashimura 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: 9533820
    Abstract: A cigarette package is provided with a box body and a tongue lid. The tongue lid includes a top wall and a tongue wherein the top wall closes an open end of the box body and the tongue overlies a front wall of the box body at the time the cigarette package is made, and connecting lugs in a pair joined to the opposite side edges of the tongue by side separation lines, respectively, and bonded to the opposite side faces of the box body, respectively. The side separation lines each has slits arranged at specified intervals and portions connecting the adjacent slits. The connecting portions are formed into fatigue joints by applying a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura, Naoto Bono, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090038965
    Abstract: A cigarette package is provided with a box body (8) and a tongue lid (10). The tongue lid (10) includes a top wall (12) and a tongue (14) adapted such that the top wall closes an open end of the box body (8) and the tongue overlies a front wall (30) of the box body (8) at the time the cigarette package is made, and connecting lugs (20) in a pair joined to the opposite side edges of the tongue (14) by side separation lines (26), respectively, and bonded to the opposite side faces of the box body (8), respectively. The side separation lines (26) each has slits (59) arranged at specified intervals and portions connecting the adjacent slits (59). The connecting portions are formed into fatigue joins (60) by applying a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura, Naoto Bono, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20070193896
    Abstract: A cigarette package has an inner pack 12 obtained by wrapping a cigarette bundle in aluminum-evaporated paper (inner wrapper), a tongue-lid inner box 10 that sealedly contains the inner pack 12, and a hinged-lid outer box 2 that contains the inner box 10, the package in which the inner box 10 is formed by folding an inner blank around the inner pack 12, and the inner blank has a layer structure in which a polypropylene resin layer is formed on each side of an aluminum layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura