Patents by Inventor Shiro Nishimura

Shiro Nishimura 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: 6996619
    Abstract: So as to provide a network service that allows a specific service to be provided and received safely for both the user and service provider, a service provider providing a user identification file that is installed in a client computer used by a user whose user eligibility is confirmed in advance. Upon request for access from the client computer, the service provider checks for the presence of a user identification file residing in the client computer in the browser screen and provides a specific service only for access requests from the client computer confirmed to have user identification files. User identification files have no effects on pre-installed programs of the client computer when they are installed and are equipped with computer identification symbols whose presence can be checked in the browser screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Nishimura, Taiichi Ohno, Katsuya Tanaka, Takashi Morita
  • Patent number: 6606820
    Abstract: A spraying apparatus for spraying agricultural chemicals over shrubbery and small size trees and plants in early stages of their growth positioned in arrays with empty areas therebetween, has a storage for an agricultural chemicals to be sprayed, a spraying assembly having the shape of an upside down “U” and provided with a plurality of spraying nozzles, a detector for detecting the presence of a plant, and an activator for activating the spraying nozzles, after the detector detects a plant, to spray the plant inside the spraying assembly, the spraying assembly having a substantially flat frame composed of a plurality of substantially flat elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Maquinas Agricolas Jacto, S.A.
    Inventor: Shiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20020046282
    Abstract: So as to provide a network service that allows a specific service to be provided and received safely for both the user and service provider, a service provider providing a user identification file that is installed in a client computer used by a user whose user eligibility is confirmed in advance. Upon request for access from the client computer, the service provider checks for the presence of a user identification file residing in the client computer in the browser screen and provides a specific service only for access requests from the client computer confirmed to have user identification files. User identification files have no effects on pre-installed programs of the client computer when they are installed and are equipped with computer identification symbols whose presence can be checked in the browser screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiro Nishimura, Taiichi Ohno, Katsuya Tanaka, Takashi Morita
  • Publication number: 20010023554
    Abstract: A spraying apparatus for spraying agricultural chemicals over shrubbery and small size trees and plants in early stages of their growth positioned in arrays with empty areas therebetween, has a storage for an agricultural chemicals to be sprayed, a spraying assembly having the shape of an upside down “U” and provided with a plurality of spraying nozzles, a detector for detecting the presence of a plant, and an activator for activating the spraying nozzles, after the detector detects a plant, to spray the plant inside the spraying assembly, the spraying assembly having a substantially flat frame composed of a plurality of substantially flat elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Shiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20010019082
    Abstract: A spraying apparatus for crops having unusually high trees, the spraying apparatus comprising means for producing a vertical flow of air with an agrochemical product, an air conduit having an inlet connected to a discharge of the flow producing means and also having an outlet, spraying means for producing a mist from the air flow with the agricultural product and spraying the mist to a tree, the air conduit being flexible and bellows-shaped, and means for extending and retracting the air conduit so that the air conduit can be extended and retracted according to a height of the tree and to position the spraying means at a corresponding height for spraying the mist to a desired target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Shiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 6209257
    Abstract: A spraying apparatus for spraying agricultural chemicals over shrubbery and small size arborous trees and plants in early stages of their growth positioned in arrays with empty areas therebetween, the spraying apparatus has a storage for an agricultural chemicals to be sprayed, a spraying assembly having the shape of an upside down U and provided with a plurality of spraying nozzles, a detector for detecting the presence of a plant, and an activator for activating the spraying nozzles, after the detector detects a plant to spray the plants inside the spraying assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Maquinas Agricolas Jacto
    Inventor: Shiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5899434
    Abstract: A flow rate control valve has a first housing portion with separated admission and discharge chambers and a first seat, a second housing portion with a main chamber and auxiliary chambers, a valve member movable between a closed position of the valve and abutting against the first seat to interrupt a passage of fluid from the admission chamber to the discharge chamber, and a second position corresponding to an open position of a valve to allow a passage of fluid from the admission chamber to the discharge chamber, a second seat between the auxiliary chamber and the discharge chamber, and a driving element spring-biased against the second seat and activated to withdraw from it and allow passage of fluid between the auxiliary member and the discharge chamber when pressures within the valve are unbalanced and a pressure in the admission chamber forces the valve chamber away from the first seat to open the valve and to allow passage of fluid from the admission chamber to the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Maquinas Agricolas Jasto S.A.
    Inventor: Shiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5855249
    Abstract: A motor vehicle for urban use has a chassis, a plurality of wheels mounted on the chassis, an electric motor, an electric energy source supplying current to the electric motor located inside one of the wheels, and gears including a conical gear provided on an axle of the electric motor and a circular gear provided in a casing, with a roller bearing received in a groove of the circular gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Maquinas Agricolas Jacto S.A.
    Inventor: Shiro Nishimura