Patents by Inventor Toru Toma

Toru Toma 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: 11959740
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data creation method for use in a vehicle including a sensor and a data receiver that transmits and receives three-dimensional data to and from an external device. The three-dimensional data creation method includes: creating second three-dimensional data based on information detected by the sensor and first three-dimensional data received by the data receiver; and transmitting, to the external device, third three-dimensional data that is part of the second three-dimensional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio, Toru Matsunobu, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Tatsuya Koyama
  • Patent number: 11433409
    Abstract: A dispensing container capable of changing the ratio between the amounts of two kinds of contents to be dispensed, includes two container bodies, two pumps including two stems, an adjusting member configured to press the stems and to be rotatable about an axis extending in a substantially vertical direction, and a pressing head configured to, in response to a depressing operation, rotate about an axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction, to thereby depress the stems via the adjusting member. The adjusting member includes a plurality of pressing portions against which the stems are pressed, and when the adjusting member is rotated about the axis, a depressing stroke of the one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of one of the stems becomes shorter, and a depressing stroke of the other one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of the other stem becomes longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Hiromichi Saito, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 11389815
    Abstract: A dispensing container capable of changing the ratio between the amounts of two kinds of contents to be dispensed, includes two container bodies, two pumps including two stems, an adjusting member configured to press the stems and to be rotatable about an axis extending in a substantially vertical direction, and a pressing head configured to, in response to a depressing operation, rotate about an axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction, to thereby depress the stems via the adjusting member. The adjusting member includes a plurality of pressing portions against which the stems are pressed, and when the adjusting member is rotated about the axis, a depressing stroke of the one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of one of the stems becomes shorter, and a depressing stroke of the other one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of the other stem becomes longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Hiromichi Saito, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20210354156
    Abstract: A dispensing container capable of changing the ratio between the amounts of two kinds of contents to be dispensed, includes two container bodies, two pumps including two stems, an adjusting member configured to press the stems and to be rotatable about an axis extending in a substantially vertical direction, and a pressing head configured to, in response to a depressing operation, rotate about an axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction, to thereby depress the stems via the adjusting member. The adjusting member includes a plurality of pressing portions against which the stems are pressed, and when the adjusting member is rotated about the axis, a depressing stroke of the one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of one of the stems becomes shorter, and a depressing stroke of the other one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of the other stem becomes longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicants: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SASAKI, Hiromichi SAITO, Toru TOMA
  • Patent number: 10857563
    Abstract: A dispenser can prevent leakage of contents from a nozzle tip when stopping discharging the contents. A dispenser includes: a syringe body that has a filled space of contents, and has a discharge hole at a tip thereof; a plunger that is slid in the syringe body by application of a pushing force, to discharge the contents in the filled space from the discharge hole; and a piston that is formed of an elastic material and located at a tip part of the plunger, wherein a gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the syringe body and an outer peripheral surface of the piston, when the plunger is pushed, the piston deforms to narrow the gap, and a back leakage risk (=(gap area/final discharge hole area)) after the deformation of the piston is 0 or more and less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Horiguchi, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 10357791
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector includes: an ejector main body; and nozzle member provided with an ejection hole. The ejector main body includes: a vertical supply pipe for sucking-up liquid; an ejection barrel communicating with the inside of the vertical supply pipe; and a trigger mechanism including a trigger, the trigger being arranged to be movable rearward in state of receiving forward force, and the trigger mechanism being lead liquid from the vertical supply pipe into the ejection barrel in accordance with rearward movement of the trigger and to eject the liquid from the ejection barrel. The nozzle member is provided with: a cylinder communicating with the inside of the ejection barrel through a supply hole; a plunger accommodated in the cylinder to be movable rearward in a state of receiving forward force; and a communication hole allowing the inside of the cylinder and ejection hole to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20190176183
    Abstract: A dispenser can prevent leakage of contents from a nozzle tip when stopping discharging the contents. A dispenser includes: a syringe body that has a filled space of contents, and has a discharge hole at a tip thereof; a plunger that is slid in the syringe body by application of a pushing force, to discharge the contents in the filled space from the discharge hole; and a piston that is formed of an elastic material and located at a tip part of the plunger, wherein a gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the syringe body and an outer peripheral surface of the piston, when the plunger is pushed, the piston deforms to narrow the gap, and a back leakage risk (=(gap area/final discharge hole area)) after the deformation of the piston is 0 or more and less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka HORIGUCHI, Kazuhisa YOSHIMURA, Toru TOMA
  • Patent number: 10183802
    Abstract: A shoulder cover for an aerosol container that can be readily positioned and attached to the aerosol container having two stems. The shoulder cover is attached to a mounting cup that includes an upper tier part having two stems protruding from a top wall thereof and having long sides and short sides, and a cylindrical part. The shoulder cover includes an outer circumferential wall, a roof wall, a cylindrical wall extending downward from the roof wall, and locking structure provided to the cylindrical wall and retaining the shoulder cover by engaging with the cylindrical part of the mounting cup, and positioning structure for fitting with the upper tier part to thereby position a mating position of the shoulder cover is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Kotaro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9938070
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle cap for aerosol container that can be used for cleaning a nozzle of an aerosol container that has a plurality of stems, and preventing the nozzle from being pushed down. The nozzle cap includes a plurality of bar-like pieces 11 that can be inserted from ejection ports 24 of a nozzle 20 into ejection-side communication passages 23a at least until distal ends 11a reach upper ends 22d of stem-like communication passages 22a, and a lower protrusion 14 that prevents the nozzle from being pushed down by abutting on a cover member 30 below ejection tubes 23 of the nozzle 20 when the bar-like pieces 11 are inserted into the ejection-side communication passages 23a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 9878104
    Abstract: Provided is a metered quantity syringe-type dispenser that is capable of multistage pushing. The metered quantity syringe-type dispenser includes a syringe; a plunger configured to be pushed into the syringe; an elastic deforming portion configured to be deformed in response to the pushing of the plunger; and a stopper portion configured to be locked with respect to the syringe and to be released from the locking by restoring force of the elastic deforming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Toru Toma, Shinya Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9737902
    Abstract: The fixing plate for an aerosol container includes: an outer wall 12 that covers a mounting cup 4 except an opening 11 exposing two stems 6 and abuts on an upper face of an annular rim 5; a cylindrical wall 16 integrally connected to the outer wall 12 on a lower side thereof and surrounding the annular rim 5; and an engaging claw 16a engaging the annular rim 5, wherein a positioning wall 13 is provided at the opening 11, the positioning wall having an inner circumferential shape following an outer circumferential surface of a projection 7 that protrudes from the mounting cup 4, with the two stems 6 being bound together, and that has a non-circular cross-sectional shape with long sides and short sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20170216863
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector includes: an ejector main body; and nozzle member provided with an ejection hole. The ejector main body includes: a vertical supply pipe for sucking-up liquid; an ejection barrel communicating with the inside of the vertical supply pipe; and a trigger mechanism including a trigger, the trigger being arranged to be movable rearward in state of receiving forward force, and the trigger mechanism being lead liquid from the vertical supply pipe into the ejection barrel in accordance with rearward movement of the trigger and to eject the liquid from the ejection barrel. The nozzle member is provided with: a cylinder communicating with the inside of the ejection barrel through a supply hole; a plunger accommodated in the cylinder to be movable rearward in a state of receiving forward force; and a communication hole allowing the inside of the cylinder and ejection hole to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAKUTA, Toru TOMA
  • Patent number: 9630766
    Abstract: The dispenser assembly for an aerosol container includes a fixing plate 10 mounted to an aerosol container 2 that has two stems 6, a nozzle 40 for discharging the contents via two connection parts 47 that respectively lead to the stems 6 and via one discharge tube 42, and a cover member covering the nozzle 40 and held by engagement with the fixing plate 10. The cover member includes a lower cover 20 having a first engaging piece 25, and an upper cover 30 having a second engaging piece 33. The lower cover 20 has a pressing portion 26 that is supported via a hinge ha and pushes on the second engaging piece 33 to disengage the second engaging piece from the second engaging hole 27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Mitsuo Furusawa, Takashi Fujie
  • Patent number: 9499329
    Abstract: This invention makes it possible to spray liquid content while a cleaning member is mounted to a nozzle main body and remove residual liquid without pulling out the cleaning member from the nozzle main body. A nozzle includes a body 10 that presses down two stems 6 together, and a cleaning member 20 having two ejection ports 1a and capable of moving relative to the body 10. The body 10 is removably mounted to the stems 6, the cleaning member 20 is slidably inserted into an ejection-side passage R2 and has two tubular parts 21. Each of the tubular parts 21 forms a space R4 that connects a stem-side passage R1 to an annular cross section passage R3 when the cleaning member 20 is pulled out, while reduces this space R4 to thereby remove a residual material C when the cleaning member 20 is pushed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Kotaro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9475632
    Abstract: Provided is a syringe-type ejecting container that is capable of ejecting even a small amount of a content medium. Such an ejecting container includes an ejecting unit and an operation unit. The operation unit includes a syringe having a front end tubular portion, a rod extending through an inside of the front end tubular portion, and an operation shaft that causes the rod to project from the front end tubular portion. The ejecting unit includes a pipe that is mounted to the front end tubular portion and that is filled with a content medium, a plunger that is arranged inside the pipe, a nozzle that is mounted over an outside of a front end of the pipe, and a spin element that is arranged inside the nozzle close to the ejection hole and that is formed with a swirling groove leading to the ejection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Toma, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20160083171
    Abstract: This invention makes it possible to spray liquid content while a cleaning member is mounted to a nozzle main body and remove residual liquid without pulling out the cleaning member from the nozzle main body. A nozzle includes a body 10 that presses down two stems 6 together, and a cleaning member 20 having two ejection ports 1a and capable of moving relative to the body 10. The body 10 is removably mounted to the stems 6, the cleaning member 20 is slidably inserted into an ejection-side passage R2 and has two tubular parts 21. Each of the tubular parts 21 forms a space R4 that connects a stem-side passage R1 to an annular cross section passage R3 when the cleaning member 20 is pulled out, while reduces this space R4 to thereby remove a residual material C when the cleaning member 20 is pushed in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Kotaro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20160083172
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle cap for aerosol container that can be used for cleaning a nozzle of an aerosol container that has a plurality of stems, and preventing the nozzle from being pushed down. The nozzle cap includes a plurality of bar-like pieces 11 that can be inserted from ejection ports 24 of a nozzle 20 into ejection-side communication passages 23a at least until distal ends 11a reach upper ends 22d of stem-like communication passages 22a, and a lower protrusion 14 that prevents the nozzle from being pushed down by abutting on a cover member 30 below ejection tubes 23 of the nozzle 20 when the bar-like pieces 11 are inserted into the ejection-side communication passages 23a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20160075500
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a shoulder cover for aerosol container that can be readily positioned and attached to an aerosol container having two stems. The shoulder cover of the present invention is attached to a mounting cup that includes an upper tier part having two stems protruding from a top wall thereof and having long sides and short sides, and a cylindrical part. The shoulder cover includes an outer circumferential wall, a roof wall, a cylindrical wall extending downward from the roof wall, and locking means provided to the cylindrical wall and retaining the shoulder cover by engaging with the cylindrical part of the mounting cup, and positioning means for fitting with the upper tier part to thereby position a mating position of the shoulder cover is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Kotaro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20160023839
    Abstract: The dispenser assembly for an aerosol container includes a fixing plate 10 mounted to an aerosol container 2 that has two stems 6, a nozzle 40 for discharging the contents via two connection parts 47 that respectively lead to the stems 6 and via one discharge tube 42, and a cover member covering the nozzle 40 and held by engagement with the fixing plate 10. The cover member includes a lower cover 20 having a first engaging piece 25, and an upper cover 30 having a second engaging piece 33. The lower cover 20 has a pressing portion 26 that is supported via a hinge ha and pushes on the second engaging piece 33 to disengage the second engaging piece from the second engaging hole 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Mitsuo Furusawa, Takashi Fujie
  • Publication number: 20150329271
    Abstract: Provided is a syringe-type ejecting container that is capable of ejecting even a small amount of a content medium. Such an ejecting container includes an ejecting unit and an operation unit. The operation unit includes a syringe having a front end tubular portion, a rod extending through an inside of the front end tubular portion, and an operation shaft that causes the rod to project from the front end tubular portion. The ejecting unit includes a pipe that is mounted to the front end tubular portion and that is filled with a content medium, a plunger that is arranged inside the pipe, a nozzle that is mounted over an outside of a front end of the pipe, and a spin element that is arranged inside the nozzle close to the ejection hole and that is formed with a swirling groove leading to the ejection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru TOMA, Shigeo IIZUKA