Patents by Inventor Toshimi Kamitani

Toshimi Kamitani 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).

  • Publication number: 20120014740
    Abstract: In order to provide a thermosensitive decolorable ink composition which can readily be decolored with simple heating by rubbing and the like without using a microcapsule and is not developed again in color even after stored at very low temperature (?50° C. or lower) and which is excellent in stability with passage of time and has a vivid hue intensity, the above thermosensitive decolorable ink composition is provided with a constitution in which it contains as a colorant, color developing particles comprising at least a leuco dye, a developer and a crystalline substance and in which it further contains a decolorant comprising an amorphous resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Toshimi Kamitani, Hiroyuki Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7951504
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cartridge in which a follower is prevented from being deformed and from separating even when heavy vibration is exerted onto the fuel cartridge. The fuel cartridge is detachably connected with a fuel cell main body and assumes a construction in which the fuel cartridge is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part, and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at a rear end part of the liquid fuel. The follower is provided with a follower auxiliary member and a cap member both of which have no fluidity and are insoluble in the liquid fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited, Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujisawa, Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa, Yugo Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7909901
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a vessel body for containing liquid. The vessel body includes a plurality of surfaces. An oxygen outlet is provided on one surface among the plurality of surfaces of the vessel body. And an oxygen input is provided on a surface other than a furthest surface from the surface on which the oxygen outlet is provided among the plurality of surfaces of the vessel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Toshimi Kamitani, Kiyoshi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 7883815
    Abstract: A fuel cell is equipped with a fuel cell main body, a liquid fuel-storing tank for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel-supplying member which has a penetrating structure and is connected with the liquid fuel-storing tank and which supplies the liquid fuel to the liquid fuel main body, wherein the liquid fuel-storing tank is provided with a liquid fuel reservoir comprising a cylindrical fuel-storing vessel for storing the liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part provided at a lower part of the fuel-storing vessel and having a fuel discharge valve and a follower which is disposed at a rear end of the liquid fuel stored in the fuel-storing vessel and which moves as the liquid fuel is consumed, a housing box member which encompasses at least a part of the liquid fuel reservoir via a space part in the periphery of the liquid fuel reservoir and whose rear end part is closed and pressurized gas which is filled in the space part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Suda, Kouji Nishimura, Takahiro Osada, Kunitaka Yamada, Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 7851106
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cartridge detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, wherein the fuel cartridge is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at the rear end of the liquid fuel; a follower auxiliary member which has no fluidity and is insoluble in the liquid fuel is inserted into the follower; and at least one protruding part is formed at an upper end part of the follower auxiliary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 7837956
    Abstract: In order to provide a gas generation apparatus such as a hydrogen gas generation apparatus for a fuel cell or an oxygen gas generation apparatus used in medical sites and at the time of disasters in which a solid gas generating agent such as metal is brought into contact with a reaction liquid to generate hydrogen gas or oxygen gas, a gas generation apparatus A having a solid gas generating agent and a reaction liquid in which the solid gas generating agent and the reaction liquid are stored respectively in separate storing vessels 21, 31 and in which the reaction liquid is supplied into the gas generating agent-storing vessel to generate gas by capillary-active connection of the respective storing vessels assumes a constitution in which capillary-active connection is shut off when a pressure of the gas is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventor: Toshimi Kamitani
  • Publication number: 20100230833
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge comprises a vessel body for containing liquid, the vessel body comprising a plurality of surfaces, an oxygen outlet provided on one surface among the plurality of surfaces of the vessel body, and an oxygen input provided on a surface other than a furthest surface from the surface on which the oxygen outlet is formed among the plurality of surfaces of the vessel body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Toshimi Kamitani, Kiyoshi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 7771890
    Abstract: The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve for sealing communication between the inside and the outside of the above fuel-storing vessel. The valve assumes a structure in which a slit is formed in an elastic material and a structure in which a valve member is pressed by a resilient body, and is opened by inserting a fuel-supplying member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Osada, Yoshihisa Suda, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada, Kouji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100172805
    Abstract: In order to provide a gas generation apparatus such as a hydrogen gas generation apparatus for a fuel cell or an oxygen gas generation apparatus used in medical sites and at the time of disasters in which a solid gas generating agent such as metal is brought into contact with a reaction liquid to generate hydrogen gas or oxygen gas, a gas generation apparatus A having a solid gas generating agent and a reaction liquid in which the solid gas generating agent and the reaction liquid are stored respectively in separate storing vessels 21, 31 and in which the reaction liquid is supplied into the gas generating agent-storing vessel to generate gas by capillary-active connection of the respective storing vessels assumes a constitution in which capillary-active connection is shut off when a pressure of the gas is raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventor: Toshimi Kamitani
  • Patent number: 7727657
    Abstract: A fuel reservoir for a fuel cell detachably connected with a fuel cell main body is constituted from a fuel storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at the rear end of the liquid fuel. The inside of the fuel storing vessel includes a fuel storing chamber at least hermetically sealed with the follower and a pressurizing chamber filled with a means for pressing the follower staying in a state in which it is completely separated from the ambient air and hermetically sealed. The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell makes it possible to prevent boiling, bubbling and spouting of the liquid fuel and to stably supply the liquid fuel directly to a fuel cell main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 7687178
    Abstract: A liquid fuel is contained in a fuel container, and the liquid fuel is discharged from a fuel outlet. Further, a water is contained in a water containing pipe provided in the fuel container, and the water is discharged from a water outlet to the outside. Air taken into the fuel container through a dustproof filter attached to a rear lid portion of the fuel container is discharged to the outside from an oxygen source outlet through an oxygen source pipe. The fuel outlet, oxygen source outlet and water outlet are provided in a front outer surface of the front lid portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Yoshihisa Suda, Kozi Nishimura, Takahiro Osada, Toshimi Kamitani
  • Publication number: 20100012568
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cartridge in which a liquid fuel is not lost in storage, in which a follower is prevented from being deformed and separating even when heavy vibration is exerted onto the fuel cartridge to make it possible to stably supply the liquid fuel directly to a fuel cell main body, in which in particular, even when a volume of a liquid fuel is big and a cartridge diameter is large, the liquid fuel can stably be supplied directly to a fuel cell main body and which is suited to a small-sized fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED, CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujisawa, Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa, Yugo Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7615305
    Abstract: In order to provide a fuel reservoir for a small-sized fuel cell which is suitably used as an electric power source for portable electronic appliances such as cellular phones, note type personal computers and PDA, assumed is a structure in which a fuel reservoir for a fuel cell detachably connected with a fuel cell main body is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed and into which a follower auxiliary member is inserted at a rear end of the liquid fuel, wherein the follower auxiliary member has no fluidity and is insoluble in the liquid fuel, and it has a cross-sectional area of 50% or more based on a cross-sectional area of the fuel-storing vessel in a diameter direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Suda, Takahiro Osada, Kouji Nishimura, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20090274938
    Abstract: The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve for sealing communication between the inside and the outside of the above fuel-storing vessel. The valve assumes a structure in which a slit is formed in an elastic material and a structure in which a valve member is pressed by a resilient body, and is opened by inserting a fuel-supplying member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro OSADA, Yoshihisa Suda, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada, Kouji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7579096
    Abstract: The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve for sealing communication between the inside and the outside of the above fuel-storing vessel. The valve assumes a structure in which a slit is formed in an elastic material and a structure in which a valve member is pressed by a resilient body, and is opened by inserting a fuel-supplying member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Osada, Yoshihisa Suda, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada, Kouji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20090130531
    Abstract: A fuel container 1 comprises: a container main body 2 in which a liquid fuel 4 is housed and fuel exhausting ports 24 and 31 to exhaust the liquid fuel 4 to the outside is formed; a following auxiliary member 71 which is solid, and situated on an end side of the liquid fuel 4 in the container main body 2, the following auxiliary member 71 moving to the sides of the fuel exhausting ports 24 and 31 as the liquid fuel 4 is exhausted; and a following body 5 situated on the end side of the liquid fuel 4, and packed in a space formed by an inner peripheral surface of the container main body 2 and an outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member 71, the following body 5 moving to the fuel exhausting ports 24 and 31 as the liquid fuel 4 is exhausted. Then, at least one of the inner peripheral surface of the container main body 2 and the outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member 71, which are faced to each other, is made to be uneven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Yugo Matsuda, Yasunari Kabasawa, Toshimi Kamitani, Kiyoshi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20090023039
    Abstract: The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve for sealing communication between the inside and the outside of the above fuel-storing vessel. The valve assumes a structure in which a slit is formed in an elastic material and a structure in which a valve member is pressed by a resilient body, and is opened by inserting a fuel-supplying member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Osada, Yoshihisa Suda, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada, Kouji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20080311460
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cartridge detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, wherein the fuel cartridge is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at the rear end of the liquid fuel; a follower auxiliary member which has no fluidity and is insoluble in the liquid fuel is inserted into the follower; and at least one protruding part is formed at an upper end part of the follower auxiliary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20080292915
    Abstract: A fuel reservoir for a fuel cell detachably connected with a fuel cell main body is constituted from a fuel storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at the rear end of the liquid fuel. The inside of the fuel storing vessel includes a fuel storing chamber at least hermetically sealed with the follower and a pressurizing chamber filled with a means for pressing the follower staying in a state in which it is completely separated from the ambient air and hermetically sealed. The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell makes it possible to prevent boiling, bubbling and spouting of the liquid fuel and to stably supply the liquid fuel directly to a fuel cell main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Kamitani, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20070298307
    Abstract: In order to provide a fuel reservoir for a small sized fuel cell which is suitably used as an electric power source for portable electronic appliances such as cellular phones, note type personal computers and PDA, assumed is a structure in which a fuel reservoir for a fuel cell detachably connected with a fuel cell main body is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed and into which a follower auxiliary member is inserted at a rear end of the liquid fuel, wherein the follower auxiliary member has no fluidity and is insoluble in the liquid fuel, and it has a cross-sectional area of 50% or more based on a cross-sectional area of the fuel-storing vessel in a diameter direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Suda, Takahiro Osada, Kouji Nishimura, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada