Patents by Inventor Yumiko Nakanishi

Yumiko Nakanishi 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: 11185098
    Abstract: A frozen noodle product includes: a frozen noodle block, as a main food portion, obtained by freezing and hardening a cooked food; and a sauce portion obtained by freezing and hardening a sauce to be eaten together with the cooked food. The frozen noodle block has a sauce-portion arranging surface on which the sauce portion is arranged. An opening is formed in the sauce-portion arranging surface. The sauce portion is arranged on the frozen noodle block such that the lower end side, which is a part of the sauce portion, is inserted in the opening and the upper end side, which is the remaining part thereof, projects from the sauce-portion arranging surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Kawahara, Yumiko Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10667336
    Abstract: A food cooking system (1A) of the present invention includes: a single-serving food package (19) including food (F) and an accommodating body (10) that accommodates the food (F); a heating chamber (2); a steam supplier (3); and a microwave supplier (4); and heats and cooks the food (F) in the single-serving food package (19) with steam and microwaves. The accommodating body (10) has a wall portion that defines an accommodating space for the food (F). The wall portion includes a bottom surface portion (11) on which the food (F) is placed and a peripheral surface portion (12), and vent holes (15) for steam to pass through are formed in the wall portion. Steam at a temperature of 85 to 130° C. is supplied into the heating chamber (2) by the steam supplier (3), and microwaves with an actual output of 500 to 3000 W are supplied for 15 to 180 seconds by the microwave supplier (4) while the steam is supplied into the accommodating body (10) via the vent holes (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Miyajima, Kentaro Irie, Toshiyuki Miyazaki, Yumiko Nakanishi, Akira Kataoka, Masaki Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20180098391
    Abstract: A food cooking system (1A) of the present invention includes: a single-serving food package (19) including food (F) and an accommodating body (10) that accommodates the food (F); a heating chamber (2); a steam supplier (3); and a microwave supplier (4); and heats and cooks the food (F) in the single-serving food package (19) with steam and microwaves. The accommodating body (10) has a wall portion that defines an accommodating space for the food (F). The wall portion includes a bottom surface portion (11) on which the food (F) is placed and a peripheral surface portion (12), and vent holes (15) for steam to pass through are formed in the wall portion. Steam at a temperature of 85 to 130° C. is supplied into the heating chamber (2) by the steam supplier (3), and microwaves with an actual output of 500 to 3000 W are supplied for 15 to 180 seconds by the microwave supplier (4) while the steam is supplied into the accommodating body (10) via the vent holes (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Takaaki MIYAJIMA, Kentaro IRIE, Toshiyuki MIYAZAKI, Yumiko NAKANISHI, Akira KATAOKA, Masaki SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20180007938
    Abstract: A frozen noodle product includes: a frozen noodle block, as a main food portion, obtained by freezing and hardening a cooked food; and a sauce portion obtained by freezing and hardening a sauce to be eaten together with the cooked food. The frozen noodle block has a sauce-portion arranging surface on which the sauce portion is arranged. An opening is formed in the sauce-portion arranging surface. The sauce portion is arranged on the frozen noodle block such that the lower end side, which is a part of the sauce portion, is inserted in the opening and the upper end side, which is the remaining part thereof, projects from the sauce-portion arranging surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Toshio KAWAHARA, Yumiko NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20150086696
    Abstract: Fresh pastas which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and which retain favorable appearance and texture comparable to freshly boiled fresh pastas even after being thawed are provided. The fresh pastas have a surface roughness with Ra being from 1.0 to 10.0 ?m on average and/or Ry being from 10 to 50 ?m on average.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Tatsurou Maeda, Kentarou Irie, Yumiko Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20140363557
    Abstract: Cooked and frozen pastas which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and which retains favorable appearance and texture comparable to freshly boiled fresh pastas even after being thawed are provided. A method for producing cooked and frozen pastas, comprising boiling fresh pastas obtained by extruding dough into pasta noodles at a pressure of from 80 kgf/cm2 to 200 kgf/cm2, and then freezing the pastas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Norio Koizumi, Yumiko Nakanishi, Youhei Suga, Tatsurou Maeda