Patents by Inventor Akane Ban

Akane Ban 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).

  • Surface structure of article
    Patent number: 10807541
    Abstract: In the surface structure of an article 7 according to the present invention, a plurality of convex portions 11 are so disposed on a surface 9 as to have intervals relative to each other and a plurality of fine convex portions 21 having a diameter d and a height h smaller than those of the concave portion 11 are formed on the surface of at least the edge portion 15 of the concave portion 11. By this, when a hand touches the surface 9 of the article 7, the proper number of convex portions 21 abut on a linear object 25 constituting a fingerprint 23 of a hand's finger, to thereby allow the human being to obtain a delicate-and-soft touch feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akane Ban, Makoto Tamuraya, Takashi Takeuchi, Yeon-Yi Kang, Hideo Fujimoto, Akihito Sano, Hiromi Mochiyama, Naoyuki Takesue, Yoshihiro Tanaka
  • SURFACE STRUCTURE OF ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20110287220
    Abstract: In the surface structure of an article 7 according to the present invention, a plurality of convex portions 11 are so disposed on a surface 9 as to have intervals relative to each other and a plurality of fine convex portions 21 having a diameter d and a height h smaller than those of the concave portion 11 are formed on the surface of at least the edge portion 15 of the concave portion 11. By this, when a hand touches the surface 9 of the article 7, the proper number of convex portions 21 abut on a linear object 25 constituting a fingerprint 23 of a hand's finger, to thereby allow the human being to obtain a delicate-and-soft touch feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Akane Ban, Makoto Tamuraya, Takashi Takeuchi, Yeon-Yi Kang, Hideo Fujimoto, Akihito Sano, Hiromi Mochiyama, Naoyuki Takesue, Yoshihiro Tanaka