Patents by Inventor Akihiro SHIOBARA

Akihiro SHIOBARA 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: 10087337
    Abstract: An oil-based ball-point pen refill includes a ball-point pen tip in which a ball is held, in which the ball-point pen tip is mounted on a leading end of an ink housing cylinder, an ink composition including a coloring agent consisting of a dye, an organic solvent, and polyvinyl butyral resin is housed in the ink housing cylinder, the arithmetic mean roughness of a surface of the ball is 0.1 to 15 nm, the content of the polyvinyl butyral resin is 50 mass % or more based on the total mass of the whole resin, and an ink viscosity is 5000 to 50000 mPa·s. In an oil-based ball-point pen, the refill is disposed in a barrel cylinder. An oil-based ball-point pen ink composition including a specific salt-forming dye, polyvinyl butyral resin, and an aromatic alcohol can be utilized in the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Shiobara, Kouichi Takayama, Yasuyuki Sugimoto, Susumu Yamaguchi, Toshihide Kawasaki, Hirotaka Masuda
  • Publication number: 20160177114
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided are: an oil-based ball-point pen refill having the excellent concentration of a written trace, excellent performance against ink dripping, and an excellent feeling of writing; an oil-based ball-point pen using the oil-based ball-point pen refill; and an ink composition that is preferably used in the oil-based ball-point pen refill and the oil-based ball-point pen. [Solution] An oil-based ball-point pen refill includes a ball-point pen tip in which a ball is held, in which the ball-point pen tip is mounted on a leading end of an ink housing cylinder, an ink composition including a coloring agent consisting of a dye, an organic solvent, and polyvinyl butyral resin is housed in the ink housing cylinder, the arithmetic mean roughness of a surface of the ball is 0.1 to 15 nm, the content of the polyvinyl butyral resin is 50 mass % or more based on the total mass of the whole resin, and an ink viscosity is 5000 to 50000 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA PILOT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SHIOBARA, Kouichi TAKAYAMA, Yasuyuki SUGIMOTO, Susumu YAMAGUCHI, Toshihide KAWASAKI, Hirotaka MASUDA