Patents by Inventor Akiko Hirai

Akiko Hirai 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: 10940664
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antibacterial product including at least one antibacterial part, wherein the antibacterial part includes a surface layer containing silver sintered under a nitrogen atmosphere or silver oxide sintered under an oxygen atmosphere. The antibacterial product prevents the proliferation of bacteria arising due to use thereof, kills bacteria, sterilizes and purifies contaminated water, and exhibits an antibacterial effect against harmful bacteria within at most 6 hr, and preferably an early antibacterial effect within 3 hr, especially 2 hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Akiko Hirai, Akira Hirai
  • Publication number: 20200002196
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antibacterial product including at least one antibacterial part, wherein the antibacterial part includes a surface layer containing silver sintered under a nitrogen atmosphere or silver oxide sintered under an oxygen atmosphere. The antibacterial product prevents the proliferation of bacteria arising due to use thereof, kills bacteria, sterilizes and purifies contaminated water, and exhibits an antibacterial effect against harmful bacteria within at most 6 hr, and preferably an early antibacterial effect within 3 hr, especially 2 hr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Akiko HIRAI, Akira HIRAI
  • Patent number: 10470463
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antibacterial product including at least one antibacterial part, wherein the antibacterial part includes a surface layer containing silver sintered under a nitrogen atmosphere or silver oxide sintered under an oxygen atmosphere. The antibacterial product prevents the proliferation of bacteria arising due to use thereof, kills bacteria, sterilizes and purifies contaminated water, and exhibits an antibacterial effect against harmful bacteria within at most 6 hr, and preferably an early antibacterial effect within 3 hr, especially 2 hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Silver Future Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiko Hirai
  • Publication number: 20170181437
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antibacterial product including at least one antibacterial part, wherein the antibacterial part includes a surface layer containing silver sintered under a nitrogen atmosphere or silver oxide sintered under an oxygen atmosphere. The antibacterial product prevents the proliferation of bacteria arising due to use thereof, kills bacteria, sterilizes and purifies contaminated water, and exhibits an antibacterial effect against harmful bacteria within at most 6 hr, and preferably an early antibacterial effect within 3 hr, especially 2 hr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Silver Future Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiko Hirai
  • Publication number: 20170183141
    Abstract: Disclosed is a water-preserving container including a first silver nitride (Ag3N) sintered-surface layer on a portion of an inner wall or the entire inner wall of the water-preserving container, and a second silver nitride sintered-surface layer on a portion of a lip contact part or the entire lip contact part of the water-preserving container. The water-preserving container prevents the proliferation of bacteria generated according to use and destroys the bacteria, sterilizes and purifies polluted water, and exhibits an early antibacterial effect within 2 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Silver Future Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiko HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20090194203
    Abstract: A blade made of a carbon steel or alloy steel is subjected to a surface nitriding process to form a high hardness nitride layer having a thickness in the range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m and a Vickers hardness Hv of 1000 or more, and a silver oxide layer, a copper oxide layer, or a silver oxide and copper oxide layer is formed on the high hardness nitride layer of the blade by firing. Through this processing, the blade that has a high cutting maintaining ability and an excellent sanitization ability such as antibiosis, sterilization ability, and antimold ability is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Akiko Hirai
  • Patent number: D358968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventor: Akiko Hirai