Patents by Inventor Hikaru Kimura

Hikaru Kimura 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: 20250078166
    Abstract: An insurance claim payment reviewing system includes a determination unit that receives a claim on an insurance benefit from insurance with respect to an incident, and approves the claim when a predicted probability of occurrence of the incident is lower than or equal to a predetermined value. Referring to a record of maintenance work performed on an object covered by the insurance, the determination unit may reject the claim when predetermined maintenance work has not been performed on the object covered by the insurance. The insurance claim payment reviewing system may further include a detection unit that detects the occurrence of the incident with reference to the record of maintenance work performed on the object covered by the insurance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Sonoko Kimura, Tomonori Yamamoto, Norihiko Moriwaki, Hikaru Koyama
  • Publication number: 20240024223
    Abstract: A method for producing a coating film, including forming a coating film containing a deposit containing fibers on a surface of an object for forming a coating thereon by an electrostatic spray of a composition. The composition includes component (a) a polymer having a coating film forming ability, (b) one or more volatile substances selected from the group consisting of water, an alcohol and a ketone, and (c) an oil component being liquid at 25° C. and containing a component (c1) one or more selected from the group consisting of oil components having a surface tension at 25° C. of 25 mN/m or less and being liquid at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki ASAMI, Hikaru KIMURA, Hirokatsu SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230398638
    Abstract: Provided is a laser processing device that enables a film to be stabilized and processed. The present invention comprises: a conveyance mechanism that conveys a film; a holding mechanism that has a pair of holding parts which can at least sandwich and hold lateral portions of the processing range of the film; and a laser mechanism for processing the processing range of the film held by the holding mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru KIMURA, Hideo ICHIHASHI, Keita MIZUMA, Shun HIRANO, Takeshi YACHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 4437306
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning device of an internal combustion engine wherein a secondary-air supply passage is connected to an exhaust system of the engine and a reed valve means is provided in the intermediate part of the secondary-air supply passage for opening in response to the pulsation pressure of the exhaust gas in the exhaust system to supply secondary air for cleaning exhaust gas to an exhaust passage and burn the unburnt components present in the exhaust passage thereby to clean exhaust gas. A desired amount of secondary air is supplied to each of a plurality of exhaust systems so that the exhaust gas cleaning efficiency as well as the reliability and durability of the reed valve means are improved and moreover a good external appearance is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Ikenoya, Kanau Iwashita, Hikaru Kimura