Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu HOSONO

Hirotsugu HOSONO 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).

  • Dispensing head and beverage server
    Patent number: 11697579
    Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., TEX E.G., CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurabe, Yoshihiro Kudo, Hirotsugu Hosono, Takahide Kobayashi
  • DISPENSING HEAD AND BEVERAGE SERVER
    Publication number: 20220242715
    Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KURABE, Yoshihiro KUDO, Hirotsugu HOSONO, Takahide KOBAYASHI