Patents by Inventor Jiro Tabata

Jiro Tabata 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: 20230407533
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a fabric having superior water absorbency and sweat absorption/rapid drying while having anti-pilling qualities and a cotton-like texture. A woven/knitted article and a textile product material with good aesthetic properties and functionality, and good general physical properties are obtained which have anti-pilling qualities not obtained in conventional fabrics having a high synthetic fiber blend ratio, and functionality such as water absorbency, water absorption/rapid drying, and quick drying after laundering, which cannot be obtained in conventional cotton fabrics. The present invention is a woven/knitted article comprising one or more fibers selected from synthetic fibers, regenerated fibers, and semisynthetic fibers, the woven/knitted article including a spun yarn, which contains mass % or more of an aliphatic polyamide short fiber A having a single-fiber fineness of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiya KISHITA, Jiro TABATA, Hayato IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20160083878
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fabric that is less likely to generate crackling static electricity when worn, less likely to get wrinkled after being washed, and has highly durable warmth retention and wear comfortability, and a garment manufactured using the same. The fabric of the present invention is a fabric comprising a viscose rayon fiber in an amount of more than 30% by weight and less than 40% by weight, a cation-dyeable polyester fiber in an amount of more than 30% by weight and less than 40% by weight, a polyacrylic synthetic fiber in an amount of more than 25% by weight and less than 30% by weight, and a polyurethane elastic fiber in an amount of more than 5% by weight and less than 10% by weight, wherein the fabric has a friction-charged electrostatic potential of 1500 V or less and wash-and-wear properties, as determined according to Method 124 in AATCC after being laundered five times in accordance with Method 103 in JIS L0217, of grade 3 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Jiro TABATA, Kazuyuki ADACHI
  • Patent number: 5937419
    Abstract: Symbols of a plurality of page turning buttons and one guide display button are displayed on a screen of a computer system. A page turning apparatus for use with a computer system has a screen data table that stores information of page turning buttons for individual pages to be turned and information of pages displayed by the page turning buttons. When one of the page turning buttons is selected by an input unit such as a mouse, the page turning apparatus obtains page information corresponding to the selected page turning button from the screen data table and replaces the current screen page of the computer system with a page corresponding to the obtained page information. In addition, the page turning apparatus has a screen page hierarchical data table corresponding to functions of pages that can be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masami Oshiro, Shinichi Teramura, Jiro Tabata