Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi Hara

Katsutoshi Hara 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: 20210275392
    Abstract: Provided is a steam heating mask (100) that includes a mask (110) which includes a mask body portion (101) covering a nose and a mouth of a wearer when wearing the mask, and a pair of ear hook portions (102) provided at both left and right ends of the mask body portion (101), and a steam generator (120) on the mask body portion (101), in which a proportion of an area occupied by the steam generator (120) is equal to or greater than 30% and equal to or less than 80% with respect to an area of an entire surface of the mask body portion (101) on a side of the wearer, the steam generator (120) accommodates inside a steam generating portion, the steam generator (120) includes a first sheet on a surface of the steam generating portion on the side of the wearer, and a second sheet on a surface opposite to the surface of the steam generating portion on the side of the wearer, a degree of air permeability of the first sheet is equal to or less than 7,000 sec/100 ml, and a degree of air permeability of the second sheet
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideshi ODA, Yasuto Saita, Katsutoshi Hara, Keiji Yoshii
  • Patent number: 11045386
    Abstract: A steam heating mask having a mask body portion covering a nose and a mouth of a wearer when wearing the mask, a pair of ear hook portions provided at both left and right ends of the mask body portion, and a steam generator on the mask body portion, in which a proportion of an area occupied by the steam generator ranges from 30% to 80% with respect to an area of an entire surface of the mask body portion on a side of the wearer. The steam generator includes a first sheet on a surface of a steam generating portion on the side of the wearer with degree of air permeability being equal to or less than 7,000 sec/100 ml and a second sheet on a surface opposite to the surface of the steam generating portion with a degree of air permeability being greater than 8,000 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideshi Oda, Yasuto Saita, Katsutoshi Hara, Keiji Yoshii
  • Patent number: 10744030
    Abstract: A heating implement (1) for body of the present embodiment includes a first sheet (11) having air-permeability; a second sheet (12); a heating element (13), intermediately arranged between the first sheet (11) and the second sheet (12) and containing an oxidizeable metal and a carbon component; and a first adhesive layer (14) and a second adhesive layer (15) provided in one of external surfaces of the first sheet (11) which is applied to a wearer side, in which a region without adhesive layer, in which none of the first adhesive layer (14) and the second adhesive layer (15) is disposed, is provided in at least a part of an external circumference section of the first sheet (11), the following relations (a) and (b) are satisfied, and the heating implement is perfumed with a fragrance: (a) a mass ratio of a content of the fragrance to a content of the carbon component in the aforementioned heating implement (fragrance/carbon component) is equal to or higher than 0.2 and equal to or lower than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Oka, Yasuto Saita, Katsutoshi Hara
  • Publication number: 20180318166
    Abstract: Provided is a steam heating mask (100) that includes a mask (110) which includes a mask body portion (101) covering a nose and a mouth of a wearer when wearing the mask, and a pair of ear hook portions (102) provided at both left and right ends of the mask body portion (101), and a steam generator (120) on the mask body portion (101), in which a proportion of an area occupied by the steam generator (120) is equal to or greater than 30% and equal to or less than 80% with respect to an area of an entire surface of the mask body portion (101) on a side of the wearer, the steam generator (120) accommodates inside a steam generating portion, the steam generator (120) includes a first sheet on a surface of the steam generating portion on the side of the wearer, and a second sheet on a surface opposite to the surface of the steam generating portion on the side of the wearer, a degree of air permeability of the first sheet is equal to or less than 7,000 sec/100 ml, and a degree of air permeability of the second sheet
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hideshi ODA, Yasuto Saita, Katsutoshi Hara, Keji YOUSHI
  • Patent number: 9931241
    Abstract: A steam-generative warming device 10 having a steam generating element 30 that releases steam in association with heat generation accompanying the oxidation of an oxidizable metal. The steam generative warming device 10 contains a capsaicin analog and a menthol in a capsaicin analog/menthol mass ratio of 1/300 to 1/20000. It is preferred that the capsaicin analog be present in an element adapted to be brought into direct contact with the user's skin and the menthol be present in an element adapted not to be brought into contact with the user's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyouko Tagami, Katsutoshi Hara, Ichiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20160128866
    Abstract: A heating implement (1) for body of the present embodiment includes a first sheet (11) having air-permeability; a second sheet (12); a heating element (13), intermediately arranged between the first sheet (11) and the second sheet (12) and containing an oxidizeable metal and a carbon component; and a first adhesive layer (14) and a second adhesive layer (15) provided in one of external surfaces of the first sheet (11) which is applied to a wearer side, in which a region without adhesive layer, in which none of the first adhesive layer (14) and the second adhesive layer (15) is disposed, is provided in at least a part of an external circumference section of the first sheet (11), the following relations (a) and (b) are satisfied, and the heating implement is perfumed with a fragrance: (a) a mass ratio of a content of the fragrance to a content of the carbon component in the aforementioned heating implement (fragrance/carbon component) is equal to or higher than 0.2 and equal to or lower than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OKA, Yasuto SAITA, Katsutoshi HARA
  • Publication number: 20130079851
    Abstract: A steam-generative warming device 10 having a steam generating element 30 that releases steam in association with heat generation accompanying the oxidation of an oxidizable metal. The steam generative warming device 10 contains a capsaicin analog and a menthol in a capsaicin analog/menthol mass ratio of 1/300 to 1/20000. It is preferred that the capsaicin analog be present in an element adapted to be brought into direct contact with the user's skin and the menthol be present in an element adapted not to be brought into contact with the user's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Kyouko Tagami, Katsutoshi Hara, Ichiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8357189
    Abstract: A physiology enhancing device for improving physiological functions of a human body, etc., which comprises a heat generating element making use of chemical energy and a sheet interposed between the heat generating element and a body surface of a wearer, and which is designed to supply steam generated from the heat generating element while the device is applied to the body surface. The device exhibits steam generating capability for 2 hours or longer and, while applied to the body surface, raises the body surface temperature to a temperature from 38° C. to lower than 42° C. within one hour from the application. The sheet interposed between the heat generating element and the body surface preferably has a function of regulating air feed to the heat generating element and a function of transferring the heat of the physiology enhancing device to the body surface and preferably has a total thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Ugajin, Michihito Igaki, Kazutaka Yamashita, Katsutoshi Hara, Yoshinao Nagashima, Shuji Ishikawa, Ichiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20090062890
    Abstract: A physiology enhancing device for improving physiological functions of a human body, etc., which comprises a heat generating element making use of chemical energy and a sheet interposed between the heat generating element and a body surface of a wearer, and which is designed to supply steam generated from the heat generating element while the device is applied to the body surface. The device exhibits steam generating capability for 2 hours or longer and, while applied to the body surface, raises the body surface temperature to a temperature from 38° C. to lower than 42° C. within one hour from the application. The sheet interposed between the heat generating element and the body surface preferably has a function of regulating air feed to the heat generating element and a function of transferring the heat of the physiology enhancing device to the body surface and preferably has a total thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Ugajin, Michihito Igaki, Kazutaka Yamashita, Katsutoshi Hara, Yoshinao Nagashima, Shuji Ishikawa, Ichiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 5154984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-ceramic composite for use in a high temperature and a abrasion-resisting member such as a supporting member of a heating furnace having a construction, in which ceramic particles having superior abrasion resistance and heat resistance are dispersed in a metallic matrix having superior toughness or ceramic blocks are buried in a metallic surface, whereby the characteristics of a ceramic and a metal are simultaneously utilized. A metal-ceramic composite superior in physical characteristic, such as abrasion resistance and heat resistance, and a method of producing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Morita, Manabu Seguchi, Kazuo Okamura, Fuminori Hikami, Koichiro Ishihara, Katsutoshi Hara
  • Patent number: 4947924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-ceramic composite for use in a high temperature and abrasion-resisting member such as a supporting member of a heating furnace having a construction, in which ceramic particles having superior abrasion resistance and heat resistance are dispersed in a metallic matrix having superior toughness or ceramic blocks are buried in a metallic surface, whereby the characteristics of a ceramic and a metal are simultaneously utilized. A metal-ceramic composite superior in physical characteristic, such as abrasion resistance and heat resistance, and a method of producing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Morita, Manabu Seguchi, Kazuo Okamura, Fuminori Hikami, Koichiro Ishihara, Katsutoshi Hara