Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Doi

Kazuhiro Doi 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: 20190299069
    Abstract: An iron golf club head includes: a face portion including a ball striking surface and a first reverse surface; and a sole back portion including a second reverse surface connected with the first reverse surface and located below the first reverse surface. The iron golf club head has a first hollow separated from outside by the face portion and the sole back portion. The ratio W/V1 of the weight W (unit: g) of the iron golf club head relative to the volume V1 (unit: mm3) of the iron golf club head is 6.5×10?3 or less. The sole maximum projected width Sw of the iron golf club head is 25 mm or more. The sweet spot height Sh of the iron golf club head is 20 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kensuke Maenaka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Patent number: 10357696
    Abstract: Provided are a golf club head and a golf club with a plate member that is resistant to peeling and has a glossy appearance. A golf club head includes a face portion including a ball striking surface, and a plate member connected to a back surface located on the back side of the face portion. The plate member includes a resin and a metal material. The metal material is arranged on at least any one of a toe side and a heel side of the face portion and is arranged so as not to planarly overlap a striking point of the face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Arata Kamo
  • Publication number: 20190119057
    Abstract: Provided is a paper feeding roll that is capable of reducing conveying noise and suppressing adhesion of paper dust. A paper feeding roll (10) is provided with: a shaft body (12); and an elastic body layer (14) that is formed on the outer circumference of the shaft body (12), wherein the elastic body layer (14) is a foamed body that contains hydrin rubber, and has a cavity (18) formed of foaming cells (16) being connected with one another is located radially inward of the elastic body layer (14). The average diameter of the foaming cells (16) located inward of the elastic body layer (14) in the radial direction is larger than the average diameter of the foaming cells (16) located outward in the radial direction. Recesses (20b) formed of foaming cells (16) being opened are provided to the outer circumferential surface (14b) of the elastic body layer (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiko TAKASHIMA, Kazuhiro DOI, Atsuhiro KAWANO, Daisuke INOUE
  • Patent number: 10245475
    Abstract: A golf club head according to an embodiment includes a face having a ball striking surface and a back surface. The back surface of the face has a thick portion located at a generally center portion thereof in a direction from the toe toward the heel, a thin portion located around the thick portion, and a tapered portion located between the thick portion and the thin portion. The thick portion has a first width which is a width in a heel-toe direction, and a second width which is a width in a sole-top direction and is larger than the first width, and the thick portion also has a first thickness. The thin portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The tapered portion has a thickness reduced from the side of the thick portion toward the side of the thin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Daisuke Hosooka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Publication number: 20190022474
    Abstract: A golf club head according to an embodiment includes a face having a ball striking surface and a back surface. The back surface of the face has a thick portion located at a generally center portion thereof in a direction from the toe toward the heel, a thin portion located around the thick portion, and a tapered portion located between the thick portion and the thin portion. The thick portion has a first width which is a width in a heel-toe direction, and a second width which is a width in a sole-top direction and is larger than the first width, and the thick portion also has a first thickness. The thin portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The tapered portion has a thickness reduced from the side of the thick portion toward the side of the thin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Daisuke Hosooka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Publication number: 20190026970
    Abstract: At the time of dispensing money for replenishing a cash settlement apparatus, to dispense the money in the form of loose money and/or wrapped money based on user requirement, a money handling system is configured to dispense money for replenishing includes at least one cash settlement apparatus configured to store money for being utilized as change, and a money management apparatus including a communication unit configured to acquire information on money for replenishing the cash settlement apparatus, a loose money handling unit configured to dispense loose money for replenishing the cash settlement apparatus, and a wrapped money handling unit configured to dispense wrapped money for replenishing the cash settlement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Asushi MORISAWA
  • Publication number: 20180266166
    Abstract: In a register system in which a plurality of register units including a register and a money settlement device is provided, the plurality of register units includes a base unit and a terminal unit. A money settlement device of the base unit includes a money storing unit arranged in a safe, an interior of which only a person having specific authority is allowed to access. In addition, the base unit is configured to perform a replenishing process and a collecting process with respect to the terminal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi TAGASHIRA, Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10062065
    Abstract: To provide a settlement system capable of being switched between a cash desk payment style and a pay station payment style at a given timing in the same store. The present invention is a settlement system including a cash settlement apparatus and a cash register, wherein a layout is capable of being switched between a cash desk payment style in which the cash settlement apparatus is incorporated in a cash register lane, and a pay station payment style in which the cash settlement apparatus is separated from the cash register lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20180218556
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus for performing at least depositing includes: a casing; a depositing unit; a recognition unit configured to at least count or recognize money fed from the depositing unit; an inner storage unit from which the money stored therein is unremovable directly from the outside of the casing; an outer stacking unit from which the money stacked therein is removable directly from the outside of the casing; a transport unit configured to transport the money among the above-described units; and a controller configured to allow selective transport of the money handled by the recognition unit to the inner storage unit, or the outer stacking unit. The controller transfers the money to the inner storage unit when a first deposit mode is selected by a selection signal, or transfers the money to the outer stacking unit when a second deposit mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Kazuhiro DOI
  • Publication number: 20180185716
    Abstract: Provided are a golf club head and a golf club with a plate member that is resistant to peeling and has a glossy appearance. A golf club head includes a face portion including a ball striking surface, and a plate member connected to a back surface located on the back side of the face portion. The plate member includes a resin and a metal material. The metal material is arranged on at least any one of a toe side and a heel side of the face portion and is arranged so as not to planarly overlap a striking point of the face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Arata Kamo
  • Publication number: 20180056151
    Abstract: An iron golf club head is disclosed. The iron golf club head can include a hosel portion, a heel portion, a toe portion, a face portion, and a sole portion all forged from a single piece of steel. The iron golf club head can further include a slot cut in the forged club behind the face portion between the heel portion and the toe portion. The slot can have a sole opening and a cavity opening, and a plug can be located in the sole opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Tetsuya Kanayama, David Llewellyn, Chris Voshall
  • Patent number: 9865114
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani, Takayuki Kishibuchi
  • Patent number: 9811964
    Abstract: Currency handling apparatus comprising: accommodating unit for accommodating various kinds of currencies; a currency discharge opening; a transfer unit for transferring the currencies from the accommodating units to the currency discharge opening; a control unit for controlling the transfer unit to transfer the currencies from the accommodating units to the currency discharge opening thereby to discharge the currencies; and a storage unit for storing various kinds of discharge patterns indicating the numbers of currencies of individual kinds. The control unit is constituted to specify at least one of the discharge patterns in response to the instruction of a user and to discharge the currencies in accordance with the specified discharge pattern. As a result, the user can discharge the desired numbers of currencies of individual kinds merely by performing the simple designating operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Tasuku Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 9773365
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus that handles money includes an inlet for taking in money; a money storing unit that stores therein the money; an outlet for dispensing the money; a money transport unit that transports the money between the inlet and the outlet, and the money storing unit; a money recognition unit that is provided to the transport unit and recognizes the money; a check receiving port for receiving a check; a scanner that scans the check to acquire a check image; a check transport unit that transports the check between the check receiving port and the scanner; a check recognition unit that recognizes check information that includes at least a check amount from the check image acquired by the scanner; and a control unit that dispenses money equivalent to an amount of difference between a transaction amount acquired from outside the money handling apparatus and a sum of the check amount and an amount of the deposited money.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Doi
  • Publication number: 20170036076
    Abstract: An iron golf club head is disclosed. The iron golf club head can include a hosel portion, a heel portion, a toe portion, a face portion, and a sole portion all forged from a single piece of steel. The iron golf club head can further include a slot cut in the forged club behind the face portion between the heel portion and the toe portion. The slot can have a sole opening and a cavity opening, and a plug can be located in the sole opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Tetsuya Kanayama, David Llewellyn, Chris Voshall
  • Publication number: 20160376430
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a propylene resin composition that can give shaped articles resistant to flaws such as scratches and glazed marks and having excellent mechanical characteristics. The invention achieves the object with a propylene resin composition obtained by blending 35 to 85 parts by weight of a propylene-ethylene random copolymer (A) having a melt flow rate (ASTM D1238, 230° C., 2.16 kg load) of 5 to 100 g/10 min and an ethylene content of 2 to 9 mol %; 5 to 25 parts by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (B) obtained by copolymerizing ethylene with one or more olefins selected from ?-olefins having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and having a melt flow rate (ASTM D1238, 230° C., 2.16 kg load) of 0.1 to 80 g/10 min; 10 to 40 parts by weight of a fibrous filler (C) having an average fiber length of 0.1 to 2 mm and an average fiber diameter of 1 to 25 ?m; 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of a lubricant (D); and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya KUSUMOTO, Tatsuji KAWAMURA, Toru FUKADA, Yuichi MATSUDA, Kazuhiro DOI
  • Patent number: 9522311
    Abstract: In an iron golf club head with a face portion and a neck portion integrally molded by forging, the iron golf club head is made of an iron steel material at least containing 0.30% by weight or less of carbon and 0.0005% by weight to 0.003% by weight of boron. The face portion has been subjected to quenching processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: MIZUNO CORPORATION, CHUO INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Jun Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20160350993
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Masatsugu YOKOTANI, Takayuki KISHIBUCHI
  • Patent number: 9437065
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Higashiyama, Kazuhiro Doi, Kenichi Tagashira, Keiju Nakagawa, Takayuki Kishibuchi, Masatsugu Yokotani
  • Publication number: 20160196708
    Abstract: A method is provided for sorting bank notes using a bank note processing apparatus having an at least one input receptacle, at least one identification unit, and a plurality of stacker units. The method includes receiving the bank notes in the input receptacle or receptacles. The bank notes are identified when passed through or by the identification unit or units. The bank notes are sorted into the plurality of stacker units according to the results of the identification, which includes stacking each of one or more change funds into at least one stacker unit and stacking the remaining bank notes into at least one stacker unit. Each change fund includes a predetermined value and two or more predetermined denominations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Hirofumi Ozaki, Osamu Ito, Sadaaki Uesaka