Patents by Inventor Keigo HANYU

Keigo HANYU 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: 20230354837
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food and a solid milk which have suitable solubility and strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which an increase Ya (% by weight) in total crystallization rate that is a difference of a crystal ratio with respect to a total weight at a depth Xa (mm) from a surface of the solid food relative to a crystal ratio in an inner part of the solid food satisfies the following Formula (1A), Ya<?5.24Xa+6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230354839
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food and a solid milk which have suitable solubility and strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which a depth from a surface of the solid food at which an increase in total crystallization rate is zero or minimal is 1.1 mm or less, the increase in total crystallization rate being a difference of a crystal ratio with respect to a total weight at each depth from the surface of the solid food relative to a crystal ratio in an inner part of the solid food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230354838
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food and a solid milk which have a suitable adhesive force and strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, the solid food containing monohydrate crystals and anhydride crystals, in which an increase ratio ?/(?+?) of a crystallization rate of an increase ? (% by weight) in crystallization rate that is a difference of a ratio of the anhydride crystals with respect to a total weight on a surface of the solid food relative to a ratio of the anhydride crystals in an inner part of the solid food to the sum (?+?) of an increase ? (% by weight) in crystallization rate that is a difference of a ratio of the monohydrate crystals with respect to the total weight on the surface of the solid food relative to a ratio of the monohydrate crystals in the inner part of the solid food and the increase ? (% by weight) in crystallization rate is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO
  • Publication number: 20230292777
    Abstract: Provided is a solid milk containing suitable free fat and having strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid milk is a solid milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk, in which a hardening index IF represented by the following Formula (1) when the solid milk is divided into a plurality of pieces (N pieces) in a height direction is 0.477 mm2 or more, Formula (1) being represented by a width w in a target region n, a thickness ? in the target region n, a specific surface area voxel ratio Svvoxel_n in the target region n, a content R0 of a total milk sugar, and a total crystal amount Rn of a milk sugar in the target region n, and a content ratio FF of free fat in the solid milk is 1.23% by weight or less. [ Math .
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230040233
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food, a compression molded body of a food powder, a solid milk, and a compression molded body of a powdered milk which can be produced with improved production efficiency while securing resistance to breakage. A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which a packing fraction of the solid food is configured such that an average value A from a surface of the solid food to a depth of 2 mm is larger than an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the surface of the solid food to a depth of 6 mm, and a rate of increase (A?C)/C×100 of the packing fraction obtained by dividing a difference (A?C) between the average value A and the average value C by the average value C is 6.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220408745
    Abstract: A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression-molding a powder, the solid food including a body having a first face and a second face facing each other back to back. The body is provided with at least one hole penetrating the body from the first face to reach to the second face, and each of the first face, the second face, and an inner surface of the hole is an outer surface harder than an inner part of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Tetsu KAMIYA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220354143
    Abstract: A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powder, in which in a case where a drop test in which the solid food is dropped onto a drop face is repeated until the solid food is broken, the number of times of dropping leading to breakage when a dropping energy density per unit fracture stress EF is 2×10?4 [(J/m2)/(N/m2)] is 3 times or more, the number of times of dropping leading to breakage when EF is 1×10?4 [(J/m2)/(N/m2)] is 10 times or more, and the number of times of dropping leading to breakage when EF is 5×10?5 [(J/m2)/(N/m2)] is more than 30 times, EF being obtained by dividing a dropping energy density in the drop test by a fracture stress of the solid food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220346431
    Abstract: A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding and hardening a food powder, in which a specific surface area voxel ratio of the solid food is configured such that an average value A from a surface of the solid food to a depth of 2 mm is smaller than an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the surface of the solid food to a depth of 6 mm, and a rate of decrease (C?A)/C×100 of the specific surface area voxel ratio obtained by dividing a difference (C?A) between the average value C and the average value A by the average value C is 9.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220330566
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder includes: compression molding the food powder to form a compression molded body of the food powder; and performing a hardening treatment on the compression molded body of the food powder, in which the hardening treatment includes placing the compression molded body of the food powder under an environment of a humidity of 100% RH or less and a temperature of higher than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya KATO, Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220322688
    Abstract: A solid food has a solid form obtained by compression molding a powder. Where a dissolution process from the solid food starting to dissolve until completely dissolving is measured over time on the basis of electric conductivity, times at which a dissolution ratio where electric conductivity at the time of finish of dissolution is 100%, reaches 20%, 63%, and 95% are t20, t63, and t95, and times (sec) at which the dissolution ratio of a reference solid food, formed under conditions in which a difference in weight with the solid food is within ±0.3%, a difference in surface area is within ±2%, a difference in hardness is within ±4%, and a humidification treatment temperature is 100° C. or lower, reaches 20%, 63%, and 95% are t20ref, t63ref, and t95ref, a solubility index (Id) represented by the following Formula (1) is less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya KATO, Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220174971
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a compressed body of a powder capable of improving a hardness while suppressing a decrease in production efficiency of the compressed body of the powder. A compressed body 14 of a powder is compression molded by compressing a powder supplied into die holes 18 by a lower punch 31 and an upper punch 32. In the compression molding, a first compression and a second compression following the first compression are performed. In the first compression, the compression is performed at a first compression speed, and in the second compression, the compression is performed at a second compression speed that is lower than the first compression speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 11318433
    Abstract: An atomization device 1 comprises a casing 2, a rotor 3 disposed rotatably with respect to the casing 2, and a stator 4 disposed on the same axis line with the rotor 3. The rotor 3 includes a first rotor cylinder portion 33 and a second rotor cylinder portion 34 which have a plurality of through-holes provided in peripheral walls thereof and which are disposed concentrically. The stator 4 includes a main-stator cylinder portion 42 and an inside sub-stator cylinder portion 43 which have a plurality of through-holes provided in peripheral walls thereof and which are disposed concentrically. The rotor 3 is fixedly positioned with respect to the casing 2. The stator 4 is movable by a lifting/lowering means 7 in the axial line L direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Kamiya, Yoshinori Satake, Keigo Hanyu, Masashi Onozato
  • Patent number: 11148107
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a mechanism capable of more effectively performing processing such as emulsification, dispersion, dissolution, atomization, mixing, or stirring on a processing object with fluidity using an atomization device including a rotor-stator type mixer while an inside of a processing tank is maintained in a pressured state, at atmospheric pressure, or in a vacuum state, and occurrence of a negative pressure state on a center side (inner diameter side) of a rotor is actively suppressed or prevented. An atomization device comprises a rotor-stator type mixer in a processing tank. The atomization device performs processing such as emulsification, dispersion, atomization, mixing, or stirring on a processing object with fluidity using the rotor-stator type mixer while an inside of the processing tank is maintained in a pressured state, at atmospheric pressure, or in a vacuum state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanyu, Tetsu Kamiya, Masashi Onozato
  • Publication number: 20200222865
    Abstract: An atomization device 1 comprises a casing 2, a rotor 3 disposed rotatably with respect to the casing 2, and a stator 4 disposed on the same axis line with the rotor 3. The rotor 3 includes a first rotor cylinder portion 33 and a second rotor cylinder portion 34 which have a plurality of through-holes provided in peripheral walls thereof and which are disposed concentrically. The stator 4 includes a main-stator cylinder portion 42 and an inside sub-stator cylinder portion 43 which have a plurality of through-holes provided in peripheral walls thereof and which are disposed concentrically. The rotor 3 is fixedly positioned with respect to the casing 2. The stator 4 is movable by a lifting/lowering means 7 in the axial line L direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Yoshinori SATAKE, Keigo HANYU, Masashi ONOZATO
  • Publication number: 20180257050
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a mechanism capable of more effectively performing processing such as emulsification, dispersion, dissolution, atomization, mixing, or stirring on a processing object with fluidity using an atomization device including a rotor-stator type mixer while an inside of a processing tank is maintained in a pressured state, at atmospheric pressure, or in a vacuum state, and occurrence of a negative pressure state on a center side (inner diameter side) of a rotor is actively suppressed or prevented. An atomization device comprises a rotor-stator type mixer in a processing tank. The atomization device performs processing such as emulsification, dispersion, atomization, mixing, or stirring on a processing object with fluidity using the rotor-stator type mixer while an inside of the processing tank is maintained in a pressured state, at atmospheric pressure, or in a vacuum state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Masashi ONOZATO
  • Patent number: D953690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanyu, Aya Kato, Shunsuke Sasajima
  • Patent number: D990811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanyu, Aya Kato, Shunsuke Sasajima
  • Patent number: D990812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanyu, Aya Kato, Shunsuke Sasajima
  • Patent number: D990813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanyu, Aya Kato, Shunsuke Sasajima
  • Patent number: D991623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanyu, Aya Kato, Shunsuke Sasajima