Patents by Inventor Keiko Ibaraki

Keiko Ibaraki 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).

  • Micro gravity environmental control apparatus and micro gravity environmental control method
    Patent number: 7748164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a micro gravity environmental control apparatus, such as a plant cultivating apparatus, an animal raising apparatus, and a micro gravity environmental control method, such as a plant cultivating method, an animal raising method, a breeding method, capable of cultivating a plant and raising an animal by using soil and also capable of recovering moisture supplied to the soil so as to reuse the moisture, under a weightless environment or a micro gravity environment. There is provided a micro gravity environmental control apparatus comprising a chamber, an air suction pipe arranged in the vicinity of a lower end portion within the chamber, and an air sucking part communicated and connected with the air suction pipe and used for sucking air within the chamber out of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignees: Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Japan Space Forum
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirafuji, Tokihiro Fukatsu, Kei Tanaka, Keiko Ibaraki
  • Micro gravity environmental control apparatus and micro gravity environmental control method
    Publication number: 20040020115
    Abstract: The present invention provides a micro gravity environmental control apparatus, such as a plant cultivating apparatus, an animal raising apparatus, and a micro gravity environmental control method, such as a plant cultivating method, an animal raising method, a breeding method, capable of cultivating a plant and raising an animal by using soil and also capable of recovering moisture supplied to the soil so as to reuse the moisture, under a weightless environment or a micro gravity environment. There is provided a micro gravity environmental control apparatus comprising a chamber, an air suction pipe arranged in the vicinity of a lower end portion within the chamber, and an air sucking part communicated and connected with the air suction pipe and used for sucking air within the chamber out of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicants: National Agricultural Research Organization, The National Space Development Agency of Japan, The Japan Space Forum (a Japan Foundation)
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirafuji, Tokihiro Fukatsu, Kei Tanaka, Keiko Ibaraki
  • Liquid agent for contact lens containing carboxylated amine as a preservative or sterilizing component
    Patent number: 5977035
    Abstract: A liquid agent for a contact lens containing, as a preservative or sterilizing component, a carboxylated amine represented by the following formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 6-18 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group having 1-18 carbon atoms, A represents Na, K or H, and X represents H or --R.sub.3 COOZ group, wherein R.sub.3 represents an alkylene group having 1-18 carbon atoms and Z represents Na, K or H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Tomey Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Sugiura, Keiko Ibaraki