Patents by Inventor Ken Usami

Ken Usami 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: 20120180167
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide the truffle mycelium and fruiting body cultivated by the medium that are developed for cultivating the truffles with a very high radical oxygen scavenging capacity. A medium for cultivating truffles includes a mixture of at least one carbohydrate source selected from a group consisting of rice bran, wheat bran, and glucose, and at least one edible ingredient selected from a group consisting of burdock, nuts, and berries. A weight ratio of the edible ingredient to the carbohydrate source is between 0.5 and 5. As for one of the ingredients, it is preferable that the burdock is granulated. The medium may exist in a liquid state. By injecting truffle seeds for cultivation into such a medium, the truffle mycelium and fruiting body with the high reactive oxygen scavenging capacity could be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventor: Ken USAMI
  • Patent number: 7654927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus (15) including at least one of a dividing unit (6) and a differential planetary gear unit (30), and a joint unit (20). A rotational power, which has been input to the transmission apparatus (15), is transmitted to the joint unit (20) via the dividing unit (6) or the differential planetary gear unit (30). A rotational power to be input to the joint unit (20) is smaller than the rotational power which has been input to the transmission apparatus (15), and the joint unit comprises a fluid coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kimura, Toshio Miwa, Michio Takashima, Ken Usami, Kazuhiko Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7297084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus (15) including at least one of a dividing unit (6) and a differential planetary gear unit (30), and a joint unit (20). A rotational power, which has been input to the transmission apparatus (15), is transmitted to the joint unit (20) via the dividing unit (6) or the differential planetary gear unit (30). A rotational power to be input to the joint unit (20) is smaller than the rotational power which has been input to the transmission apparatus (15), and the joint unit comprises a fluid coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kimura, Toshio Miwa, Michio Takashima, Ken Usami, Kazuhiko Sugiyama