Patents by Inventor Kenichi Shiba
Kenichi Shiba 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).
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Patent number: 11834244Abstract: A sheet member container having one or more sheet members including a main-body forming sheet member in which a plurality of film layers including an inner film layer and an outer film layer are stacked; a containing portion that accommodates contents; a container main body including the main-body forming sheet member, and surrounding the containing portion; and a peripheral edge sealing portion in which the one or more sheet members are folded along a folding line, and peripheral edge portions of the one or more sheet members are attached to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kenichi Shiba, Akira Kuragano, Takahiro Otsuka
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Publication number: 20230108758Abstract: A sheet member container having one or more sheet members including a main-body forming sheet member in which a plurality of film layers including an inner film layer and an outer film layer are stacked; a containing portion that accommodates contents; a container main body including the main-body forming sheet member, and surrounding the containing portion; and a peripheral edge sealing portion in which the one or more sheet members are folded along a folding line, and peripheral edge portions of the one or more sheet members are attached to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Kenichi SHIBA, Akira KURAGANO, Takahiro OTSUKA
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Patent number: 10614727Abstract: A content reproduction system includes a content reproduction device that reproduces a content in a movable room, an input device that accepts operation by a user responsive to the content, and a sensor that detects a disturbance acting to disturb the operation. The content reproduction device provides assistance to the user in response to a result of the detection by the sensor during reproduction of the content while associating the assistance with the operation accepted by the input device.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiko Asahi, Yuji Takahashi, Kenichi Shiba, Jun Usui, Kouki Hayafuchi, Kenichi Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20190147762Abstract: A content reproduction system includes a content reproduction device that reproduces a content in a movable room, an input device that accepts operation by a user responsive to the content, and a sensor that detects a disturbance acting to disturb the operation. The content reproduction device provides assistance to the user in response to a result of the detection by the sensor during reproduction of the content while associating the assistance with the operation accepted by the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yasuhiko ASAHI, Yuji TAKAHASHI, Kenichi SHIBA, Jun USUI, Kouki HAYAFUCHI, Kenichi YAMAUCHI
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Patent number: 9683694Abstract: A stand structure for an article includes: a pin engaging groove formed in an article body; a pivot portion formed below the pin engaging groove and supporting a first arm of a stand; and an engaging portion disposed in a second arm of the stand and engaged with the pin engaging groove. A switching position exists within a range of the pin engaging groove. When, in a state where the bottom portion and the coupling portion are butted against the placement surface, the engaging portion is engaged with a portion of the pin engaging groove which is located at a position lower than the switching position, the article body is supported in a backward inclined state by the stand.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Shiba, Yuji Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160273702Abstract: A stand structure for an article includes: a pin engaging groove formed in an article body; a pivot portion formed below the pin engaging groove and supporting a first arm of a stand; and an engaging portion disposed in a second arm of the stand and engaged with the pin engaging groove. A switching position exists within a range of the pin engaging groove. When, in a state where the bottom portion and the coupling portion are butted against the placement surface, the engaging portion is engaged with a portion of the pin engaging groove which is located at a position lower than the switching position, the article body is supported in a backward inclined state by the stand.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Kenichi SHIBA, Yuji TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9416199Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an alkali cellulose with suppressed decrease in the degree of polymerization as well as with small use amount of a basic compound, and to a method for producing a cellulose ether by using the alkali cellulose thus obtained. Provided by the present invention are: (A) a method for producing an alkali cellulose, comprising Step 1 wherein a cellulose-containing raw material is pulverized in the presence of 0.6 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke Miyoshi, Yutaka Yoshida, Ryo Miyasato, Kenichi Shiba, Rui Takahashi, Yoichiro Imori
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Publication number: 20140073773Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an alkali cellulose with suppressed decrease in the degree of polymerization as well as with small use amount of a basic compound, and to a method for producing a cellulose ether by using the alkali cellulose thus obtained. Provided by the present invention are: (A) a method for producing an alkali cellulose, comprising Step 1 wherein a cellulose-containing raw material is pulverized in the presence of 0.6 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke Miyoshi, Yutaka Yoshida, Ryo Miyasato, Kenichi Shiba, Rui Takahashi, Yoichiro Imori
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Patent number: 8598105Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing a specific amount of surfactant (A); a specific amount of a polymer compound (B) having the polyether chain moiety (i) and the polymer chain moiety (ii) composed of polymerization units derived from the specific unsaturated monoethylenic monomer; and water, wherein component (A) contains a specific amount of a specific alkoxyl nonionic surfactant (a1), and component (B) is a polymer compound having the polyether chain moiety (i) composed of polymerization units derived from an epoxide having 2 to 5 carbon atoms and the polymer chain moiety (ii) composed of polymerization units derived from one or more unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and maleic acid, the polymer compound having a graft structure wherein one of the chain moieties (i) and (ii) is the main chain and the other is a side chain.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Toshio Miyake, Ayumi Watada, Ayako Kita, Kohei Nishida, Kenichi Shiba, Shinichi Inaba
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Publication number: 20120115768Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing a specific amount of surfactant (A); a specific amount of a polymer compound (B) having the polyether chain moiety (i) and the polymer chain moiety (ii) composed of polymerization units derived from the specific unsaturated monoethylenic monomer; and water, wherein component (A) contains a specific amount of a specific alkoxyl nonionic surfactant (a1), and component (B) is a polymer compound having the polyether chain moiety (i) composed of polymerization units derived from an epoxide having 2 to 5 carbon atoms and the polymer chain moiety (ii) composed of polymerization units derived from one or more unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and maleic acid, the polymer compound having a graft structure wherein one of the chain moieties (i) and (ii) is the main chain and the other is a side chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio Miyake, Ayumi Watada, Ayako Kita, Kohei Nishida, Kenichi Shiba, Shinichi Inaba
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Patent number: 7695569Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent for hard surfaces, which contains (a) a polymer compound having a cationic group, such as a cation-modified polyvinyl alcohol containing specified structural units, (b) a surfactant and (c) water.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yosuke Nakagawa, Noriyuki Morii, Kazunori Tsukuda, Kenichi Shiba, Hirofumi Mizukoshi
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Patent number: 7544649Abstract: This invention provides an antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which is excellent in antifouling effect without any problem in corrosion of metallic materials. The antifouling detergent for hard surfaces comprises a polymer comprising a monomer unit A having at least one group selected from amino groups and quaternary ammonium groups and a monomer unit B represented by —SO2—, in a specific ratio in the molecule.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
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Patent number: 7501387Abstract: An antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which can be used in home to confer an excellent antifouling performance and an ability to prevent re-deposition on hard surfaces in a toilet, a bathroom and a kitchen; and a method of antifouling and washing hard surfaces of toilet bowls, which includes treating the surfaces with an antifouling detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
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Publication number: 20080261856Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent for hard surfaces, which contains (a) a polymer compound having a cationic group, such as a cation-modified polyvinyl alcohol containing specified structural units, (b) a surfactant and (c) water.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Yosuke Nakagawa, Noriyuki Morii, Kazunori Tsukuda, Kenichi Shiba, Hirofumi Mizukoshi
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Patent number: 7372518Abstract: A display-positioning mechanism capable of reliably implementing, with a small number of components, relative positioning of a display aperture portion and a display. Gaps are formed between a screw head and a mounting portion and between a baseplate and an LCD unit. Hence, the LCD unit is movable within a predetermined range relative to the baseplate. When a second casing body is attached to a first casing body, from the LCD unit side, the LCD unit is accommodated at an inner side of a positioning portion, while a fitting protrusion frame of the first casing body is fitted into a fitting recess frame of the second casing body. The LCD unit is positioned in a display aperture portion by the positioning portion, and an upper face portion disposed at the inner side of the positioning portion presses against the LCD unit, which is tightly contacted with the baseplate and fixed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kenichi Shiba
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Patent number: 7344256Abstract: A DMD (digital micromirror device) includes a substantially rectangular element face made up of plural mirror elements arranged in a matrix. The DMD is provided with a light shielding cover having a light transmitting portion which corresponds to the element face. Radiated from the illumination optical system including a rod integrator, the illumination light enters the element face, on a flat surface including the diagonal line of the element face, at an inclined angle with respect to the normal to the element face. Near a light exit face of the rod integrator, a mask plate is disposed to regulate a part of the illumination light. The mask plate has a mask aperture of substantially rhombus shape. The illumination light passing the mask aperture is reshaped so that an illumination area can be a substantially rectangular shape on the element face.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignees: Fujinon Corporation, Yamaha CorporationInventors: Takashi Watanabe, Kenichi Shiba, Minoru Ogita
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Publication number: 20060058211Abstract: This invention provides an antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which is excellent in antifouling effect without any problem in corrosion of metallic materials. The antifouling detergent for hard surfaces comprises a polymer comprising a monomer unit A having at least one group selected from amino groups and quaternary ammonium groups and a monomer unit B represented by —SO2—, in a specific ratio in the molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Niyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
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Publication number: 20060044527Abstract: A DMD (digital micromirror device) includes a substantially rectangular element face made up of plural mirror elements arranged in a matrix. The DMD is provided with a light shielding cover having a light transmitting portion which corresponds to the element face. Radiated from the illumination optical system including a rod integrator, the illumination light enters the element face, on a flat surface including the diagonal line of the element face, at an inclined angle with respect to the normal to the element face. Near a light exit face of the rod integrator, a mask plate is disposed to regulate a part of the illumination light. The mask plate has a mask aperture of substantially rhombus shape. The illumination light passing the mask aperture is reshaped so that an illumination area can be a substantially rectangular shape on the element face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Kenichi Shiba, Minoru Ogita
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Publication number: 20050070456Abstract: This invention provides an antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which can be used in home to confer an excellent antifouling performance and an ability to prevent re-deposition on hard surfaces in a toilet, a bathroom and a kitchen. The antifouling detergent for hard surfaces comprises a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 80,000 wherein a monomer unit having, in molecule (a), at least one group selected from amino groups and quaternary ammonium groups is contained in an amount of 10 to 100 mol-% relative to the whole monomer units.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
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Publication number: 20040157665Abstract: A display-positioning mechanism capable of reliably implementing, with a small number of components, relative positioning of a display aperture portion and a display. Gaps are formed between a screw head and a mounting portion and between a baseplate and an LCD unit. Hence, the LCD unit is movable within a predetermined range relative to the baseplate. When a second casing body is attached to a first casing body, from the LCD unit side, the LCD unit is accommodated at an inner side of a positioning portion, while a fitting protrusion frame of the first casing body is fitted into a fitting recess frame of the second casing body. The LCD unit is positioned in a display aperture portion by the positioning portion, and an upper face portion disposed at the inner side of the positioning portion presses against the LCD unit, which is tightly contacted with the baseplate and fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Shiba