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).

  • Patent number: 11834244
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Shiba, Akira Kuragano, Takahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20230108758
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIBA, Akira KURAGANO, Takahiro OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 10614727
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Asahi, Yuji Takahashi, Kenichi Shiba, Jun Usui, Kouki Hayafuchi, Kenichi Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20190147762
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiko ASAHI, Yuji TAKAHASHI, Kenichi SHIBA, Jun USUI, Kouki HAYAFUCHI, Kenichi YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9683694
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Shiba, Yuji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160273702
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIBA, Yuji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9416199
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Miyoshi, Yutaka Yoshida, Ryo Miyasato, Kenichi Shiba, Rui Takahashi, Yoichiro Imori
  • Publication number: 20140073773
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Miyoshi, Yutaka Yoshida, Ryo Miyasato, Kenichi Shiba, Rui Takahashi, Yoichiro Imori
  • Patent number: 8598105
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Miyake, Ayumi Watada, Ayako Kita, Kohei Nishida, Kenichi Shiba, Shinichi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20120115768
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Miyake, Ayumi Watada, Ayako Kita, Kohei Nishida, Kenichi Shiba, Shinichi Inaba
  • Patent number: 7695569
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakagawa, Noriyuki Morii, Kazunori Tsukuda, Kenichi Shiba, Hirofumi Mizukoshi
  • Patent number: 7544649
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7501387
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20080261856
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakagawa, Noriyuki Morii, Kazunori Tsukuda, Kenichi Shiba, Hirofumi Mizukoshi
  • Patent number: 7372518
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7344256
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignees: Fujinon Corporation, Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Kenichi Shiba, Minoru Ogita
  • Publication number: 20060058211
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Niyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20060044527
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Kenichi Shiba, Minoru Ogita
  • Publication number: 20050070456
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20040157665
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Shiba