Patents by Inventor Kimihiro Kawano

Kimihiro Kawano 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: 10568331
    Abstract: To allow simplification of the operating mechanism for automatic charging of auxiliary material, thus enabling compactization/simplification of the automatic bread making machine as well as increased readiness of its cleaning. An auxiliary material accommodating container detachably attachable to an automatic bread making machine. The container includes a base body 31, a first accommodating section 31a, a second accommodating section 31b, a first opening/closing member (a lid member 32 and a frame member 33) and a second opening/closing member (a yeast lid member 34). The first accommodating section 31a and the second accommodating section 31b accommodate auxiliary materials to be charged to bread. The first opening/closing member is pivotable relative to the base body 31 about a pivot axis G to open/close the first accommodating section 31a. The second opening/closing member is pivotable relative to the base body 31 about the pivot axis G to open/close the second accommodating section 31b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Zojirushi Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Kawano, Takuya Ishii
  • Patent number: 9857783
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon a setting program for setting a computer to control a device. The setting program a display control function configured to execute on the computer a display process for displaying an image on a screen that sequentially guides setup procedure for the device, and a setting control function configured to execute on the computer a setting process including at least installation of a software necessary for the computer to control the device. The setting control function is further configured to execute on the computer the setting process in parallel with the display process by the display control function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Miwa, Takeshi Takeuchi, Kimihiro Kawano, Kentaro Kanada, Atsushi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Oshima
  • Patent number: 9854944
    Abstract: A coffee beans grinder includes a main body, a dispensing component, a blade unit for grinding coffee beans having a first blade element and a second blade element facing the first blade element, and a dispensing element provided in the dispensing component for feeding coffee beans to a grinding space defined between the first blade element and the second blade element. The first blade element is provided in the main body, and the second blade element is provided in the dispensing component. The dispensing component is removably attached to the main body with a manually-operable engagement element. The second blade element faces the first blade element to define the grinding space therebetween with the dispensing component being attached to the main body with the manually-operable engagement element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Zojirushi Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohta, Takuya Ishii, Kimihiro Kawano, Masatoshi Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20170325464
    Abstract: To allow simplification of the operating mechanism for automatic charging of auxiliary material, thus enabling compactization/simplification of the automatic bread making machine as well as increased readiness of its cleaning. An auxiliary material accommodating container detachably attachable to an automatic bread making machine. The container includes a base body 31, a first accommodating section 31a, a second accommodating section 31b, a first opening/closing member (a lid member 32 and a frame member 33) and a second opening/closing member (a yeast lid member 34). The first accommodating section 31a and the second accommodating section 31b accommodate auxiliary materials to be charged to bread. The first opening/closing member is pivotable relative to the base body 31 about a pivot axis G to open/close the first accommodating section 31a. The second opening/closing member is pivotable relative to the base body 31 about the pivot axis G to open/close the second accommodating section 31b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kimihiro Kawano, Takuya Ishii
  • Publication number: 20160015215
    Abstract: A coffee beans grinder includes a main body, a dispensing component, a blade unit for grinding coffee beans having a first blade element and a second blade element facing the first blade element, and a dispensing element provided in the dispensing component for feeding coffee beans to a grinding space defined between the first blade element and the second blade element. The first blade element is provided in the main body, and the second blade element is provided in the dispensing component. The dispensing component is removably attached to the main body with a manually-operable engagement element. The second blade element faces the first blade element to define the grinding space therebetween with the dispensing component being attached to the main body with the manually-operable engagement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohta, Takuya Ishii, Kimihiro Kawano, Masatoshi Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20150081050
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon a setting program for setting a computer to control a device. The setting program a display control function configured to execute on the computer a display process for displaying an image on a screen that sequentially guides setup procedure for the device, and a setting control function configured to execute on the computer a setting process including at least installation of a software necessary for the computer to control the device. The setting control function is further configured to execute on the computer the setting process in parallel with the display process by the display control function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shiro MIWA, Takeshi TAKEUCHI, Kimihiro KAWANO, Kentaro KANADA, Atsushi SUZUKI, Yasuhiro OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20100262937
    Abstract: An application program causing a computer to function as: a processing sequence launching unit that, in the case where in a menu in which processing sequences associated with a first device are displayed as choices by a browser, a processing sequence from among the processing sequences associated with the first device is selected, launches the selected processing sequence; a processing target candidate selection display unit that displays a list of processing target candidates as choices; and a processing target specification unit that, in the case where one or more of the processing target candidates has been selected, passes the selected processing target candidate as a processing target to the processing sequence launched by the processing sequence launching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiro Kawano
  • Patent number: D673810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Zojirushi Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Kawano, Gen-ichi Hoshino