Patents by Inventor Kimitaka UCHII

Kimitaka UCHII 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: 20240074482
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet having high swelling property for a non-combustion heating type flavor inhaler. The tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating type flavor inhaler includes tobacco powder having a cumulative 90% particle size (D90) of 200 ?m or more in a volume-based particle size distribution measured by a dry laser diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Manabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIBUICHI, Tetsuya MOTODAMARI, Toru SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20240074483
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for non-combustion heating type flavor inhalers, which has high bulkiness. The tobacco sheet for non-combustion heating type flavor inhalers contains a tobacco raw material, in which the cross-sectional surface of the tobacco sheet when observed in the direction of thickness of the tobacco sheet has a corrugated shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Manabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIBUICHI, Tetsuya MOTODAMARI, Toru SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20240057658
    Abstract: This tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler contains a tobacco powder having a cumulative 90% particle diameter (D90) of at least 200 ?m in a volume-based particle size distribution as measured by a dry laser diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Daisuke NANJO, Moeka NAGAYAMA, Katsunori MURAKOSHI, Tetsuro SHIBUYA, Yui NAKAYAMA, Shunsuke YOKOTE, Masaki ROKUGAWA, Hajime NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20240049769
    Abstract: The invention is a tobacco composition containing (A) a tobacco material and (B) a saturated fatty acid additive, wherein: the component (B) is selected from the group consisting of saturated fatty acids that have a molar mass of 200 to 350 g/mol, esters of such saturated fatty acids, and combinations thereof; and the tobacco composition contains the component (B) at 0.01 to 3 mass % per dry weight in the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke YOKOTE, Kimitaka UCHII, Masaki ROKUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240049767
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type fragrance inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Daisuke NANJO, Moeka NAGAYAMA, Katsunori MURAKOSHI, Tetsuro SHIBUYA, Yui NAKAYAMA, Shunsuke YOKOTE, Masaki ROKUGAWA, Hajime NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20240049766
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion-heating-type flavor inhaler, the tobacco sheet including a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MITSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Daisuke NANJO, Moeka NAGAYAMA, Katsunoi MURAKOSHI, Tetsuro SHIBUYA, Yui NAKAYAMA, Shunsuke YOKOTE, Masaki ROKUGAWA, Hajime NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20240049768
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for non-combustion heating type flavor inhalers, which has high bulkiness. The tobacco sheet for non-combustion heating type flavor inhalers contains a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Manabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIBUICHI, Tetsuya MOTODAMARI, Toru SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20230389606
    Abstract: A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Yasunobu INOUE, Kimitaka UCHII, Tateki SUMII
  • Patent number: 11805813
    Abstract: A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Yasunobu Inoue, Kimitaka Uchii, Tateki Sumii
  • Patent number: 11696601
    Abstract: A heater assembly includes a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Yasunobu Inoue, Kimitaka Uchii, Tateki Sumii
  • Publication number: 20230189885
    Abstract: A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Yasunobu INOUE, Kimitaka UCHII, Tateki SUMII
  • Patent number: 11517040
    Abstract: A flavor inhaler includes a tubular holder that extends from a mouthpiece end toward a distal end, a flavor source that is provided in the holder, and a combustion type heat source that is provided at the distal end, and includes a protruding portion protruding from the distal end and a flavorant carried on the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Takeshi Akiyama, Takashi Oda, Masaaki Suzuki, Kimitaka Uchii
  • Patent number: 11330834
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flavor source includes: a step A of adding a basic substance to a tobacco raw material; a step B of heating the tobacco raw material added with the basic substance and releasing an inhaling flavor component into a vapor phase from the tobacco raw material; a step C of collecting the inhaling flavor component released into the vapor phase in the step B; a step D of washing a tobacco residue being the tobacco raw material obtained after the inhaling flavor component is released in the step B, with a washing solvent; a step E of pulverizing or cutting the tobacco residue obtained after being washed in the step D; and a step F of adding the inhaling flavor component collected in the step C to the tobacco residue obtained after pulverized or cut in the step E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Osuga, Kimitaka Uchii, Takuma Nakano, Morio Yajima, Yusuke Nanasaki
  • Publication number: 20220071277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tobacco rod for a flavor inhaler, including a plurality of rod-shaped segments connected to one another, in which each of the segments includes a cylindrical container and a flavor source including tobacco filled in the cylindrical container, the flavor source being filled in such a manner as to form, over a longitudinal direction, a channel for causing a flavor component to pass therethrough, and the channels of the segments are discontinuously connected at the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJIKURA, Kaori TAKAI, Takeshi SHINKAWA, Kimitaka UCHII
  • Publication number: 20220071266
    Abstract: A tobacco rod for a flavor inhaler includes a cylindrical container, and a flavor source including tobacco filled in the cylindrical container, in which the flavor source is filled in such a manner as to form voids over a longitudinal direction, and the following relationship is satisfied: S/T?17%, wherein T represents an area of all voids present in a cross-section of the flavor source orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical container, and S represents a total area of voids each having an area of 800000 ?m2 or more in the cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJIKURA, Kaori TAKAI, Takeshi SHINKAWA, Kimitaka UCHII
  • Publication number: 20210045448
    Abstract: A heater assembly includes a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Yasunobu INOUE, Kimitaka UCHII, Tateki SUMII
  • Patent number: 10721958
    Abstract: A portable package including an inhaling flavor product including a flavor base material configured by a non-tobacco material, a tobacco raw material that has undergone an alkali treatment and emits an inhaling flavor component as a vapor phase, and a container portion that contains the tobacco raw material and the flavor base material, wherein the container portion limits a movement of at least one of the tobacco raw material and the flavor base material so as to maintain the tobacco raw material and the flavor base material in a non-contacting state, and the tobacco raw material and the flavor base material are arranged within a same space constructed by the container portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Keiko Fujii, Kimitaka Uchii, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 10609951
    Abstract: A method for producing a flavor source that supports an inhaling flavor component contained in a tobacco raw material, comprises: step A of performing an alkali treatment on the tobacco raw material; and step B of arranging an alkali-treated tobacco raw material and a flavor base material configured by non-tobacco material within a same space in such a way that the alkali-treated tobacco raw material and the flavor base material are maintained in a non-contacting state, thereby inducing the flavor base material to support the inhaling flavor component emitted as a vapor phase from the tobacco raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Keiko Fujii, Kimitaka Uchii, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 10420372
    Abstract: A non-combustion-type flavor inhaler is provided with: a heat source which has a plate-like shape having a pair of main surfaces; a flavor generation source having a plate-like shape having a pair of main surfaces; and a holder for receiving both the heat source and the flavor generation source. The heat source and the flavor generation source are stacked on each other within the holder in such a manner that one of the main surfaces of the heat source and one of the main surfaces of the flavor generation source face each other. The flavor generation source has: an introduction region for introducing air into the flavor generation source; and a delivery region for delivering air from the inside of the flavor generation source. The introduction region and the delivery region are provided on the surfaces of the flavor generation source, which are other than the main surface which faces the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Suzuki, Kimitaka Uchii, Takashi Hasegawa, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 10390555
    Abstract: The production process comprises a step (A) in which an alkali-treated tobacco source is heated to make the tobacco source release a flavoring ingredient into a gas phase, a step (B) in which the flavoring ingredient released into the gas phase is brought into contact with a given solvent which is a liquid substance at ordinary temperature, thereby trapping the flavoring ingredient in the given solvent, and a step (C) in which the given solvent is added to a constituent element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Fujisawa, Takuma Nakano, Kimitaka Uchii, Manabu Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Katayama, Manabu Yamada