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).

  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240245091
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Kotaro SENDA, Kenta MITSUCHI, Keisuke HARUKI
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240245089
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion-heating-type flavor inhaler, the tobacco sheet including a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Kazuhiro NODA, Yuta YANAI, Hirotsugu WAKABAYASHI
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240245090
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating flavor inhaler, the tobacco sheet including a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240245103
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240237696
    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: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240196952
    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: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Kazuhiro NODA, Yuta YANAI, Hirotsugu WAKABAYASHI
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FRAGRANCE INHALER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FRAGRANCE INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FRAGRANCE INHALING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240196953
    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: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Kazuhiro NODA, Yuta YANAI, Hirotsugu WAKABAYASHI
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER
    Publication number: 20240180227
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler, the sheet having high bulkiness, the method includes a step in which a mixture including a tobacco material and an aerogel-generating agent is formed into a sheet, and a step in which the mixture formed into the sheet is dried. A moisture reduction speed in the drying step is 0.8% WB/second or above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    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
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    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
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    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
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALERS, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    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
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FRAGRANCE INHALER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FRAGRANCE INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FRAGRANCE INHALING SYSTEM
    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
  • TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM
    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
  • TOBACCO COMPOSITION CONTAINING SATURATED FATTY ACID ADDITIVE
    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
  • HEATER ASSEMBLY AND CONTAINER
    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
  • Heater assembly and container
    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
  • Heater assembly and container
    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
  • HEATER ASSEMBLY AND CONTAINER
    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
  • Flavor inhaler and method of manufacturing combustion type heat source
    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