Patents by Inventor Masashi Hirakawa

Masashi Hirakawa 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: 11943822
    Abstract: A communication device is configured to wirelessly connect to an electronic apparatus. The communication device comprises a first communication unit and a second communication unit of a same type as that of the first communication unit and a control unit configured to control the first communication unit and the second communication unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a communication situation of the first communication unit with electronic apparatus and another communication situation of the second communication unit with electronic apparatus. The control unit is configured to execute an allocation process for determining a connection destination of an electronic apparatus to the first communication unit or the second communication unit based on the communication situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Imada, Masashi Kamata, Tai Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20230052536
    Abstract: A stick cosmetic accommodating container in which a dish member that holds a stick cosmetic is moved in an up/down direction in an inner portion of an inner cylindrical member by an extending mechanism, and the stick cosmetic is accommodated such as to freely emerge and retract from the inner cylindrical member is a stick cosmetic accommodating container that includes: an engaging piece that is formed in a bottom portion of the dish member; a rod member that has an engaging portion that engages with the engaging piece in an upper end portion; and an engagement releasing mechanism that increases a dimension of the engaging portion when the dish member is raised to near an upper dead point and sets an engaged state with the engaged piece to a substantially released state, an issue thereof being to provide a stick cosmetic accommodating container in which only the dish member can be attached and detached even after assembly, and segregated disposal is also improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hideyuki ONOE, Koji FUJII, Masashi HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11172748
    Abstract: A bar-shaped cosmetic housing container includes: a dish member that holds a bar-shaped cosmetic and has an engaging portion; an inner cylinder member that has a dish-member guide groove with which the engaging portion of the dish member is engaged and a body-member slit groove with which a rotation control portion provided in a body member is engaged; the body member has a guidance groove with which the engaging portion is engaged and has the rotation control portion that is engaged with the body portion slit groove on an inner peripheral surface thereof; a screw member in which a screw groove is formed on an inner peripheral surface, the engaging portion being engaged with the screw groove and the dish member being moved in an up/down direction; and a skirt member that is provided in a lower end portion of the body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Kose Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Arai, Masashi Hirakawa