Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Sotome

Mitsuhiro Sotome 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: 9731857
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for forming one or more air intake holes wherein the punch-cutter to be used has a cylindrical blade at the tip, and also has a hooking portion or portions, which is/are disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical blade and which performs a function of hooking into a portion of the outer layer that has come inside the cylindrical blade to prevent the cylindrical blade from slipping out of that portion of the outer layer at a time when the cylindrical blade is moved backward, the cylindrical blade is pressed forward until the blade edge comes to a position close to the outer layer, and at this position, the outer layer is not yet cut out completely, but there remains a circular uncut portion ahead of the blade edge, then, the cylindrical blade is moved backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Miyajima, Mitsuhiro Sotome
  • Patent number: 9387951
    Abstract: A blow-molded container comprises a synthetic resin outer layer that forms an outer shell in a fixed shape, a synthetic resin inner layer laminated with this outer layer in a peelable manner, and one or more air intake holes is/are formed at a predetermined position or positions of a neck. An inside opening of the each air intake hole has a horn shape with an increased diameter on an inner-surface side of the outer layer, and a notch-like interspace is formed between the outer layer and the inner layer in a peripheral area of the inside opening of the air intake hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Miyajima, Mitsuhiro Sotome
  • Publication number: 20150266199
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for forming one or more air intake holes wherein the punch-cutter to be used has a cylindrical blade at the tip, and also has a hooking portion or portions, which is/are disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical blade and which performs a function of hooking into a portion of the outer layer that has come inside the cylindrical blade to prevent the cylindrical blade from slipping out of that portion of the outer layer at a time when the cylindrical blade is moved backward, the cylindrical blade is pressed forward until the blade edge comes to a position close to the outer layer, and at this position, the outer layer is not yet cut out completely, but there remains a circular uncut portion ahead of the blade edge, then, the cylindrical blade is moved backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao MIYAJIMA, Mitsuhiro SOTOME
  • Publication number: 20140239002
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for forming one or more air intake holes wherein the punch-cutter to be used has a cylindrical blade at the tip, and also has a hooking portion or portions, which is/are disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical blade and which performs a function of hooking into a portion of the outer layer that has come inside the cylindrical blade to prevent the cylindrical blade from slipping out of that portion of the outer layer at a time when the cylindrical blade is moved backward, the cylindrical blade is pressed forward until the blade edge comes to a position close to the outer layer, and at this position, the outer layer is not yet cut out completely, but there remains a circular uncut portion ahead of the blade edge, then, the cylindrical blade is moved backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Miyajima, Mitsuhiro Sotome