Patents by Inventor Mitsuru OKADA

Mitsuru OKADA 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: 11484064
    Abstract: An aerosol inhaler cartridge is provided with a liquid storage unit and a thin metal heater. The metal heater has an obverse face, a reverse face, and a side face joining the obverse face and the reverse face, and is provided, on at least a part of the side face, with a tapered protrusion that protrudes in a tapered shape in a direction different from an imaginary line extending from the obverse face to the reverse face. The tapered protrusion has: a first tapered face formed in an inwardly curving manner extending from an obverse edge part whereat the obverse face and the side face are joined to the tip of the tapered protrusion; and a second tapered face formed in an inwardly curving manner extending from a reverse edge part whereat the reverse face and the side face are joined to the tip of the tapered protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Tomoichi Watanabe, Hidenori Muramoto, Takeshi Akiyama, Mitsuru Okada, Toshiki Kudo, Tomoaki Hongo
  • Publication number: 20220240578
    Abstract: A leftover material is prevented from being generated from a part, of a cartridge that forms a vapor product, where positioning is performed. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, a connection section that extends between the first component and the second component, with one end connected to the first component and another end connected to the second component, and a guide section that extends from the first component, and that is not joined or welded to the second component. The second component includes a receiving section where the guide section fits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru OKADA, Masayuki KIMURA, Yuya SERIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220240595
    Abstract: Exposure of a leftover material at a cartridge that forms a vapor product is prevented. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, and a connection section whose one end is connected to the first component and whose another end is joined or welded to the second component. The second component includes a facing surface that faces the first component, and an outermost edge of the facing surface. The other end of the connection section is joined or welded to the facing surface of the second component, at a position away from the outermost edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru OKADA, Tetsuya OKUYAMA, Yuya SERIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220240596
    Abstract: Exposure of a leftover material at a cartridge that forms a vapor product is prevented. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, and a connection section whose one end is connected to the first component and whose another end is joined or welded to the second component. The second component includes a recessed section. The other end of the connection section is joined or welded to the recessed section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru OKADA, Tetsuya OKUYAMA, Masayuki KIMURA, Yuya SERIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220232901
    Abstract: Exposure of a leftover material at a cartridge that forms a vapor product is prevented. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, and a connection section whose one end is connected to the first component and whose another end is joined or welded to the second component. The first component includes a first facing surface that faces the second component, and a first outermost edge of the first facing surface. The second component includes a second facing surface that faces the first component, and a second outermost edge of the second facing surface. The first outermost edge and the second component are not joined or welded to each other, and the second outermost edge and the first component are not joined or welded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru OKADA, Masayuki KIMURA, Yuya SERIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200297032
    Abstract: An aerosol inhaler cartridge is provided with a liquid storage unit and a thin metal heater. The metal heater has an obverse face, a reverse face, and a side face joining the obverse face and the reverse face, and is provided, on at least a part of the side face, with a tapered protrusion that protrudes in a tapered shape in a direction different from an imaginary line extending from the obverse face to the reverse face. The tapered protrusion has: a first tapered face formed in an inwardly curving manner extending from an obverse edge part whereat the obverse face and the side face are joined to the tip of the tapered protrusion; and a second tapered face formed in an inwardly curving manner extending from a reverse edge part whereat the reverse face and the side face are joined to the tip of the tapered protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Tomoichi WATANABE, Hidenori MURAMOTO, Takeshi AKIYAMA, Mitsuru OKADA, Toshiki KUDO, Tomoaki HONGO