Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Hirasawa

Nobuhiro Hirasawa 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: 9445611
    Abstract: Provided are: tofu-like food and soy milk containing fibrous material, each of which has good texture and flavor and enables simultaneous intake of almost all of nutritional components in soybeans, such as proteins, lipids, glucides, fibrous material, minerals, vitamin components, and isoflavone compounds. Also provided is a process for producing soy milk containing fibrous material, which comprises the steps of: (A) dissolving and dispersing dehulled soybean powdery material having a nitrogen solubility index of 75 to 90, a lipoxygenase value of 30 to 120, an n-hexanal content of 0.5 ppm to 2 ppm, and a peroxide value of 0.2 meq/kg to 3.0 meq/kg in water to obtain dispersion; (B) subjecting the dispersion to heat treatment at 120° C. to 160° C. for 1 to 600 seconds; and (C) after the step (B), cooling the dispersion to 100° C. or lower and subjecting the resultant dispersion to emulsification and dispersion treatment under a pressure of 25 MPa to 200 MPa to produce soy milk containing fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI FOOD PROCESSING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuura, Masaki Sato, Nobuhiro Hirasawa, Sachiko Tadokoro, Kenji Koga
  • Publication number: 20120231119
    Abstract: Provided are: tofu-like food and soy milk containing fibrous material, each of which has good texture and flavor and enables simultaneous intake of almost all of nutritional components in soybeans, such as proteins, lipids, glucides, fibrous material, minerals, vitamin components, and isoflavone compounds. Also provided is a process for producing soy milk containing fibrous material, which comprises the steps of: (A) dissolving and dispersing dehulled soybean powdery material having a nitrogen solubility index of 75 to 90, a lipoxygenase value of 30 to 120, an n-hexanal content of 0.5 ppm to 2 ppm, and a peroxide value of 0.2 meq/kg to 3.0 meq/kg in water to obtain dispersion; (B) subjecting the dispersion to heat treatment at 120° C. to 160° C. for 1 to 600 seconds; and (C) after the step (B), cooling the dispersion to 100° C. or lower and subjecting the resultant dispersion to emulsification and dispersion treatment under a pressure of 25 MPa to 200 MPa to produce soy milk containing fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuura, Masaki Sato, Nobuhiro Hirasawa, Sachiko Tadokoro, Kenji Koga
  • Patent number: 5375822
    Abstract: A fluid-filled cylindrical elastic mount is disclosed which includes an inner and an outer sleeve connected by an elastic body, and a pair of fluid chambers formed in the elastic body. A non-compressible fluid contained in the mount flows between the fluid chambers, through one of two differently tuned orifice passages defined by an orifice structure. One of the orifice passages having the higher ratio of its cross sectional area to its length is formed at least partially as a tunnel extending through a tunnel-defining portion of the orifice structure. A valve assembly including a rotary valve and a valve housing is attached to the orifice structure such that the rotary valve is located in the tunnel of the orifice passage and such that the valve housing is fixed to a radially outer surface of the tunnel-defining portion which is exposed to an outside of the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hirasawa, Masaaki Mishima