Patents by Inventor Shinichi Tokunaga
Shinichi Tokunaga 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).
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Publication number: 20230166229Abstract: A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber capsule according to the present invention includes forming a Pickering emulsion by irradiating a mixture containing cellulose nanofibers, water, and fluid carbon dioxide with ultrasonic waves in a closed container; and facilitating encapsulation using cellulose nanofibers from the Pickering emulsion by opening the closed container. The present invention enables encapsulation using the cellulose nanofibers from a Pickering emulsion that does not contain an organic solvent, for example, and is useful in the technical fields of pharmaceutical agents, foods, and cosmetics, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: KENJI MISHIMA, SHINICHI TOKUNAGA, KENTO ONO
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Patent number: 11242186Abstract: There are included a packing material that has a moisture-proof property and forms a third space, a liquid ejecting head that includes a case member which forms a second space communicating with the third space, and a first moisture absorbing material and a piezoelectric element which are disposed in the second space, and is disposed in the third space, and a second moisture absorbing material that has a higher moisture absorbing property than that of the first moisture absorbing material and is disposed in the third space.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Nakajima, Shinichi Tokunaga, Takahiro Kanegae
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Patent number: 11129781Abstract: An agent for hair deforming treatment comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) glyoxylic acid, or a hydrate or a salt thereof, (B) resorcin, and (C) water, wherein the molar ratio of the content of the component (B) to the content of the component (A), (B)/(A), is 0.2 or more and 5 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Furukawa, Shinichi Tokunaga, Masaru Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11045402Abstract: The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention, which is a one-agent type or a multi-agent type hair cosmetic composition, contains, the following components (A) to (D): (A): a compound selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid hydrate, a glyoxylate salt, and a glyoxylamide; (B): a phenolic compound having an electron-donating group on at least one m-position and having a hydrogen atom on at least one of the o-positions and the p-position, wherein the electron-donating group on the m-position may form, together with an adjacent carbon atom, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxyl group(s); (C): a thickening polymer, showing viscosity of 100 mPa·s or higher when measured as a 10 mass % aqueous solution, at 20° C., within at least a part of pH region of 4 or lower, and using a B-type viscometer; and (D): water.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun-ichi Furukawa, Steven Breakspear, Shinichi Tokunaga, Bernd Noecker, Niu Jian
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Patent number: 10959925Abstract: The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention, which is a one-agent type or a multi-agent type hair cosmetic composition, contains, the following components (A) to (D), the component (C) content, relative to the total composition of the hair cosmetic composition, being 0.1 mass % or higher and lower than 20 mass %: (A): a compound selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid hydrate, a glyoxylate salt, and a glyoxylamide; (B): a phenolic compound having an electron-donating group on at least one m-position and having a hydrogen atom on at least one of the o-positions and the p-position, wherein the electron-donating group on the m-position may form, together with an adjacent carbon atom, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxyl group(s); (C): an organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher; and (D): water.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun-ichi Furukawa, Shinichi Tokunaga, Steven Breakspear, Niu Jian, Bernd Noecker
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Publication number: 20190329959Abstract: There are included a packing material that has a moisture-proof property and forms a third space, a liquid ejecting head that includes a case member which forms a second space communicating with the third space, and a first moisture absorbing material and a piezoelectric element which are disposed in the second space, and is disposed in the third space, and a second moisture absorbing material that has a higher moisture absorbing property than that of the first moisture absorbing material and is disposed in the third space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Yoshinori NAKAJIMA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Takahiro KANEGAE
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Publication number: 20190290564Abstract: The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention, which is a one-agent type or a multi-agent type hair cosmetic composition, contains, the following components (A) to (D): (A): a compound selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid hydrate, a glyoxylate salt, and a glyoxylamide; (B): a phenolic compound having an electron-donating group on at least one m-position and having a hydrogen atom on at least one of the o-positions and the p-position, wherein the electron-donating group on the m-position may form, together with an adjacent carbon atom, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxyl group(s); (C): a direct dye; and (D): water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun-ichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Steven BREAKSPEAR, Niu JIAN, Bernd NOECKER
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Publication number: 20190254943Abstract: The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention, which is a one-agent type or a multi-agent type hair cosmetic composition, contains, the following components (A) to (D), the component (C) content, relative to the total composition of the hair cosmetic composition, being 0.1 mass % or higher and lower than 20 mass %: (A): a compound selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid hydrate, a glyoxylate salt, and a glyoxylamide; (B): a phenolic compound having an electron-donating group on at least one m-position and having a hydrogen atom on at least one of the o-positions and the p-position, wherein the electron-donating group on the m-position may form, together with an adjacent carbon atom, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxyl group(s); (C): an organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher; and (D): water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun-ichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Steven BREAKSPEAR, Niu JIAN, Bernd NOECKER
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Publication number: 20190224093Abstract: The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention, which is a one-agent type or a multi-agent type hair cosmetic composition, contains, the following components (A) to (D): (A): a compound selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid hydrate, a glyoxylate salt, and a glyoxylamide; (B): a phenolic compound having an electron-donating group on at least one m-position and having a hydrogen atom on at least one of the o-positions and the p-position, wherein the electron-donating group on the m-position may form, together with an adjacent carbon atom, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxyl group(s); (C): a thickening polymer, showing viscosity of 100 mPa·s or higher when measured as a 10 mass % aqueous solution, at 20° C., within at least a part of pH region of 4 or lower, and using a B-type viscometer; and (D): water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun-ichi FURUKAWA, Steven BREAKSPEAR, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Bernd NOECKER, Niu JIAN
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Publication number: 20190125052Abstract: The hair treatment method includes the following steps (i) to (iii) for dyeing hair and at the same time deforming hair semi-permanently or permanently: (i) a step of dyeing hair through a hair treatment including applying a dye to the hair, (ii) a step of applying the following components (A), (B), and (C) to the hair, (A): one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, a glyoxylic acid hydrate, a glyoxylate salt, and a glyoxylamide; (B): a phenolic compound having an electron-donating group on at least one m-position and having a hydrogen atom on at least one of the o-positions and the p-position, wherein the electron-donating group on the m-position may form, together with an adjacent carbon atom, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxyl group(s); (C): water, and (iii) a step of heating and shaping the hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun-ichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Steven BREAKSPEAR, Niu JIAN, Bernd NOECKER
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Publication number: 20180353406Abstract: An agent for hair deforming treatment comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) glyoxylic acid, or a hydrate or a salt thereof, (B) resorcin, and (C) water, wherein the molar ratio of the content of the component (B) to the content of the component (A), (B)/(A), is 0.2 or more and 5 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Masaru TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20180311129Abstract: A hair deforming treatment agent comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) glyoxylic acid, or a hydrate or a salt thereof, (B) a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents H or a methyl group, A1, A2 and B each represent H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, etc., D represents H, OH, a methyl group, an alkoxy group, etc., and E represents H, a methyl group, an alkoxy group, etc., and (C) water.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Masaru TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20180263882Abstract: An agent for hair deforming treatment comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) glyoxylic acid or a hydrate or salt thereof, (B) a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents H or a methyl group, X represents H, OH, or a methoxy group, Y represents H, O, OH, or a methoxy group, Z represents H, an alkyl group, etc., Rx represents H, O, a methoxy group, etc., Ry represents H, OH, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, etc., and the dashed line optionally represents a double bond, and (C) water, wherein the molar ratio of the content of the component (B) to the content of the component (A), (B)/(A), is 0.01 or more and 5 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Masaru TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20180263876Abstract: An agent for hair deforming treatment comprising the following components (A) and (B): (A) a compound represented by the following formula (1), and (B) water: wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent H or a group represented by formula (2), and 0 to 2 thereof are H, wherein, in the formula (2), R represents H or a carboxy group, and A1 and A2 represent H, OH or a group represented by formula (3), wherein in the formula (3), any one of X, Y and X represents a site binding to the C in the formula (2), and the others represent H or —CH(OH)COOH.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi FURUKAWA, Shinichi TOKUNAGA
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Patent number: 9919349Abstract: A cleaning method is provided for on-site cleaning of equipment such as filling equipment that fills beverages, etc. into bottles, cans, and other containers, liquid treatment equipment for filling solutions, and pipe equipment for connecting said equipment, the method being able to increase significantly the cleanliness of portions in contact with the filling solution while shortening cleaning time and reducing the amount used of utilities such as cleaning solution, etc. In the cleaning method for on-site cleaning of the liquid pathways of equipment such as filling equipment (4) for filling beverages into bottles, cans and other containers, liquid-treatment equipment (3) for filling solutions, or pipe equipment (4p) that connects said equipment, liquid comprising nanobubbles is pumped into said equipment and is left undisturbed to soak for a prescribed period.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yasushi Ito, Koichi Aoki, Shinichi Tokunaga, Minoru Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 9849075Abstract: The invention provides a gel-form hair cosmetic composition, which contains components (a) to (c) emulsified in an aqueous component, and which exhibits an endothermic peak temperature of from 40° C. to 75° C. as measured through DSC, wherein the components are (a) a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, the polyalkyleneimine derivative being formed of a polyalkyleneimine having a weight average molecular weight of from 3,300 to 50,000, in which one of the substituents of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— [R1 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or the like; R2 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl or the like; n is 0 or 1; X is H or OH; R3 is H, alkyl, or alkenyl; at least one of R1 to R3 has 13 or more carbon atoms; and the entirety of R1, R2, and R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more] is bonded to 40 mol % or more of the nitrogen atoms of the polyalkyleneimine; (b) a C12 to C28 saturated aliphatic alcohol; and (c) a cationic surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Tokunaga, Hiroto Tanamachi, Ryosuke Suzuki
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Patent number: 9566217Abstract: A hair cleansing composition contains (a), (b), and (c). Component (a), as particles having mean particle size of 0.5-50 ?m, is a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, having weight average molecular weight of 3,300-50,000, with at least one of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— bonded to 40 mol % or more of the N atoms of the polyalkyleneimine. In (a), R1 represents H, alkyl, alkenyl, or the like; R2 represents H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, or the like; n is 0 or 1; X represents H or OH; R3 represents H, alkyl, or alkenyl; at least one of R1 to R3 has 13 or more carbon atoms, and the entirety of R1 to R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more. Component (b) is an anionic surfactant. Component (c) is a water-soluble cationic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Tokunaga, Tomoki Morioka, Yuko Sugai
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Patent number: 9379944Abstract: A management server acquires software configuration information, hardware configuration information, and operation achievement information from each server system; generates server operation achievement information for managing operation achievements of each server system based on each acquired information; generates server operation achievement statistic information by aggregating the software configuration information about each server system based on the generated server operation achievement information; and, upon receipt of a software configuration decision request from a requestor server system, selects the software configuration information which matches a hardware configuration of the requestor server system, from the server operation achievement statistic information.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Naohide Kinoshita, Tomohito Uchida, Shinichi Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20160000690Abstract: The invention provides a gel-form hair cosmetic composition, which contains components (a) to (c) emulsified in an aqueous component, and which exhibits an endothermic peak temperature of from 40° C. to 75° C. as measured through DSC, wherein the components are (a) a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, the polyalkyleneimine derivative being formed of a polyalkyleneimine having a weight average molecular weight of from 3,300 to 50,000, in which one of the substituents of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— [R1 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or the like; R2 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl or the like; n is 0 or 1; X is H or OH; R3 is H, alkyl, or alkenyl; at least one of R1 to R3 has 13 or more carbon atoms; and the entirety of R1, R2, and R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more] is bonded to 40 mol % or more of the nitrogen atoms of the polyalkyleneimine; (b) a C12 to C28 saturated aliphatic alcohol; and (c) a cationic surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Hiroto TANAMACHI, Ryosuke SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20150352029Abstract: The invention provides a hair cleansing composition which contains the following components (a), (b), and (c), component (a) being in the form of particles having a mean particle size of from 0.5 ?m to 50 ?m, wherein the components (a), (b), and (c) are: (a) a polyalkyleneimine derivative or a salt thereof, the derivative formed of a polyalkyleneimine having a weight average molecular weight of from 3,300 to 50,000, in which at least one of R1—CO—, R2—(CH2)n—CHX—CH2—, and R3—NH—CO— [wherein R1 represents H, an alkyl, an alkenyl, or the like; R2 represents H, an alkyl, an alkoxy, an alkenyl, or the like; n is 0 or 1; X represents H or OH; R3 represents H, an alkyl, or an alkenyl; and at least one of R1 to R3 is a group having 13 or more carbon atoms; the entirety of R1 to R3 has an average number of carbon atoms of 9 or more and a linear group content of 30 mol % or more] is bonded to 40 mol % or more of the N atoms of the polyalkyleneimine; (b) an anionic surfactant; and (c) a water-soluble cationic polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi TOKUNAGA, Tomoki MORIOKA, Yuko SUGAI