Patents by Inventor Shinobu Inanaga

Shinobu Inanaga 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: 8001723
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a technology capable of planting seedlings in soil in planting ground such as dry land and allowing the seedling to root securely and grow without artificially supplying water continuously. Not only is a seedling fixed inside an upper opening portion of a tube having a length to a deep water-containing layer in the planting ground but also a growing medium is put inside the tube at a hardness that allows the root of the seedling to grow long downward, and the root of the seedling is allowed to grow below the tube, thereby obtaining the seedling having a long root. A vertical hole having approximately the same diameter as that of the tube is dug in the ground of the planting ground until reaching a soil layer having water quality and water quantity necessary for growth of plant, the seedling having the long root is buried in the vertical hole together with the tube, thereby planting the seedling in the planting ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tamura, Naoki Ogawa, Wataru Kawamura, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takehiko Matsui, Kinya Fujita, Masatoshi Tamai, Kenichi Katayama, Shinobu Inanaga
  • Publication number: 20070079551
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a technology capable of planting seedlings smoothly in actual soil in planting ground such as dry land and allowing the seedling to root securely and grow without artificially supplying water continuously. Not only is a seedling fixed inside an upper opening portion of a tube having a length reachable to a deep water-containing layer in the planting ground but also a raising medium is put inside the tube at a hardness that allows the root of the seedling to grow long downward, and the root of the seedling is allowed to grow below the tube, thereby obtaining the seedling having a long root. A vertical hole having approximately the same diameter as that of the tube is dug in the ground of the planting ground until reaching a soil layer having water quality and water quantity necessary for growth of plant, the seedling having the long root is buried in the vertical hole together with the tube, thereby planting the seedling in the planting ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tamura, Naoki Ogawa, Wataru Kawamura, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takehiko Matsui, Kinya Fujita, Masatoshi Tamai, Kenichi Katayama, Shinobu Inanaga