Patents by Inventor Syoji Shimano

Syoji Shimano 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).

  • Resin-formed body including wood powder production method of the same and black key for keyboard musical instrument
    Patent number: 7732693
    Abstract: In order to provide a resin-formed body including wood powder which is applicable to a material for a black key having a good external appearance and which has touch close to real wood with less difference in quality without using rare wood, the resin-formed body including wood powder (1) includes colored wood powder, resin and pigment. Moreover, with respect to the resin-formed body including wood powder (1), it is possible to use a mass ratio between the wood powder and the resin so as to be 90/10-60/40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Syoji Shimano, Nobuhiko Suzuki
  • RESIN-FORMED BODY INCLUDING WOOD POWDER PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME AND BLACK KEY FOR KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20080039559
    Abstract: In order to provide a resin-formed body including wood powder which is applicable to a material for a black key having a good external appearance and which has touch close to real wood with less difference in quality without using rare wood, the resin-formed body including wood powder (1) includes colored wood powder, resin and pigment. Moreover, with respect to the resin-formed body including wood powder (1), it is possible to use a mass ratio between the wood powder and the resin so as to be 90/10-60/40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: SYOJI SHIMANO, NOBUHIKO SUZUKI