Patents by Inventor Takamune Shirai

Takamune Shirai 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).

  • Publication number: 20150038035
    Abstract: Provided is a fabric having a ground weave to which a hygroscopic polymer is fixed, and the fabric generates heat under moisture absorbing conditions and provides a more comfortable feeling to a person by temperature drop in moisture desorption conditions. A fiber structure is prepared by fixing a hygroscopic polymer to fibers of the fabric, and the front layer on the front surface side and the back layer on the back surface side have different fiber densities where the boundary between the front layer and the back layer is on the center line of a cross section of the fiber structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takamune Shirai, Shusaku Narita, Tomomichi Fujiyama, Rumi Karasawa, Hiroshi Kajiyama