Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Kawasaki

Tomohiko Kawasaki 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).

  • GUIDE WIRE
    Publication number: 20240100305
    Abstract: A guide wire is provided with a core shaft, a coil portion, a sound source, and wiring. The coil portion is coupled to a distal end portion of the core shaft and is helically wound around a periphery of the core shaft to the rearward. The coil portion includes an open portion in which an interval of element wires constituting the coil portion itself is larger than that in another portion. The sound source is provided in an inner side of the open portion. The wiring extends along an extending direction of the core shaft, and a distal end of the wiring is positioned at an inner side of the coil portion. The wiring supplies energy to the sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hirozumi Takeshima, Tomohiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Kuribara, Hironori Kawasaki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240095822
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a factual attribute determining unit that determines a factual attribute that can be confirmed to be a fact with respect to a user based on user-provided data having been provided by the user oneself or history data of the user; an inferred attribute determining unit which determines an inferred attribute having been inferred with respect to the user based on user-related data including at least the factual attribute related to the user; and a credit score inferring unit that infers a credit score to be set to the user based on an attribute data group including the factual attribute and the inferred attribute related to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaurav KUMAR, Vishal KSHIRSAGAR, Tomohiko YAMASHITA, Daiki MACHIDA, Yin WU, Subrata GHOSH, Mariko KAWASAKI, Ashley JAIN, Takashi UMEDA
  • Orthodontic bracket and clip release tool
    Patent number: 7993132
    Abstract: A clip release tool with a first and second projection, for releasing a clip from a main bracket body of an orthodontic bracket while regulating movement or deformation of the clip, and a related method, and a method of attaching a clip to an orthodontic bracket main body using a clip release tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Tomy Incorporated
    Inventors: Perry Opin, Shingo Katayose, Kousei Endo, Masaaki Orikasa, Tomohiko Kawasaki
  • ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND CLIP RELEASE TOOL
    Publication number: 20090075227
    Abstract: A clip release tool with a first and second projection, for releasing a clip from a main bracket body of an orthodontic bracket while regulating movement or deformation of the clip, and a related method, and a method of attaching a clip to an orthodontic bracket main body using a clip release tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: TOMY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Perry OPIN, Shingo Katayose, Kousei Endo, Masaaki Orikasa, Tomohiko Kawasaki
  • Method for surface treatment of substrate, surface-treated substrate and dental article comprising the same
    Patent number: 7344771
    Abstract: A method for a surface treatment of a substrate comprises providing a protective layer having a solubility parameter different from that of an adhesive by 1 or less on an bonding surface of a substrate before bonding the substrate with the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Tomy Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Kubo, Tomohiko Kawasaki
  • Method for surface treatment of substrate, surface-treated substrate and dental article comprising the same
    Publication number: 20040219323
    Abstract: A method for a surface treatment of a substrate comprises providing a protective layer having a solubility parameter different from that of an adhesive by 1 or less on an bonding surface of a substrate before bonding the substrate with the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: TOMY INCONRPORATED
    Inventors: Masao Kubo, Tomohiko Kawasaki
  • Orthodontic bracket
    Patent number: D743038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TOMY INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kawasaki