Patents by Inventor Tooru Nakajima
Tooru Nakajima 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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Patent number: 11472221Abstract: An object is to provide a writing implement allowing the width of a drawn line to be freely changed by writing pressure that is capable of application to a narrow-shafted felt-tip pen or marker pen. The writing implement includes a shall tube, an ink supply core that is housed inside the shaft tube and that guides ink by capillary action, and a core surrounding member that is fitted to a leading end of the shaft tube, that is penetrated by the ink supply core, and from which a tip of the ink supply core projects. The ink supply core is configured to retract at a tip of the core surrounding member under writing pressure, and a projection dimension of the ink supply core from the tip of the core surrounding member is from 0.05 mm to 0.7 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tooru Nakajima, Takeo Fukumoto, Gouya Oono
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Publication number: 20220194120Abstract: An object is to provide a writing implement allowing the width of a drawn line to be freely changed by writing pressure that is capable of application to a narrow-shafted felt-tip pen or marker pen. The writing implement includes a shall tube, an ink supply core that is housed inside the shaft tube and that guides ink by capillary action, and a core surrounding member that is fitted to a leading end of the shaft tube, that is penetrated by the ink supply core, and from which a tip of the ink supply core projects. The ink supply core is configured to retract at a tip of the core surrounding member under writing pressure, and a projection dimension of the ink supply core from the tip of the core surrounding member is from 0.05 mm to 0.7 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tooru NAKAJIMA, Takeo FUKUMOTO, Gouya OONO
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Patent number: 11207913Abstract: Provided are an erasing member which is excellent in erasability for handwritings written by means of a pencil, a mechanical pencil and the like and which does not produce eraser dusts, and an erasing tool in which a part to be erased can be visually recognized in erasing.The erasing member comprises a blend composition containing a liquid-absorbing porous material, and a basic magnesium carbonate porous material and the like can be used as the liquid-absorbing porous material. And in an erasing tool in which an erasing part is formed at one end and in which a transparent or translucent visible part making it possible to visually recognize a writing surface is provided in the vicinity of the erasing part, the erasing member described above is mounted to the erasing part, whereby the erasing tool which does not produce eraser dusts is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Satoru Banzai, Toshimi Kamitani, Yosuke Setagawa, Hitoshi Kino, Tooru Nakajima
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Patent number: 10576774Abstract: A ballpoint pen is provided in which the width of the drawing line can be changed, wherein responsiveness can be improved when distinguishing between drawing thin lines and thick lines. A ballpoint pen 1 provided at the pen tip side with a first writing part having a writing ball 25, wherein the ballpoint pen 1 is characterized by being provided with a writing part at the pen tip side with which it is possible to write a thicker line than the line written with the first writing part, only the first writing part being used when the writing weight is 1 g and the writing angle is 90°, and the second writing part being used when the writing weight is 200 g, and the writing angle is 40-90°.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Takeo Fukumoto, Tooru Nakajima, Kazuhiko Furukawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Akagi
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Patent number: 10507684Abstract: A writing implement is provided which is designed to draw lines using capillary action, wherein the width of the line can be freely adjusted while the line is being drawn and it is possible to draw lines of almost the same width at the beginning of the use of the writing implement as at the end of use. A felt-tip pen 1 is provided with an ink reservoir 11, a collector 17, and a core 29 for drawing by capillary action the ink that has been dispensed by the collector 17, dispensing the drawn ink from the tip, and adhering same to a paper surface. Even in repetitive writing, the rate of variability in the width of the lines drawn at the end of use with respect to the width of lines drawn at the beginning of use is 10% or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tooru Nakajima, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Inoue, Kazuhiko Furukawa
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Patent number: 10336129Abstract: Lines can be freely varied in thickness, and lines with characteristics such as “stops”, “flicks”, and “sweeping strokes” can be written easily, even with a felt-tip pen, marker pen, or the like. Moreover, a pen-tip does not readily become damaged or worn. A writing implement includes a shaft, an ink supply core such as that of a felt-tip pen or a marker pen, and a core surrounding member that covers the ink supply core. The writing implement is formed capable of contacting a tip of the ink supply core and a tip of the core surrounding member against a writing surface at the same time by using a joint capable of changing a relative positional relationship between the ink supply core and the core surrounding member.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tooru Nakajima, Takeo Fukumoto, Kazuhiko Furukawa
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Publication number: 20180370274Abstract: Provided is a writing implement capable of drawing lines using capillary action, wherein the width of the line can be freely adjusted while the line is being drawn and it is possible to draw lines of almost the same width at the beginning of the use of the writing implement as at the end of use. A felt-tip pen 1 is provided with an ink reservoir 11, a collector 17, and a core 29 for drawing by capillary action the ink that has been dispensed by the collector 17, dispensing the drawn ink from the tip, and adhering same to a paper surface. Even in repetitive writing, the rate of variability in the width of the lines drawn at the end of use with respect to the width of lines drawn at the beginning of use is 10% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tooru Nakajima, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Inoue, Kazuhiko Furukawa
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Publication number: 20180319200Abstract: A ballpoint pen is provided in which the width of the drawing line can be changed, wherein responsiveness can be improved when distinguishing between drawing thin lines and thick lines. A ballpoint pen 1 provided at the pen tip side with a first writing part having a writing ball 25, wherein the ballpoint pen 1 is characterized by being provided with a writing part at the pen tip side with which it is possible to write a thicker line than the line written with the first writing part, only the first writing part being used when the writing weight is 1 g and the writing angle is 90°, and the second writing part being used when the writing weight is 200 g, and the writing angle is 40-90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Takeo Fukumoto, Tooru Nakajima, Kazuhiko Furukawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Akagi
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Patent number: 9889701Abstract: A writing implement in which a joint connecting an ink supply section and a ballpoint pen tip together is configured from three members. The three members configuring the joint are a substantially cylindrical center member, a substantially cylindrical surrounding member formed at the outer periphery of the center member, and an interposing member that is molded by a soft member molded so as to cover the outer periphery of the center member and the surrounding member. An annular gap section is provided between the center member and the surrounding member. The leading end of the ink supply section is fitted into the gap section. The joint is formed by two color molding. The center member and the surrounding member are molded by primary molding, and the interposing member is integrally molded onto the center member and the surrounding member by secondary molding.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Takeo Fukumoto, Tooru Nakajima, Kazuhiko Furukawa
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Publication number: 20170144472Abstract: Lines can be freely varied in thickness, and lines with characteristics such as “stops”, “flicks”, and “sweeping strokes” can be written easily, even with a felt-tip pen, marker pen, or the like. Moreover, a pen-tip does not readily become damaged or worn. A writing implement includes a shaft, an ink supply core such as that of a felt-tip pen or a marker pen, and a core surrounding member that covers the ink supply core. The writing implement is formed capable of contacting a tip of the ink supply core and a tip of the core surrounding member against a writing surface at the same time by using a joint capable of changing a relative positional relationship between the ink supply core and the core surrounding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Tooru NAKAJIMA, Takeo FUKUMOTO, Kazuhiko FURUKAWA
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Patent number: 9636940Abstract: Provided is a writing instrument suited to ballpoint pens, marking pens and the like in which a flow pressure of an ink applied to a pen tip is controlled to a fixed level to prevent an ink direct flow phenomenon reverse flow phenomenon. The above writing instrument comprises a pen tip disposed at a front part of an ink tank, an ink received in the ink tank, a follower filled at a rear part of the ink, and a capillary porous member provided with a capillary force, which is arranged at a space part between a rear part of the follower and a rear end part of the ink tank in a state in which the follower is filled, wherein the pen tip is sealed when a cap is put on the writing instrument.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Toshimi Kamitani, Satoru Banzai, Yoshiharu Namiki, Yosuke Setagawa, Hitoshi Kino, Tooru Nakajima, Takanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170028769Abstract: Provided are: a writing implement in which a joint connecting an ink supply section and a ballpoint pen tip together is configured from three members. The three members configuring the joint are a substantially cylindrical center member, a substantially cylindrical surrounding member formed at the outer periphery of the center member, and an interposing member that is molded by a soft member molded so as to cover the outer periphery of the center member and the surrounding member. An annular gap section is provided between the center member and the surrounding member. The leading end of the ink supply section is fitted into the gap section. The joint is formed by two color molding. The center member and the surrounding member are molded by primary molding, and the interposing member is integrally molded onto the center member and the surrounding member by secondary molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Takeo Fukumoto, Tooru Nakajima, Kazuhiko Furukawa
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Publication number: 20150298489Abstract: Provided is a writing instrument suited to ballpoint pens, marking pens and the like in which a flow pressure of an ink applied to a pen tip is controlled to a fixed level to prevent an ink direct flow phenomenon reverse flow phenomenon. The above writing instrument comprises a pen tip disposed at a front part of an ink tank, an ink received in the ink tank, a follower filled at a rear part of the ink, and a capillary porous member provided with a capillary force, which is arranged at a space part between a rear part of the follower and a rear end part of the ink tank in a state in which the follower is filled, wherein the pen tip is sealed when a cap is put on the writing instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Toshimi KAMITANI, Satoru BANZAI, Yoshiharu NAMIKI, Yosuke SETAGAWA, Hitoshi KINO, Tooru NAKAJIMA, Takanori SUZUKI
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Patent number: 8944716Abstract: An applicator cap is closed on the front side and opening on the rear side, covering an applying part provided in the front end of a barrel cylinder of an applicator, from the rear-side opening, and detachably fitted on the barrel cylinder so as to be able to seal and keep the surrounding space of the applying part airtight, and includes a holding portion formed such that the middle part of the cap with respect to the axial direction is smaller in outside diameter than the front end with respect to the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, LimitedInventors: Yukinori Sawa, Tooru Nakajima
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Publication number: 20140150203Abstract: Provided are an erasing member which is excellent in erasability for handwritings written by means of a pencil, a mechanical pencil and the like and which does not produce eraser dusts, and an erasing tool in which a part to be erased can be visually recognized in erasing. The erasing member comprises a blend composition containing a liquid-absorbing porous material, and a basic magnesium carbonate porous material and the like can be used as the liquid-absorbing porous material. And in an erasing tool in which an erasing part is formed at one end and in which a transparent or translucent visible part making it possible to visually recognize a writing surface is provided in the vicinity of the erasing part, the erasing member described above is mounted to the erasing part, whereby the erasing tool which does not produce eraser dusts is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Satoru Banzai, Toshimi Kamitani, Yosuke Setagawa, Hitoshi Kino, Tooru Nakajima
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Publication number: 20120141189Abstract: An applicator cap is closed on the front side and opening on the rear side, covering an applying part provided in the front end of a barrel cylinder of an applicator, from the rear-side opening, and detachably fitted on the barrel cylinder so as to be able to seal and keep the surrounding space of the applying part airtight, and includes a holding portion formed such that the middle part of the cap with respect to the axial direction is smaller in outside diameter than the front end with respect to the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, LimitedInventors: Yukinori Sawa, Tooru Nakajima
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Publication number: 20110111995Abstract: In this grease composition, a grease produced by mixing at least one base oil selected from a mineral oil-type lubricant base oil, a synthetic lubricant base oil, and a biodegradable lubricant base oil with a thickener is compounded with a wax and water, and an additive such as a surfactant and a defoamer is optionally compounded therewith. A soap containing a calcium sulfonate complex is used as the thickener. A carnauba wax is preferably used as the wax. Since this grease composition is mainly composed of a grease and a wax, the grease composition extremely facilities its removal operation after application, is environmentally friendly, and has extremely excellent anti-corrosion performance. When the grease composition is used by being applied to a base material of an object to be welded, an effect of preventing the adhesion of welding spatters can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Akita, Shigeyuki Sakurai, Osamu Gokita, Shinichi Sekido, Masafumi Senzaki, Yasuchika Nagai, Mitsuhiro Yamamoto, Tooru Nakajima, Mitsuru Komachi, Hiroshi Nishimura, Jun Araki
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Patent number: 7394668Abstract: An object of the present invention is to lower the voltage applied to the starting resistor of the starting circuit in a switching power supply circuit to reduce the power loss especially when the receiving voltage is high and thereby provide a small and inexpensive switching power supply circuit. According to the present invention, a switching power supply circuit comprises: a DC voltage section having two or more capacitors connected in series; and a PWM control circuit for receiving DC power supply from the DC voltage section and performing switching control on a primary side of a transformer in order for the switching power supply circuit to output a DC voltage of different voltage specifications; wherein the starting resistor for the PWM control circuit is connected to a connection point of the capacitors.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tooru Nakajima, Masahiro Hiraga, Tetsuya Kimura, Satoshi Ibori, Masayuki Hirota
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Patent number: 7151680Abstract: An object of the present invention is to lower the voltage applied to the starting resistor of the starting circuit in a switching power supply circuit to reduce the power loss especially when the receiving voltage is high and thereby provide a small and inexpensive switching power supply circuit. According to the present invention, a switching power supply circuit comprises: a DC voltage section having two or more capacitors connected in series; and a PWM control circuit for receiving DC power supply from the DC voltage section and performing switching control on a primary side of a transformer in order for the switching power supply circuit to output a DC voltage of different voltage specifications; wherein the starting resistor for the PWM control circuit is connected to a connection point of the capacitors.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tooru Nakajima, Masahiro Hiraga, Tetsuya Kimura, Satoshi Ibori, Masayuki Hirota
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Patent number: 6927665Abstract: A low noise, compact and low cost electric power converter employing a compact common mode transformer, and incorporating a line filter can reduce a leakage current, and can maintain predetermined leakage current reduction effect even if installation condition of the electric power converter or a characteristics of a semiconductor switching element is varied. The electric power converter including a capacitor, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first magnetic body, on which the first electrode and the second electrode are wound to form an LC composite element, connecting electrodes electrically connected to respective of both ends of the first and second electrodes, a second magnetic body for interlinking both ends of the first magnetic body, a coil wound around the second magnetic body in the same winding direction as the first and second electrodes wound around the first magnetic body and a resistor for shorting the output of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Equuipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Satoshi Ibori, Masayuki Hirota, Tooru Nakajima