Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu Usui

Toshimitsu Usui 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: 12214084
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is providing a hard capsule made of a hard capsule film having enteric properties that can be molded by a cold gel method. An enteric hard capsule comprises a film containing a first component and a second component, and further containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of a third component, a fourth component, and a fifth component, wherein the first component is a nonionic water-soluble cellulose compound having a viscosity value within a range of from 100 mPa·s to 100,000 mPa·s, the second component is an enteric methacrylic acid copolymer, the third component is an enteric cellulose compound, wherein the fourth component is a water-insoluble (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, and the fifth component is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer, and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: QUALICAPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Osaki, Makoto Aso, Toshimitsu Usui, Mamoru Honda
  • Patent number: 11318101
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule. The present invention improves the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule by adding a starch decomposition product, and/or at least one clay mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, bentonite, and kaolin, to a hard capsule film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: QUALICAPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Osaki, Toshimitsu Usui, Makoto Aso
  • Publication number: 20210196640
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule. The present invention improves the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule by adding a starch decomposition product, and/or at least one clay mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, bentonite, and kaolin, to a hard capsule film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: QUALICAPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro OSAKI, Toshimitsu USUI, Makoto ASO
  • Publication number: 20200375910
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is providing a hard capsule made of a hard capsule film having enteric properties that can be molded by a cold gel method. An enteric hard capsule comprises a film containing a first component and a second component, and further containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of a third component, a fourth component, and a fifth component, wherein the first component is a nonionic water-soluble cellulose compound having a viscosity value within a range of from 100 mPa·s to 100,000 mPa·s, the second component is an enteric methacrylic acid copolymer, the third component is an enteric cellulose compound, wherein the fourth component is a water-insoluble (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, and the fifth component is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer, and a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: QualiCaps Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro OSAKI, Makoto ASO, Toshimitsu USUI, Mamoru HONDA
  • Publication number: 20050117689
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by a reactor cooling system, which comprises a lower drywell which is a space for containing a bottom side portion of the reactor pressure vessel, the lower drywell being disposed in a lower portion of the reactor pressure vessel; reactor recirculation pumps for circulating cooling water in the reactor pressure vessel, the reactor recirculation pump being disposed in the bottom side portion of the reactor pressure vessel in such a manner that a side of a motor portion of the reactor recirculation pump is projected into the lower drywell; and heat exchangers disposed in the lower drywell, the cooling water circulated by the reactor recirculation pump passing through the heat exchanger, wherein number of the reactor recirculation pumps is 4 or 6, and the reactor recirculation pumps are arranged with nearly equal angular spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Usui, Koji Ando, Masayoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20040196947
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by a reactor cooling system, which comprises a lower drywell which is a space for containing a bottom side portion of the reactor pressure vessel, the lower drywell being disposed in a lower portion of the reactor pressure vessel; reactor recirculation pumps for circulating cooling water in the reactor pressure vessel, the reactor recirculation pump being disposed in the bottom side portion of the reactor pressure vessel in such a manner that a side of a motor portion of the reactor recirculation pump is projected into the lower drywell; and heat exchangers disposed in the lower drywell, the cooling water circulated by the reactor recirculation pump passing through the heat exchanger, wherein number of the reactor recirculation pumps is 4 or 6, and the reactor recirculation pumps are arranged with nearly equal angular spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Usui, Koji Ando, Masayoshi Matsuura