Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kowa

Yasuhiro Kowa 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: 20220297917
    Abstract: A heat insulating container is described. An inner surface of an inner container of the heat insulating container is coated to have excellent wear resistance and corrosion resistance to prevent the adhesion of stains and odors. The heat insulating container includes an outer container and the inner container which are made of metal and have one end open. The inner container is housed inside the outer container. The open ends are joined to each other. A vacuum insulating layer is formed between the outer container and the inner container. An insulating layer and a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer are sequentially laminated on the inner surface of the inner container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KOWA
  • Patent number: 6702137
    Abstract: A plug for a liquid container comprises an outer plug, an inner plug and a fixing device. The outer plug is substantially a cylinder shape with a bottom wall and detachably installed onto a liquid container, wherein a liquid passage hole is penetrated through the bottom wall, and a liquid passage is formed between the bottom wall and an upper opening of the outer plug body. The inner plug is pivotally connected to the outer plug through a hinge, wherein the inner plug further comprises a liquid inlet seal member for sealing the liquid passage hole and a liquid outlet seal member for sealing an inner wall near the upper opening of the outer plug. The fixing device is used for fixing the inner plug onto the outer plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kowa, Takashi Ohno, Ikuo Miura
  • Patent number: 6609624
    Abstract: A cap body of beverage container wherein a lid plate of lid body forming a connection mouth at a drinking straw member is mounted with an air hole between a hinge axle for rotatively supporting a cap and the connection mouth, and a straw unit for being connected to the connection mouth of the drinking straw member is formed thereunder with a closing unit for covering the air hole, while the cap is disposed with a bend member for bending the drinking straw member and a blocking protruder for blocking the air hole via the closing unit, whereby the drinking straw member can be bent to enable to close the cap with one touch operation and to surely block the air hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Goto, Yasuhiro Kowa, Hatsumoto Kunio, Matsuyama Shin
  • Publication number: 20030136803
    Abstract: A nozzle unit is attached onto the lower side of a bottom plate of a plug body. A fin and a pair of side plates protrude from the nozzle unit. The fin is arranged below and apart from the liquid-passage hole in the bottom plate in horizontal direction. The side plates are arranged in vertical direction, and put the liquid-passage hole and the fin between them. When a hot drink is poured into the container body to increase the inner pressure of the container body, the fin and the side plates can obstruct the exhausting flow rate of the inner pressure so that the inner pressure cannot be exhausted rapidly. When the fin is bent towards the liquid-passage hole due to the increased inner pressure, the inner pressure can be exhausted efficiently according to its magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kuwano, Kunio Hatsumoto, Yasuhiro Kowa
  • Patent number: 6401964
    Abstract: The portable thermos receptacle has a receptacle main body containing an inner shell, an outer shell and a heat-insulating section defined between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a cover removably applied to an opening of the receptacle main body. The thermos receptacle has on the outer shell non-slip means over a zone covering both a center of gravity when the receptacle is full and a center of gravity when the receptacle is empty. The portable. thermos receptacle has a cylindrical shape which reduces toward the top or bottom. The non-slip means is a recess, ridge or corrugated portion which is formed integrally with the outer shell or a synthetic resin non-slip member attached to the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Goto, Shoji Toida, Yasuhiro Kowa
  • Publication number: 20020046983
    Abstract: A beverage container cap body adapted to make it difficult to be easily unscrewed even though carbonated beverage is contained in a beverage container but make it easy to be smoothly opened even though there is a pressure from inside the beverage container, whereby packings are easily cleaned and the cap body can be equipped upright relative to the container, wherein the cap body comprises a cylindrical body, being releasably and threadably disposed to an inner circumferential wall of opening at a container body, and an upper area thereof protruding above the opening, a lower packing and an upper packing each tightly abutting on a lower side and an upper side of the inner circumferential wall of opening, a cut-out portion 9h formed at an upper wall of an insertion groove, of the lower packing and a lid body releasably and threadably disposed at an upper side of the cylindrical body, wherein an opening is formed at part of a ceiling wall of the lid body while a seal member is disposed at an inner side of the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Matsuyama Shin, Yasuhiro Kowa, Hatsumoto Kunio
  • Publication number: 20020040909
    Abstract: A cap body of beverage container wherein a lid plate of lid body forming a connection mouth at a drinking straw member is mounted with an air hole between a hinge axle for rotatively supporting a cap and the connection mouth, and a straw unit for being connected to the connection mouth of the drinking straw member is formed thereunder with a closing unit for covering the air hole, while the cap is disposed with a bend member for bending the drinking straw member and a blocking protruder for blocking the air hole via the closing unit, whereby the drinking straw member can be bent to enable to close the cap with one touch operation and to surely block the air hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Goto, Yasuhiro Kowa, Hatsumoto Kunio, Matsuyama Shin
  • Publication number: 20020036207
    Abstract: There is provided a cap body of a beverage container where a large amount of beverage in a container body doesn't flow out, and a lid member is not vigorously released even if hot beverage is put in the container, and where a degree of freedom to select a spring is improved by alleviating impact force in an opening operation, the cap body of the beverage container comprising: a cylindrically-shaped drinking mouth member releasably provided in a mouth portion of a container body; a lid member connected to the drinking mouth member via a hinge axis; a spring for urging the lid member to the opening direction; and a lock member provided in a position against the hinge axis of the drinking mouth member for maintaining the lid member in a closing state, wherein the drinking mouth member comprises a drinking mouth formed in the lock member side of a peripheral wall of the upper opening; a bottom wall where hinge axis side is made higher than the drinking mouth side; a liquid hole formed in the drinking mouth side a
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ohuo, Yasuhiro Kowa, Hatsumoto Kunio, Ikuo Miura
  • Publication number: 20010010313
    Abstract: The portable thermos receptacle has a receptacle main body containing an inner shell, an outer shell and a heat-insulating section defined between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a cover removably applied to an opening of the receptacle main body. The thermos receptacle has on the outer shell non-slip means over a zone covering both a center of gravity when the receptacle is full and a center of gravity when the receptacle is empty. The portable thermos receptacle has a cylindrical shape which reduces toward the top or bottom. The non-slip means is a recess, ridge or corrugated portion which is formed integrally with the outer shell or a synthetic resin non-slip member attached to the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Goto, Shoji Toida, Yasuhiro Kowa
  • Publication number: 20010010314
    Abstract: The portable thermos receptacle has a receptacle main body containing an inner shell, an outer shell and a heat-insulating section defined between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a cover removably applied to an opening of the receptacle main body. The thermos receptacle has on the outer shell non-slip means over a zone covering both a center of gravity when the receptacle is full and a center of gravity when the receptacle is empty. The portable thermos receptacle has a cylindrical shape which reduces toward the top or bottom. The non-slip means is a recess, ridge or corrugated portion which is formed integrally with the outer shell or a synthetic resin non-slip member attached to the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Goto, Shoji Toida, Yasuhiro Kowa
  • Patent number: 6216903
    Abstract: A bi-directional closure to dispense liquid through the open mouth of a container having a projecting handle. The closure includes a closing member fitting into the container open mouth to seal the mouth and the closing member has a pair of spaced outlet ports. A lid is rotatably mounted relative to the closing member and has a pair of spaced liquid pouring openings and a pair of spaced air holes and an operating lever is mounted on one of the closing member and lid and projects therefrom for rotating one relative to the other. When the lid is in a home position relative to the closing member with the operating lever aligned with the container handle the pair of outlet ports of the closing member are sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hirose, Yasuhiro Kowa, Toru Goto
  • Patent number: 6119888
    Abstract: The portable insulating receptacle has a receptacle main body containing an inner shell, an outer shell and a heat-insulating section defined between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a cover removably applied to an opening of the receptacle main body. The insulating receptacle has on the outer shell non-slip means over a zone covering both a center of gravity when the receptacle is full and a center of gravity when the receptacle is empty. The portable insulating receptacle has a cylindrical shape which reduces toward the top or bottom. The non-slip means is a recess, ridge or corrugated portion which is formed integrally with the outer shell or a synthetic resin non-slip member attached to the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Goto, Shoji Toida, Yasuhiro Kowa
  • Patent number: 6098834
    Abstract: A drinking receptacle cover comprising a slant cover plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and covering a heat insulating cup at the open top; a rim surrounding the cover plate; a valve assembly having a valve element for opening and closing a spout formed at a lowest level portion of the cover plate adjacent to the rim; a push rod for operating the valve assembly; and a return spring for urging the push rod in the anti-actuating direction. The push rod is disposed to penetrate an insertion opening formed in the rim to be retractable along the bottom surface of the cover plate. An actuating lever which is engaged with the outer end of the push rod to advance it into the inside of the rim is pivotally located on the outer side of the rim. The actuating lever has an actuating section extending along the outer side of the receptacle. The valve assembly has an engaging arm to be engaged with the push rod and a closing arm having the valve element at the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Hatsumoto, Yasuhiro Kowa, Takeshi Kuwana
  • Patent number: 6079589
    Abstract: A drinking receptacle cover to be removably applied to an opening of a receptacle main body. This cover has on its top plate a drinking spout which can be shut off and a negative pressure relief valve. The spout contains a drinking spout main body which protrudes from the top plate and has a channel; a drinking spout portion which is fitted on the drinking spout main body to be shiftable in the axial direction so as to open and close the channel; and a drinking spout cap which can be removably applied to the drinking spout portion; and the channel can be opened and closed by the shift of the drinking spout portion which occurs with fitting and removal of the drinking spout cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Matsuyama, Shoji Toida, Yasuhiro Kowa, Toru Goto, Rikiya Kato
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    Patent number: D398815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Hatsumoto, Yasuhiro Kowa, Takeshi Kuwana
  • Patent number: D404613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Hatsumoto, Rikiya Kato, Yasuhiro Kowa, Takeshi Kuwana
  • Patent number: D406006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Hatsumoto, Yasuhiro Kowa, Takeshi Kuwana
  • Patent number: D406011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Hatsumoto, Yasuhiro Kowa, Takeshi Kuwana
  • Patent number: D409451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Rikiya Kato, Shoji Toida, Yasuhiro Kowa, Toru Goto
  • Patent number: D423300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Matsuyama, Yasuhiro Kowa