Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kurabe
Yasuhiro Kurabe 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: 11697579Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., TEX E.G., CO. LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurabe, Yoshihiro Kudo, Hirotsugu Hosono, Takahide Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11498825Abstract: A liquid quality management device capable of being added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid in a storage container to a dispensing device in order to cool the liquid and dispensing the liquid into a drinking container includes: a dispensing sensor; and a control device electrically connected to the dispensing sensor and configured to perform control operation of at least one of a refrigeration machine and a stirring device provided in the dispensing device at the same time when dispensing of the liquid is started.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Yamashita, Junichi Kitano, Yasuhiro Kurabe, Shinsuke Mitsuhata, Takashi Wada, Kenji Kusunoki, Hidetoshi Fukunari, Takuya Komura
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Publication number: 20220242715Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Yasuhiro KURABE, Yoshihiro KUDO, Hirotsugu HOSONO, Takahide KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10919755Abstract: A beverage discharge cock to which beverage is supplied from a beverage supply source, comprising: a valve main body including a hole and a valve seat arranged in an end portion of the hole; a valve rod slidably arranged in the hole, and including a valve body that forms a first valve together with the valve seat of the valve main body, and a first seal; and a movable part slidably arranged in the hole, and including a second seal facing the first seal, the second seal forming a second valve together with the first seal of the valve rod, wherein the valve rod includes a first channel extending through the valve body, and one or a plurality of second channels extending from the first seal to the first channel, and the second channel includes a first portion, and a second portion arranged between the first seal and the first portion, and a diameter of the second portion is smaller than a diameter of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Takahashi, Yasuhiro Kurabe, Hirofumi Imai, Kazuya Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20210009401Abstract: A liquid quality management device capable of being added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid in a storage container to a dispensing device in order to cool the liquid and dispensing the liquid into a drinking container includes: a dispensing sensor; and a control device electrically connected to the dispensing sensor and configured to perform control operation of at least one of a refrigeration machine and a stirring device provided in the dispensing device at the same time when dispensing of the liquid is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Naoyuki YAMASHITA, Junichi KITANO, Yasuhiro KURABE, Shinsuke MITSUHATA, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Hidetoshi FUKUNARI, Takuya KOMURA
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Publication number: 20190292039Abstract: A beverage discharge cock to which beverage is supplied from a beverage supply source, comprising: a valve main body including a hole and a valve seat arranged in an end portion of the hole; a valve rod slidably arranged in the hole, and including a valve body that forms a first valve together with the valve seat of the valve main body, and a first seal; and a movable part slidably arranged in the hole, and including a second seal facing the first seal, the second seal forming a second valve together with the first seal of the valve rod, wherein the valve rod includes a first channel extending through the valve body, and one or a plurality of second channels extending from the first seal to the first channel, and the second channel includes a first portion, and a second portion arranged between the first seal and the first portion, and a diameter of the second portion is smaller than a diameter of the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Tomohiro TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro KURABE, Hirofumi IMAI, Kazuya SHIRAISHI
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Patent number: 9675191Abstract: A stopper for a beverage container is described. The stopper includes a stopper main body that is attached to an upper opening of a beverage container main body and includes a liquid through hole on the inside thereof; and a lid that is axially supported by a hinge shaft that is provided at an end of the stopper main body, and which opens and closes the liquid through hole in a rotational manner; the hinge shaft connects a hinge portion of the stopper main body, and right and left hinge portions of the lid; a storage portion is provided on at least one of the right and left hinge portions of the lid, and the hinge portion of the stopper main body; at least one end of the storage portion in the axis direction of the hinge shaft forms an opening; and a torsion spring is stored in the storage portion, and a cover member covers the opening of the storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignees: THERMOS L.L.C., THERMOS K.K.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurabe, HongLiang Du
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Publication number: 20150282654Abstract: A stopper for a beverage container is described. The stopper includes a stopper main body that is attached to an upper opening of a beverage container main body and includes a liquid through hole on the inside thereof; and a lid that is axially supported by a hinge shaft that is provided at an end of the stopper main body, and which opens and closes the liquid through hole in a rotational manner; the hinge shaft connects a hinge portion of the stopper main body, and right and left hinge portions of the lid; a storage portion is provided on at least one of the right and left hinge portions of the lid, and the hinge portion of the stopper main body; at least one end of the storage portion in the axis direction of the hinge shaft forms an opening; and a torsion spring is stored in the storage portion, and a cover member covers the opening of the storage portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Yasuhiro KURABE, HongLiang DU
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Publication number: 20150197390Abstract: A metallic vacuum heat-insulating container having a double wall structure is described. The metallic vacuum heat-insulating container includes an outer container having an outer cylinder and a metallic bottomed cylindrical bottom cover. The outer cylinder has opened upper and lower ends, a barrel portion between the upper and lower ends, a mouth portion having an inner diameter which is smaller than that of the barrel portion, and a stepped portion whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of the barrel portion which is provided on a side surface on a lower portion of the outer cylinder. An opening portion in an upper portion of the metallic bottomed cylindrical bottom cover, which has a diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the barrel portion of the outer cylinder, is allowed to abut on the stepped portion, and the abutting portions are integrated by welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurabe, Shin Matsuyama