Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Ono

Yasuhiro Ono 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: 20250134175
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a load that atomizes an aerosol source; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the power supply; a controller; and a circuit board. The circuit board includes: a first surface; a second surface; a power supply layer in which a power supply path is formed; and a ground layer. The power supply layer and the ground layer are provided between the first surface and the second surface. The temperature sensor is mounted on the second surface, and at least one of the power supply path and the ground path is not formed in a region which overlaps the temperature sensor as viewed from a first direction, the first direction being a direction in which the first surface and the second surface are opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250095456
    Abstract: A sales data processing apparatus includes a first display device facing a first direction, a second display device facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first table that is disposed in front of the first display device and on which an item is placeable, a second table disposed lateral to the first display device, a bag hanger disposed on the second table and on which a bag is hangable, and a third table disposed directly below the first table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kento KAWATA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20250094954
    Abstract: A sales data processing apparatus includes a first table on which an item is placeable, a mounting table including a mounting plate and columnar supports disposed on sides of the first table to face each other, the mounting plate being supported by the supports and disposed above the first table, and a first display device that is disposed on the mounting plate and includes a display surface facing a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kento KAWATA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Patent number: 12243400
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a merchandise sales device includes a main body device and a support member. The main body device performs information processing for merchandise sales while accepting an operation from an operator. The support member can selectively form a first state where the main body device can be placed at a horizontal surface while a predetermined attitude of the main body device is maintained, and a second state where the main body device can be fixed to a vertical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ono
  • Patent number: 12220000
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a load that atomizes an aerosol source; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the power supply; a controller; and a circuit board. The circuit board includes: a first surface; a second surface; a power supply layer in which a power supply path is formed; and a ground layer. The power supply layer and the ground layer are provided between the first surface and the second surface. The temperature sensor is mounted on the second surface, and at least one of the power supply path and the ground path is not formed in a region which overlaps the temperature sensor as viewed from a first direction, the first direction being a direction in which the first surface and the second surface are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20250029459
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a merchandise sales device includes a main body device and a support member. The main body device performs information processing for merchandise sales while accepting an operation from an operator. The support member can selectively form a first state where the main body device can be placed at a horizontal surface while a predetermined attitude of the main body device is maintained, and a second state where the main body device can be fixed to a vertical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ono
  • Patent number: 12190689
    Abstract: A shopping cart includes a cart body, a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof, a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Souichi Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20240389673
    Abstract: This aerosol generation system is provided with a housing unit capable of housing a base material that contains an aerosol source, and a control unit that controls a temperature at which the aerosol source contained in the base material housed in the housing unit is heated. If a first puff in which a user inhales an aerosol generated from the aerosol source is performed, the control unit controls the temperature at which the aerosol source is heated, on the basis of information of a previous second puff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Kazutoshi SERITA, Reijiro KAWASAKI, Chieko KAJIWARA, Hiroshi TEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240343708
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyalkylene oxide-containing compound having an excellent particulate clay dispersing ability and an excellent anti-redeposition ability, a method for producing the compound, and a detergent or detergent composition containing the compound. The present invention relates to a polyalkylene oxide-containing compound containing a cationic group, a linking group, and a structural unit derived from a polyalkylene oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Tsutomu HOSOTANI, Hisaaki TAKESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240315346
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240283268
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240273980
    Abstract: A shopping cart includes a cart body, a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof, a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Souichi YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240237756
    Abstract: The present invention provides an operation method for an inhalation device by which it is possible to suitably ascertain the state of consumption of an inhalation component source in the inhalation device during use, while taking into consideration tendencies regarding inhalation actions by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Shujiro TANAKA, Minoru KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 12022877
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12009685
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11980224
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to allow insertion of a plug including a plurality of pins and configured to receive power for charging the power supply from the inserted plug; and a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle. The receptacle includes pins connectable to only some of pins among the plurality of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240148058
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a first connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first circuit substrate; a second circuit substrate; a first cable connecting the first circuit substrate and the second circuit substrate; and a second connector which is mounted on the second circuit substrate and to which the first cable is connected. A shortest distance between an edge of the second circuit substrate closest to the second connector and the second connector is longer than a shortest distance between a center of the second circuit substrate and the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240138487
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device, includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side discharge terminal and a negative electrode-side discharge terminal to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; and a circuit substrate including a first surface on which the positive electrode-side discharge terminal is mounted and a second surface which is a back surface of the first surface and on which the negative electrode-side discharge terminal is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240138488
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a voltage converter that has an input terminal connected to the power supply and an output terminal connected to the connector; a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected between the output terminal of the voltage converter and the connector; and a circuit substrate on which the voltage converter, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor are mounted. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are not arranged in a line in a length direction or a width direction of the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240138026
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side connector and a negative electrode-side connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first conductive pattern connecting the power supply and the positive electrode-side connector; a second conductive pattern branched from the first conductive pattern; a circuit substrate on which the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are formed; and a first protection component having one end connected to the second conductive pattern and configured to protect an electronic component mounted on the circuit substrate from noise entering through the positive electrode-side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO