Patents by Inventor Yukitoshi Higashinaka

Yukitoshi Higashinaka 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: 5515583
    Abstract: Provided is mixed hook/loop separable fasteners comprising a base fabric provided on one surface thereof intermixedly with a multiplicity of hook-like fastening elements and a multiplicity of loop-like fastening elements; said hook-like fastening elements having a height of 1.3 to 3.8 mm and said loop-like fastening elements having a height of 1.5 to 4 mm and larger by 0.2 to 2.0 mm than the height of said hook-like fastening elements, and said hook-like fastening elements and loop-like fastening elements being provided in a density of 40 to 120 pieces/cm.sup.2 with the ratio of the number of said hook-like fastening elements to the total being 40 to 60%.Also provided are process for producing the above separable fasteners, as well as their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukitoshi Higashinaka
  • Patent number: 5473800
    Abstract: A male separable fastening component has a base and, provided thereon, a multiplicity of independent fastening elements, the fastening elements each comprising a bundle of raised fibers with a grape cluster-like aggregate of swollen heads consolidated together by fusion of the fiber ends and a trunk having a shape tightening at the root and broadening towards the swollen heads-aggregate; and a separable fastener utilizes this type separable fastening component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Magictape Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Hatomoto, Yukitoshi Higashinaka
  • Patent number: 5369852
    Abstract: Mixed hook/loop separable fasteners comprise a base fabric provided on one surface thereof intermixedly with a multiplicity of hook-like fastening elements and a multiplicity of loop-like fastening elements. The hook-like fastening elements having a height of 1.3 to 3.8 mm and the loop-like fastening elements have a height of 1.5 to 4 mm and larger by 0.2 to 2.0 mm than the height of the hook-like fastening elements. The hook-like fastening elements and loop-like fastening elements being provided in a density of 40 to 120 pieces/cm.sup.2. Also provided is a process for producing the above separable fasteners, as well as their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukitoshi Higashinaka
  • Patent number: 4920617
    Abstract: Described herein is a male fastener strip having a multitude of hooking elements on one side of substrate cloth, which is characterized in that the individual hooking elements are spaced from adjacent hooking elements by X(mm) and Y(mm) in the transverse and longitudinal directions of the fastener strip, respectively, such that X is between 2.0 and 4.0 mm, inclusive and X/Y is in the range of 0.5 to 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Kuraray Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukitoshi Higashinaka