Imai, US
Darren Imai, Los Gatos, CA US
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20090137066 | Sensor for a magnetic memory device and method of manufacturing the same - The invention encompasses fabrication methods including the steps of preparing a silicon substrate, forming an amorphous III-V material layer on the silicon substrate, heating the amorphous III-V material layer, and epitaxially growing III-V material on the amorphous III-V material layer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090146231 | Magnetic memory device having a C-shaped structure and method of manufacturing the same - A non-volatile magnetic memory device having one or more memory cells, each of the memory cells includes a magnetic switch including a C-shaped magnetic component and a write coil located proximate the magnetic component, the write coil coupled to receive a current sufficient to create a remnant magnetic polarity in the magnetic component, and a Hall sensor, positioned proximate the magnetic component, to detect the remnant magnetic polarity indicative of a stored data bit. | 06-11-2009 |
Darren Imai, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150200350 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR A TRANSFERABLE MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER ARRAY - Techniques and mechanisms to provide mechanical support for a micromachined piezoelectric transducer array. In an embodiment, a transducer array includes transducer elements each comprising a respective membrane portion and a respective supporting structure disposed on or around a periphery of that membrane portion. The transducer elements are initially formed on a sacrificial wafer, wherein supporting structures of the transducer elements facilitate subsequent removal of the sacrificial wafer and/or subsequent handling of the transducer elements. In another embodiment, a polymer layer is disposed on the transducer elements to provide for flexible support during such subsequent handling. | 07-16-2015 |
Darren T. Imai, Los Gatos, CA US
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20100221497 | Device with Protective Layer - A fluid impermeable protective layer is described for a structure that has a 3-dimensional profile. The 3-dimensional profile can include actuators. The protective layer is applied so that there are no breaches in the protective layer and so that the protective layer is not too thick to prevent the actuators from being able to properly function. | 09-02-2010 |
20110115341 | Insulated Film Use in a Mems Device - A method of forming an actuator and an actuable device formed by this method are disclosed. This method includes depositing a photoimageable material to form a first photoimageable layer on a piezoelectric layer; patterning the first photoimageable layer to form an aperture; and disposing a first conductive layer on the first photoimageable layer. The first conductive layer partially overlies the first photoimageable layer such that a first portion of the first conductive layer contacts the first photoimageable layer and a second portion of the first conductive layer electrically contacts the piezoelectric layer in the aperture. | 05-19-2011 |
Darren Todd Imai, Los Gatos, CA US
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20150158052 | FLEXIBLE MICROMACHINED TRANSDUCER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - Techniques and structures for providing flexibility of a micromachined transducer array. In an embodiment, a transducer array includes a plurality of transducer elements each comprising a piezoelectric element and one or more electrodes disposed in or on a support layer. The support layer is bonded to a flexible layer including a polymer material, wherein flexibility of the transducer array results in part from a total thickness of a flexible layer. In another embodiment, flexibility of the transducer array results in part from one or more flexural structures formed therein. | 06-11-2015 |
David Imai, Gold River, CA US
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20110099681 | Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Ergonomic Bowel Movement Posture - A method and apparatus for enhanced ergonomic bowel-movement posture are presented. The objective of the method and apparatus is to prevent injury to due to incorrect posture during a bowel movement. One aspect of the invention comprises a garment for use during a bowel movement comprising ergonomic enhancements such as a rigid spine, and convenience and hygienic enhancements such as dispensers for such liquid, aerosol, and/or paper products as are commonly required during a bowel movement. The method and apparatus enable more efficient and hygienic bowel movements, thereby avoiding health risks associated with known bowel movement methods. | 05-05-2011 |
Francisco H. Imai, Mountain View, CA US
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20090290811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A system and method for generating a multi-dimensional image of an object in a scene is disclosed. One inventive aspect includes a spectral estimation module configured to convert a two-dimensional (2D) high-resolution light intensity image of the scene to a spectral-augmented image of a selected channel. The system further includes a high-resolution depth image generation module configured to generate a high-resolution depth image of the object based on a three-dimensional (3D) low-resolution depth image of the scene and the spectral-augmented image. | 11-26-2009 |
Hidekazu Imai, Dublin, OH US
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20150376932 | WINDOW OPENING-CLOSING CONTROL SYSTEM AND WINDOW OPENING-CLOSING CONTROL APPARATUS - If closing operation to the passenger's seat sub switch continues for not less than a prescribed time period Tb, a passenger's seat relay contact on a close side is turned ON. If the closing operation to the passenger's seat sub switch thereafter ends before a prescribed time period Tc elapses, the passenger's seat relay contact on the close side is kept ON. If opening operation to the passenger's seat sub switch continues for not less than the prescribed time period Tb, a passenger's seat relay contact on an open side is turned ON. If the opening operation to the passenger's seat sub switch thereafter ends before the prescribed time period Tc elapses, the passenger's seat relay contact on the open side is kept ON. The invention is applicable to an automatic window system and the like. | 12-31-2015 |
20160002969 | WINDOW OPENING-CLOSING CONTROL SYSTEM AND WINDOW OPENING-CLOSING CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention improves detection accuracy of interposition at a vehicle window. An interposition detector determines that a window at a passenger's seat has interposition if motor current for opening and closing the window at the passenger's seat does not decrease to be less than a predetermined threshold but increases to be not less than a second threshold, or if the motor current does not decreases to be less than the predetermined threshold but increases at a predetermined or more increase rate. The interposition detector determines that the window at the passenger's seat does not have interposition if the motor current is less than the predetermine threshold. The invention is applicable to an automatic window system and the like. | 01-07-2016 |
Kazuhito Imai US
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20110048585 | HEAT TREATED GALVANNEALED STEEL MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A heat treated galvannealed steel material having excellent post-painting corrosion resistance and a high strength which is suitable for use as an automotive part and a method for its manufacture are provided. A galvannealed steel material having a galvannealed coating on at least one side thereof is heat treated by heating at least a portion thereof to a temperature range in which hardening is possible. The coating remaining on the surface of at least a part of the portion which underwent heat treatment has a coating weight of at least 20 g/m | 03-03-2011 |
Keita Imai US
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20150251530 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVING APPARATUS - A hybrid vehicle driving apparatus includes: an engine; a first rotator; a second rotator; a first differential mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the engine to a driving wheel side; and a switching device configured to shift the first differential mechanism. The first rotator is coaxially disposed with the engine, the second rotator is disposed with the engine, the second rotator is disposed on a different axis from an axis of the engine to constitute a multiple-axis system, the first differential mechanism is coaxially disposed with and between the engine and the first rotator, and the switching device is disposed at an opposite side from the engine with respect to the first rotator. | 09-10-2015 |
Kurt Richard Imai, Houston, TX US
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20100170247 | Heat Integration in Coal Gasification and Methanation Reaction Process - A combined Gasification, methanation and power island steam turbine system. The system includes a gasification portion, the methanation portion and a steam turbine portion. The Gasification portion includes the new heat recovery design and associated controls for obtaining a desired steam to dry gas ration of 1.1-2.2. The methanation portion includes first, second and third methanation reactors and associated heat recovery integrated with a high-pressure, low-pressure superheater, and HP economizers. The power Island steam turbine includes a High pressure, Intermediate pressure, low-pressure steam turbine having an input coupled to an output of the superheaters in Methanation process. | 07-08-2010 |
Osamu Scott Imai, Redondo Beach, CA US
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20140368614 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING APPARATUSES - A three dimensional scanning apparatuses and methods of calibrating such apparatuses. The apparatus included a camera moveable along a first longitudinal axis, and a projector moveable along a second longitudinal axis which is parallel or coincident with the first longitudinal axis. Movement of one of the camera and projector along its corresponding longitudinal axis toward the other of the camera and projector causes the other of said camera and projector to move along its corresponding longitudinal axis toward the one of said camera and projector. | 12-18-2014 |
Ryo P. Imai, Port Washington, NY US
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20150352435 | PUZZLE CREATION AND SHARING OVER A NETWORK - A system and method are provided for generating a puzzle from media content. The method includes receiving input indicative of a selection of a media content to be converted into puzzle content, receiving input indicative of at least one edit to be applied to the puzzle content, receiving input indicative of at least one puzzle property to be applied to the puzzle content, generating the puzzle content based on the at least one edit and the at least one puzzle property, and sending the puzzle content to a recipient. The system includes a computing device having a processor and a memory configured to implement the method. | 12-10-2015 |
Ryozo Imai US
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20150211016 | ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS-RESISTANT PLANT WITH HIGH SEED PRODUCTIVITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - This invention relates to a plant having high resistance to environmental stress and high seed productivity, and, more particularly, a transformed plant that is genetically modified to overexpress a polyadenylate-binding protein (PABN) gene and has enhanced environmental stress resistance and enhanced seed productivity. | 07-30-2015 |
Shingo Imai, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20120112479 | ENERGY ABSORBING DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - In an embodiment, an energy absorbing device comprises: a metal component comprising greater than or equal to three walls forming a metal component channel; and a plastic component having a honeycomb structure with a plurality of walls defining comb channels therein. The plastic component is located in the metal component channel forming a crash can. The plastic component is inseparable from the metal component without damage to the metal component and/or the plastic component. In one embodiment, a method of making an energy absorbing device can comprise: co-molding the metal component and the plastic component to form a crash can. The energy absorbing device can be used on a vehicle, adjacent to a vehicle component. | 05-10-2012 |
20140203577 | POLYMER, ENERGY ABSORBER RAIL EXTENSION, METHODS OF MAKING AND VEHICLES USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a rail extension comprises: an energy absorber comprising a polymer body, and vehicle attachment tabs extending from one end of the energy absorber and configured to attach to a vehicle rail, and an attachment tab extending from another end of the energy absorber and configured to attach to a bumper beam. The energy absorber can comprise cells formed by cell walls extending a length of the energy absorber and forming cavities therethrough; and open channels formed on each side of the energy absorber, wherein the channels are defined by walls of adjacent cells. A vehicle can comprise: a bumper beam; a vehicle rail; and the rail extensions. | 07-24-2014 |
20150291112 | POLYMER, ENERGY ABSORBER RAIL EXTENSION, METHODS OF MAKING AND VEHICLES USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a rail extension comprises: an energy absorber comprising a polymer body, wherein the energy absorber comprises cells formed by cell walls extending a length of the energy absorber and forming cavities therethrough; each side of the energy absorber comprises an open channel wherein the channel is defined by walls of adjacent cells; a vehicle attachment tab extending from at least one of the cell walls at one end of the energy absorber; and a first vehicle attachment tab gusset extending between the vehicle attachment tab and the cell wall on one side of an opening in the vehicle attachment; wherein the energy absorber and the vehicle attachment tab were formed as one-piece. | 10-15-2015 |
Shingo Imai, Wixom, MI US
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20130106139 | IMPACT DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
Shin-Ichiro Imai, Saint Louis, MO US
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20160022712 | Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide in the Treatment of Disease - Disclosed are methods and compositions related to methods of treating, ameliorating, mitigating, slowing, arresting, preventing or reversing various diseases and conditions, including age-related obesity, age-related increases in blood lipid levels, age-related decreases in insulin sensitivity, age-related decreases in memory function, and age-related changes in eye function such as macular degeneration. The methods comprise administering nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to a subject. In some embodiments, the administration can be oral administration. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising NMN. | 01-28-2016 |
Shin-Ichiro Imai, Somerville, MA US
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20090155834 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AGENTS WHICH ALTER HISTONE PROTEIN ACETYLATION, DECREASE AGING OR INCREASE LIFESPAN - Methods of identifying agents which alter the NAD-dependent acetylation status and mono-ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins are disclosed. The methods further include identifying agents which alter the life span or aging of a cell or an organism by determining the level of NAD-dependent acetylation and/or ADP ribosylation of a nuclear protein. The invention also relates to a mammalian Sir2 protein which acetylates or deacetylates nuclear proteins in a NAD-dependent manner and has mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity. Host cells producing the Sir2 protein and antibodies to the Sir2 protein are also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
Shin-Ichiro Imai, St. Louis, MO US
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20090246803 | NAD BIOSYNTHESIS SYSTEMS - The present invention generally relates to a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis system and methods of screening for NAD biosynthesis effectors. Among the various aspects of the present invention is the provision of an in vitro-reconstituted mammalian NAD biosynthesis system that can be used for the high-throughput screening of chemical activators and inhibitors for mammalian NAD biosynthesis. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of identifying a compound that effects in vivo activity of NAD metabolic enzymes. Further aspects of the invention include nucleic acid sequences, vectors, and transformed cells that can be used in the methods described herein. | 10-01-2009 |
20100105036 | SIR2 Activity - This invention relates to methods of screening compounds that modulate cellular and organismal processes by modification of the activity of SIR2 and/or transcription factors, e.g., p53, particularly methods of screening for compounds that modify lifespan and/or metabolism of a cell or an organism by modulation of the activity of SIR2 and/or transcription factors, e.g., p53, and more particularly to methods of screening for compounds that modulate the activity of Sir2 and/or transcription factors, e.g., p53. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for screening a compound, by providing a test mixture comprising a transcription factor, Sir2, and a Sir2 cofactor with the compound, and evaluating an activity of a component of the test mixture in the presence of the compound. The invention further relates to therapeutic uses of said compounds. The invention further relates to a method of modifying the acetylation status of a transcription factor binding site on histone or DNA by raising local concentrations of Sir2. | 04-29-2010 |
20110123510 | Methods of Affecting Biological Function Through Circadian Clock Feedback Cycle by NAMPT-Mediated NAD+ Biosynthesis - The present invention relates to methods of regulating biological functions in a mammal that are mediated, at least in part, by the circadian clock. | 05-26-2011 |
20130071378 | SIR2 ACTIVITY - Methods for screening a compound, by providing a test mixture comprising a transcription factor, Sir2, and a Sir2 cofactor with the compound, and evaluating an activity of a component of the test mixture in the presence of the compound are described. | 03-21-2013 |
Stuart Imai, Redondo Beach, CA US
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20100194178 | Vehicle Wheel Rim - A lateral balance plane, defined as a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the wheel rim, and upon which the wheel rim is laterally balanced; an outer surface, the outer surface facing away from the axis of rotation of the wheel rim; an inner surface, facing towards the axis of rotation of the wheel rim; and a circumferential area located on the inner surface, the circumferential area coinciding with the intersection of the inner surface with the lateral balance plane of the wheel rim, the circumferential area being visibly distinguishable from the rest of the inner surface. | 08-05-2010 |
Stuart Kevin Imai, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US
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20140368614 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING APPARATUSES - A three dimensional scanning apparatuses and methods of calibrating such apparatuses. The apparatus included a camera moveable along a first longitudinal axis, and a projector moveable along a second longitudinal axis which is parallel or coincident with the first longitudinal axis. Movement of one of the camera and projector along its corresponding longitudinal axis toward the other of the camera and projector causes the other of said camera and projector to move along its corresponding longitudinal axis toward the one of said camera and projector. | 12-18-2014 |
Stuart Kevin Imai, Redondo Beach, CA US
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20080245106 | Cap and cap system for ornaments, charms and accessories - A charm is provided including a body formed from a pliable material including an opening. A first member is at least partly inserted into the opening and is secured to the body. A cap is connected to the first member and is located external of the body. A method for securing such a cap to the charm is also provided. | 10-09-2008 |
Toru Imai, St. Louis, MO US
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20160058295 | PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement region of an object on which irradiation of light is performed and detection of photoacoustic waves is controlled is set based on positional information of a specific region within a captured surface image of the object. | 03-03-2016 |
Yasuhiro Imai, Waukesha, WI US
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20120224665 | METHOD TO REDUCE RADIATION DOSE DELIVERED BY IMAGING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a method to reduce the radiation dose delivered by an imaging system is provided. The method comprises steps of selecting a virtual mask representation based on the shape of an organ to be masked, displaying the virtual mask representation on a scout image and manipulating radiation dose to be delivered so as to modify the virtual mask representation to obtain an optimum attenuation profile. | 09-06-2012 |