Fujita, US
Akira Fujita, Albany, NY US
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20120160273 | Liquid Processing Method, Liquid Processing Apparatus and Recording Medium - Disclosed are a liquid processing method, a liquid processing apparatus, and a recording medium that can prevent convex portions of a target substrate from collapsing when a rinsing liquid is dried. A base surface of a target substrate is hydrophilized and the surfaces of convex portions are water-repellentized by surface-processing the target substrate which includes a main body, a plurality of convex portions protruding from the main body, and a base surface formed between the convex portions on the substrate main body. Next, a rinsing liquid is supplied to the target substrate which has been subjected to the surface processing. Thereafter, the rinsing liquid is removed from the target substrate. | 06-28-2012 |
Eiji Fujita, Orangeburg, NY US
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20120298196 | WEATHERABLE SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE, PRODUCT OBTAINED USING THE SHEET, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE WEATHERABLE SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE - The present invention provides a weather-resistant sheet for a solar cell module, which has better adhesion to a water impermeable sheet, better blocking resistance against the water impermeable sheet, and better adhesion to EVA that is a sealant; a weather-resistant sheet for a solar cell module in which a cured coating film layer thereof can suppress UV transmission significantly; a product including the sheet; and a process for producing the sheet. The weather-resistant sheet for a solar cell module includes, on a water impermeable sheet, a cured coating film layer made of a crosslinked product of a coating composition that includes a hydroxyl group-containing fluoropolymer, wherein in a pressure-resistance test performed when a crosslinking degree of the cured coating film layer is 80 to 99%, the cured coating film layer and the water impermeable sheet without a cured coating film layer formed thereon are not adhered to each other after a load has been applied to the cured coating film layer and the water impermeable sheet being stacked. | 11-29-2012 |
Etsuko Fujita, Port Jefferson, NY US
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20140299817 | Bimetallic Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation and H2 Generation from Formic Acid and/or Salts Thereof - The invention relates to a ligand that may be used to create a catalyst including a coordination complex is formed by the addition of two metals; Cp, Cp* or an unsubstituted or substituted π-arene; and two coordinating solvent species or solvent molecules. The bimetallic catalyst may be used in the hydrogenation of CO | 10-09-2014 |
20150252484 | BIOMASS TRANSITION METAL HYDROGEN-EVOLUTION ELECTROCATALYSTS AND ELECTRODES - A catalytic composition from earth-abundant transition metal salts and biomass is disclosed. A calcined catalytic composition formed from soybean powder and ammonium molybdate is specifically exemplified herein. Methods for making the catalytic composition are disclosed as are electrodes for hydrogen evolution reactions comprising the catalytic composition. | 09-10-2015 |
Junichiro Fujita, Cambridge, MA US
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20100086301 | DIRECTIONLESS RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXER - An optical switch system for dropping a ROADM node is presented. The switch system includes an N×M structure having two layers. A first layer includes optical splitters, each splitter receiving a multiplexed input signal and outputting a first multiplexed output signal. A second layer includes switches receiving the first multiplexed output signals from the optical splitters and generating a second multiplexed output signal. The second multiplexed output signal is typically one of the first multiplexed output signals. An optional third layer, which includes optical filters, receives the second multiplexed output signal from the switches and produces a non-multiplexed, single-wavelength output signal. | 04-08-2010 |
20110164876 | DIRECTIONLESS RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXER - An optical switch system for dropping a ROADM node is presented. The switch system includes an N×M structure having two layers. A first layer includes optical splitters, each splitter receiving a multiplexed input signal and outputting a first multiplexed output signal. A second layer includes switches receiving the first multiplexed output signals from the optical splitters and generating a second multiplexed output signal. The second multiplexed output signal is typically one of the first multiplexed output signals. An optional third layer, which includes optical filters, receives the second multiplexed output signal from the switches and produces a non-multiplexed, single-wavelength output signal. | 07-07-2011 |
Kaori Fujita, North Bethesda, MD US
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20130267029 | MANIPULATION OF STEM CELL FUNCTION BY P53 ISOFORMS - This invention provides methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of obtaining pluripotent stem cells, the method comprising expressing a 133p53 in cells that are being re-programmed to obtain pluripotent cells. The invention also provides method of inhibiting the proliferation of cancer stem cells, the method comprising suppressing expression of 133p53 in the cells. | 10-10-2013 |
Kaori Fujita, Bethesda, MD US
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20110243968 | THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF P53 ISOFORMS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, AGING AND CANCER - The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating cell senescence and cell proliferation using isoforms of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. The methods and compositions of the invention find use in inhibiting cancer cell growth or in generating populations of cells for tissue regeneration through the modulation of cell senescence and proliferation. | 10-06-2011 |
20130302892 | THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF P53 ISOFORMS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, AGING AND CANCER - The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating cell senescence and cell proliferation using isoforms of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. The methods and compositions of the invention find use in inhibiting cancer cell growth or in generating populations of cells for tissue regeneration through the modulation of cell senescence and proliferation. | 11-14-2013 |
Kazuhiro Fujita US
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20150253653 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND ILLUMINATION METHOD - An illumination device includes an excitation light source which emits excitation light, a wavelength converter which generates fluorescent light having a wavelength different from that of the excitation light through the excitation of the excitation light and a light path-splitting member including a first filter and a second filter arranged to alternately come across a light path of the excitation light, wherein the first filter reflects one of the excitation light and the fluorescent light and transmits the other of the excitation light and the fluorescent light, the second filter transmits light reflected by the first filter and reflects light transmitted through the first filter, and the wavelength converter is disposed in a reflection light path or a transmission light path of the excitation light. | 09-10-2015 |
Lincoln Mamoru Fujita, Roanoke, VA US
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20100176966 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMUNICATING UTILITY DATA AND VOICE DATA - A method for communicating utility data includes receiving a voice signal and a data signal via a utility network, combining the voice signal and the data signal to form a communication signal, and transmitting the communication signal to a plurality of utility asset controllers and handheld devices via the utility network. | 07-15-2010 |
20100292856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A LOAD DEMAND ON AN ELECTRICAL GRID - A method for managing electrical demand on a power grid in response to electrical supply conditions is described. The method includes determining a first energy demand forecast using stored information, determining a first energy supply forecast based on a known energy production and transmission capacity, and comparing the first energy demand forecast to the first energy supply forecast. The method also includes transmitting at least one of an adjusted price signal and an electrical load shedding signal to a customer over a bidirectional communication system based on the comparison of the first energy demand forecast to the first energy supply forecast. | 11-18-2010 |
20110005910 | Transformer On-Load Tap Changer Using MEMS Technology - An on-load tap changer (OLTC) for a transformer winding is disclosed. The OLTC includes a first MEMS switch coupled in series with a first tap on the transformer winding and a neutral terminal. The OLTC also includes a second MEMS switch coupled in series with a second tap on the transformer winding and the neutral terminal. The OLTC further includes a controller coupled to the first MEMS switch and the second MEMS switch, the controller configured to coordinate the switching operations of the first MEMS switch module and the second MEMS switch module to obtain a first predetermined turns ratio or a second predetermined turns ratio for the transformer winding. | 01-13-2011 |
20110127853 | Method and Apparatus for Switching Electrical Power - A current control device is described. The current control device includes at least one line socket configured to couple to a first power system. The current control device also includes at least one load socket configured to couple to a second power system and at least one micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switching device coupled between the at least one line socket and the at least one load socket. The at least one MEMS switching device is configured to selectably couple the first power system to the second power system. | 06-02-2011 |
20120083933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE - The present disclosure relates to the use of hybrid predictive models to predict one or more of performance, availability, or degradation of a power plant or a component of the power plant. The hybrid predictive model comprises at least two model components, one based on a physics-based modeling approach and one based on an observational or data-based modeling approach. The hybrid predictive model may self-tune or self-correct as operational performance varies over time. | 04-05-2012 |
Madoka Fujita, Irvine, CA US
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20090148370 | Process to produce ammonia from urea - In a process for generating ammonia from urea which process comprises: | 06-11-2009 |
20110076222 | Process to Produce Ammonia from Urea - In a process for producing ammonia from urea which process comprises: | 03-31-2011 |
Mahoro Fujita, Fairport, NY US
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20080295812 | Anti-coking bushing assembly for an exhaust recirculation control valve - An anti-coking bushing assembly for sealing a pintle shaft of an EGR control valve, comprising a bushing carrier disposed in the valve body and supportive of close-fitting pintle shaft bushing liners formed of a polyimide such as Vespel. The bushing carrier and bushing liners are installed into a carbon shield extending into the exhaust flow space within the valve. Within the carbon shield, between the gas flow space and the bushing carrier, is a ring seal on the pintle shaft and a gas expansion chamber to cool exhaust gas escaping along the pintle shaft, allowing contaminants in the exhaust gas to precipitate in the gas expansion chamber. The carbon shield, ring seal, bushing carrier, and bushing liners are conveniently pre-assembled as an anti-coking bushing assembly for subsequent installation into a valve body during final valve assembly. | 12-04-2008 |
Mahoro M. Fujita, Fairport, NY US
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20110186654 | VALVE SEAT FOR GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR - A gaseous fuel injector is provided with a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a conduit for communicating fuel from the inlet to the outlet. A valve and valve seat is provided for selectively preventing and permitting fuel to pass from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The valve seat has a plurality of apertures for providing fluid communication therethrough. The valve has a sealing face for selectively engaging and disengaging the valve seat to selectively prevent and permit fuel from passing therethrough. The valve seat includes a raised seating surface for sealing against the sealing face when the valve is engaged with the valve seat. The raised seating surface is defined by at least one wall that continuously surrounds each aperture. Each wall is in continuous fluid communication with the entirety of each wall downstream of the sealing face when the valve is engaged with the valve seat. | 08-04-2011 |
20110233311 | VALVE SEAT AND SHROUD FOR GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector is provided with a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passage for communicating fuel from the inlet to the outlet. A valve and valve seat assembly is provided for selectively preventing and permitting fuel to pass from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The valve seat is defined by a tubular body and a valve seat that traverses an inside wall surface of the tubular body. An upstream face of the valve seat is downstream of an upstream end of the tubular body and a downstream face of the valve seat is upstream of a downstream end of the tubular body. At least one passage is provided through the tubular body beginning downstream of the downstream face of the valve seat and upstream of the downstream end of the tubular body. A cover may be disposed at the downstream end of the tubular body. | 09-29-2011 |
20130082126 | PRESSURE BALANCED GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A fuel injector is provided for supplying fuel to a fuel consuming device. The fuel injector includes a fuel injector fuel inlet for receiving fuel, a fuel injector fuel outlet for dispensing fuel from the fuel injector, an upper valve seat, and a lower valve seat. An armature selectively seats and unseats with the upper valve seat and the lower valve seat. A balancing chamber is in constant fluid communication with the fuel injector fuel inlet and disposed between the upper valve seat and the lower valve seat. Fuel within the balancing chamber acts on the armature to urge the armature away from the upper valve seat and fuel within the balancing chamber acts on the armature to urge the armature toward the lower valve seat, thereby reducing the force to unseat the armature from the upper valve seat and the lower valve seat. | 04-04-2013 |
20150014448 | VALVE SEAT FOR GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR - A gaseous fuel injector for supplying gaseous fuel to a fuel consuming device includes a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, a fuel passage for communicating the gaseous fuel from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet and a valve assembly for selectively preventing and permitting the gaseous fuel to pass from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The valve assembly includes a valve seat with a plurality of apertures for providing fluid communication therethrough and a valve extending along a valve axis for selectively preventing and permitting flow of the gaseous fuel through the valve seat. Each one of the plurality of apertures is a radially extending slot and the plurality of apertures is arranged in a polar array centered about the valve axis. | 01-15-2015 |
Mayumi Fujita, Englewood, CO US
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20090169497 | Treatment and Prevention of Skin Injury Due to Exposure to Ultraviolet Light - Photoprotective agents useful for the treatment or prevention of cell damage, particularly skin injury due to UV-light. Methods of prevention or treatment of cell damage and skin injury due to exposure to UV-light, particularly UVB-light. Methods include administration of an effective amount of one or more photoprotective N-mercaptoalkanoylcysteine derivatives of this invention, particularly bucillamine or a salt or solvate thereof, to a mammal, particularly a human, which has been or will be exposed to UV-light. Administration may be oral, topical or parenteral. | 07-02-2009 |
20100278829 | DUAL INHIBITION OF IMMUNOPHILIN/CYCLOPHILIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND EMMPRIN IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY MEMBERS - The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for modulating an adaptive immune response without significantly affecting an innate immunity response in a subject by modulating a combination of an Immunophilin/Cyclophilin Family Member and an EMMPRIN Immunoglobulin Receptor Superfamily Member. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for treating a variety of clinical conditions by modulating an Immunophilin/Cyclophilin Family Member and an EMMPRIN Immunoglobulin Receptor Superfamily Member. | 11-04-2010 |
20130225437 | BIOMARKERS OF CANCER - Disclosed is an IL-37 biomarker of cancer and methods of using the biomarker, including methods for diagnosis of cancer, methods of determining predisposition to cancer, methods of monitoring progression/regression of cancer, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating cancer, as well as other methods based on the use of this cancer biomarker. | 08-29-2013 |
Mayumi Fujita, Longmont, CO US
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20100248225 | GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING FOR IDENTIFICATION, MONITORING AND TREATMENT OF MELANOMA - A method is provided in various embodiments for determining a profile data set for a subject with skin cancer or a condition related to skin cancer based on a sample from the subject, wherein the sample provides a source of RNAs. The method includes using amplification for measuring the amount of RNA corresponding to at least 1 constituent from Tables 1-6. The profile data set comprises the measure of each constituent, and amplification is performed under measurement conditions that are substantially repeatable. | 09-30-2010 |
Ryo Fujita, Van Nuys, CA US
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20090164902 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER WIDGET AND ONE-CLICK MEDIA RECORDING AND SHARING - Systems and methods of a multimedia player widget and one-click media recording and sharing are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of facilitating audio-based user content sharing, collaboration, and competition among multiple platforms using a graphical user interface widget is disclosed. One embodiment includes, providing the graphical user interface widget on a user interface in a source platform where a first set of users share audio content and collaborate in musical creations using an audio player widget. The graphical user interface widget is further linked to the audio player widget in the user interface. One embodiment further includes, detecting that a user has selected an action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget in the graphical user interface widget in the source platform and/or performing the selected action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget to a target platform. The instance of the audio player widget, when migrated to the target platform, is available for access by the user via the target platform or a second set of users of the target platform. | 06-25-2009 |
Suzanne M. Fujita, Louisville, CO US
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20090263637 | SYSTEM FOR OPERATING TOP DOWN/BOTTOM UP COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A control system for a top down/bottom up covering for an architectural opening includes a common drive shaft for raising and lowering a middle rail and a bottom rail between which a flexible shade material extends. A control element operates a spool lift system and a roller lift system, with the spool lift system being associated with the middle rail and the roller lift system being associated with the bottom rail. The lift systems are sequentially operated when the drive shaft is driven in either direction by the control element. | 10-22-2009 |
20100018656 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ARCHITECTURAL COVERINGS WITH REVERSIBLE DRIVE AND SINGLE OPERATING ELEMENT - A retractable covering for an architectural opening is reversibly driven through an input assembly, a transmission and an output assembly by a reciprocal operating cord that can be pulled down by an operator and will automatically retract while the covering is held in a predetermined position. While the input assembly is always driven in a first direction, a transmission is shifted between two operative positions through movement of a shift arm depending upon the positioning of the shift arm by the operating cord. The shift arm is pivotal about an axis parallel with a roller for the covering and when the operating cord is pulled straight downwardly, the covering is moved in an upwardly or retracting direction while if the operating cord is pulled downwardly and toward the operator, i.e. away from the architectural opening, the covering is driven in a downwardly or extending direction. | 01-28-2010 |
20110265963 | CORD TENSION CONTROL FOR TOP DOWN/BOTTOM UP COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - Cord tensioning systems are provided for top down/bottom up coverings to prevent entanglement of lift cords about associated wrap spools by correlating rotation of the wrap spools with translating threaded nuts mounted on threaded shafts rotating in unison with the wrap spools whereby abutment of nuts associated with lift spools prevent over movement of rails associated with the spools and thus entanglement of the lift cords associated therewith. | 11-03-2011 |
Yasushi Fujita, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20080274632 | Spark Plug Terminal Connection Apparatuses and Methods - Apparatuses and methods are provided for conductively connecting a voltage source ignition cable to a spark plug terminal. A spark plug boot assembly is provided and can include a body member, a coiled terminal, and a voltage source ignition cable. The coiled terminal can have a first end, a second end, and a middle portion and can include one or more coils that can extend to form an inner area with the coils having a varying inside diameter. The first end can be configured to receive a spark plug terminal. Also, the voltage source ignition cable can be configured to provide an additional electrical contact to the coiled terminal. | 11-06-2008 |
20110005024 | AUTOMATIC IDLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present subject matter relates to arrangements and uses for engine speed governors. In particular, an automatic idle system for a small engine can include an engine speed governor for connection to a small engine with a governor shaft rotatable in response to a speed of the engine. A governor linkage can include a first portion for connection to the governor shaft and a second portion for connection to a throttle control of the engine, the first portion being movably connected with or to the second portion. An actuator can be connected to the second portion of the governor linkage, the actuator being movable in response to a load on the engine to move the second portion relative to the first portion. In this configuration, when the engine is in a low-load state, the second portion can be moved relative to the first portion toward a throttle-closed position. | 01-13-2011 |