Okano

Akihiko Okano, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120028383	PROCESSING METHOD OF SILICON SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD - A processing method of a silicon substrate including forming a second opening in a bottom portion of a first opening using a patterning mask having a pattern opening by plasma reactive ion etching. The reactive ion etching is performed with a shield structure formed in or on the silicon substrate, the shield structure preventing inside of the first opening from being exposed to the plasma.	02-02-2012
20120069094	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a liquid ejection head including a substrate including a liquid supply port and an energy generating element, in which the liquid supply port has at least one groove shape formed in a wall surface thereof, the at least one groove shape extending from a rear surface, which is a surface opposite to a front surface on which the energy generating element is formed, toward the front surface.	03-22-2012
20120124835	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is provided a liquid ejection head manufacturing method including step A of preparing a substrate having the flow path mold; step B of arranging a first layer serving as the flow path wall member so as to cover the flow path mold; step C of curing a portion serving as a flow path sidewall of the first layer; step D of arranging a second layer so as to cover the cured portion of the first layer and the flow path mold; step E of planarizing the second layer by pressing the second layer toward the substrate side; step F of arranging the ejection port in the first layer and the second layer; and step G of forming the flow path by removing the flow path mold in this order.	05-24-2012
20130152390	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - Provided is a process for producing a liquid ejection head which includes a substrate having an energy generating element and a wall member joined with the substrate to form an ejection orifice which ejects liquid and a flow path which communicates to the ejection orifice, the process including, in the following order, the steps of (B) forming, on the substrate, a flow path pattern form for forming the flow path, (C) forming, around the flow path pattern form, a cover resin layer for forming the wall member, and (D) transferring a surface form of the substrate to a surface of the cover resin layer so as to correspond to a pattern of the surface form of the substrate.	06-20-2013
20130187987	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes the steps of (	07-25-2013
20130265368	LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a liquid ejecting head of the present invention includes the steps of: forming an etching stop layer on a portion corresponding to a region in which an independent supply port is formed, on a first face of a substrate; conducting dry etching treatment for the substrate from a second face side until the etched portion reaches the etching stop layer; and removing the etching stop layer by isotropic etching to form the independent supply port, after having conducted the dry etching treatment, wherein the isotropic etching is conducted in such a state that a side etching stopper portion having etching resistance to the isotropic etching is formed in the side face perimeter of the etching stop layer.	10-10-2013

Akihiro Okano, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120200537	COORDINATE POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING COORDINATE POSITION, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - When a coordinate detector detects a first light-blocking object, a display device conducts a first local simultaneous scanning process for scanning a local area including the first light-blocking object and an entire sequential scanning process for scanning the entirety of a display surface in parallel. Additionally, during the first local simultaneous scanning process and the entire sequential scanning process conducted in parallel, when a second light-blocking object is detected by the entire sequential scanning process, the display device conducts a second local simultaneous scanning process for scanning a local area including the second light-blocking object in parallel with the first local simultaneous scanning process.	08-09-2012
20140307065	STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND EYE GLASSES FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE VIEWING - A stereoscopic display comprises: a first light-emitting unit that emits a first infrared ray in a first direction directed outward from a display surface; a second light-emitting unit that emits a second infrared ray in a second direction opposite the first direction; a display controller that alternately displays a right eye image and a left-eye image for a front-side user at a side of display surface in the first direction; and a vision controller that controls a vision of the user so that, in accordance with a control signal transmitted through the infrared ray, the image is visible	10-16-2014
20150084913	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes: a display having a display surface disposed to face upward; an image-displaying unit being configured to display an object image on the display surface; a pointed position detector being configured to detect pointed positions that are positions where three or more fingers are brought into contact or almost into contact with the display surface; an image identifier being configured to identify the object image that is displayed at the pointed positions; an estimating unit being configured to estimate a position where an operator, who has the fingers, is present based on a position relationship of the pointed positions of the three or more fingers; and a display changer being configured to change a display state of the object image such that the object image is set in a predetermined orientation in accordance with the estimated position of the operator.	03-26-2015

Akira Okano, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120325068	CUTTING APPARATUS FOR ADHESIVE TAPE ROLLS - To restrain shifting of a circular blade, and reduce a cutting-in angle of the circular blade with respect to the tape roll main body, both ends of a rotatable blade shaft	12-27-2012

Atsushi Okano, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140053974	LAMINATION METHOD AND LAMINATION SYSTEM - To provide a lamination method and a lamination system capable of excellently laminating a film-type laminate without damage even though the semiconductor is a brittle lamination target such as a foil-type semiconductor or a semiconductor made of highly brittle material. In a lamination method for laminating a film-type laminate to a brittle lamination target by overlapping the brittle lamination target and the film-type laminate and heating and pressing the brittle lamination target and the film-type laminate, with respect to the brittle lamination target mounted on a mount member and carried into a lamination device, an eleastic film member is expanded into a vacuum chamber of the lamination device from the above to press and laminate the brittle lamination target and the film-type laminate.	02-27-2014

Atsushi Okano, Nara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140092480	ANTI-REFLECTION SHEET, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An anti-reflection sheet includes a transparent substrate; and a resin layer formed on a surface of a transparent substrate. The resin layer includes a first surface that faces the surface of the transparent substrate; a second surface that faces away from the surface of the transparent substrate; and a plurality of projections arranged on the second surface of the resin layer so as to form a projection layer. Each of the plurality of projections has a cross section that includes an entire center axis perpendicular to the surface of the transparent substrate. Each of the plurality of projections has a cross section that is in a shape of quadratic function. An arranged pitch of each of the plurality of projections is not more than half of a wavelength of incident light. An aspect ratio of each of the plurality of projections is 1 or less. A difference between a refractive index n1 of the transparent substrate and a refractive index n2 of the resin layer satisfies the following expression: |n1−n2|≦0.05. A thickness of the resin layer is 11 μm or more. The plurality of projections are shaped and arranged so as to satisfy a linear relationship between an effective refractive index of the projection layer and a height of the projection layer.	04-03-2014

Fuminori Okano, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130078191	AEROSOL COMPOSITION - There is provided an aerosol composition which is high in fire safety and assures easy emulsification of an aqueous concentrate and a liquefied gas. The aerosol composition comprises 10 to 60 wt % of an aqueous concentrate and 40 to 90 wt % of a liquefied gas, and is obtained by emulsifying the aqueous concentrate and the liquefied gas, wherein the liquefied gas comprises a heavy liquefied gas (a) having a liquid density at 20° C. of from 1.15 to 1.30 (g/ml).	03-28-2013

Hiroaki Okano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120302817	METHOD FOR INCREASING MOISTURE CONTENT OF SKIN SURFACE AND IMPROVING MOISTURE-RETAINING FUNCTION OF DERMIS AND BEAUTY APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for increasing a moisture content of a skin and improving skin elasticity by improving a moisture retaining function of a dermis without generating steam, mist and the like, and a beauty apparatus that supplies moisture to a skin are provided. A user is irradiated with positive and negative ions which are generated by using ion generation means	11-29-2012
20130158337	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING ATOPIC DERMATITIS - A method for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis of a patient by covering the patient itself or a patient's area affected by the atopic dermatitis, filling a covered space with positive ions composed of H	06-20-2013

Hiroaki Okano, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110150697	METHOD FOR PURIFYING INSIDE OF ROOM - In order to remove a pathogenic effect of a microorganism in a room or a work space in a short period of time, an ion diffusing apparatus, which includes an ion generator (	06-23-2011
20150020490	CERAMIC FILTER - A ceramic filter includes a porous ceramic body which is a sintered body of ceramic particles, and a coating portion formed on a surface of each ceramic particle to support the catalyst. The porous ceramic body has a specific surface area equal to or greater than 0.5 m	01-22-2015

Hiroaki Okano, Nagareyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110223287	METHOD FOR PRODUCING YEAST WITH HIGH GLUTAMIC ACID CONTENT - Provided is a method for producing a yeast containing glutamic acid at a high concentration. In the method for culturing a yeast, a yeast in a stationary growth phase is subjected to liquid culture under the conditions that the pH of a liquid medium is 7.5 or higher and lower than 11. After the pH of the liquid medium for the yeast in a stationary growth phase is adjusted to 7.5 or higher and lower than 11, the yeast is further cultured, whereby a yeast with a high glutamic acid content can be produced. In the invention, as the yeast,	09-15-2011

Hiroaki Okano, Takatsuki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140053826	RADIANT TUBE - A radiant tube formed of a heat resistant metal includes at least one bent tube (	02-27-2014

Hiroaki Okano, Ibaraki City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140061981	CERAMIC FILTER AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING SAME - A process for manufacturing a ceramic filter includes mixing silicon, yttrium oxide-doped zirconia, magnesium-aluminum spinel, silicon nitride, a pore-forming material, and a binder to form a ceramic precursor; extruding the ceramic precursor into a generally honeycomb shaped monolithic filter precursor or into a single filter tube precursor; drying the filter precursor or filter tube precursor to form a dried ceramic precursor; heating the dried ceramic precursor to remove the binder; and sintering to form the silicon nitride ceramic filter.	03-06-2014

Hiroshi Okano, Hachioji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140049316	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a user circuit and a power supply noise suppression circuit. The user circuit includes a plurality of circuit modules each containing an operation ratio control circuit. The power supply noise suppression circuit judges an amount of current fluctuation occurring in the user circuit by monitoring an operation ratio of each of the plurality of circuit modules, and controls, via each of the operation ratio control circuits, the operation ratio of a corresponding one of the circuit modules in accordance with a result of the judgment of the amount of current fluctuation.	02-20-2014
20140082332	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND COMPILER - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a floating point arithmetic unit that includes circuit resources over which power saving control is performed, and executes a floating point arithmetic operation; a power-control instruction control unit that receives a pre-access instruction corresponding to a floating point arithmetic operation instruction, and invalidates stepwise the power saving control over the circuit resources included in the floating point arithmetic unit to operate a part of the circuit resources in the floating point arithmetic unit; and a control unit that causes the floating point arithmetic unit to execute the floating point arithmetic operation, wherein before execution of the floating point arithmetic operation in the floating point arithmetic unit, power consumption is previously increased by the pre-access instruction.	03-20-2014

Hiroshi Okano, Takamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130081515	METHOD FOR RECOVERING METAL COPPER FROM COATED COPPER WIRES - [Object] A technique is provided which selectively recovers a useful substance from waste including a chlorine-containing synthetic resin and metal copper in a mixed state.	04-04-2013

Hiroshi Okano, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110289955	Desiccant air-conditioner - A desiccant air conditioner has a high energy efficiency due to the absence of excessive heat loss due to ventilation. In order to meet this requirement, the desiccant air conditioner is equipped with a honeycomb rotor wash-coated with agents having capabilities of absorptions of humidity, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and this honeycomb rotor is divided into at least an absorption zone and a desorption zone. The air in a room is, after being passed through the absorption zone, fed back to the room, and the air which is passed through the desorption zone is exhausted into outside of the room. In this way, carbon dioxide and nitrogen in a room, the latter quantity being corresponded to that of the consumed oxygen in the room, are exhausted into outside of the room, allowing to exhaust carbon dioxide and at the same time to keep the oxygen density to within an allowed limit without the need of excessive ventilation.	12-01-2011
20120000365	Apparatus for removing carbon dioxide from a gas - Exhaust gas after coal or oil burning has moisture, which hinders carbon dioxide adsorption. It is necessary to completely remove this moisture with the minimum use of energy. The exhaust gas from the burning apparatus is first lowered of its temperature by passing through an total heat exchanger rotor, and the resultant gas which has low temperature and humidity is sent to a carbon dioxide adsorption rotor, thereby removing carbon dioxide from the gas, which is then sent through the total heat exchanger rotor with the resultant desorption of moisture adsorbed there and is exhausted to outside atmosphere, while the carbon dioxide adsorption rotor is desorbed of its carbon dioxide using water vapor, with the resultant very humid carbon dioxide to be sent to a processing system such as for underground burial.	01-05-2012

Hiroyuki Okano, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130160540	THERMAL FLOW RATE SENSOR - A thermal flow rate sensor is provided which includes a main flow path through which a fluid flows, and a sensor flow path that branches off from the main flow path so as to cause the fluid to flow in a split flow and that is provided with a flow rate detecting mechanism configured to detect a flow rate of the fluid. The flow rate detecting mechanism includes an upstream-side coil and a downstream-side coil, each configured by using a heat-generating resistance wire wound around a sensor flow pipe forming the sensor flow path. A peak position of a temperature distribution generated in the sensor flow path by the upstream-side coil and the downstream-side coil is positioned on the upstream-side coil side relative to the middle position between the upstream-side coil and the downstream-side coil on the sensor flow path.	06-27-2013

Kazuki Okano, Shinjuku-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130127660	NAVIGATION SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, NAVIGATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND POSITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A navigation signal transmitting apparatus, provided on ground, for transmitting a navigation signal to a receiver capable of positioning by receiving a spread spectrum satellite positioning signal from a satellite has first and second transmission antennas; a message generating unit that generates a message signal of positional information included in the navigation signal, and a modulating unit that modulates the message signal by a modulation process including spectrum spreading, based on spread codes of the same sequence as the satellite positioning signal allotted in advance to the navigation signal transmitting apparatus, for generating first and second navigation signals. The modulating unit executes the modulating process using either one of the first and second navigation signals as an object of demodulation at each time of reception by the receiver.	05-23-2013

Kazuyuki Okano, Kunitachi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130254808	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to at least one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a TV module and a Web browser module. The TV module extracts EPG information from a broadcast signal, extracts program information of a broadcast program from the EPG information, transmits the program information to the Web browser module, receives external video data from the Web browser module, and displays video by using the external video data. The Web browser module receives the program information from the TV module, extracts keywords from the program information, retrieves information relating to a keyword of the keywords after the keyword is transmitted to a server, and transmits the external video data for displaying the retrieved information to the TV module.	09-26-2013

Keio Okano, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120021356	LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE SUPPORT AND PRESENSITIZED PLATE - A presensitized plate bringing about the lithographic printing plate which exhibits a high resistance to scumming and in which formation of bulges causing image dropouts is suppressed is provided with the lithographic printing plate support which includes an aluminum plate and an anodized film of aluminum provided on the aluminum plate, and has a micropore extending in the anodized film in the direction of depth from a film surface opposite with a film surface facing the aluminum plate. The micropore is sealed at least partially on its inside with protrusions made of boehmite, and the protrusions made of boehmite which are located on the anodized film have a mean height of less than 15 nm.	01-26-2012

Kenji Okano, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120058528	Homolactic Fermentation from Pentose - Provided is a lactic acid bacterium capable of homolactic fermentation using a pentose as a substrate, the lactic acid bacterium utilizing a pentose, and in which a phosphoketolase pathway is blocked and a pentose phosphate pathway is activated. Also provided is a method for producing lactic acid from a pentose using the lactic acid bacterium and a method for preparing the lactic acid bacterium.	03-08-2012

Kenji Okano, San Jose, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130151885	COMPUTER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A service processor is separated into a first management unit which performs a primitive processing such as an access processing of hardware and a computer management device which performs a complex processing such as a monitoring of the hardware. And the computer management device is implemented a virtual machine which performs a hardware control of the plurality of hardware. Thereby, the plurality of service processors is realized by a small number of hardware.	06-13-2013
20130173964	METHOD OF MANAGING FAILURE, SYSTEM FOR MANAGING FAILURE, FAILURE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN FAILURE REPRODUCING PROGRAM - A failure management device includes a stored position obtainer that obtains stored position data that represents a position at which failure data is generated by an information processing apparatus when a failure is occurring; a failure data obtainer that obtains the failure data generated by the information processing apparatus from a memory device, communicably connected to the information processing apparatus and the failure management device, on the basis of the stored position data; and a configuration controller that changes, on the basis of the failure data obtained by the failure data obtainer, a configuration of the failure management device so as to conform to that of the information processing apparatus. This configuration makes it possible to easily reproduce the failure occurred in the information processing apparatus and consequently, a reproducing test can be accomplished efficiently.	07-04-2013
20130290790	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING MEMORY DUMP FUNCTION, MEMORY DUMP METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that executes an operating system, the apparatus including a panic process unit configured to stop the operating system when the operating system has detected an error, a mapping process unit configured to assign, to the operating system stopped by the panic process unit, a second memory area which is other than a first memory area being used by a kernel of the operating system before stop or by a hypervisor that controls the operating system before stop of the operating system, a reactivation process unit configured to reactivate the operating system by using the second memory area as a usage area, and a memory dump process unit configured to read data in the first memory area, and to write the data to a dump file after the operating system is reactivated.	10-31-2013
20130346369	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WITH MEMORY DUMP FUNCTION, MEMORY DUMP METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device, including: a memory; a processing unit which operates a virtual machine, an operating system which is executed on the virtual machine, and a hypervisor which controls the virtual machine; and a control unit which controls a system including the memory and the processor. The processing unit stops the operating system when detecting an error of the hypervisor, notifies the control unit of a first memory area used by the hypervisor, stops the hypervisor, changes a memory area used by the hypervisor into a second memory area different from the first memory area notified by the control unit, starts the hypervisor using the second memory area as an available area, starts the operating system, and reads data in the first memory area, and writes the data to a file as a dump file of the hypervisor.	12-26-2013
20130346975	MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN MEMORY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A computer that includes arithmetic processing units, a main memory, and a cache memory that is shared, and allows virtual computers to operate executes the following process. In other words, an instruction to arrange a program on a region of a virtualized virtual memory is given. Then, when the instruction is received, it is determined whether or not a program of an arrangement target remains arranged on the main memory. When it is determined that the program of the arrangement target remains arranged on the main memory, a region of the main memory on which the program of the arrangement target is arranged is associated with the region of the virtual memory. However, when it is determined that the program of the arrangement target does not remain arranged on the main memory, the program of the arrangement target is arranged on the region of the virtual memory.	12-26-2013

Kenji Okano, Sunnyvale, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130263115	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND APPARATUS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that mounts a first and second system boards SB#	10-03-2013

Kimitoshi Okano, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130248942	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a channel region formed on a first side surface of a fin-type semiconductor and a source/drain region formed on a second side surface, plane orientation of which is different from that of the first side surface, so that the channel region is interposed in the fin-type semiconductor.	09-26-2013

Kouji Okano, Joso-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110233813	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BLADE MEMBER - A method of producing an electrophotographic blade member includes a continuous molding groove in an peripheral surface and an endless belt, in which the blade member includes a polyurethane resin cured a polyurethane composition having a viscosity of 500-3,000 mPa·s and including A)-D), and a position at which the composition is injected is set, on the belt, opposing to the groove, the position being away from a portion at which the molding drum and the belt are first contacted on an upstream for a moving direction of the belt: A) polyisocyanate; B) adipate-based polyester polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,000-4,000; C) chain extender having a molecular weight of 200 or less; D) isocyanurate-forming catalyst at 20 to 500 ppm and a urethane-forming catalyst at 200-1,500 ppm.	09-29-2011

Masaki Okano, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110207977	METHOD FOR PRODUCING A-OLEFIN OLIGOMER, A-OLEFIN OLIGOMER, AND LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - A method of producing an α-olefin oligomer composition of the present invention is a method of producing an α-olefin oligomer composition, the method including the step of causing the molecules of an α-olefin to react with each other with a specific catalyst in the presence of hydrogen.	08-25-2011
20120302481	ALPHA-OLEFIN (CO)POLYMER, HYDROGENATED ALPHA-OLEFIN (CO)POLYMER AND LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - Provided are an α-olefin (co)polymer useful as high-viscosity lubricant oil excellent in viscosity characteristics and low-temperature characteristics, and a lubricant oil containing the (co)polymer. The α-olefin (co)polymer is produced by the use of a metallocene catalyst and satisfies the following (a′) and (b′). (a′) The 2,1-insertion ratio at the polymer terminal, as measured through	11-29-2012
20140235909	1-DECENE/1-DODECENE COPOLYMER AND LUBRICATING-OIL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME - Provided are an α-olefin copolymer useful as a high-viscosity lubricant oil excellent in viscosity characteristics, low-temperature characteristics and oxidation stability, and a lubricant oil containing the copolymer. The α-olefin copolymer is a 1-decene/1-dodecene copolymer produced by the use of a doubly bridged metallocene catalyst.	08-21-2014
20140256997	1-OCTENE, 1-DECENE, 1-DODECENE TERNARY COPOLYMER AND LUBRICANT COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME - Provided are an α-olefin copolymer useful as a high-viscosity lubricant oil excellent in viscosity characteristics, low-temperature characteristics and oxidation stability, and a lubricant oil containing the copolymer. The α-olefin copolymer is a 1-octene/1-decene/1-dodecene ternary copolymer produced by the use of a doubly crosslinked metallocene catalyst.	09-11-2014
20140309151	1-OCTENE/1-DECENE COPOLYMER AND LUBRICATING-OIL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME - Provided are an α-olefin copolymer useful as a high-viscosity lubricant oil excellent in viscosity characteristics, low-temperature characteristics and oxidation stability, and a lubricant oil containing the copolymer. The α-olefin copolymer is a 1-octene/1-decene copolymer produced by the use of a doubly bridged metallocene catalyst.	10-16-2014

Masaki Okano, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130303818	METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA-OLEFIN UNSATURATED DIMER - A method for producing an unsaturated dimer by reacting an α-olefin having 6 to 14 carbon atoms in an agitated vessel, wherein a metallocene-based catalyst is used as a reaction catalyst; and the supply flow rate of hydrogen (V	11-14-2013

Masanobu Okano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130148056	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device that can reduce costs while preventing moving image blurring. The device includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight device. The backlight device includes a rectangular light guide plate	06-13-2013
20150070890	LIGHT SOURCE BOARD UNIT - Provided is an light source board unit enabling improved freedom in the shape and material for a resin part, suppression of increased costs, and compatibility of optical characteristics and physical characteristics. This light source substrate unit (	03-12-2015

Masanori Okano, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120097752	GENERATING METHOD AND GENERATOR FOR GENERATING MIST OR FINE-BUBBLE BY USING SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE - In a generating method and a generator of mist or fine-bubble, with a simple and small configuration, application into a wide range kind of liquid is enabled, and generating stably the mist or the fine-bubbles or both is enabled. The generator is provided with a piezoelectric substrate which equips two or more comb-like electrodes on a surface and arranged so that the surface may intersect the mutual interface of the gas and the liquid and a part of piezoelectric substrate is put in a liquid, and a surface acoustic wave excited on the surface with the electrode is made to propagate along the surface so that may exist in the upper and lower sides of an interface. The surface acoustic wave generates mist in the gas side which is above the interface, and generates fine-bubbles in the liquid side which is below the interface. Since the mist and the fine-bubbles are generated with the surface acoustic wave, without being based on mechanical operation for generating a turning stream, the mist and the fine-bubbles can be stably generated in the simple and small configuration.	04-26-2012

Masayuki Okano, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140117704	VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle door structure that can improve an effect of insulating sounds that penetrate from a vehicle exterior into a vehicle cabin. A front side door to which a vehicle door structure is applied has, at a door main body that supports a door glass such that the door glass can be raised and lowered, a weatherstrip having a wall in which an opening is formed at a position facing the door glass, and a sealing lip that is disposed so as to project-out from the wall and slidingly contact the door glass. Further, a wall body that, together with the wall, forms a closed space that communicates with the opening is provided at a side of the wall opposite the door glass.	05-01-2014

Masayuki Okano, Mizuho-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140091853	SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A switching circuit includes first and second switching elements arranged in parallel in an energization path, first and second gate driving lines, first and second fuses, and first and second abnormality detection portions capable of detecting abnormality in the switching elements. In the switching circuit, when abnormality in either one of the first and second switching elements is detected, the fuse between the first and second fuses which corresponds to the switching element in which abnormality is detected is turned into non-conduction state.	04-03-2014

Mie Okano, Moriya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110189096	CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR LABELING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE, AND SCREENING METHOD USING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION - To provide a central nervous system tissue-labeling composition labeling the central nervous tissue system. Also, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for non-invasively labeling the central nervous tissue system. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a screening method using the above central nervous system tissue-labeling composition. A central nervous system tissue-labeling composition containing, as an active ingredient, at least one of compounds represented by the general formula (1) or (7).	08-04-2011
20120207683	EVALUATION PROBE FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PERMEABILITY, EVALUATION METHOD FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PERMEABILITY, AND SCREENING METHOD USING AN EVALUATION PROBE FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PERMEABILITY - Provided is an evaluation probe capable of optically evaluating permeability of a substance through a central nervous system tissue. Also provided is an evaluation method for permeability of a substance through a central nervous system tissue using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability. Also provided is a screening method using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability. The evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability includes, as an active ingredient, at least one kind of compound represented by the following general formula (1).	08-16-2012
20130280169	CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR LABELING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE, AND SCREENING METHOD USING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION - To provide a central nervous system tissue-labeling composition labeling the central nervous tissue system. Also, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for non-invasively labeling the central nervous tissue system. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a screening method using the above central nervous system tissue-labeling composition. A central nervous system tissue-labeling composition containing, as an active ingredient, at least one of compounds represented by the general formula (1) or (7).	10-24-2013
20140017722	HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL IDENTIFICATION PROBE - The present invention provides a hematopoietic stem cell identification probe. A hematopoietic stem cell analysis probe containing, as an active ingredient, one or more compounds represented by the general formula (1) has been developed:	01-16-2014

Mitsuhide Okano, Itami-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140248968	THREADING TOOL - An object of improvement is a threading tool that includes multiple cutting edges	09-04-2014

Nobuhiko Okano, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120186934	VEHICLE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH APPARATUS - A vehicle hydraulic clutch apparatus includes a clutch master cylinder that generates clutch working oil pressure in response to operation of a clutch pedal, and a concentric slave cylinder that engages and releases a friction clutch as the clutch working oil pressure generated by the clutch master cylinder is supplied thereto and discharged therefrom via an oil passageway. A flow restraint device (	07-26-2012

Nobuo Okano, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130088530	METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE - In a method of driving a liquid crystal panel, an overshoot signal is applied to the liquid crystal panel to display images on the liquid crystal panel. An overshoot level C is selected from a plurality of overshoot levels Dn. In this selecting, difference values between momentary values of a response waveform gn and momentary values of an ideal waveform f are obtained and added for a predetermined period and a minimum first error value E	04-11-2013

Nobuo Okano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130293567	GRAY-SCALE CORRECTION METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY DEVICE - A gray scale correction method for a display device includes a step of setting a target value including a target luminance and a target chromaticity of a color display pixel (S	11-07-2013

Nobuya Okano, Fukushima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110250475	BATTERY PACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A battery pack includes: a battery having a main surface; and a resin layer capable of being integrated with an armor member armoring the battery so that at least a part of the main surface of the battery is exposed and covering the main surface of the battery, wherein the resin layer is formed by curing a reaction curable resin having a viscosity of not less than 80 mPa·second to less than 1000 mPa·second and a thickness of the resin layer on the main surface of the battery ranges from 0.05 mm to smaller than 0.4 mm.	10-13-2011
20120321911	NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY SEPARATOR, ELECTROLYTE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-AQEUOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY SEPARATOR - A battery is composed of a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material is formed on a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material is formed on a negative electrode collector, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte impregnated in the separator. The battery further includes at least one of a heteropoly acid and a heteropoly acid compound as an additive at least in one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte.	12-20-2012

Reina Okano, Hadano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140140135	STORAGE DEVICE, RECOVERY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECOVERY PROGRAM - A storage device includes a control device that controls an access to storage, a volatile memory that stores data that is used for operation control of the control device, and a non-volatile memory is a backup destination of the data. Furthermore a storage device includes a detection unit that detects a failure occurred in the control device, a determination unit that determines whether or not backup data that is stored in the non-volatile memory is valid when the detection unit detects the failure occurred in the control device, and a control unit that causes the control device to execute a first processing of restoring the backup data of the non-volatile memory in the volatile memory after restart-up without backup of the data of the volatile memory, when the determination unit determines that the backup data of the non-volatile memory is valid.	05-22-2014

Rodney E. Okano, Milpitas, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130103807	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method of exchanging configuration information needed to authenticate an unregistered Wi-Fi client device to an access point of a wireless local area network is described. A SSID of the AP and a temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP are enabled for a preset time period with a residential gateway providing the AP of the WLAN. A message is received in the form of IP UDP packets by the residential gateway to the temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP during the preset time period requesting network configuration information. The residential gateway transmits the requested network configuration information via return message in the form of IP UDP packets on the temporary hidden secondary SSID of the AP. Additional methods and apparatus are described.	04-25-2013

Ryota Okano, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110227323	STEERING DEVICE - A steering device has a guide rail and a holding rubber. The guide rail is mounted on a mounting stay of a vehicle by way of an upper bracket, and the holding rubber restricts movement of the guide rail relative to the upper bracket. The guide rail has a fixed portion and a main body portion extending forward of the vehicle along the axial direction of a steering shaft from the fixed portion. The main body portion is inserted into a through hole of a vehicle body bracket. The holding rubber has a positioning protrusion and a detent pawl for restricting movement of the guide rail relative to the upper bracket before being fixed to the mounting stay so as to hold them at a mounting position. The detent pawl is formed so as to reduce a restricting force for restricting movement of the guide rail relative to the upper bracket as the guide rail comes closer to the mounting stay by screwing a nut onto a bolt.	09-22-2011
20120234127	STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a steering apparatus for a vehicle mounting a steering lock device to an upper tube by small numbers of constructing parts.	09-20-2012
20140331810	STEERING SYSTEM - A stationary tooth row is provided in a restricted member that is not displaced together with a steering wheel during tilt adjustment of a steering system. A movable tooth row is provided in a movable member that is displaced in a tilt direction) together with the steering wheel during tilt adjustment. The movable tooth row includes a first movable tooth and second movable teeth. A first curvature radius of a tooth tip of the first movable tooth is made smaller than a second curvature radius of a tooth tip of each of the second movable teeth to make a tooth depth of the first movable tooth greater than a tooth depth of each of the second movable teeth.	11-13-2014

Ryuji Okano, Kagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130075293	PACKAGING CASE - A cylindrical packing case extending in an upper-lower direction, comprising an upper unit, a lower unit provided with a front side surface and a rear side surface in the circumferential direction, a pair of convex folding units upwardly extending from the front side surface and the rear side surface of the lower unit. A first weak line is provided along a first boundary between the upper unit and the convex folding unit, a second weak line is provided along a second boundary in the circumferential direction between the upper unit and the lower unit. A first folding ruled line is provided in the circumferential direction between the convex folding unit and the lower unit, and a second folding ruled line extending in the upper-lower direction continuing from between the front side surface and the rear side surface of the lower unit, is provided in the convex folding unit.	03-28-2013
20130248398	CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES, EXTERIOR SHEETS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES - A continuous packing product of an absorbent article has a plurality of packing bodies are continuous with the absorbent article being packed by means of an exterior sheet and the exterior sheet has: a first resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin with a melting point higher than that of the thermoplastic resin forming the first resin layer. A bonded region configured to partition the packing unit by means of thermal bonding is formed on the exterior sheet. The second resin layer is laminated on the first resin layer in at least the bonded region and the thermoplastic resin configuring the second resin layer is soluble in a solvent.	09-26-2013

Sataru Okano, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130058645	OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PEAK POWER - An optical packet switching system includes an optical packet transmitter, an optical packet switching apparatus, an optical amplifier, an optical packet receiver, an information gathering unit, and a peak power calculation unit. The information gathering unit collects the packet density, time-averaged power and extinction ratio from the optical packet transmitter, collects the packet density, time-averaged power and noise figure from the optical amplifier, collects the packet density, time-averaged power, switch on/off time ratio and extinction ratio from the optical packet switching apparatus, and collects the packet density and time-averaged power from the optical packet receiver. The peak power calculation unit calculates the peak power of an optical packet signal outputted from each apparatus/device based on the collected information. The device control unit control each apparatus/device based on the calculated peak power such that the optical packet signal having a peak power according to a predetermined optical level diagram is outputted.	03-07-2013

Shigeharu Okano, Ishikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110309568	MEDIUM SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A medium supplying apparatus includes a separation mechanism that separates one medium at a time from a plurality of sheet-shaped media stacked in a loading rack and transports the medium, an irradiation unit that emits light onto a surface of the medium, and a light receiving unit that receives reflected light that is acquired by allowing the light emitted by the irradiation unit to be reflected from the surface and detects a reflected light intensity that is an intensity of the reflected light. The separating force of the separation mechanism that is used for separating a next medium is controlled based on the reflected light intensity detected by the light receiving unit.	12-22-2011
20110310398	FRICTION-COEFFICIENT ESTIMATING DEVICE AND FRICTION-COEFFICIENT ESTIMATING METHOD - A friction-coefficient estimating device is configured to estimate friction coefficient of the surface of a medium in a form of a sheet by irradiating a light on the surface and by detecting specularly-reflected light component of a reflected light and a diffusely-reflected light intensity. The friction-coefficient estimating device comprises an irradiating unit including a first irradiating unit and a second irradiating unit, a specularly-reflected light receiving unit including a first specularly-reflected light receiving unit that receives a first specularly-reflected light component of a reflected light and detects a first specularly-reflected light intensity and a second specularly-reflected light receiving unit that receives a second specularly-reflected light component of a reflected light and detects a second specularly-reflected light intensity, and a diffusely-reflected light receiving unit that receives a diffusely-reflected light component of a reflected light and detects a diffusely-reflected light intensity, and a control unit that estimates a friction coefficient of the surface based on a first reflected-light intensity coefficient and a second reflected-light intensity coefficient.	12-22-2011

Shinya Okano, Isehara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110261043	DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device in which power consumed in an image holding period is suppressed. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which is driven by power supplied from a converter or a backup circuit. A fixed potential may be supplied and a capacitor may be charged with the use of the converter in a writing operation where a load is large, and the fixed potential may be preferentially supplied from the capacitor without using the converter in an image holding period when the load is small.	10-27-2011
20120161536	WIRELESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A wireless power feeding system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device. The power feeding device includes a first resonance coil connected to a high-frequency power source through a first matching circuit, and a first control circuit connected to the first matching circuit and a first transmitter-receiver circuit. The power receiving device includes a second resonance coil configured to be in magnetic resonance with the first resonance coil, and a second control circuit connected to a load, a second matching circuit, and a second transmitter-receiver circuit.	06-28-2012
20120187771	POWER FEEDING DEVICE AND WIRELESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.	07-26-2012

Shunji Okano, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140238367	SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE - A spark-ignition engine capable of reducing the content of hydrocarbon in exhaust gas is provided. When viewed from a direction parallel to a cylinder center axis, given a central virtual line passing a squish area maximum-width section and the center of a combustion chamber recessed section, and one area a and the other area b divided by the central virtual line, an intake valve port or an exhaust valve port is opened in one area of any opposed section of opposed sections of the combustion chamber recessed section. A spark-plug attachment hole is formed in the other area of the opposed section, such that, when viewed from the direction parallel to the cylinder center axis, a spark discharge section at a tip of a spark plug does not overlap the central virtual line.	08-28-2014

Taichi Okano, Chichibu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110272711	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor apparatus, by which an electrode having an excellent ohmic property can be formed, and a semiconductor device having excellent device characteristics can be obtained with a high product yield. The method sequentially includes: a semiconductor device structure formation process in which a semiconductor device structure	11-10-2011
20140017826	SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER EVALUATION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER EVALUATION DEVICE, AND PROBE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR EVALUATION DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor wafer evaluation method of performing an evaluation of electrical characteristics of a semiconductor wafer by bringing mercury into contact with a surface of the semiconductor wafer, the method including using a probe constituted of a fixed electrode having a tip end portion and a transparent covering portion that covers a portion other than the tip end portion of the fixed electrode, the fixed electrode being made of a metal having stronger wettability with respect to the mercury than the semiconductor wafer and the covering portion, and measuring the electrical characteristics by attaching the mercury to the tip end portion of the fixed electrode and then bringing the mercury into contact with the surface of the semiconductor wafer.	01-16-2014

Takahiro Okano, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120126610	BRAKE CONTROLLING DEVICE - In a brake controlling device (	05-24-2012
20140014451	HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - A hydraulic brake system includes: a plurality of hydraulic brakes; and a first hydraulic pressure generator including a first hydraulic pressure source and a first hydraulic pressure controlling portion that is configured to control an output hydraulic pressure of the first hydraulic pressure source to a target hydraulic pressure. The plurality of hydraulic brakes includes (a) at least one disk brake and (b) at least one drum brake. The first hydraulic pressure generator is in communication with a first brake cylinder that is the brake cylinder of each of the at least one disk brake, and is isolated from a second brake cylinder that is the brake cylinder of each of the at least one drum brake, in a case when a regenerative cooperative control is executed.	01-16-2014
20140156161	BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - When a brake ECU is started up rapidly by a brake pedal operation, the brake ECU executes a depression force fluid pressure mode. When the control pressure detected by a control pressure sensor becomes smaller than a switching determination threshold value, the brake ECU determines that an operation of returning a brake pedal is being performed, and switches the braking mode from the depression force fluid pressure mode to a normal control mode. Accordingly, even when the operation of a stroke simulator has been started, no uncomfortable feeling is given to a driver. Further, even when the operation of returning the brake pedal is not being performed, the braking mode is switched from the depression force fluid pressure mode to a simulator non-operation control fluid pressure mode when a vehicle starts to travel. Consequently, desired braking force can be rapidly generated.	06-05-2014
20140210253	HYDRAULIC-PRESSURE PRODUCING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - In a hydraulic brake system including a cylinder device that includes a front chamber and a rear chamber located on front and rear sides of a pressurizing piston, respectively, presence or absence of liquid leakage from a brake line is detected based on a hydraulic pressure in the rear chamber. Where a state in which a subtraction value obtained by subtracting an actual rear hydraulic pressure from a target rear hydraulic pressure is larger than a first malfunction determination threshold value has continued for a time not shorter than a first malfunction determination time, and then an increase of the actual rear hydraulic pressure at a rate not lower than a set rate has caused the subtraction value to become smaller than a return determination threshold value, it is determined that the pressurizing piston has been bottomed due to liquid leakage from the front chamber.	07-31-2014
20150035351	HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle in which a pressure of a working fluid supplied from a high-pressure-source device having a pump is adjusted by an electromagnetic pressure-increase linear valve and an electromagnetic pressure-decrease linear valve, and a brake device provided for a wheel generates a braking force whose magnitude depends on the pressure adjusted by the linear valves, the hydraulic brake system being configured to cope with fluid leakage in the pressure-increase linear valve that is beyond a set degree.	02-05-2015

Takao Okano, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140057080	CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In an electronic component, a peripheral portion of an external terminal electrode is thicker than a center portion thereof, and at least a portion of the peripheral portion is buried in a component main body. A surface of the external terminal electrode and a principal surface of the component main body are located on the same plane. An electrically insulating coating layer is arranged along the principal surface of the component main body so as to cover at least a portion of the peripheral portion of the external terminal electrode. An end portion of the coating layer is in contact with a thickest portion of the peripheral portion of the external terminal electrode in the principal surface of the component main body. The coating layer and the surface of the external terminal electrode are located on the same plane.	02-27-2014

Takayuki Okano, Moriyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110177361	Substrate Manufacturing Method, Substrate Manufactured by the Substrate Manufacturing Method and Magnetic Recording Medium Using the Substrate - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a substrate provided with a surface portion having a plurality of concave and convex configurations. The method includes a step of applying a solution between a mold having a configuration corresponding to the concave and convex configurations, and a substrate base member, the solution obtained by dissolving a constructional material for composing the surface portion in a solvent; a step of forming the surface portion by drying the solvent in a state that the solution is applied between the mold and the substrate base member; and a step of releasing the mold from the surface portion. The mold satisfies requirements that a contact angle of a contact portion of the mold to be contacted with the solution is smaller than 90° with respect to the solvent, and that a work of adhesion between the contact portion and the constructional material is smaller than a work of adhesion between the contact portion and the solvent.	07-21-2011
20120171586	Fuel Cell - Disclosed is a small-sized low-cost fuel cell having high fuel efficiency, wherein a solid oxide electrolyte membrane is interposed between a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode. The fuel cell comprises a fuel production member which produces a fuel by a chemical reaction with water that is generated at the fuel electrode. A discharge surface of the fuel production member, from which the fuel is discharged, and a supply surface of the fuel electrode, to which the fuel is supplied, are arranged in parallel so as to face each other. The discharge surface discharges the fuel in the form of a plane.	07-05-2012

Taku Okano, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120045573	SILVER CONDUCTIVE FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a silver conductive film, a thin film of silver comprising a sintered layer of silver particles having a mean particle size D	02-23-2012

Teruo Okano, Shinjuku-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120156781	TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE CELL CULTURE SUBSTRATE ON WHICH A STRAIGHT-CHAIN TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE POLYMER IS IMMOBILIZED, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a temperature-responsive cell culture substrate. A non-crosslinked temperature-responsive polymer having a molecular weight between 10,000 and 150,000 is immobilized on the substrate surface with a density of 0.02 to 0.3 molecular chain per square nanometer. Using the provided temperature-responsive cell culture substrate, cells obtained from various tissues can be efficiently cultured. This culturing method makes it possible to efficiently peel off a cell sheet by just changing the temperature, without causing damage.	06-21-2012
20120210451	ISLET CELL SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - A polymer that changes hydration at a temperature between 0 to 80° C. is coated on the surface of a cell culture support, and islet cells are cultured on the support at a temperature range that causes polymer to have weak hydration, then the temperature of a culture solution is changed to a temperature that causes the polymer to have strong hydration to obtain islet cells in a sheet form. Such islet cells in a sheet form have an insulin producing function even if there is no blood flow.	08-16-2012
20120232255	PRETREATMENT CARTRIDGE FOR SEPARATING SUBSTANCE AND METHOD OF PRETREATMENT USING THE SAME - Pretreatment is performed using a pretreatment cartridge for separating substances that is packed with a stationary phase that is coated on its surface with a polymer whose tendency to hydration will change within a temperature range of 0-80° C. and which is capable of changing the affinity between the substance to be separated and the surface of the stationary phase in response to the shrinkage or swelling of the polymer chain due to temperature change. By using this pretreatment cartridge for separating substances, a convenient operation will suffice for a sample solution to be reduced to a solution containing the substance that need be separated from the specimen. If this method of pretreatment is used, useful substances can be separated intact by merely changing the temperature and it becomes possible to perform the subsequent analyzing or fraction collecting operation efficiently.	09-13-2012
20130101659	CELL SHEET FOR MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Provided are a cell sheet and a three-dimensional structure thereof that include at least mesenchymal stem cells and myoblasts isolated from a cell culture support and that are to be applied to heart disease. Use of the cell sheet and the three-dimensional structure thereof including mesenchymal stem cells and myoblasts can notably improve cardiac functions compared with a conventional technology, i.e., use of cell sheets composed of myoblasts only or mesenchymal stem cells only. Furthermore, the cell sheet itself has high strength, and the transplantation procedure is also improved.	04-25-2013
20130130361	PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CELL CULTURES AND MODULE CONNECTING METHOD OF PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CELL CULTURES - A processing system for cell cultures for carrying out cell/tissue culturing processes in the field of regenerative medicine, etc. which is a processing system for cell cultures which prevents viruses and human-derived cells, etc. other than a culturing processing target from entering the interior of a closed space from outside of the system to maintain sterility, maintains sealability of the closed spaces of modules, and couples or detaches the plurality of modules in accordance with a wide variety of cell culturing processing steps so that cell culturing processes can be carried out by combining the plurality of culturing processing modules is provided.	05-23-2013
20130171213	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYERED CELL SHEET, MULTILAYERED CELL SHEET HAVING VASCULAR NETWORK OBTAINED THEREBY, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A method tor producing multilayered cell sheets, including producing a vascular bed which includes an artery-vein loop and in which a capillary vascular network is constructed; layering cell sheets on the vascular bed; and perfusing a culture medium in vitro to construct a vascular network in the cell sheets. The production method enables vascular networks to he constructed in cell sheets and enables thick multilayered cell sheets to foe easily produced by layering the cell sheets. Such thick multilayered cell sheets are useful as in vivo tissue-like products for regenerative medicine for various tissues and for evaluation of drugs and the like.	07-04-2013
20130173018	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYERED CELL SHEET, MULTILAYERED CELL SHEET HAVING VASCULAR NETWORK OBTAINED THEREBY, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a multilayered cell sheet characterized in fabricating a vascular bed that constructs a vascular network extending to the surface from a channel for perfusing a medium, the channel being embedded in a gel; and layering a cell sheet onto the vascular bed to construct a vascular network in the cell sheet. This manufacturing method makes it possible to construct a vascular network in the cell sheet and to fabricate a thick multilayered cell sheet in a simple manner by layering cell sheets. Such a thick multilayered cell sheet is useful as an in-vivo tissue substitute in regenerative medicine involving a variety of tissues.	07-04-2013
20130289723	MIDDLE EAR MUCOSA-LIKE CELL SHEET, PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an alternative to a substitute of the mucosa in the middle ear which is engrafted on the surface of the bone in the middle ear, hyperplasia of the granulation tissue and the bone and the development of the fibroblast cell sir the middle ear are suppressed, and to obtain a middle ear mucosa-like cell sheet retaining cilia in the surface layer, comprising culturing nasal epithelium cells on a cell culture substrate coated with a polymer whose hydration force changes within a temperature range of 0 to 80 ° C., wherein the cells are cultured within a temperature range where the hydration force of the polymer is weak, and then changing the temperature to a temperature at which the hydration force is strong to recover the cultured cell sheet.	10-31-2013
20140072599	CYTOKINE-PRODUCING CELL SHEET AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - The types and relative proportions of cells constituting a cell sheet stack, and the number of cells to be seeded are altered to change the state of the cells in the cell sheet stack, whereby production of an angiogenesis-promoting cytokine as well as construction of a vascular endothelial network can be optimized.	03-13-2014
20140112892	SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS OF NOVEL COMPOUND CAPABLE OF INDUCING DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL INTO HEPATOCYTE - The purpose is to select low-molecular-weight compounds which are effective in inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cell into hepatocyte and to develop a safe differentiation-inducing method having excellent efficiency of differentiating mesenchymal stem cell into hepatocyte. Provided are at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (1) and (2), a salt thereof, or a solvate of them; a differentiation inducer comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (1) and (2), a salt thereof, or a solvate of them; and a differentiation inducer comprising a compound represented by formula (8), a salt thereof, or a solvate of them.	04-24-2014
20140124445	TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE MONOLITHIC POROUS BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE CHROMATOGRAPHY METHOD USING SAME - A temperature responsive monolithic porous material is obtained that comprises a polymer having a hydration ability that changes in a temperature range of 0 to 80° C. and being immobilized to a surface of the porous material at a high density by binding an atom transfer radical polymerization initiator to a surface of the porous material, and inducing a growth reaction of a polymer, having a hydration ability that changes in a temperature range of 0 to 80° C., from the initiator using an atom transfer radical process under a presence of a catalyst.	05-08-2014
20140212973	TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE SUBSTRATE FOR CELL CULTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - To form a temperature-responsive surface for cell culture by simple processes, said temperature-responsive surface for cell culture being capable of efficiently culturing cells. Cultured cells or a cell sheet can be efficiently removed from the temperature-responsive surface for cell culture by merely changing the temperature of the substrate surface. To coat the substrate surface with a block copolymer, in which a water insoluble polymer segment is coupled with a temperature-responsive polymer segment, in an amount of 0.8 to 3.0 μg/cm	07-31-2014
20150072370	METHOD OF EVALUATING WETTING CHARACTERISTIC OF OBJECT - Provided is a means for evaluating the wetting characteristic of an object such as a cell sheet and a culture dish in a non-contact fashion. The wetting characteristic of an object is evaluated by a method comprising the steps of: (1) removing a liquid by jetting a gas at a surface of the object covered with the liquid, (2) measuring a dimension of a region in which the liquid is removed after the completion of the gas jetting and (3) evaluating the wetting characteristic of the object using the measured dimension as an index.	03-12-2015
20150080484	TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE ADSORBENT HAVING A STRONG CATION EXCHANGE GROUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a temperature responsive adsorbent prepared by immobilizing a copolymer containing at least N-isopropylacrylamide to a base material surface. The copolymer has at least a strong cation exchange group. In addition, the copolymer contains the strong cation exchange group in an amount of	03-19-2015

Teruo Okano, Ichikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140056814	METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING ANIMAL HAVING CANCER CELLS TRANSPLANTED THEREINTO - A cell culture support is first prepared that is coated on a surface with a polymer the hydration force of which changes in a temperature range of 0-80° C.; cancer cells are then cultivated on the support in a temperature region where the polymer has weak hydration force; thereafter, the culture solution is adjusted to a temperature at which the polymer has a stronger hydration force, whereby the cultured cancer cells are detached; the detached cancer cells are then transplanted to a specified site of an animal on which transplantation is to be performed; this method is an efficient way of cancer cells transplantation.	02-27-2014
20140212470	CULTURED CELL SHEET, PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TISSUE REPAIR METHOD USING THEREOF - The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cultured cell sheet having a superior tissue adhesiveness and an excellent flexibility. The problems can be solved by producing the cultured cell sheet in which cells are cultured in the presence of a surfactant protein or a cross-linking inhibitor on a surface of a cell culture support that is coated with a temperature responsive polymer having an upper or lower critical solution temperature ranging from 0° C. to 80° C. in water, including steps of: adjusting the temperature of the culture medium to a temperature below the lower critical solution temperature or above the upper critical solution temperature; and detaching the cultured cell sheet.	07-31-2014

Teruo Okano, Shinjyuku-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130317129	TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE ADSORBENT HAVING A STRONG CATION EXCHANGE GROUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a temperature responsive adsorbent prepared by immobilizing a copolymer containing at least N-isopropylacrylamide to a base material surface. The copolymer has at least a strong cation exchange group. In addition, the copolymer contains the strong cation exchange group in an amount of 0.01 to 5 mol % relative to N-isopropylacrylamide in terms of monomer.	11-28-2013

Tsuyoshi Okano, Ichikawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120212191	METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER FACTOR OF THREE-PHASE CONVERTER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REACTIVE POWER OF THREE-PHASE CONVERTER, AND CONTROLLER OF THREE-PHASE CONVERTER - In power conversion according to the three-phase converter, symmetrical component voltage values of a balanced system are calculated from wye-phase voltages on the three-phase AC input side of the three-phase converter. On the DC output side thereof, the power factor is set, an average active power value is calculated from an output voltage value and an output current value, and an average reactive power is calculated from the set power factor. On the basis of the symmetrical component voltage values, the average active power, and the active reactive power, a compensation signal for compensating for unbalanced voltages of the three-phase AC voltages and a control signal for controlling the power factor are generated, and according to the compensation signal and the control signal, a control signal for outputting DC is generated.	08-23-2012

Yasushi Okano, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130009405	WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A wind turbine generator having a large opening area for air intake and exhaust while maintaining tower strength and having a sufficient cooling performance is provided. In the wind turbine generator, a rotor head rotating when receiving wind power with wind turbine blades drives a generating machine provided inside a nacelle to generate electric power. The nacelle is provided on an upper end portion of a tower standing upright on a foundation. Outer air is introduced into the tower from a tower opening provided on a surface of the tower to cool an inner space of the tower. The wind turbine generator includes a recessed cylindrical portion extending from the tower opening toward the inner side of the tower. Air can pass through pressure loss elements provided on a part or all of a surface making up the cylindrical portion, and an effective opening area where the pressure loss elements are provided is larger than an actual opening area of the tower opening.	01-10-2013

Yoshiaki Okano, Itabashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130015587	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND TEST METHODAANM Okutsu; AkihikoAACI YokohamaAACO JPAAGP Okutsu; Akihiko Yokohama JPAANM Saito; HitoshiAACI HachiojiAACO JPAAGP Saito; Hitoshi Hachioji JPAANM Okano; YoshiakiAACI ItabashiAACO JPAAGP Okano; Yoshiaki Itabashi JP - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including an element region, an inner sealing and an outer sealing which are formed on the element region and have a first opening part and a second opening part, respectively, a multilayer interconnection structure which is formed on the substrate and stacks multiple inter-layer insulation films each including a wiring layer, a moisture resistant film formed between a first inter-layer insulation film and a second inter-layer insulation film which are included in the multilayer interconnection structure, a first portion which extended from a first side of the moisture resistant film and passes the first opening part, a second portion which extended from a second side of the moisture resistant film and passes through the second opening part, and a wiring pattern including a via plug which penetrates the moisture resistant film and connects the first portion and the second portion.	01-17-2013
20140097861	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND TEST METHOD - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including an element region, an inner sealing and an outer sealing which are formed on the element region and have a first opening part and a second opening part, respectively, a multilayer interconnection structure which is formed on the substrate and stacks multiple inter-layer insulation films each including a wiring layer, a moisture resistant film formed between a first inter-layer insulation film and a second inter-layer insulation film which are included in the multilayer interconnection structure, a first portion which extended from a first side of the moisture resistant film and passes the first opening part, a second portion which extended from a second side of the moisture resistant film and passes through the second opening part, and a wiring pattern including a via plug which penetrates the moisture resistant film and connects the first portion and the second portion.	04-10-2014

Yoshimichi Okano, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130133516	FINE PARTICLES FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY USING SAME - The present invention provides a polymer brush-type filler which contains polymer chains at a high density and with a broad molecular weight distribution. Specifically, the present invention provides fine particles for chromatography comprising graft polymer chains obtained by grafting polymer chains via polymerization initiating groups on the surface of solid particles, wherein the graft polymer chains include specific repeating units, have a specific number average molecular weight and a specific molecular weight distribution and also have a high density of 0.03 chains/nm	05-30-2013

Yoshio Okano, Tsokuba Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110143911	SPINEL OPTOCERAMICS - A transparent, polycrystalline ceramic is described. The ceramic comprises crystallites of the formula A	06-16-2011
20110143912	COLORED SPINEL OPTOCERAMICS - A transparent, polycrystalline ceramic is described. The ceramic comprises crystallites of the formula A	06-16-2011

Yoshio Okano, Mainz DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110254180	Method for producing a rotationally symmetric lens from a ceramic green body and moulding tool for performing the method - The method for producing at least one rotationally symmetrical lens consisting of an opto-ceramic includes the step of moulding a ceramic green body for the lens, wherein the mould has a shaping surface, which is described by the following equation B:	10-20-2011

Yoshio Okano, Ootsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120045743	ORGAN MODEL - A material for forming an organ model containing an aqueous gel, which comprises polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization of 300 to 3500 and a degree of saponification of not less than 90% by mole, and silica particles; a method for producing a material for forming an organ model, comprising cooling an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution which contains polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization of 300 to 3500 and a degree of saponification of not less than 90% by mole and silica particles, to a temperature of −10° C. or lower, and thawing the resulting formed aqueous gel; and an organ model at least provided with a surface layer comprising the material for forming an organ model. Thus, it is possible to provide: an organ model which has a hydrophilic property similar to an organ of a human body, gives such an incision feel that an incised portion spreads just similar to a living human organ and, therefore can be appropriately used in, for example, exercising surgical procedures; a material for forming an organ model appropriately usable for the organ model; and a method for producing the same.	02-23-2012
20120156666	BLOOD VESSEL MODEL - A blood vessel model which imitates a human blood vessel including an aqueous gel made from polyvinyl alcohol having an average polymerization degree of 300 to 3500 and a saponification degree of 90% by mole or more, and silica particles; and a method for producing a blood vessel model which imitates a human blood vessel, including filling a mixed solution containing polyvinyl alcohol having an average polymerization degree of 300 to 3500 and a saponification degree of 90% by mole or more, silica particles and water in a mold for forming a blood vessel model, and freezing the mixture at a temperature of −10° C. or lower, followed by thawing. The blood vessel model can be suitably used as a blood vessel model for practicing insertion of a stent graft into an aneurysm, a blood vessel model for practicing resection or ligation surgery of a blood vessel, and the like.	06-21-2012
20140246798	BLOOD VESSEL MODEL - A blood vessel model which imitates a human blood vessel including an aqueous gel made from polyvinyl alcohol having an average polymerization degree of 300 to 3500 and a saponification degree of 90% by mole or more, and silica particles; and a method for producing a blood vessel model which imitates a human blood vessel, including filling a mixed solution containing polyvinyl alcohol having an average polymerization degree of 300 to 3500 and a saponification degree of 90% by mole or more, silica particles and water in a mold for forming a blood vessel model, and freezing the mixture at a temperature of −10° C. or lower, followed by thawing. The blood vessel model can be suitably used as a blood vessel model for practicing insertion of a stent graft into an aneurysm, a blood vessel model for practicing resection or ligation surgery of a blood vessel, and the like.	09-04-2014

Yukio Okano, Ushiku-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130284160	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEXAGONAL SEMICONDUCTOR PLATE CRYSTAL - A method of efficiently manufacturing a hexagonal semiconductor plate crystal with small warpage is provided. The method of manufacturing a hexagonal semiconductor plate crystal is a method of manufacturing a hexagonal semiconductor plate crystal by cutting a hexagonal semiconductor crystal using a crystal cutting wire, wherein the hexagonal semiconductor crystal is cut by causing the crystal cutting wire to move relative to the hexagonal semiconductor crystal so as to satisfy the conditions of 25°<α≦90° and β=90°±5° where α represents an angle formed by the c axis of the hexagonal semiconductor crystal and the normal line of the crystal face cut out by the wire and β represents an angle formed by a reference axis, which is obtained by perpendicularly projecting the c axis of the hexagonal semiconductor crystal to the crystal face cut out by the wire, and a cutting direction.	10-31-2013

Yusuke Okano, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130023650	FILLER FOR AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY - Provided is a filler for affinity chromatography which is useful for protein purification and contains porous particles that have a high dynamic binding capacity for proteins and excellent pressure characteristics. The filler for affinity chromatography of the present invention is characterized in that it includes a porous particle consisting of a polymer of vinyl monomer including a cross-linkable vinyl monomer that contains hydroxyl group but does not contain epoxy group and an epoxy group-containing non-cross-linkable vinyl monomer, or a cross-linkable vinyl monomer that contains hydroxyl group and epoxy group, ligands bound to the porous particle, and ring-opened epoxy groups.	01-24-2013
20130041135	FILLER FOR AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN - Provided are a filler for affinity chromatography which has excellent alkali resistance, and a method for isolating immunoglobulin. The filler for affinity chromatography is a filler in which a protein represented by the following formula (1) is immobilized on a carrier.	02-14-2013
20130085199	FILLER FOR AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY - Provided is a filler for affinity chromatography having a high dynamic binding capacity for proteins and having excellent alkali resistance and storage stability. The filler for affinity chromatography of the present invention comprises a porous particle consisting of a copolymer of 40 parts to 99.5 parts by mass of (M-1) a methacryloyl group-containing vinyl monomer that contains a hydroxyl group and does not contain an epoxy group, 0.5 parts to 30 parts by mass of (M-2) an epoxy group-containing vinyl monomer, 0 parts to 59.5 parts by mass of (M-3) a methacryloyl group-containing vinyl monomer which is other than the monomers (M-1) and (M-2), and 0 parts to 25 parts by mass of (M-4) a vinyl monomer other than the monomers (M-1), (M-2) and (M-3) (with the proviso that the total amount of the contents of (M-1), (M-2), (M-3) and (M-4) is 100 parts by mass); ring-opened epoxy group obtainable by ring-opening of epoxy group that is contained in the copolymer; and ligand that is bound to the porous particle.	04-04-2013
20140005357	SUPPORT FOR AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN	01-02-2014
20140031522	NOVEL ALKALI-RESISTANT VARIANTS OF PROTEIN A AND THEIR USE IN AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding proteins with alkali-resistance properties. In one embodiment, the present invention provides for a variant of an Ig-binding protein, the variant comprising the Ig-binding protein having at least one asparagine residue substituted with a histidine, a serine, an aspartic acid or a threonine residue. The at least one substitution may confer to the variant Ig-binding protein an increased stability in alkaline solutions when compared to the wild-type Ig-binding. The present invention relates also to matrices for affinity separation of immunoglobulins comprising the Ig-binding proteins of the present invention, and to methods of using the Ig-binding proteins of the present invention to separate immunoglobulins from mixture compositions.	01-30-2014

Yuusuke Okano, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110262748	PACKING MATERIAL FOR AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY - An affinity chromatography packing material includes porous mother particles that include a copolymer of a monomer mixture including a crosslinkable vinyl monomer and an epoxy group-containing vinyl monomer, a ligand being bound to the porous mother particles, and the porous mother particles including a ring-opening epoxy group produced by ring-opening of the epoxy group included in the porous mother particles.	10-27-2011