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Tanaka, Tokyo

Akiomi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110059508IMPROVING AGENT FOR DYSFUNCTION DUE TO NEUROPATHY AND RHO KINASE ACTIVATION INHIBITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which is able to be an active ingredient for the improvement of dysfunction caused by nerve damage. An improving agent for dysfunction due to nerve damage of the present invention as a means for resolution thereof is characterized in that it comprises an endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase type enzyme which hydrolyzes an N-acetylglucosamide bond in a keratan sulfate backbone as an active ingredient. When the improving agent of the present invention is administered, clinical improvement is achieved in motor neuron dysfunction and sensory neuron dysfunction such as neuropathic pain represented by a pain caused by allodynia and hyperalgesic reaction of the object to be treated.03-10-2011
20110275137IMPROVING AGENT FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which can be used as an active ingredient for improving neuropathic pain having a novel mechanism of action different from those of currently available agents and, therefore, provide an improving agent for neuropathic pain which rarely interacts with currently available agents and also does not have adverse reactions similar to those of currently available agents. An improving agent for neuropathic pain due to a hyperalgesic response of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a lyase (an elimination enzyme) which has an activity of degrading a chondroitin sulfate chain of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and is typified by chondroitinase ABC which selectively removes chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate of a proteoglycan.11-10-2011
20130164276AGENT FOR DYSFUNCTION DUE TO NEUROPATHY AND Rho KINASE ACTIVATION INHIBITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which is able to be an active ingredient for the improvement of dysfunction caused by nerve damage. An improving agent for dysfunction due to nerve damage of the present invention as a means for resolution thereof is characterized in that it comprises an endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase type enzyme which hydrolyzes an N-acetylglucosamide bond in a keratan sulfate backbone as an active ingredient. When the improving agent of the present invention is administered, clinical improvement is achieved in motor neuron dysfunction and sensory neuron dysfunction such as neuropathic pain represented by a pain caused by allodynia and hyperalgesic reaction of the object to be treated.06-27-2013
20130230509AGENT FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which can be used as an active ingredient for improving neuropathic pain having a novel mechanism of action different from those of currently available agents and, therefore, provide an improving agent for neuropathic pain which rarely interacts with currently available agents and also does not have adverse reactions similar to those of currently available agents. An improving agent for neuropathic pain due to a hyperalgesic response of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a lyase (an elimination enzyme) which has an activity of degrading a chondroitin sulfate chain of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and is typified by chondroitinase ABC which selectively removes chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate of a proteoglycan.09-05-2013

Eiichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090192154SULTAM DERIVATIVES - A sultam derivative of Formula (1) described below having inhibitory action for aggrecanase activity is provided. The sultam derivative of Formula (1) and a salt thereof exhibit strong inhibitory action for aggrecanase activity in a living body of a mammalian animal including human, and is useful, for example, as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical agent for preventing and/or treating various diseases caused by degradation of aggrecan.07-30-2009
20110041419CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A nuclear power plant building includes a building body portion and a roof covering over the building body portion. The building body portion is formed in a rectangular shape in plane cross section by four outer walls. The roof is of a shell construction. In addition, corner walls each to bridge between the adjacent outer walls or to bridge between the roof and the outer wall are provided at angle portions of the body portion of the building.02-24-2011
20140296950THERMOREGULATION DEVICE, THERMOREGULATION SYSTEM, AND PACKAGE - A thermoregulation device which is adapted to be used for covering part of a living body, includes: a first sheet which is higher in thermal conductivity than cotton cloth; a second sheet which is higher in heat insulating and retaining properties than cotton cloth; and a gas passage which is formed between the first sheet and the second sheet. A first opening which communicates with the gas passage is formed in one of the first sheet and the second sheet. A second opening which communicates with the gas passage is formed in one of the first sheet and the second sheet. A gas which is introduced through the first opening is discharged from the second opening via the gas passage.10-02-2014

Patent applications by Eiichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Haruo Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080254507Anti-Hiv Drug, Polypeptide Constituting the Same, Gene Encoding the Polypeptide and Method of Producing the Anti-Hiv Drug - It is intended to provide an anti-HIV drug characterized by containing multimeric actinohivin, a polypeptide which is multimeric actinohivin; a gene encoding the same; and a method of producing the anti-HIV drug. The anti-HIV drug inhibits the synctium formation and has an enhanced effect10-16-2008
20090101023FRYER - A fryer is provided which, during a standby for cooking, can keep the temperature of a cooking oil slightly lower than a cooking temperature and, during cooking, can quickly raise the oil temperature to the cooking temperature. The fryer also has capabilities of easily performing a heat exchange operation on the cooking oil, preventing degradation of the cooking oil, securing a good kitchen environment and enhancing a work efficiency. The fryer comprises a fryer tank having oil and water for cleaning the oil stored in two layers one upon the other; and a heater installed in the oil layer; wherein the water in the water layer is drawn out from a water suction opening at a bottom of fryer tank, cleaned by a filtering water tank and then delivered into the fryer tank almost horizontally in an off-centered direction from a water supply opening formed in a lower, side wall of the fryer tank, thus rotating the water in the fryer tank in a swirl. The fryer also has a device for discharging impurities collected in the filtering water tank.04-23-2009

Hidekazu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090282841Cryopump - A cryopump includes: a refrigerator having a first cooling stage and a second cooling stage cooled to a temperature lower than that of the first cooling stage; a radiation shield on side surface of which is formed an opening, in which the refrigerator is inserted through the opening such that the first cooling stage is arranged outside and the second cooling stage is arranged inside, and which is thermally connected to the first cooling stage; and a refrigerator cover thermally connected to the second cooling stage, which extends through the opening from the inside to the outside of the radiation shield, and which is spaced apart from the radiation shield at the opening.11-19-2009
20100000235Cryopump - A cryopump includes a radiation shield provided with a main inlet at one end thereof and a sub-inlet in a side thereof; and a cryopanel assembly cooled to a temperature lower than that of the radiation shield. The cryopanel assembly includes an upper structure having at least one cryopanel and a lower structure having at least one cryopanel. The upper and lower structures are arranged inside the radiation shield along a direction away from the main inlet. A frost accommodating space connected to the sub-inlet may be arranged between the upper and lower structures such that an amount of captured gas on an upper end cryopanel of the lower structure is greater than an amount of captured gas on a lower end cryopanel of the upper structure.01-07-2010
20110225989Cold trap and vacuum evacuation apparatus - A cold trap includes a refrigerator and a cold panel that is thermally connected with the refrigerator to be cooled. A rough surface is formed on the cold panel. The cold trap is arranged, for example, in an evacuation channel for connecting a vacuum chamber with a turbo-molecular pump in order to freeze and capture, on a surface thereof, part of a gas that is to be sucked and pumped into the turbo-molecular pump from the vacuum chamber through the evacuation channel.09-22-2011
20120060518Cryopump and filter device - A cryopump includes: a cryopump housing arranged to define an inner space of the cryopump from an outer environment; an exhaust duct arranged to connect with the cryopump housing so as to exhaust fluid from the inner space of the cryopump to the outer environment; and a filter structure. The filter structure includes: a filter arranged to remove a foreign body from fluid exhausted through the exhaust duct; and a filter mounting member arranged to mount the filter to the exhaust duct, wherein at least a part of a bypass flow passage that diverts fluid from the filter is formed in the filter mounting member.03-15-2012
20120060519Cryopump and cryogenic refrigerator - A refrigerator includes a displacer coupling structure, wherein one of two coupled displacers protrudes into the other of the two coupled displacers to the extent that an end of a regenerator built in the one of the two coupled displacers positions itself inside of the other of the two coupled displacers. A cryopump includes: a low temperature cryopanel; a high temperature cryopanel arranged to be cooled to a temperature higher than that of the low temperature cryopanel; and the refrigerator.03-15-2012
20120222431Cryopump and Vacuum Pumping Method - A cryopump 09-06-2012
20120257987COVER STRUCTURE FOR CRYOPUMP, CRYOPUMP, START-UP METHOD OF CRYOPUMP, AND STORAGE METHOD OF CRYOPUMP - A storage method of a cryopump is provided, the storage method including: closing, with a pump cover, a pump inlet in the cryopump for receiving gases to be pumped by the cryopump; and reducing a pressure in the cryopump through a fluid channel for communicating an interior of the cryopump to an exterior of the cryopump. A start-up method of a cryopump is also provided, the start-up method including releasing a negative pressure in the cryopump by removing a closing member from a cover main body of a pump cover mounted to the cryopump.10-11-2012
20120312032CRYOPUMP AND CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes two displacers which are longitudinally adjacent to each other and the high temperature displacer includes a main compartment and an auxiliary compartment for a regenerator material. A direct passage for operating gas is formed between the two displacers. A cryopump includes a low temperature cryopanel, a radiation shield which is cooled to a higher temperature than that of the low temperature cryopanel, and the refrigerator.12-13-2012
20130192276CRYOPUMP AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING CRYOPUMPS - A cryopump includes a housing, an electrical control unit which controls the cryopump, a purge valve provided on a passage between an external purge gas source and the inside of the housing, a rough valve provided on a passage between an external pump and the inside of the housing, a vent valve provided on a passage between the inside and the outside of the housing, and a Pirani gauge which measures a pressure inside the housing. The electrical control unit is connected to each of the purge valve, rough valve, vent valve, and Pirani gauge via a wire. Each of the wires is provided with a connector on the component side and a connector on the electrical control unit side. The connector on the component side is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the connector on the electrical control unit side.08-01-2013
20130192277COLD TRAP AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COLD TRAP - A cold trap includes two individually controllable cooling units. The cold trap is provided in an evacuation path for connecting a vacuum chamber to a turbomolecular pump, The first cooling unit includes a first panel unit provided in the evacuation path such that the panel is exposed, and a first refrigerator thermally coupled to the first panel unit so as to cool the first panel unit. The second cooling unit includes a second panel unit provided in the evacuation path such that the panel is exposed, and a second refrigerator thermally coupled to the second panel unit so as to cool the second panel unit. The first panel unit is spaced apart from the second panel unit.08-01-2013

Patent applications by Hidekazu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Hirofumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090256501CIRCULAR ACCELERATOR - In a circular accelerator, a magnetic pole edge portion of a bending electromagnet into and from which a charged particle beam enters and exits is provided with endpacks. A first protrusion is provided at that part of each end pack which is radially outside the equilibrium orbit of a center energy beam, while a second protrusion is provided at that part of each end pack which is radially inside the equilibrium orbit of the center energy beam. The shapes of the first and second protrusions are set so that the betatron oscillation numbers of beams of different acceleration energies may be held constant or become linear to the energies. In case of emitting the charged particle beam out of the circular accelerator, the change of a tune attributed to the change of the beam orbit can be statically corrected, the tune is linearly changed, and an adjustment of the emission of the beam becomes easy.10-15-2009
20100301782H-MODE DRIFT TUBE LINAC, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION IN H-MODE DRIFT TUBE LINAC - An H-mode drift tube linac according to the present invention includes: an accelerator cavity which functions as a vacuum chamber and a resonator; drift tube electrodes for generating accelerating voltages in a charged particle transporting direction in the accelerator cavity; tuners for adjusting a distribution of electric fields generated at gaps between respective pairs of the drift tube electrodes; and antennas for measuring a variation of the distribution of the electric fields, the antennas being provided along the charged particle transporting direction in the accelerator cavity.12-02-2010
20120217903CIRCULAR ACCELERATOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - The circular accelerator comprises: a bending electromagnet that generates a bending magnetic field; a radio-frequency power source that generates a radio-frequency electric field in accordance with an orbital frequency of charged particles; a radio-frequency electromagnetic field coupling part connected to the radio-frequency power source; an acceleration electrode connected to the radio-frequency electromagnetic field coupling part; and an acceleration-electrode-opposing ground plate provided to form an acceleration gap between the plate itself and the acceleration electrode, for generating the radio-frequency electromagnetic field in an orbiting direction of the charged particles; wherein the bending electromagnet generates the bending magnetic field varying in such a way that the orbital frequency of the charged particles varies in a variation range of 0.7% to 24.7% with respect to an orbital frequency at the charged-particles' extraction portion, during a time of injection to extraction of the particles.08-30-2012
20130038248DRIFT-TUBE LINEAR ACCELERATOR - A drift-tube linear accelerator that passes an injected particle beam through inside a plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes arranged in a cylindrical cavity in a particle beam traveling direction and accelerates the particle beam by a radio-frequency electric field generated between the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, wherein at least part of a focusing device for focusing the particle beam is disposed inside an end drift-tube electrode that is arranged nearest the injection side of the cylindrical cavity among the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, with the focusing device being positionally adjustable independently of the end drift-tube electrode.02-14-2013

Patent applications by Hirofumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Itsuma Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110124355COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL, SWITCHING DEVICE, AND RADIO CONTROL DEVICE - A communication method according to the present invention includes: transmitting, at a radio base station device (b), broadcast information for notifying a first area and a second area; transmitting, from a first mobile terminal to a radio control device (c), a first location registration request signal for the first area included in the broadcast information, when the first area is not identical to a first area stored as a current location registration area; and transmitting, from a second mobile terminal to the radio control device (c), a second location registration request signal for the second area included in the broadcast information, when the second area is not included in a second area group stored as a current location registration area.05-26-2011
20110177812MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION - In a mobile communication method, when a mobile station UE has moved from an area inside UTRAN to an area inside E-UTRAN, a connection process with “Default APN” is executed if no connection with the “Default APN” is established even if it is determined that no position registration process need to be executed for the E-UTRAN.07-21-2011
20110207394MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION STATION - A message distribution method according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) determining, at a message distribution station (CBC), distribution area information and a distribution type, based on a message distribution request received from a flash report transmission station (CBE) and containing distribution target area information, and reporting, from the message distribution station (CBC) to a radio base station (eNB), the distribution area information and the distribution; and (B) determining, at the radio base station (eNB), the distribution area, based on the distribution area information and the distribution type, and distributing, from the radio base station to the mobile station in the distribution area, a predetermined message.08-25-2011
20120282917MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND EXCHANGE - The present invention is designed such that a new SGSN receives a location update message from a terminal (11-08-2012
20120295621MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND EXCHANGE - The present invention includes the steps of: receiving, from a mobile terminal (UE) having moved from a management area of an exchange (SGSN #11-22-2012
20130272207MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, by a UE, “Attach Request” for E-UTRAN; transmitting, by an MME, “Attach Reject” in which “#10-17-2013
20140254363MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE, PACKET SWITCH, AND MOBILE STATION - Even if a failure has occurred in core network equipment in a state in which bearers are established between a large number of UEs and a packet data network, congestion in the network is avoided. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes steps of transmitting, by an MME, to transmit a “PDN Disconnection Request/Detach Request” including barring time to a UE when the MME disconnects a bearer between the UE and the packet data network due to a predetermined reason such as a failure in a S-GW/P-GW or the MME in a state in which the bearer is established, and barring, by the UE, a mobile originating call directed to the packet data network for the barring time.09-11-2014
20150016380MOBILE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station and a communication method are provided, which are capable of preventing a state where no incoming calls can be received from continuing for a long time even if an IP-CAN Bearer, which is a logical communication path used for SIP and audio media, is removed for some reason. UE 01-15-2015
20150023276COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided are a communication system, a mobile station and a communication method that can suppress the increase of processing loads of an IP-CAN accompanying trials made by mobile stations to connect to the IP-CAN via a wireless access network that does not support any services on the IP multimedia core network subsystem (IMS). For example, a UE (01-22-2015
20150063235COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD03-05-2015
20150078252COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a communication control device by which a situation where a mobile station is disabled to receive a terminating call can be prevented from continuing for a long time, even when the IP-CAN bearer is removed for some reason. A P-CSCF 03-19-2015
20150080035MOBILE STATION AND INFORMATION DELIVERY SERVER - Provided are a mobile station and an information delivery server that are capable of continuously providing a non-voice service, particularly a message service, even when being transitioned between areas of different radio access technologies. A UE (03-19-2015

Patent applications by Itsuma Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Kaoru Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080308755Mechanical joint having optical interconnection - A mechanical joint having at least first and second joint elements arranged in contact with each other. A first surface of the first joint element abuts a second surface of the second joint element and is at least partially provided with at least one optically emitting module. The respective abutting second surface of the second element is provided, at least in part, with at least one optically receiving module.12-18-2008
20130050470SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD AND SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR STEEL SHEET COATED WITH RESIN - A surface inspection method for a steel sheet coated with a resin, includes irradiating the steel sheet with sheet-like light, which has been linearly polarized at a predetermined polarization angle, at an incidence angle different from Brewster's angle of the coating by a predetermined angle or greater; and imaging linearly-polarized light of a polarization angle of 0 degrees at an acceptance angle different from a regular reflection angle of incident light by a predetermined angle. Accordingly, it is not necessary to change the incidence angle and the acceptance angle depending on resin components and it is possible to inspect a substrate steel surface of the steel sheet highly accurately without observing abnormalities in the coating itself.02-28-2013

Patent applications by Kaoru Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Katsutomo Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110124928Gas production facility, gas supply container, and gas for manufacture of electronic devices - An apparatus for producing a gas using a raw material gas having high reactivity, in particular, a fluorinated hydrocarbon, or a vessel for supplying the gas, characterized in that the surface of a portion thereof contacting with the gas has an average roughness of 1 μm or less in terms of a center line average roughness Ra. It is preferred that an oxide-based passivated film such as a film based on chromium oxide, aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide or the like is formed on the surface having a roughness controlled as above. The above apparatus and vessel can be suitably used for preventing the contamination of a raw material gas originated from a gas production apparatus or a vessel for supplying the gas.05-26-2011
20140295940GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD - A game system in which a plurality of players can play a game by using a plurality of operation devices is provided. A multiplayer game process is performed by using a plurality of first-type operation devices. During progress of the game, a process is caused in which any player is caused to operate a second-type operation device different from the first-type operation devices. If the player has satisfied a predetermined condition during this process, the player is caused to return to the operation using the first-type operation device.10-02-2014

Patent applications by Katsutomo Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Kawori Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090197117WORM OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A write-once-read-many optical recording medium is disclosed that includes a support substrate; a recording layer on the support substrate, the recording layer containing an oxide of one of a metal and a metalloid as a principal component; and a layer adjacent to the recording layer. The recording layer includes a region where a constituent element of the adjacent layer is dispersed. Recording and reproduction are performable with laser light of a blue wavelength region.08-06-2009
20090230594IMPRINT METHOD AND MOLD - An imprint method of, in a state in which an indented surface of a mold comes in contact with a to-be-transferred surface of a to-be-transferred object, irradiating with electromagnetic waves to soften the to-be-transferred surface, and transferring an indented shape of the indented surface to the to-be-transferred surface, includes a heating layer forming step of forming, on the indented surface, a heating layer which absorbs the electromagnetic waves and generates heat; and a softening step of irradiating the heating layer with the electromagnetic waves, through the mold or the to-be-transferred object, at least one of the mold and the to-be-transferred object being made of a material which transmits the electromagnetic waves, causing the heating layer to generate heat, and softening the to-be-transferred surface.09-17-2009
20100054100PATTERN AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for forming a pattern, containing: stacking a master having at least a two-dimensional pattern or a three-dimensional pattern formed thereon and a pattern-transferring material containing at least a recording layer which changes a state thereof as light is transmitted thereto; and transmitting light to the recording layer so as to transfer the pattern of the master onto the recording layer.03-04-2010

Kazato Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090213247Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method , and image pickup control program - When flash photography is performed, an exposure time at the time of the preliminary light emission of a flash is set as short as possible so that the appropriate amount of light required for the main light emission of the flash can be accurately computed regardless of the amount of external light. Before the main light emission of the flash, an exposure operation prior to preliminary light emission and an exposure operation at the time of preliminary light emission are performed. When the exposure operation prior to preliminary light emission is performed, after the exposure operations of all pixels included in a solid-state image pickup device have been simultaneously started at a time T08-27-2009
20100149351Shake correction device, shake correction method, and imaging apparatus - A shake correction device includes a shake detection unit detecting shake so as to generate a shake detection signal, a driving unit displacing a relative positional relationship between a lens unit and an imaging device with respect to an optical axis so as to displace the position on the imaging surface of an optical image formed on an imaging surface of the imaging device, a displacement detection unit detecting a displacement state of the correction lens unit or the imaging device, a filter processing unit performing a filter process of the shake detection signal, and a correction control unit displacing the relative positional relationship between the lens unit and the imaging device according to the filter-processed shake detection signal so as to correct the shake of the optical image on the imaging surface generated by the shake detected by the shake detection unit.06-17-2010
20120274795SHAKE CORRECTION DEVICE, SHAKE CORRECTION METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A shake correction device includes a shake detection unit detecting shake so as to generate a shake detection signal, a driving unit displacing a relative positional relationship between a lens unit and an imaging device with respect to an optical axis so as to displace the position on the imaging surface of an optical image formed on an imaging surface of the imaging device, a displacement detection unit detecting a displacement state of the correction lens unit or the imaging device, a filter processing unit performing a filter process of the shake detection signal, and a correction control unit displacing the relative positional relationship between the lens unit and the imaging device according to the filter-processed shake detection signal so as to correct the shake of the optical image on the imaging surface generated by the shake detected by the shake detection unit.11-01-2012

Patent applications by Kazato Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Kazuhisa Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100059197CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD OF MOLTEN METAL - The present invention provides a continuous casting method of molten metal using electromagnetic force to improve the cast slab surface properties and reduce the nonmetallic inclusions and bubbles trapped inside the cast slab. An alternating current is run through an electromagnetic coil 03-11-2010
20100084441REFRACTORY MATERIAL FOR NOZZLE FOR USE IN CONTINUOUS CASTING, AND CONTINUOUS CASTING NOZZLE - In a insert-type continuous casting nozzle comprising a highly functional layer formed to have a high corrosion resistance, a high anti-attachment capability, etc., and provided to define an inner bore thereof, the present invention is directed to providing a refractory material (mortar) for an intermediate layer of the continuous casting nozzle, which has a property capable of fixing an inner bore-side layer to an outer periphery-side layer (a nozzle body) of the continuous casting nozzle, while preventing the occurrence of expansion splitting in the outer periphery-side layer due to a difference in thermal expansion between the inner bore-side and outer periphery-side layers, and a continuous casting nozzle using the refractory material for the intermediate layer. The refractory material for the intermediate layer contains a hollow refractory aggregate in an amount of 10 to 75 volume %, wherein a ratio of an average radius R of each particle of the aggregate to an average wall thickness t of the particle satisfies the following relation: R/t≧10. This refractory material is disposed between an inner bore-side layer (04-08-2010

Kazuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100060758SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a sensor including an impurity diffusion layer provided in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate; and an oxide insulating film containing carbon, the oxide insulating film being provided on the sensor.03-11-2010

Kazumasa Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100116413Methods of manufacturing ceramic board and electronic device - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a ceramic board comprises the steps of forming a green ceramic board 05-13-2010
20130260242NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The negative electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery is used in which a product of tensile strength and thickness of a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing silicon and silicon oxide as main components is 3.8 to 9.0 N/mm and a value obtained by dividing the product of the tensile strength and the thickness of the negative electrode by a product of tensile strength and thickness of a negative electrode current collector is 1.06 to 1.29.10-03-2013
20130260256LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In the invention, a lithium-ion secondary battery, in which a value obtained by dividing average 3% modulus strength of a separator by average 3% modulus strength of a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer containing silicon and silicon oxide as a main component is 0.079 or less, is used.10-03-2013

Patent applications by Kazumasa Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Kazuyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110012651POWER-ON RESET CIRCUIT, MODULE INCLUDING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A power-on reset circuit includes a charge-up circuit to charge a first capacitor after power is on, a first NOR circuit connected to an output terminal of the charge-up circuit and receive a power-on reset signal output from an output terminal of the power-on reset circuit, a first inverter connected to the first NOR circuit, a second capacitor connected between an input terminal of the first NOR circuit and an output terminal of the first inverter, a counter configured to count a clock, a clock selector configured to select whether to output or inhibit a clock signal based on an output signal from the counter, and a second inverter connected to the output terminal of the counter to output the power-on reset signal.01-20-2011
20110028163ONBOARD RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Individual radio sets 02-03-2011
20110103234COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In the past, there has been such a problem that a line failure could not be quickly detected on the basis of the difference between receiving times of a plurality of pieces of information. This communication device capable of solving the problem is provided with a control means which receives, from an opposite device connected through first and second lines, first information transmitted through the first line, and second information transmitted simultaneously with the first information through the second line, and a detection means which detects the line failure of the second line from the lapse of a first monitoring time without receiving the second information by the control means, after the reception of the first information.05-05-2011
20130218402CHARGE GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND ONBOARD NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A charge guidance apparatus includes a history creation retaining unit 08-22-2013

Patent applications by Kazuyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Kei Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090141001DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD - Backlight of a backlight device (06-04-2009
20090191362OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film has a film a formed of a cyclic olefin resin, and a homeotropically orientated optical anisotropic layer b disposed on the film a. This optical film preferably satisfies the below listed formulae (1) to (3).07-30-2009

Patent applications by Kei Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Keiji Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035151VACUUM PUMP SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD, VACUUM PUMP SELF-DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND VACUUM PUMP CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM - There are provided a vacuum pump self-diagnosis method, a vacuum pump self-diagnosis system, a vacuum pump central monitoring system capable of making self-diagnosis of a dry vacuum pump. A vacuum pump self-diagnosis method decides the occurrence of failure and generates an alarm when a predetermined alarm set value is exceeded by an integrated value or an average value of a current of a motor for rotating a rotor of said vacuum pump. In a vacuum pump self-diagnosis system for making self-diagnosis of a vacuum pump which comprises a casing and a rotor rotatably arranged in the casing for sucking and discharging a gas through rotations of the rotor, the rotor comprises a plurality of stages and a pressure sensor is provided between the rotor stages. A self-diagnosis unit is provided for calculating an integrated value or an average value of a current of a motor for rotating said rotor, and making self-diagnosis of the vacuum pump when the integrated value or average value exceeds a predetermined alarm set value. The self-diagnosis unit switches from one self-diagnosis calculation method to another or interrupts the self-diagnosis calculation based on a pressure value detected by said pressure sensor.02-05-2009
20090263133OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM, PARENT STATION OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CHILD STATION OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In a downstream channel communication, an individual downstream channel wavelength is allocated to each group of user nodes, and for user nodes in a same group, a central office performs a downstream-signal communication by a same communication method using the individual downstream channel wavelength. In an upstream channel communication, all user nodes perform an upstream-signal communication with the central office using a single upstream channel. A downstream signal from the central office is distributed to the groups for each individual downstream channel wavelength, and upstream signals from the user nodes are transmitted to the central office in a multiplexing manner.10-22-2009

Patent applications by Keiji Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Kimiaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110124928Gas production facility, gas supply container, and gas for manufacture of electronic devices - An apparatus for producing a gas using a raw material gas having high reactivity, in particular, a fluorinated hydrocarbon, or a vessel for supplying the gas, characterized in that the surface of a portion thereof contacting with the gas has an average roughness of 1 μm or less in terms of a center line average roughness Ra. It is preferred that an oxide-based passivated film such as a film based on chromium oxide, aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide or the like is formed on the surface having a roughness controlled as above. The above apparatus and vessel can be suitably used for preventing the contamination of a raw material gas originated from a gas production apparatus or a vessel for supplying the gas.05-26-2011

Patent applications by Kimiaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Konoha Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090002827Lens barrel - There is provided a lens barrel including an imaging optical system, and an image blur correction unit moving a shift lens forming the imaging optical system in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system. The image blur correction unit includes a second movable body holding the shift lens and provided to be movable in two directions perpendicular to each other on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. A fixed lens holding frame holding a fixed lens forming the imaging optical system is placed in front of the second movable body. A movement control structure is provided in a region ranging from the second movable body to the fixed lens holding frame to allow movement of the second movable body in the two directions and control a range of movement of the second movable body.01-01-2009

Kumpei Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110017020METHOD OF RECYCLING USEFUL METAL - A method of recycling useful metals is provided. The method enables useful metals including indium, zinc, yttrium, europium, lanthanum, terbium, gadolinium, antimony, lead, copper, tin, and silver to be recovered from wastes, such as wasted flat panel displays, and recycled economically with small energy consumption. The method of recycling useful metals includes: a step in which wastes comprising various flat panel displays, e.g., liquid-crystal display panels, are crushed/powdered; a step in which the resultant particles are dissolved in an aqueous hydrofluoric acid solution; and a step in which various metal oxides and various metal fluorides which remain undissolved are filtered off and the aqueous hydrofluoric acid solution containing various metal ions is electrolyzed to deposit and recover metals for transparent-electrode oxides, such as indium and zinc, and other useful metals.01-27-2011

Manabu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080271781Cis Type Thin-Film Solar Cell and Process for Producing the Same - This invention provides a CIS-based thin film solar battery and a process for producing the same in which the formation of an alkali barrier layer and a metal backside electrode layer is carried out at a low cost in a short time to prevent such an unfavorable phenomenon that a light absorbing layer is separated from the interface of the light absorbing layer and the metal backside electrode layer. The CIS-based thin film solar battery (11-06-2008
20090159112CIS BASED THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A photovoltaic module having long-term durability is obtained at low cost.06-25-2009

Masahiko Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090126629Film-forming system and film-forming method - A film-forming system comprising a vacuum chamber and an electroconductive partition plate dividing said vacuum chamber into a plasma generating space provided with a high-frequency electrode and a film-forming treatment space provided with a substrate-retaining mechanism for holding a substrate mounted thereon. A gas for generating desired active species by discharge plasma is introduced into the plasma generating space. Said desired active species are supplied to the film-forming treatment space through a plurality of penetration holes formed in the electroconductive partition plate for communicating the plasma generating space with the film-forming treatment space. Said electroconductive partition plate has a first internal space separated from the plasma generating space and communicating with the film-forming treatment space via a plurality of material gas diffusion holes. A material gas is introduced from the outside into said first internal space and supplied into the film-forming treatment space through a plurality of said material gas diffusion holes. Said electroconductive partition plate further has a second internal space separated from said first internal space and communicating with said film-forming treatment space via a plurality of gas diffusion holes. A gas other than said material gas is introduced from the outside into said second internal space. A film is deposited on the substrate by a reaction between said active species and said material gas supplied to said film-forming treatment space.05-21-2009
20100037822VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum processing vessel, a partition which is made of a conductive material, and partitions the interior of the vacuum processing vessel into a first space for generating a plasma, and a second space for processing a substrate by the plasma, a high-frequency electrode for plasma generation installed in the first space, and a substrate holding mechanism which is installed in the second space and holds the substrate. The partition has a plurality of through holes which allow the first and second spaces to communicate with each other. The through holes are covered with a covering material having a recombination coefficient higher than that of the conductive material.02-18-2010

Patent applications by Masahiko Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Masaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100254407COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION METHOD - A communication device, which provides a bandwidth allocation opportunity to ONUs each having different data transmission rates, not depending on any specific bandwidth-request notifying method, thereby realizing fair upstream transmission data delay between data transmission rates of respective ONUs, includes a bandwidth-update-cycle division processor that divides the bandwidth update cycle into slots of each of the data transmission rates, a bandwidth-allocation-amount calculating unit that allocates a bandwidth to the slave station devices in a slot of the data transmission rate, and a transmission-start-time calculating unit that sets a transmission start time and a transmission time of data of the slave station devices, based on an overhead length of a data frame transmitted by the slave station devices.10-07-2010
20110064937COMPOSITION FOR PRECIOUS METAL SINTERING, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PRECIOUS METAL SINTER AND PRECIOUS METAL SINTER - A composition for precious metal sintering that yields a precious metal sinter for use in jewelry, ornaments, accessories, etc., by sintering, especially that realizes not only production of a precious metal sinter even when the precious metal content per volume of the composition for precious metal sintering is reduced but also in a striking reduction of the weight of the precious metal sinter. Further, there are disclosed a process for producing the precious metal sinter and the precious metal sinter. This composition for precious metal sintering is characterized by comprising a mixture of precious metal powder, hollow glass powder and organic binder solution.03-17-2011
20110076503GLASS FIBER-TREATING AGENT AND GLASS FIBER-TREATING COMPOSITION - Glass fiber-treating agent which includes: (A) 5-95% by weight of an acetylene glycol or an ethylene oxide and/or a propylene oxide adduct of an acetylene glycol; and (B) 5-95% by weight of a silicone surfactant which may be polyoxyalkylene-modified. The glass fiber-treating agent reduces dynamic and static surface tension and contact angle. The glass fiber-treating agent provides excellent wetting, penetration, and antifoaming properties when glass fibers are treated therewith.03-31-2011
20110305451COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH - A communication device operating as a master unit includes: a MAC layer termination functioning unit for extracting, from a receiving signal, queue length information scheduled to be transmitted from an ONU, and controlling transmission of a grant to the ONU; a traffic monitor for measuring an amount of uplink traffic of each ONU; and a bandwidth allocation functioning unit for determining a bandwidth to be allocated to each ONU based on the queue length information extracted by the MAC layer termination functioning unit, the amount of traffic measured by the traffic monitor, and a bandwidth that can be allocated in one cycle of bandwidth update, and issuing a grant according to the determination. The bandwidth allocation functioning unit updates a bandwidth to be allocated periodically.12-15-2011
20110311221MASTER STATION UNIT AND METHOD OF ALLOCATING GRANT - In a PON system including a high-speed optical signal of a high transmission speed and a low-speed optical signal the speed of which is lower than that of the high-speed optical signal, the PON system employing TDMA system for upward signal transmission, an OLT controls transmission and reception of the low-speed optical signal and the high-speed optical signal and allocates a grant to a slave station unit connected to the OLT. The OLT includes: a traffic monitoring part for measuring the amount of traffic of data received from a high-speed ONU that is a slave station unit that makes communications using the high-speed optical signal; and a bandwidth allocating part for allocating a grant to a low-speed ONU on the basis of report information acquired from the low-speed ONU that is a slave station unit that makes communications using the low-speed optical signal, the bandwidth allocating part allocating a grant to the high-speed ONU on the basis of report information acquired from the high-speed ONU, a grant allocated in a previous cycle, and a result of measurement of the amount of traffic in the previous cycle acquired from the traffic monitoring part.12-22-2011
20120128357COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STATION-SIDE OPTICAL LINE TERMINATING APPARATUS, USER-SIDE OPTICAL LINE TERMINATING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An optical communication system that connects a plurality of user-side optical line terminating apparatuses (hereinafter referred to as ONUs) to a station-side optical line terminating apparatus (hereinafter referred to as OLT) using a common optical fiber, wherein the ONU as at least a part of the ONUs includes a transceiver having a power saving function for inactivating a transmitting unit while supplying electric power to a receiving unit and a control apparatus that transmits support information of the power saving function to the OLT via the transceiver, and the OLT includes a control apparatus that generates transmission allowance information of upstream communication based on the support information of the power saving function and a transceiver that receives the support information of the power saving function and transmits the transmission allowance information to the ONU.05-24-2012
20120301145BANDWIDTH CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A bandwidth control method used in a case where, for example, a first communication device (OLT) allocates a bandwidth for signal transmission to each of a plurality of second communication devices (ONUs) connected to the OLT in a communication system having the OLT and the ONUs includes a sleep controlling of shifting devices among the ONUs that satisfy a predetermined condition into a power saving state, a control-target selecting of selecting control target devices among the ONUs based on a result of performing the sleep controlling, and a bandwidth determining of determining a bandwidth to be allocated to the selected control target devices.11-29-2012
20130045005COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SLAVE STATION APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The control device includes a power-saving control unit that intermittently repeats, based on a power saving permission signal transmitted from the master station apparatus, power saving control in which the slave station stops or reduces power supply to a transmitter or a receiver for a predetermined pause duration while maintaining a communication link and a monitoring unit that monitors out of synchronization by comparing a synchronization signal received from the OLT and a time of the ONU. The control device shifts from a registered state to a deregistered state when the monitoring unit detects the out of synchronization. On the other hand, after the pause duration of the power saving control, the control device suppresses the shift to the deregistered state due to the detection of the out of synchronization.02-21-2013
20130129354LOGICAL-LINK MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A logical-link management method to be executed in an optical communication system including a station side device (OLT) and a subscriber side device (ONU) that is capable of setting a plurality of logical links together with the OLT, in which the OLT transmits a signal for managing the ONU via a single logical link. The logical-link management method includes a status monitoring of the OLT monitoring whether there is a change in a connection status of the logical link between the OLT and the ONU and a link resetting of the OLT resetting, when a change of the connection status of the logical link is detected at the status monitoring, a device management logical link used for transmitting the signal for managing the ONU according to a predetermined procedure.05-23-2013
20140086584COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STATION-SIDE OPTICAL LINE TERMINATING APPARATUS, USER-SIDE OPTICAL LINE TERMINATING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system in which a plurality of user-side optical line terminating apparatuses (Optical Network Units, hereinafter referred to as ONUs) and station-side optical line terminating apparatus (Optical Line Terminal, hereinafter referred to as OLT) are connected with a common optical fiber. The ONUs each includes: an ONU side optical transceiver having a transmitting function capable of being stopped and waked in a power saving mode to reduce power consumption; and an ONU control device configured to stop the transmitting function of the ONU side optical transceiver in a period designated by the OLT via the ONU side optical transceiver. The OLT includes: an OLT side optical transceiver connected to the optical fiber; and an OLT control device configured to designate the period the ONU stops the transmitting function of the ONU side optical transceiver to the ONU via the OLT side optical transceiver.03-27-2014
20140170549CHARGE CONTROL AGENT COMPOSITION FOR EXTERNAL ADDITION AND ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - There is provided an electrostatic image developing toner less likely to cause image degradation even when used for a long period, by controlling CCA particles present on surfaces of toner particles and thereby keeping an amount of tribocharge generated between the toner and a magnetic carrier or the like constant. A charge control agent composition for external addition for controlling charge amount of toner particles includes: at least two types of carrier particles different in average particle size of primary particles; and a charge control agent (CCA), and an electrostatic image developing toner is constituted of a mixture of toner particles and the aforesaid charge control agent composition for external addition.06-19-2014
20140193150COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STATION-SIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, USER-SIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE - An OLT includes an OLT control unit that generates a control signal for controlling a power saving operation of an ONU by specifying a different idle period with respect to a first power saving operation in which an optical receiver is operated while an optical transmitter of the ONU is controlled to a power saving state and a second power saving operation for controlling the optical transmitter and the optical receiver to the power saving state, and a station-side transmitter that transmits the control signal generated by the OLT control unit to the ONU. The ONU includes an ONU control unit that receives the control signal via the optical receiver to selectively perform the first power saving operation and the second power saving operation based on the idle period specified by the control signal.07-10-2014
20140200297POLYOLEFIN RUBBER COMPOSITION HAVING SURFACE LUBRICITY - A polyolefin rubber composition comprising (A) an ethylene/α-olefin/nonconjugated polyene random copolymer, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing on average from 1 to less than 2 Si—H groups in a molecule, and (C) an addition reaction catalyst can be compression molded or steam vulcanized into a cured product having heat resistance and surface lubricity. The cured product is especially suited as weatherstrips and windshield wiper blades.07-17-2014

Patent applications by Masaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Masatoshi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100218341ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANER - The present invention provides an electric vacuum cleaner which can reliably absorb vibration accompanying driving of an electric blowing part.09-02-2010

Muneyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114631METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAT-GENERATING PANEL, HEAT-GENERATING PANEL MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME, PANEL-SHAPED STRUCTURE, AND HEAT-GENERATING SYSTEM - A method of manufacturing a heat-generating panel 05-19-2011

Noboru Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100069810TRACTION APPARATUS AND TRACTION FORCE CONTROL METHOD FOR TRACTION APPARATUS - A traction force control method for a traction apparatus according to the present invention that impresses a desired traction force on an object to be hauled via a traction mechanism is provided. The method includes measuring, in a zero traction state in which an impressed traction force that is impressed on the object to be hauled is zero, the impressed traction force with a traction force sensor and outputting a zero traction value. The method also includes generating an added value in which an adjusting output from a control circuit is added to the zero traction force value; providing the added value to a drive circuit of a drive mechanism that drives the traction mechanism and outputting a drive signal that corresponds to the added value; performing adjustment by increasing or decreasing the adjusting output so that the drive signal becomes a reference value that puts the object to be hauled in the zero traction state, setting the zero traction value as a zero point of the zero traction force sensor, and the adjusting output obtained by the adjustment step as a zero point of the control output of the control circuit, respectively.03-18-2010
20100137772TRACTION APPARATUS AND ROPE TAKE-UP MECHANISM OF TRACTION APPARATUS - A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided. The traction apparatus includes: a traction mechanism that includes a harness coupled to the body to be pulled, a rope having one end attached to the harness, and a take-up drum attaching to an other end of the rope and impressing the traction force on the body to be pulled by taking up the rope; a first pulley that engages at a predetermined wrapping angle the rope to which the traction force is impressed by being taken up by the take-up drum, a rope load being impressed to the first pulley from the rope; a coupling plate that rotatably holds the first pulley, the rope load being impressed to the coupling plate from the first pulley; a load sensor plate that holds the coupling plate at one end portion thereof, the rope load being impressed to the load sensor from the coupling plate; an outer frame that fixes an other end portion of the load sensor plate; and a load cell adhered to a surface of the load sensor plate.06-03-2010
20130151387ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INDEX PRESENTING SYSTEM - The Account Transaction Record Information of a financial institution and Supplementary Information are imported, and the Account Transaction Record Information and the Supplementary Information are linked to generate Deposit Source/Withdrawal Destination Linking Information in which the name and category of the deposits/withdrawals are defined. Subsequently, balance information for each account and deposits/withdrawals information, which is journalized for each item defining the usage/source of the funds and the continuity/non-continuity thereof, are generated. Then the information items indicating the trend of the financing and business performance of companies or the trend of the financing and household budgeting of individuals are extracted and are converted into variables and index numbers by combining the balance information and the deposits/withdrawals information, resulting in the generation of economic activity indices such as financing trend indices, business performance trend indices, and household budgeting trend indices.06-13-2013

Norihiko Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090050540Optical grain sorter - A grain images obtained by CCD line sensors are processed by binarization processing to obtain contour images of grains and images of colored portions in the grains. The images are displayed on a monitor screen of an operating panel 02-26-2009
20130081982COLOR SORTING MACHINE - Provided is a color sorting machine in which decreases in yield resulting from the erroneous inclusion of good granules can be prevented by using different selection algorithms and operation ejector nozzle operations resulting therefrom in a first sorting part and a second sorting part. The machine is provided with: a binarization means for binarizing images of granular objects, a flaw-detecting means for extracting flawed parts of granular objects, a reducing means for reducing images of the external contour parts of granular objects, an enlarging means for enlarging images of the flawed parts of granular objects, and a synthesis means for synthesizing the reduced images of the external contours and the enlarged images of the flawed parts; wherein on the basis of an image obtained by this synthesis means, different air-jetting operations are established for the ejection means of a first sorting part and the ejection means of a second sorting part.04-04-2013

Noriyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186792GEL COSMETIC COMPOSITION - There is provided a cosmetic composition, which stably includes disintegrable particles and is excellent in feeling upon use. A gel cosmetic composition, which has a pH of 4 to 9 and includes the following components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E): 07-23-2009

Patent applications by Noriyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Seiichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090250147Dr Steel Sheet and Manufacturing Method Thereof - This DR steel sheet includes the following steel components: C: 0.02 to 0.06 mass %, Si: equal to or less than 0.03 mass %, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5 mass %, P: equal to or less than 0.02 mass %, S: equal to or less than 0.02 mass %, Al: 0.02 to 0.10 mass %, and N: 0.008 to 0.015 mass %. The amount of solute N (Ntotal−NasAlN) in the steel sheet containing a residual iron and inevitable impurities, is equal to or more than 0.006%; and the total stretchability in a rolling direction after aging is equal to or more than 10%, total stretchability in a sheet width direction after aging is equal to or more than 5%, and an average Lankford value after aging is equal to or less than 1.0.10-08-2009
20120067469VERY THIN STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a very thin steel sheet and production method thereof that, in a very thin steel sheet of 0.4 mm or less thickness, enable production at low addition of special elements, simultaneous achievement of both good workability and anti-aging property, and stable passing of even wide coil in a continuous annealing process, which very thin steel sheet and production method.03-22-2012
20130248054STEEL SHEET FOR BOTTOM COVERS OF AEROSOL CANS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A steel sheet for bottom covers of aerosol cans includes, as chemical composition, C: 0.025 to 0.065mass %, Mn: 0.10 to 0.28mass %, P: 0.005 to 0.03mass %, Al: 0.01 to 0.04mass %, N: 0.0075 to 0.013mass %, Si: limited to 0.05mass % or less, S: limited to 0.009mass % or less, and balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein yield point YP in rolling direction after aging treatment is in range of 460 to 540 MPa, total elongation in the rolling direction after the aging treatment is 15% or more, yield point elongation EL09-26-2013

Patent applications by Seiichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Seikichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100072157JIB CRANE - A jib crane is provided which can prevent an unexpected movement of a burden and can sufficiently ensure the safety of a burden handling work.03-25-2010

Shigeki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080296087Sound Absorbing and Heat Insulating Material - [PROBLEMS] Provided is a sound absorbing material having a light weight, a smaller thickness, and outstanding sound absorbing property and heat insulating property.12-04-2008

Shigeyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110079194COMBUSTION TIMING PREDICTION METHOD FOR COMPRESSION SELF-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMPRESSION SELF-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND COMPRESSION SELF-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM - A combustion timing prediction method for a compression self-ignition internal combustion engine includes the steps of: specifying types of a plurality of hydrocarbon components contained in a hydrocarbon fuel and proportions of the respective types in the hydrocarbon fuel; calculating, on the basis of a temperature in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, a value of a first function serving as a function of the temperature for each of the types; calculating, on the basis of the proportion and the first function relating to each of the types, a value of a second function, which is a function that increases in value in response to an increase of the value of the first function and/or the proportion, for each of the types; integrating the values of the second function relating to the respective types; and predicting, on the basis of the integrated value of the values of the second function, the combustion timing of the hydrocarbon fuel in the internal combustion engine to be steadily later as the integrated value increases. As a result, the combustion timing of the hydrocarbon fuel in the compression self-ignition internal combustion engine can be predicted with maximum accuracy.04-07-2011

Shin Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090267478EXTERNAL ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass tube made of soft glass, and external electrodes affixed to outer surfaces of both ends of the glass tube. The fluorescent lamp further includes a joining material applied between at least the glass tube and the external electrodes for affixing the external electrodes, which are made up of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient that is larger than that of the glass tube. According to the manufacturing method of the fluorescent lamp, first, the external electrodes are attached to the outer surface of each end of the glass tube, the external electrodes are then immersed in fused solder, and finally, the glass tube is cooled to room temperature. In this manner, the external electrodes are affixed to the outer surface of the glass tube via soldering.10-29-2009
20110171872METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN EXTERNAL ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - An external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass tube made of soft glass, and external electrodes affixed to outer surfaces of both ends of the glass tube. The fluorescent lamp further includes a joining material applied between at least the glass tube and the external electrodes for affixing the external electrodes, which are made up of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient that is larger than that of the glass tube. According to the manufacturing method of the fluorescent lamp, first, the external electrodes are attached to the outer surface of each end of the glass tube, the external electrodes are then immersed in fused solder, and finally, the glass tube is cooled to room temperature. In this manner, the external electrodes are affixed to the outer surface of the glass tube via soldering.07-14-2011

Shukichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137748POLYLACTIC ACID-MODIFIED POLYCARBODIIMIDE COMPOUND AND POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a polylactic acid-modified polycarbodiimide compound which imparts hydrolysis resistance by formulation with a polylactic acid resin and also thereby improves mechanical property. The present invention also relates to a polylactic acid resin composition and a molded article comprising the same.05-28-2009
20090318628ALIPHATIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to an aliphatic polyester resin composition having excellent hydrolysis resistance, added to an aliphatic polyester resin (A), a reactive monomer (B) (e.g. a monocarbodiimide compound) and a reactive polymer (C) (e.g. a polycarbodiimide compound).12-24-2009
20100098556Vacuum Conveyance System - It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable vacuum carrying system.04-22-2010
20100143159ION PUMP DEVICE - The above-mentioned problem is solved by an ion pump (06-10-2010
20100310383ION PUMP SYSTEM AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide an ion pump system etc. having a high air-exhausting capacity and vacuum-maintaining capacity and capable of adjusting drive modes suitable for the uses thereof The subject problem is solved by an ion pump system (12-09-2010
20130036940CARDANOL-MODIFIED SILANE COUPLING AGENT, CARDANOL-MODIFIED FILLER, AND CELLULOSE RESIN COMPOSITION - An exemplary embodiment provides a cardanol-modified silane coupling agent, which can improve strength and toughness by improving adhesion at an interface between a filler and a cellulose resin when being used as a surface-treatment agent, a resin additive, or the like; a cardanol-modified filler subjected to a surface treatment with the cardanol-modified silane coupling agent; and a cellulose resin composition having excellent toughness. More specifically, the exemplary embodiment provides a cardanol-modified silane coupling agent obtained by reacting cardanol or a derivative thereof with an epoxy silane coupling agent or an isocyanate silane coupling agent; a cardanol-modified filler obtained by subjecting a filler to a surface treatment with the cardanol-modified silane coupling agent; a cellulose resin composition comprising the cardanol-modified filler and a cellulose resin; and a cellulose resin composition comprising the cardanol-modified silane coupling agent, a filler and a cellulose resin.02-14-2013
20130305959CELLULOSE RESIN COMPOSITION - A cellulose resin composition containing a cellulose resin produced by binding a cardanol or a derivative thereof to cellulose or a derivative thereof, and a cardanol-modified silicone compound produced by binding cardanol or a derivative thereof to a silicone compound.11-21-2013
20130310519CELLULOSE RESIN - A cellulose resin produced by binding cardanol or a derivative thereof, and a flexible component to cellulose or a derivative thereof.11-21-2013
20140018530CELLULOSE RESIN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cellulose resin produced by binding a hydrogenated cardanol containing 3-pentadecylcyclohexanol, and cellulose or a derivative thereof through the reaction between a hydroxy group of the hydrogenated cardanol, a hydroxy group of the cellulose or a derivative thereof and isocyanate groups of a diisocyanate compound.01-16-2014
20140024824CELLULOSE RESIN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cellulose resin produced by binding cellulose or a derivative thereof and cardanol or a derivative thereof by using a hydroxy group of the cellulose or a derivative thereof and a hydroxy group of the cardanol or a derivative thereof, in which carbon atoms to which the hydroxy groups are bound are mutually linked via a carbonate bond or urethane bond formed by using the hydroxy groups.01-23-2014
20150073135CELLULOSE RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cellulose resin produced by binding cardanol or a derivative thereof to cellulose or a derivative thereof with the use of a cellulose hydroxy group of the cellulose or a derivative thereof and the phenolic hydroxy group of the cardanol or a derivative thereof.03-12-2015

Patent applications by Shukichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Shukiko Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080241554Hard coat film - One example of the present invention is a hard coat film in which a hard coat liquid is caked and forms a hard coat layer (D) stacked on at least one side of a triacetylcellulose film (A), the hard coat liquid contains a solvent (E) in which the triacetylcellulose film (A) dissolves or swells and a UV-curable resin ingredient consisting primarily of a reactive polyether modified silicone compound (C) and a polyfunctional monomer (B) having at least two metaacryloyl groups in a single molecule, and, has a surface tension of 20-25 mN/m at 25° C. The hard coat layer (D) has a refraction index differing from that of the triacetylcellulose film (A) by 0.1 or less, a surface water contact angle being 80 degrees or more, and at most two spot defects which are larger than 70 μm in 1-square-meter of the sheet.10-02-2008

Susumu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110146340Method of recovering carbon dioxide from gas and apparatus therefor - Provided is a method including the steps of: cooling exhaust gas to a given temperature by use of cold energy of liquefied natural gas; spraying water in a minute-ice generator having been cooled to a given temperature by use of the cold energy of the liquefied natural gas to generate minute ice; and introducing the minute ice and the cooled exhaust gas into a gas hydrate generator so as to cause the minute ice and carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas to react with each other in the gas hydrate generator, thereby generating carbon dioxide hydrate.06-23-2011
20140365839ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT HAVING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ELEMENT AND STANDALONE TEST UNIT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ELEMENT - There is provided a low-cost electronic control unit that is capable of performing its hardware check every start and stop of the electronic control unit. A monitoring and control circuit section that is an integrated circuit element built in the electronic control unit includes a self-test circuit configured with a built-in self-test control block, scan chain circuits and mask circuitry, and performs a self-test using the built-in self-test control block and a partial combination of the scan chain circuits at start of the operation. In the shipment inspection of the integrated circuit element alone, an external test is performed by a checker microprocessor using an entire combination of the scan chain circuits. Thus, the electronic control unit of low-cost configuration is capable of performing a scan test by making use of part of the scan chain circuits designed for the component inspection.12-11-2014

Syuji Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110151619METHOD OF FORMING METAL OXIDE FILM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING METAL OXIDE FILM - A method of forming a metal oxide film, which can lower a temperature of a heat treatment of a substrate and also can form a metal oxide film having a low resistance value without limiting the kind of the metal oxide film to be formed. The method of forming a metal oxide film includes (A) converting a solution containing a metal into mist, (B) heating a substrate, and (C) supplying the solution converted into mist, and ozone to a first main surface of the substrate under heating.06-23-2011

Syukichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Takahiro Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110069901Image Processing Apparatus, Display Device, and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an ε filter that compares the difference between a pixel value of a target pixel to be processed and that of a surrounding pixel neighboring the target pixel in each pixel block of an input image with a predetermined threshold. When the difference exceeds the predetermined threshold, the ε filter performs the replacement of the pixel value of the surrounding pixel. The predetermined threshold includes at least two different thresholds, a first threshold and a second threshold larger than the first threshold. When the difference exceeds the second threshold, the ε filter performs the replacement of the pixel value of the surrounding pixel in stages such that the pixel value of the surrounding pixel approaches that of the target pixel.03-24-2011
20120027101Compression Noise Reduction Apparatus, Compression Noise Reduction Method, and Storage Medium Therefor - According to an embodiment, a compression noise reduction apparatus of the embodiment includes a peripheral pixel state determination module, a filter strength determination module, and a deringing processing module. The peripheral pixel state determination module determines a state of a flat area and an edge area at a periphery of a filtering target pixel in decoded image. The filter strength determination module determines a filter strength to be used in filter processing in accordance with the state of the flat area and the edge area. The deringing processing module performs deringing processing using the determined filter strength.02-02-2012
20120212478Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method and Display - According to one embodiment, a display includes a telop detector, a depth corrector, a parallax image generator, and a display module. The telop detector is configured to calculate a probability of each pixel block being a telop. The pixel block is composed of a plurality of pixels in an input image. The depth corrector is configured to correct a predetermined depth of each pixel block in such a manner that as the probability is higher, the depth approaches a center of depth. The parallax image generator is configured to generate a parallax image of the input image based on the corrected depth. The display module is configured to display the parallax image stereoscopically.08-23-2012
20130100260VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a telop detector, a correction coefficient calculator, a depth corrector, a parallax image generator, and a display. The telop detector is configured to calculate a probability of each pixel block in an input image being a telop. The correction coefficient calculator is configured to calculate a correction coefficient for a first depth value of a correction target frame so that a second depth value of a pixel block having a highest probability of being a telop out of the pixel blocks in the input image is within a first range. The depth corrector is configured to correct a third value of each pixel using the correction coefficient. The parallax image generator is configured to generate parallax images of the input image based on the corrected depth values. The display is configured to display the parallax images stereoscopically.04-25-2013
20130186258MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING APPARATUS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A musical performance training apparatus of the present invention receives an input of a note of a musical sound; stores a keying frequency received during a predetermined unit time to be associated with a practice status variable (such as a single-hand partial practice); evaluates motivation change of a user based on the keying frequency stored for every identical practice status variable; evaluates a musical performance technique level change of a user based on the keying frequency stored for every identical practice status variable; and generates advice based on the motivation change thus evaluated and the musical performance level change for every practice status variable.07-25-2013
20130186259MUSIC SCORE DISPLAY DEVICE, MUSIC SCORE DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A music score display device displays a music score representing a predetermined piece of music at a display, and stores a playing result for each measure of the music score in a memory when the piece is played. On the basis of the playing results of the measures stored in the memory, the music score display device generates graph images representing the playing results of the measures, and displays the generated graph images of the measures, superposed on images of the corresponding measures of the music score displayed at the display, such that the images of the measures are visible.07-25-2013
20140076123PRACTICE TIME CALCULATING APPARATUS, A PRACTICE TIME CALCULATING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus is provided, for calculating a practice time. The apparatus is used by a user to calculate such practice time that he/she requires to improve his/her playing technique to reach a predetermined progressing level at the playing technique. In the apparatus, a progressing-level evaluating unit evaluates a progressing level of a playing technique of the user who operates a playable unit. A history of the evaluated progressing level is recorded in a progressing-level recording unit. An operation-number counting unit counts the number of operations executed on the playable unit by the user every unit time. A history of the counted number of operations is recorded in an operation-number recording unit. A practice-time calculating unit calculates the practice time based on the history of the progressing level recorded in the progressing-level recording unit and the history of the number of operations recorded in the operation-number recording unit.03-20-2014
20140283669CHORD-PLAYING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, CHORD-PLAYING INSTRUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A chord-information storage stores chord-type information and information on relationship between constituent notes including a tonic of the chord as chord information. Upon specification of a tonic, a first instruction display reads out chord information, and then causes a display to show relationship information for a constituent note other than the tonic, chord-type information, and an indicator indicating positional relationship between the tonic and each constituent note on music-playing operators. Every time another note is specified after the tonic, a second instruction display extracts chord information including relationship information that matches with relationship between the specified tonic and all notes specified after the tonic, and causes the display to show relationship information of a constituent note other than the specified notes, chord-type information, and an indicator indicating positional relationship between the tonic and each constituent note on music-playing operators.09-25-2014

Patent applications by Takahiro Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Takatoshi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090091715EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus configured to expose a substrate through a liquid includes a projection optical system configured to project an image of a pattern formed on an original plate onto a substrate and a stage configured to move while supporting the substrate. Further, the exposure apparatus includes a member including a supply port and a recovery port of the liquid that is arranged between the stage and the projection optical system such that a space is formed between the projection optical system and the member, and a supply unit configured to supply inactive gas through an outlet port into a space between the projection optical system and the member. The outlet port is directed to the space.04-09-2009
20100319692EJECTION HEAD CARTRIDGE AND INHALATION APPARATUS THE SAME IS ATTACHABLE THERETO - The invention provides an ejection head cartridge and an inhalation apparatus that limit turbulence in an air stream and reduce the probability of collisions of ejected drug in an air flow channel so that the drug can be conveyed in a uniform air stream. An ejection head cartridge 12-23-2010
20100326439INHALER - An inhaler ejects liquid droplets or powder granules into an airflow duct 12-30-2010
20110181433ACOUSTIC WAVE PROBE - An acoustic wave probe which includes an acoustic wave conversion element which receives an acoustic wave, a liquid-tightly sealed protecting unit which contains the acoustic wave conversion element, a portion of the protecting unit being an acoustic wave transmitting part having high acoustic wave transmittance, a detecting unit which detects a flexure amount denoting a degree of deformation of the protecting unit, and a notifying unit which notifies whether the flexure amount detected by the detecting unit is larger than a predetermined value.07-28-2011
20110297146LIQUID EJECTION HEAD TO BE USED FOR INHALER AND INHALER - A liquid ejection head has a plurality of liquid ejection ports 12-08-2011
20110303222LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND INHALER - The present invention provides a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of rows of liquid ejection ports 12-15-2011
20130237801OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - The present invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus that includes a plate configured to hold an object, a probe unit including a probe configured to receive, via the plate, an acoustic wave generated from the object, a tank located below the plate and configured to store matching liquid for acoustically matching the plate and the probe, a supplying unit configured to supply the matching liquid in the tank to a space between the probe unit and the plate, and a generating unit configured to generate property information of an inside of the object on the basis of the acoustic wave. The tank includes an aperture in a portion facing the plate, and the volume of the tank is larger than a sum of the internal volume of the supplying unit and the volume of the space between the plate and the probe unit.09-12-2013
20130251112APPARATUS - A bed-type compression mechanism of related art is still desired to be improved to reduce a burden on a subject and to increase operability of an operator.09-26-2013

Patent applications by Takatoshi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Takumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090155621Tin-Plated Steel Sheet and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A tin-plated steel sheet includes a plating layer containing tin on at least one surface of a steel sheet, and a chemical conversion coating containing P and tin on the plating layer is provided. In the steel sheet, a coated amount of the chemical conversion coating per surface is 1.0 to 50 mg/m06-18-2009
20100297465SURFACE-TREATED STEEL SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RESIN-COATED STEEL SHEET - It is an object to provide a surface-treated steel sheet which contains no Cr, which is excellent in wet resin adhesion, and which can be used as an alternative to a conventional tin-free steel sheet and to provide a resin-coated steel sheet produced by coating the surface-treated steel sheet with resin. A surface-treated steel sheet including an adhesive layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and which contains Ti and at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, the ratio of the total amount of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn to the amount of Ti contained therein being 0.01 to ten on a mass basis, and a method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet.11-25-2010
20110272066MANUFACTURING METHOD OF STEEL SHEET FOR CANS - A method provides a slab by continuous casting of a steel having a component composition of, in mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0070%, B: 0.15×N to 0.75×N (0.15 to 0.75 in terms of B/N), and one or both of Nb: 4×C to 20×C (4 to 20 in terms of Nb/C) and Ti: 2×C to 10×C (2 to 10 in terms of Ti/C), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurity elements; rough rolling the slab; finish rolling the rough-rolled slab wherein 5% or more and less than 50% of the total amount of rolling reduction in the finish rolling is hot-rolled at a temperature lower than the Ar11-10-2011
20150064448HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH FORMABILITY STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A high strength and high formability steel sheet contains, by mass % of the steel sheet: greater than 0.020% and less than 0.040% of C; not less than 0.003% and not greater than 0.100% of Si; not less than 0.10% and not greater than 0.60% of Mn; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.100% of P; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.020% of S; not less than 0.005% and not greater than 0.100% of Al; and greater than 0.0130% and not greater than 0.0170% of N, wherein a remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, and the steel sheet has: a tensile strength in a rolling direction of not lower than 520 MPa; an Erichsen value of not less than 5.0 mm; and a resin film layer at least on a side to be an inner surface of a can.03-05-2015

Patent applications by Takumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Tasuke Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080303173SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A TESTING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device for SiP or PoP for downsizing, a method of manufacturing it, and a testing method suitable for SiP and PoP in which the simplification of a system and the enhancement of its efficiency are achieved are provided. A first semiconductor device including a first memory circuit determined as non-defective and a second semiconductor device including a second memory circuit and a signal processing circuit carrying out signal processing according to a program, determined as non-defective are sorted. The sorted devices are assembled as an integral semiconductor device. On a board for testing, a clock signal equivalent to the actual operation of the semiconductor device is supplied. A test program for conducting a performance test on the first memory circuit is written from a tester to the second memory circuit of the second semiconductor device. In the signal processing circuit, a performance test is conducted on the first memory circuit according to the written test program in correspondence with the clock signal. The result of failure/no-failure determination in this performance test is outputted to the tester.12-11-2008
20110018573 Semiconductor Device, A Method of Manufacturing A Semiconductor Device and A Testing Method of the Same - A semiconductor device for SiP or PoP for downsizing, a method of manufacturing it, and a testing method suitable for SIP and PoP in which the simplification of a system and the enhancement of its efficiency are achieved are provided. A first semiconductor device including a first memory circuit determined as non-defective and a second semiconductor device including a second memory circuit and a signal processing circuit carrying out signal processing according to a program, determined as non-defective are sorted. The sorted devices are assembled as an integral semiconductor device. On a board for testing, a clock signal equivalent to the actual operation of the semiconductor device is supplied. A test program for conducting a performance test on the first memory circuit is written from a tester to the second memory circuit of the second semiconductor device. In the signal processing circuit, a performance test is conducted on the first memory circuit according to the written test program in correspondence with the clock signal. The result of failure/no-failure determination in this performance test is outputted to the tester.01-27-2011

Tohru Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090036709METHOD FOR PRODUCING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID HYDROCHLORIDE - A method for producing crystals of 5-aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride wherein, in carrying out adsorption of 5-aminolevulinic acid contained in a crude 5-aminolevulinic acid solution by a cation exchange resin and its subsequent desorption with an aqueous solution containing ammonium ion, a high purity 5-aminolevulinic acid aqueous solution is obtained using a change in electric conductivity or pH of the desorption liquid as the index, and chloride ion is added to the aqueous solution which is then mixed with an organic solvent.02-05-2009
20100035754AGENT FOR IMPROVING ALKALI RESISTANCE OF PLANT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING ALKALI RESISTANCE OF PLANT - The present invention is directed to an agent for improving alkali tolerance of a plant and to a method for improving alkali tolerance of a plant through application of the agent to the plant.02-11-2010
20100105948HOP ALPHA ACID OR HOP OIL CONTENT ENHANCER - To provide a hop alpha acid or hop oil content enhancer, which increases the content of a hop alpha acid or a hop oil.04-29-2010
20100120916THERAPEUTIC AGENT AND DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION BRAIN DISEASES - To provide a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent for mitochondrial dysfunction brain diseases including cerebral infarction as a representative.05-13-2010
20100173780POLYPHENOL-CONTENT-INCREASING AGENT FOR PLANT - To provide a polyphenol-content-increasing agent which increases the content of polyphenol in a plant. A polyphenol-content-increasing agent for plant, containing, as an active ingredient, a 5-aminolevulinic acid or a derivative thereof represented by the following formula (1):07-08-2010
20110065787THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR MALE STERILITY - The present invention is intended to provide an agent for treating male infertility which is highly effective to male infertility, and having few side effects. To achieve the object, an agent for treating male infertility comprising δ-amino levulinic acid shown by general formula (1), its derivative or salt thereof:03-17-2011
20110244110HOP ALPHA ACID OR HOP OIL CONTENT ENHANCER - A hop alpha acid or hop oil content enhancer, which contains 5-aminolevulinic acid, or a derivative thereof represented by the following formula (1), or a salt thereof as an active ingredient:10-06-2011
201201722275-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID SALT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND USE THEREOF - A 5-aminolevulinic acid salt which is useful in fields of microorganisms, fermentation, animals, medicaments, plants and the like; a process for producing the same; a medical composition comprising the same; and a plant activator composition comprising the same.07-05-2012
20130011337THERAPEUTIC AGENT AND DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION BRAIN DISEASES - To provide a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent for mitochondrial dysfunction brain diseases including cerebral infarction as a representative.01-10-2013
20130095520METHOD FOR DETECTION OF UROTHELIAL CANCER - It is to provide a method for detecting urothelial cancer simply and with high accuracy. It is a method for detecting urothelial cancer comprising administering 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a derivative thereof, or a salt of these to a test subject, collecting urine from the test subject, and detecting the presence of fluorescence or amount of fluorescence in the collected urine.04-18-2013
20130108710Antimalarial Drug Which Contains 5-Aminolevulinic Acid or Derivative Thereof as Active Ingredient05-02-2013
20130158293CANCER HEAT THERAPY-ENHANCING AGENT - Provided is an enhancer for cancer thermotherapy not combined with photodynamic therapy. Cancer treatment not combined with photodynamic therapy is made available by using, as an enhancer for cancer thermotherapy, 5-aminolevulinic acids represented by formula (1):06-20-2013
20130217913Antimalarial Drug Comprising Alaremycin or Derivative Thereof as Active Ingredient - Provided is a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for malaria, comprising, as an active ingredient, 5-acetamido-4-oxo-5-hexenoic acid (Alaremycin) or a derivative thereof. A preventive and/or therapeutic agent for malaria is used which comprises, as an active ingredient, Alaremycin or a derivative thereof represented by formula (I) (wherein R08-22-2013
20140219590RADIAL FOIL BEARING - This relates to a radial foil bearing (08-07-2014
20140256806PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE - A method for ameliorating and/or preventing chronic kidney disease includes administering to a subject in need thereof an agent containing 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. Preferably, these ALAs contain a metal-containing compound, such as sodium ferrous citrate. The above-mentioned ALAs, ALA; various esters, such as ALA methylester, ALA ethylester, ALA propylester, ALA butylester, and ALA pentylester; and hydrochlorides, phosphates, and sulfates, and the like of these ALA esters are preferred examples.09-11-2014
20140288172ERYTHROPOIETIN PRODUCTION-PROMOTING AGENT - A therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for renal anemia comprising ALAs and an erythropoietin production promoter comprising ALAs.09-25-2014
20140288173ANEMIA OF CANCER IMPROVING/PROPHYLACTIC AGENT - A method for ameliorating and/or preventing cancerous anemia includes administering to a subject in need thereof an agent containing 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof. Preferably, these ALAs contain a metal-containing compound, such as sodium ferrous citrate. The above-mentioned ALAs, ALA; various esters such as ALA methylester, ALA ethylester, ALA propylester, ALA butylester, and ALA pentylester; and hydrochlorides, phosphates, and sulfates, and the like of these ALA esters are preferred examples.09-25-2014
20140302173TREATMENT AGENT AND/OR PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR SIDE EFFECTS OF CANCER DRUGS - A method for treating side effects of anticancer agent includes administering to a subject in need thereof a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent containing a therapeutically effective amount of a compound shown by the following Formula (1):10-09-2014
20140343140Agent for Preventing and/or Treating Veisalgia - [Problem] To provide an agent for preventing and/or treating veisalgia. [Solution] Provided is an agent for preventing and/or treating veisalgia, the agent including an ALA (5-aminolevulinic acid).11-20-2014
20150038837DEVICE FOR DETERMINING METASTASIS OF CANCER TO SENTINEL LYMPH NODE - Provided is a device capable of determining whether or not cancer has metastasized to a sentinel lymph node, such as the axillary lymph node, thickly covered with fat, safely and in a simple manner without confirmation by biopsy or extirpation. Fluorescence generated in a sentinel lymph node upon the excitation of protoporphyrin (a photosensitizing substance) derived from 5-ALA administered to a subject can be detected by passing a hollow tube, into which a small-diameter optical fiber for launching light and the small-diameter optical fiber for receiving light are inserted, through the lymph vessel to identify the presence or absence of the metastasis of cancer cells even before the surgery of cancer or during prognosis.02-05-2015

Patent applications by Tohru Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Tomoyuki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090291713WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, PROCESSOR THEREOF, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - Object of the invention is to provide a wireless communication terminal having power saving control function that does not affect performance during high-speed communication. The wireless communication terminal comprises a processor that has a power saving control function for reducing the operating clock under a predetermined condition; and a wireless communication unit capable of carrying out communication at a high or low data communication rate wherein, when communication is carried out at the high data communication rate such as HSDPA, the power saving control function of the processor is turned off and the switching of the operating clock to the low clock is prohibited.11-26-2009

Toshiharu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090300904Assembling Object/Component Mounting Pallet and Assembling Equipment - A carrier pallet 12-10-2009
20100057344NAVIGATION DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD OF NAVIGATION DEVICE, PROGRAM OF DISPLAY METHOD OF NAGIVATION DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM OF DISPLAY METHOD OF NAVIGATION DEVICE - There is provided a navigation device having a current location detection unit for detecting a current location, a current location correction unit for correcting the current location detected by the current location detection unit using map matching and a display unit for displaying a map, switches an operation mode between a normal mode, which is an operation mode based on in-vehicle use, and a pedestrian mode, which is an operation mode based on use when moving on foot, displays the map of the current location by the display unit by arranging a mark indicating the current location based on the current location corrected by the current location correction unit in the normal mode, and displays the map of the current location by the display unit by arranging the mark indicating the current location based on the current location detected by the current location detection unit in the pedestrian mode.03-04-2010

Patent applications by Toshiharu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yasuaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100168908TRANSPORT METHOD AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - Provided is a transport method comprising judging whether there is a possibility that misalignment greater than or equal to a threshold value occurs between substrates to be layered that are held by a pair of substrate holders aligned and stacked by an aligning section, the misalignment occurring when the pair of substrate holders is transported from the aligning section to a pressure applying section; and if the judgment indicates that there is the possibility of misalignment, transporting the pair of substrate holders to a region other than the pressure applying section. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on acceleration of the substrate holders. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on acceleration of a transporting section that transports the substrate holders. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on relative positions of the substrate holders. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on relative positions of (i) a transporting section that transports the pair of substrate holders and (ii) one of the pair of substrate holders.07-01-2010
20100231928ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, SUBSTRATES STACKING APPARATUS, STACKED SUBSTRATES MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND ALIGNMENT METHOD - The throughput of the alignment in an alignment apparatus is improved. There is provided an alignment apparatus for aligning a substrate having an alignment mark, including a first aligner that aligns the substrate to a first reference position, a second aligner that aligns a substrate holder to a second reference position before the substrate holder holds the substrate, and a position detector that detects a position of the alignment mark of the substrate after the substrate holder holds the substrate.09-16-2010
20140024758COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING SILOXANE RESIN01-23-2014
20150071812STEEL MATERIAL - A steel material having a chemical composition of, by mass %, C: greater than 0.05% to 0.2%, Mn: 1% to 3%, Si: greater than 0.5% to 1.8%, Al: 0.01% to 0.5%, N: 0.001% to 0.015%, Ti or a sum of V and Ti: greater than 0.1% to 0.25%, Ti: 0.001% or more, Cr: 0% to 0.25%, Mo: 0% to 0.35%, and a balance: Fe and impurities, includes a steel structure being a multi-phase structure having a main phase made of ferrite of 50 area % or more, and a second phase containing one or two or more selected from a group consisting of bainite, martensite and austenite, in which an average nanohardness of the above-described second phase is less than 6.0 GPa, and when a boundary where a misorientation of crystals becomes 2° or more is defined as a grain boundary, and a region surrounded with the grain boundary is defined as a crystal grain, an average grain diameter of all crystal grains in the above-described main phase and the above-described second phase is 3 μm or less, and a proportion of a length of small-angle grain boundaries where the misorientation is 2° to less than 15° in a length of all grain boundaries is 15% or more.03-12-2015
20150075680STEEL SHEET SUITABLE FOR IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A steel sheet suitable as a starting material for a vehicle impact absorbing member with high absorption of impact energy and resistance to cracking contains, by mass %, C: 0.08-0.30%, Mn: 1.5-3.5%; Si+Al: 0.50-3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: at most 0.010%, and N: at most 0.010%, and optionally, one or more types selected from Cr: at most 0.5%, Mo: at most 0.5%, B: at most 0.010%, Ti: less than 0.04%, Nb: less than 0.030%, V: less than 0.5%, Ca: at most 0.010%, Mg: at most 0.010%, REM: at most 0.050%, and Bi: at most 0.050%. The microstructure contains, by area %, bainite: more than 50%, martensite: 3-30%, and retained austenite: 3-15%, the remainder comprising ferrite having an average grain diameter of less than 5 mm. The product of uniform elongation and hole expansion ratio is at least 300%03-19-2015

Patent applications by Yasuaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yasuhiko Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100192788MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A motor drive control device including a power supply converter that is connected to an alternating-current power supply, a voltage detector that detects a direct-current voltage of the power supply converter, an inverter that is connected to a motor, and an energy storage device that is connected to a direct-current bus that connects the power supply converter and the inverter. The motor drive control device includes: a power-running operation start voltage setting section that sets a power-running operation start voltage of the power supply converter; a power-running operation start control section that causes the power supply converter to start a power-running operation when the direct-current voltage of the power supply converter has reached the power-running operation start voltage set by the power-running operation start voltage setting section; a power-running operation stop voltage setting section that sets a power-running operation stop voltage of the power supply converter; and a power-running operation stop control section that causes the power supply converter to stop the power-running operation when the direct-current voltage of the power supply converter has reached the power-running operation stop voltage set by the power-running operation stop voltage setting section.08-05-2010
20100212785HIGH-STRENGTH LOW-ALLOY STEEL EXCELLENT IN HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide at a low cost a low-alloy steel having a high strength and excellent high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics under a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The invention is a high-strength low-alloy steel excellent in high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics, which is characterized in that the steel has a composition comprising C: 0.10 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.20%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cu: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.10 to 1.00%, V: 0.01 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.005% and N: 0.01% or less, by mass, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.08-26-2010
20110067787HIGH-STRENGTH LOW-ALLOY STEEL EXCELLENT IN HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide at a low cost a low-alloy steel having a high strength and excellent high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics under a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The invention is a high-strength low-alloy steel having high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics, which has a composition comprising C: 0.10 to 0.20% by mass, Si: 0.10 to 0.40% by mass, Mn: 0.50 to 1.20% by mass, Ni: 0.75 to 1.75% by mass, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80% by mass, Cu: 0.10 to 0.50% by mass, Mo: 0.10 to 1.00% by mass, V: 0.01 to 0.10% by mass, B: 0.0005 to 0.005% by mass and N: 0.01% by mass or less, and further comprising one or two of Nb: 0.01 to 0.10% by mass and Ti: 0.005 to 0.050% by mass, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.03-24-2011
20110167921METHOD OF DETERMINING FATIGUE OF PRESSURE-RESISTANT COMPONENT FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN - A method of determining fatigue of a pressure-resistant component for high-pressure hydrogen made of a ferritic steel and provided in a high-pressure hydrogen gas environment is provided wherein when the material of the ferritic steel in the air has an ultimate tensile strength Su in the range of 958-1,144 MPa and the hydrogen gas environment has a pressure in a range to 45 MPa, then a fatigue strength in a gaseous hydrogen S07-14-2011

Yasumasa Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110147415POUR SPOUT MEMBER FOR PACKAGING BAG - [Problems to be Solved]: In the case of the pour spout member of prior art in which an inner stopple provided within the tubular neck must be by a handgrip attached to the inner stopple must be pulled out to open the pour spout. With such arrangement, there is a problem that not only operation of opening the pour spout is troublesome but it is sanitarily apprehended that the user's hand might come in contact with the pour spout. In the case of the pour spout member of prior art in which the sealing is broken by rotating the cap, there is anxiety that the cap might be unintentionally rotated, for example, in the course of transit.06-23-2011

Yasundo Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090012358ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope according to the present invention includes: an elongated insertion portion inserted in an examination object; an LED which is provided in a distal end portion of the insertion portion and is driven by supply of electric power; an image pickup portion which is provided in the distal end portion on a rear end side in the insertion direction than the LED, and which picks up an image of the examination object; a power supply line for power supply, a distal end in an insertion direction of which is positioned in the distal end portion on a rear end side in the insertion direction than the image pickup portion, and which is inserted in the insertion portion.01-08-2009

Yasushi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090061249Oxygen Absorbent and Oxygen-Absorbing Multi-Layer Body - [Problem] To provide an oxygen absorbent that has excellent oxygen absorbability at room temperature, has a low content of metals and is less odorous after oxygen absorption and an oxygen-absorbing multi-layer body comprising an oxygen absorbent layer comprising this oxygen absorbent.03-05-2009
20110030854HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 900 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and a composition including, on a mass basis, C: 0.1% or more and 0.3% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 5% or more and 80% or less of ferrite, 15% or more of autotempered martensite, 10% or less of bainite, 5% or less of retained austenite, and 40% or less of as-quenched martensite; the mean hardness of the autotempered martensite is HV≦700; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 μm or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×1002-10-2011
20110048589HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ultra-high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1400 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and an advantageous method for manufacturing the steel sheet and includes a composition including, on a mass basis C: 0.12% or more and 0.50% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 80% or more of autotempered martensite, less than 5% of ferrite, 10% or less of bainite, and 5% or less of retained austenite; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 μm or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×1003-03-2011
20110139316HIGH STRENGTH GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT APPEARANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent appearance that does not have non-uniformity of coating or coating defects or allow linear defects to occur after press forming includes a steel sheet having a ferrite single-phase structure and having a composition containing 0.0005% to 0.0040% by mass of C; 0.1% to 1.0% by mass of Si; 1.0% to 2.5% by mass of Mn; 0.01% to 0.20% by mass of P; 0.015% by mass of less of S; 0.01% to 0.10% by mass of Al; 0.0005% to 0.0070% by mass of N; 0.010% to 0.080% by mass of Ti; 0.0005% to 0.0020% by mass of B; 0.05% to 0.50% by mass of Cu; 0.03% to 0.50% by mass of Ni; and the balance of Fe and incidental impurities.06-16-2011
20110146852HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength steel sheet has good ductility and stretch-flangeability and has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more. The steel sheet contains 0.17%-0.73% C, 3.0% or less Si, 0.5%-3.0% Mn, 0.1% or less P, 0.07% or less S, 3.0% or less Al, and 0.010% or less N, in which Si+Al is 0.7% or more.06-23-2011
20110162762HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet having composition includes, on a percent by mass basis, C: 0.17% to 0.73%; Si: 3.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 3.0% or less; and N: 0.010% or less, satisfies Si+Al≧0.7%, and the remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities, with a microstructure that has an area percentage of a total amount of lower bainite and whole martensite 10% to 90% relative to the whole steel sheet microstructure, an amount of retained austenite is 5% to 50%, an area percentage of bainitic ferrite in upper bainite is 5% or more relative to the whole steel sheet microstructure, as-quenched martensite is 75% or less of the total amount of lower bainite and whole martensite, and an area percentage of polygonal ferrite is 10% or less relative to the whole steel sheet microstructure, an average amount of C in retained austenite is 0.70% or more, and tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.07-07-2011
20110290383HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN WELDABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength cold rolled steel sheet excellent in weldability and has a TS of 440 MPa or more includes a composition including C: 0.0005 to 0.005%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 1 to 2.5%, P: 0.01 to 0.2%, S: 0.015% or less, sol. Al: 0.05% or less, N: 0.007% or less, Ti: 0.01 to 0.1%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0020%, Cu: 0.05 to 0.5%, and Ni: 0.03 to 0.5% by mass with the balance Fe and incidental impurities; and a microstructure constituted by a ferrite single phase.12-01-2011
20120138197HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel sheet contains, on a mass percent basis, 0.03%-0.12% C, 0.5% or less Si, 0.8%-1.8% Mn, 0.030% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.005%-0.1% Al, 0.01% or less N, 0.035%-0.100% Ti, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities and has microstructures with a fraction of polygonal ferrite of 80% or more, the polygonal ferrite having an average grain size of 5 to 10 μm. The amount of Ti present in a precipitate having a size of less than 20 nm is 70% or more of the value of Ti* calculated using expression (1):06-07-2012
20130008571METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT DEEP DRAWABILITY - A high-strength steel sheet has excellent deep drawability with a tensile strength of 390 to 700 MPa and an r-value of 1.1 or more in the orientation in which the r-value is lowest. A steel slab is subjected to finish rolling by hot rolling at a finish rolling delivery temperature of 800° C. or higher, coiling at 550° C. to 720° C., and cooling to form a hot-rolled steel sheet. The hot-rolled steel sheet is pickled and cold-rolled to a rolling reduction of 50% to 85% to form a cold-rolled steel sheet. The cold-rolled steel sheet is annealed at an annealing temperature of 760° C. to 950° C. In this step, a strain of 0.1% to 2.0% is applied in the temperature range of 700° C. to the annealing temperature.01-10-2013
20130048161HIGH STRENGTH PRESS-FORMED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength press-formed member includes a steel sheet constituting the member including a composition including by mass %, C: 0.12% to 0.69%, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.07% or less, Al: 3.0% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Si+Al: at least 0.7%, and remainder as Fe and incidental impurities, wherein a microstructure of the steel sheet includes martensite, retained martensite, and bainite containing bainitic ferrite, an area ratio of said martensite with respect to the entire microstructure of the steel sheet is 10% to 85%, at least 25% of said martensite is tempered martensite, content of retained austenite is 5% to 40%, area ratio of said bainitic ferrite in said bainite with respect to the entire microstructure of the steel sheet is at least 5%, total of area ratios of said martensite, said retained austenite, and said bainitic ferrite in said bainite with respect to the entire microstructure of the steel sheet is at least 65%, and average carbon concentration in the retained austenite is at least 0.65 mass %.02-28-2013
20130087253HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet has tensile strength of at least 1470 MPa and (tensile strength×total elongation) of at least 29000 MPa·% with a composition including, by mass %, C: 0.30% to 0.73%, Si: 3.0% or less, Al: 3.0% or less, Si+Al: at least 0.7%, Cr: 0.2% to 8.0%, Mn: 10.0% or less, Cr+Mn: at least 1.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.07% or less, N: 0.010% or less, and remainder as Fe and incidental impurities; and processing the steel sheet such that microstructure satisfies area ratio of martensite with respect to the microstructure of 15% to 90%; content of retained austenite of 10% to 50%; at least 50% of the martensite is constituted of tempered martensite and area ratio of the tempered martensite with respect to the microstructure is at least 10%; and area ratio of polygonal ferrite with respect to the microstructure is 10% or less.04-11-2013
20130133786METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a high strength steel sheet includes heating a steel sheet containing at least 0.10 mass % of carbon to either a temperature in an austenite single phase region or a temperature in an (austenite+ferrite) two-phase region; cooling the steel sheet to a cooling stop temperature as a target temperature set within a cooling temperature region ranging from Ms to (Ms−150° C.) to allow a portion of non-transformed austenite to proceed to martensitic transformation; retaining a coldest part in a sheet widthwise direction of the steel sheet at a temperature in a temperature range from the cooling stop temperature as the target temperature to (the cooling stop temperature+15° C.) for 15 seconds to 100 seconds; and heating the sheet to a temperature to temper said martensite, wherein “Ms” represents martensitic transformation start temperature and said cooling temperature region is exclusive of Ms and inclusive of (Ms−150° C.).05-30-2013
20130199678HIGH STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength hot-rolled steel sheet with a tensile strength of not less than 590 MPa which exhibits excellent bake hardenability and stretch-flangeability has a chemical composition including, in terms of mass %, C at 0.040 to 0.10%, Si at not more than 0.3%, Mn at 1.7 to 2.5%, P at not more than 0.030%, S at not more than 0.005%, Al at not more than 0.1% and N at 0.006 to 0.025%, and microstructure wherein a bainite phase represents not less than 60%, the total of a ferrite phase and a pearlite phase represents not more than 10%, and the bainite phase includes grains among which cementite grains have been precipitated at not less than 1.4×1008-08-2013
20140096876HIGH STRENGTH PRESS-FORMED MEMEBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a high strength press-formed member includes preparing a steel sheet having the composition including by mass %: C: 0.12% to 0.69%, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.07% or less, Al: 3.0% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Si+Al: at least 0.7%, and remainder as Fe and incidental impurities, heating the steel sheet to a temperature of 750° C. to 1000° C. and retaining the steel sheet in that state for 5 seconds to 1000 seconds; subjecting the steel sheet to hot press-forming at a temperature of 350° C. to 900° C.; cooling the steel sheet to a temperature of 50° C. to 350° C.; heating the steel sheet to a temperature in a temperature region of 350° C. to 490° C.; and retaining the steel sheet at temperature in the temperature region for 5 seconds to 1000 seconds.04-10-2014

Patent applications by Yasushi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yoichi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100108202METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH THICK STEEL PLATE - In a method of manufacturing a high tensile strength thick steel plate, a steel slab contains 0.03-0.055% of C, 3.0-3.5% of Mn, and 0.002-0.10% of Al, the amount of Mo is limited to 0.03% or less, the amount of Si is limited to 0.09% or less, the amount of V is limited to 0.01% or less, the amount of Ti is limited to 0.003% or less, the amount of B is limited to 0.0003% or less, and of which Pcm value representing a weld cracking parameter is fallen within the range of 0.20-0.24% and DI value representing a hardenability index is fallen within the range of 1.00-2.60, is heated to 950-1100° C. The steel slab is subjected to a rolling process with a cumulative draft of 70-90% when a temperature is in a range of 850° C. or more, and then, the steel slab is subjected to a rolling process at 780° C. or higher with a cumulative draft of 10-40% when a temperature is in a range of 780-830° C., and subsequently, accelerated cooling at a cooling rate of 8-80° C./sec is started from 700° C. or higher and is stopped at a temperature between room temperature and 350° C.05-06-2010

Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100279034Thermal transfer receiving sheet and its manufacturing method - The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m11-04-2010
20110039801NK1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST COMPOSITION - An NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention uses maltooligosaccharide having an NK1 receptor antagonistic activity as an active ingredient. A suitable amount of the maltooligosaccharide to be blended in the NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention is 0.000001 to 70% by weight. The NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention is prepared for use into various forms of external agents, internal medicines, foods and beverages by blending various materials as the ingredients other than the active ingredient. The NK1 receptor antagonist composition of the present invention has high safety for being used for pharmaceuticals and has satisfactory therapeutic effects.02-17-2011
20120125919INDUCTION HARDENING APPARATUS, INDUCTION HARDENING METHOD, INDUCTION HEATING COIL, HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment, an induction heating coil includes a heating conductor portion which is formed of a conductor member and has a zigzag shape in which a bent portion opened to one side in a first direction and a bent portion opened to the other side in the first direction are alternately continuously arranged in opposite directions along a second direction crossing the first direction.05-24-2012
20140144904INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE, INDUCTION HEATING EQUIPMENT, INDUCTION HEATING METHOD, AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - An induction heating device and an induction heating method are provided. The entire areas to be heated of the workpiece, even a large workpiece, can be readily and approximately uniformly heated to a predetermined high temperature, and uniform heating is possible even when the workpiece deforms in a non-uniform manner during heating. When areas to be heated H05-29-2014
20150028023HEATING COIL, HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR ELONGATED WORKPIECE - A heating coil of a heat treatment apparatus is configured to inductively heat an elongated workpiece having a recessed lateral surface. The heating coil includes a base conductor and a projected conductor. A width of the projected conductor is narrower than a width of the base conductor. The projected conductor is arranged to project toward the recess from a position of the base conductor. The base conductor and the projected conductor are arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction of the workpiece. A heat treatment apparatus includes a cooling section and the heating coil. A heat treatment method uses the heating coil described above.01-29-2015

Patent applications by Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yoshio Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090005430Receptor Blocker and Vasodilator Comprising Indole Derivative as Active Ingredient - It is intended to find a compound that is structurally simpler than yohimbine, a pentacyclic condensed heterocyclic compound, and has an effect similar to that of yohimbine.01-01-2009

Yoshitaka Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020204AIR BLADDER FOR SAFETY TIRE AND SAFETY TIRE USING SAME - There is provided an air bladder for a safety tire 01-22-2009
20100188592METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY PANEL - A method for forming a multilayer includes a process for forming a first conductive layer on a substrate; a process for forming a first insulating layer on the first conductive layer; a process for forming a second conductive layer on the first insulating layer and patterning the deposited second conductive layer; a process for forming a second insulating layer over the substrate so as to cover the patterned the second conductive layer; a process for forming a third insulating layer on the second insulating layer, wherein an etching speed of the third insulating layer is faster than that of the second insulating layer; and a process for forming contact holes at once that expose at least a part of the first conductive layer to the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.07-29-2010

Patent applications by Yoshitaka Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yuko Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110101503HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER SYNTHESIZING METHOD, HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER, RESIST COMPOSITION, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION METHOD - A hyperbranched polymer synthesizing method employs living radical polymerization of a monomer in the presence of a metal catalyst. The method includes forming a shell portion by introducing an acid-decomposable group to a core portion formed of a hyperbranched polymer synthesized by living radical polymerization; forming an acid group by partially decomposing the acid-decomposable group by an acid catalyst; precipitating a core-shell hyperbranched polymer contained in a first solution and having the acid group, by mixing the first solution with ultrapure water; and extracting, from a mixed solution into an organic solvent by liquid-liquid extraction, the core-shell hyperbranched polymer having the acid group, wherein the mixed solution contains a second solution containing the core-shell hyperbranched polymer precipitated at the precipitating and dissolved into the organic solvent, and the ultrapure water of an amount yielding a prescribed ratio of the ultrapure water relative to the organic solvent in the second solution.05-05-2011
20110198730HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER SYNTHESIZING METHOD, HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER, RESIST COMPOSITION, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION METHOD - A method of synthesizing a hyperbranched polymer by living radical polymerization of a monomer in the presence of a metal catalyst includes at least adding a compound or setting the amount of the monomer in the living radical polymerization. The compound added is at least a compound represented by R08-18-2011

Yumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110146190HALF PRECAST SLAB AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURING HALF PRECAST SLAB - Providing a half precast slab even in a case where the thickness of the slab in the site condition is too thick to apply conventional precast construction techniques. A half precast slab including a plurality of floor concrete form members and, each floor concrete form member being provided with: a bottom slab of a long length, in response to the floor concrete form member; a pair of side walls installed upright along each longitudinal edge of the bottom slab, in response to the floor concrete form member; thereby, each floor concrete form member is arranged so as to be parallel to each other and be tightly connected to the adjacent floor concrete form member, along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of each floor concrete form member; the height of the side walls other than the side walls on the most outer edge sides of the whole floor concrete form members is set at a common height that is smaller than the height of the side walls on the most outer edge sides.06-23-2011
20110308183CONCRETE PLATFORM PRODUCTION PROCESS, CONCRETE PLATFORM, AND CONNECTING MEMBER - Provided is a process for producing a concrete platform to which an object to be supported is fixed, including: a step of forming form having a pair of concrete side walls and a concrete bottom slab that connects the pair of side walls (S12-22-2011
20130160392HALF PRECAST SLAB AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURING HALF PRECAST SLAB - Providing a half precast slab even in a case where the thickness of the slab in the site condition is too thick to apply conventional precast construction techniques. A half precast slab including a plurality of floor concrete form members and, each floor concrete form member being provided with: a bottom slab of a long length, in response to the floor concrete form member; a pair of side walls installed upright along each longitudinal edge of the bottom slab, in response to the floor concrete form member; thereby, each floor concrete form member is arranged so as to be parallel to each other and be tightly connected to the adjacent floor concrete form member, along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of each floor concrete form member; the height of the side walls other than the side walls on the most outer edge sides of the whole floor concrete form members is set at a common height that is smaller than the height of the side walls on the most outer edge sides.06-27-2013
20130306835CONCRETE PLATFORM - A concrete platform has at a top portion, a table-deck portion that has a form, a load portion formed in the form, and an attachment part. The form has a cross-sectional U-shape, and is formed by a pair of concrete side walls and a concrete bottom plate that connects the pair of concrete side walls. The form has reinforcing members provided to extend linearly in a longitudinal direction inside the concrete side walls and inside the concrete bottom plate.11-21-2013
20130312348FORM USED IN CONCRETE PLATFORM - A form used in a concrete platform is configured so that a connecting member is detachably attached so that top end parts of a concrete side walls are connected with the connecting member. The connecting member is for connecting the top end parts of the concrete side walls to form the load portion by pouring concrete into the form. The form includes reinforcement members provided to extend linearly in a longitudinal direction inside the concrete side walls and inside a concrete bottom plate. The connecting member has an elongated member that is formed to have substantially same length as a width of a gap between the pair of concrete side walls of the form, and an adjusting part that enables an attachment part to move along a top surface of a table-deck portion.11-28-2013

Yusuke Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110006383THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A plurality of three-dimensional structure configuring devices, each including an elastic body in which micro three-dimensional structure elements fixed to a substrate member are placed so as to be covered therewith and which is fixed to the substrate member, are placed within a film-like elastic body with the substrate members thereof spaced apart from one another so as to configure a three-dimensional structure. Thereby, the plurality of three-dimensional structure configuring devices can be placed with desired intervals of arrangement and in desired positions within the film-like elastic body and so that various specifications can be addressed.01-13-2011
20110117034ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBER WATER-DISPERSED COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an ultraviolet absorber water-dispersed composition, comprising the following components (A) and (B); 05-19-2011
20130205049SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A signal processing device includes: signal processing circuits. The signal processing circuit includes an input/output circuit configured by an input circuit serving as an input interface of a signal of a predetermined frequency band and/or an output circuit serving as an output interface of a signal of the frequency band and performs transmission of a signal of the frequency band between the signal processing circuit and another signal processing circuit. The output circuits of one and another signal processing circuits include circuits having the same configuration. The input circuits of the one and another signal processing circuits include other circuits having the same configurations. The input/output circuits of the one and another signal processing circuits can perform transmission of a signal of the predetermined frequency band even when any one of transmission media having mutually different characteristics is mediated.08-08-2013
20130289187RESIN COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATION AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT DEVICE - A resin composition for encapsulation according to the present invention includes: a phenol resin-based curing agent (A) essentially containing a polymer component (A-1) in which a biphenylene group-containing structural unit bonds a monovalent hydroxyphenylene structural unit and a polyvalent hydroxyphenylene structural unit together and a polymer component (A-2) in which the biphenylene group-containing structural unit bonds the polyvalent hydroxyphenylene structural units together; an epoxy resin (B); and an inorganic filler (C). This makes it possible to economically obtain a resin composition for encapsulation having soldering resistance, flame resistance, continuous moldability, flowability and high temperature storage stability in an excellent balanced manner, and an electronic component device produced by encapsulating an element with a cured product thereof and having high reliability.10-31-2013
20140013914SURFACE-COATED CUTTING TOOL - A surface-coated cutting tool having excellent fracture resistance and wear resistance is provided. In the surface-coated cutting tool having at least a hard coating layer made of an (Al, Cr)N layer with a layer thickness of 0.5 μm to 10 μm formed to coat on the surface of a cutting tool body made of a WC cemented carbide, pores and droplets are dispersed and distributed in the (Al, Cr)N layer, the occupied area ratio of the pores and the occupied area ratio of the droplets in a cross-section of the (Al, Cr)N layer are 0.5 to 1 area % and 2 to 4 area % respectively, and, furthermore, out of the droplets, Al-rich droplets having a higher Al content ratio than the average Al content ratio of the (Al, Cr)N layer occupy 20 area % or more of the total droplet area.01-16-2014
20140372207PROFIT INDEX VALUE GENERATION SYSTEM AND PROFIT INDEX VALUE GENERATION METHOD - A profit index value generation system includes a profit index value calculating unit. The profit index value calculating unit calculates a profit index value related to a link destination web page in accordance with (i) a selection probability value that indicates a probability of selection of link information, the link information being posted on a link source web page displayed on a display screen of a terminal and being linked to the link destination web page on which advertisement information is posted, and (ii) an expected profit value that indicates an amount of profit which is expected to be generated as a result of the advertisement information being displayed on the display screen together with the link destination web page.12-18-2014
20140372212RELEVANCE INDEX CORRECTION APPARATUS AND RELEVANCE INDEX CORRECTION METHOD - A relevance index correction apparatus includes an attribute information obtainer, a relevance index generator, and a specific relevance index calculator. The attribute information obtainer obtains, in response to selection of a specific piece of advertisement information that is to be posted on a web page, attribute information related to the specific piece of advertisement information. The relevance index generator generates an apparent relevance index and a mean relevance index. The apparent relevance index indicates an apparent degree of relevance of the attribute information with respect to the specific piece of advertisement information. The mean relevance index indicates a mean degree of relevance of the attribute information with respect to all of a plurality of pieces of advertisement information. The specific relevance index calculator calculates a specific relevance index that indicates a true degree of relevance of the attribute information with respect to the specific piece of advertisement information.12-18-2014
20150030401SURFACE COATING CUTTING TOOL - A surface-coated cutting tool with a body and hard coating layer is provided. (a) The hard coating layer is made of a complex nitride layer of Al and Cr. (b) The hard coating layer deposited on a region from a cutting edge to a location 100 μm from the cutting edge toward an opposite side thereof has a granular crystal structure. The average grain size of granular crystals on a surface of the hard coating layer on the region is 0.2-0.5 μm. The average grain size of granular crystals at an interface between the cutting tool body and the hard coating layer on the region is smaller than the average grain size on the surface the hard coating layer in an extent of 0.02-0.1 μm. The crystal grain size length ratio of crystal grains whose size is 0.15-20% or less.01-29-2015
20150054180RESIN COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a resin composition for encapsulating electronic components that contains a phenol resin curing agent and an epoxy resin, in which either the phenol resin curing agent or the epoxy resin has a biphenyl structure; a resin composition for encapsulating electronic components that contains a phenol resin curing agent and an epoxy resin, in which a glass transition temperature of a cured material is equal to or higher than 200° C., and a weight reduction rate of the cured material is equal to or lower than 0.3%; and an electronic device that includes an electronic component encapsulated with the resin composition.02-26-2015

Patent applications by Yusuke Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yutaka Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090268499SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes first and second driving transistors; first and second load transistors; and first and second transmission transistors. Their respective drain diffusion layers of the transistors are isolated from one another. The semiconductor memory device also includes a bit cell in which the first and second driving transistors, the first and second load transistors, and the first and second transmission transistors are arranged; a first wiring for connecting their respective drains of the first driving transistor, the first load transistor, and the first transmission transistor; and a second wiring for connecting their respective drains of the second driving transistor, the second load transistor, and the second transmission transistor.10-29-2009
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