Yokota

Akihiro Yokota, Nirasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110214814	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHOWER HEAD - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including: a shower head installed within a processing chamber for processing a substrate and facing a mounting table for mounting the substrate; a multiple number of gas exhaust holes formed through the shower head to be extended from a facing surface of the shower head to an opposite surface to the facing surface; a multiple number of openable and closable trigger holes formed through the shower head to be extended from the facing surface of the shower head to the opposite surface, and configured to allow plasma leakage from the facing surface to the opposite surface; and a partition wall installed in a gas exhaust space provided on the side of the opposite surface of the shower head to divide the gas exhaust space into a multiple number of regions, each region communicating with one or more trigger holes.	09-08-2011

Akinori Yokota, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120070185	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in a state that a cartridge is mounted to a mounting portion of a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a first opening, provided in the main assembly, for permitting the cartridge to pass into the main assembly to mount the cartridge; an door provided in the main assembly and movable between a closing position and an open position; a second opening, provided in the main assembly, for permitting the recording material to pass into the main assembly to supply the recording material; a light blocking member provided in the main assembly to suppress impingement of at least a part of external light having entered through the second opening onto an photosensitive drum, wherein the light blocking member functions to guide the cartridge toward the mounting portion through the first opening which is open by movement of the door to the open position.	03-22-2012

Akio Yokota, Takahama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130028001	POWER CONVERTER - The power converter includes a power conversion section which configures a circuit for power conversion, a power bus bar extending from the power conversion section, a terminal block, and a current sensor measuring current flowing in the power bus bar. The terminal block includes a mounting surface to which a terminal portion of the power bus bar is mounted. The mounting surface faces a direction substantially perpendicular to an arrangement direction in which the power conversion section and the terminal block are arranged. The current sensor is located at a side of a bottom surface on the opposite side of the mounting surface in the terminal block. The power bus bar includes: a sensor-surrounded portion surrounded by the current sensor; and an outer surface faced portion located between the sensor-surrounded portion and the terminal portion along an outer surface on the opposite side of the power conversion section.	01-31-2013

Chika Yokota, Stockholm SE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110231942	TIKI1 AND TIKI2, WNT INHIBITORS - This invention relates to Tiki1 and Tiki2 proteins and nucleic acids, cells expressing the same, and methods for identifying compounds that modulate Tiki1/2 activity for use in the treatment of osteoporosis or cellular proliferative disorders.	09-22-2011
20130101582	Tiki1 and Tiki2, Wnt Inhibitors - This invention relates to Tiki1 and Tiki2 proteins and nucleic acids, cells expressing the same, and methods for identifying compounds that modulate Tiki1/2 activity for use in the treatment of osteoporosis or cellular proliferative disorders.	04-25-2013

Fumihiko Yokota, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120201141	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a relaying apparatus, a label information controller generates and transmits label information including at least one of communication medium information on communication media for use in communication with other apparatuses and communication cost information on communication costs that are generated when communication is performed via the relaying apparatus. In a communication apparatus, a route controller receives the label information, creates a list of routes for use in communication with a communication counterpart, and detects a communication route through which communication is to be performed from the list. The route controller creates a list of all routes including, out of relaying apparatuses, relaying apparatuses which enable communication with a counterpart apparatus using a communication medium which the communication apparatus has, and based on the communication cost information included in the label information, detects a communication route which is lowest in communication costs from the list.	08-09-2012

Hidaka Yokota, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130183759	METHOD OF EFFICIENTLY ESTABLISHING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS - The present invention provides a method of improving the efficiency of establishment of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by inhibiting p38 function in the step of somatic cell nuclear reprogramming. The p38 function can be inhibited by bringing an inhibitor selected from the group consisting of (1) a chemical inhibitor of p38 (2) a dominant negative mutant of p38 or a nucleic acid that encodes the same, (3) a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of siRNAs and shRNAs targeted to p38 and DNAs that encode the same and (4) an inhibitor of p38 pathway into contact with a somatic cell and the like. The present invention also provides an agent for improving the efficiency of establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells, which contains an inhibitor of p38 function, particularly an inhibitor selected from the group consisting of (1) a chemical inhibitor of p38 (2) a dominant negative mutant of p38 or a nucleic acid that encodes the same, (3) a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of siRNAs and shRNAs targeted to p38 and DNAs that encode the same and (4) an inhibitor of p38 pathway. Moreover, the present invention provides a production method of iPS cells, which includes bringing a nuclear reprogramming substance and an inhibitor of p38 function into contact with a somatic cell.	07-18-2013

Hideki Yokota, Takasaki-Shi, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110203836	PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Disclosed is a printed wiring board offering improved reliability through increased mechanical strength at the bottom of cavity areas for mounting components. A printed wiring board	08-25-2011

Hideki Yokota, Takasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130200977	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TO BE EMBEDDED IN SUBSTRATE AND COMPONENT-EMBEDDED SUBSTRATE - An electronic component to be embedded in a substrate is configured so that planar coils protected by insulators are sandwiched be a pair of magnetic layers. Ports, or openings or absent parts are provided at predetermined positions of one or both of the magnetic layers, and the predetermined positions correspond to the positions opposite to terminal electrodes of the planar coils. Accordingly, a contribution to reduction of the size and weight of electronic equipment can be made.	08-08-2013

Hideyuki Yokota, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120305472	POROUS HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR TREATMENT OF PROTEIN-CONTAINING LIQUID - An object of the present invention is to provide a porous hollow fiber membrane for the treatment of a protein-containing liquid where the substances to be removed such as small-sized virus contained in a solution can be efficiently separated and removed and, at the same time, useful substances to be recovered such as protein can be efficiently permeated and the decrease in the permeation characteristics thereof with elapse of time is small. The porous hollow fiber membrane for the treatment of a protein-containing liquid of the present invention is characterized in that the membrane comprises a hydrophobic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer, its permeability for pure water is 10 to 300 L/(h·m	12-06-2012

Hirohisa Yokota, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130093279	ROTOR OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - Provided is a rotor of a rotary electric machine comprising: a shaft which is a rotary shaft; a laminated core which has a permanent magnet embedded therein and is press-fitted to the shaft; a first member which is a magnetic member and is press-fitted to the shaft so as to hold an end portion of the laminated core; a second member which is a nonmagnetic member and is provided between the end portion of the laminated core and the first member so as to hold an end portion, with respect to the axial direction of the shaft, of the permanent magnet; and at least one of a first gap between the first member and the second member, and a second gap between the laminated core and the second member.	04-18-2013

Hiromi Yokota, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110224112	SLIDING PART MADE OF Pb-FREE Cu-Bi BASED SINTERED ALLOY - Sliding parts are made of Pb-free Cu-Bi based sintered material. The side in contact with a shaft is machined to a predetermined roughness. A number of Bi phases are present on the finished surface. Stable performance of Bi is to be exhibited. Machined sintered material covers a portion of the Bi phases. The ratio of the exposed surface area of the Bi phases is 0.5% or more relative to the area of the finished surface.	09-15-2011
20120096988	LEAD-FREE COPPER-BASED SINTERED SLIDING MATERIAL AND SLIDING PARTS - The present invention relates to sliding material provided by sintering a lead-free copper or copper alloy and contains at least one mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, mica, kaolinite mineral and montmorillonite mineral. Pb has conventionally been included in sliding materials for the purpose of obtaining conformability and seizure resistance. Despite the absence of Pb, the Pb-free copper-based sliding material and sliding parts according to the present invention have improved sliding properties.	04-26-2012
20120251375	PB-FREE COPPER-ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL, AND PLAIN BEARING - A method of producing a Pb-free copper-alloy sliding material containing 1.0 to 15.0% of Sn, 0.5 to 15.0% of Bi and 0.05 to 5.0% of Ag, and Ag and Bi from an Ag—Bi eutectic. If necessary, at least one of 0.1 to 5.0% of Ni, 0.02 to 0.2% P, 0.5 to 30.0% of Zn, and 1.0 to 10.0 mass % of at least one of a group consisting of Fe	10-04-2012
20120294750	PB-FREE COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL - When a Cu—Sn—Bi had-particle based sliding material is used for sliding, Cu of Cu matrix flows and covers up Bi phase. Seizure resistance lowers as time passes. A Pb-free sliding material preventing the reduction of seizure resistance is provided. (1) Composition: from 1 to 15% of Sn, from 1 to 15% of Bi, from 0.02 to 0.2% of P, and from 1 to 10% of hard particles having an average diameter of from 50 to 70 μm, with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. (2) Structure: Bi phase and the hard particles are dispersed in the copper matrix, and all of said hard particles are bonded to the copper matrix.	11-22-2012

Hiroyuki Yokota, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110188192	ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - An on-vehicle display device includes: an image display unit	08-04-2011

Hitoshi Yokota, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130024148	Electromagnetic Wave Source Survey Method, Electromagnetic Wave Source Survey Program, and Electromagnetic Wave Source Survey Device - There is provided a technique in which a direction of current to be an electromagnetic wave source is precisely measured in a short time. An electromagnetic wave source survey method according to the present invention measures an absolute value of induced voltages by using three or more odd number of antennas whose arrangement angles seen from the reference position on a same plane are different from one another, and a vectorial angle of the current is calculated by using the arrangement angle of each antenna and the induced voltages (see FIG.	01-24-2013

Junichi Yokota, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130221771	HYBRID EXCITATION ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A hybrid excitation machine comprising a rotor having first and second rotor cores with a gap between in an axial direction, wherein first magnetic poles excited by a permanent magnet and second magnetic poles not excited by the permanent magnet are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction in each rotor core. The first magnetic poles of the first and second rotor cores have different polarities, and the first magnetic poles of one rotor, core face the second magnetic poles of the other rotor core in the axial direction. A stator generating a magnetic field rotating the motor is placed radially outward of the rotor and an exciting coil exciting the second magnetic poles is placed in the gap, wherein the stator has, in the axial direction, first stator cores on both sides and a second stator core having lower magnetic resistance than the first stator core, in a center.	08-29-2013
20130221788	HYBRID EXCITATION ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A hybrid excitation machine comprising a rotor having first and second rotor cores with an axial gap between; a stator placed radially outward of the rotor; and an exciting coil fixed to the stator placed in an air gap between the stator and rotor to protrude radially inward from the stator. In an axial direction, an axial end of a radially outer end of the first rotor core located on the second rotor core side and the second rotor core are positioned on opposite sides of an axial end of the exciting coil located on the first rotor core side, and an axial end of a radially outer end of the second rotor core located on the first rotor core side and the first rotor core are positioned on opposite sides of the axial end of the exciting coil located on the second rotor core side.	08-29-2013
20140368077	HYBRID EXCITATION ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A hybrid excitation rotating electrical machine configured with a rotor having a shaft extended on at least one side in an axial direction, and first and second cores that are separated in the axial direction with a gap between the cores. First magnetic poles that are excited by a permanent magnet and second magnetic poles that are not excited by the permanent magnet are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction in each of the first and second cores. The first magnetic poles of the first core have a different polarity from that of the first magnetic poles of the second core, and the first magnetic poles of one of the first and second cores are placed so as to face the second magnetic poles of the other of the first and second cores in the axial direction with the gap between the magnetic poles.	12-18-2014

Junji Yokota, Chiryu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120267413	CONNECTING ROD BREAKING METHOD - A notch is formed in an inner circumference of a bolt hole formed on each side of a large end of the connecting rod such that the notch extends continuously along the inner circumference. By radially propagating progress of breakage from the notch as a starting point, a connecting rod is broken into a rod portion and a cap portion. In this case, since no confluence of breakage propagation exists, the connecting rod can be broken without generating any breaking surface step.	10-25-2012

Jyunji Yokota, Chiryu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110303169	FLOW RATE CONTROL VALVE - A flow rate control valve includes a housing having an accommodation chamber in communication with oil passages, and a spool accommodated in the accommodation chamber movably in a reciprocating manner. The housing includes a bolt for fastening a movable member of a variable valve timing mechanism, and a sleeve inserted in an insertion portion provided in the bolt and having the accommodation chamber. The bolt is provided with a port through which the oil passages communicate with the insertion portion. The sleeve is provided with a through hole penetrating the sleeve. Furthermore, an annular protrusion and a recess are provided as a phase adjustment portion that adjusts a phase of rotation of the sleeve with respect to the bolt to a phase in which the port coincides in position with the through hole and holds the phase of rotation of the sleeve with respect to the bolt equal thereto.	12-15-2011

Katsuhiko Yokota, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130171420	INTEGRAL EXTRUSION-MOLDED ITEM AND CONSTRUCTIONAL MEMBER	07-04-2013

Kazuhiko Yokota, Shanghai CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120302438	COMPLEX OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST - Disclosed are a composite oxide which is capable of maintaining a large specific surface area even used in a high temperature environment, and which has excellent heat resistance and reducibility, as well as a method for producing the composite oxide and a catalyst for exhaust gas purification employing the composite oxide. The composite oxide contains cerium and at least one of rare earth metal elements other than cerium and including yttrium, at amass ratio of 85:15 to 99:1 in terms oxides, and further containing silicon at more than 0 parts by mass and not more than 20 parts by mass in terms of SiO	11-29-2012
20120309614	COMPLEX OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST - Disclosed are a composite oxide which is capable of maintaining a large volume of pores even used in a high temperature environment, and which has excellent heat resistance and catalytic activity, as well as a method for producing the composite oxide and a catalyst for exhaust gas purification employing the composite oxide. The composite oxide contains cerium and at least one element selected from aluminum, silicon, or rare earth metals other than cerium and including yttrium, at a mass ratio of 85:15 to 99:1 in terms oxides, and has a property of exhibiting a not less than 0.30 cm	12-06-2012
20120316059	COMPLEX OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST - Disclosed are a silicon-containing cerium composite oxide which is capable of maintaining a large specific surface area even used in a high temperature environment, and which has excellent heat resistance and reducibility, as well as a method for producing the composite oxide and a catalyst for exhaust gas purification employing the composite oxide. The composite oxide contains 2 to 20 mass-% silicon in terms of SiO	12-13-2012
20140179515	COMPLEX OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - Provided are: a complex oxide that exhibits high redox ability even at low temperatures, has excellent heat resistance, and stably retains these characteristics even on repeated oxidation and reduction at high temperature; a method for producing the same; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst. The inventive complex oxide contains more than 0 but no more than 20 parts by mass of Si, calculated as SiO	06-26-2014
20140187415	COMPLEX OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - Provided are: a complex oxide that exhibits high redox ability even at low temperatures, has excellent heat resistance, and stably retains these characteristics even on repeated oxidation and reduction at high temperature; a method for producing the same; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst. The inventive complex oxide contains Ce; rare earth metal element other than Ce, including Y; Al and/or Zr; and Si; such that the Ce, and said other elements other than Ce and Si, are present in a mass ratio of 85:15-99:1, calculated as oxides; and has a characteristic such that when it is subjected to temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) measurement in a 10% hydrogen-90% argon atmosphere at from 50° C. to 900° C. with the temperature increasing at a rate of 10° C./min, followed by oxidation treatment at 500° C. for 0.5 hours, and then temperature-programmed reduction measurement is performed again, its calculated reduction rate at and below 400° C. is at least 2.0%.	07-03-2014

Kazumi Yokota, Mishima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120002200	Spectrometer - A spectrometer has a motor, a reduction means for employing a wave gear device to reduce the rotation of the motor, a wavelength dispersion device for being driven by rotation that was reduced by the reduction means, and a control means for controlling the operation of the motor. When changing the wavelength of light that is extracted from the spectrometer, the control means controls the motor so that an input shaft of the wave gear device is rotated by 180° or more before the input shaft is positioned at an angular position that corresponds to the target wavelength.	01-05-2012

Kazuya Yokota, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090088958	METHOD OF STARTING SPARK IGNITION ENGINE WITHOUT USING STARTER MOTOR - There is provided a method for starting a spark ignition engine having multiple cylinders. The method may comprise supplying air and fuel for restart into a first cylinder before said engine completely stops, and igniting the mixture of said air and said fuel in said first cylinder in response to an engine restart request, wherein said first cylinder is on an expansion stroke when said engine stops. The method may also include, after said piston in said first cylinder starts moving, injecting fuel into a second cylinder that is on a compression stroke when said engine stops, on a compression stroke where a piston of said second cylinder is moving in a direction opposite to an operative direction of said piston in said first cylinder.	04-02-2009
20140222275	HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SETTING SPECIFICATIONS OF ENGINE AND MOTOR/GENERATOR IN HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle (	08-07-2014

Kazuyoshi Yokota, Shimonoseki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120135059	PREPARATION FOR ORAL CAVITY - Object of the present invention is to provide a preparation for oral cavity that is appropriately usable as a prophylactic agent for dental caries, a therapeutic agent for dental caries at early stage, a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for dentinal hypersensitivity, a preparation for the lining of a dentin cavity surface, or the like, which has a superior effect of sealing the dentinal tubules, is capable of improving the acid resistance of the teeth and re-calcifying the teeth, ensures a short-time treatment with an easy operation, and has a high safety and good aesthetic properties. The object is achieved by a preparation for oral cavity such as a prophylactic agent for dental caries and/or a therapeutic agent for dental caries at early stage, a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for dentinal hypersensitivity, a preparation for the lining of a dentin cavity surface, or the like, consisting of a liquid (A), in which fluoro-alumino-silicate glass microparticles are dispersed, and an aqueous inorganic phosphoric acid solution (B).	05-31-2012

Kazuyoshi Yokota, Gamagori-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120124912	VEHICLE DOOR FRAME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A vehicle door frame includes a sash frame that forms a vehicle door frame body and a bracket joined to the sash frame, wherein the sash frame and the bracket are made to mutually overlap each other so that an edge portion of one of the sash frame and the bracket is positioned on the other of the sash frame and the bracket. The sash frame and the bracket are fixed to each other at the edge portion by welding, thereby forming a welded portion thereat. The sash frame and the bracket are fixed to each other by an adhesive injected in between opposed surfaces of the mutually overlapping portions of the sash frame and the bracket, thereby forming an adhesion portion thereat. A method of producing such a vehicle door frame is also disclosed.	05-24-2012
20120192498	VEHICLE DOOR FRAME STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING VEHICLE DOOR FRAME - A door frame, a frame body including a glass opposing portion, a design portion on one side of the glass opposing portion and a tubular portion positioned on the other side thereof, is structured as a single member continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by forming the tubular portion to have a uniform cross section and by a bending process performed on a corner portion. The design portion is covered with an exterior member including an inwardly projecting portion projecting toward the inner periphery of the door frame and folding back, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section is configured from the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member and the design portion, the tubular portion and the glass opposing portion. The width of the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member varies.	08-02-2012
20120198775	VEHICLE DOOR FRAME STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING VEHICLE DOOR FRAME - A door frame, a frame body which includes a glass opposing portion, a design portion positioned on one side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle exterior side, a tubular portion positioned on the other side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle interior side, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section surrounding the edge of the door glass, is structured as a single member which is continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by having a uniform cross section from the upper to side sash portions, and by a bending process performed on the corner portion. The width of the design portion of the frame varies at least one area along the length thereof and the design portion of the frame body is covered with an exterior member.	08-09-2012
20140157602	VEHICLE DOOR FRAME STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING VEHICLE DOOR FRAME - A door frame, a frame body which includes a glass opposing portion, a design portion positioned on one side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle exterior side, a tubular portion positioned on the other side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle interior side, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section surrounding the edge of the door glass, is structured as a single member which is continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by having a uniform cross section from the upper to side sash portions, and by a bending process performed on the corner portion. The width of the design portion of the frame varies at at least one area along the length thereof and the design portion of the frame body is covered with an exterior member.	06-12-2014
20140298727	STRUCTURE OF BEHICLE DOOR FRAME AND METHOD FOF MANUFACTURING VEHICLE DOOR FRAME - A door frame, a frame body including a glass opposing portion, a design portion on one side of the glass opposing portion and a tubular portion positioned on the other side thereof, is structured as a single member continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by forming the tubular portion to have a uniform cross section and by a bending process performed on a corner portion. The design portion is covered with an exterior member including an inwardly projecting portion projecting toward the inner periphery of the door frame and folding back, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section is configured from the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member and the design portion, the tubular portion and the glass opposing portion. The width of the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member varies.	10-09-2014

Kei Yokota, Yamagata-Mura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120306972	INJECTION MOLDING METHOD, INJECTION-MOLDED PRODUCT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL PRISM, INK TANK, RECORDING DEVICE, AND INJECTION MOLD - There is provided an injection molding method in which a molten resin, which is injected into a molding space formed between a fixed side mold including a movable insert and a movable side mold, is cooled in a state in which a surface of the molten resin comes into contact with the movable insert and thereby the surface is solidified, and internal solidification of the molten resin is completed by cooling the molten resin in a state where the molten resin and the movable insert are separated from each other by moving the movable insert before the internal solidification of the molten resin, whose surface is solidified in a state in which the surface comes into contact with the movable insert, is completed.	12-06-2012
20120308764	INJECTION MOLD, INJECTION-MOLDED PRODUCT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL PRISM, INK TANK, RECORDING DEVICE, AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - There is provided an injection mold to manufacture an injection-molded product formed of a molten resin that is injected into a molding space and is solidified. The injection mold includes an insert that forms a high quality required surface corresponding to a high quality required surface of an injection-molded product. The high quality required surface forming insert includes a first insert member corresponding to a high surface accuracy required portion in the high quality required surface, and a second insert member corresponding to a high surface accuracy not-required portion in which the surface accuracy that is required is lower than that of the high surface accuracy required portion in the high quality required surface and which has thermal conductivity lower than that of the first insert member.	12-06-2012
20150084216	INJECTION MOLD, INJECTION-MOLDED PRODUCT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL PRISM, INK TANK, RECORDING DEVICE, AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - There is provided an injection mold to manufacture an injection-molded product formed of a molten resin that is injected into a molding space and is solidified. The injection mold includes an insert that forms a high quality required surface corresponding to a high quality required surface of an injection-molded product. The high quality required surface forming insert includes a first insert member corresponding to a high surface accuracy required portion in the high quality required surface, and a second insert member corresponding to a high surface accuracy not-required portion in which the surface accuracy that is required is lower than that of the high surface accuracy required portion in the high quality required surface and which has thermal conductivity lower than that of the first insert member.	03-26-2015

Keishi Yokota, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130295499	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to a process for producing a toner for electrophotography which includes the step of fusing aggregated particles containing resin particles (A) and releasing agent particles in an aqueous mixed solution containing the aggregated particles and an anionic surfactant having a polyalkylene glycol moiety with an average molar number of addition of an alkylene oxide having 2 to 3 carbon atoms of from 5 to 100 after and/or while adjusting a pH value of the aqueous mixed solution to 2.0 to 6.0 as measured at 25° C., and a toner for electrophotography obtained by the process.	11-07-2013

Koichi Yokota, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120252502	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that conducts positioning on the basis of received signal strength indications obtained from access points, includes, a contact information detector that detects contact information between the information processing apparatus and a dielectric body, a recording module that stores a gain table including gain data corresponding to obtained contact information, a gain data correcting unit that extracts the gain data corresponding to the contact information obtained by the contact information detector from the gain table of the recording module and corrects gain by using the extracted gain data, and a positioning module that conducts the positioning by using the gain obtained by the correcting unit and the received signal strength indications.	10-04-2012
20120295635	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquirer configured to acquire information transmitted from an access point, a movement determiner configured to determine whether or not the information processing apparatus is moving, and a registration deletion determiner configured to determine, based on the acquired information and a result determined by the movement determiner, whether to register or delete information of an location of the access point.	11-22-2012
20120309336	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to receive signals, which are transmitted from a fixed station, including identification information for identifying the fixed station, measure receive signal strength indications of the received signals, and acquire position information indicating positions at which the receive signal strength indications are measured, the receive signal strength indications, and the identification information in association with each other; and a gain/attenuation rate calculating unit configured to calculate correction information including a transmission antenna gain in a specific direction from the fixed station and an attenuation rate in a propagation path, the correction information being obtained from the receive signal strength indication measured at a first distance in the specific direction from the fixed station and the receive signal strength indication measured at a second distance in the specific direction that is different from the first distance.	12-06-2012
20130122844	NOISE CANCELING CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND NOISE CANCELING CONTROL METHOD - A noise canceling control apparatus obtains information about current communication quality of a terminal, obtains a terminal state, obtains canceling parameters and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect from a holding unit configured to make an association among a terminal state, canceling parameters used when a canceling process is executed for a noise, and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect, and to record the terminal state, the canceling parameters, and the data, calculates communication quality when the canceling process is assumed to be executed for the terminal by using the obtained canceling parameters using the information about the current communication quality, and the data indicating the degree of the canceling effect, outputs canceling parameters with which the communication quality is predicted to be obtained, and executes the canceling process for the noise that occurs within the terminal by using the output canceling parameters.	05-16-2013
20130125126	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a user interface, a switching unit, and a computer. The user interface is for a user that operates a first processing unit that runs a first operating system or a second processing unit that runs a second operating system. The switching unit selectively switches between the first processing unit and the second processing unit to be associated with the user interface. The computer functions as the first processing unit. The computer functions as the second processing unit. The computer runs a first application program on the first operating system. The computer activates, on the second operating system, a second application program related to the first application program, in a state in which the first processing unit is associated with the user interface. The computer controls the switching unit upon completion of the activation of the second application program.	05-16-2013
20130191322	DISCLOSURE RANGE DETERMINATION METHOD, DISCLOSURE RANGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM - A disclosure range determination method includes accepting a disclosure range of data and metadata of the data, extracting attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range of the data accepted in the accepting based on association information associating a disclosure range of data with attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range, converting the metadata accepted in the accepting into a keyword based on association information associating a conversion rule that converts the metadata into significant information with a keyword corresponding to the conversion rule, and determining, by a computer, whether or not a user that belongs to the disclosure range accepted in the accepting qualifies for the disclosure range accepted in the accepting, based on whether or not the keyword converted in the converting is included in the attribute information extracted in the extracting.	07-25-2013
20130318392	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor that executes a process in the memory. The process includes detecting a sign of a fault of a storage device that prohibits write access to a storage area of the storage device and permits read access to the storage area during a fault, and storing a copy of data to be written to the storage device as first copy data in the memory when the sign of a fault is detected.	11-28-2013
20140032648	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROVISION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an interface unit configured to connect to a network, a storage unit configured to store data which is provided with an apparatus that is an issuer of the data request, a provision unit configured to accept a provision request for a provision of data to the apparatus that is an issuer of the data request from an information providing apparatus configured to communicate via the interface unit, and provide data stored in the storage unit to the apparatus that is the issuer of the data request, an input unit configured to accept an input operation performed by a user, and a stopping unit configured to, in a case where a predefined condition is satisfied, make the provision unit stop the provision of the data to the apparatus that is the issuer of the data request.	01-30-2014
20140081920	MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medium stores a control program for an information processing apparatus. The control program causes the information processing apparatus to execute a procedure. The procedure includes obtaining history information on a type of an operation performed to each of a plurality of files, calculating a priority for a file among the files based on the type of the operation in the history information, and selecting a file among the files based on the priority.	03-20-2014

Makoto Yokota, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120252588	TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBER - A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first rotating member arranged to be rotatable, a second rotating member arranged in a rotatable manner relative to the first rotating member, a coil spring for buffering a torsion between the first rotating member and the second rotating member by means of an elastic force, and a cushion member arranged at an inside of the coil spring and buffering the torsion between the first rotating member and the second rotating member by means of an elastic force, wherein the cushion member includes an elastic member formed in a columnar shape, and an abrasion resistant member partly covering a side surface of the elastic member and including a greater abrasion resistance than an abrasion resistance of the elastic member.	10-04-2012
20130256351	CUP HOLDER - A cup holder includes one or two supporting members that support a container inserted into a receiving portion of a holder main body, and is arranged in a circumferential direction of the holder main body. A container having the protrusion and recess pattern on a side surface can smoothly be taken out from the receiving portion with a low risk of the supporting members interfering with other members around the holder main body.	10-03-2013

Masahiro Yokota, Takatsuki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120107273	NEW PIPERAZINE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF AS A HCV POLYMERASE INHIBITOR - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula [I]	05-03-2012

Masahiro Yokota, Sakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130247964	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE - A photoelectric conversion module is disclosed. The photoelectric conversion module includes a photoelectric conversion panel and a moisture barrier plate. The photoelectric conversion panel includes first and second surfaces, a photoelectric converter between the first and second surfaces, and a conductive lead. An opening is located on the first surface. The moisture barrier plate is located on the second surface and includes first and second principal surfaces, and a through-hole extending from the first principal surface to the second principal surface. The moisture barrier plate covers the one principal surface. The through-hole does not overlap the opening. A filling member is located in a gap between the first surface and the first principal surface. The conductive lead goes through a part of the filling member, and has an end electrically coupled to the photoelectric converter and the other end coming out through the opening to the exterior.	09-26-2013

Masahiro Yokota, Fukaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110254434	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus according to the present invention has a plurality of electroconductive layers outside of an image display area. Mutually adjacent ones of the electroconductive layers are electrically connected by a resistor. The resistor has a first region, and a second region which is more separated from the image display area than the first region. The area of the second region per unit length in the direction separating from the image display area is smaller than the area of the first region.	10-20-2011
20110317096	PLANAR LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a planar lighting device includes a plurality of light sources, a light guide layer provided on a light-emission side of the light sources and configured to guide light from the light sources, and a reflective layer provided on an opposite side of the light guide layer to the light sources and through which a part of the light is transmitted. The light guide layer includes light-scattering properties for scattering light and is formed so that optical transmittance T based on the light-scattering properties is 40%≦T≦93%.	12-29-2011
20120134161	LIGHTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an lighting apparatus includes a base member, a light source configured to emit visible light, and a translucent cover including a translucent region which covers at least a front surface of the light source and emits the light emitted from the light source to the outside. The light source is provided on a front surface flat section of the base member, a luminous intensity of the light emitted from the light source has a directionality which is strong in a normal direction of the front surface flat section and becomes zero on a rear surface side. The translucent cover includes a domed shape having a maximum diameter at a position higher than a height of the position where the light source is arranged, and a transmittance of a region opposing the light source is 60% or less.	05-31-2012
20120327330	LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a light source, and a semi-transmissive reflection layer opposing the light source. The semi-transmissive reflection layer includes a pattern including transmitting portions or reflecting portions. The pattern includes a pattern formed of the transmitting portions each having a hole conformation in a region to which a high volume of light form the light source incident, and a pattern formed of the reflection portions each having a dot conformation in a region to which a low volume of light form the light source incident.	12-27-2012
20130010232	LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a radiation surface, at least one light source provided to face the radiation surface, and an optical control member provided between the radiation surface and the light source and includes optical characteristics of transmission, diffraction, diffusion, and reflection, which vary for regions in the optical control member, a distribution of each of the optical characteristics being determined by positions relative to the at least one light source. The optical control member is formed in a sheet shape which is controlled by at least one of a reflective film having a reflection factor distribution, and a reflective film having a numerical aperture distribution, and lenses.	01-10-2013
20130335966	LIGHTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lightning device includes a base member, a light source on the base member, a light guide body configured to guide at least part of light forwardly emitted from the light source. The light guide body includes an incident portion covering the front of at least the part of the light source, a bent light guide portion outwardly bent from the incident portion and configured to curvedly guide incident main light to the outside, and a light-emitting surface located on the distal end of the bent light guide portion, directly exposed to the outside of the device, and configured to emit the curvedly guided light laterally or rearwardly relative to the light source.	12-19-2013
20140043828	LIGHTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a base member, a light source on the base member, a light-transmitting cover configured to cover the light source and to emit light emitted from the light source to the outside, and a light guide body provided opposite the light source and configured to guide, to the rear of the light source, at least part of the light from the light source. The cover includes a back light-transmitting region having a plane-normal line directed rearwardly. The light guide body includes a light-incident portion facing the light source and a light guide-emitting portion curvedly extending outward from the light-incident portion, having a distal end portion extending along the back light-transmitting region and directed to the rear.	02-13-2014
20140097738	LIGHTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a light source with a directivity and a light-transmitting cover including a light-transmitting area configured to emit light from the light source to the outside. The light-transmitting cover is in a dome shape and formed of a material doped with scattered fillers dispersed in a volume thereof. The light-transmitting cover includes a vertically elongated shape with an aspect ratio higher than 0.6, and having a transmittance of 70% or less. The aspect ratio is the quotient of a height of the light-transmitting area in an optical axis thereof divided by the width of a rear-end portion of the light-transmitting area.	04-10-2014
20140098546	LIGHTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a light source, and at least one light distribution control member configured to control distribution of light from the light source. The light distribution control member includes a base member higher in refractive index than air, and two optical control layers located opposite each other with a predetermined space therebetween on either side of the base member. The two optical control layers each includes a first region and a second region formed in correlative patterns. The light distribution control member is configured to control the light distribution based on a change of an overlap between the first and second regions depending on a direction of transmitted light.	04-10-2014

Masanori Yokota, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140044499	SELF-TAPPING SCREW - [Object] To provide a self-tapping screw which is the most suitable for tightening a workpiece made of a soft material such as a resin or an aluminum alloy.	02-13-2014

Masayuki Yokota, Hiroshima-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120196185	POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to a positive electrode active substance for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which comprises particles comprising a polyanionic compound and carbon, and a lipophilic treatment agent with which the respective particles are coated, wherein the positive electrode active substance has an average particle diameter of 1 to 50 μm. The positive electrode active substance preferably has an oil absorption of not more than 20 mL/100 g. The positive electrode active substance according to the present invention exhibits a good compatibility with a resin and is excellent in packing property and dispersibility in the resin, and therefore can provide an electrode sheet in which the positive electrode active substance is filled with a high packing density.	08-02-2012

Nao Yokota, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140017489	BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE BARRIER FILM - The present invention is directed to a multilayer film having, as its main component, a hydroxy acid polymer with improved gas barrier and optional heat sealability. The oriented film of predominately hydroxy acid polymer having controlled shrink can be produced by melting and coextruding a hydroxy acid polymer with a much thinner layer of an amorphous aromatic copolyester to form a multilayer film that is quench cooled, then biaxially stretched at a process temperature above the glass transition and below the cold crystallization temperature of the hydroxy acid polymer. A heat-setting treatment with a controlled relaxation of the film above the hydroxy acid polymer glass transition temperature and below its melt temperature may be used to control shrinkage. The films thus obtained are vacuum metallized on the aromatic copolyester surface to produce environmentally friendly packaging from predominately renewable resources having improved gas barrier properties.	01-16-2014

Nao Yokota, Anpachi-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130122280	BIAXIALLY ORIENTED CAVITATED POLYLACTIC ACID FILM - A biaxially oriented laminate film including a core layer including a blend of crystalline polylactic acid polymer and a metal salt phosphorus-containing compound nucleating agent which is biaxially oriented at low transverse direction orientation temperatures to impart a degree of cavitation around the metal salt phosphorus-containing metal such that a white opaque cavitated appearance and a lower film density and improved mechanical properties are obtained. The laminate film could further have additional layers such as a heat sealable layer disposed on one side of said core layer including an amorphous polylactic acid resin and/or a polylactic acid resin-containing layer disposed on the side of the core layer opposite the heat sealable layer, a metal layer, or combinations thereof.	05-16-2013
20130344264	STRETCHABLE AND FORMABLE LIGHTER THAN AIR BALLOONS MADE FROM A BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM - Described are stretchable and formable lighter than air balloons including a high barrier lamination. The stretchable and formable balloons stretch when overinflated instead of failing. The balloons are formed from a lamination including a polyester film with a total thickness of 4 μm to 12 μm including a biaxially oriented polyester core layer and at least one amorphous copolyester skin layer. The polyester film has an Elongation % in the transverse direction (TD) or machine direction (MD) of greater than 125%.	12-26-2013

Naoki Yokota, Sennan-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110236691	METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIXING-UNIT MEMBER AND FIXING-UNIT MEMBER - A method for producing a fixing-unit member including a base, a rubber elastic layer, and a PFA layer includes a step of forming a primer layer by applying a primer containing a low-melting fluorocarbon resin to the outer circumferential surface of a rubber roller having the rubber elastic layer on the outer circumferential surface of the base; a step of sheathing the rubber roller with a thermally shrinkable tube formed by diametrically expanding a PFA tube so as to have an inner diameter more than the outer diameter of the rubber roller; a step of forming the PFA layer from the thermally shrinkable tube by heating the thermally shrinkable tube so as to be thermally shrunken and fused with the rubber roller; and a reheating step of heating the PFA layer to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the PFA contained in the PFA layer.	09-29-2011

Nobuyuki Yokota, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130010114	APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OBJECT APPROACHING VEHICLE - An apparatus for detecting an object approaching a vehicle by performing image recognition processing on an image captured by a camera that is mounted on the vehicle to cover a predetermined area around the vehicle includes a signal receiver, a selector, and a detector. The signal receiver obtains a vehicle signal indicative of an operating condition of the vehicle. The selector selects a predetermined region of the captured image, according to the vehicle signal, as an object detection region. The detector detects the object approaching the vehicle by performing the image recognition processing on only the object detection region of the captured image.	01-10-2013
20130177207	VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus displays a detection line on a display unit, with side portions of the detection line positioned on far-off spots that are farther than a spot on which a center portion of the detection line is positioned. In addition, based on the distance of the respective spots on which the portions of the detection line are positioned, the apparatus includes a parameter table that defines different parameters for a short distance portion, a middle distance portion, and a long distance portion of the detection line. The apparatus detects a moving object based on an actual-detected brightness change of a pixel along the detection line and a predefined brightness change of a pixel along the detection line that is defined by the parameter of the parameter table.	07-11-2013
20130182109	VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus detects the presence of a moving object along a vehicle periphery. The apparatus sets multiple detection lines along a horizontal axis of an image captured by a camera, and detects a brightness change of a pixel along the detection lines. With reference to the brightness change detected along the detection line and a parameter for determining whether such brightness change is caused by the moving object, the apparatus determines the presence of the moving object. In addition, the apparatus changes a determination condition for determining the moving object such that as the number of detection lines along which the brightness change is detected decreases, the harder it is to satisfy the determination condition for determining that the moving object is present.	07-18-2013

Norihiko Yokota, Gunma-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120247258	STEERING DEVICE - A steering device includes: an inner column; an outer column that includes a left-right pair of outer column half bodies having holding surface portions formed on respective inner surface sides thereof, the two holding surface portions together constituting a holding inner peripheral surface for holding an outer peripheral surface of the inner column; a pivot bracket in which hanging side portions are formed on either width direction side of a pivot upper portion; a fixing bracket provided with fixing side portions on either width direction side; and a clamping tool. Respective width direction outside surfaces of the two outer column half bodies are sandwiched between the two hanging side portions of the pivot bracket, and the two fixing side portions of the fixing bracket are connected such that the two width direction outside surfaces of the two outer column half bodies can be clamped and released by the clamping tool.	10-04-2012
20120248752	STEERING APPARATUS - A steering apparatus has a steering shaft	10-04-2012

Reona Yokota, Tsukuba City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110217512	LAMINATED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED BODY - Provided is a laminated body capable of reducing the surface roughness of the surface of a roughening-treated cured body layer, and increasing the adhesive strength between the cured body layer and a metal layer. A laminated body includes a cured body layer formed by: laminating a resin film on a substrate, forming a preliminary-cured body layer by preliminary-curing the resin film at 100° C. to 200° C., and performing a roughening treatment on the surface of the cured object layer at 55° C. to 80° C. The resin film is formed from a resin composition including an epoxy resin, a phenol curing agent, a curing accelerator, and a surface-treated substance which is a surface treated, using 0.5 to 3.5 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, on 100 parts by weight of inorganic filler with a mean particle diameter of 0.05 to 1.5 μm. The silane coupling agent has an epoxy group, an imidazole group, or an amino group.	09-08-2011

Rikio Yokota, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140011950	RESIN-TRANSFER-MOLDABLE TERMINAL-MODIFIED IMIDE OLIGOMER USING 2-PHENYL-4,4' DIAMINODIPHENYL ETHER AND HAVING EXCELLENT MOLDABILITY, MIXTURE THEREOF, VARNISH CONTAINING SAME, AND CURED RESIN THEREOF AND FIBER-REINFORCED CURED RESIN THEREOF MADE BY RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING AND HAVING EXCELLENT HEAT RESISTANCE - A novel resin-transfer-moldable terminal-modified imide oligomer having a residue of a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and represented by general formula (1), and the imide oligomer contains an oligomer where n is 0 in an amount of 10% by mole or more.	01-09-2014

Ritsuko Yokota, Okayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120299250	Method for processing rubber surface and sealing member - A method for processing a rubber surface and a sealing member treated with the method. In the first mode, a rubber surface is formed with a large number of small dimples in a regularly dotted pattern by irradiating laser beams from a laser irradiation device. In the second mode, a skin layer of the rubber surface is removed by irradiating laser beams from the laser irradiation device. In the third mode, the first mode and the third mode are combined. A sealing member comprises rubber including a seal lip part for elastically and slidably contacting a counterpart member, wherein a sliding contact surface of the seal lip part contacting the counterpart member is treated with one of the first, the second and the third modes of the method for processing a rubber surface.	11-29-2012

Ryuichi Yokota, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120065794	CONTROL APPARATUS, AN ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND A METHOD - A control apparatus configured to control communication between an on-vehicle device and a device coupled to the on-vehicle device via a cable, the control apparatus comprising: a cable length setting part configured to set a length of the cable; and a communication controlling part configured to perform, based on the length of the cable set by the cable length setting part, control for ensuring communication quality between the on-vehicle device and the device.	03-15-2012
20120065807	CONTROL APPARATUS, AN ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND A SYSTEM - A control apparatus configured to control communication between an on-vehicle device and a device coupled to the on-vehicle device via a cable, the control apparatus comprising: a cable length detecting part configured to detect a length of the cable; and a power supply voltage controlling part configured to control, based on the length of the cable detected by the cable length detecting part, a power supply voltage in a connector connected to the device by changing a power supply voltage applied to a power supply line of the cable.	03-15-2012

Saburo Yokota, Suwon-Si KR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110183243	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PHOTORECEPTOR - The disclosure provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor and an electrophotographic imaging apparatus including the photoreceptor, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises: a conductive substrate; a charge generating layer formed on the conductive substrate; a charge transport layer formed on the charge generating layer; and an overcoat layer formed on the charge transport layer, wherein the ratio (R2/R1) of the surface resistance value (R2) of the overcoat layer to the surface resistance value (R1) of the charge transport layer is from about 0.01 to about 1.5.	07-28-2011

Shin-Ichi Yokota, Sapporo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130323763	METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING ACUTE LUNG INJURY - The present invention provides a useful examination method and diagnostic reagent, which are capable of diagnosing acute lung injury in clear distinction from chronic progressive interstitial pneumonia. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of determining whether or not a test subject is affected with acute lung injury, which comprises quantifying heat shock protein 47 in a biological sample derived from the test subject.	12-05-2013

Shinichiro Yokota, Fukuroi City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120187595	EXTRUSION MOLDING DIE, EXTRUSION MOLDING APPARATUS, MEDICAL TUBE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL TUBE - An extrusion molding die is provided which produces a tube that contains a portion in which the cross-sectional area ratio of an inner layer and outer layer in axial cross-section continuously varies, wherein said cross-sectional area ratio can be changed in a short time. The extrusion molding die	07-26-2012

Shuichi Yokota, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130180488	VALVE TRAIN MECHANISM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve train mechanism of an internal combustion engine including a cylinder head formed with an intake port and an exhaust port, and a camshaft including a valve for opening or closing the intake port and the exhaust port formed in the cylinder head of the engine, a cam mounted to the camshaft so as to be rotated together, and a rocker arm supported on a rocker shaft to be swingable, in which the valve is opened or closed by swinging the rocker arm by rotation of the cam. The rocker shaft is formed with an oil passage, inside the rocker shaft, extending in an axial direction and with an oil outlet communicating with the oil passage and extending in a radial direction of the rocker shaft.	07-18-2013

Shuji Yokota, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120299685	REACTOR AND REACTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - A reactor has a cylindrical molded coil assembly formed by covering a coil with a resin, wherein the coil assembly is sealed by an iron powder mixed resin to which iron powder has been admixed. The reactor has an axial core shaft, and single or multiple ring-shaped core members. The ring-shaped core members are disposed outside the outer surface of the core shaft such that the core shaft is inserted inside the inner surface of said ring-shaped core members, and the coil assembly is disposed outside the outer surface of the ring-shaped core member such that the ring-shaped core members are inserted inside the inner surface of said coil assembly. A protrusion protruding inwards from the inner surface of the coil assembly contacts the axial end surface of a ring-shaped core member.	11-29-2012
20120326822	REACTOR - A reactor includes: a molded coil including two coils integrally molded with resin; and two U-shaped cores each having core insertion portions inserted in the coils in a coil axial direction, and the cores being joined in a track-like form by interposing gap elements between them to form a core assembly. The molded coil has a substantially hexahedral shape, each of the cores includes a core outer portion joining the core insertion portions, a resin layer made of magnetic-metal containing resin consisting of binder resin and magnetic metal powder mixed therein is formed on outer surfaces of the core outer portions, the molded coil includes a fastening retaining part for holding and fixing the reactor to a cabinet with a fastening member so that the cabinet supports the reactor, and the molded coil is held apart from the cabinet by the fastening member and the fastening-member retaining part.	12-27-2012

Shumpei Yokota, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110206664	Therapeutic agent for chronic arthritides diseases of childhood-related diseases - A therapeutic agent for chronic arthritides diseases of childhood-related diseases, for example chronic arthritides diseases of childhood, Still's disease and the like, comprising an interleukin-6 (IL-6) antagonist as an active ingredient.	08-25-2011

Shuugo Yokota, Kiyosu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130146804	POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD USING SAME - A polishing composition used in an application to polish silicon nitride is characterized by containing colloidal silica in which an organic acid, such as a sulfonic acid or a carboxylic acid, is immobilized, and having a pH of 6 or less.	06-13-2013
20140322913	POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a high-mobility material and a portion containing a silicon material. The polishing composition comprises an oxidizing agent and abrasive grains having an average primary particle diameter of 40 nm or less. The polishing composition preferably further contains a hydrolysis-suppressing compound that bonds to a surface OH group of the portion containing a silicon material of the object to function to suppress hydrolysis of the portion containing a silicon material. Alternatively, a polishing composition of the present invention contains abrasive grains, an oxidizing agent, and a hydrolysis-suppressing compound. The polishing composition preferably has a neutral pH.	10-30-2014
20140342560	POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a group III-V compound material. The polishing composition contains an oxidizing agent and an anticorrosive agent. The anticorrosive agent is preferably a nitrogen-containing organic compound, such as 1H-1,2,4-triazole and benzotriazole, or an organic compound having a carboxyl group, for example, dicarboxylic acid, such as malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, maleic acid, phthalic acid, malic acid, and tartaric acid, or tricarboxylic acid, such as citric acid.	11-20-2014
20140342561	POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a group III-V compound material. The polishing composition contains abrasive grains, an oxidizing agent, and a water-soluble polymer. When the polishing composition is left to stand for one day in an environment with a temperature of 25° C., the water-soluble polymer may be adsorbed on the abrasive grains at 5,000 or more molecules per 1 μm	11-20-2014
20140342562	POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a high-mobility material and a portion containing a silicon material. The polishing composition comprises odd-shaped abrasive grains and an oxidizing agent having a standard electrode of 0.3 V or more, and preferably further contains a salt, such as an ammonium salt. The pH of the polishing composition is 1 or more and 6 or less, or 8 or more and 14 or less. The average degree of association of the abrasive grains, obtained by dividing the value of the average secondary particle diameter of the abrasive grains by the value of the average primary particle diameter of the abrasive grains, is preferably 1.6 or more.	11-20-2014
20140349484	POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a metal portion or an interlayer insulation film. The polishing composition contains silica on which an organic acid, such as a sulfonic acid and a carboxylic acid, is immobilized and an oxidizing agent.	11-27-2014

Takahiro Yokota, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110125368	VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle behavior control apparatus including a deceleration control mechanism decelerating the vehicle to reduce a deviation between a target turning index value, which is determined based on a steering angle of the vehicle, and an actual turning index value. The deceleration control mechanism reduces the decrease gradient of the deceleration when a roll motion index value of the vehicle exceeds a threshold roll motion index value.	05-26-2011
20110257876	VEHICLE CONDITION ESTIMATING DEVICE - There is provided a vehicle condition estimating device which enables the estimations of the longitudinal position of a vehicle centroid, loads exerted on front and rear wheel axles and cornering powers even during the running of a vehicle without detecting directly the loads exerted on front and rear wheel axles. The inventive device is characterized by estimating a centroid position in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle based on a vehicle weight value, a stability factor value, a relation between a front wheel axle load and a front wheel cornering power and a relation between a rear wheel axle load and a rear wheel cornering power.	10-20-2011
20120046806	SPECIFICATION INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE - Disclosed is a specification information estimating device which estimates the steering gear ratio n of a vehicle. A specification information estimating device includes a steering angle sensor	02-23-2012
20120173039	DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING TURNING CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE - The device calculates a transient yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of a standard yaw rate of the vehicle using an estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response, and adjusts the estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response on the basis of the relationship between a transient yaw rate of the vehicle and an actual yaw rate of the vehicle so that a transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches an actual yaw rate of the vehicle.	07-05-2012
20120173040	DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING TURNING CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE - A device for estimating turning characteristic of a vehicle estimates a stability factor indicating the turning characteristic of a vehicle. The device for estimating the turning characteristic calculates the transient yaw rate of a vehicle involved in the relationship of a primary delay relative to the steady-state standard yaw rate of a vehicle, and calculates the deviation between the transient yaw rate of the vehicle and the actual yaw rate of the vehicle. The device for estimating the turning characteristic corrects the estimated value of the stability factor so as to approach the true stability factor by correcting the initial value of the stability factor supplied to the calculation of the standard yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of the relationship between the deviation of the yaw rate and the lateral acceleration of the vehicle so that the transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches the true yaw rate.	07-05-2012
20130211620	VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle motion control system	08-15-2013

Takamasa Yokota, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120298071	COMBUSTION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A combustion system of an internal combustion engine has a fuel injector injecting a fuel directly into a combustion chamber and a water injector injecting a water (non-combustible fluid) into the combustion chamber. The water collides with a fuel spray which the fuel injector injects. A penetrating force of the fuel spray is decreased and the fuel spray hardly reaches a cylinder wall surface. The injected fuel is combusted at a position away from the cylinder wall surface, so that the combustion heat transferred to the cylinder wall surface is reduced and the heat loss of the combustion can be decreased.	11-29-2012
20130054119	CONTROL SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A control system for a combustion system is applied to a combustion system which has a fuel injector injecting a fuel directly into a combustion chamber and a water injector injecting water (non-combustible fluid) into the combustion chamber. When a combustion engine operates at high load, the water collides with a fuel spray which the fuel injector injects. When a combustion engine operates at low-load, the water injection starts before the fuel injection and the water injection terminates before the fuel injection starts. Thus, the misfire can be avoided and NOx can be decreased by water injection at low-load operation of a combustion engine.	02-28-2013
20140053817	INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable-valve-mechanism controlling portion controls a variable valve mechanism in such a manner that an exhaust valve is opened not only in an exhaust stroke but also in an intake stroke. In the intake stroke, a part of the exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber is returned to the combustion chamber along with an intake air flowing through the intake passage. A fluid injector injects a non-combustible fluid including water into the exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber. In the intake stroke, the exhaust gas introduced into the combustion chamber from the exhaust passage contains a water vapor evaporated from the non-combustible fluid. The exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber in the exhaust stroke includes the non-combustible fluid and is returned to the combustion chamber in a successive intake stroke.	02-27-2014

Takao Yokota, Kawagoe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130026022	KEY SWITCH APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A key switch apparatus includes a key top, a dome switch and an elastic member. The key top includes a pressing surface whose vertical and lateral lengths are different. The form of the dome switch changes with the key top being pressed. The elastic member is placed around the dome switch and adds a repulsive force against the pressing force by the key top. In addition, in the elastic member, at least a part of the two ends of the longitudinal direction of the pressing surface is missing, in the whole circumference around the dome switch.	01-31-2013

Takayoshi Yokota, Hitachiota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110208496	Position Estimation Device and Position Estimation Method - A position estimation device includes: a mathematical expression model processing unit that calculates a position of a mobile object, a condition quantity indicating a moving condition of the mobile object and an error in the condition quantity through filtering processing executed by using a probability model based upon an attitude information and a positioning information of the mobile object having been obtained from sensors and a specific mathematical expression model among a plurality of mathematical expression models expressing behavior of the mobile object; a threshold calculation unit that calculates a threshold candidate value for a threshold value to be used as a criterion when selecting the specific mathematical expression model, by using the error; a threshold value determining unit that determines the threshold value based upon the threshold candidate value; and a mathematical expression model selection unit that selects the specific mathematical expression model based upon the threshold value.	08-25-2011

Takayuki Yokota, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120191042	INJECTION AID AND MEDICATION SYRINGE DEVICE - An injection aid is a tool used by being attached to an injection device having an injection needle and a syringe, and includes an aid main body and a tapered guide. The aid main body includes; an engagement part to be engaged with the syringe; a hollow part through which the injection needle penetrates; and a needle-protruding surface from which a needle tip part of the injection needle protrudes and which is brought into contact with skin when sticking the injection needle into a living body. The tapered guide is arranged in the hollow part of the aid main body and includes an inner surface that becomes continuously reduced in diameter toward the needle-protruding surface.	07-26-2012
20130079729	Injection Needle Assembly And Drug Injection Device - A needle does not come off even if a high back pressure occurs at the skin upper section. Thus, the drug leakage from the skin can be prevented. A drug administration device	03-28-2013

Takuo Yokota, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120215127	IN VIVO FLOW SENSOR - A flow sensor measures an amount of flow of a medium flowing inside a tubular organ of an organism by mounting a flexible substrate, upon which heaters are formed, inside a tube disposed in a manner so as to follow the tubular organ of the organism through which the medium is flowing, and by detecting a state of heat quantity generated from the heaters on the mounted flexible substrate being transmitted to the medium. In the flow sensor, at least the two heaters, formed upon the flexible substrate, respectively form symmetrical structures with identical heating capabilities under identical conditions, and the linear members, which supply power to the heaters from outside the organism, form symmetrical structures with identical heating capabilities under identical conditions, thereby allowing temperature distribution of the heaters and linear members inside the tube to he symmetrical. The plurality of linear members protrude in a manner so as to intersect from inside the tubular organ to outside the organism.	08-23-2012

Tatsuyoshi Yokota, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130296483	METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLEFIN OLIGOMER MIXTURE - A method for producing an olefin oligomer mixture comprising: feeding a raw olefin oligomer mixture to a first evaporator; feeding a residue which is taken out from the first evaporator to a second evaporator, and returning a distillate which is distilled from the second evaporator to the first evaporator; taking a distillate out from the first evaporator; feeding a residue which is taken out from the second evaporator to a third evaporator; and taking a distillate out from the third evaporator.	11-07-2013

Tetsuya Yokota, Nasushiobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130287282	IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY PROGRAM - To provide an image processing display and an image processing display program that is able to prevent interference with catheter treatment even when the distal end of a catheter is located behind a treatment apparatus on X-ray fluoroscopic images. The image processing display according to embodiments displays X-ray fluoroscopic images to be obtained by looking through a region including blood vessels using X-rays during treatment, and comprises a treatment apparatus image extractor and an image processor. The treatment apparatus image extractor, based on X-ray fluoroscopic images, extracts treatment apparatus images representing the treatment apparatus having the property of absorbing X-rays. The image processor determines the distal end position of the catheter to superimpose and display images representing the determined distal end position of the catheter on the region of the X-ray fluoroscopic images showing the treatment apparatus.	10-31-2013

Tomoaki Yokota, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110300388	Functional molded article and method for producing same - Provided are a functional molded article having sufficient flexibility and moldability and also sufficiently having the function of a functional particle, and a method for producing the same. The functional molded article is formed by molding a mixture containing a functional particle, a binder, and a fibrous substance. The method for producing the functional molded article essentially comprises a step of molding a mixture of a functional particle, a binder, and a fibrous substance, wherein the fibrous substance is obtained from a fibrous material which is formed into the fibrous substance by mechanical force applied in the process of obtaining the mixture, or essentially comprises a step of molding a mixture of a functional particle, a binder, and a fibrous substance, wherein the mixture is obtained by mixing the functional particle with the binder to form a premix and further mixing the premix with the fibrous substance or a fibrous material which is formed into the fibrous substance by mechanical force applied in the process of obtaining the mixture.	12-08-2011

Tomoki Yokota, Suwa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130021657	ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrooptic device includes first and second substrates that are disposed opposing each other with an electrooptic material layer therebetween, a sealing material that bonds the first and second substrates, a pixel area, and an ion trap portion between the pixel area and the sealing material. The ion trap portion includes first and second electrodes that are formed in a comb-tooth shape and are disposed so that branch electrodes of the first electrode and branch electrodes of the second electrode are engaged with each other. A direction of the branch electrodes intersects with an orientation direction of the electrooptic material at an interface between the electrooptic material layer and the first substrate.	01-24-2013

Tomoyuki Yokota, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110158573	THRUST ROLLER BEARING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THRUST RACE THEREOF - A thrust race of a thrust roller bearing has a race portion and a cylindrical portion extending from the race portion in an axial direction. At a plurality of locations along a circumferential direction on the cylindrical portion, cutout portions are formed such that each of the cutout portions is recessed in the axial direction from a distal edge of the cylindrical portion toward the race portion. A protrusion is provided at a portion closer to the race portion from a bottom edge of each of the cutout portions such that the protrusion protrudes in a radial direction from the cylindrical portion toward a side away from the race portion. The protrusion serves as a race-retaining locking portion to prevent a race from moving out from a mating member on which the race is mounted.	06-30-2011
20130301974	ROLLER THRUST BEARING - Construction of a roller thrust bearing is achieved wherein it is possible to keep a thrust race from coming apart from a cage without wear or cracking occurring in a cage element and without impact occurring between the thrust race and cage even when used in an application wherein a rotating section rotates at high speed, or when used in an application wherein relative displacement between members of a rotating section is large. The thickness of metal plate of a first cage element	11-14-2013

Toshiaki Yokota, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130282168	Method For Controlling Movement Of Travelling Carriers - A method for controlling movement of travelling carriers includes providing, to a rear travelling carrier approaching a work area at a high speed, current location information corresponding to distances from a measurement starting point to the rear travelling carrier and a front travelling carrier, the rear travelling carrier calculating a following distance between the front and rear travelling carriers based on the current location information, and the rear travelling carrier performing deceleration control to the operating speed based on decremental changes of the following distance.	10-24-2013
20130282223	Method For Controlling Movement Of Travelling Carriers - A method for controlling movement of travelling carriers includes performing data communication between front and rear adjacent travelling carriers, an on-board communication device provided to the travelling carrier and performing data communication with a ground-based communication device, and the ground-based communication device sending a movement permission signal at one end of a work area to the on-board communication device of a passing travelling carrier; and transmitting the movement permission signal to all of the travelling carriers within the work area from the ground-based communication device via the on-board communication device and the data communication means.	10-24-2013

Toshimi Yokota, Hitachiohta JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120169479	RFID SYSTEM, RFID CABLE SYSTEM, AND RFID CABLE LAYING METHOD - When an RFID is attached to an object to assist testing operations, the following problems are encountered; (1) the RFID of write type tends to cause a failure and is troublesome due to the necessity of rewrite each time the situation is changed, (2) the incorporation of the reader function in a terminal block increases the cost, and (3) the known techniques are targeted for only the connecting operation and are not adapted for a sequence test that takes the most expense in time and effort. The operations are aided by using an RFID reader and a terminal having the function for accessing a database of circuit information, RFID information, and test procedure information.	07-05-2012

Toshiyuki Yokota, Okayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130168938	VEHICLE SUSPENSION SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A vehicle suspension support structure including a lower arm (	07-04-2013

Yasuhiro Yokota, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120062679	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveying unit, an inkjet recording head, and a vibratory unit. The conveying unit is configured to convey a recording medium along a conveying path. The recording medium includes first and second surfaces which are opposed to each other. The inkjet recording head is arranged on the conveying path and is configured to eject an ink toward the first surface to apply the ink to the recording medium. The vibratory unit is configured to apply an ultrasonic vibration to the recording medium. The vibratory unit is arranged on the conveying path downstream of the inkjet recording head and includes an end part configured to make substantially line contact with the second surface along a width direction of the recording medium. The width direction is substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed.	03-15-2012

Yoshiaki Yokota, Sayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130049379	VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device comprises a base member having a striker-engagement groove which a striker of a vehicle body enters; a latch pivotally mounted to the base member and engagable with the striker; a ratchet pivotally mounted to the base member to engage with the latch to prevent the latch from turning; a latch-detecting switch detecting a turning position of the latch; and a terminal block in which a latch conductive plate is formed by insert molding. The terminal block has a holding portion for the latch-detecting switch without coupling means. The latch conductive plate has a connecting terminal exposed in the holding portion and electrically connected to the latch detecting switch.	02-28-2013

Yui Yokota, Sendai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130181137	Neutron Radiation Detector, Neutron Radiation Detection Scintillator and Method for Discriminating Between Neutron Radiation and Gamma Radiation - A neutron radiation detector has a function that discriminates between neutron radiation and γ radiation based on a difference in pulse shape between photodetection signals from a neutron radiation detection scintillator, which includes a Ce-containing LiCaAlF	07-18-2013

Yui Yokota, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120018642	RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel radiographic image detector which can detect radiation, such as hard X-rays or γ-rays, with high sensitivity and which is excellent in position resolution and count rate characteristic.	01-26-2012
20120074356	SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved]	03-29-2012
20130327946	Scintillator for Neutron Detection, and Neutron Radiation Detector - A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm	12-12-2013

Yui Yokota, Sendai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120161609	VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A vacuum ultraviolet light emitting device comprising: a luminescence substrate which is composed of a transparent substrate of lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, barium fluoride or the like, and a metal fluoride thin-film layer formed on the transparent substrate and being a thin-film layer of a metal fluoride such as LuLiF	06-28-2012
20120286204	METAL FLUORIDE CRYSTAL, VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, AND VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved] A fluoride which emits light with high brightness in a vacuum ultraviolet region is provided. Also provided are a novel vacuum ultraviolet light emitting element which comprises the fluoride and which can be suitably used in photolithography, cleaning of a semiconductor or liquid crystal substrate, sterilization, next-generation large-capacity optical disks, medical care (ophthalmologic treatment, DNA cleavage), etc.; and a vacuum ultraviolet light emitting scintillator which is composed of the fluoride and can be suitably used in a small-sized radiation detector incorporating a diamond light receiving element or AlGaN light receiving element with a low background noise as an alternative to a conventional photomultiplier tube.	11-15-2012
20130043402	NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a neutron detector using the neutron scintillator are provided.	02-21-2013
20130105707	RADIATION DETECTOR	05-02-2013
20130112885	PHOSWICH THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A phoswich radiation detector, which can easily discriminate between detection signals on gamma rays and thermal neutrons, and which can selectively acquire signals on thermal neutrons, is provided.	05-09-2013
20130161519	COLQUIRIITE-TYPE CRYSTAL, SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to γ rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided.	06-27-2013
20130168561	METAL FLUORIDE EUTECTIC, NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR AND NEUTRON IMAGING DEVICE - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/γ discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided.	07-04-2013
20130183509	METAL FLUORIDE EUTECTIC AND NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a metal fluoride eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided.	07-18-2013
20130214203	METAL FLUORIDE CRYSTAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - [Problems to be Solved] To provide a neutron scintillator which shows a large amount of luminescence in response to neutrons and which is excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability; and a metal fluoride crystal suitable for the neutron scintillator.	08-22-2013
20130264482	SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRONS AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from γ-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator.	10-10-2013
20130320217	NEUTRON DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm	12-05-2013
20140021355	SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION - The present invention aims at providing a scintillator for high temperature environments which has satisfactory light emission characteristics under high temperature environments; and a method for measuring radiation under high temperature environments. The scintillator for high temperature environments comprises a colquiriite-type crystal represented by the chemical formula LiM	01-23-2014

Yuji Yokota, Ritto, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120208686	CARDBOARD BOX ASSEMBLY APPARATUS - A cardboard box assembly apparatus is a device for folding four panels constituting a lid section of a cardboard box, forming an interleaved lid where each of the four panels by overlaps adjacent ones of the four panels. The cardboard box assembly apparatus is provided with detruding members, locking members, and mover devices. The detruding members detrude respective first portions of the four panels. The locking members lock respective second portions of the four panels, preventing the second portions from moving in detrusion directions. Detrusion directions refer to directions of detrusion of the four panels. The mover devices move the locking members in a direction including at least a vertical direction component.	08-16-2012

Yusuke Yokota, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130057308	CONNECTION TERMINAL AND CONNECTION JIG - Provided is a connection terminal that maintains an approximately circular shape before or after a cylindrical part is fixed by resistance welding. The connection terminal used for a connection jig interconnecting target points includes a small-diameter conductive part and a large-diameter cylindrical part disposed to surround the small-diameter conductive part. The small-diameter conductive part has a front end protruding from a front end of the large-diameter cylindrical part. A part of the small-diameter conductive part is joined to a part of the large-diameter cylindrical part. A cutout part is formed in a part of a strip portion around an axis of the cylindrical part that at least includes the portion of the large-diameter cylindrical part which is joined to the small-diameter conductive part.	03-07-2013