Patents Assigned to Shinshu University
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Publication number: 20190019629Abstract: A lithium composite negative electrode which allows a hybrid capacitor to operate at room temperature by reducing interfacial resistance in the electrode, a hybrid capacitor comprising the composite negative electrode, and manufacturing methods thereof. The lithium composite negative electrode is a laminar electrode including a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte, an alginate gel electrolyte, and lithium-doped carbon. Further, a hybrid capacitor includes a positive electrode including a carbon material and/or a metal oxide, the lithium composite negative electrode, and a neutral aqueous electrolyte filled between the positive electrode and the lithium composite negative electrode. The lithium composite negative electrode is configured as a laminar electrode including the lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte, the alginate gel electrolyte, and the lithium-doped carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Sho MAKINO, Wataru Sugimoto, Shigeyuki Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20180360893Abstract: Provided are: a transformation plasmid for transforming anaerobes and enabling highly efficient and stable secretory expression of a target protein; a gene delivery carrier formed from said anaerobes transformed by said plasmid; a pharmaceutical composition including said gene delivery carrier; and a method for diagnosing or treating an ischemic disease utilizing these. Also provided are: a novel secretory signal; a transformation plasmid including said secretory signal; a gene delivery carrier formed from anaerobes transformed by said plasmid; a pharmaceutical composition including said gene delivery carrier; and a method for diagnosing or treating an ischemic disease utilizing these.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicants: Shinshu University, Anaeropharma Science, Inc.Inventors: Yuko Wada, Yuko Shimatani, Takashi Yano, Takeshi Masaki
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Publication number: 20180331371Abstract: To provide a novel core-shell structure type nanosheet and, when used as an electrocatalyst for a fuel cell, a core-shell structure type nanosheet capable of improving catalytic activity and suppressing a deterioration in catalytic performance. The above-described problem is solved by a core-shell structure type nanosheet (10) comprising a metal nanosheet (1) and a platinum atomic layer (2) provided on a surface of the metal nanosheet (1). In this core-shell structure type nanosheet (10), the platinum atomic layer (2) is preferably provided on the entire surface of the metal nanosheet (1). Further, the core-shell structure type nanosheet (10) can be used as a cathode catalyst or an anode catalyst for a fuel cell or the like. The metal nanosheet (1) is preferably within a range of 0.2 to 0.3 nm in thickness, and within a range of several tens of nm to several ?m, inclusive, in length in an in-plane direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Shinshu UniversityInventors: Wataru SUGIMOTO, Dai MOCHIZUKI, Yusuke AYATO, Tomohiro OHNISHI, Daisuke TAKIMOTO
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Patent number: 10096762Abstract: Provided is a gel actuator having generation force comparable to biological muscle at a low voltage, that can be used in various applications as an actuator element. A gel actuator (10) comprises a unit structure composed of a gel layer (14) containing a dielectric polymer material, and an anode (12) and a cathode (16) which sandwich the gel layer (14) in a thickness direction thereof, and a face of the anode (12) facing the gel layer formed into a concave-convex face, a convex part of the concave-convex face touching the gel layer (14), and a concave part thereof being into a gap.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Shinshu UniversityInventor: Minoru Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10087293Abstract: A method for producing a rubber composition include a mixing step, a drying step, and a dispersion step. In the mixing step, an aqueous solution that includes at least one of oxycellulose fibers and cellulose nanofibers is mixed with rubber latex to obtain a first mixture. In the drying step, the first mixture is dried to obtain a second mixture. In the dispersion step, the second mixture is tight-milled using an open roll to obtain a rubber composition. The rubber composition does not include an aggregate that includes at least one of the oxycellulose fibers and the cellulose nanofibers, and has a diameter of 0.1 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Keiichi Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Ueki, Toru Noguchi, Kenichi Niihara
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Patent number: 10064684Abstract: In an operation-mode indicating system, a first light emitting device is located within a peripheral visual field of an operator and is controllably connected to a controller. The peripheral visual field is defined around a center visual field of the operator while the operator is looking at a predetermined site. A body support apparatus is capable of performing an operation to the predetermined site. The controller controls the first light emitting device to emit first light in a first operation mode of the body support apparatus and second light in a second operation mode of the body support apparatus. The first light and the second light are visually distinguishable from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Satoru Nakamura, Minoru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Hongo, Tetsuya Goto, Yosuke Hara, Jun Okamoto
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Patent number: 10059725Abstract: The invention provides a light emitting layer host compound and an electron-blocking compound that have high excited triplet levels, and can completely confine the triplet excitons of phosphorescent material, for use as the material of a high-efficient organic electroluminescent device. The invention also provides a high-efficient, high-luminance organic electroluminescent device with the use of the compounds. The compound of the general formula (1) below has a triphenylsilyl group and a triarylamine structure, and the organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the compound of the general formula (1) having a triphenylsilyl group and a triarylamine structure is used as constituent material of the at least one organic layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Shinshu UniversityInventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Yoshio Taniguchi, Musubu Ichikawa, Shinichi Matsuki
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Patent number: 10059831Abstract: A carbon fiber composite material of the present invention includes: cell structures with an elastomer surrounded by a first carbon nanofiber and an interface phase thereof; cell structure assemblies as assemblies of more than one of the cell structures; and tie structures that join the cell structure assemblies to each other. The tie structures are formed by one or more first carbon nanofibers, one or more second carbon nanofibers, and the elastomer interface phase surrounding the one or more first carbon nanofibers and the one or more second carbon nanofibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroyuki Ueki, Toru Noguchi
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Publication number: 20180193799Abstract: A method of forming a reverse osmosis membrane 1 of the present invention includes a coating membrane forming step of forming a coating membrane which is soluble in a predetermined solvent on a surface of a porous support substrate 2 that is insoluble in the solvent, a carbon membrane forming step of forming a carbon membrane 3 on the coating membrane by a physical vapor deposition which deposits carbon as a target material under an atmosphere where rare gas and nitrogen gas are contained, and a removing-by-dissolving step of removing the coating membrane by dissolving the same in the solvent after formation of the carbon membrane 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicants: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroki KITANO, Akio YAMAGUCHI, Morinobu ENDO, Josue ORTIZ MEDINA
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Patent number: 9968890Abstract: A filter molded article using a graphene with water passage holes having a desired size is produced in a simple step. A method for producing a filter molded article having a graphene layer as a filtering material is characterized by including a step of forming a support 3 layer on a surface of a graphene 1 layer formed on initial substrates for a graphene 2 and 9, a step of forming water passage holes in the support 3 layer, a step of removing the initial substrates for a graphene 2 and 9, and a step of forming water passage holes by heating and holding the graphene 1 layer at a low temperature in the air containing oxygen of 160 to 250° C. for a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignees: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, KOTOBUKI TSUSHOU CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsumi Kaneko, Toshio Takagi, Katsuyuki Murata
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Publication number: 20180086874Abstract: Provided is a fiber formed from a resin containing a silicone-modified polyurethane resin. With the present invention, a characteristic fiber having excellent flexibility, slipping ability, blocking resistance, heat retaining property, water vapor permeability, water repellency, and spinnability can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicants: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., DAINICHISEIKA COLOR&CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Hatsuhiko HATTORI, Yoshinori YONEDA, Masaki TANAKA, Yoshitaka KOSHIRO, Hiromasa SATO, Shota IINO, Motoaki UMEZU, Toshihisa TANAKA, Hiroko IDE, Rino OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180066229Abstract: This invention provides a method for preparing dendritic cells from monocytes with the use of interferon ? via non-adhesive culture. The method for preparing cytotoxic dendritic cells from monocytes comprises subjecting monocytes which were isolated from the peripheral blood to non-adhesive culture in the presence of GM-CSF and pegylated interferon ?, and further conducting non-adhesive culture with the addition of prostaglandin E2 and OK432.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Shigetaka SHIMODAIRA, Terutsugu KOYA
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Publication number: 20180043312Abstract: A reverse osmosis composite membrane includes: a porous support; and a reverse osmosis membrane arranged on the porous support and containing a crosslinked polyamide and carbon nanotubes. The reverse osmosis membrane contains the carbon nanotubes that are disentangled in the crosslinked polyamide. A distribution of closest distances between the carbon nanotubes in the reverse osmosis membrane has a peak that is within a range of a thickness of the reverse osmosis membrane, and a half width of the peak is equal to or less than the thickness of the reverse osmosis membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Morinobu ENDO, Toru NOGUCHI, Shigeki INUKAI
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Patent number: 9891101Abstract: An information-reading element may be provided, which can be made small, and allows the number of adjustment steps to be reduced, and an information-reading device may be provided. An information-reading element may be provided and equipped with a light-emitting element, which serves as a polarized light-emitting part for emitting polarized light as outgoing light, and a light-receiving element, which serves as a polarized light-receiving part for receiving the polarized light as returning light after the polarized light is reflected off a reflecting plate, said reflecting plate being a target object from which information is to be read, wherein the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element have different polarization characteristics from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Musubu Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20180003252Abstract: A piston has a piston main body including an aluminum alloy, and a covering layer formed on the outer surface of the piston main body, and the covering layer has a first plating layer including an iron-phosphorous alloy, and a second plating layer including a nickel-phosphorous alloy formed on the first plating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Minoru OKAMOTO, Yohei TAKAHASHI, Susumu ARAI, Miyoka UEDA
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Publication number: 20180002494Abstract: A method for producing a rubber composition include a mixing step, a drying step, and a dispersion step. In the mixing step, an aqueous solution that includes at least one of oxycellulose fibers and cellulose nanofibers is mixed with rubber latex to obtain a first mixture. In the drying step, the first mixture is dried to obtain a second mixture. In the dispersion step, the second mixture is tight-milled using an open roll to obtain a rubber composition. The rubber composition does not include an aggregate that includes at least one of the oxycellulose fibers and the cellulose nanofibers, and has a diameter of 0.1 mm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Keiichi KAWAMOTO, Hiroyuki UEKI, Toru NOGUCHI, Kenichi NIIHARA
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Patent number: 9834796Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing useful metabolites such as shikimic acid from filamentous fungus. The useful metabolites can be produced by a production method involving a step of inhibiting the growth of the filamentous fungus, specifically by applying a stimulus of light having a center wavelength shorter than 570 nm to the filamentous fungus, to increase the content of the useful metabolite in a hypha of the filamentous fungus.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Shinshu UniversityInventors: Masanobu Kojima, Hiroshi Fujii
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Patent number: 9810371Abstract: In an arm support apparatus, an weight attachment is provided for at least one specified link in links of a support member supporting a mount to be movable based on rotation of at least one of the links around a corresponding at least one of the joints. The at least one specified link is associated with at least one specified degree of freedom. The weight attachment is configured such that one or more weight members are attachable thereto. When the one or more weight members are attached to the weight attachment, the weight attachment is configured to substantially balance in weight with the mount on which the part of the arm is mounted while applying supporting force to the part of the arm mounted on the mount.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Satoru Nakamura, Kazuhiro Hongo, Tetsuya Goto, Yosuke Hara, Jun Okamoto
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Patent number: 9771461Abstract: A method for producing a rubber composition include a mixing step, a drying step, and a dispersion step. In the mixing step, an aqueous solution that includes at least one of oxycellulose fibers and cellulose nanofibers is mixed with rubber latex to obtain a first mixture. In the drying step, the first mixture is dried to obtain a second mixture. In the dispersion step, the second mixture is tight-milled using an open roll to obtain a rubber composition. The rubber composition does not include an aggregate that includes at least one of the oxycellulose fibers and the cellulose nanofibers, and has a diameter of 0.1 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignees: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Keiichi Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Ueki, Toru Noguchi, Kenichi Niihara
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Patent number: 9725514Abstract: The present inventors assessed the effect of anti-IL-6 receptor antibodies in suppressing chronic rejection reaction. They assessed the effect of anti-mouse IL-6 receptor antibody (MR16-1) administration in suppressing the chronic rejection reaction using a mouse model for post-heart-transplantation chronic rejection. The result of histopathological analysis of transplanted hearts extirpated 60 days after transplantation revealed that fibrosis of myocardium and vascular stenotic lesions, which are pathological conditions characteristic of the chronic rejection reaction, were significantly suppressed in the MR16-1-treated group as compared to the control group. Thus, MR16-1 administration was demonstrated to have the effect of suppressing chronic rejection reaction. Specifically, the present inventors discovered for the first time that the rejection reaction in the chronic phase after organ transplantation was suppressed by administering an anti-IL-6 receptor antibody.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: Shinshu University, Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masafumi Takahashi, Atsushi Izawa