Patents by Inventor Akinori Yamada
Akinori Yamada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240150477Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating IL-6-related diseases containing an IL-6 inhibitor as an active ingredient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is routinely administered after a short-interval dosing period where the same dose as the routine dose is administered at a shorter interval than the routine dosing interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Kakehi, Akinori Yamada, Yoshimasa Ishida
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Publication number: 20230155564Abstract: A vibration element manufacturing method includes a first dry etching step of dry-etching a quartz crystal substrate from the first surface side to form first grooves and the outer shapes of first and second vibrating arms, a second dry etching step of dry-etching the quartz crystal substrate from the second surface side to form second grooves and the outer shapes, and a wet etching step of wet-etching the side surfaces of the first and second vibrating arms, the first grooves, and the second grooves to form inclining surfaces that couple bottom surfaces to in-groove side surfaces of the first and second grooves, and the first and second grooves satisfy the relationship of D1/D ? 0.80, where D represents the depth of each of the first and second grooves, and D1 represents the result of subtraction of the length of the inclining surfaces in a direction Z from the depth in each of the first and second grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Takuro KOBAYASHI, Hiyori SAKATA, Akinori YAMADA
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Patent number: 11611329Abstract: A vibrating element includes a base and a first vibrating arm and a second vibrating arm extending from the base. The first vibrating arm includes a first arm and a first weight. The second vibrating arm includes a second arm and a second weight. In the vibrating element, 0.952<M2/M1<1.000, wherein M1 is mass on the second vibrating arm side of the first weight with respect to a first center line of the first arm and mass on the first vibrating arm side of the second weight with respect to a second center line of the second arm and M2 is mass on a side opposite to the second vibrating arm of the first weight with respect to the first center line and mass on a side opposite to the first vibrating arm of the second weight with respect to the second center line.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventor: Akinori Yamada
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Patent number: 11270386Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology for enabling to make a reply to a received message by simple operation. There is provided an information processing device including an output control unit that, in a case where a received message has been obtained through a communication unit, controls display of first and second candidates of a transmission message, and sets the first candidate as a candidate in a selected state, in which: in a case where first pressing force has been detected by a first pressure sensor, the output control unit switches the candidate in the selected state from the first candidate to the second candidate; and in a case where second pressing force has been detected by a second pressure sensor, the output control unit controls the communication unit in such a manner that the candidate in the selected state is transmitted as the transmission message.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaharu Asano, Yosuke Kiyama, Akinori Yamada, Ryo Yamamoto, Takashi Hasegawa, Takuya Goda, Tatsuya Tsuzuki, Keita Hibi, Kazuhiro Ishida, Keishi Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20210017286Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating IL-6-related diseases containing an IL-6 inhibitor as an active ingredient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is routinely administered after a short-interval dosing period where the same dose as the routine dose is administered at a shorter interval than the routine dosing interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Kakehi, Akinori Yamada, Yoshimasa Ishida
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Publication number: 20210013869Abstract: A vibrating element includes a base and a first vibrating arm and a second vibrating arm extending from the base. The first vibrating arm includes a first arm and a first weight. The second vibrating arm includes a second arm and a second weight. In the vibrating element, 0.952<M2/M1<1.000, wherein M1 is mass on the second vibrating arm side of the first weight with respect to a first center line of the first arm and mass on the first vibrating arm side of the second weight with respect to a second center line of the second arm and M2 is mass on a side opposite to the second vibrating arm of the first weight with respect to the first center line and mass on a side opposite to the first vibrating arm of the second weight with respect to the second center line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventor: Akinori YAMADA
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Publication number: 20200402180Abstract: It is desirable to provide a technology for enabling to make a reply to a received message by simple operation. There is provided an information processing device including an output control unit that, in a case where a received message has been obtained through a communication unit, controls display of first and second candidates of a transmission message, and sets the first candidate as a candidate in a selected state, in which: in a case where first pressing force has been detected by a first pressure sensor, the output control unit switches the candidate in the selected state from the first candidate to the second candidate; and in a case where second pressing force has been detected by a second pressure sensor, the output control unit controls the communication unit in such a manner that the candidate in the selected state is transmitted as the transmission message.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaharu ASANO, Yosuke KIYAMA, Akinori YAMADA, Ryo YAMAMOTO, Takashi HASEGAWA, Takuya GODA, Tatsuya TSUZUKI, Keita HIBI, Kazuhiro ISHIDA, Keishi TSUCHIYA
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Patent number: 10774148Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating IL-6-related diseases containing an IL-6 inhibitor as an active ingredient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is routinely administered after a short-interval dosing period where the same dose as the routine dose is administered at a shorter interval than the routine dosing interval.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Kakehi, Akinori Yamada, Yoshimasa Ishida
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Patent number: 10659006Abstract: A resonator element includes: a base portion including a first end surface that faces a first direction and a second end surface that faces a direction opposite to the first direction, a first vibrating arm that is provided integrally with the base portion and is connected to the first end surface; and a second vibrating arm that is provided integrally with the base portion along the first vibrating arm and is connected to the first end surface. When the shortest distance between the first end surface and the second end surface is Wb and an effective width between the shortest distance Wb and the base portion is We, 0.81?Wb/We?1.70 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Yamada, Shuhei Yoshida
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Patent number: 10326427Abstract: A resonator includes: a resonator element that includes a base portion and a resonating arm; and a base. When n is one natural number of 2 or greater and j is 1 or greater and a natural number which is less than or equal to n, the resonator element performs resonations with n inherent resonation modes. In a relationship between arbitrary integers kj and resonance frequencies fj corresponding to the n inherent resonation modes, respectively, when f1 represents the resonance frequency of the main resonation of the resonator element and a normalized frequency difference ?f is defined by ? ? ? f ? ( ? j = 2 n ? ? k j ? f j - k 1 - f 1 ) / f 1 , a relationship of |?f|?0.03 is satisfied. The arbitrary integers kj satisfy relationships of 3??j=1n|kj|?10 and n??j=1n|kj|. A ratio of an amount of a change in the resonance frequency of the main resonation, to excitation power that electrically excites the main resonation, is 20 [ppm/?W] or higher.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akinori Yamada
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Patent number: 10305426Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resonator element includes: an outer shape forming step of etching a substrate to form, in a plan view, a base portion, a pair of vibrating arms extending from the base portion in a first direction, a frame portion surrounding the base portion and the vibrating arms, and a coupling portion coupling the base portion with the frame portion; and a singulation step of cutting the coupling portion to singulate the resonator element. In the outer shape forming step, the coupling portion is formed so as to extend, in the plan view, from only one edge side of the base portion in a direction along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and be connected with the frame portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akinori Yamada
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Patent number: 10181836Abstract: A quartz crystal resonator element includes: a base portion and a pair of vibrating arms which extend from a first end portion of the base portion along a Y-axis direction. The base portion includes a second end portion provided on the opposite side to a first end portion in the Y-axis direction. The base portion is provided with a protrusion in at least one of a third end portion and a fourth end portion which respectively connect both ends of the first end portion and both ends of the second end portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akinori Yamada
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Publication number: 20180148509Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating IL-6-related diseases containing an IL-6 inhibitor as an active ingredient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is routinely administered after a short-interval dosing period where the same dose as the routine dose is administered at a shorter interval than the routine dosing interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Kakehi, Akinori Yamada, Yoshimasa Ishida
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Publication number: 20170310300Abstract: A resonator includes: a resonator element that includes a base portion and a resonating arm; and a base. When n is one natural number of 2 or greater and j is 1 or greater and a natural number which is less than or equal to n, the resonator element performs resonations with n inherent resonation modes. In a relationship between arbitrary integers kj and resonance frequencies fj corresponding to the n inherent resonation modes, respectively, when f1 represents the resonance frequency of the main resonation of the resonator element and a normalized frequency difference ?f is defined by ? ? ? f ? ( ? j = 2 n ? ? k j ? f j - k 1 - f 1 ) / f 1 , a relationship of |?f|?0.03 is satisfied. The arbitrary integers kj satisfy relationships of 3??j=1n|kj|?10 and n??j=1n|kj|. A ratio of an amount of a change in the resonance frequency of the main resonation, to excitation power that electrically excites the main resonation, is 20 [ppm/?W] or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akinori YAMADA
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Publication number: 20170272054Abstract: A resonator element includes: a base portion including a first end surface that faces a first direction and a second end surface that faces a direction opposite to the first direction, a first vibrating arm that is provided integrally with the base portion and is connected to the first end surface; and a second vibrating arm that is provided integrally with the base portion along the first vibrating arm and is connected to the first end surface. When the shortest distance between the first end surface and the second end surface is Wb and an effective width between the shortest distance Wb and the base portion is We, 0.81?Wb/We?1.70 is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori YAMADA, Shuhei YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9705472Abstract: A resonator element includes: a base portion including a first end surface that faces a first direction and a second end surface that faces a direction opposite to the first direction, a first vibrating arm that is provided integrally with the base portion and is connected to the first end surface; and a second vibrating arm that is provided integrally with the base portion along the first vibrating arm and is connected to the first end surface. When the shortest distance between the first end surface and the second end surface is Wb and an effective width between the shortest distance Wb and the base portion is We, 0.81?Wb/We?1.70 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Yamada, Shuhei Yoshida
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Patent number: 9654082Abstract: A vibrator includes a vibrator element and a base on which the vibrator element is installed. In addition, when n is set to a natural number equal to or greater than 2, and j is set to a natural number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than n, the vibrator element includes n inherent vibration modes having resonance frequencies different from each other, and when a resonance frequency of a main vibration of the vibrator element in the n inherent vibration modes is set to ?1 in a relationship between an arbitrary integer kj and a resonance frequency ?j corresponding to each of the n inherent vibration modes, the following three expressions are all satisfied. ?? ? ( ? j = 2 n ? k j ? ? j - k 1 - ? 1 ) / ? 1 ? ? 1 ? ? 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Yamada, Shuhei Yoshida, Takayuki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9654083Abstract: A resonator element includes a base portion and a pair of vibrating arms that are provided integrally with the base portion, are aligned in an X-axis direction, and extend in a Y-axis direction from the base portion. Each of the vibrating arms includes an arm portion and a wide hammerhead that is located on the free end side of the arm portion and has a greater length in the X-axis direction than the arm portion. Assuming that the length of the vibrating arm in the Y-axis direction is L and the length of the hammerhead in the Y-axis direction is H, the relationship of 1.2%<H/L<30.0% is satisfied. Assuming that the length of the arm portion in the X-axis direction is W1 and the length of the hammerhead in the X-axis direction is W2, the relationship of 1.5?W2/W1?10.0 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akinori Yamada
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Patent number: 9628046Abstract: A resonator element includes a resonator blank having a base portion, a vibrating arm, a linking portion, and a connecting portion connects the base portion and the linking portion to each other, in which, when a thickness of the resonator blank is set to T, a width of the base portion is set to W1, and a width of the connecting portion is set to W2, a relationship of 50 ?m?T?210 ?m is satisfied, and a relationship of 0.067?W2/W1?0.335 is satisfied, and in which, when a width of the arm section of the vibrating arm is set to W3, and a width of the hammer head is set to W4, a relationship of W4?2.8×W3 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Yamada, Takashi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20160322935Abstract: A vibrator includes a vibrator element and a base on which the vibrator element is installed. In addition, when n is set to a natural number equal to or greater than 2, and j is set to a natural number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than n, the vibrator element includes n inherent vibration modes having resonance frequencies different from each other, and when a resonance frequency of a main vibration of the vibrator element in the n inherent vibration modes is set to ?1 in a relationship between an arbitrary integer kj and a resonance frequency ?j corresponding to each of the n inherent vibration modes, the following three expressions are all satisfied. ?? ? ( ? j = 2 n ? k j ? ? j - k 1 - ? 1 ) / ? 1 ? ? 1 ? ? 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori YAMADA, Shuhei YOSHIDA, Takayuki KIKUCHI