Patents by Inventor Akio Taniguchi

Akio Taniguchi 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).

  • Patent number: 11918973
    Abstract: Provided is a heavy metal adsorbent consisting of a zeolite with a median diameter on a volume basis of 10.0 ?m or more and a pore volume measured in a pore volume calculation range of 10 nm to 1000 nm by a mercury intrusion method of 0.1000 cm3/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Inoue, Akio Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20240058786
    Abstract: Provided is a heavy metal adsorbent consisting of a zeolite with a median diameter on a volume basis of 10.0 ?m or more and a pore volume measured in a pore volume calculation range of 10 nm to 1000 nm by a mercury intrusion method of 0.1000 cm3/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki INOUE, Akio TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230271851
    Abstract: To provide a heavy metal adsorbent in which elution of aluminum from a zeolite is suppressed. A compound, which is a hydrous oxide or a hydroxide of Si, Ti, Zr, Ce or La, is mixed with the zeolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio TANIGUCHI, Naoyuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230271852
    Abstract: To provide a material capable of adsorbing lead from water with a pH of 8 or more. A porous body of a titanium-containing compound, which has a bulk specific gravity of 0.4 g/cm3 or less, is used as an adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio TANIGUCHI, Naoyuki INOUE
  • Patent number: 10619093
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoluminescent material that emits visible light by irradiation of light, which is a sodalite containing a given amount of a silver atom (excluding a sodalite containing an oxalic acid anion) or a sodalite containing given amounts of a silver atom and a zinc atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: RENGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouju Sugiyama, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Shinji Fujiki, Minoru Matsukura, Shogo Fujiwara, Fumio Kurosaki, Akio Taniguchi, Junichi Uchita
  • Publication number: 20190153312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoluminescent material emitting a visible light by irradiation of light, which is zeolite A comprising silver ion, zinc ion and at least one selected from the group consisting of cesium ion and rubidium ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: RENGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouju SUGIYAMA, Toshikazu HANATANI, Kaoru YAMAGUCHI, Shinji FUJIKI, Minoru MATSUKURA, Shogo FUJIWARA, Akio TANIGUCHI, Junichi UCHITA
  • Publication number: 20180148642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoluminescent material that emits visible light by irradiation of light, which is a sodalite containing a given amount of a silver atom (excluding a sodalite containing an oxalic acid anion) or a sodalite containing given amounts of a silver atom and a zinc atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicants: RENGO CO., LTD., UNION SHOWA K.K., SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouju SUGIYAMA, Kaoru YAMAGUCHI, Shinji FUJIKI, Minoru MATSUKURA, Shogo FUJIWARA, Fumio KUROSAKI, Akio TANIGUCHI, Junichi UCHITA
  • Patent number: 9969843
    Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harumashi, Akio Taniguchi, Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9803052
    Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harumashi, Akio Taniguchi, Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20170051108
    Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harumashi, Akio Taniguchi, Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20170044314
    Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harumashi, Akio Taniguchi, Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9514901
    Abstract: A heart cam mechanism of a switch includes a cam groove, which includes a heart cam and surrounding cams, and a lock pin. The heart cam has a concave part, a first vertex opposite the concave part, and second and third vertices on a concave-part side. While the switch is in a locked state, an upper end part of the lock pin is engaged with the concave part of the heart cam, and is positioned at a locking position. While the switch is pressed, the upper end part slides while pushing against a bottom surface of the cam groove located outside the heart cam, and moves along a heart-shaped path, which is depressed at the locking position. This configuration prevents an end part of the lock pin from moving in a reverse direction even when a step-like part of the bottom surface of the cam groove is worn out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kiyono
  • Patent number: 9505879
    Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harumashi, Akio Taniguchi, Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9236199
    Abstract: This invention provides a switch including a housing, a plunger that slides in a press direction or a return direction with respect to the housing, a return spring that biases the plunger in the return direction and is compressed by a slide of the plunger in the press direction, a plurality of terminals that are brought into a conductive state according to a predetermined position of the plunger, and a terminal contact spring that makes contact with the terminals so as to bring the terminals into a conductive state by the slide of the plunger in the press direction. The terminal contact spring is disposed so as to be compressed according to the slide of the plunger in the press direction under a contact state of making contact with the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kiyono
  • Publication number: 20150133622
    Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harumashi, Akio Taniguchi, Hidetoshi Odaka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20150107980
    Abstract: A heart cam mechanism of a switch includes a cam groove, which includes a heart cam and surrounding cams, and a lock pin. The heart cam has a concave part, a first vertex opposite the concave part, and second and third vertices on a concave-part side. While the switch is in a locked state, an upper end part of the lock pin is engaged with the concave part of the heart cam, and is positioned at a locking position. While the switch is pressed, the upper end part slides while pushing against a bottom surface of the cam groove located outside the heart cam, and moves along a heart-shaped path, which is depressed at the locking position. This configuration prevents an end part of the lock pin from moving in a reverse direction even when a step-like part of the bottom surface of the cam groove is worn out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kiyono
  • Patent number: 8748526
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a thermoplastic elastomer composition, which is accompanied by less environmental burden, and which has flexibility, rubber elasticity, formability and recyclability; and a molded product obtained using the same. The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) derived from a non-petroleum source, and at least one rubber (B) selected from a natural rubber, a diene polymer rubber, an olefin polymer rubber, an acrylic rubber and a silicone rubber, the thermoplastic elastomer composition being obtained by allowing the rubber (B) to be dynamically crosslinked with a crosslinking agent (C) in the presence of the thermoplastic resin (A). Preferred (A) is a polylactic acid, or a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), and preferred (B) is a natural rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20130319839
    Abstract: This invention provides a switch including a housing, a plunger that slides in a press direction or a return direction with respect to the housing, a return spring that biases the plunger in the return direction and is compressed by a slide of the plunger in the press direction, a plurality of terminals that are brought into a conductive state according to a predetermined position of the plunger, and a terminal contact spring that makes contact with the terminals so as to bring the terminals into a conductive state by the slide of the plunger in the press direction. The terminal contact spring is disposed so as to be compressed according to the slide of the plunger in the press direction under a contact state of making contact with the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kiyono
  • Patent number: 8361513
    Abstract: The present invention herein provides antimicrobial zeolite which hardly causes any color change with the elapse of time even when it is incorporated into a resin to form an antimicrobial resin composition. The present invention thus relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite whose ion-exchangeable ions are partially or wholly replaced with hydrogen ions and silver ions; and an antimicrobial resin composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Kumiko Miyake, Yasuo Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20110200523
    Abstract: The present invention herein provides antimicrobial zeolite which hardly causes any color change with the elapse of time even when it is incorporated into a resin to form an antimicrobial resin composition. The present invention thus relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite whose ion-exchangeable ions are partially or wholly replaced with hydrogen ions and silver ions; and an antimicrobial resin composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio TANIGUCHI, Kumiko MIYAKE, Yasuo KURIHARA