Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Sasaki

Hirofumi Sasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20140071649
    Abstract: There is provided a display device comprising: a plate-type display section with a display surface; a front-surface plate placed on a front surface of the display surface; and a supporting portion for supporting the display section and the front-surface plate. The supporting portion includes a first surface adapted to support the front-surface plate, and a second surface which is formed in such a way as to rise up substantially vertically from the first surface such that the second surface faces a side surface of the display portion and, further, includes at least a rising base end portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWADA, Kenichi SHINDO, Ryo YONEZAWA, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Hirofumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140063701
    Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes: a hinge mechanism 120 configured to rotate, on a portion in which a first casing 101 is connected to a second casing 102, the second casing 102 to allow the electronic device 100 to switch from a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position; and exterior components 123 and 124 each configured to rotate with the second casing 102 when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, and to switch between a state where the exterior component projects from the back surface of the first casing 101 to be a leg for the electronic device 100 in the opened position, and a state where the exterior component projects from the top surface of the first casing 101 to be a leg for the electronic device 100 in the inverted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWADA, Kenichi SHINDO, Ryo YONEZAWA, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Hirofumi SASAKI, Haruka KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20140063700
    Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes: a hinge mechanism 120 configured to rotate, on a connection portion in which a first casing 101 is connected to a second casing 102, the second casing 102 to switch the electronic device 100 from a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position, and configured to rotate according to the second casing 102 being rotated when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed; and a leg component 140 configured to switch, by rotating with the hinge mechanism 120 when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, between a state where the leg component 140 projects from the back surface of the first casing 101 in the opened position, and a state where the leg component 140 projects from the top surface of the first casing 101 in the inverted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWADA, Kenichi SHINDO, Ryo YONEZAWA, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Hirofumi SASAKI, Haruka KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20140031342
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel 6,7-dihydroimidazo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine compound that has excellent bactericidal action against tubercle bacilli, multidrug-resistant tubercle bacilli, and atypical acid-fast bacilli. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (1): or a salt thereof, wherein R1 represents tetrahydroisoquinolyl, tetrahydroquinolyl, tetrahydrobenzoazepinyl, benzoxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, indolyl, isoindolinyl, naphthyl, quinolyl, phenyl, biphenylyl, or pyridyl, these groups being optionally substituted, the phenyl, biphenylyl, and pyridyl represented by R1 each being substituted directly or via a linker with at least one group selected from the group consisting of tetrahydropyridyl, diazepanyl, diazabicycloheptanyl, tetrahydrotriazolopyrazinyl, tetrahydroimidazopyrazinyl, azabicyclooctanyl, oxazolyl, piperazinyl, piperidyl, thiazolyl, and the like, each of these groups being optionally substituted; and R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kawano, Yoshikazu Haraguchi, Hirofumi Sasaki, Yukitaka Uematsu, Hidetsugu Tsubouchi, Hiromi Yata, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazuho Kohashi, Motohiro Itotani, Kuninori Tai, Isao Takemura, Mikayo Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Miki Matsuba, Izuru Nakamura, Xiuhao Chen, Makoto Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130261081
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein m, l, and n respectively represent an integer of 1 or 2; X represents —O— or —CH2—; R1 represents hydrogen, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy-lower alkyl group, a protecting group, or a tri-lower alkylsilyloxy-lower alkyl group; R2 and R3, which are the same or different, each independently represent hydrogen or a lower alkyl group; or R2 and R3 are bonded to form a cyclo-C3-C8 alkyl group; and R4 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, wherein the aromatic or heterocyclic group may have one or more arbitrary substituent(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ito, Hirofumi Sasaki, Kuninori Tai, Tomoichi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8455173
    Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition includes (A) an alkali-soluble resin that contains (a1) a structural unit derived from a crosslinkable monomer and (a2) a structural unit having a phenolic hydroxyl group, (B) a crosslinking agent, (C) a photosensitive compound, and (D) a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sasaki, Atsushi Itou
  • Patent number: 8420623
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneaki Kurimura, Shinichi Taira, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Nobuaki Ito, Kuninori Tai, Noriaki Takemura, Takayuki Matsuzaki, Yasuhiro Menjo, Shin Miyamura, Yohji Sakurai, Akihito Watanabe, Yasuyo Sakata, Takumi Masumoto, Kohei Akazawa, Haruhiko Sugino, Naoki Amada, Satoshi Ohashi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Hirofumi Sasaki, Chisako Morita, Junko Yamashita, Satoko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8309295
    Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition capable of forming an interlayer insulating film, or planarized film, or surface protective film, or insulating film for high-density mount substrate excelling in properties, such as resolution, adherence, thermal impact, electrical insulation, patterning performance and elongation; a hardening product thereof; and a circuit board equipped with the hardening product. There is provided a positive photosensitive insulating resin composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin; a compound having a quinonediazido group; and crosslinked resin particles of a particulate copolymer whose 20 to 90 mol % constituent is derived from a hydroxylated and/or carboxylated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sasaki, Atsushi Ito, Takashi Nishioka, Hirofumi Goto
  • Patent number: 8293129
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of the present invention comprises the step of epitaxially growing a PZT layer on a first electrode layer, and the step of processing the PZT layer to a desired shape using an etching solution after the growing step. The etching solution contains at least one acid from among hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in a concentration CHCl+3.3CHNO3 ranging from 1 wt % to 10 wt %, CHCl and CHNO3 denoting, respectively, a weight concentration of the hydrochloric acid and nitric acid relative to a weight of the etching solution; and at least one fluorine compound from among ammonium fluoride and hydrogen fluoride, such that a weight concentration of fluorine derived from ammonium fluoride and hydrogen fluoride ranges from 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % relative to the weight of the etching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: TDK Corporation, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kurachi, Hirofumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8189296
    Abstract: A method includes a step of stacking a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer on a first substrate to form a first laminate; a step of stacking a support layer on a second substrate to form a second laminate; a step of bonding the first and second laminates through an adhesive layer to form a third laminate; a step of removing the first substrate from the third laminate; a step of processing the third laminate in a desired shape; and a step of removing the second substrate. A Young's modulus of the adhesive layer is smaller than a Young's modulus of the piezoelectric layer. Respective Young's moduli of the second electrode layer and the support layer are larger than the Young's modulus of the adhesive layer. The third laminate has no other piezoelectric layer except for the aforementioned piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: TDK Corporation, SAE Magnetics (HK), Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Hata, Hirofumi Sasaki, Katsuyuki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20120130082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 1-substituted-4-nitroimidazole compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof, (wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group-substituted lower alkyl group, a phenyl-lower alkoxy group-substituted lower alkyl group, a cyano-substituted lower alkyl group, a phenyl-lower alkyl group which may have lower alkoxy groups as the substituents in the phenyl ring or a group of the formula —CH2RA; X is a halogen atom or a group of the formula —S(O)n-R1) and method for preparing the same. The compound of the formula (1) is a useful compound as an intermediate for synthesis of various pharmaceutical and agricultural chemicals, particularly, as intermediates for antitubercular agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Fumitaka GOTO, Noriaki Takemura, Tadaaki Otani, Takeshi Hasegawa, Hidetsugu Tsubouchi, Naoto Utsumi, Shigekazu Fujita, Hideaki Kuroda, Takuya Shitsuta, Hirofumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8183749
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device with improved characteristics and a method of making the electronic device. In a method of making an electronic device (piezoelectric device) 74 according to the present invention, an outer edge R1 of a piezoelectric film 52A formed on an electrode film 46A of a laminate 60 is located inside an outer edge R2 of the electrode film 46A. For this reason, in removal of a monocrystalline Si substrate 14 from a multilayer board 61, where an etching solution permeates between polyimide 72 and laminate 60, the etching solution circumvents the electrode film 46A before it reaches the piezoelectric film 52A. Namely, a route A of the etching solution to the piezoelectric film 52A is significantly extended by the electrode film 46A. In the method of making the electronic device 74, therefore, the etching solution is less likely to reach the piezoelectric film 52A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Tochi, Masahiro Miyazaki, Takao Noguchi, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Ken Unno, Hirofumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8163753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2,3-dihydro-6-nitroimidazo[2,1-b]oxazole compound represented by the following general formula: (1) in the above formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0 to 6, R1 and —(CH2)nR2 may form a spiro ring represented by the formula (30) below, together with the adjacent carbon atom (in the formula below, RRR represents a piperidyl group which may have substituents on the piperidine ring), (30) and R2 represents a benzothiazolyloxy group, quinolyloxy group, pyridyloxy group or the like. The present compound has an excellent bactericidal action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and atypical acid-fast bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Tsubouchi, Hirofumi Sasaki, Motohiro Itotani, Yoshikazu Haraguchi, Shin Miyamura, Makoto Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Tatsuo Tomishige, Masanori Kawasaki, Kinue Ohguro, Takumi Sumida, Takeshi Hasegawa, Kazuho Tanaka, Isao Takemura
  • Publication number: 20120065162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneaki KURIMURA, Shinichi TAIRA, Takahiro TOMOYASU, Nobuaki ITO, Kuninori TAI, Noriaki TAKEMURA, Takayuki MATSUZAKI, Yasuhiro MENJO, Shin MIYAMURA, Yohji SAKURAI, Akihito WATANABE, Yasuyo SAKATA, Takumi MASUMOTO, Kohei AKAZAWA, Haruhiko SUGINO, Naoki AMADA, Satoshi OHASHI, Tomoichi SHINOHARA, Hirofumi SASAKI, Chisako MORITA, Junko YAMASHITA, Satoko NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 8129544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 1-substituted-4-nitroimidazole compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof, (wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group-substituted lower alkyl group, a phenyl-lower alkoxy group-substituted lower alkyl group, a cyano-substituted lower alkyl group, a phenyl-lower alkyl group which may have lower alkoxy groups as the substituents in the phenyl ring or a group of the formula —CH2RA; X is a halogen atom or a group of the formula —S(O)n-R1) and method for preparing the same. The compound of the formula (1) is a useful compound as an intermediate for synthesis of various pharmaceutical and agricultural chemicals, particularly, as intermediates for antitubercular agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Goto, Noriaki Takemura, Tadaaki Otani, Takeshi Hasegawa, Hidetsugu Tsubouchi, Naoto Utsumi, Shigekazu Fujita, Hideaki Kuroda, Takuya Shitsuta, Hirofumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8084442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneaki Kurimura, Shinichi Taira, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Nobuaki Ito, Kuninori Tai, Noriaki Takemura, Takayuki Matsuzaki, Yasuhiro Menjo, Shin Miyamura, Yohji Sakurai, Akihito Watanabe, Yasuyo Sakata, Takumi Masumoto, Kohei Akazawa, Haruhiko Sugino, Naoki Amada, Satoshi Ohashi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Hirofumi Sasaki, Chisako Morita, Junko Yamashita, Satoko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110174343
    Abstract: A function for checking whether components of an automatic analyzer properly operate is made available. A pressure sensor is installed in a sample path. A pressure waveform obtained during a washing water discharge operation 10 is used to check the opening/closing of a solenoid valve and the other operations of a dispensing mechanism. This function can also be exercised when a pressure sensor for a conventional sample suction check process is used. Even when the solenoid valve fails to open or close, an alarm is issued to indicate such a failure. This makes it possible to prevent a sample from thinning, thereby providing enhanced data reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Azuma, Masaharu Nishida, Tatsuya Fukugaki, Hirofumi Sasaki, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100276186
    Abstract: A photosensitive insulating resin composition capable of forming an interlayer insulating film, or planarized film, or surface protective film, or insulating film for high-density mount substrate excelling in properties, such as resolution, adherence, thermal impact, electrical insulation, patterning performance and elongation; a hardening product thereof; and a circuit board equipped with the hardening product. There is provided a positive photosensitive insulating resin composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin; a compound having a quinonediazido group; and crosslinked resin particles of a particulate copolymer whose 20 to 90 mol % constituent is derived from a hydroxylated and/or carboxylated monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sasaki, Atsushi Ito, Takashi Nishioka, Hirofumi Goto
  • Patent number: 7814960
    Abstract: In a mold oscillating apparatus according to the present invention, a connecting plate for interconnecting a moving bearing housing rotated by eccentric rotation of an eccentric shaft and a mold table oscillated by rotation of the moving bearing housing is supported by the mold table from one end of an upper end part thereof to the other end, and supported by the moving bearing housing from one end of a lower end part thereof to the other end. By such a configuration, torsional deformation of the connecting plate is prevented and a stress generated in the connecting plate is eased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hirofumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7811546
    Abstract: Aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles which have an average particle diameter of not less than 40 ?m, an average particle diameter as determined after pressing at 1,000 kg/cm2 of not more than 35 ?m, and an L value of slurry obtained by mixing 20 ml of glycerol and 10 g of the aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles of not more than 69, are obtained by a process comprising the steps of: (a) feeding a supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution to a vessel, (b) adding aluminum hydroxide seeds to the supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution, (c) stirring the seed-added solution in the vessel while continuously feeding an additional supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution into the vessel to hydrolyze the supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution, (d) separating the aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles from the aqueous sodium aluminate solution, and (e) continuously discharging the aqueous sodium aluminate solution out of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hisakatsu Kato, Masashi Wada, Naoyuki Eguchi, Hirofumi Sasaki