Patents by Inventor Iku Koike

Iku Koike 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: 10576700
    Abstract: A first continuous fiber component and a second continuous fiber component are stacked with a non-woven fabric interposed therebetween to thereby prepare a fiber base material. The fiber base material is placed between an upper mold and a lower mold. The upper mold and the lower mold are brought close to each other to thereby form an enclosed space therebetween. The enclosed space is larger in volume than a product cavity. A liquid matrix resin is supplied to the enclosed space. The upper mold and the lower mold are brought closer to each other to thereby form the product cavity in a manner that a pressing load is applied to the fiber base material. Then, the liquid matrix resin with which the fiber base material has been impregnated is hardened in the product cavity, whereby a fiber-reinforced plastic molded article is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Namaizawa, Makoto Uda, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hitoshi Iwadate, Takuya Fujii, Satoru Shinkawa, Iku Koike, Kazuhiro Kagawa, Hirohide Azuma
  • Patent number: 10131917
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a fermentative yeast having a highly efficient ethanol production without introducing a foreign gene. A further object is to obtain a fermentative yeast that is resistant to proliferation inhibitors such as organic acids, which prevent the proliferation of the fermentative yeast. A yeast having an improved ethanol production ability was generated by introducing transaldolase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes by self-cloning to Meyerozyma guilliermondii that can produce ethanol effectively from pentose and hexose obtained by breeding, and further breeding the resultant yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tsuchida, Ikumi Kurihara, Tomohiro Imai, Iku Koike
  • Patent number: 10125379
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a fermentative yeast having a highly efficient ethanol production without introducing a foreign gene. A further object is to obtain a fermentative yeast that is resistant to proliferation inhibitors such as organic acids, which prevent the growth of the fermentative yeast. Yeast having improved ethanol production ability was generated by introducing transaldolase and alcohol dehydrogenase gene by self-cloning to Meyerozyma guilliermondii that can produce ethanol effectively from pentose and hexose obtained by breeding. This fermentative yeast is deposited to NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary under the accession number NITE ABP-01976.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tsuchida, Ikumi Kurihara, Tomohiro Imai, Iku Koike
  • Patent number: 10059965
    Abstract: A highly efficient ethanol-fermentative yeast having high efficiency in ethanol production is provided without introducing a foreign gene. The highly efficient ethanol-fermentative yeast features a fermentative yeast effectively producing ethanol from pentose and hexose and being deposited to NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary under the accession number NITE BP-01963.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tsuchida, Ikumi Kurihara, Tomohiro Imai, Iku Koike
  • Publication number: 20180169973
    Abstract: A first continuous fiber component and a second continuous fiber component are stacked with a non-woven fabric interposed therebetween to thereby prepare a fiber base material. The fiber base material is placed between an upper mold and a lower mold. The upper mold and the lower mold are brought close to each other to thereby form an enclosed space therebetween. The enclosed space is larger in volume than a product cavity. A liquid matrix resin is supplied to the enclosed space. The upper mold and the lower mold are brought closer to each other to thereby form the product cavity in a manner that a pressing load is applied to the fiber base material. Then, the liquid matrix resin with which the fiber base material has been impregnated is hardened in the product cavity, whereby a fiber-reinforced plastic molded article is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki Namaizawa, Makoto Uda, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hitoshi Iwadate, Takuya Fujii, Satoru Shinkawa, Iku Koike, Kazuhiro Kagawa, Hirohide Azuma
  • Publication number: 20170369906
    Abstract: A highly efficient ethanol-fermentative yeast having high efficiency in ethanol production is provided without introducing a foreign gene. The highly efficient ethanol-fermentative yeast features a fermentative yeast effectively producing ethanol from pentose and hexose and being deposited to NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary under the accession number NITE BP-01963.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tsuchida, Ikumi Kurihara, Tomohiro Imai, Iku Koike
  • Publication number: 20170349917
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a fermentative yeast having a highly efficient ethanol production without introducing a foreign gene. A further object is to obtain a fermentative yeast that is resistant to proliferation inhibitors such as organic acids, which prevent the growth of the fermentative yeast. Yeast having improved ethanol production ability was generated by introducing transaldolase and alcohol dehydrogenase gene by self-cloning to Meyerozyma guilliermondii that can produce ethanol effectively from pentose and hexose obtained by breeding. This fermentative yeast is deposited to NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary under the accession number NITE ABP-01976.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tsuchida, Ikumi Kurihara, Tomohiro Imai, Iku Koike
  • Publication number: 20170327831
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a fermentative yeast having a highly efficient ethanol production without introducing a foreign gene. A further object is to obtain a fermentative yeast that is resistant to proliferation inhibitors such as organic acids, which prevent the proliferation of the fermentative yeast. A yeast having an improved ethanol production ability was generated by introducing transaldolase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes by self-cloning to Meyerozyma guilliermondii that can produce ethanol effectively from pentose and hexose obtained by breeding, and further breeding the resultant yeast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tsuchida, Ikumi Kurihara, Tomohiro Imai, Iku Koike