Patents by Inventor Kaoru Yamada
Kaoru 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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Patent number: 11913717Abstract: A natural gas liquefying apparatus includes: a precooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to precool natural gas; a liquefying unit, which is a treatment unit configured to liquefy the natural gas; a refrigerant cooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to cool a liquefying refrigerant; a compression unit configured to compress vaporized refrigerants; and a pipe rack including air-cooled coolers arrayed and arranged on an upper surface. The treatment units and the compression unit are separately arranged in a first arrangement region and a second arrangement region arranged opposed to each other across a long side of the pipe rack. The pipe rack interposed between the first and second arrangement regions has a region in which no air-cooled cooler is arranged in order to arrange a plurality of pipes, through which refrigerants are allowed to flow, in a direction of a short side of the pipe rack.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: JGC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Kaoru Sawayanagi, Tomoharu Inoue, Yuichi Yoshizawa, Masahito Seiwa, Ken Ichimura
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Publication number: 20220009505Abstract: A danger prediction device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire, from a traveling vehicle, position information for the traveling vehicle on a travel path and behavior information for the traveling vehicle at a location corresponding to the position information, compile, from a plurality of acquired items of behavior information, behavior information corresponding to position information for locations having a similar attribute, and input compiled behavior information to a prediction model generated based on pre-gathered vehicle behavior information and a danger level corresponding to the pre-gathered vehicle behavior information, and perform danger prediction for a location corresponding to the compiled behavior information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro FUKUSHIMA, Zenya NAGATA, Akie SAKIYAMA, Kaoru YAMADA, Sayaka YOSHIZU, Takeyuki SASAI
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Patent number: 10971011Abstract: A database creation apparatus includes a controller having at least one processor configured to: (1) acquire vehicle information including position information and status information of a vehicle and information relating to vehicle size of the vehicle associated with each other; (2) extract the position of the vehicle in a parked state on the basis of the vehicle information; and (3) add data indicating that general vehicles of the same vehicle size as the vehicle can be parked at the position to a parking lot database, if the position of the vehicle in the parked state does not coincide with a specific position at which only the vehicle or only specific vehicles including the vehicle are allowed be parked.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: 10943481Abstract: A database creation apparatus includes a controller having at least one processor configured to: (1) acquire vehicle information including position information and status information of a vehicle and information relating to vehicle size of the vehicle associated with each other; (2) extract the position of the vehicle in a parked state on the basis of the vehicle information; and (3) add data indicating that general vehicles of the same vehicle size as the vehicle can be parked at the position to a parking lot database, if the position of the vehicle in the parked state does not coincide with a specific position at which only the vehicle or only specific vehicles including the vehicle are allowed be parked.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: 10309328Abstract: An exhaust emission control system of an engine is provided, which includes a NOx catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage for storing NOx within exhaust gas when an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean, and reducing the stored NOx when the air-fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometric or rich. A processor executes a NOx reduction controlling module for performing, when the NOx stored amount exceeds a given amount, a NOx reduction control in which a fuel injector performs a post injection of fuel to continuously control the air-fuel ratio to a target ratio so that the stored NOx is reduced to be below a given amount, the target air-fuel ratio being a ratio at which the stored NOx is reducible, the post injection causing the injected fuel to combust inside a cylinder, the execution of the control permitted when an engine load is within a medium load range.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takayuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Tanaka, Kota Matsue, Hiroshi Hayashibara, Yoshiaki Tomita, Kaoru Yamada, Masayuki Tetsuno, Daishi Ikeda, Kazunori Hirasawa, Masanobu Kanno
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Publication number: 20190130749Abstract: The database creation apparatus includes: a controller comprising at least one processor configured to: (1) acquire vehicle information including position information and status information of a vehicle and information relating to vehicle size associated with each other; (2) extract the position of said vehicle in a parked state on the basis of said vehicle information; and (3) add data indicating that a vehicle having said vehicle size can be parked at said position to a parking lot database, if the position of said vehicle in the parked state does not coincide with a specific position relating to said vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru YAMADA
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Publication number: 20180017003Abstract: An exhaust emission control system of an engine is provided, which includes a NOx catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage for storing NOx within exhaust gas when an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean, and reducing the stored NOx when the air-fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometric or rich. A processor executes a NOx reduction controlling module for performing, when the NOx stored amount exceeds a given amount, a NOx reduction control in which a fuel injector performs a post injection of fuel to continuously control the air-fuel ratio to a target ratio so that the stored NOx is reduced to be below a given amount, the target air-fuel ratio being a ratio at which the stored NOx is reducible, the post injection causing the injected fuel to combust inside a cylinder, the execution of the control permitted when an engine load is within a medium load range.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Takayuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Tanaka, Kota Matsue, Hiroshi Hayashibara, Yoshiaki Tomita, Kaoru Yamada, Masayuki Tetsuno, Daishi Ikeda, Kazunori Hirasawa, Masanobu Kanno
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Publication number: 20130216680Abstract: This invention provides a food product that allows intake of all of the nutritional components of soybeans, has no smell of raw soybeans, has good flavor, is easy to eat, can increase the soybean content, and can be eaten by children and adults. Provided is a hollow confectionery obtained by baking dough comprising soybeans, a starch, and a pregelatinized starch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: 8481484Abstract: A novel cyclic heptapeptide that is useful as a preadipocyte differentiation-inhibitory agent or an adipocyte fat accumulation-inhibitory agent, and the use of such agents, are provided. A novel cyclic heptapeptide represented by the following formula is provided. wherein R is CH3, CH2CH(CH3)2, CH2OCH2C6H5, CH(OH)CH3, or CH2OH.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Daisuke Uemura, Kenichiro Shimokawa, Yoshiaki Iwase, Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: 8133380Abstract: A method and device for regenerating an ion exchanger can regenerate an ion exchanger easily and quickly, and can minimize a load upon cleaning of the regenerated ion exchanger and disposal of waste liquid. A method for regenerating a contaminated ion exchanger includes: providing a pair of a regeneration electrode and a counter electrode, a partition disposed between the electrodes, and an ion exchanger to be regenerated disposed between the counter electrode and the partition; and applying a voltage between the regeneration electrode and the counter electrode while supplying a liquid between the partition and the regeneration electrode and also supplying a liquid between the partition and the counter electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Takayuki Saito, Tsukuru Suzuki, Yuji Makita, Kaoru Yamada, Masayuki Kumekawa, Hozumi Yasuda, Osamu Nabeya, Kazuto Hirokawa, Mitsuhiko Shirakashi, Yasushi Toma, Itsuki Kobata
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Patent number: 8035058Abstract: A region surrounded by two gate wiring and two drain wiring includes pixels and when there is a defect of short-circuit in adjacent pixel electrodes, the short-circuited portion is removed by irradiating a laser via a mask having a transmission pattern, which corresponds to a pattern of the gate wiring, drain wiring and pixel electrodes in the short-circuited portion. The above short-circuited portion is identified and removed in comparison to a normal pattern, by use of information from an inspection apparatus, and the pattern defect formed on the substrate is automatically repaired. By applying the above method to a manufacturing process of display apparatus, in particular, to a resist pattern forming process, a display apparatus having a highly qualified display property may be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuaki Nakasu, Kaoru Yamada, Yuichiro Tanaka, Takeshi Arai, Hideyuki Honoki, Kazushi Yoshimura, Tetsuya Kawamura, Masanori Okawa
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Publication number: 20100286363Abstract: A novel cyclic heptapeptide that is useful as a preadipocyte differentiation-inhibitory agent or an adipocyte fat accumulation-inhibitory agent, and the use of such agents, are provided. A novel cyclic heptapeptide represented by the following formula is provided. wherein R is CH3, CH2CH(CH3)2, CH2OCH2C6H5, CH(OH)CH3, or CH2OH.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Daisuke Uemura, Kenichiro Shimokawa, Yoshiaki Iwase, Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: 7638030Abstract: An electrolytic processing apparatus which, while eliminating a CMP processing entirely or reducing a load on a CMP processing to the least possible extent, can process and flatten a conductive material formed in the surface of a substrate, or can remove (clean) extraneous matter adhering to the surface of a workpiece such as a substrate. The present invention includes an electrode section including a plurality of electrode members disposed in parallel, each electrode member including an electrode and an ion exchanger covering the surface of the electrode, a holder for holding a workpiece, which is capable of bringing the workpiece close to or into contact with the ion exchanger of the electrode member, and a power source to be connected to the electrode of each electrode member of the electrode section. The ion exchanger of the electrode member includes an ion exchanger having an excellent surface smoothness and an ion exchanger having a large ion exchange capacity.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Osamu Nabeya, Masayuki Kumekawa, Hozumi Yasuda, Itsuki Kobata, Takeshi Iizumi, Nobuyuki Takada, Koichi Fukaya, Mitsuhiko Shirakashi, Takayuki Saito, Yasushi Toma, Tsukuru Suzuki, Kaoru Yamada, Yuji Makita
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Patent number: 7578886Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method is provided for performing a chemical liquid process, a cleaning process, a drying process, or the like while rotating a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer or a liquid crystal substrate. A substrate holding apparatus is provided for holding and rotating a substrate. The substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate while supplying a fluid to the substrate includes a substrate holder for holding and rotating the substrate, and a holder suction unit for sucking the fluid from the substrate holder. The substrate holding apparatus includes a plurality of rollers which are brought into contact with an edge portion of a substrate so as to hold and rotate the substrate, and at least one moving mechanism for moving the rollers.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Kaoru Yamada, Takayuki Saito, Sumio Yabe, Kenya Ito, Masayuki Kamezawa, Masaya Seki, Ichiro Katakabe, Yuki Inoue
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Publication number: 20090090397Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method suitable for use in an etching apparatus which etches a thin film formed on a peripheral portion of a substrate. The present invention also provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method suitable for use in a cleaning apparatus which performs a cleaning process on a substrate which has been etched. The substrate processing apparatus for use in etching includes a substrate holder 11 for holding a substrate W substantially horizontally and rotating the substrate W, and a processing liquid supply unit 15 for supplying a processing liquid onto a peripheral portion of the substrate W which is being rotated in such a manner that the processing liquid is stationary with respect to the substrate W.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Takayuki Saito, Tsukuru Suzuki, Kaoru Yamada, Kenya Ito, Masayuki Kamezawa, Kenji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: D663097Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: D663098Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: D663099Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: D670067Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Yamada
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Patent number: D670886Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Yamada