Patents by Inventor Kenji Tamura

Kenji Tamura 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: 20240140501
    Abstract: A brake disc includes an annular disc body and fins. The fins are radially disposed on a back surface of the disc body. At least one of the fins have a bolt hole at a central portion of the fin in a radial direction of the disc body. The disc body includes an inner circumferential portion. The inner circumferential portion is positioned inward from the bolt hole in the radial direction. The inner circumferential portion decreases in thickness as the inner circumferential portion extends inward in the radial direction. The fins each include a top surface and a convex portion. The convex portion protrudes inward from an imaginary plane in the radial direction. The imaginary plane passes an end portion of the top surface and an inner circumferential edge of the back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi NOGAMI, Takanori KATO, Kenji TAMURA, Naruo MIYABE, Seiji KANAMORI, Yuzuka KITAZAWA, Masahiro KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240124859
    Abstract: A method for producing a protein encoded by a target gene, comprising the step of expressing the target gene in a bacterium of the genus Burkholderia, wherein the bacterium lacks one or more genes selected from the group consisting of BSFP_068740, BSFP_068730, and BSFP_068720, or has inhibited expression of the genes or proteins encoded by the genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro YOSHIDA, Yoshiaki YASUTAKE, Tomohiro TAMURA, Kenji KONISHI, Shin-ichi SAKASEGAWA, Shuji MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240128809
    Abstract: A stator includes: a plurality of stator blocks; a plurality of coils; and a supporter supporting the plurality of stator blocks. Each of the plurality of stator blocks includes: a yoke portion located at its outermost perimeter; and a teeth portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the yoke portion. The yoke portion has a width dimension along the circumferential direction, and the width dimension of the yoke portion is greater than a width dimension of the teeth portion along the circumferential direction. The supporter is closed in the circumferential direction. The supporter holds the plurality of stator blocks such that the plurality of stator blocks are housed in an interior of the supporter. The supporter has an inner peripheral surface in contact with at least an outer peripheral surface of the yoke portion of each of the plurality of stator blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya AKO, Hideki TAMURA, Mitsumasa MIZUNO, Kenji OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240097511
    Abstract: A stator includes a plurality of stator blocks aligned in a circumferential direction and a plurality of coils each made of a winding wound around a corresponding one of the plurality of stator blocks. The stator includes a plurality of insulation members electrically insulating from the plurality of stator blocks from the plurality of coils for respective groups of the plurality of stator blocks and the plurality of coils. Each of the plurality of stator blocks includes a yoke portion located at its outermost perimeter and a teeth portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the yoke portion. Each of the plurality of insulation members includes a pair of insulating plates arranged to face each other across the teeth portion. Each of the pair of insulating plates has a width greater than a width of the teeth portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki TAMURA, Kenji OKADA, Mitsumasa MIZUNO, Yuya AKO
  • Publication number: 20240093311
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer and a method for detecting breast cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer, comprising nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting breast cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDOU, Hitoshi NOBUMASA, Satoko KOZONO, Hiroko SUDO, Junpei KAWAUCHI, Takahiro OCHIYA, Nobuyoshi KOSAKA, Makiko ONO, Kenji TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240097518
    Abstract: A stator includes a plurality of stator blocks aligned in a circumferential direction and a plurality of coils each made of a winding wound around a corresponding one of the plurality of stator blocks. The stator includes a plurality of insulation members electrically insulating from the plurality of stator blocks from the plurality of coils for respective groups of the plurality of stator blocks and the plurality of coils. Each of the plurality of stator blocks includes a yoke portion located at its outermost perimeter, a teeth portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the yoke portion, and an insulating portion being electrically insulating and covering a surface of the teeth portion. Each of the plurality of insulation members includes a pair of insulating plates. Each of the pair of insulating plates has a width greater than a width of the teeth portion, and the pair of insulating plates are arranged to face each other across the teeth portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki TAMURA, Mitsumasa MIZUNO, Yuya AKO, Kenji OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240079928
    Abstract: An electric tool includes a motor. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor rotates with respect to the stator. At least one of the stator or the rotor includes a core (stator core or rotor core) that includes an oriented steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsumasa MIZUNO, Kenji OKADA, Hideki TAMURA, Yuya AKO
  • Publication number: 20240043055
    Abstract: In order to efficiently convey a conveyance target, a conveyance system includes: a carriage configured to be capable of conveying a plurality of conveyance targets; and a carriage controller configured to perform an allocation process of allocating, to the carriage, a conveyance target to be conveyed, the carriage controller performing the allocation process such that, in a case where a region in which the carriage is movable is divided into a plurality of areas, areas of destinations of the plurality of conveyance targets that are to be simultaneously conveyed by the carriage are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke FUJIWARA, Hiroyoshi TOBA, Kenji TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240027455
    Abstract: Provided is a method of assisting breast cancer diagnosis, comprising: a measuring step for measuring an amount of laminin 5 or laminin ?3 in a specimen; and an information-providing step for providing information for breast cancer diagnosis based on the amount of laminin 5 or laminin ?3 thus measured. Provided is a test kit for breast cancer comprising an anti-laminin 5 antibody or an anti-laminin ?3 antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, SHIMADZU CORPORATION, DAI NIPPON TORYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji TAMURA, Kazuki SUDO, Takahisa MATSUDA, Taiki YAMAJI, Koji OKAMOTO, Makoto WATANABE, Hirotaka FUJIMOTO, Taka-Aki SATO, Yuta MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240017929
    Abstract: A size of a conveyance device is reduced. A conveyance device includes: a carriage configured to travel along a track; and a transfer mechanism hung from the carriage so as to be capable of being raised and lowered. The transfer mechanism includes a plurality of chucks each of which is configured to revolve about a rotation center provided in the transfer mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke FUJIWARA, Kengo IKEDO, Keita YAMADA, Tsubasa YAJIMA, Yuta MANI, Hiroyoshi TOBA, Keisuke SHIROISHI, Kenshin HASHIGUCHI, Masashi KAKUMA, Junichi SAKAMOTO, Kazuya NAMAZUE, Naoya TOYOSHIMA, Kazuhiro HAYAMI, Kenji TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240002154
    Abstract: The article accommodation facility includes a first stacker crane disposed at a first level, a second stacker crane disposed at a second level, and a storage rack. The storage rack extends across the first level and the second level. The storage rack has a common area that includes at least one accommodation section to and from which an article is carriable from two sides in a second direction. The first stacker crane is configured to transfer the article to the accommodation section in the common area from a first side in the second direction, and the second stacker crane is configured to transfer the article to the accommodation section in the common area from a second side in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuya Namazue, Kenji Tamura
  • Patent number: 11859255
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer and a method for detecting breast cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer, comprising nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting breast cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondou, Hitoshi Nobumasa, Satoko Kozono, Hiroko Sudo, Junpei Kawauchi, Takahiro Ochiya, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Makiko Ono, Kenji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20230373733
    Abstract: An article transport facility includes a plurality of article transport vehicles. A travel route includes a main transport route; a first branch route that branches from the main transport route, passes through a transfer position at which an article is transferred, and merges with the main transport route; and a second branch route that branches from the first branch route at a position downstream of the transfer position, or branches from the main transport route, and merges with the first branch route at a position upstream of the transfer position. The first branch route includes a first standby section at a position upstream of the transfer position, and the second branch route includes a second standby section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Shiroishi, Naoya Toyoshima, Kenji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20230365332
    Abstract: In a first power reception posture, a first power reception section does not overlap with a first rail and a first feeder cable in a view along a first direction but overlaps with at least one of the first rail and the first feeder cable in a view along a second direction. In a first non-power reception posture, the first power reception section does not overlap with the first rail, the first feeder cable, a second rail, and a second feeder cable in the view along the first direction and the view along the second direction. In a second power reception posture, a second power reception section does not overlap with the second rail and the second feeder cable in the view along the second direction but overlaps with at least one of the second rail and the second feeder cable in the view along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinari Wada, Kenji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20230143085
    Abstract: An article transport facility includes a first rail and a second rail. The second rail is spaced upward relative to the first rail, and intersects the first rail in a view in an up-down direction. The transport vehicle includes a vehicle body disposed between the first rail and the second rail in the up-down direction, a first traveling unit that causes the vehicle body to travel along a first direction, and a second traveling unit that causes the vehicle body to travel along a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinari Wada, Kenji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20230091147
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer and a method for detecting breast cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer, comprising nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting breast cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDOU, Hitoshi NOBUMASA, Satoko KOZONO, Hiroko SUDO, Junpei KAWAUCHI, Takahiro OCHIYA, Nobuyoshi KOSAKA, Makiko ONO, Kenji TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11479822
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer and a method for detecting breast cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer, comprising nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting breast cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondou, Hitoshi Nobumasa, Satoko Kozono, Hiroko Sudo, Junpei Kawauchi, Takahiro Ochiya, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Makiko Ono, Kenji Tamura
  • Patent number: 11420472
    Abstract: In a pressing step, a first forged product is pressed by a first die, and thereby, a second forged product including a rough flange having a thickness-changing portion is produced. The thickness-changing portion includes a front part protruding frontward from a side of a rough web part and a rear part protruding rearward from the side of the rough web part. Each of the front part and the rear part includes a first part, and a second part that is thicker than the first part and is located farther from the rough web part than the first part. In the pressing step, at least a part of the rough flange that is above or below the web part (thick part) is pressed by the first die, whereby the material of the first forged product in the part is caused to flow frontward and rearward, and the thickness-changing portion is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Kenji Imanishi, Sam Soo Hwang, Kunihiro Yabuno, Kunihiro Yoshida, Koichiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11390116
    Abstract: The production method disclosed is a method for producing a front axle beam. The production method includes a die forging step and a bending step. The die forging step is a step of forging a steel material with dies to produce a forged product including a rough web part, which is to be formed into a web part, and four plate-shaped rough flange parts protruding frontward and rearward from an upper side and a lower side of the rough web part, respectively. The bending step is a step of pressing at least one specified rough flange part, which is at least one of the four rough flange parts, with a first die to form a bent portion in the specified rough flange part such that the bent portion is bent inward in an up-down direction of the forged product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Kenji Imanishi, Sam Soo Hwang, Kunihiro Yabuno, Kunihiro Yoshida, Koichiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11253910
    Abstract: Provided is a production method, including a first preforming process for obtaining a first preform from a billet, a second preforming process for obtaining a final preform from the first preform, and a finish forging process for forming the final preform into a finishing dimension of a forged crankshaft. In the first preforming process, a plurality of flat parts are formed by pressing pin-corresponding parts and journal-corresponding parts in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the billet. The second preforming process includes: a process of pressing regions to be a plurality of journals with a width direction of the flat part as a pressing direction by using a pair of first dies; and a process of, after starting pressing by the first dies, decentering regions to be a plurality of pins with the width direction of the flat part as a decentering direction by using second dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Okubo, Kenji Tamura, Kunihiro Yoshida, Sam Soo Hwang, Ryusuke Nakano, Masao Hori, Yukihiro Ota