Patents by Inventor Koichi Shirakawa

Koichi Shirakawa 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: 20240091342
    Abstract: Provided is an orally administrable vaccine against a coronavirus infectious disease. A transformed Bifidobacterium designed to display a part or a whole of a constituent protein of a coronavirus on a surface of the Bifidobacterium enables the provision of the orally administrable vaccine against a coronavirus infectious disease. The transformed Bifidobacterium designed to display a part or a whole of a constituent protein of a coronavirus on a surface of the Bifidobacterium can induce humoral immunity and cellular immunity through oral administration to suppress an increase in severity of pneumonia or the like even after viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Toshiro SHIRAKAWA, Shunpei UENO, Koichi KITAGAWA, Akihiko KONDO, Masanori KAMEOKA, Takane KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190147124
    Abstract: An operation model generator includes one or more memories, and one or more processors configured to perform acquisition of signal information indicating signal values of an input signal and an output signal in a first register transfer level operation model of a logic circuit, and generate a hardware description language operation model of the logic circuit in accordance with the acquired signal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akitsugu NAKAYAMA, Takashi Ishikawa, Koichi Shirakawa, Noritoshi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 6371530
    Abstract: A tube joint comprises: a pushing ring provided at its outer periphery with a projection and fitted to an outer periphery of one end of a joint tube; a tube or a joint body provided at is side opposed to the pushing ring with a projection opposed to the projection of the pushing ring, the tube or the joint body having a receiving portion which is widened toward the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body being fitted to an outer periphery of the joint tube with a peripheral gap left therebetween; a fastening tool capable of moving the pushing ring in a direction of the tube or the joint body; a packing provided between inner and outer side of the tube or the joint body and the joint tube, and fitted through the receiving portion by its own resilient deformation by operation of the fastening tool; and a spacer inserted between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to limit a distance between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to a constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Sato, Koichi Shirakawa, Kosuke Sakai
  • Patent number: 6203073
    Abstract: A tube joint comprises: a pushing ring provided at its outer periphery with a projection and fitted to an outer periphery of one end of a joint tube; a tube or a joint body provided at is side opposed to the pushing ring with a projection opposed to the projection of the pushing ring, the tube or the joint body having a receiving portion which is widened toward the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body being fitted to an outer periphery of the joint tube with a peripheral gap left therebetween; a fastening tool capable of moving the pushing ring in a direction of the tube or the joint body; a packing provided between inner and outer side of the tube or the joint body and the joint tube, and fitted through the receiving portion by its own resilient deformation by operation of the fastening tool; and a spacer inserted between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to limit a distance between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to a constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Sato, Koichi Shirakawa, Kosuke Sakai