Patents by Inventor Kunie Matsuoka

Kunie Matsuoka 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).

  • Diabetes Model Animal
    Publication number: 20090217394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diabetes animal model. Specifically, the present invention relates to a transgenic nonhuman animal, into which recombinant DNA comprising a gene encoding a diphtheria toxin receptor and an insulin promoter for regulating expression of the above gene has been introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yonekawa, Kunie Matsuoka, Hiroshi Shitara, Kenji Kohno
  • Centrifugal blower
    Patent number: 7473078
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower includes a scroll casing defining a scroll passage having a suction port and a discharge port. A fan member is disposed rotatably in the scroll casing, and the fan member is rotated by a motor. The fan member includes a plate member having at least a first circular plate portion and a second circular plate portion which are arranged in an axial direction to have a step shape in cross section, and a plurality of blades which are arranged at an outer peripheral portion of the plate member and extend in the axial direction. Furthermore, the plate member is arranged to change a flow direction of air drawn by the fan member from the suction port in an axial direction, to a radial outside. Because the plate member is arranged in the step shape in cross section, fan noise due to disturbed air flow can be restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hisaka, Kunie Matsuoka
  • Centrifugal blower
    Publication number: 20060083610
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower includes a scroll casing defining a scroll passage having a suction port and a discharge port. A fan member is disposed rotatably in the scroll casing, and the fan member is rotated by a motor. The fan member includes a plate member having at least a first circular plate portion and a second circular plate portion which are arranged in an axial direction to have a step shape in cross section, and a plurality of blades which are arranged at an outer peripheral portion of the plate member and extend in the axial direction. Furthermore, the plate member is arranged to change a flow direction of air drawn by the fan member from the suction port in an axial direction, to a radial outside. Because the plate member is arranged in the step shape in cross section, fan noise due to disturbed air flow can be restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hisaka, Kunie Matsuoka
  • Transgenic animal allergy models and methods for their use
    Patent number: 6118044
    Abstract: Transgenic mice which constitutively express an antibody-type molecule encoded by the transgene and which has an IgE heavy chain constant region and is specific for a pre-defined antigen, provide an allergic reaction to that antigen without prior sensitization and are useful as allergy models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignees: Sankyo Company, Limited, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
    Inventors: Hajime Karasuyama, Hiromichi Yonekawa, Choji Taya, Kunie Matsuoka