Patents by Inventor Masaharu Nakagawa
Masaharu Nakagawa 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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QUESTIONNAIRE CREATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, QUESTIONNAIRE IMPLEMENTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Publication number: 20130218639Abstract: A questionnaire creation supporting system includes a terminal apparatus for answering used by a respondent to a questionnaire in which a plurality of questions to be answered with numerical values are presented and a questionnaire implementing apparatus connected to the terminal apparatus for answering and configured to implement the questionnaire. The questionnaire implementing apparatus acquires, a selection order, which is the order for updating questions presented in the past to a lower-order layer, places the questions in order according to the acquired selection order, acquires lower-order questions from the question information, sets the order of the acquisition of the lower-order questions as a new version of the presentation order, stores, a questionnaire pattern that indicates the acquired lower-order questions and the new version of the presentation order, and displays, according to the stored presentation order, the acquired lower-order questions on the terminal apparatus for answering.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Masaharu Nakagawa -
Patent number: 8070286Abstract: In an image recording apparatus using an inkjet mode, printing paper fed from a paper feeder 2 is supplied onto tables 1 movable by an endless transport mechanism of a table moving mechanism 5. After each table 1 is transferred from the endless transport mechanism to linear motor mechanisms 61 of the table moving mechanism 5, an image is recorded by an image recorder 3. Subsequently, the table 1 is transferred from the linear motor mechanisms 61 to the endless transport mechanism, and then the printing paper on the table 1 is discharged by a paper discharger 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaharu Nakagawa, Keisuke Hirai, Kunio Muraji, Akira Murata
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Publication number: 20110295383Abstract: There is disclosed a bone substitute material for medical use which satisfies all the requirements of (1) no histotoxicity, (2) osteoconductivity, (3) bone replacement capability, and (4) mechanical strength necessary for a bone reconstruction operation. The bone substitute material for medical use is predominantly composed of carbonate apatite and produced through the formation of carbonate apatite by contacting a block of calcium compound with a phosphate-containing solution, wherein the calcium compound block contains substantially no powders, and at least one of said calcium compound block and said phosphate solution contains a carbonate group, without any sintering. The block of calcium compound is preferably one prepared using an artificially synthesized calcium compound, most preferably a foamed calcium compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Kyushu TLO Company LimitedInventors: Kunio ISHIKAWA, Shigeki Matsuya, Masaharu Nakagawa, Kouichi Udou
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Patent number: 8012218Abstract: There is disclosed a bone substitute material for medical use which satisfies all the requirements of (1) no histotoxicity, (2) osteoconductivity, (3) bone replacement capability, and (4) mechanical strength necessary for a bone reconstruction operation. The bone substitute material for medical use is predominantly composed of carbonate apatite and produced through the formation of carbonate apatite by contacting a block of calcium compound with a phosphate-containing solution, wherein the calcium compound block contains substantially no powders, and at least one of said calcium compound block and said phosphate solution contains a carbonate group, without any sintering. The block of calcium compound is preferably one prepared using an artificially synthesized calcium compound, most preferably a foamed calcium compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Kunio Ishikawa, Shigeki Matsuya, Masaharu Nakagawa, Kouichi Udou
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Patent number: 7938400Abstract: A transport device which accomplishes transport well by means of a linear motor mechanism well even if a chain is elongated. The transport uses the chain in a first transport section, and the linear motor mechanism in a second transport section. A coupling pin of the chain is disengaged from a chain coupling portion of a table when the table is transferred to the second transport section and the coupling pin is brought into engagement with the chain coupling portion again when the table is transferred to the first transport section. A driving speed at which a pair of rotary members are driven by the chain driving mechanism is corrected in accordance with the elongated condition of the chain, based on a count of driving pulses in the chain driving mechanism during the passage of the coupling pin through the second transport section.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Kakimoto, Masaharu Nakagawa, Keisuke Hirai
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Publication number: 20090295060Abstract: A transport device is provided which uses a linear motor mechanism (24) and a chain (23) in combination for transport and which accomplishes the transport by means of the linear motor mechanism (24) well even if the chain (23) is elongated. The transport mechanism (3) uses the chain (23) for the transport in a first transport section, and uses the linear motor mechanism (24) for the transport in a second transport section. The transport mechanism (3) moves the chain (23) so that a coupling pin of the chain (23) is disengaged from a chain coupling portion of a table (20) when the table (20) is transferred to the second transport section and so that the coupling pin is brought into engagement with the chain coupling portion again when the table (20) is transferred to the first transport section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Shoji KAKIMOTO, Masaharu NAKAGAWA, Keisuke HIRAI
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Publication number: 20090244243Abstract: In an image recording apparatus using an inkjet mode, printing paper fed from a paper feeder 2 is supplied onto tables 1 movable by an endless transport mechanism of a table moving mechanism 5. After each table 1 is transferred from the endless transport mechanism to linear motor mechanisms 61 of the table moving mechanism 5, an image is recorded by an image recorder 3. Subsequently, the table 1 is transferred from the linear motor mechanisms 61 to the endless transport mechanism, and then the printing paper on the table 1 is discharged by a paper discharger 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Masaharu NAKAGAWA, Keisuke HIRAI, Kunio MURAJI, Akira MURATA
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Publication number: 20060225619Abstract: There is disclosed a bone substitute material for medical use which satisfies all the requirements of (1) no histotoxicity, (2) osteoconductivity, (3) bone replacement capability, and (4) mechanical strength necessary for a bone reconstruction operation. The bone substitute material for medical use is predominantly composed of carbonate apatite and produced through the formation of carbonate apatite by contacting a block of calcium compound with a phosphate-containing solution, wherein the calcium compound block contains substantially no powders, and at least one of said calcium compound block and said phosphate solution contains a carbonate group, without any sintering. The block of calcium compound is preferably one prepared using an artificially synthesized calcium compound, most preferably a foamed calcium compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2004Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Kunio Ishikawa, Shigeki Matsuya, Masaharu Nakagawa, Kouichi Udou
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Patent number: 6966538Abstract: A gate valve has a valve rod equipped with a valve plate having a pair of valve plate surfaces, wherein the valve rod is tilted by an actuator to thereby effect highly reliable valve opening/closing operation with a simple construction. In the gate valve, the valve rod, which is equipped with the valve plate with the pair of valve plate surfaces, is rotatably supported, and raised and lowered by a raising/lowering cylinder, the valve rod being tilted by an actuator, a combination of a cam member and a cam raising/lowering cylinder, a combination of a driving block and a cylinder, or a combination of a connection member and a driving device (not shown) to thereby effect valve opening/closing with the pair of valve plate surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Irie Koken Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuzo Hayashi, Tatsuo Saito, Manabu Yabe, Masaharu Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20050092953Abstract: A gate valve has a valve rod equipped with a valve plate having a pair of valve plate surfaces, wherein the valve rod is tilted by an actuator to thereby effect highly reliable valve opening/closing operation with a simple construction. In the gate valve, the valve rod, which is equipped with the valve plate with the pair of valve plate surfaces, is rotatably supported, and raised and lowered by a raising/lowering cylinder, the valve rod being tilted by an actuator, a combination of a cam member and a cam raising/lowering cylinder, a combination of a driving block and a cylinder, or a combination of a connection member and a driving device (not shown) to thereby effect valve opening/closing with the pair of valve plate surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Yuzo Hayashi, Tatsuo Saito, Manabu Yabe, Masaharu Nakagawa
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Patent number: 6561484Abstract: A gate valve according to the present invention including a first valve plate having a valve opening, a second valve plate connected to the first valve plate via first bellows, and an actuator provided between the first valve plate and the second valve plate, wherein the first valve plate is moved by the operation of the actuator, thereby enabling the valve plate, a valve rod, and the like to be made small and lightweight.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Irie Koken Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaharu Nakagawa, Hiroshi Minamoto, Manabu Yabe, Yuuzou Hayashi, Norikimi Irie
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Patent number: 6561483Abstract: A gate valve according to the present invention including a first valve plate having a valve opening and a second valve plate connected to the first valve plate via a first bellows, in which the rigidity and the like of the valve plates, a valve rod, and the like can be reduced as compared to that in a conventional art by canceling the differential pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Irie Koken Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaharu Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20020074534Abstract: A gate valve according to the present invention comprises a first valve plate having a valve openings, a second valve plate connected to the first valve plate via first bellows, and an actuator provided between the first valve plate and the second valve plate, wherein the first valve plate is moved by the operation of the actuator, thereby enabling the valve plate, a valve rod, and the like to be made small and lightweight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: IRIE KOKEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaharu Nakagawa, Hiroshi Minamoto, Manabu Yabe, Yuuzou Hayashi, Norikimi Irie
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Publication number: 20020066877Abstract: A gate valve according to the present invention comprises a first valve plate having a valve opening and a second valve plate connected to the first valve plate via a first bellows, in which the rigidity and the like of the valve plates, a valve rod, and the like can be reduced as compared to that in a conventional art by canceling the differential pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Applicant: IRIE KOKEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaharu Nakagawa
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Patent number: 5338378Abstract: A dental gold alloy which is soft enough for adjustment of a patient's occlusal condition, which is age-hardenable with passage of time at temperatures encountered within a patient's oral cavity, and which has a single phase structure which imparts improved corrosion resistance, the dental gold alloy consisting essentially of 82-67% by a weight of gold; 18-33% by weight of copper; and 2-8 at % of an age-hardening accelerator which is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gallium, aluminum and zinc, wherein the dental gold alloy has been subjected to a solution treatment by heating at 670-700.degree. C. and quenching into water.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1993Date of Patent: August 16, 1994Assignee: Kyushu UniversityInventors: Michio Ohta, Shigeki Matsuya, Takanobu Shiraishi, Masaharu Nakagawa
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Patent number: 5216397Abstract: An electromagnetic relay comprising a fixed end terminal piece including a main part, a narrowed portion extending therefrom, and a relatively broader mounting portion formed at a free end of the narrowed portion and carrying a fixed contact thereon. Since a strong magnetic field in generated by the concentration of electric current in the narrowed portion, and an electric arc generated across the contacts is subjected to a corresponding electromagnetic force according to Fleming's left-hand rule, the arc is either eliminated or deflected from the shortest path between the two contacts, and the welding together of the two contacts is effectively prevented. Also, the durability of the contacts is substantially improved through deflection or elimination of the arc.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1990Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Kazushige Matsuoka, Masaharu Nakagawa
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Patent number: 4985244Abstract: A stabilized live attenuated vaccine with improved thermal stability, which comprises a live attenuated plain vaccine consisting of measles, mumps or rubella virus grown in a medium-199 for cell culture, or a combined live attenuated vaccine thereof, containing a stabilizing agent at a final concentration of lactose 2.5-5 W/V %, saccharose 2.5-5 W/V %, D-sorbitol 1.8-2 W/V %, sodium glutamate about 0.1 W/V % and gelatin hydrolyzate, M.W. approx. 35,000, 2-3 W/V %.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1988Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Assignee: The Kitasato InstituteInventors: Satoshi Makino, Keiko Sasaki, Masaharu Nakagawa