Patents by Inventor Takashi Hoshiba

Takashi Hoshiba 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: 20200055269
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire that is vulcanized using a bladder provided with a coating layer comprising a release agent, the noise absorber being fixed to the inner surface of the tread portion along the tire circumferential direction via the adhesive layer, and the amount of silicon in the release agent detected by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.1 wt. % to 10.0 wt. % at least in the fixation region for the noise absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Naruse, Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20200023599
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire that is vulcanized using a bladder provided with a coating layer formed by a release agent, a noise absorber 6 being fixed on an inner surface of a tread portion 1 along a tire circumferential direction via an adhesive layer 7, and a thickness of the release agent detected by an electron microscope is 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m at least in a fixation region for the noise absorber 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshiba, Masahiro Naruse
  • Publication number: 20200001507
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is vulcanized by using a bladder provided with a coating layer formed by a release agent, and the release agent has a thickness, detected by an electron microscope, of 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m on an inner surface of a tread portion 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshiba, Masahiro Naruse
  • Publication number: 20190250149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for capturing specific cells (e.g. many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM) and a method for analysis of specific cells involving the method. Included is a method for capturing specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including: centrifuging sampled blood or biological fluid at a centrifugal force of 1000 to 3000 G; and capturing specific cells therefrom onto a hydrophilic polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Haruka EMURA, Masaki MORI, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Naotsugu HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190250151
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for capturing specific cells (e.g. many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM) and a method for analysis of specific cells involving the method. Included is a method for capturing specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including: subjecting sampled blood or biological fluid to enrichment; and capturing specific cells therefrom onto a hydrophilic polymer layer in a flow field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Haruka EMURA, Masaki MORI, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Naotsugu HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190250150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for capturing specific cells (e.g. many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM), and a method for analysis of specific cells involving the method. Included is a method for capturing specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including: agglutinating blood cells in sampled blood or biological fluid; centrifuging the resulting blood or biological fluid; and then capturing specific cells therefrom onto a hydrophilic polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Minagawa, Masaru Tanaka, Takashi Hoshiba, Haruka Emura
  • Publication number: 20190202247
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions; a belt layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer; and a band-like sound absorbing member extending in a tire circumferential direction adhered to a region of a tire inner surface corresponding to a tread portion, the band-like sound absorbing member being locally disposed at a position distanced from a central region of the region corresponding to the tread portion, and an outer circumferential surface of the band-like sound absorbing member including cuts extending in the tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20190176543
    Abstract: A run-flat tire is provided with: a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions; and a run-flat reinforcing layer having a crescent-shaped cross-section, provided on a side wall portion on an inner side of the carcass layer in a tire width direction, a band-like sound absorbing member that extends in a tire circumferential direction adhering to a region of a tire inner surface corresponding to a tread portion, wherein the band-like sound absorbing member is locally arranged in at least one shoulder region within the region corresponding to the tread portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20190152259
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire, which includes a tread portion having an annular shape and extending in a tire circumferential direction, a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion, a pair of bead portions disposed on inner sides of the pair of sidewall portions in a tire radial direction, and a band-like sound absorbing member bonded to an inner surface of the tread portion along the tire circumferential direction. The band-like sound absorbing member includes a plurality of cuts in an outer circumferential surface of the band-like sound absorbing member. At least one end of each of the cuts terminates within the band-like sound absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20180326798
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a band-like sound absorbing member adhered on an inner surface of a tread portion along the tire circumferential direction. Cuts are formed on the band-like sound absorbing member mutually intersecting such that angles ?1, ?2 with regard to the tire width direction are within a range where 0°??1?90° or 0°??2?90°. The cuts are locally disposed in a region adjacent to an end portion on a vehicle inner side of the band-like sound absorbing member. A width of the placement region of the cuts is from 10% to 80% with regard to a width of the band-like sound absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuro Shinzawa, Takashi Hoshiba, Masahiro Naruse
  • Publication number: 20180319224
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions; and a band-like sound absorbing member being adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction; wherein the band-like sound absorbing member has a plurality of cuts, and both terminals of the cuts terminate at an inner side of the band-like sound absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20180312013
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions; wherein a band-like sound absorbing member is adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of cuts with an angle ? with regard to the tire circumferential direction within a range of 40°???90° are formed on both end portions in a lateral direction of the band-like sound absorbing member, and the cuts are connected only to one end portion in the lateral direction of the band-like sound absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshiba, Tatsuro Shinzawa, Masahiro Naruse
  • Publication number: 20180297419
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided, including: an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions; wherein a band-like sound absorbing member is adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction; and the band-like sound absorbing member has a plurality of cuts extending in two mutually intersecting directions, and of the cuts, a cut extending in one direction is a cut extending parallel with regard to a tire lateral direction or tire circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro Naruse, Tatsuro Shinzawa, Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20180088105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for capturing cancer cells which can capture many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM. The present invention relates to a method for capturing cancer cells present in biological fluid, the method including reducing the protein level of sampled biological fluid, followed by capturing cancer cells using a hydrophilic polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Tomokazu SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20180088106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical analysis device and a cell analysis method with which it is possible to count the number of cancer cells, culture the cancer cells, and determine the effect of drugs on the cancer cells. The present invention relates to a medical analysis device intended to capture cancer cells, the medical analysis device having multiple wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Tomokazu SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20180087017
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical analysis device and a cell analysis method, which can capture many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM. The present invention relates to a medical analysis device having a well portion, the well portion having a hydrophilic polymer layer formed at least partly on the inner surface thereof, the hydrophilic polymer layer having fibronectin adsorbed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Tomokazu SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20180065417
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a first main groove disposed in a tread surface on either side of a tire equatorial plane, the first main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction; a second main groove disposed outward of each of the first main grooves in a tire width direction, the second main groove extending in the tire circumferential direction; five land portions defined by the four main grooves, the five land portions including a center land portion located between the first main grooves, two intermediate land portions located between the first main grooves and the second main grooves, and two shoulder land portions located outward of the second main grooves in the tire width direction; and sub grooves and sipes disposed in each of the land portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba
  • Publication number: 20170320990
    Abstract: Provided are methods for surface-modifying a thermoplastic resin which produce surfaces that show not only low adsorption of proteins and cells but also selective adsorption or adhesion of specific cells such as cancer cells, and further have excellent durability. A method for surface-modifying an object made of a thermoplastic resin, the method including: step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points on the surface of the object; and step 2 of radically polymerizing at least a hydrophilic monomer starting from the polymerization initiation points by irradiation with UV light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm to form a graft layer having a thickness of 2 to 100 nm on the surface of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Tomokazu SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20170320056
    Abstract: Provided are a medical analysis device and a cell analysis method which can capture many cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM. A medical analysis device including a flow channel zone that includes a chamber zone, the inner surface of the flow channel zone being at least partially provided with a layer of a hydrophilic polymer having a thickness of 2 to 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Takashi HOSHIBA, Tomokazu SHIBUYA
  • Patent number: D787432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Hoshiba