Patents by Inventor Yoshio Sugimoto

Yoshio Sugimoto 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).

  • Patent number: 9282937
    Abstract: A couch with a patient-inclining device (10) includes a tabletop (28), a pair of second rails (15) arranged below the tabletop, a second moving section (16) having a pair of second sliders (17) which are movable on the pair of second rails, a pair of block bodies (22A and 22B) which are movable on the pair of second rails, drive mechanisms (23A and 23B) which linearly move the block bodies with respect to the second moving section, a support section (26) provided on the second moving section to support the tabletop, and levers (27A and 27B), each having one end connected to the tabletop and the other end connected to the associated one of the pair of block bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Tetsuya Goto, Masayuki Matsuda, Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8975354
    Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition including 100 parts by weight of the following component (A), 18 parts by weight or more and 65 parts by weight or less of the following component (B), 6 parts by weight or more and 45 parts by weight or less of the following component (C), 25 parts by weight or more and 60 parts by weight or less of the following component (D), 0.1 part by weight or more and 6.5 parts by weight or less of the following component (E) and 0.15 part by weight or more and 5.0 parts or less by weight of the following component (F): (A) a specific propylene-ethylene block copolymer A: (B) a specific propylene-ethylene block copolymer B: (C) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a melt flow rate (230° C., under the load of 2.16 kg) of 0.5 g/10 min or more and 20 g/10 min or less; (D) an inorganic filler having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and 14 ?m or less; (E) an acid-modified polypropylene; and (F) a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kusumoto, Yoshio Sugimoto, Mitsuru Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20150020313
    Abstract: A couch with a patient-inclining device (10) includes a tabletop (28), a pair of second rails (15) arranged below the tabletop, a second moving section (16) having a pair of second sliders (17) which are movable on the pair of second rails, a pair of block bodies (22A and 22B) which are movable on the pair of second rails, drive mechanisms (23A and 23B) which linearly move the block bodies with respect to the second moving section, a support section (26) provided on the second moving section to support the tabletop, and levers (27A and 27B), each having one end connected to the tabletop and the other end connected to the associated one of the pair of block bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Tetsuya Goto, Masayuki Matsuda, Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8686088
    Abstract: Polypropylene resin compositions are suited for injection molding and are capable of giving molded articles having excellent mechanical properties, reduced tendency to cause flow marks or weld marks, low gloss, and superior scratch resistance. A polypropylene resin composition includes: an amount of a resin composition (F) including a polypropylene (A), an ethylene-?-olef in copolymer or an ethylene-?-olefin-diene copolymer (B-I) having MFR of less than 0.4 g/10 min, an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (B-2) having MFR of 0.5 to less than 20 g/10 min, and an inorganic filler (C); and specific amounts relative to the resin composition (F) of a modified polypropylene (D) and a surface modifier (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Hiroshi Suenari, Ikunori Sakai, Frank E. Jones, Toru Fukada
  • Publication number: 20140018478
    Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition including 100 parts by weight of the following component (A), 18 parts by weight or more and 65 parts by weight or less of the following component (B), 6 parts by weight or more and 45 parts by weight or less of the following component (C), 25 parts by weight or more and 60 parts by weight or less of the following component (D), 0.1 part by weight or more and 6.5 parts by weight or less of the following component (E) and 0.15 part by weight or more and 5.0 parts or less by weight of the following component (F): (A) a specific propylene-ethylene block copolymer A: (B) a specific propylene-ethylene block copolymer B: (C) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a melt flow rate (230° C., under the load of 2.16 kg) of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kusumoto, Yoshio Sugimoto, Mitsuru Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20100311894
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition includes: 14 to 39 wt % of a propylene block copolymer (A-1) having MFR of 1 to 200 g/10 min, the propylene block copolymer comprising 70 to 95 wt % of a room temperature n-decane insoluble part (Dinsol (1)) and 5 to 30 wt % of a room temperature n-decane soluble part (Dsol (1)), the Dinsol (1) having a mmmm fraction of not less than 97%, the Dsol (1) having [?] of 4 to 10 dl/g; 20 to 60 wt % of a propylene block copolymer (A-2) having MFR of 1 to 200 g/10 min, the propylene block copolymer comprising 70 to 95 wt % of a room temperature n-decane insoluble part (Dinsol (2)) and 5 to 30 wt % of a room temperature n-decane soluble part (Dsol (2)), the Dinsol (2) having a mmmm fraction of not less than 97%, the Dsol (2) having [?] of 1.5 to 4 dl/g; 5 to 30 wt % of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer rubber (B); and 10 to 30 wt % of an inorganic filler (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tsukahara, Ikunori Sakai, Yoshio Sugimoto, Satoko Toei, Noriaki Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20100210780
    Abstract: Polypropylene resin compositions are suited for injection molding and are capable of giving molded articles having excellent mechanical properties, reduced tendency to cause flow marks or weld marks, low gloss, and superior scratch resistance. A polypropylene resin composition includes: an amount of a resin composition (F) including a polypropylene (A), an ethylene-?-olef in copolymer or an ethylene-?-olefin-diene copolymer (B-I) having MFR of less than 0.4 g/10 min, an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (B-2) having MFR of 0.5 to less than 20 g/10 min, and an inorganic filler (C); and specific amounts relative to the resin composition (F) of a modified polypropylene (D) and a surface modifier (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100065749
    Abstract: A transmission type dosimeter includes electrodes configured to collect charged particles ionized with radiation, a body, in a cavity of which, the electrodes are arranged, and a lid configured to seal the cavity in the body. The lid includes a fixing frame section fixed on the body, and a transmission section formed with the fixing frame section as a unit body. The transmission section is thinner than the fixing frame section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Nomura, Tatsufumi Aoi, Ichiro Yamashita, Yoshio Sugimoto, Yuichiro Kamino
  • Patent number: 7619374
    Abstract: A radiotherapy system includes: a waveguide, an adjustable waveguide, and a non-reciprocal circuit element. The waveguide transmits a high-frequency wave from a high-frequency power source to an acceleration tube. The adjustable waveguide is included in said waveguide and transforms a part of said waveguide. The non-reciprocal circuit element is provided between said acceleration tube and said adjustable waveguide in said waveguide. Said acceleration tube accelerates charged particles for generating therapeutic radiation by using said high-frequency wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsufumi Aoi, Kuniyuki Kajinishi, Ichiro Yamashita, Shinji Nomura, Yoshio Sugimoto, Susumu Urano
  • Patent number: 7553887
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition comprising a polypropylene resin composition and an aluminum flake pigment for use as an automotive resin composition, which is excellent in mechanical strength, physical properties and flowability, and enables to produce molded products showing good metallic appearance. A composition comprising a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer, an elastomeric polymer and an inorganic filler is a preferred example of the polypropylene resin composition, and aluminum flakes surface-coated with a polymer containing as constituent units acrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, epoxylated polybutadiene and divinylbenzene are preferred examples of the aluminum flake pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Ikunori Sakai, Yusuke Umetani, Naoki Shoji, Keita Nagano, Takao Mizoshita, Isamu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7446147
    Abstract: A propylene resin composition comprising (A) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 89 to 30% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]a as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (B) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]b as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (C) an elastomeric polymer in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, which has a melt flow rate (MFR, 230C, load of 2160 g) of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masamichi Naito, Ikunori Sakai, Yoshio Sugimoto, Kenta Tsubohara
  • Publication number: 20080267352
    Abstract: A radiotherapy system includes: a waveguide, an adjustable waveguide, and a non-reciprocal circuit element. The waveguide transmits a high-frequency wave from a high-frequency power source to an acceleration tube. The adjustable waveguide is included in said waveguide and transforms a part of said waveguide. The non-reciprocal circuit element is provided between said acceleration tube and said adjustable waveguide in said waveguide. Said acceleration tube accelerates charged particles for generating therapeutic radiation by using said high-frequency wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsufumi Aoi, Kuniyuki Kajinishi, Ichiro Yamashita, Shinji Nomura, Yoshio Sugimoto, Susumu Urano
  • Publication number: 20080223455
    Abstract: To provide a gas supply unit capable of stabilizing a gas supply amount, the gas supply unit includes a mass flow controller, a first fluid control valve connected to the mass flow controller, a second fluid control valve connected in parallel to the first fluid control valve, and a third fluid control valve placed on a secondary side of the second fluid control valve. An opening degree of the third fluid control valve is adjusted based on a pressure difference between secondary pressure of the first fluid control valve and secondary pressure of the second fluid control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jota Fukuhara, Hotaka Ishizuka, Yoshio Sugimoto, Yasunori Nishimura, Kazutoshi Itoh, Akihito Sugino, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 7363226
    Abstract: A psychosomatic diagnosis system in which evaluation of the psychosomatic condition of a person to be diagnosed is performed automatically and objectively, based on the response by voice with respect to a question and the like asked to the person to be diagnosed. The system includes an index database, a speech processing section for obtaining voice as a speech signal, an analog to digital conversion section for converting the speech signal into a digital speech signal, a data processing section for calculating a human strange attractor by using the chaos theory and storing the human strange attractor in the index database, an attractor evaluation section for performing a quantitative evaluation by using the calculated human strange attractor, and a display section for displaying the evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignees: Electronic Navigation Research Inst., Kakuichi Shiomi, Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuichi Shiomi, Michiko Takaoka, Naritomo Meguro, Nobuhiro Furuse, Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20070010622
    Abstract: A propylene resin composition comprising (A) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 89 to 30% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]a as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (B) a crystalline propylene block copolymer in an amount of 5 to 25% by weight, which has a specific content of a 23° C. n-decane-soluble component, said soluble component having a specific intrinsic viscosity [?]b as measured in decalin at 135° C., has a specific melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C., load of 2160 g), and has a specific isotactic pentad fraction of a polypropylene homopolymer portion as measured by 13C-NMR, (C) an elastomeric polymer in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, which has a melt flow rate (MFR, 230C, load of 2160 g) of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Masamichi Naito, Ikunori Sakai, Yoshio Sugimoto, Kenta Tsubohara
  • Publication number: 20050250892
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition comprising a polypropylene resin composition and an aluminum flake pigment for use as an automotive resin composition, which is excellent in mechanical strength, physical properties and flowability, and enables to produce molded products showing good metallic appearance. A composition comprising a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer, an elastomeric polymer and an inorganic filler is a preferred example of the polypropylene resin composition, and aluminum flakes surface-coated with a polymer containing as constituent units acrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, epoxylated polybutadiene and divinylbenzene are preferred examples of the aluminum flake pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugimoto, Ikunori Sakai, Yusuke Umetani, Naoki Shoji, Keita Nagano, Takao Mizoshita, Isamu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: D523571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Patent number: D523783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Patent number: D524191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Patent number: D524192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Sugimoto