Patents Assigned to National University Corporation Nagoya University
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Patent number: 9496979Abstract: Disclosed is a spatial switching apparatus having a plurality of input terminals, an input optical signal of a single wavelength being input to each of the plurality of the input terminals, and a plurality of output terminals an output optical signal of a single wavelength being output from each of the plurality of the output terminals. The apparatus includes a signal wavelength converting portion having an electric signal converting element converting the input optical signal into an electric signal and a variable wavelength laser, the signal wavelength converting portion using the variable wavelength laser to convert an electric signal converted by the electric signal converting element into an optical signal of an arbitrary wavelength; and a spatial switching portion having a plurality of first cyclic AWGs performing output from a plurality of output ports corresponding to wavelengths of a plurality of input signals input from the variable wavelength laser.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ken-ichi Sato, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tomonobu Niwa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Toshio Watanabe
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Patent number: 9481618Abstract: A cyclopolyarylene compound represented by Formula (1): wherein k is the same or different, and each represents 0, 1 or 2; m is the same or different, and each represents 1, 2 or 3; and n represents 3, 4, 5 or 6.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Kenichiro Itami, Yasutomo Segawa, Akiko Yagi
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Patent number: 9463451Abstract: A hydrogen transfer reaction may be more efficiently promoted by using a metal complex represented by Formula (2): (wherein, R1 to R8 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or the like; or wherein; R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R4 and R5, and R5 and R6 are respectively bonded to each other to form a bivalent hydrocarbon group; R9 are the same or different, and each represents an alkyl group or cycloalkyl group; M is ruthenium (Ru) or the like; X is a ligand; and n is 0, 1 or 2). More specifically, the metal complex enables a hydrogenation reaction of various substrates having a stable carbonyl group or the like to be advanced with a high yield under mild conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Susumu Saito, Ryoji Noyori, Takashi Miura, Masayuki Naruto, Kazuki Iida, Yuki Takada, Katsuaki Toda, Sota Nimura, Santosh Agrawal, Sunkook Lee
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Patent number: 9446033Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to identify a migratory factor that guides pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) useful in new medical applications to damage, and to provide a pharmaceutical composition that includes the migratory factor for promoting tissue regeneration in regenerative medicine that makes use of Muse cells. In the present invention, a receptor that is specifically expressed in Muse cells rather than non-Muse cells was identified, and it was confirmed that a ligand for this receptor can function as a migratory factor. In the present invention, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) was identified as a migratory factor, and thus, the present invention pertains to a pharmaceutical composition for guiding pluripotent stem cells to damage, the composition including S1P as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignees: CLIO, INC., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Mari Dezawa, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Masanori Yoshida
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Patent number: 9447518Abstract: A radical generator includes a supply tube, a plasma-generating tube, a coil winding about an outer circumference of the plasma-generating tube, for generating an inductively coupled plasma in the plasma-generating tube, an electrode for generating a capacitively coupled plasma in the plasma-generating tube and adding the capacitively coupled plasma to the inductively coupled plasma, and a parasitic-plasma-preventing tube including a dielectric material which extends from a bottom of the plasma-generating tube to an opening of the supply tube in a space between the bottom and the opening, and a tip part thereof is inserted into the supply tube to cover an inner wall of the supply tube for preventing a generation of a parasitic plasma between the electrode and the inner wall of the supply tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, NU ECO Engineering Co., Ltd., Katagiri Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Hori, Hiroshi Amano, Hiroyuki Kano, Shoji Den, Koji Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20160236682Abstract: A vehicle driving support system includes a detection part detecting an object; an area classification part classifying areas other than a presence area where the object detected by the detection part is present into an empty area and an unknown area, the empty area being such an area that it is determined that no object is present and an unknown area being such an area that whether an object is present is unknown; and a control part guiding a vehicle to the empty area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroaki TAKADA, Yousuke WATANABE, Shigeharu TESHIMA, Yoshiki NINOMIYA, Kenya SATO
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Patent number: 9420697Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming an interlayer insulation layer on a conductive circuit, applying laser to a portion of the interlayer insulation layer such that an opening reaching to the conductive circuit is formed for a via conductor, subjecting the opening to a plasma treatment using a processing gas which includes a reactive gas including a fluorovinyl ether gas having a double bond of two carbon atoms and a fluoroalkyl ether group, forming an upper conductive circuit on the interlayer insulation layer, and forming a via conductor in the opening such that the via conductor connects the conductive circuit and the upper conductive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignees: IBIDEN Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Yoshiyuki Iwata, Masaru Hori, Hajime Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20160223715Abstract: [1] A ?-phellandrene polymer which is a polymerization product of ?-phellandrene. [2] The ?-phellandrene polymer comprising ?-phellandrene units represented by chemical formulae (I-1), (I-2), (II-1) and (II-2), a total amount of the ?-phellandrene units being 50% by mass or more. [3] The ?-phellandrene polymer, which has a number average molecular weight Mn of 40,000 or more. [4] The ?-phellandrene polymer, wherein at least a part of olefinic carbon-carbon double bonds thereof are hydrogenated. [5] The ?-phellandrene polymer, which has a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masami KAMIGAITO, Kotaro SATOH, Shinya SUZUKI, Yasuyuki KORI, Yuji EGUCHI, Koichiro IWASA, Hitoshi SHIRATO
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Publication number: 20160224806Abstract: A rewrite detection system, a rewrite detection device and an information processing device can detect unauthorized rewrite to a program or data stored in a storage unit of the information processing device. A rewrite detection device generates a random seed and transmits it to an ECU and a server device. The ECU calculates a hash value using a predetermined hash function on the basis of the received random seed and the storage content of the storage unit, and transmits the hash value to the rewrite detection device. The server device transmits an expectation in response to an inquiry from the rewrite detection device. The rewrite detection device determines whether unauthorized rewrite to a program or data in the ECU has been performed or not in accordance with whether the expectation received from the server device and the hash value received from the ECU coincide with each other or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKADA, Hiroki TAKAKURA, Yukihiro MIYASHITA, Satoshi HORIHATA, Hiroshi OKADA, Naoki ADACHI
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Publication number: 20160214088Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst that can homogeneously inhibit growth of a plurality of the fine particles at high temperature, and prevent lowering in catalytic activity, as well as a method for producing it. The exhaust gas purification catalyst of the present invention has fine composite metal particles containing a platinum-group metal and tungsten. Moreover, in the exhaust gas purification catalyst of the present invention, when the fine composite metal particles in the exhaust gas purification catalyst have been analyzed by STEM-EDX, the tungsten content of at least 80% of the fine composite metal particles based on number, is in the range of 10% to 350% of the mean content of tungsten in a plurality of the fine composite metal particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Hirohito HIRATA, Tatsuya MIYAZAKI, Megumi YANAGIDA, Tsukasa TORIMOTO
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Patent number: 9379404Abstract: An electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell includes: an inorganic ionic conductor including a trivalent metal element, a pentavalent metal element, phosphorous, and oxygen; and a polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Pil-won Heo, Ki-hyun Kim, Takashi Hibino, Chan-ho Pak, Kyoung-hwan Choi
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Publication number: 20160181583Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen-releasing film and a hydrogen-releasing laminated film which are less susceptible to embrittling at an ambient operating temperature of an electrochemical element. This hydrogen-releasing film is characterized by containing a Pd—Cu alloy, and the Cu content in the Pd—Cu alloy being at least 30 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPANInventors: Takahiro FUKUOKA, Yoshiko KIRA, Kyoko ISHII, Kenta HATA, Hiroshi YUKAWA, Tomonori NANBU
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Patent number: 9372189Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a biomarker specific to lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis; and use applications of the biomarker. Provided are: a biomarker comprising an anti-rabphilin 3a antibody; and a test method using the biomarker.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshihisa Sugimura, Yutaka Oiso, Shintaro Iwama, Atsushi Enomoto, Takuya Kato
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Patent number: 9346740Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a 2-alkenylamine compound efficiently and at low cost, using a primary or secondary amine compound and a 2-alkenyl compound as the starting materials therefor. The 2-alkenyleamine compound is produced by 2-alkenylating a primary or secondary amine compound, using a specified 2-alkenylating agent and in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complexing agent and a transition metal precursor stabilized by a monovalent anionic five-membered conjugated diene.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignees: SHOWA DENKO K.K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshitaka Ishibashi, Naoya Fukumoto, Masato Kitamura
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Publication number: 20160128561Abstract: An optical tomography device is an optical tomography device that includes a first light source; and an optical device configured to guide first light from the first light source to a measurement target eye and detect interference light obtained from reflected light from the measurement target eye. The optical tomography device further includes: a second light source configured to emit aiming light indicative of a position to which the first light is applied; and an optical probe having an opening at a distal end and configured capable of being inserted in an eyeball. The optical probe applies the first light, into the measurement target eye through the opening, guides the reflected light to the optical device, and applies, through the opening, the aiming light to the position to which the first light is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroko TERASAKI, Masahiko KOBAYASHI, Junpei NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160122809Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for amplifying a nucleic acid. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for amplifying a nucleic acid in a light irradiation dependent manner under a substantially isothermal condition using a photo-responsive nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Seigo SUZUKI, Hiroya KIRIMURA, Hiroyuki ASANUMA
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Publication number: 20160107151Abstract: A hydrogen transfer reaction may be more efficiently promoted by using a metal complex represented by Formula (2): (wherein, R1 to R8 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or the like; or wherein; R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R4 and R5, and R5 and R6 are respectively bonded to each other to form a bivalent hydrocarbon group; R9 are the same or different, and each represents an alkyl group or cycloalkyl group; M is ruthenium (Ru) or the like; X is a ligand; and n is 0, 1 or 2). More specifically, the metal complex enables a hydrogenation reaction of various substrates having a stable carbonyl group or the like to be advanced with a high yield under mild conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Susumu Saito, Ryoji Noyori, Takashi Miura, Masayuki Naruto, Kazuki Iida, Yuki Takada, Katsuaki Toda, Sota Nimura, Santosh Agrawal, Sunkook Lee
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Patent number: 9290735Abstract: To provide a cell culture method capable of sustaining in-vivo functions for a long time by suppressing dedifferentiation. A cell culture method in accordance with the present invention is to culture cells in a multi-layered state in a minute partitioned space and to obtain a tissue structure having a function resembling an in-vivo function. When the cells are mammary gland epithelial cells, a hollow acinus-like structure can be formed. The minute partitioned space is particularly preferably a micro container in a cell culture container having a plurality of such micro containers on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, KURARAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sokabe, Kishio Furuya, Go Tazaki, Hitoshi Tsuruta, Motohiro Fukuda
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Patent number: 9284403Abstract: This invention provides a method for synthesizing semi-crystalline polylactides (PLA) even from a lactide mixture including meso-LA and rac-LA. According to the invention, when a mixture of racemic lactide and meso-lactide ispolymerized using a catalyst capable of iso-selectively polymerizing L-lactide and D-lactide, an amorphous poly (meso-lactide) block is formed from meso-lactide and a semi-crystalline poly (racemic lactide) block is formed from racemic lactide by separately polymerizing racemic lactide and meso-lactide by taking advantage of a difference in physicochemical properties between racemic lactide and meso-lactide, whereby polylactide which is semi-crystalline as a whole is produced.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., National University Corporation Nagoya University, NatureWorks LLCInventors: Hisanori Kishida, Takashi Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Nomura, Makoto Takahashi, Joseph Schroeder, Manuel Natal
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Patent number: 9266909Abstract: This invention selectively synthesizes a cycloparaphenylene compound having 10, 11, or 13 benzene rings. The invention also synthesizes a cycloparaphenylene compound in which a functional group is introduced into a desired portion. By reacting specific raw materials using a specific reaction, a cyclic compound having 10, 11, or 13 bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups, bivalent heterocyclic groups, or derivative groups thereof can be selectively obtained as a pure substance.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Kenichiro Itami, Yasutomo Segawa, Haruka Omachi, Sanae Matsuura, Yusuke Nakanishi, Yuuki Ishii