Patents by Inventor Akane Suzuki
Akane Suzuki 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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Publication number: 20220251686Abstract: A composition includes, by weight percent: Cobalt (Co) between about 4.5 and about 7.0; Chromium (Cr) between about 10.2 and about 11.5; Molybdenum (Mo) between about 0.5 and about 2.5; Tungsten (W) between about 4.0 and about 5.5; Rhenium (Re) between about 0 and about 1.2; Aluminum (Al) between about 6.2 and about 6.8; Tantalum (Ta) between about 4.5 and about 6.0; Titanium (Ti) between about 0 and about 0.5; Hafnium (Hf) between about 0 and about 0.5; Carbon (C) between about 0 and about 0.2; Boron (B) between about 0 and about 0.02; and the balance Nickel (Ni), and other incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Akane Suzuki, Chen Shen, Arthur Samuel Peck, Shenyan Huang, Michael Douglas Arnett, Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian
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Patent number: 11371120Abstract: A high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy is disclosed. The alloy includes, in weight percent: about 3.5 to about 4.9% of Al, about 12.2 to about 16.0% of W, about 24.5 to about 32.0% Ni, about 6.5% to about 10.0% Cr, about 5.9% to about 11.0% Ta, and the balance Co and incidental impurities. A method of making an article having high-temperature strength, cyclic oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy as described herein; forming an article from the alloy; solution-treating the alloy by a solution heat treatment; and aging the alloy by providing at least one aging heat treatment at an aging temperature that is less than the gamma-prime solvus temperature, wherein the alloy is configured to form a continuous, protective, adherent oxide layer on an alloy surface upon exposure to a high-temperature oxidizing environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Akane Suzuki, Andrew John Elliott, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Kathleen Blanche Morey, Pazhayannur Subramanian
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Patent number: 11333022Abstract: An airfoil includes a multi-part body and one or more thermally conductive pins. The multi-part body has an interior region and is formed from multiple pieces joined with each other at an interface. The pieces have multiple cavities and at least one of the pieces defines airfoil cooling channels disposed within the interior region of the body. The one or more thermally conductive pins are within the interior region of the body and extend across the interface. Each of the thermally conductive pins has a first segment disposed within a corresponding cavity of a first piece of the multiple pieces and a second segment disposed within a corresponding cavity of a second piece of the multiple pieces.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Kimberly Hammer, Jared Iverson, Gerald Rawcliffe, Patrick Willson, Akane Suzuki
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Patent number: 11113503Abstract: A fingerprint sensor for a display device capable of suppressing loss of light due to diffraction of light and a display device with this fingerprint sensor are provided. A fingerprint sensor for a display device having a plurality of photosensors arranged in a matrix, each of the photosensors has a semiconductor film for converting incident light into an electric signal, and a bottom gate electrode as a light shielding film arranged on a lower layer side of the semiconductor film for blocking incident light from the lower layer side to the semiconductor film, wherein the bottom gate electrode has four corner portions in an outer contour shape in a top view, and each of the corner portions is rounded.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignees: CONNECTEC JAPAN CORPORATION, FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Hiroshi Komatsu, Akane Suzuki, Jun Kimura, Kensuke Kojima
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Publication number: 20210040856Abstract: An airfoil includes a multi-part body and one or more thermally conductive pins. The multi-part body has an interior region and is formed from multiple pieces joined with each other at an interface. The pieces have multiple cavities and at least one of the pieces defines airfoil cooling channels disposed within the interior region of the body. The one or more thermally conductive pins are within the interior region of the body and extend across the interface. Each of the thermally conductive pins has a first segment disposed within a corresponding cavity of a first piece of the multiple pieces and a second segment disposed within a corresponding cavity of a second piece of the multiple pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Kimberly Hammer, Jared Iverson, Gerald Rawcliffe, Patrick Willson, Akane Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200401780Abstract: A fingerprint sensor for a display device capable of suppressing loss of light due to diffraction of light and a display device with this fingerprint sensor are provided. A fingerprint sensor for a display device having a plurality of photosensors arranged in a matrix, each of the photosensors has a semiconductor film for converting incident light into an electric signal, and a bottom gate electrode as a light shielding film arranged on a lower layer side of the semiconductor film for blocking incident light from the lower layer side to the semiconductor film, wherein the bottom gate electrode has four corner portions in an outer contour shape in a top view, and each of the corner portions is rounded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicants: CONNECTEC JAPAN Corporation, FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Hiroshi KOMATSU, Akane SUZUKI, Jun KIMURA, Kensuke KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20200327298Abstract: An image acquiring apparatus includes: a light irradiation unit configured to be capable of radiating light modulated with a modulation signal in a predetermined frequency band; photosensors configured to be capable of receiving the light radiated from the light irradiation unit, the light including reflected light reflected by an object, and the photosensors being arranged in a matrix; and a generation unit configured to generate a DC component from an electrical signal output from the photosensor due to the light received by the photosensor on the basis of the predetermined frequency band or the modulation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi KOMATSU, Akane SUZUKI, Jun KIMURA, Kensuke KOJIMA
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Patent number: 10633709Abstract: An apparatus and a method for diagnosing a tumor are provided. A histogram generating section generates a histogram from a result of a measurement of fluorescence intensity of a suspension produced from a target sample. The histogram indicates a relation between the fluorescence intensity and the number of cells. A determination section detects an S phase fluorescence intensity range corresponding to S phase cells based on the fluorescence intensity corresponding to a peak of the number of cells in the histogram, detects an abnormal fluorescence intensity range corresponding to tumor cells, based on a change in the number of cells in the S phase fluorescence intensity range, and performs a diagnosis of a tumor in the target sample based on an index of the number of cells in a range defined by excluding the abnormal fluorescence intensity range from the S phase fluorescence intensity range.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Shioyama, Akane Suzuki, Yoshitaka Amano
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Publication number: 20190241995Abstract: A nickel based alloy, along with methods of its use and manufacture, is provided that may include about 20 wt. % to about 26 wt. % cobalt; about 9 wt. % to about 13 wt. % chromium; about 2 wt. % to about 6 wt. % iron; about 3.5 wt. % to about 6 wt. % aluminum; about 9 wt. % to about 13 wt. % tungsten; about 6 wt. % to about 9 wt. % tantalum; about 0.06 wt. % to about 0.20 wt. % boron; and the balance nickel. The nickel based alloy may have gamma prime precipitates in a plurality of grain interiors and a gamma prime solvus temperature of about 1038° C. or greater. Additionally or alternatively, the nickel based alloy may comprise about 30% by volume or more gamma prime precipitates in the plurality of grain interiors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Akane Suzuki, Steve John Buresh, Richard DiDomizio, Soumya Nag, Scott Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen Gerard Pope
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Publication number: 20190203323Abstract: A high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy is disclosed. The alloy includes, in weight percent: about 3.5 to about 4.9% of Al, about 12.2 to about 16.0% of W, about 24.5 to about 32.0% Ni, about 6.5% to about 10.0% Cr, about 5.9% to about 11.0% Ta, and the balance Co and incidental impurities. A method of making an article having high-temperature strength, cyclic oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy as described herein; forming an article from the alloy; solution-treating the alloy by a solution heat treatment; and aging the alloy by providing at least one aging heat treatment at an aging temperature that is less than the gamma-prime solvus temperature, wherein the alloy is configured to form a continuous, protective, adherent oxide layer on an alloy surface upon exposure to a high-temperature oxidizing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Akane Suzuki, Andrew John Elliott, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, JR., Kathleen Blanche Morey, Pazhayannur Subramanian
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Patent number: 10227678Abstract: A high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy is disclosed. The alloy includes, in weight percent: about 3.5 to about 4.9% of Al, about 12.2 to about 16.0% of W, about 24.5 to about 32.0% Ni, about 6.5% to about 10.0% Cr, about 5.9% to about 11.0% Ta, and the balance Co and incidental impurities. A method of making an article having high-temperature strength, cyclic oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy as described herein; forming an article from the alloy; solution-treating the alloy by a solution heat treatment; and aging the alloy by providing at least one aging heat treatment at an aging temperature that is less than the gamma-prime solvus temperature, wherein the alloy is configured to form a continuous, protective, adherent oxide layer on an alloy surface upon exposure to a high-temperature oxidizing environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Akane Suzuki, Andrew John Elliott, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Kathleen Blanche Morey, Pazhayannur Subramanian
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Publication number: 20190002543Abstract: Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: National University Corporation Chiba UniversityInventors: Toshinori Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Koji Tokoyoda, Koji Hayashizaki, Akane Suzuki
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Patent number: 10100107Abstract: Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: National University Corporation Chiba UniversityInventors: Toshinori Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Koji Tokoyoda, Koji Hayashizaki, Akane Suzuki
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Publication number: 20180230576Abstract: In some embodiments, a gamma titanium aluminide alloy consists essentially of, in atomic percent, 38 to about 50% aluminum, 1 to about 6% niobium, 0.25 to about 2% tungsten, 0.01 to about 1.5% boron, up to about 1% carbon, optionally up to about 2% chromium, optionally up to about 2% vanadium, up to about 2% manganese, and the balance titanium and incidental impurities. In some embodiments, the gamma titanium aluminide alloy forms at least a portion of a gas turbine component. In some embodiments, a gamma titanium aluminide alloy, consists essentially of, in atomic percent, about 40 to about 50% aluminum, about 1 to about 5% niobium, about 0.3 to about 1% tungsten, about 0.1 to about 0.3% boron, up to about 0.1% carbon, up to about 2% chromium, up to about 2% vanadium, up to about 2% manganese, up to about 1% molybdenum, and the balance titanium and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Stephen Joseph BALSONE, Dwight Eric DAVIDSON, Michael Francis Xavier GIGLIOTTI, JR., Pazhayannur Ramanathan SUBRAMANIAN, Akane SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180230822Abstract: In some embodiments, a gamma titanium aluminide alloy consists essentially of, in atomic percent, about 38 to about 50% aluminum, about 6% niobium, about 0.25 to about 2% tungsten, optionally up to about 1.5% boron, about 0.01 to about 1.0% carbon, optionally up to about 2% chromium, optionally up to about 2% vanadium, optionally up to about 2% manganese, and the balance titanium and incidental impurities. In some embodiments, the gamma titanium aluminide alloy forms at least a portion of a gas turbine component. In some embodiments, a gamma titanium aluminide alloy, consisting essentially of, in atomic percent, about 40 to about 50% aluminum, about 3 to about 5% niobium, about 0.5 to about 1.5% tungsten, about 0.01 to about 1.5% boron, about 0.01 to about 1.0% carbon, optionally up to about 2% chromium, optionally up to about 2% vanadium, optionally up to about 2% manganese, and the balance titanium and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Stephen Joseph BALSONE, Dwight Eric DAVIDSON, Michael Francis Xavier GIGLIOTTI, JR., Pazhayannur Ramanathan SUBRAMANIAN, Akane SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9970872Abstract: A cell analyzer includes: a measuring portion which measures cells that are nuclear stained; a displaying portion which displays a histogram of a fluorescence intensity by using a result of the measurement by the measuring portion; and a determining unit which obtains a number of strong-area cells that are distributed in an area where the fluorescence intensity is stronger than normal cells, and which determines a malignancy grade of cancer based on the number of strong-area cells and the histogram.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Takahiro Shioyama, Akane Suzuki, Sunao Takeda
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Publication number: 20170334982Abstract: Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: National University Corporation Chiba UniversityInventors: Toshinori Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Koji Tokoyoda, Koji Hayashizaki, Akane Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170306451Abstract: Provided is a nickel-based coating composition containing cobalt, chromium, aluminum, tantalum, and nickel. The coating composition has a three phase ?, ??, ? microstructure wherein at least 5 volume % of the coating composition is present in the ? phase. Also provided are coating systems containing the coating composition, articles having the coating composition or coating system, and methods for protecting nickel-based superalloy substrates using the coating composition or coating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Voramon Supatarawanich DHEERADHADA, Don Mark LIPKIN, Akane SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170306412Abstract: An apparatus and a method for diagnosing a tumor are provided. A histogram generating section generates a histogram from a result of a measurement of fluorescence intensity of a suspension produced from a target sample. The histogram indicates a relation between the fluorescence intensity and the number of cells. A determination section detects an S phase fluorescence intensity range corresponding to S phase cells based on the fluorescence intensity corresponding to a peak of the number of cells in the histogram, detects an abnormal fluorescence intensity range corresponding to tumor cells, based on a change in the number of cells in the S phase fluorescence intensity range, and performs a diagnosis of a tumor in the target sample based on an index of the number of cells in a range defined by excluding the abnormal fluorescence intensity range from the S phase fluorescence intensity range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Takahiro Shioyama, Akane Suzuki, Yoshitaka Amano
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Patent number: 9758574Abstract: Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: National University Corporation Chiba UniversityInventors: Toshinori Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Koji Tokoyoda, Koji Hayashizaki, Akane Suzuki