Patents by Inventor Akari Takahashi
Akari Takahashi 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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Patent number: 11703647Abstract: An optical fiber securing structure includes: an optical fiber including a coating, and a coating-removed section in which a partial section of the coating is removed from the optical fiber; a reinforcement member including main surfaces and a groove formed from one of the main surfaces toward an inside of the reinforcement member, where the groove has a pair of side walls and a bottom wall; and a resin member that secures the coating-removed section to the pair of side walls and the bottom wall. A bottom part of the groove that includes the bottom wall has a widthwise cross-sectional shape where the bottom wall constitutes a trapezoidal shape such that a distance between the pair of side walls becomes greater in a direction away from the bottom wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventors: Ryokichi Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Hiroto Nakazato, Yasushi Oikawa, Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230056098Abstract: A fiber structure includes a covering part, the covering part having an optical fiber strand and a coating covering the optical fiber strand; a strand exposed part adjacent to the covering part, the strand exposed part including an exposed optical fiber strand, and a sealing part covering a boundary between the covering part and the strand exposed part. The sealing part including a fluororesin having a structure represented by formula (1): where R represents a divalent organic fluorine compound group, and n represents an integer of 1 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.Inventor: Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20220269018Abstract: An optical fiber securing structure includes: an optical fiber including a coating, and a coating-removed section in which a partial section of the coating is removed from the optical fiber; a reinforcement member including main surfaces and a groove formed from one of the main surfaces toward an inside of the reinforcement member, where the groove has a pair of side walls and a bottom wall; and a resin member that secures the coating-removed section to the pair of side walls and the bottom wall. A bottom part of the groove that includes the bottom wall has a widthwise cross-sectional shape where the bottom wall constitutes a trapezoidal shape such that a distance between the pair of side walls becomes greater in a direction away from the bottom wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Ryokichi Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Hiroto Nakazato, Yasushi Oikawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 11382952Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: Sapporo Medical University, Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 11245244Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical component; a base portion on which the optical component is mounted; a housing that includes sidewalls extending from the base portion in a height direction to surround the base portion; a cover member that defines, along with the housing, an accommodation space in which the optical component is disposed; and a resin for fixing the housing to the cover member. The cover member includes: an opposing surface that faces the base portion of the housing in the height direction; a first lateral cover surface extending along the height direction; and a second lateral cover surface extending in the height direction. The second lateral cover surface is disposed on an opposite side of the first lateral cover surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventor: Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200153198Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical component; a base portion on which the optical component is mounted; a housing that includes sidewalls extending from the base portion in a height direction to surround the base portion; a cover member that defines, along with the housing, an accommodation space in which the optical component is disposed; and a resin for fixing the housing to the cover member. The cover member includes: an opposing surface that faces the base portion of the housing in the height direction; a first lateral cover surface extending along the height direction; and a second lateral cover surface extending in the height direction. The second lateral cover surface is disposed on an opposite side of the first lateral cover surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200012058Abstract: A photodetector includes: a substrate; an optical fiber disposed on the substrate; and a photodetection element fixed to the substrate, and that detects scattered light of light guided by the optical fiber. The photodetector further includes: a first fixing member and a second fixing member that fix the optical fiber to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Takanori Yamauchi, Wataru Kiyoyama, Shinichi Sakamoto, Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20190054141Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicants: Sapporo Medical University, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 10080776Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignees: Sapporo Medical University, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 9783088Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad configured to support a body of a seated occupant. The pad has a transverse air passage extending in a direction along a back surface of the pad and a plurality of longitudinal air passages each having one end connecting with the transverse air passage and the other end open to a front surface of the pad. The transverse air passage has a first transverse air passage connecting an air introduction hole from a fan or an air discharge hole to the fan and the longitudinal air passage directly with each other, and a second transverse air passage connecting the air introduction hole or the air discharge hole and the longitudinal air passage with each other via a resistant body having a resistance against an air flow.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160367628Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicants: Sapporo Medical University, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 9399760Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignees: Sapporo Medical University, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 9320087Abstract: In a conductive fabric that includes conductive yarn and non-conductive yarn, a fabric end edge in a region that includes an end portion of at least a portion of the conductive yarn is provided in a position recessed farther to an inside of a fabric surface than a fabric end edge in another region. The end portion of the at least a portion of the conductive yarn is provided to the inside of the fabric surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akari Takahashi, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Patent number: 9258849Abstract: A fabric material includes a conductive wire material that generates heat when supplied with current. Part of the conductive wire material in a longitudinal direction of the conductive wire material is externally exposed from the fabric material. A first planar element and a second planar element, of which at least one has electrical conductivity, are electrically connected to an externally exposed portion of the conductive wire material in such a manner that the first and second planar elements sandwich the exposed portion and are bonded so as to be in planar contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouhei Kato, Akari Takahashi, Takahiro Harita
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Publication number: 20150329029Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad configured to support a body of a seated occupant. The pad has a transverse air passage extending in a direction along a back surface of the pad and a plurality of longitudinal air passages each having one end connecting with the transverse air passage and the other end open to a front surface of the pad. The transverse air passage has a first transverse air passage connecting an air introduction hole from a fan or an air discharge hole to the fan and the longitudinal air passage directly with each other, and a second transverse air passage connecting the air introduction hole or the air discharge hole and the longitudinal air passage with each other via a resistant body having a resistance against an air flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Akari TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150004372Abstract: In a conductive fabric that includes conductive yarn and non-conductive yarn, a fabric end edge in a region that includes an end portion of at least a portion of the conductive yarn is provided in a position recessed farther to an inside of a fabric surface than a fabric end edge in another region. The end portion of the at least a portion of the conductive yarn is provided to the inside of the fabric surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Akari TAKAHASHI, Fumitoshi AKAIKE
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Publication number: 20140044686Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicants: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., Sapporo Medical UniversityInventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 8541544Abstract: A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignees: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., Sapporo Medical UniversityInventors: Toshihiko Torigoe, Yoshihiko Hirohashi, Noriyuki Satoh, Kenjiro Kamiguchi, Rena Morita, Satoshi Nishizawa, Akari Takahashi
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Patent number: 8215716Abstract: A buckle structure of a vehicle seat includes: a seat belt that restrains an occupant; a tongue member that is provided at the seat belt; and a buckle member that is configured to lock the tongue member. The buckle member is disposed at a restraint position of the vehicle seat so that a protruding unit provided at the buckle member protrudes from the restraint position due to a pushing member, and when the tongue member is inserted into the buckle member, the tongue member is locked to the buckle member after the protruding unit returns to the restraint position against pushing forces of the pushing member.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Akari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20110284515Abstract: A cloth member is provided. The cloth member includes a conductive wire configured to generate heat by applying electric current, and a plane-shaped connecting member having conductivity. The conductive wire has an exposed part that is exposed to an outside from the cloth member at a part in a longitudinal direction of the wire. The place-shaped connecting member is folded to sandwich the exposed part of the conductive wire therebetween such that folded surfaces of the connecting member are surface-adhered with each other integrally with the exposed part to be electrically connected to the exposed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Akari TAKAHASHI, Takahiro HARITA