Patents by Inventor Akihiko Yamazaki

Akihiko Yamazaki 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: 11911381
    Abstract: The compound of formula (1a) wherein p is 1 or 2, R1-R4 are hydrogen atom or the like, and a-d are 1 or 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an antitumor effect by inhibiting the binding between a MLL fusion protein that is infused with AF4, AF9, or the like, which is a representative fusion partner gene causing MLL leukemia, and menin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kamioka, Hitoshi Ban, Naoaki Shimada, Wataru Hirose, Akihiko Arakawa, Kazuto Yamazaki, Kenjiro Hira
  • Publication number: 20230374535
    Abstract: A method for producing an HSL protein with increased catalytic activity to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner is disclosed. A method for producing a plant with increased resistance to a 4-HPPD inhibitor using the method for producing the HSL protein is also disclosed. It has been revealed that, by mutating position 140 to a basic amino acid in an HSL protein, the catalytic activity of the protein to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner can be increased, and an activity of the protein to decompose the inhibitor can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, SDS BIOTECH K.K.
    Inventors: Yuzuru TOZAWA, Satomi Takei, Masahiro Oshima, Sakiko Hirose, Motoshige Kawata, Keisuke Sekino, Akihiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11746357
    Abstract: In order to provide: a method for producing an HSL protein with increased catalytic activity to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner; and a method for producing a plant with increased resistance to a 4-HPPD inhibitor using the method for producing the HSL protein, it has been revealed that, by mutating position 140 to a basic amino acid in an HSL protein, the catalytic activity of the protein to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner can be increased, and an activity of the protein to decompose the inhibitor can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, SDS BIOTECH K.K.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Tozawa, Satomi Takei, Masahiro Oshima, Sakiko Hirose, Motoshige Kawata, Keisuke Sekino, Akihiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11162552
    Abstract: In a friction pad assembly for a disc brake, a plurality of lining assemblies supported on a guide plate are pressed to a disc rotor. The lining assembly includes a friction material and a back plate portion. A plate fitting portion of the lining assembly is inserted and equipped to a guide hole portion, and braking torque is transmitted from the plate fitting portion to the guide plate. A plurality of link plates applying pressing force from a torque receiving plate to the lining assembly are provided between the torque receiving plate and the back plate portion adhered to the guide plate. A damping layer sandwiched between inner surfaces of the torque receiving plate is provided on back surface sides of the link plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Okada, Yoshikazu Harigai, Akihiko Yamazaki, Takayuki Shindo, Yoshihisa Ezawa, Toshitaka Izumihara, Yosuke Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20210054891
    Abstract: A friction pad assembly for a disc brake is provided. A lining assembly includes a friction material which is pressed against a disc rotor during braking and a back plate which is fixed to a back surface of the friction material, and the back plate includes a plate fitting part swingably fitted to a guide hole provided in a guide plate. The plate fitting part is fitted into the guide hole such that a braking torque acting when the friction material is pressed against the disc rotor is transmitted from the plate fitting part to the guide plate. A rotation regulator regulating a rotation of the lining assembly is integrally formed on a torque receiving plate fixed to the guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko YAMAZAKI, Yoshikazu HARIGAI, Yuichi OKADA, Takayuki SHINDO
  • Patent number: 10890221
    Abstract: A disc brake (11) includes: a floating caliper (13) including a base portion (25) slidably supported by an upper guide pin (31) supported by a support (23), a piston side pressing arm (39) and an opposite piston side pressing arm (41); a pair of brake pads (17); a drive piston (15) provided on the piston side pressing arm (39); a caliper return mechanism (22) for elastically biasing the base portion disposed on an end portion of the guide pin (31) to the side opposite to the drive piston side; and an inner circumferential side washer (44) disposed on both sides in an axial direction of the rubber ring (21) elastically supporting the upper guide pin (31) in a radial direction to restrict an inner circumferential portion of the rubber ring (21) from bending deformation along an axial direction of the upper guide pin (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Minoshima, Toshifumi Maehara, Akihiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10807619
    Abstract: In a disc brake apparatus, a parallelism maintaining control mechanism for pressing lining surfaces of pads against a disc rotor in parallel includes a pressure plate which is brought into abutment with a pad holding member, a link arm having a fixing shaft projecting from a caliper body in parallel to a side surface of a disc rotor, a moving shaft disposed in parallel to the fixing shaft and pivotally supporting the pressure plate, joint members which connect the fixing shaft and the moving shaft in parallel to each other and a connecting shaft for pivotally connecting the joint members to each other, and a spring member for pressing the pressure plate against the pad holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamazaki, Yoshikazu Harigai
  • Publication number: 20200300311
    Abstract: A disc brake (11) includes: a floating caliper (13) including a base portion (25) slidably supported by an upper guide pin (31) supported by a support (23), a piston side pressing arm (39) and an opposite piston side pressing arm (41); a pair of brake pads (17); a drive piston (15) provided on the piston side pressing arm (39); a caliper return mechanism (22) for elastically biasing the base portion disposed on an end portion of the guide pin (31) to the side opposite to the drive piston side; and an inner circumferential side washer (44) disposed on both sides in an axial direction of the rubber ring (21) elastically supporting the upper guide pin (31) in a radial direction to restrict an inner circumferential portion of the rubber ring (21) from bending deformation along an axial direction of the upper guide pin (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta MINOSHIMA, Toshifumi MAEHARA, Akihiko YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200048315
    Abstract: In order to provide: a method for producing an HSL protein with increased catalytic activity to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner; and a method for producing a plant with increased resistance to a 4-HPPD inhibitor using the method for producing the HSL protein, it has been revealed that, by mutating position 140 to a basic amino acid in an HSL protein, the catalytic activity of the protein to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner can be increased, and an activity of the protein to decompose the inhibitor can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, SDS Biotech K.K.
    Inventors: Yuzuru TOZAWA, Satomi TAKEI, Masahiro OSHIMA, Sakiko HIROSE, Motoshige KAWATA, Keisuke SEKINO, Akihiko YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10544425
    Abstract: By a QTL analysis and so forth using 4-HPPD inhibitor-susceptible rice and 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistant rice, a hypothetical gene (HIS1 gene) of an iron/ascorbate-dependent oxidoreductase gene located on a short arm of chromosome 2 of rice has been identified as a 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistance gene. Further, it has also been revealed that a homologous gene (HSL1 gene) of the HIS1 gene is located on chromosome 6 of rice. Furthermore, it has been found out that utilizations of these genes make it possible to efficiently produce a plant having increased resistance or susceptibility to a 4-HPPD inhibitor and to efficiently determine whether a plant has resistance or susceptibility to a 4-HPPD inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture Agriculture and Food Research Organization, TOYAMA PREFECTURE, SDS BIOTECH K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Hideo Maeda, Yoshihiro Sunohara, Ikuo Ando, Masahiro Oshima, Motoshige Kawata, Hitoshi Yoshida, Sakiko Hirose, Makiko Kawagishi, Yojiro Taniguchi, Kazumasa Murata, Hiroaki Maeda, Yuji Yamada, Keisuke Sekino, Akihiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20190154093
    Abstract: In a friction pad assembly for a disc brake, a plurality of lining assemblies supported on a guide plate are pressed to a disc rotor. The lining assembly includes a friction material and a back plate portion. A plate fitting portion of the lining assembly is inserted and equipped to a guide hole portion, and braking torque is transmitted from the plate fitting portion to the guide plate. A plurality of link plates applying pressing force from a torque receiving plate to the lining assembly are provided between the torque receiving plate and the back plate portion adhered to the guide plate. A damping layer sandwiched between inner surfaces of the torque receiving plate is provided on back surface sides of the link plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi OKADA, Yoshikazu HARIGAI, Akihiko YAMAZAKI, Takayuki SHINDO, Yoshihisa EZAWA, Toshitaka IZUMIHARA, Yosuke MIYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170267262
    Abstract: In a disc brake apparatus, a parallelism maintaining control mechanism for pressing lining surfaces of pads against a disc rotor in parallel includes a pressure plate which is brought into abutment with a pad holding member, a link arm having a fixing shaft projecting from a caliper body in parallel to a side surface of a disc rotor, a moving shaft disposed in parallel to the fixing shaft and pivotally supporting the pressure plate, joint members which connect the fixing shaft and the moving shaft in parallel to each other and a connecting shaft for pivotally connecting the joint members to each other, and a spring member for pressing the pressure plate against the pad holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko YAMAZAKI, Yoshikazu HARIGAI
  • Patent number: 9694833
    Abstract: A disk brake includes a floating caliper, a pair of brake pads, a driving piston and a caliper return mechanism. The floating caliper includes a base portion which is slidably supported via a guide pin to a support and a pair of pressing arms which extend from the base portion to pinch a disk rotor. The brake pads are provided in tip portions of the pressing arms so as to face side surfaces of the disk rotor. The driving piston is provided on one of the pressing arms so as to drive one of the brake pads toward one of the side surfaces. The caliper return mechanism is arranged in at least one of both end portions of the guide pin on a side opposite to the driving piston side so as to elastically bias the base portion to the side opposite to the driving piston side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamazaki, Yoshikazu Harigai, Yuichi Okada, Takayuki Shindo
  • Publication number: 20160159375
    Abstract: A disk brake includes a floating caliper, a pair of brake pads, a driving piston and a caliper return mechanism. The floating caliper includes a base portion which is slidably supported via a guide pin to a support and a pair of pressing arms which extend from the base portion to pinch a disk rotor. The brake pads are provided in tip portions of the pressing arms so as to face side surfaces of the disk rotor. The driving piston is provided on one of the pressing arms so as to drive one of the brake pads toward one of the side surfaces. The caliper return mechanism is arranged in at least one of both end portions of the guide pin on a side opposite to the driving piston side so as to elastically bias the base portion to the side opposite to the driving piston side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko YAMAZAKI, Yoshikazu HARIGAI, Yuichi OKADA, Takayuki SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20150047066
    Abstract: By a QTL analysis and so forth using 4-HPPD inhibitor-susceptible rice and 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistant rice, a hypothetical gene (HIS1 gene) of an iron/ascorbate-dependent oxidoreductase gene located on a short arm of chromosome 2 of rice has been identified as a 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistance gene. Further, it has also been revealed that a homologous gene (HSL1 gene) of the HIS1 gene is located on chromosome 6 of rice. Furthermore, it has been found out that utilizations of these genes make it possible to efficiently produce a plant having increased resistance or susceptibility to a 4-HPPD inhibitor and to efficiently determine whether a plant has resistance or susceptibility to a 4-HPPD inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicants: TOYAMA PREFECTURE, SDS BIOTECH K.K., Incorporated Adminstrative Agency National agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Hideo Maeda, Yoshihiro Sunohara, Ikuo Ando, Masahiro Oshima, Motoshige Kawata, Hitoshi Yoshida, Sakiko Hirose, Makiko Kawagishi, Yojiro Taniguchi, Kazumasa Murata, Hiroaki Maeda, Yuji Yamada, Keisuke Sekino, Akihiko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8628364
    Abstract: An outboard motor in which exhaust of an engine is emitted into water via an exhaust passage. The outboard motor comprises a throttle valve connected to an air intake port of the engine via an air intake manifold, a control motor for driving the throttle valve to open and close, and a controller for controlling the control motor. The controller controls the control motor such that the throttle valve fully closes when a determination is made that reverse rotation is occurring in the engine. The exhaust passage is communicated with the air intake manifold via a communication passage. A communication valve which opens only when reverse rotation is occurring in the engine is located at a portion where the communication passage and the air intake manifold connect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamazaki, Hideaki Takada
  • Patent number: 8242659
    Abstract: The mold commutator of the present invention comprises a plurality of commutator segments made of copper or copper alloy and circumferentially arranged, a plurality of spark absorbing elements, disposed between adjacent commutator segments, with paired parallel surfaces respectively having electrodes thereon, and a resin mold portion which integrates these portions into one piece. The spark absorbing element is electrically connected to the commutator segment via the electrode, and spark voltage generated at the commutator segment is absorbed by current flowing between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Noriteru Maeda, Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Yamazaki, Seiji Kurozumi, Yoshikazu Yamagata
  • Patent number: 8143753
    Abstract: A motor stator is disclosed. Each of a first phase, second phase and third phase of three-phase winding has multiple toroidal coils and crossover wires connecting the coils. The crossover wire of the first phase runs inside the second phase coil and the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the second phase runs over the first phase coil with a guide by guide posts and runs inside the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the third phase runs over the first phase coil and the second phase coil with a guide by the guide posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutake Seki, Akihiko Yamazaki, Yukinori Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20110294372
    Abstract: An outboard motor in which exhaust of an engine is emitted into water via an exhaust passage. The outboard motor comprises a throttle valve connected to an air intake port of the engine via an air intake manifold, a control motor for driving the throttle valve to open and close, and a controller for controlling the control motor. The controller controls the control motor such that the throttle valve fully closes when a determination is made that reverse rotation is occurring in the engine. The exhaust passage is communicated with the air intake manifold via a communication passage. A communication valve which opens only when reverse rotation is occurring in the engine is located at a portion where the communication passage and the air intake manifold connect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko YAMAZAKI, Hideaki TAKADA
  • Patent number: 8035265
    Abstract: A motor stator is disclosed. Each of a first phase, second phase and third phase of three-phase winding has multiple toroidal coils and crossover wires connecting the coils. The crossover wire of the first phase runs inside the second phase coil and the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the second phase runs over the first phase coil with a guide by guide posts and runs inside the third phase coil. The crossover wire of the third phase runs over the first phase coil and the second phase coil with a guide by the guide posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutake Seki, Akihiko Yamazaki, Yukinori Nakagawa