Patents by Inventor Akihiro Taguchi

Akihiro Taguchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20160178187
    Abstract: This invention is a continuous type vaporizing device that makes it possible to output a large flow rate of the material gas stably while the vaporizing device is downsized. The vaporizing device comprises a vaporizing tank that has a vaporizing chamber and that outputs a material gas that is produced by vaporizing the liquid material that is introduced into the vaporizing chamber, a heater that promotes vaporization of the liquid material in the vaporizing chamber by heating the vaporization tank, and a partition wall that partitions a lower space of the vaporizing chamber into a first lower space into which the liquid material is introduced first and a second lower space into which the liquid material that overflows from the first lower space is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Hidetaka Yada
  • Publication number: 20160178235
    Abstract: The present invention is a fluid heater that can easily be reduced in size, that can be manufactured inexpensively, and that provides a stable heating performance. This fluid heater heats a fluid using a heater, and is provided with a heating block in which an internal flow path having an intake port through which the fluid is introduced, and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged is formed, and in which a heater insertion portion that extends in a predetermined axial direction is formed, wherein the internal flow path has a plurality of main flow path portions that extend in the predetermined axial direction, and one or a plurality of connecting path flow portions that connect the plurality of main flow path portions together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Masashi Hamada, Hidetaka Yada
  • Patent number: 9371274
    Abstract: [Problem] Provision of a novel compound having read-through activity and a drug for the treatment of nonsense mutation-type disease containing this compound. [Solution] A compound represented by the following general formula (1): and a pharmaceutical composition containing this compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoshio Hayashi, Akihiro Taguchi, Fumika Yakushiji, Yuri Yamazaki, Ryoichi Matsuda, Masataka Shiozuka
  • Publication number: 20160121712
    Abstract: A fluid storage apparatus includes a guiding mechanism that linearly guides a flexible container in accordance with expansion and contraction of the flexible container. The guiding mechanism includes a guiding column that is disposed adjacent to the flexible container and that extends linearly and a slider that has a guiding hole, in which the guiding column is inserted, and that is formed on an upper edge portion of the flexible container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ogiwara, Masaki Wakao, Akihiro Taguchi, Kotaro Tanaka, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150291021
    Abstract: A fuel supplying system includes a socket component, a filler pipe, a connection, and a fuel tank. The socket component is positioned close to a fuel filler opening in a side of a vehicle body. The filler pipe is connected to the socket component at one end thereof and is connected to the connection at the other end thereof. The fuel tank houses a main part of the connection and stores fuel. The filler pipe extends through a space between a side portion of a wheelhouse and a rear wheel to the fuel tank, which is positioned at a bottom portion of the vehicle body. The fuel pipe is formed of a flexible material such that the fuel pipe is expanded by the fuel during refueling and is flat at times other than refueling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ogiwara, Masaki Wakao, Takeshi Watanabe, Kotaro Tanaka, Akihiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20150268083
    Abstract: A fuel-level measuring apparatus measures the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus can ensure a sufficient capacity of the fuel tank and sense the fuel level even when the fuel tank has a thin or complicated shape. A fuel-level measuring apparatus that senses the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle includes a tank band that secures the fuel tank to a body of the vehicle, and a strain gauge attached to the tank band. The fuel level can be obtained from strain in the tank band detected by the strain gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ogiwara, Masaki Wakao, Takeshi Watanabe, Kotaro Tanaka, Akihiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20140364642
    Abstract: [Problem] Provision of a novel compound having read-through activity and a drug for the treatment of nonsense mutation-type disease containing this compound. [Solution] A compound represented by the following general formula (1): and a pharmaceutical composition containing this compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoshio HAYASHI, Akihiro TAGUCHI, Fumika YAKUSHIJI, Yuri YAMAZAKI, Ryoichi MATSUDA, Masataka SHIOZUKA
  • Patent number: 8102241
    Abstract: When a demodulated signal of a radio signal in Ch1 transmitted from a TPMS transmitter is acquired, a control IC controls the frequency of a signal inputted from a PLL circuit to a mixer into a frequency for converting a TPMS radio signal into an intermediate frequency signal of a specific frequency. When the demodulated signal of the radio signal transmitted from a portable unit through two frequency channels is acquired, the control IC determines a channel whose state of communication is favorable from between Ch2 and Ch3, and controls the signal frequency for conversion into a frequency for converting a keyless radio signal in the determined channel into an intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Okada, Hironori Katoh, Hiromichi Naitoh, Munenori Matsumoto, Masahiro Sugiura, Mitsugi Ootsuka, Akihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7826936
    Abstract: The vehicle stationary/moving determination apparatus includes an antenna mounted on a vehicle body of a vehicle; and a determination device determining whether or not the vehicle is moving or stationary on the basis of a reception intensity of a radio signal transmitted from a radio transmitter device mounted on the vehicle at a portion other than the vehicle body and received by the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Saito, Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Watabe
  • Publication number: 20100122991
    Abstract: A device for closing a spout of a flexible container is provided. The device includes a connection tube and a sealable cap having an outer casing member with a lower, outer circumferential surface, an attachment member annularly positioned on a portion of the lower, outer circumferential surface, and an inner casing member having an inner casing sidewall and a bottom disc-shaped occlusion plate defining a cylindrical void space configured to receive a connection tube. The plate can be integrally connected to the inner casing sidewall via a thin-wall section sized to break by the insertion of an insertion edge of the connection tube. The device can also include an overcap sized to mate to the sealable cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Tadahiro Kojima, Toshio Mitsuma, Akira Sakabe
  • Patent number: 7647031
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted receiver system includes a receiver apparatus that is controlled for receiving, in common, transmissions from a plurality of external devices such as a remote key, smart key, etc., having respectively different transmission frequencies. The receiving frequency at the current time is selected based on criteria such as the insertion/non-insertion status of the ignition key, or whether an interrogation signal has been transmitted to a specific external device so that a response transmission is be received from that device during a specific time interval and the receiving frequency is to be set accordingly during that specific interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Ryozo Okumura, Akihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7501940
    Abstract: A fuel efficiency degradation amount displaying device detects a tire air pressure and calculates an amount of degradation of fuel efficiency of the vehicle compared to fuel efficiency in a case that the tire air pressure is appropriate. Then the fuel efficiency degradation amount displaying device indicates not only a warning of the decrease of the tire air pressure but also the amount of the fuel efficiency degradation. Therefore the driver can recognize the amount of the degradation clearly and intuitively. As a result, it is possible to prevent drivability of the vehicle from getting worse, because the driver can adjust, knowing a relation between the tire air pressure and the fuel efficiency, the tire air pressure to the appropriate tire air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7373228
    Abstract: In a method for providing identification registration of a tire air pressure monitoring apparatus, an external equipment receives transmission data including the sensor identification from transmitters. The external equipment identifies the transmitter that transmitted the transmission data based upon the transmission data and registers the identified transmitter at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Shintarou Itou, Ryozo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20080082220
    Abstract: The vehicle stationary/moving determination apparatus includes an antenna mounted on a vehicle body of a vehicle; and a determination device determining whether or not the vehicle is moving or stationary on the basis of a reception intensity of a radio signal transmitted from a radio transmitter device mounted on the vehicle at a portion other than the vehicle body and received by the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Saito, Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Watabe
  • Publication number: 20080055042
    Abstract: When a demodulated signal of a radio signal in Ch1 transmitted from a TPMS transmitter is acquired, a control IC controls the frequency of a signal inputted from a PLL circuit to a mixer into a frequency for converting a TPMS radio signal into an intermediate frequency signal of a specific frequency. When the demodulated signal of the radio signal transmitted from a portable unit through two frequency channels is acquired, the control IC determines a channel whose state of communication is favorable from between Ch2 and Ch3, and controls the signal frequency for conversion into a frequency for converting a keyless radio signal in the determined channel into an intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Okada, Hironori Katoh, Hiromichi Naitoh, Munenori Matsumoto, Masahiro Sugiura, Mitsugi Ootsuka, Akihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7310044
    Abstract: A tire condition monitoring system for a vehicle has a chassis-side transmitter/receiver and a tire-side transmitter/receiver. The tire-side transmitter/receiver measures an interval between two successive request signals of the chassis-side transmitter and controls a time point of transmission of a response signal of the tire-side transmitter/receiver based on the measured interval so that the response signal is transmitted when the tire-side transmitter/receiver is in the communication range of the chassis-side transmitter/receiver. A control unit determines a time interval of one rotation of a tire based on a vehicle speed, and drives the chassis-side transmitter/receiver to transmit the request signal at an interval set to be shorter than an interval in which the tire rotates the communication range of the chassis-side transmitter/receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7242284
    Abstract: A tire condition detecting device 1 and an attaching method thereof, and a tire condition monitoring system, capable of preventing the attenuation caused by tires and wheels, of radio waves transmitted from a transmission section more effectively than before, are provided. The tire condition detecting device comprises a case 3 having an insertion part 5 inserted into a hole 13 provided in a rim 12; and a sensor and transmission section 2 contained in a case main body 4. It is attached to the rim by inserting the insertion part 5 of the case into the hole of the rim from the inside of the rim so that the case main body is arranged inside the rim, that is, on a side of the rim 12 opposite to a side on which an air chamber 15 of a tire 14 is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7192110
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: exchangeable first and second ink cartridges; a recording head which jets ink to a recording medium; an intermediate tank which receives the ink from the ink cartridge and supplies the ink to the recording head; a detecting sensor which detects whether ink residual quantity of an ink cartridge is not more than predetermined quantity based on ink quantity in the intermediate tank; a switching section which, if the ink residual quantity is not more than the predetermined quantity, switches the ink cartridge for supplying the ink to the intermediate tank; a first detector which detects the reset of the first ink cartridge; a second detector which detects the reset of the second ink cartridge; and a controller which, if the first ink cartridge is reset, controls the switching section to switch the second ink cartridge to the first ink cartridge, for supplying the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Yamamoto, Tetsushi Aoki, Takashi Muramatsu, Minoru Maekawara, Shingo Tsubotani
  • Publication number: 20070021082
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted receiver system includes a receiver apparatus that is controlled for receiving, in common, transmissions from a plurality of external devices such as a remote key, smart key, etc., having respectively different transmission frequencies. The receiving frequency at the current time is selected based on criteria such as the insertion/non-insertion status of the ignition key, or whether an interrogation signal has been transmitted to a specific external device so that a response transmission is be received from that device during a specific time interval and the receiving frequency is to be set accordingly during that specific interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Ryozo Okumura, Akihiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20060202811
    Abstract: A fuel efficiency degradation amount displaying device detects a tire air pressure and calculates an amount of degradation of fuel efficiency of the vehicle compared to fuel efficiency in a case that the tire air pressure is appropriate. Then the fuel efficiency degradation amount displaying device indicates not only a warning of the decrease of the tire air pressure but also the amount of the fuel efficiency degradation. Therefore the driver can recognize the amount of the degradation clearly and intuitively. As a result, it is possible to prevent drivability of the vehicle from getting worse, because the driver can adjust, knowing a relation between the tire air pressure and the fuel efficiency, the tire air pressure to the appropriate tire air pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Taguchi