Patents by Inventor Akiko Saito

Akiko Saito 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: 20120073307
    Abstract: A heat exchanger unit according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a plurality of heat exchangers that includes magnetic particles therein; and a connection section that is provided between the heat exchangers to connect the heat exchangers, the connection section including a solid-core member, a porous body or a combined substance of the solid-core member and the porous body. In the heat exchanger unit, the connection section invades partially into an inside of the heat exchanger connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Shiori Kaji, Tadahiko Kobayashi, Akiko Saito
  • Patent number: 8141567
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a tank configured to store water; vapor generating unit configured to turn the water supplied from the tank into vapor; a processing chamber in which vapor supplied from the vapor generating unit is used to remove residues from a workpiece; cooling unit; and filtering unit. The cooling unit cools waste liquid ejected from the processing chamber. The filtering unit is provided between the cooling unit and the tank, and the filtering unit filters the waste liquid cooled in the cooling unit. A processing method includes: supplying vapor into a processing chamber; removing residues from a workpiece using the vapor; cooling waste liquid containing the removed residues to precipitate the residues as solids; and filtering the waste liquid containing the precipitates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahiko Wakatsuki, Naoya Hayamizu, Hiroshi Fujita, Akiko Saito, Toshihide Hayashi, Yukinobu Nishibe, Tsutomu Makino
  • Publication number: 20120063148
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a substrate having a front surface side component mounting surface and a rear surface side flat heat dissipating surface. Light-emitting elements are arranged to protrude at a central portion of the component mounting surface and radiate light at least man upper surface direction and in a direction along the component mounting surface. A lighting circuit component is electrically connected to the light emitting elements by a wiring pattern arranged on the substrate and which is arranged closer to the peripheral edge side of the substrate than the light emitting elements: A connector for power supply connection is arranged closer to the peripheral edge side of the substrate than the light emitting elements on the component mounting surface of the substrate and is electrically connected to the lighting circuit component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Tanaka, Akiko Saito, Hitoshi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20120031108
    Abstract: The magnetic refrigerating device according to one embodiment includes a fixed container filled with a refrigerant, the fixed container including a magnetic material container that is filled with a magnetic material and that can move in the fixed container and an elastic member provided at the end of the magnetic material container. The magnetic refrigerating device also includes a magnetic-field applying/removing mechanism that is provided at the outside of the fixed container, and that can apply and remove a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material and can generate a magnetic torque to the magnetic material container in moving direction of the magnetic material container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kobayashi, Akiko Saito, Shiori Kaji
  • Patent number: 8105728
    Abstract: A polyelectrolyte material includes as a main chain: a benzene ring; an ether; and a carbonyl group. A part of the benzene ring is sulfonated. A method for manufacturing a polyelectrolyte material includes: synthesizing disulfonyl difluorobenzophenone; and polymerizing the disulfonyl difluorobenzophenone, 4,4?-difluorobenzophenone, and phenolphthalein with a crown ether as a catalyst. The synthesizing is performed by reacting 4,4?-difluorobenzophenone with fuming sulfuric acid, performing salting-out the reaction product, and recrystallizing the salting-out product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoya Hayamizu, Yukihiro Shibata, Akiko Saito, Jun Momma, Hideo Oota
  • Patent number: 8099964
    Abstract: A magnetic refrigerating device includes: a magnetic refrigerating unit including a magnetic material “A” exhibiting a magneto-caloric effect that the temperature of the material “A” is increased by the application of a magnetic field and the temperature of the material “A” is decreased by the removal of a magnetic field, a magnetic material “B” exhibiting a magneto-caloric effect that the temperature of the material “B” is decreased by the application of a magnetic field and the temperature of the material “B” is increased by the removal of a magnetic field, a heat conductive material “a” exhibiting higher heat conductivity under the application of a magnetic field and lower heat conductivity under the removal of a magnetic field, and a heat conductive material “b” exhibiting lower heat conductivity under the application of a magnetic field and higher heat conductivity under the removal of a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic refrigerating unit is configured so as to include at least one layered structure
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akiko Saito, Tadahiko Kobayashi, Hideyuki Tsuji, Hideo Iwasaki, Katsumi Hisano, Akihiro Koga, Akihiro Kasahara, Takuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110317416
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting module includes a module substrate, a first wiring pattern provided on the module substrate and including a common wire connecting portion, a second wiring pattern provided on the module substrate and including a first wire connecting portion, a second wire connecting portion, and a middle pattern portion, a first light-emitting element group arranged between the common wire connecting portion and the first wire connecting portion and including semiconductor light-emitting elements connected in series and being electrically connected to the common wire connecting portion and the first wire connecting portion, and a second light-emitting element group arranged between the common wire connecting portion and the second wire connecting portion and including semiconductor light-emitting elements connected in series and being electrically connected to the common wire connecting portion and the second wire connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Haruki Takei, Akiko Saito, Seiko Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8083318
    Abstract: A print head that ejects ink supplied through an ink supply port can prevent the size of satellites from being reduced while inhibiting an increase in resistance to an ink flow. In the print head, ink supply ports are arranged on both sides of a plurality of channels. A predetermined number of ink supply ports are arranged at least at one side of the ink channel all over the range of the arrangement of the channels. One side of each of the plurality of channels is connected via the common liquid chamber to the liquid supply port located so as to extend in a direction in which the channels are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Tsuchii, Masataka Sakurai, Tomoyuki Inoue, Akiko Saito
  • Patent number: 8083325
    Abstract: A liquid ejection recording head includes an element substrate having plural ejection energy generating elements, an ejection outlet array of plural ejection outlets, and bubble generation chambers. The element substrate includes a first liquid supply port provided along an arrangement direction of the ejection outlets, and plural second ink supply ports disposed between a lateral end of the substrate and the chambers. Each bubble generation chamber communicates with the first and second liquid supply ports through first and second liquid supply passages, respectively. The element substrate has a thermal resistance against heat flowing from the ejection energy generating elements along a direction perpendicular to the array direction and parallel to a surface of the substrate. The thermal resistance, per unit length with respect to the array direction, at both end portions of the array is larger than that at a central portion of the ejection outlet array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Inoue, Ken Tsuchii, Masataka Sakurai, Akiko Saito
  • Publication number: 20110303927
    Abstract: A light emitting module (1) comprises a module substrate (2), a light emitting diode string (31), and a sealing member (48). The light emitting diode string (31) includes light emitting diode elements (32) and bonding wires (37) which connect the light emitting diode elements (32). The light emitting diode element (32) has a pair of element electrodes (33, 34) and has a rectangular shape extending in a direction along which the element electrodes (33, 34) are aligned. The sealing member (48) is laminated on the module substrate (2) to seal the light emitting diode string (31). The light emitting diode elements (32) are arranged at intervals in a direction crossing the direction along which the element electrodes (33, 34) are aligned, and the element electrodes (33, 34) with the same polarity are aligned to be adjacent to each other in an arrangement direction of the light emitting diode elements (32) between the light emitting diode elements (32) adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Kiyoshi Otani, Masahiro Izumi, Junya Murata, Akiko Saito, Yumiko Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20110278632
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element and connectors. The substrate has a surface and a back face, and power supply terminals are formed on the surface. The light emitting element is mounted on the surface of the substrate. The connector includes a contact portion coming into contact with, the power supply terminal on the surface side of the substrate and a connector terminal having a wire connection portion projecting on the back face side of the substrate, and a power supply wire is connected to the wire connection portion of the connector terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruki Takei, Seiko Kawashima, Masahiro Izumi, Akiko Saito, Yusuke Shibahara, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu
  • Publication number: 20110273880
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, a reflective layer, a plurality of conductor parts and a translucent adhesive layer. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting devices has a translucent substrate, and a semiconductor light-emitting layer formed on the substrate. The reflective layer has a size on which semiconductor light-emitting devices are arranged at intervals. The conductor parts are provided on the reflective layer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor light-emitting devices. The adhesive layer bonds the substrates of the semiconductor light-emitting devices onto the reflective layer, and thereby holds the semiconductor light-emitting devices on the reflective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Izumi, Shinji Nogi, Akiko Saito
  • Patent number: 8026239
    Abstract: A method of treating a malignant tumor selected from the group consisting of leukemia, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, oral cancer, lung carcinoma, breast carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, and melanoma by administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of at least one compound represented by formula (1) wherein A, X, Q, R1-3, and n are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tsuneji Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ando, Katsutoshi Tsuchiya, Osamu Nakanishi, Akiko Saito, Takashi Yamashita, Yoshinori Shiraishi, Eishi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110199021
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device includes a substrate including an insulating surface, a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on the surface of the substrate and electrically connected to each other, a positive power feeding conductor and a negative power feeding conductor mounted on the surface of the substrate to feed power to the light-emitting elements, lead-out terminals leading from the power feeding conductors, to the outside of an mounting area of the light-emitting elements, and an anti-noise part connected to the lead-out terminals and arranged outside the mounting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Seiko Kawashima, Haruki Takei, Akiko Saito
  • Patent number: D658599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Akimichi Takahashi, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Akiko Saito, Masahiro Izumi, Soichi Shibusawa, Nobuhiko Betsuda
  • Patent number: D658600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Egawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Saito, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takeshi Arimura
  • Patent number: D658601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Egawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Saito, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takeshi Arimura
  • Patent number: D658602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Egawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Saito, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takeshi Arimura
  • Patent number: D658604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Egawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Saito, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takeshi Arimura
  • Patent number: D658605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Egawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Saito, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takeshi Arimura