Patents by Inventor Akio Nakamura

Akio Nakamura 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: 20240101532
    Abstract: A compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of cancer related to activation of immune cells or cancer resistant to anti-PD-1 antibody/anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy is provided. The present inventors have conducted studies on a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of cancer related to activation of immune cells or cancer resistant to anti-PD-1 antibody/anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy, and confirmed that a heteroaryl carboxamide compound has DGK ? (DGKzeta) inhibitory effect, leading to completion of the present invention. The heteroaryl carboxamide compound of the present invention has DGK ? inhibitory effect, and can be used as a therapeutic agent for treatment of cancer related to activation of immune cells or cancer resistant to anti-PD-1 antibody/anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hideyuki Watanabe, Takashi Kamikubo, Akio Kamikawa, Takuya Washio, Yohei Seki, Keiichiro Okuyama, Osamu Ikeda, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Yoshinori Iwai, Akihiko Nakamura, Kozo Miyasaka
  • Publication number: 20240071128
    Abstract: A detection device includes a plurality of optical sensors arranged in a detection area, a light source configured to emit light that is emitted to an object to be detected and is detected by the optical sensors, and a processor configured to perform processing based on outputs from the optical sensors. The processor is configured to determine, based on the outputs of the respective optical sensors obtained at a cycle of a predetermined period, an optical sensor an output of which is to be employed from among the optical sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hirofumi KATO, Makoto UCHIDA, Takanori TSUNASHIMA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Akio TAKIMOTO, Takao SOMEYA, Tomoyuki YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11543052
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a joint, a check valve, a valve seat fixation member having an outer peripheral surface on which an external thread is provided, and a sealing member. The body has an attachment hole that attaches the joint and the valve seat fixation member from an outside of the body in a sequence of the joint and the valve seat fixation member, and that has an inner peripheral surface in which an internal thread screwed to the external thread of the valve seat fixation member is provided. The sealing member is provided between the joint and the valve seat fixation member. An outer peripheral edge of the sealing member is located radially inward of a screwed region of the internal thread and the external thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Suzuki, Kazuki Okamura, Takashi Yamazaki, Toshihiko Shima, Kazushi Numazaki, Naohiro Sakamoto, Akio Nakamura, Koji Kida
  • Patent number: 10877662
    Abstract: An input device includes: a printing layer on which an image of a key including a character is printed; a 3D lens that three-dimensionally floats the image of the key printed on the printing layer; and an input detector that detects an input in accordance with the depression of the image of the key floating three-dimensionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Kikuchi, Akio Nakamura, Katsuya Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 10655746
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a coil, a valve element receiving portion, a valve element placed inside of the valve element receiving portion, and a valve portion configured to open and close a gas flow path accompanied with move of the valve element. Either a surface of the valve element opposed to the valve element receiving portion or a surface of the valve element receiving portion opposed to the valve element has a first groove that is extended in an axial direction and a second groove that is arranged to intersect with the first groove and to be extended in a circumferential direction. The first groove is formed to be extended at least from the second groove toward a valve portion-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: SOKEN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Hori, Hiroki Yahashi, Koji Kida, Akio Nakamura, Takuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190323626
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a joint, a check valve, a valve seat fixation member having an outer peripheral surface on which an external thread is provided, and a sealing member. The body has an attachment hole that attaches the joint and the valve seat fixation member from an outside of the body in a sequence of the joint and the valve seat fixation member, and that has an inner peripheral surface in which an internal thread screwed to the external thread of the valve seat fixation member is provided. The sealing member is provided between the joint and the valve seat fixation member. An outer peripheral edge of the sealing member is located radially inward of a screwed region of the internal thread and the external thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya SUZUKI, Kazuki OKAMURA, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Toshihiko SHIMA, Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Naohiro SAKAMOTO, Akio NAKAMURA, Koji KIDA
  • Publication number: 20190303001
    Abstract: An input device includes: a printing layer on which an image of a key including a character is printed; a 3D lens that three-dimensionally floats the image of the key printed on the printing layer; and an input detector that detects an input in accordance with the depression of the image of the key floating three-dimensionally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko KIKUCHI, Akio Nakamura, Katsuya Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 10428962
    Abstract: A valve device for a gas tank, includes a body and a check valve provided in an injection passage to inject gas into the gas tank. The check valve includes a valve seat, a case fixed in the injection passage while a space is provided between an inner peripheral surface of the injection passage and the case to enable gas to flow through the space, and a valve element accommodated in the case. The case includes a cylindrical portion, and is configured such that the bottom of the cylindrical portion, provided at an opposite side to the valve seat, defines a range where the valve element is axially movable. The valve element includes a head portion that can block a valve hole of the valve seat, and a sliding portion formed to be axially movable with respect to the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Suzuki, Kazuki Okamura, Yuya Kihara, Akio Nakamura, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Koji Kida
  • Publication number: 20190128723
    Abstract: A measuring device includes: a holding device that holds a container containing a measured object detachably; a measuring unit that measures a weight of the container or a volume of the measured object; a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of use of the measured object based on the weight or the volume measured by the measuring unit and a last measurement result by the measuring unit; and a communication device that transmits the amount of use of the measured object to an external terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotoshi ISHIDA, Akio NAKAMURA, Katsuya FUNAKOSHI, Tatsushi SHIBUYA, Maiko KIKUCHI, Takashi ARITA, Eiji YUMOTO, Mitsuhiro SEKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180306343
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a coil, a valve element receiving portion, a valve element placed inside of the valve element receiving portion, and a valve portion configured to open and close a gas flow path accompanied with move of the valve element. Either a surface of the valve element opposed to the valve element receiving portion or a surface of the valve element receiving portion opposed to the valve element has a first groove that is extended in an axial direction and a second groove that is arranged to intersect with the first groove and to be extended in a circumferential direction. The first groove is formed to be extended at least from the second groove toward a valve portion-side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: SOKEN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke HORI, Hiroki YAHASHI, Koji KIDA, Akio NAKAMURA, Takuya SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10020620
    Abstract: There is provided a connector connectable to a mating connector that includes a first jack terminal configured to be coupled to a first plug terminal of the mating connector; a second jack terminal configured to be coupled to a second plug terminal of the mating connector; and a third jack terminal configured to be coupled to the second plug terminal of the mating connector, and having a resistor and a capacitor connected in series thereto. Upon the connector being separated from the mating connector, the second jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal after the third jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal, and the first jack terminal is separated from the first plug terminal after the second jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Yuba, Koichi Kiryu, Akio Nakamura, Hideo Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 10007373
    Abstract: An operation panel includes a first board, a second board, a load sensor provided between the first board and the second board, and a clip that holds together the first board and the second board. The load sensor detects the magnitude of a force applied to the first board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichiro Akieda, Takeshi Okuyama, Akio Nakamura, Koji Iizuka, Mitsuhiro Sekizawa
  • Patent number: 9995406
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body in which a gas flow passage is provided; and a check valve provided in the gas flow passage, the check valve including a poppet and a valve seat. The poppet excluding a block portion is in a form of a hollow shaft, the block portion being located at a distal end of the poppet and having a taper shape, and the poppet has at least one side hole that provides communication between an inside and an outside of a portion of the poppet, the portion being in the form of the hollow shaft. The at least one side hole extends obliquely with respect to a central axis line of the poppet such that the at least one side hole extends along a gas flow direction inclined with respect to a direction in which the poppet moves when the check valve opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Munetoshi Kuroyanagi, Akio Nakamura, Kazuo Haneda, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20180119831
    Abstract: A valve device for a gas tank, includes a body and a check valve provided in an injection passage to inject gas into the gas tank. The check valve includes a valve seat, a case fixed in the injection passage while a space is provided between an inner peripheral surface of the injection passage and the case to enable gas to flow through the space, and a valve element accommodated in the case. The case includes a cylindrical portion, and is configured such that the bottom of the cylindrical portion, provided at an opposite side to the valve seat, defines a range where the valve element is axially movable. The valve element includes a head portion that can block a valve hole of the valve seat, and a sliding portion formed to be axially movable with respect to the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya SUZUKI, Kazuki OKAMURA, Yuya KIHARA, Akio NAKAMURA, Shusuke INAGI, Akira YAMASHITA, Koji KIDA
  • Patent number: 9929417
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a solenoid valve accommodated in an accommodation hole of the body, and a joint member fixed to the body. The solenoid valve includes: a sleeve having a tubular shape and fitted in the accommodation hole, and including an introduction passage and a delivery passage; and a valve element configured to open and close the passages. A U-seal is disposed between an outer wall surface of the sleeve and an inner wall surface of the accommodation hole. The body has an attachment hole that is located downstream of the delivery passage of the sleeve and opens on an outer surface of the body. The joint member including a backflow reduction valve is fixed to the attachment hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Nakamura, Takuya Suzuki, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 9927817
    Abstract: A throttle valve includes a throttle valve element; a support member that supports the throttle valve element, the support member including a valve element support portion, and a shaft portion that is connected to the valve element support portion, the shaft portion having a gas passage and an inlet port; a mounting member that mounts the support member in a throttle valve flow passage; a filter that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion to cover the inlet port, in a space whose axial length is defined by the shaft portion and the mounting member; and gaskets that are respectively disposed between one axial end of the filter and the mounting member and between the other axial end of the filter and the shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Nakamura, Akira Nakano, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20170365958
    Abstract: There is provided a connector connectable to a mating connector that includes a first jack terminal configured to be coupled to a first plug terminal of the mating connector; a second jack terminal configured to be coupled to a second plug terminal of the mating connector; and a third jack terminal configured to be coupled to the second plug terminal of the mating connector, and having a resistor and a capacitor connected in series thereto. Upon the connector being separated from the mating connector, the second jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal after the third jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal, and the first jack terminal is separated from the first plug terminal after the second jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi YUBA, Koichi KIRYU, Akio NAKAMURA, Hideo MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9774145
    Abstract: There is provided a connector comprising: a given-polarity electrode jack terminal coupled to a given-polarity electrode of a power supply; a first other-polarity electrode jack terminal coupled to an other-polarity electrode of the power supply through a resistor and a capacitor; and a second other-polarity electrode jack terminal coupled to the other-polarity electrode of the power supply; wherein the first other-polarity electrode jack terminal and the second other-polarity electrode jack terminal are respectively in contact with a plug terminal of the other-polarity electrode included in another connector, the first other-polarity electrode jack terminal and the second other-polarity electrode jack terminal are disposed on a line extended in a length direction of the plug terminal of the other-polarity electrode, and the first other-polarity electrode jack terminal is disposed at a position closer to the other connector than a position of the second other-polarity electrode jack terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Yuba, Koichi Kiryu, Akio Nakamura, Hideo Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 9670879
    Abstract: A valve apparatus includes a body with a supply passage for gas and a solenoid valve housed in the body. The solenoid valve includes a tubular sleeve internally having a flow passage leading to the supply passage, and a valve element and a valve seat that open and close the flow passage. The solenoid valve includes a driving portion that opens and closes the valve element. A seal member is disposed between an outer wall of the sleeve and an inner wall of the body. A tip of the sleeve on a downstream side of the valve element is exposed from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Toshihiko Shima, Akio Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Tomoya Noda, Mutsuo Henmi
  • Patent number: 9568114
    Abstract: The valve unit includes: a body having a charging passage; a supply-side joint that connects a supply pipe; and a check valve that is disposed in the gas passage, and that inhibits gas from being discharged from the gas tank to the outside of the body. The check valve includes a check valve seat, a check valve element that comes into contact with or moves away from the check valve seat, and a positioning member that fixes the position of the check valve seat in the charging passage. The body has a fitting hole which is communicated with the charging passage and in which the supply-side joint and the positioning member are fitted. The positioning member is fitted in a second fitting hole so as to fix the position of the check valve seat even when the supply-side joint has not been fitted in a first fitting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Shima, Akio Nakamura, Kenji Takahashi, Shusuke Inagi, Kentaro Hioki