Patents by Inventor Akira Kawamura

Akira Kawamura 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: 9954304
    Abstract: In a packing attachment structure, a packing accommodating recess includes an annular body and an engagement part projecting from the body on a plane of a front face of a flange part and in an one-plane direction of the front face. A packing includes an annular body and a to-be-engaged part projecting from the body. In arrangement, the body of the packing is accommodated in the body of the packing accommodating recess, while the to-be-engaged part of the packing is engaged with the engagement part of the packing accommodating recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Akira Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9776160
    Abstract: A catalyst recovery system that includes a concentrated slurry production unit that concentrates a slurry extracted from a reactor main unit and continuously produces a concentrated slurry, a first discharge unit that discharges the concentrated slurry from the concentrated slurry production unit, a solidified slurry production unit that cools the concentrated slurry discharged from the concentrated slurry production unit, thereby solidifying the liquid medium within the concentrated slurry and producing a solidified slurry, and a recovery mechanism that recovers the solidified slurry from the solidified slurry production unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Shibata, Hidekatsu Honda, Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20150325947
    Abstract: In a packing attachment structure, a packing accommodating recess includes an annular body and an engagement part projecting from the body on a plane of a front face of a flange part and in an one-plane direction of the front face. A packing includes an annular body and a to-be-engaged part projecting from the body. In arrangement, the body of the packing is accommodated in the body of the packing accommodating recess, while the to-be-engaged part of the packing is engaged with the engagement part of the packing accommodating recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng WANG, Akira KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150228948
    Abstract: Provided are a microporous membrane including a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 220° C. or more and a polyolefin, the thermoplastic resin (a) having an acicular structure, and a method for producing the microporous membrane. The microporous membrane has high resistance to thermal shrinkage since it includes a polyolefin and a high-melting-point thermoplastic resin having an acicular structure. Thus, a battery separator for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and, in particular, a single-layer battery separator for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which have a good shut-down function and high resistance to thermal shrinkage may be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Yutaka Maruyama, Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20140004011
    Abstract: A catalyst recovery system that includes a concentrated slurry production unit that concentrates a slurry extracted from a reactor main unit and continuously produces a concentrated slurry, a first discharge unit that discharges the concentrated slurry from the concentrated slurry production unit, a solidified slurry production unit that cools the concentrated slurry discharged from the concentrated slurry production unit, thereby solidifying the liquid medium within the concentrated slurry and producing a solidified slurry, and a recovery mechanism that recovers the solidified slurry from the solidified slurry production unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Shibata, Hidekatsu Honda, Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20130094386
    Abstract: A communication terminal device which can negate the need for troublesome switchovers and increase ease of use. In the device, a communication unit is connected to a client and carries out short distance wireless communication. An AP operation unit relays the transfer of data between the client and the connection destination thereof, on behalf of an access point. An electric field intensity acquisition unit measures the electric field intensity of a signal received from the access point. A client connection cancellation unit determines whether the device is within the communication area of the access point on the basis of the electric field intensity measured by the electric field intensity acquisition unit. If it is determined by the client connection cancellation unit that the device is within the communication area of the access point, an AP operation termination unit cancels the connection with the client in the AP operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8224762
    Abstract: An information processing method for a business process analysis includes identifying a processing target field in a record generated in an analysis target system and stored in a data storage; identifying data representing probability that the processing target field corresponds to a time stamp of an event by using definition data for each field in the record; and presenting a user with the identified data so as to correspond to each said field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akira Kawamura, Yoshihide Nomura, Kenichi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Kanai, Hirotaka Hara
  • Patent number: 8127539
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold includes a plurality of branch pipes 2 to 5 and an adapter member 9 that has a ring portion 10 provided at exhaust-gas downstream side end portions 2a to 5a of the branch pipes 2 to 5 and with a reinforcement portion 11. The adapter member 9 and the exhaust-gas downstream side end portions 2a to 5a, which are inserted into the adapter member 9, are fixed with each other by a circular weld line X1 formed along outer circumferences of the exhaust-gas downstream side end portions 2a to 5a of the branch pipes 2 to 5 and also by a weld line X2 formed along the adjacent side wall portions 2b to 5b of the branch pipes 2 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Kato, Kunikazu Ban, Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20110310798
    Abstract: A wireless communication device which can quickly switch connection to an optimal AP. In this device: a profile storage unit (102) stores profiles which include information necessary for establishing connections with access points and which are set with priorities between different access points; a profile update unit (103) outputs a profile update notice to the control unit (104) to indicate that a profile has been updated when a profile stored in the profile storage unit (102) is being updated; and the control unit (104) sends an instruction for another search for a connection destination access point in cases when there is a profile with a priority higher than that of the profile of the currently connected access point when a profile stored in the profile storage unit (102) has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Hatano, Akira Kawamura, Yoshihiko Takei
  • Publication number: 20110312365
    Abstract: A wireless communication device able to change the priority of profile of communication equipment without user operation. In this device: a holding unit (101) holds profiles which each contain information necessary to establish a connection with communication equipment, each profile having a priority value set between different communication equipment that is used when searching; a selection unit (106) of a connection destination selection unit (104) selects the profile of the communication equipment that is performing connection to the device among the profiles held by the holding unit (101); and a change unit (107) raises the priority of the profile selected by the selection unit (106) to the highest among the profiles for the communication equipment that are able to connect with the device out of the profiles held by the holding unit (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Hatano, Akira Kawamura, Yoshihiko Takei
  • Patent number: 8003346
    Abstract: The present invention is to construct a DNA replication reaction system which is excellent in versatility and is easily used. An amino acid sequence of a PCNA monomer which is one of factors involved in DNA replication is prepared so that amino acid residues causing mutual charge repulsion constitute a site which causes, when an N terminal region of the PCNA monomer and a C terminal region of another PCNA monomer act as an interface to form a multimeric complex, an intermolecular interaction of the monomers in an interface region of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Celestar Lexico-Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tokida, Satoshi Hihara, Takashi Kudou, Akira Kawamura, Hirofumi Doi, Yoshizumi Ishino
  • Patent number: 7960476
    Abstract: An acrylic resin composition containing the following acrylic resins (1) and (2): an acrylic resin (1) containing a structural unit (a) derived from a monomer (a) and a structural unit (b) derived from a monomer (b); an acrylic resin (2) having a molecular weight of 1,100,000 to 1,500,000, and containing the structural unit (a) as the main component and a structural unit(c)derived from a monomer (c) and substantially not containing the structural unit (b); (a): a (meth)acrylate of the formula (A) (wherein, R1 and R2 are defined in the specification), (b): a monomer containing an olefinic double bond and at least one 5- or more-membered heterocyclic group in the molecule, (c): a monomer not containing 5- or more-membered heterocyclic group and containing one olefinic double bond and at least one polar functional group which is a carboxyl, hydroxyl, amide, amino, epoxy, oxetanyl, aldehyde or isocyanate group in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akira Kawamura, Ryu Takeko, Tomo Iwata
  • Publication number: 20110044308
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method in which, even when moved outside the wireless area during communication, communication between terminals can be continued without requiring an operation of previously registering identification information or key information. A wireless communication terminal (101) has: a terminal identifier storage (12) for storing a terminal identifier of an external terminal (110); a link disconnection detecting unit (13) which detects disconnection of a communication link; a network searching unit (15) which searches a wireless network; and a wireless control unit (14) which, in the case where a network identifier of a found network coincides with the stored identifier of the external terminal (110), connects the wireless communication terminal to the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20100318389
    Abstract: A business flow processing method includes: extracting data of a series of works carried out for each case from a database storing results of the works, generating process instances in which work names of the works carried out are arranged in time series; judging, for each of the process instances, whether or not a backtracking from a first work to a second work carried out prior to the first work occurs; deleting, for each type of backtracking patterns, an additional backtracking from the process instance in which the backtracking occurs; counting, for each process type, the number of process instances after the deletion of the additional backtracking, which belong to the process type; and identifying, based on counting results, a process whose counted number of process instances is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference, and outputting the identified process as a main business flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Kawamura, Hirotaka Hara
  • Publication number: 20100197236
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal and a device connection availability determining method in which listing of information according to a neighboring wireless network is enabled to allow an operation of quickly and easily selecting target information. When a list of devices which are candidates of a connection destination is displayed, a network matching either a network identifier acquired by searching for a wireless network or an identifier of a belonging network is a network existing in the neighborhood of a location where the communication terminal is then located, and device information stored in association with its network identifier can be determined to be a device available in that location. Based on this determination, devices available and unavailable in that location are displayed in different modes so as to be identified by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7695782
    Abstract: An optical laminate comprising an anti-reflection film 1, polarizing film 2, adhesive layer 3, glass cell for liquid crystal display 4, adhesive layer 5 and polarizing film 6 laminated sequentially, wherein the ratio (B/A) of the maximum value B of the loss tangent of the adhesive layer 5 to the maximum value A of the loss tangent of the adhesive layer 3 is 1.1 or more. The maximum value of the loss tangent means the maximum value of loss modulus (E?) storage modulus (E?) (=tan ?), each measured by heating the adhesive layer in a temperature range of ?70° C. to 200° C. at a temperature rising rate of 4° C./min and a frequency of 1 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryu Takeko, Akira Kawamura, Atsushi Higo
  • Publication number: 20090270090
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile communication device capable of performing AP search at a connection destination and connection with a terminal device with a low power consumption and in a short time. The device includes access point search means (101) for searching an access point, search result holding means (102) for holding at least an identifier (501) and a channel number (502) among access point information detected, and access point information registration means (103) capable of registering an identifier of an arbitrary access point in advance. When the access point search means (101) searches an access point, if at least one of the access point information pieces registered in the access point information registration means (103) is contained in the access point information held in the search result holding means (102), search is performed only in a radio channel to which an access point registered in the access point information registration means (103) belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELETRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Akira Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7585570
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive comprising an acrylic resin (1), an acrylic resin (2), a silicone oligomer (3) and a crosslinking agent (4): wherein the acrylic resin (1) comprises a structural unit (a) derived from a monomer (A) and a structural unit (b) derived from a monomer (B) and has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000, wherein the (A) is a (meth)acrylic ester represented by the formula (A) (wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 represents alkyl or aralkyl groups having 1 to 14 carbon atoms wherein hydrogen atom(s) of the R2 may be substituted with alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms), and the (B) is at least any one of a (B-1) and a (B-2) wherein the (B-1) is a monomer comprising carboxyl group and one olefinic double bond, and the (B-2) is a monomer comprising at least one polar functional group selected from the group consisted of hydroxyl group, amide group, amino group, epoxy group, oxetanyl group, aldehyde group and isocyanate group and an olef
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryu Takeko, Atsushi Higo, Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20090210824
    Abstract: A content list display apparatus is provided that acquires and displays a content list according to the screen size of a display screen. In this apparatus, a display section (315) has a display screen of a predetermined screen size, and displays a content list. When a user performs an operation and an operation input section (311) outputs a content list transmission request command, a content information operation section (312) commands a display range determining section (313) to determine the content list range. The display range determining section (313) determines the content list range displayable in one screen based on the screen size of the display section (315).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20090209003
    Abstract: The present invention is to construct a DNA replication reaction system which is excellent in versatility and is easily used. An amino acid sequence of a PCNA monomer which is one of factors involved in DNA replication is prepared so that amino acid residues causing mutual charge repulsion constitute a site which causes, when an N terminal region of the PCNA monomer and a C terminal region of another PCNA monomer act as an interface to form a multimeric complex, an intermolecular interaction of the monomers in an interface region of the monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tokida, Satoshi Hihara, Takashi Kudou, Akira Kawamura, Hirofumi Doi, Yoshizumi Ishino