Patents by Inventor Akira Kikuchi
Akira Kikuchi 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).
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Patent number: 9991819Abstract: A power conversion system is capable of distinguishing easily and clearly between being interconnected to the power system and being in an isolated operation. The power conversion system converts DC power to AC power to interconnect with a power system and injects reactive power into a grid node for determining an isolated operation, including: a voltage detector that detects an output voltage at the grid node; a current detector that detects an output current at the grid node; a frequency measurement unit that measures a frequency of the output voltage at the grid node; a reactive-power measurement unit that measures reactive power at the grid node; and an isolated-operation determination unit that determines whether or not the power conversion system is in an isolated operation as disconnected from the power system. The isolated-operation determination unit includes a reactive-power-fluctuation determination unit that performs a first isolated-operation determination from the reactive power.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Hatakeyama, Akira Kikuchi, Fumikazu Takahashi, Kimiaki Taniguchi, Hirofumi Oyamada
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Publication number: 20180037649Abstract: Disclosed is to identify a target molecule that is involved in Dkk1-induced hyperproliferation of tumor cells to provide a novel antitumor agent. Cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) specifically regulates the hyperproliferation effects that are induced by dickkopf-related protein 1 (Dkk1), and proliferation of tumor cells can be suppressed by inhibiting expression or function of CKAP4 in the tumor cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Akira KIKUCHI, Katsumi FUMOTO, Hirokazu KIMURA
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Publication number: 20170355953Abstract: Provided is a novel method for producing a Wnt protein, which method comprises (1) a step of performing affinity purification targeting afamin to obtain a Wnt protein from a culture product, and/or (2) a step of performing affinity purification to obtain a Wnt protein in the form of a complex with afamin from a culture product. The method enables a Wnt protein having high Wnt activity to be produced in a simple and brief manner without use of special equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Junichi TAKAGI, Emiko MIHARA, Akira KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 9702580Abstract: An air conditioning controlling system, includes: a sensor configured to measure a first air pressure in a cold aisle in a first space cooled by an air conditioner and a second air pressure in a hot aisle in a second space cooled by the air conditioner; and a control apparatus configured to calculate a first prediction value of a power consumption amount of an information processing apparatus and a second prediction value of a power consumption amount of the air conditioner for each of a plurality of first temperatures at an air capacity of the air conditioner which is based on the first air pressure and the second air pressure, detect, from among the plurality of first temperatures, a temperature at which a total value of the first prediction value and the second prediction value is minimized, and set the detected temperature as a second temperature to the air conditioner.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akira Minegishi, Akira Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20170143455Abstract: A magnet assembly for a dental magnetic attachment comprising a cup-shaped yoke of substantially Ni-free ferritic stainless steel, a permanent magnet received in a recess of the cup-shaped yoke, a seal member sealing an opening of the cup-shaped yoke, and an abutment-welded portion of the seal member and the cup-shaped yoke; the seal member comprising a center portion of substantially Ni-free ferritic stainless steel; an intermediate portion of substantially Ni-free austenitic stainless steel having a nitrogen content of 0.5-2.0% by mass, and a peripheral portion made of substantially Ni-free ferritic stainless steel having a nitrogen content of 1.3% or less by mass, smaller than in the intermediate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Yukyo TAKADA, Masatoshi TAKAHASHI, Akira KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 9452679Abstract: An operation management system obviates such a situation that a power substation would trip and a supply of power to overhead wires would stop. The operation management system controls operation of electric drive vehicles, each of which is provided with a trolley mode, in which the electric drive vehicle runs by power supplied to the overhead wires, and a diesel mode, in which the electric drive vehicle runs by an output from an engine. A supply margin detection unit detects a current supply margin of power and a running position detecting unit detects a current running position of the electric drive vehicle. A running mode detection unit detects a current running mode of the electric drive vehicle and a running mode determination unit determines a next running mode based on the detection results of the supply margin detection unit, running position detecting unit, and running mode detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Tomohiko Yasuda, Takayuki Sato, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shinjiro Saito
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Patent number: 9315116Abstract: Provided is an electric drive vehicle which can control wheel speed so as to achieve an appropriate slip ratio of the wheels even when pitching vibration of the vehicle is large. This electric drive vehicle is provided with electric motors (1, 4), drive wheels (3, 6), driven wheels (7, 8), an electric motor controller (50) for controlling the electric motors, and speed detectors (9-12) for detecting the wheel speed of the drive wheels and the driven wheels.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akira Kikuchi, Tomohiko Yasuda, Takayuki Sato, Shinjiro Saito
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Publication number: 20160021792Abstract: An air conditioning controlling system, includes: a sensor configured to measure a first air pressure in a cold aisle in a first space cooled by an air conditioner and a second air pressure in a hot aisle in a second space cooled by the air conditioner; and a control apparatus configured to calculate a first prediction value of a power consumption amount of an information processing apparatus and a second prediction value of a power consumption amount of the air conditioner for each of a plurality of first temperatures at an air capacity of the air conditioner which is based on the first air pressure and the second air pressure, detect, from among the plurality of first temperatures, a temperature at which a total value of the first prediction value and the second prediction value is minimized, and set the detected temperature as a second temperature to the air conditioner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Akira MINEGISHI, Akira KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20150321565Abstract: An operation management system obviates such a situation that a power substation would trip and a supply of power to overhead wires would stop. The operation management system controls operation of electric drive vehicles, each of which is provided with a trolley mode, in which the electric drive vehicle runs by power supplied to the overhead wires, and a diesel mode, in which the electric drive vehicle runs by an output from an engine. A supply margin detection unit detects a current supply margin of power and a running position detecting unit detects a current running position of the electric drive vehicle. A running mode detection unit detects a current running mode of the electric drive vehicle and a running mode determination unit determines a next running mode based on the detection results of the supply margin detection unit, running position detecting unit, and running mode detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Akira KIKUCHI, Tomohiko YASUDA, Takayuki SATO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Shinjiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20150298577Abstract: Provided is an electric drive vehicle which can control wheel speed so as to achieve an appropriate slip ratio of the wheels even when pitching vibration of the vehicle is large. This electric drive vehicle is provided with electric motors (1, 4), drive wheels (3, 6), driven wheels (7, 8), an electric motor controller (50) for controlling the electric motors, and speed detectors (9-12) for detecting the wheel speed of the drive wheels and the driven wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Akira KIKUCHI, Tomohiko YASUDA, Takayuki SATO, Shinjiro SAITO
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Patent number: 9118954Abstract: A module configured to cope with conditional access broadcasting includes an interface that is detachable from a receiver, the receiver being configured to receive digital broadcasting including conditional access broadcasting, and the interface being configured to acquire a transport stream produced based on the digital broadcasting, a descrambler configured to descramble data included in the transport stream, a loudspeaker configured to output sound, and a controller configured to detect emergency warning information included in the transport stream and control the loudspeaker to output sound related to the emergency warning information in response to the detection of the emergency warning information.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9079502Abstract: Provided is an electrically driven vehicle that is capable of suppressing drive wheel slippage without increasing the pitching vibration of the vehicle. The electrically driven vehicle having electric motors (1, 4), drive wheels (3, 6) driven by the electric motors respectively, and, when at least one of the drive wheels slips, an electric motor control device (40) for reducing the torque of at least one of the electric motors that drives the at least one wheel slipped, and for restoring the torque of the at least one electric motor when the slippage is stopped includes a pitching detection device (26) for detecting the amplitude of pitching vibration to which the vehicle is subjected. The amount of torque of the at least one electric motor to be restored by the electric motor control device over a predetermined period of time after the slippage is stopped varies depending on whether or not the amplitude A detected by the pitching detection device is greater than an assessment value A1.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Tomohiko Yasuda, Takayuki Sato, Kichio Nakajima, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150109836Abstract: A power conversion system is capable of distinguishing easily and clearly between being interconnected to the power system and being in an isolated operation. The power conversion system converts DC power to AC power to interconnect with a power system and injects reactive power into a grid node for determining an isolated operation, including: a voltage detector that detects an output voltage at the grid node; a current detector that detects an output current at the grid node; a frequency measurement unit that measures a frequency of the output voltage at the grid node; a reactive-power measurement unit that measures reactive power at the grid node; and an isolated-operation determination unit that determines whether or not the power conversion system is in an isolated operation as disconnected from the power system. The isolated-operation determination unit includes a reactive-power-fluctuation determination unit that performs a first isolated-operation determination from the reactive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Tomoyuki HATAKEYAMA, Akira KIKUCHI, Fumikazu TAKAHASHI, Kimiaki TANIGUCHI, Hirofumi OYAMADA
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Patent number: 8951044Abstract: A keeper for an implant comprising (a) a keeper body made of a soft-magnetic material, which comprises a recess for receiving a head of an abutment having a female thread, and a female thread extending along a center axis to have communication with the recess and having a larger nominal diameter than that of the female thread of the abutment; and (b) a stepped screw member comprising a small-diameter screw portion threadably engageable with the female thread of the abutment, and a large-diameter screw portion threadably engageable with the female thread of the keeper body; the keeper body being strongly fixed to the abutment by the stepped screw member, when the keeper body is rotated in a threadably engaging direction, after the female thread of the abutment threadably engages the small-diameter screw portion, and after the female thread of the keeper body threadably engages the large-diameter screw portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventor: Akira Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8880261Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle equipped with electric motors (1, 4) for driving or braking drive wheels (3, 6), and an electric motor controller (33) for controlling the electric motors includes: wheel speed detectors (9 to 12) for detecting the wheel speed of the drive wheels and that of idler wheels (7, 8); computing means (22 to 28, 35 to 38) for computing the slip ratio of the drive wheels based on the wheel speed of the drive wheels and that of the idler wheels; and a determiner (29) for determining that the drive wheels are slipping if the slip ratio exceeds a slip ratio determination value. If the wheel speed of the idler wheels is lower than set speeds Va2, Vb2, then the determiner (29) changes the slip ratio determination value to a value having as the same sign as, and a larger absolute value than, the values ?a2, ?b2 used when the wheel speed of the idler wheels is higher than the set speeds Va2, Vb2.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akira Kikuchi, Tomohiko Yasuda, Takayuki Satou, Kichio Nakajima
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Publication number: 20140319985Abstract: A movement mechanism includes: a guide member; an installation base that is movably provided on the guide member; and a removable cover base that is removably disposed, next to the installation base, on the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akira KIKUCHI, Eichiro OKUMURA, Akihiro HAMAGUCHI, Akira MINEGISHI
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Publication number: 20140289758Abstract: A module coping with conditional access broadcasting in the disclosure includes an interface detachable from a receiver, which can receive digital broadcasting including conditional access broadcasting, for acquiring a transport stream produced based on the digital broadcasting, a descrambler that descrambles data included in the transport stream, a loudspeaker that outputs sound, and a controller that detects emergency warning information included in the transport stream and controls the loudspeaker to output sound related to the emergency warning information in response to the detection of the emergency warning information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Akira KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20140141387Abstract: A keeper for an implant comprising (a) a keeper body made of a soft-magnetic material, which comprises a recess for receiving a head of an abutment having a female thread, and a female thread extending along a center axis to have communication with the recess and having a larger nominal diameter than that of the female thread of the abutment; and (b) a stepped screw member comprising a small-diameter screw portion threadably engageable with the female thread of the abutment, and a large-diameter screw portion threadably engageable with the female thread of the keeper body; the keeper body being strongly fixed to the abutment by the stepped screw member, when the keeper body is rotated in a threadably engaging direction, after the female thread of the abutment threadably engages the small-diameter screw portion, and after the female thread of the keeper body threadably engages the large-diameter screw portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventor: Akira Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8722212Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic granular layer, and a recording layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer, wherein the recording layer includes a first granular magnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer, and a second granular magnetic layer provided on the first granular magnetic layer, and a non-magnetic material magnetically separating metal grains of the non-magnetic granular layer is different from a non-magnetic material magnetically separating magnetic grains of the first granular magnetic layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Ryo Kurita, Satoshi Igarashi, Isatake Kaitsu, Akira Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8523296Abstract: An electric drive vehicle having an induction motor for braking or driving wheels, a motor controller for controlling the induction motor, and mechanical brakes for braking the wheels, wherein while the vehicle is in halt in a state that the mechanical breaks are not operating, the motor controller applies DC voltage or AC voltage in a frequency range of ?1 Hz to +1 Hz to the stator of the induction motor to make the induction motor generate torque for stopping the vehicle and maintain the vehicle in a halt state.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Ikimi, Keizo Shimada, Naoshi Sugawara