Patents by Inventor Akira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi 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: 11834855Abstract: A laminate material for reinforcement is provided that can reduce on-site work steps and facilitate quality control of a resin to be used to achieve improvement in work efficiency, and that can suppress debonding of a reinforcing member to obtain a high reinforcing effect. A laminate material for reinforcement 10 bonded to and integrated with a surface to be reinforced of a structure 100 to reinforce the structure has a fiber-reinforced composite member 11, a high-elongation elastic resin layer 12 formed on a surface on a bonding side to the structure of the fiber reinforced composite member 11, and an intermediate resin layer 13 disposed between the fiber-reinforced composite member 11 and the high-elongation elastic resin layer 12.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kobayashi, Atsuya Komori
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Patent number: 11389486Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220119296Abstract: To prevent the tilting of the glass bottle when the finish mold is separated, the blow head (20) for blow molding a glass bottle (C) that is positioned above a finish mold (14) having a pair of mold parts separated by a parting surface (14A) extending vertically and interposing a bottom mold (12) between the two parts, the blow head being configured to blow air into a mouth (P1) of a parison (P) that protrudes upward from the finish mold, the blow head, comprises a head main body (21) including a skirt portion (22) that is positioned in a lower part thereof and opens downward, the skirt portion defining a chamber (26) for receiving the mouth in cooperation with an upper surface of the finish mold, a nozzle (42) positioned inside the skirt portion, and configured to blow compressed air into the mouth, an abutting member (45) vertically movably supported inside the skirt portion, and configured to selectively abut against the upper end surface of the mouth, and a biasing member (51) interposed between the skirtType: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Tasho SHIMADA, Yuuichi OHYA, Yukio SATOH, Hideo HIRANO, Akira KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11228122Abstract: A first sheet metal is provided with slits. Elastic pieces having flat shapes are each formed between the slits adjacent to each other, and both ends of each of the elastic pieces are connected with both ends of an adjacent one of the elastic pieces. A second sheet metal is provided with protrusions each of which is protruded toward a corresponding one of the elastic pieces.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryotaro Shimizu, Akira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210398420Abstract: A system includes: a laser radar irradiating a detection region and detecting a reflected signal of the laser by a moving body in the detection region at a predetermined cycle, a vehicle detecting unit detecting a vehicle existing in the detection region based on the reflected signal detected by the laser radar, a vehicle tracking unit setting a plurality of divided regions in the detection region and detecting a moving direction of the vehicle based on a presence or absence of the vehicle in each of the divided regions detected by the vehicle detecting unit at each predetermined cycle, and a traffic flow calculating unit calculating a traffic flow data including a number of vehicles in each of the divided regions detected by the vehicle detecting unit and the moving direction of each vehicle detected by the vehicle tracking unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Shota FUJISAWA, Kenichi HAMAGUCHI, Akira KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210321549Abstract: ‘Churakanasa’ is a new variety of sweet potato bred by hybridizing variety ‘Purple Sweet Lord’ and ‘90IDN-47’ in 2009. The plant may be used, e.g., for cultivation of root tubers for consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Akira KOBAYASHI, Yumi KAI, Takeo SAKAIGAICHI, Keisuke SUEMATSU, Katsuya ICHINOSE, Yoshihiro OKADA
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Patent number: 11059105Abstract: Provided is a surface-coated cutting tool including a base material and a coating including a super-multilayer-structure layer where A layers and B layers different from the A layers in composition are alternately laminated. The super-multilayer-structure layer includes an X area and a Y area those are alternately repeated. In the X area, A layers having a thickness AX and B layers having a thickness BX are alternately laminated. In the Y area, A layers having a thickness AY and B layers having a thickness BY are alternately laminated. The thickness AX is larger than the thickness AY, and the thickness BX is smaller than the thickness BY. Each of the A layers and the B layers comprising one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ti, Al, Cr, Si, Ta, Nb, and W, and one or more elements selected from a group consisting of C and N.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.Inventors: Keizo Tanaka, Makoto Setoyama, Yutaka Kobayashi, Akira Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10994339Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate composed of cemented carbide and a coating film. The coating film includes an intermediate layer in contact with the substrate and an upper layer formed on the intermediate layer. The upper layer is made up of a single layer consisting of an upper base layer which is a layer in contact with the intermediate layer or multiple layers constituted of two or more layers. A mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing in an interface region between the substrate and the intermediate layer is not higher than 65% of a theoretical value of a mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing between the substrate and the upper base layer. A mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing in an interface region between the intermediate layer and the upper base layer is not higher than 65% of the theoretical value of the mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing between the substrate and the upper base layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Keizo Tanaka, Makoto Setoyama, Haruyo Fukui, Akira Kobayashi, Koji Kuramochi
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Patent number: 10967382Abstract: A vertical roller mill includes a housing, a chute that supplies materials to be grinded to a center portion of the housing, a grinder that is provided below the chute and grinds the materials to be grinded, an exhaust pipe that is provided above the grinder, a transport mechanism that forms an air flow for transporting, to the exhaust pipe, grinded materials grinded by the grinder, and a flow-constricting flow path provided between the grinder and the exhaust pipe and narrows a flow path area for the air flow, in which the flow-constricting flow path is formed between a first flow-constricting ring provided in the center portion of the housing and a second flow-constricting ring provided to protrude from the housing toward the center portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Kentaro Nariai, Emi Ohno, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takahiro Kozaki, Akira Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10859026Abstract: In the communication interruption state in which the transmission of a drive control command value DUTY from an engine control unit (ECU) 1 to a fuel pump driver (FPD) 2 is disabled, the FPD 2 is configured so as to drive a fuel pump 4 by using the maximum command value DTYMAX (100%) as a drive control command value DUTY. A stop state of the fuel pump 4 is maintained even if the drive control command value DUTY is the maximum command value DTYMAX when an ignition switch 21 is in the OFF State so as to have stopped the fuel pump 4, while the fuel pump 4 is driven when the ignition switch 21 is in the ON state and the drive control command value DUTY is the maximum command value DTYMAX.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Sasaki, Kazunori Kawamura, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Akira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20200378141Abstract: A laminate material for reinforcement is provided that can reduce on-site work steps and facilitate quality control of a resin to be used to achieve improvement in work efficiency, and that can suppress debonding of a reinforcing member to obtain a high reinforcing effect. A laminate material for reinforcement 10 bonded to and integrated with a surface to be reinforced of a structure 100 to reinforce the structure has a fiber-reinforced composite member 11, a high-elongation elastic resin layer 12 formed on a surface on a bonding side to the structure of the fiber reinforced composite member 11, and an intermediate resin layer 13 disposed between the fiber-reinforced composite member 11 and the high-elongation elastic resin layer 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Akira KOBAYASHI, Atsuya KOMORI
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Publication number: 20200350705Abstract: A first sheet metal is provided with slits. Elastic pieces having flat shapes are each formed between the slits adjacent to each other. and both ends of each of the elastic pieces are connected with both ends of an adjacent one of the elastic pieces. A second sheet metal is provided with protrusions each of which is protruded toward a corresponding one of the elastic pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryotaro SHIMIZU, Akira KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10823103Abstract: In the communication interruption state in which the transmission of a drive control command value DUTY from an engine control unit (ECU) 1 to a fuel pump driver (FPD) 2 is disabled, the FPD 2 is configured so as to drive a fuel pump 4 by using the maximum command value DTYMAX (100%) as a drive control command value DUTY. A stop state of the fuel pump 4 is maintained even if the drive control command value DUTY is the maximum command value DTYMAX when an ignition switch 21 is in the OFF State so as to have stopped the fuel pump 4, while the fuel pump 4 is driven when the ignition switch 21 is in the ON state and the drive control command value DUTY is the maximum command value DTYMAX.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Sasaki, Kazunori Kawamura, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Akira Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10717468Abstract: In a vehicle body front structure, a sub frame is fixed to front mount brackets and rear mount brackets of a pair of front side frames. A power unit is arranged on the front side of the sub frame in the vehicle body, and the power unit is supported by the pair of front side frames. A tilt surface is formed on the sub frame, and the tilt surface tilts to ascend toward the rear of the vehicle body. A rear portion of the power unit faces the tilt surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukiyasu Hara, Tetsuhiro Arima, Yasuhito Sato, Tomoya Takeda, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Akihiro Ikeya, Akira Kobayashi, Ken Yasui, Eisei Higuchi
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Publication number: 20190343892Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicants: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi YAMAHARA, Akihiko TAGUCHI, Toshihiro SOMA, Shunsuke OHNISHI, Akira KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10441611Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10398738Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20190247930Abstract: Provided is a surface-coated cutting tool including a base material and a coating including a super-multilayer-structure layer where A layers and B layers different from the A layers in composition are alternately laminated. The super-multilayer-structure layer includes an X area and a Y area those are alternately repeated. In the X area, A layers having a thickness AX and B layers having a thickness BX are alternately laminated. In the Y area, A layers having a thickness AY and B layers having a thickness BY are alternately laminated. The thickness AX is larger than the thickness AY, and the thickness BX is smaller than the thickness BY. Each of the A layers and the B layers comprising one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ti, Al, Cr, Si, Ta, Nb, and W, and one or more elements selected from a group consisting of C and N.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Keizo Tanaka, Makoto Setoyama, Yutaka Kobayashi, Akira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20190241983Abstract: The present invention provides a colored sweet potato that has a high anthocyanin content, and that is useful as a pigment material. Further, the present invention also provides a processed product of the colored sweet potato useful as a purple pigment, more specifically, an extract composition, as well as the purified matter thereof (including roughly purified matter). A colored sweet potato having the following characteristics is used. (A) the color value (530 nm) per gram of wet weight of colored sweet potato (color value (530 nm)/g) is not less than 15; (B) the absorbance ratio (320 nm/530 nm) per gram of wet weight of colored sweet potato (absorbance ratio (320 nm/530 nm)/g) is not less than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: SAN-EI GEN F.F.I., INC.Inventors: Tetsufumi SAKAI, Masaru YOSHINAGA, Yasuhiro TAKAHATA, Yumi KAI, Akira KOBAYASHI, Kenji KATAYAMA, Toshiro FUJITA, Hironori ONISHI, Kazuya MORIYUKI, Koji NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: PP34501Abstract: ‘Churakanasa’ is a new variety of sweet potato bred by hybridizing variety ‘Purple Sweet Lord’ and ‘90IDN-47’ in 2009. The plant may be used, e.g., for cultivation of root tubers for consumption.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONInventors: Akira Kobayashi, Yumi Kai, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Keisuke Suematsu, Katsuya Ichinose, Yoshihiro Okada