Patents by Inventor Akira Mitsui
Akira Mitsui 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: 9001272Abstract: In order to prevent obstruction of a view of a subtitle due to synthesis of the subtitle onto an object area such as a person and display of the synthesized subtitle, an image synthesizing device includes: an image synthesizing unit which synthesizes a graphics object onto an image; and a display area detecting unit which outputs a display position of an area having the lowest spatial frequency; and a drawing control unit which causes the graphics object to be drawn at the display position.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Yamasaki, Osamu Furuya, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20140370397Abstract: To provide a dense beta-alumina-based sintered compact having a high ionic conductivity as a solid electrolyte by firing at a low temperature to suppress the volatilization of Na2O and its production method. By adding RNbO3 which is a material having a low melting point to a beta-alumina powder, followed by firing, it is possible to obtain a beta-alumina-based sintered compact having a low firing temperature and containing, as the main component, dense ?? alumina crystals which are free from anomalous grain growth during the firing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Akira MITSUI
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Patent number: 8895655Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention has an object to provide an automotive lamp extension molding comprising a resin composition having a low specific gravity, being excellent in the balance of heat resistance and fluidity, and being excellent in gloss and brightness feeling of the surface of the molded article. [Solution] The automotive lamp extension molding according to the present invention comprises a resin composition comprising 50 to 95 mass % of a polyphenylene ether (A), and having a specific gravity in the range of 1.00 to 1.12. The reduced viscosity (measured at 30° C. using a chloroform solvent) of the (A) component is preferably 0.25 to 0.45 dl/g, and more preferably 0.25 to 0.38 dl/g.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Furukawa, Takeshi Fujisawa, Akira Mitsui
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Patent number: 8637631Abstract: A polyphenylene ether which has a content of a metal magnetic material of 0.001 ppm or higher and lower than 1.000 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Kondo, Akinobu Nagai, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20130267641Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention has an object to provide an automotive lamp extension molding comprising a resin composition having a low specific gravity, being excellent in the balance of heat resistance and fluidity, and being excellent in gloss and brightness feeling of the surface of the molded article. [Solution] The automotive lamp extension molding according to the present invention comprises a resin composition comprising 50 to 95 mass % of a polyphenylene ether (A), and having a specific gravity in the range of 1.00 to 1.12. The reduced viscosity (measured at 30° C. using a chloroform solvent) of the (A) component is preferably 0.25 to 0.45 dl/g, and more preferably 0.25 to 0.38 dl/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Furukawa, Takeshi Fujisawa, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20120309925Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] A polyphenylene ether is provided which can effectively suppress the occurrence of black foreign matters, and is excellent in the electric characteristics and the appearance characteristic. [Solution] A polyphenylene ether is provided which has a content of a metal magnetic material of 0.001 ppm or higher and lower than 1.000 ppm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Kondo, Akinobu Nagai, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20120120312Abstract: In order to prevent obstruction of a view of a subtitle due to synthesis of the subtitle onto an object area such as a person and display of the synthesized subtitle, an image synthesizing device includes: an image synthesizing unit which synthesizes a graphics object onto an image; and a display area detecting unit which outputs a display position of an area having the lowest spatial frequency; and a drawing control unit which causes the graphics object to be drawn at the display position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hidekazu YAMASAKI, Osamu FURUYA, Akira MITSUI
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Patent number: 7749622Abstract: A multilayer film-coated substrate having the stress of the film relaxed by depositing a multilayer film comprising a metal oxide film and a silicon oxide film on a substrate at a high speed by a sputtering method using a conductive sputtering material, and a process for producing a multilayer film-coated substrate having such a low stress, are presented. A multilayer film-coated substrate comprising a substrate and at least a metal oxide film and a silicon oxide film laminated thereon repeatedly at least once, wherein at least one layer of said metal oxide film is a metal oxide film deposited by sputtering by using, as the target material, a metal oxide MOX which is deficient in oxygen than the stoichiometric composition, to have the oxygen deficiency resolved, and the stress of the multilayer film is from ?100 MPa to +100 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Yamada, Eiji Shidoji, Akira Mitsui, Takuji Oyama, Toshihisa Kamiyama
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Patent number: 7727626Abstract: A light diffusion plate has a substrate and a light diffusion layer formed on the substrate. The light diffusion layer is composed of at least two layers: a first light diffusion layer containing a first matrix and a first light diffusion agent having a refractive index difference ?n1 of 0.04??n1?0.2 with the first matrix, and a second light diffusion layer containing a second matrix and a second light diffusion agent having a refractive index difference ?n2 of 0.005??n2?0.01 with the second matrix. The volume fraction of the first light diffusion agent in the first light diffusion layer is less than 40%, the volume fraction of the second light diffusion agent in the second light diffusion layer is at least 40% and the total thickness of the light diffusion layers is from 5 to 200 ?m after curing.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hisao Inokuma, Toshihiko Higuchi, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20100036029Abstract: Disclosed are: a high-performance polyphenylene ether-organoclay complex which is significantly improved in fire retardancy, durability (e.g., light resistance, chemical resistance, impact resistance), an ability of being extruded into a sheet and the like; and others. The polyphenylene ether-organoclay complex can be produced by: preparing a mixture comprising a solvent, a catalyst, a phenolic compound and an organoclay, wherein the organoclay is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the phenolic compound; contacting the mixture with an oxygen-containing gas to cause the oxidative polymerization of the phenolic compound; and removing the solvent and the catalyst from the resulting polymerization mixture. This method is applicable to the production of a complex of an organoclay with other polymers such as an aromatic polycarbonate, a polyether imide and a polyacrylate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Tomohiro Kondo, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20090176835Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for suppression of the expression of ATP citrate lyase, which contains a compound that suppresses the expression of ATP citrate lyase by the in vivo administration. The compounds suppress the expression of ATP citrate lyase by the in vivo administration include insulin secretagogues such as nateglinide. This pharmaceutical composition is effective in preventing, improving and treating metabolic syndrome, in particular, liver disorders related to abnormal lipid metabolism such as fatty liver and NASH.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yoshiro KITAHARA, Tomohisa OKUTSU, Akira MITSUI, Akira OKANO
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Patent number: 7544741Abstract: A polyphenylene ether resin composition comprising a polyphenylene ether, wherein the polyphenylene ether has a polymer chain comprising recurring units each represented by the following formula (1): and has the following characteristics (a), (b) and (c): (a) when the polyphenylene ether is analyzed by 1H-NMR, the polyphenylene ether exhibits a triplet signal (S1) at 3.55 ppm, wherein the triplet signal (S1) has a relative intensity of 0.05 to 0.25 in terms of the percentage of the integrated intensity of the triplet signal (S1), based on the integrated intensity of a signal (S2) observed at 6.47 ppm; (b) the polyphenylene ether exhibits an absorbance of from 0.01 to 0.40 at a wavelength of 480 nm; and (c) the polyphenylene ether has a weight average molecular weight of from 30,000 to 100,000.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2002Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Akira Mitsui, Mutsumi Maeda
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Publication number: 20090130418Abstract: Providing a tin oxide target suitable for the formation of a transparent conductive film by DC sputtering method, DC pulse sputtering method or AC sputtering method. A sputtering target which is used for forming a transparent conductive film by a sputtering method, comprising tin oxide as the main component, and at least one element selected from the A dopant group consisting of zinc, niobium, titanium, magnesium, aluminum and zirconium and at least one element selected from the B dopant group consisting of tungsten, tantalum and molybdenum, as dopants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hidefumi ODAKA, Akira MITSUI, Susumu NAKAGAMA
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Publication number: 20090012168Abstract: The present invention discloses an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue which comprises an amino acid(s) selected from the group consisting of leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, cystein, alanine and a mixture(s) thereof, and a therapeutic agent of hypoadiponectinemia, hyperlipemia, hypertension or vascular disorders or an anti-inflammatory agent, which comprises the adiponectin inducer or secretagogue.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Katsumi MAEZONO, Naoyuki FUKUCHI, Nozomu ISHIDA, Akira MITSUI, Kenji TAKEHANA
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Publication number: 20080090063Abstract: To provide a transmission screen to be used for a PTV, particularly a high rigidity transmission screen suitably used for a high precision PTV on which an optical engine such as MD is mounted, capable of coping with enlargement of the screen, and a diffusion plate to be used therefor. A light diffusion plate comprising a substrate and a light diffusion layer formed on the substrate, wherein the light diffusion layer comprises at least two layers of a first light diffusion layer containing a first matrix and a first light diffusion agent having a refractive index difference ?n1 of 0.04??n1?0.2 with the first matrix, and a second light diffusion layer containing a second matrix and a second light diffusion agent having a refractive index difference ?n2 of 0.005??n2?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hisao INOKUMA, Toshihiko Higuchi, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20080038321Abstract: There are provided a prophylactic and/or therapeutic composition for a liver disease which contains an amino acid having an insulin-sensitivity enhancing action as an active ingredient, and a prophylactic and/or therapeutic composition for a liver disease which contains at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of aspartic acid, alanine, cystine, glutamine, glycine, histidine, and salts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Mihoko Tsuji, Akira Mitsui, Akira Okano
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Publication number: 20080017502Abstract: A Ti oxide film is produced by a process comprising sputtering a Ti oxide film on a substrate in an atmosphere of at least one gas selected from the group consisting of a rare gas, a nitrogen-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas within a chamber by means of a sputtering target composed of TiOx (1<x<2), wherein the total content of titanium and oxygen is at least 99.0 mass %, and firing the Ti oxide film in the presence of oxygen at a temperature ranging from 400 to 750° C. for a time ranging from 1 to 28 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Makoto Fukawa, Hidefumi Odaka, Takuji Oyama, Akira Mitsui
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Patent number: 7282554Abstract: A low molecular weight polyphenylene ether having a reduced viscosity of 0.04 to 0.18 dl/g as measured at 30° C. in a 0.5 g/dl chloroform solution, and a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 2.5; or a low molecular weight polyphenylene ether powder comprising the low molecular weight polyphenylene ether exhibits high thermal resistance and excellent electric properties, and thus is useful as electric materials such as printed circuit board and as modifiers of other resins.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Mitsui, Hiroaki Furukawa, Nobuyuki Ota
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Patent number: 7282534Abstract: A resin composition comprising a polyphenylene ether produced by polymerizing a monomer component consisting of 100 parts by weight of 2,6-dimethylphenol and 0.5 to 7.5 parts by weight of o-cresol in the presence of both a catalyst and an oxygen-containing gas and a flame retardant. When the polyphenylene ether has a molecular weight distribution of 2.8 to 8.0, the resulting resin composition is more excellent in flame retardance, particularly anti-dripping properties in burning. The resin composition is applicable to not only electric and electronic applications necessitating high flame retardance but also other fields of application of polyphenylene ether resins.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruaki Sakuma, Akira Mitsui
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Publication number: 20070228369Abstract: A process for producing a substratum with conductive film excellent in surface smoothness, is provided which does not require complicated steps after film-forming such as heating treatment, polishing of film surface or oxygen plasma treatment after film-forming. The present invention provides a substratum with conductive film comprising a substratum and a conductive film containing tin-doped indium oxide as the main component, wherein a foundation film containing zirconium oxide doped with yttrium oxide as the main component is formed on the substratum side of the conductive film, and wherein the content of yttrium oxide in the foundation film is preferably from 0.1 to 50 mol % based on the total amount of Y2O3 and ZrO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Susumu Suzuki, Akira Mitsui, Kazuya Yaoita, Takuji Oyama