Patents by Inventor Akira Nogami

Akira Nogami 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: 10203078
    Abstract: When daylighting into a building interior, this daylighting structure attenuates the brightness of a setting sun or a winter-time incoming light of small elevation angles, and causes the incoming light to be diffusely emitted toward the ceiling surface or into a deep portion of the indoor space domain regardless of the elevation angle thereof. An incoming light (E20) of 20° in elevation angle is caused to be diffusely emitted toward the ceiling surface on the internal upper side of the building through the refraction and reflection actions mediated by a light-transmitting material mounted in a horizontal direction opening of a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MATERIAL HOUSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Arai, Akira Nogami
  • Publication number: 20180259144
    Abstract: When daylighting into a building interior, this daylighting structure attenuates the brightness of a setting sun or a winter-time incoming light of small elevation angles, and causes the incoming light to be diffusely emitted toward the ceiling surface or into a deep portion of the indoor space domain regardless of the elevation angle thereof. An incoming light (E20) of 20° in elevation angle is caused to be diffusely emitted toward the ceiling surface on the internal upper side of the building through the refraction and reflection actions mediated by a light-transmitting material mounted in a horizontal direction opening of a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hideo ARAI, Akira NOGAMI
  • Patent number: 9090848
    Abstract: The grease composition for a clean environment includes, a base oil, a thickener and a extreme-pressure agent, in which a kinetic viscosity of the base oil at 40° C. is 100˜300 mm2/s, the thickener comprising a lithium complex soap, a content of the thickener is 10˜40 mass % with respect to the total amount of the grease composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: THK CO., LTD., IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Nogami, Terumoto Hayami, Hiroshi Sampei, Yukitoshi Fujinami, Kouji Takane
  • Publication number: 20140045733
    Abstract: The grease composition for a clean environment includes, a base oil, a thickener and a extreme-pressure agent, in which a kinetic viscosity of the base oil at 40° C. is 100˜300 mm2/s, the thickener comprising a lithium complex soap, a content of the thickener is 10˜40 mass % with respect to the total amount of the grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Nogami, Terumoto Hayami, Hiroshi Sampei, Yukitoshi Fujinami, Kouji Takane
  • Patent number: 5234796
    Abstract: A developing solution of an imagewise exposed, presensitized offset printing plate is disclosed. The developing solution has a pH of at least 12.5, and contains a low content of a silicate in an amount of up to 1.0 wt % as SiO.sub.2, a surfactant in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt %, an aromatic carboxylic acid in an amount of 0.1 to 10 wt %, and an amine compound represented by the following general formula (I) in an amount of 0.1 to 10 wt %:R.sub.1 --N(R.sub.2)--J--OH (I)wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a group --C.sub.2 H.sub.4 OH or a group --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 OH; and J is a group --C.sub.2 H.sub.4 -- or --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 --.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Shimura, Masafumi Uehara, Akira Nogami, Shinya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5183490
    Abstract: An optical fiber soot synthesis apparatus which synthesizes around a fiber starting member forming a core of an optical fiber an optical fiber soot forming a cladding and which accurately calculates in real time the mass of the optical fiber soot when deposited so as to control the synthesis of the optical fiber soot. The optical fiber soot synthesis apparatus measures the weight of the rotating fiber starting member and optical fiber soot by a pair of soot weight detection sensors arranged at a fiber starting member support and rotational drive mechanisms divided so as to prevent the weight of the rotational drive mechanisms from having much of an effect. The computation and control apparatus performs operational processing from the measured weights and calculates the mass of only the optical fiber soot synthesized on the fiber starting member in real time. The computation and calculation apparatus refers to the calculated mass to control the synthesis of the optical fiber soot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Mikami, Yukio Kohmura, Yoshinori Ishida, Akira Nogami
  • Patent number: 5122438
    Abstract: A method of developing a waterless light-sensitive lithographic printing plate having a support and, provided thereon, a light-sensitive layer comprising a diazo resin and a silicone gum layer with a developer is disclosed. The developer comprises an organic carboxylic acid or salt thereof, water, and at least one of a sulfite and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nogami, Masafumi Uehara, Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 5106724
    Abstract: There are disclosed an aqueous alkaline developer for light-sensitive lithographic printing plate commonly processing a negative-type light-sensitive lithographic printing plate having a light-sensitive layer containing a diazo compound and a positive-type light-sensitive lithographic printing plate having a light-sensitive layer containing an o-quinonediazide compound, which comprises containing an alkali agent, 0.1 to 10% by weight of a water-soluble reducing agent, a sodium, potassium or ammonium salt of an organic carboxylic acid, and a non-ionic or cationic surfactant, and having a pH in the range of 12.5 to 13.5, and also a developer composition for light-sensitive material, which comprises an aqueous solution containing a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group or an alkoxy group each having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms; and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nogami, Minoru Seino, Masafumi Uehara, Miegi Nakano
  • Patent number: 5089839
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an imagewise exposed pre-sensitized lithographic printing plate which entails uniformly applying a desired amount of developer, that has not been substantially used to the surface of the printing plate by a developer supply member comprised of two plates and having a slit at the lowermost portion thereof which contacts the surface of the printing plate, and then transferring the plate containing the developer to a developer storage tank, immersing the plate in the developer storage tank, and removing the developer from the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miegi Nakano, Minoru Seino, Masafumi Uehara, Akira Nogami
  • Patent number: 4963473
    Abstract: A method of processing an imagewise exposed pre-sensitize lithographic printing plate which entails uniformly applying a desired amount of developer, that has not been substantially used to the surface of the printing plate by a developer supply member comprised of two plates and having a slit at the lowermost portion thereof, and then transferring the plate containing the developer to a developer storage tank, immersing the plate in the developer storage tank, and removing the developer from the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miegi Nakano, Minoru Seino, Masafumi Uehara, Akira Nogami
  • Patent number: 4961859
    Abstract: A method and a device of dividing an aqueous processing waste solution of a non-silver halide light-sensitive material into solid and water are disclosed comprising the steps of:(a) introducing said solution into an evaporator,(b) concentrating by heating said solution,(c) removing sludge produced from the evaporator during concentrating by heating said solution,(d) separating the sludge into solid and liquid and(e) cooling and condensing evaporated gas to liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Uehara, Akira Nogami, Kazuhiro Shimura, Keiichi Yumiki, Akio Iwaki
  • Patent number: 4874683
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid developer for electrophotography wherein the dispersed toner particles have a single peak distribution and the number of particles that are less than 0.06 .mu.m is not greater than 5%, and not more than 3% of the particles are greater than 1.5 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miyuki Shirai, Akira Nogami
  • Patent number: 4531626
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for distributing disks includes a slide cutter member for dividing a row of stacked disks being conveyed at a continuous constant speed at every predetermined number thereof, one after another, to form cylindrical stacked bodies thereof. An inclined passage is positioned adjacent to and extending at substantially a right angle with respect to the conveying direction of said stacked disks. The inclined passage includes a lower portion being inclined upwardly to a forward end. The slide cutter supplies every cylindrical stacked body one after another to the inclined passage. A push-up member is provided for intermittently pushing upwards the cylindrical stacked bodies supplied one after another to the lower portion of the inclined passage. A holding member is provided for holding upwardly moved one or more cylindrical stacked bodies at an upper stage position on the lower portion of the inclined passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: Hokkai Can Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Toriyabe, Kunihiko Ooya, Akira Nogami, Kazunori Sugawara
  • Patent number: 4179256
    Abstract: A vulcanization apparatus for a continuous length of article comprises a curved vulcanizing pipe devised to ensure, with the aid of a heating liquid medium recirculation system assembled thereto, a stable and even vulcanization of such a continuous length of article without damaging the same, a tubular cleaner for removing the heating liquid medium deposited on said continuous length of article and a cooling pipe, said vulcanizing pipe, tubular cleaner and cooling pipe being connected together in the cited sequence, without a provision of any spacious separating means or sealing means therebetween, in an arrangement in which a mutual ingression between the heating liquid and cleaning and/or cooling medium can be prevented from and in which the economy can be improved in cost as well as in space while ensuring safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Tomioka, Toshiaki Nakao, Hisatsugu Nakamura, Nobuyoshi Mine, Katsuo Yamamoto, Seiji Fukushima, Akira Nogami