Patents by Inventor Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura 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: 6820708Abstract: A cooling system for an engine transmission in a saddle type vehicle such as an all-terrain-vehicle. In one embodiment, the cooling system has an induction duct, connected to a belt case that houses a transmission, for inducting cooling air into the belt case. The system further includes a discharge duct connected to the belt case for exhausting the cooling air from the belt case, the discharge duct extending toward a rear fender of the vehicle. In addition, the system has an air exhaust aperture through which the cooling-air exits the discharge duct, the exhaust aperture located at an end of the discharge duct, the discharge duct generally forming an inverted “U” shape as viewed from a rear end of the vehicle, and the air exhaust aperture positioned so that the cooling air exiting the discharge duct does not directly strike the rear fender of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Suzuki Motor CorporationInventor: Eiichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 6815401Abstract: An oil composition for heat treatment of a gear which comprises mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity of 5 to 40 mm2/second at 100° C. as a base oil and, based on a total amount of the composition, 0.01 to 5% by weight of (a) a phosphoric acid ester compound and, where necessary, 0.5 to 10% by weight of (b) one compound selected from alkenylsuccinimide compounds, alkylsuccinimide compounds and addition products of boron with alkenylsuccinimide compounds or alkylsuccinimide compounds and 0.5 to 10% by weight of (c) at least one compound selected from salicylates, phenates and sulfonates of alkaline earth metals. A coating film is formed on the surface of a gear simultaneously with hardening of the gear and the gear can be provided with resistance to pitching.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eiichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20040214218Abstract: A novel means for DNA compaction is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicants: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Eiichi NAKAMURAInventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Masaya Sawamura, Hiroyuki Isobe
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Patent number: 6765098Abstract: A novel means for DNA compaction is provided. The object is accomplished by providing a fullerene derivative having 1 to 4 nitrogen-containing hydrophilic side chain(s) or its salt for DNA compaction. DNA compaction can be achieved effectively, and application to gene therapy is also expected.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignees: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., LtdInventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Masaya Sawamura, Hiroyuki Isobe
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Patent number: 6695083Abstract: Separation of, or damage to, the inlet duct and outlet duct connected to a belt-type variable transmission is reduced, and durability of the belt-type variable transmission is improved, by preventing induction of foreign matter such as water, mud, sand or dust into the inlet duct. An induction box is provided between a front cover and a front upper part of a vehicle frame that extends above the front wheel axle shaft, and this induction box is fixed to a side of the vehicle frame. A cooling air induction port is provided in an upper face of the induction box adjacent to the bottom face of the front cover. A duct linkage port in the bottom face of the induction box and an air induction port of the belt-type variable transmission are connected by an inlet duct.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Suzuki Motor CorporationInventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Sugimoto, Hiroyasu Yada
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Publication number: 20030144157Abstract: An oil composition for heat treatment of a gear which comprises mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity of 5 to 40 mm2/second at 100° C. as a base oil and, based on a total amount of the composition, 0.01 to 5% by weight of (a) a phosphoric acid ester compound and, where necessary, 0.5 to 10% by weight of (b) one compound selected from alkenylsuccinimide compounds, alkylsuccinimide compounds and addition products of boron with alkenylsuccinimide compounds or alkylsuccinimide compounds and 0.5 to 10% by weight of (c) at least one compound selected from salicylates, phenates and sulfonates of alkaline earth metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2003Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eiichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20030139617Abstract: The solubility of the fullerene derivative of the invention in n-hexane at 25° C. is not lower than 0.1 mg/ml.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: Eiichi NAKAMURAInventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Yutaka Matsuo
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Publication number: 20030096714Abstract: An oil composition for heat treatment of a gear which comprises mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity of 5 to 40 mm2/second at 100° C. as a base oil and, based on a total amount of the composition, 0.01 to 5% by weight of (a) a phosphoric acid ester compound and, where necessary, 0.5 to 10% by weight of (b) one compound selected from alkenylsuccinimide compounds, alkylsuccinimide compounds and addition products of boron with alkenylsuccinimide compounds or alkylsuccinimide compounds and 0.5 to 10% by weight of (c) at least one compound selected from salicylates, phenates and sulfonates of alkaline earth metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2001Publication date: May 22, 2003Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eiichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20030066696Abstract: A cooling system for an engine transmission in a saddle type vehicle such as an all-terrain-vehicle. In one embodiment, the cooling system has an induction duct, connected to a belt case that houses a transmission, for inducting cooling air into the belt case. The system further includes a discharge duct connected to the belt case for exhausting the cooling air from the belt case, the discharge duct extending towards a rear fender of the vehicle. In addition, the system has an air exhaust aperture through which the cooling-air exits the discharge duct, the exhaust aperture located at an end of the discharge duct, the discharge duct generally forming an inverted “U” shape as viewed from a rear end of the vehicle, and the air exhaust aperture positioned so that the cooling air exiting the discharge duct does not directly strike the rear fender of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Eiichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20030012956Abstract: This invention provides a polymer thin film which is useful as a substrate for immobilizing a histocompatibility-imparting agent, an immunosuppressive agent, a bioreaction suppressive agent, or the like, and which can be used in imparting biocompatibility; its production method; a binder for a bio chip wherein loss of probe and sample substances in the washing step has been reduced to realize efficient use of such probe and sample; and its production method. In the present invention, the starting material represented by the following structural formula (I) is evaporated and heated to bring the material into monomer form. The material is then introduced into a vacuum deposition chamber maintained at a predetermined degree of vacuum wherein the material is deposited and polymerized on a substrate to obtain the polymer thin film. This polymer thin film is also used in producing the bio chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Applicant: KISHIMOTO SANGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Kenichi Shibayama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Takashi Inoue
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Publication number: 20020197417Abstract: This invention attempts to provide a method for producing a DNA chip which can be accomplished in simple steps at a low cost, and wherein use of the resulting DNA chip reduces loss of probes and sample substances in the washing step enabling efficient use of such probe and sample. This invention also attempts to provide a DNA chip produced by such method. Accordingly, a method for producing a DNA chip comprising a substrate and a DNA-binding layer formed on the substrate wherein said DNA-binding layer is a diamond like film having a DNA-binding group is provided, and this method comprises the steps of: reducing pressure of a vacuum chamber to a predetermined degree of vacuum; feeding the chamber with a gas which is the source of said diamond like film; feeding the chamber with a gas which is the source of nitrogen; and forming the diamond like film having a DNA-binding group on the substrate by CVD. Also provided is the DNA chip produced by such method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: KISHIMOTO SANGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Kenichi Shibayama
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Publication number: 20020134598Abstract: Separation of, or damage to, the inlet duct and outlet duct connected to a belt-type variable transmission is reduced, and durability of the belt-type variable transmission is improved, by preventing induction of foreign matter such as water, mud, sand or dust into the inlet duct. An induction box is provided between a front cover and a front upper part of a vehicle frame that extends above the front wheel axle shaft, and this induction box is fixed to a side of the vehicle frame. A cooling air induction port is provided in an upper face of the induction box adjacent to the bottom face of the front cover. A duct linkage port in the bottom face of the induction box and an air induction port of the belt-type variable transmission are connected by an inlet duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2001Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Sugimoto, Hiroyasu Yada
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Patent number: 6271425Abstract: A novel process for producing alcohols, characterized by reacting an organic halide represented by the formula R—X (wherein R means an organic residue and X means a halogen atom) with oxygen molecules in the presence of an organotin compound and a reducing agent and optionally in the presence of a free-radical inhibitor in an amount up to 0.3 equivalent based on the organic halide to obtain an alcohol represented by the general formula R—OH (wherein R has the same meaning as the above).Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignees: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Masaya Sawamura
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Patent number: 5908886Abstract: Disclosed are a method for restoring a water-soluble quenching medium being used, of which the cooling characteristics have been deteriorated during use, to its original condition to have nearly the original cooling characteristics which the fresh medium has before use, and a water-soluble quenching medium thus restored to its original condition to have nearly the original cooling characteristics thereof. The method comprises adding to a quenching bath being used an aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble polymer (B) that has a larger weight average molecular weight than that of the water-soluble polymer (A) existing in the fresh water-soluble quenching medium to be in the fresh bath.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1997Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Eiichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 5766505Abstract: The invention provides a water-soluble quenching medium suitably usable for quenching of metal, which can prevent quenching cracks and quenching ununiformity while having good hardenability. The medium comprises (A) a polyalkylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 100,000 and/or its derivative, (B) a glycol ether having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 smaller, and optionally (C) an alkylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or smaller, (D) an alkali metal carboxylate, and (E) an organic amine compound having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1997Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Kanamori, Hitoshi Uchida, Eiichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 5600621Abstract: In a laser output control device for use in an optical information recording and reproducing apparatus which uses output light from a semiconductor laser device to record and reproduce information onto and from an optical information recording medium, a light receiving element is provided on the peripheral portion of a laser light emitting window formed in a housing of the semiconductor laser device. The peripheral component of forward radiated light of the laser light output from the semiconductor laser device is received by the light receiving element, so as to control the output power of the semiconductor laser device in accordance with output of the light receiving element corresponding to the received light.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1994Date of Patent: February 4, 1997Assignee: Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Noda, Eiichi Nakamura, Koichi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 5561643Abstract: A high-density recording medium has data tracks and guide tracks formed on both sides of each of the data tracks. Intervals between the guide tracks are set in such a manner that the outer edges of two adjacent guide tracks correspond in position to two tracking laser beam spots on the recording medium. To allow use of either of the high-density recording medium, and a conventional recording medium on which intervals between guide tracks are set in such a manner that the inner edges of two adjacent guide tracks correspond in position to two tracking laser beam spots, control is performed such that polarity of a tracking control servo is selectively inverted depending upon which of the high-density and conventional recording medium is used.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Yamazaki, Eiichi Nakamura, Hiroaki Yoshida
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Patent number: 5408451Abstract: To provide a driving device for an objective lens that has a high driving sensitivity and superior driving frequency characteristics.The present invention relates to a device for driving the objective lens (1) of an optical head that uses a device for recording information on an optical information recording medium, and for reproducing information therefrom, by irradiating a beam of light thereon while positioning and focusing the light with respect to an information track on the optical information recording medium. The device has a loose linkage member which supports an objective lens within a cylindrical member and comprises the cylindrical member (14 ) and a cylindrical hole portion (19 ) into which the cylindrical member is inserted so as to face the cylindrical hole with an air gap therebetween and with the axes thereof oriented vertically, and the driving force generated by a tracking coil (3 ) is transmitted through this loose linkage member to the objective lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1993Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Assignee: Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Noda, Eiichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 5395958Abstract: The cyclopropene derivatives of the present invention are useful as the intermediates for producing cyclopropenone derivatives exhibiting strong inhibition activity of thiol protease such as calpain, papain, cathepsin B, cathepsin H, cathepsin L and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Ando, Yasuhiro Morinaka, Eiichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 5376186Abstract: Disclosed is a heat treating oil composition which comprises a base oil adjusted to have a total sulfur content of 3 to 1000 ppm comprising (A) at least one base oil selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil each having a sulfur content of not more than 300 ppm and (C) at least one member selected from a sulfur and a sulfur compound, and (B) at least one additive selected from an alkaline earth metal salt of sulfonic acid, that of a phenol, alkenyl succinic acid derivatives, fatty acid or its derivatives and phenol-based and amine-based antioxidants.The above-mentioned heat treating oil composition is suitable for quenching under a condition of a high oil temperature, and realizes a treated metal product having a excellent brightness and little distortion.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1993Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Saburo Koyama, Eiichi Nakamura