Patents by Inventor Hideaki Koike

Hideaki Koike 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: 12241106
    Abstract: Provided is a means for increasing mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL) production efficiency. The present invention is a mannosylerythritol-lipid-producing microorganism transformed with an expression vector having a gene that encodes a lipase under the control of E5Pgap promoter or E5Ptef promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake Morita, Azusa Saika, Hideaki Koike, Tokuma Fukuoka, Dai Kitamoto, Tomohiro Sugahara, Shuhei Yamamoto, Atsushi Sogabe
  • Patent number: 11298840
    Abstract: A rotary electric shaver includes a main body in which a first transmission mechanism, and a connecting portion is disposed; a head unit in which a plurality of blade units each having an outer blade, an inner blade being in sliding contact with an inner surface of the outer blade, and a driven shaft rotating the inner blade are disposed, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits a driving power of the first transmission mechanism to rotate the driven shaft is built, and which is connected to the connecting portion; and a drive shaft for transmitting the driving power of the first transmission mechanism to the second transmission mechanism, wherein a first endless belt is disposed in the first transmission mechanism and a second endless belt is disposed in the second transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Maxell Izumi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 11045964
    Abstract: A rotary electric shaver includes a main body in which a first transmission mechanism, and a connecting portion is disposed; a head unit in which a plurality of blade units each having an outer blade, an inner blade being in sliding contact with an inner surface of the outer blade, and a driven shaft rotating the inner blade are disposed, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits a power of the first transmission mechanism to rotate the driven shaft is built, and which is connected to the connecting portion. The head unit has a first magnet disposed at a position corresponding to each of the blade units. The main body has a second magnet disposed at a position facing and repelling the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Maxell Izumi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 10626405
    Abstract: To provide a base sequence for protein expression that can increase the yield of protein such as diastatic enzyme by further activating a promoter of a particular gene. A base sequence 1 for protein expression includes: a gene 3 encoding protein 2; a promoter 4 of the gene 3, the promoter being linked upstream of the gene 3; and a cis element 5 whose activity is improved by an artificial transcription factor 6, the cis element being linked further upstream of the promoter 4. The cis element 5 is represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shinkawa, Shigenobu Mitsuzawa, Maiko Tanaka, Masayuki Machida, Hiroko Hagiwara, Hideaki Koike, Mahoko Kuninaga
  • Patent number: 10563209
    Abstract: To provide a base sequence for protein expression that can increase the yield of protein such as diastatic enzyme by further activating a promoter of a particular gene. A base sequence 1 for protein expression includes: a gene 3 encoding protein 2; a promoter 4 of the gene 3, the promoter being linked upstream of the gene 3; and a cis element 5 whose activity is improved by an artificial transcription factor 6, the cis element being linked further upstream of the promoter 4. The cis element 5 is represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shinkawa, Shigenobu Mitsuzawa, Maiko Tanaka, Masayuki Machida, Hiroko Hagiwara, Hideaki Koike, Mahoko Kuninaga
  • Patent number: 10286634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet that excels in moldability and a decorative resin-molded article that uses the decorative sheet and that excels in chemical resistance. In the decorative sheet, at least a substrate layer and a surface protection layer formed of an ionizing radiation curable resin composition are stacked. The surface protection layer includes blocked isocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakie Kataoka, Nobuo Saitou, Megumi Awa, Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 10266833
    Abstract: To provide a base sequence for protein expression that can increase the yield of protein such as diastatic enzyme by further activating a promoter of a particular gene. A base sequence 1 for protein expression includes: a gene 3 encoding protein 2; a promoter 4 of the gene 3, the promoter being linked upstream of the gene 3; and a cis element 5 whose activity is improved by an artificial transcription factor 6, the cis element being linked further upstream of the promoter 4. The cis element 5 is represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shinkawa, Shigenobu Mitsuzawa, Maiko Tanaka, Masayuki Machida, Hiroko Hagiwara, Hideaki Koike, Mahoko Kuninaga
  • Publication number: 20170095996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet that excels in moldability and a decorative resin-molded article that uses the decorative sheet and that excels in chemical resistance. In the decorative sheet, at least a substrate layer and a surface protection layer formed of an ionizing radiation curable resin composition are stacked. The surface protection layer includes blocked isocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Sakie Kataoka, Nobuo Saitou, Megumi Awa, Hideaki Koike
  • Publication number: 20160200082
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet having high moldability and scratch resistance, and a high three-dimensional feeling when molded into a decorative resin molded article. The decorative sheet includes at least a base material layer, a first protective layer, and a second protective layer provided on a part of the first protective layer in this order, wherein the first protective layer is formed of an ionizing radiation curable resin composition containing a polyfunctional polycarbonate (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Megumi Awa, Nobuo Saitou, Sakie Kataoka, Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 9364960
    Abstract: A rotary electric shaver with an outer cutter having a circular shaving top surface with numerous hair introduction openings and an inner cutter having a small cutter slidably rotating in contact with a bottom surface of the outer cutter. The rotary electric shaver includes an outer cutter set wherein the outer cutter is assembled in an outer cutter holding unit and an inner cutter set wherein the inner cutter is assembled in an inner cutter holding unit. The outer cutter set and the inner cutter set are respectively provided with a positioning convex portion on one and a positioning concave portion on the other. The positioning convex portion can fit in the positioning concave portion such that the outer cutter set can be assembled with the inner cutter set only in a case where the outer cutter set and the inner cutter set are in a predetermined assembly position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: IZUMI PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ohara, Hideaki Koike, Toshihide Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 9193805
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide novel dextrin fatty acid ester that is excellent in tackiness and useful as a base for cosmetics and the like. The novel dextrin fatty acid ester is prepared by esterification between dextrin and fatty acids, wherein the dextrin has an average degree of glucose polymerization of 3 to 150; the fatty acids comprise more than 50 mol % and 100 mol % or less, based on the total amount of the fatty acids, of one or more saturated branched fatty acids having 4 to 26 carbon atoms, and 0 mol % or more and less than 50 mol %, based on the total amount of the fatty acids, of one or more fatty acids selected from the group consisting of saturated linear fatty acids having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, unsaturated linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and saturated or unsaturated cyclic fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; and the degree of substitution by the fatty acids is 1.0 to 3.0 per glucose unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: Chiba Flour Milling Co., Ltd., KOSE Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Koike, Takanao Suzuki, Daisuke Tsukioka, Satsuki Miyagawa, Yuriko Tomita, Keiji Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9057697
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first protrusion group in which protrusions protruding from a conductor surface of a substrate are arranged in a first direction with a first period, a dielectric layer that covers the conductor surface and the first protrusion group, and a second protrusion group in which metal nanoparticles are arranged on the dielectric layer in the first direction with a second period different from the first period. When one of the first period and the second period is defined as Px1, the other of the first period and the second period is defined as Px2, and the wavelength of irradiation light is defined as ?, ?>Px1>Px2 and 0<Px1?Px2<Px1/2 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Amako, Mamoru Sugimoto, Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 8857063
    Abstract: A rotary electric shaver provided with a plurality of cutter units, each of which has an outer cutter (72) and an inner cutter (84), which rotates while elastically contacting the outer cutter from below. The shaver comprising: a plurality of outer cutter assemblies (70), each of which is made integral with a cutter circumferential rim (74) having the outer cutter of each cutter unit secured thereto and which is movably retained in a mounting port formed in the cutter frame (66), a pushup plate (92) which contacts the outer cutter assembly from below to push up the outer cutter assembly, a cutter retaining plate (90) which is retained by the cutter frame and which is positioned below the pushup plate, and an outer cutter float spring (94) which is compressively interposed between the cutter retaining plate and the pushup plate to impart an upward return tendency to the pushup plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Izumi Products Company
    Inventor: Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 8836947
    Abstract: A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are a size smaller than the wavelength of incident light and are dispersed on a dielectric surface is arranged in one direction at a pitch that resonates with the incident light. A long piece extends on the dielectric surface between adjacent metallic nano-body groups. The long piece is formed of a material having no free electron that performs resonance oscillation with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established. The long piece is helpful in the establishment of the pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Amako, Mamoru Sugimoto, Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 8817263
    Abstract: A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are dispersed on a dielectric surface at a first pitch smaller than the wavelength of incident light is arranged in one direction at a second pitch that resonates with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the second pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Sugimoto, Jun Amako, Hideaki Koike
  • Publication number: 20130237435
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for searching for or identifying a useful gene logically, systematically, and efficiently in an extremely short time without largely relying on searcher's knowledge, experience, or the like and even without sequentially conducting gene disruption experiments as in conventional techniques of searching for a useful gene. The present invention also provides an apparatus for the method. Virtual gene clusters each comprising two or more genes are individually scored by summing the respective pieces of differential expression information (obtained using, for example, microarrays) of genomic genes on a per-cluster basis. On the basis of the obtained scores of the virtual gene clusters, a gene cluster containing a useful gene and the useful gene contained in the cluster are searched for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masayuki Machida, Hideaki Koike, Maiko Umemura, Kiyoshi Asai, Katsuhisa Horimoto, Totai Mitsuyama
  • Publication number: 20120316332
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide novel dextrin fatty acid ester that is excellent in tackiness and useful as a base for cosmetics and the like. The novel dextrin fatty acid ester is prepared by esterification between dextrin and fatty acids, wherein the dextrin has an average degree of glucose polymerization of 3 to 150; the fatty acids comprise more than 50 mol % and 100 mol % or less, based on the total amount of the fatty acids, of one or more saturated branched fatty acids having 4 to 26 carbon atoms, and 0 mol % or more and less than 50 mol %, based on the total amount of the fatty acids, of one or more fatty acids selected from the group consisting of saturated linear fatty acids having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, unsaturated linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and saturated or unsaturated cyclic fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; and the degree of substitution by the fatty acids is 1.0 to 3.0 per glucose unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: KOSE CORPORATION, CHIBA FLOUR MILLING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Koike, Takanao Suzuki, Daisuke Tsukioka, Satsuki Miyagawa, Yuriko Tomita, Keiji Igarashi
  • Patent number: 7487592
    Abstract: An electric shaver including an outer cutter holder (30) that holds the outer cutters (24), an inner cutter holder (42) which has a plurality of projections (50) that pass through the outer cutter holder (30) and press the outer circumferential edges of the outer cutters (24) and which holds the inner cutters (36) so that the inner cutters are rotatable, a single shaft member (62) which passes through the inner cutter holder (42) and outer cutter holder (30) and whose tip end is positioned in the cutter frame (20) so as to be located between the mutually adjacent outer cutters (24), and a cutter retaining assembly (60), which the shaft member (62) passes through and is detachably anchored to the cutter frame (20) and further elastically presses the inner cutter holder (42) toward the outer cutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Izumi Products Company
    Inventor: Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: 7222428
    Abstract: An electric rotary shaver including: a locking member (50) having a plurality of arms (54) outwardly extending from the center, a cutter retaining plate (38) that engages with outer circumferential rims of outer cutters (24) and rotatably holds inner cutters (32), guide pins (56) provided on the tip ends of the arms (54) and slidably pass through the cutter retaining plate (38), permanent magnets (62) fastened to the cutter frame (20) and attach the guide pins (56) by magnetic attraction in a detachable manner, compression coil springs (64) mounted on the guide pins (56) and provided in a compressed state between the arms (54) and the cutter retaining plate (38), and anchoring elements (66, 68) which prevents a locking member (50) from being separated from the cutter retaining plate (38) by more than a predetermined gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Izumi Products Company
    Inventor: Hideaki Koike
  • Patent number: D997143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Koike, Tomonari Hasegawa