Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sakurai

Hiroaki Sakurai 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).

  • Publication number: 20140031195
    Abstract: The method for producing a material loaded with gold nanoparticles, includes: impregnating a carrier with an anionic gold-hydroxo complex solution including a transparent solution that has a pH of not lower than 8, does not contain a halide anion, and contains a conjugate base of a weak acid not coordinated to gold and an anionic hydroxo complex of trivalent gold having a square planar molecular geometry whose at least one ligand is OH? and not containing a halide anion as a ligand; removing water; heating; and washing with water. According to the method, in a method for preparing a gold nanoparticle catalyst using a liquid phase method, a gold compound not containing a halide such as chloride is used as a raw material, and the gold compound can be supported efficiently. Furthermore, a gold nanoparticle-loaded catalyst having high activity can be obtained through a simple preparation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakurai, Takae Takeuchi, Kenji Koga, Masato Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 7998710
    Abstract: In the invention, highly pure crystals of difructose dianhydride III (di-D-fructofuranose-1,2?:2,3?-dianhydride; hereinafter referred to as DFA III) are produced by adding 5% or less of powdered active carbon to a DFA III containing purified solution containing DFA III of 90% or more purity at a concentration of R-Bx 10-60, preferably 40-55, and after stirring, applying the mixture to solid-liquid separation (filtration with diatomaceous, filtration through a membrane filter, ultrafiltration, or continuous centrifugal separation) and concentrating the separated liquid part, followed by immediate crystallization. In the process of the invention, DFA III crystals can be produced efficiently and industrially, and the resulting crystals can be used for various purposes in pharmaceuticals or food and drink since they have no smell. This is characteristics of the invention different from the prior art products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto Kikuchi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Norimitsu Takagi, Tsutomu Aritsuka, Yoshihiro Senba, Fusao Tomita, Kozo Asano
  • Publication number: 20110008479
    Abstract: A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamagami, Syuji Ichihashi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Mitsuru Mori
  • Patent number: 7846933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [I]: wherein G1 is an alkyl which is substituted by a halogen atom or an alkoxy, or a group of the formula: wherein ring B is benzene ring which may be substituted, etc., Q1 and Q2 may be the same or different, and each is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R1 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl which may be substituted, a cycloalkyl which may be substituted, a phenyl which may be substituted, etc., Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 may be the same or different, and each is CH or N, provided that 3 or more of Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 should not be N at the same time, G2 is hydrogen atom, —NR3R4, —OR5, etc., where R3 to R8 each is independently hydrogen atom, an alkyl which may be substituted, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kubo, Ritsuo Imashiro, Hiroaki Sakurai, Hidetaka Miyoshi, Akihito Ogasawara, Hajime Hiramatsu, Tatsuo Nakajima, Tetsu Nakane
  • Patent number: 7837920
    Abstract: A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamagami, Syuji Ichihashi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Mitsuru Mori
  • Publication number: 20100255144
    Abstract: A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamagami, Syuji Ichihashi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Mitsuru Mori
  • Publication number: 20090088422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [I]: wherein G1 is an alkyl which is substituted by a halogen atom or an alkoxy, or a group of the formula: wherein ring B is benzene ring which may be substituted, etc., Q1 and Q2 may be the same or different, and each is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R1 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl which may be substituted, a cycloalkyl which may be substituted, a phenyl which may be substituted, etc., Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 may be the same or different, and each is CH or N, provided that 3 or more of Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 should not be N at the same time, G2 is hydrogen atom, —NR3R4, —OR5, etc., where R3 to R8 each is independently hydrogen atom, an alkyl which may be substituted, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Akira Kubo, Ritsuo Imashiro, Hiroaki Sakurai, Hidetaka Miyoshi, Akihito Ogasawara, Hajime Hiramatsu, Tatsuo Nakajima, Tetsu Nakane
  • Publication number: 20090008815
    Abstract: A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamagami, Syuji Ichihashi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Mitsuru Mori
  • Patent number: 7473695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [I]: wherein G1 is an alkyl which is substituted by a halogen atom or an alkoxy, or a group of the formula: wherein ring B is benzene ring which may be substituted, etc., Q1 and Q2 maybe the same or different, and each is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R1 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl which may be substituted, a cycloalkyl which may be substituted, a phenyl which may be substituted, etc., Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 may be the same or different, and each is CH or N, provided that 3 or more of Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 should not be N at the same time, G2 is hydrogen atom, —NR3R4, —OR5, etc., where R3 to R8 each is independently hydrogen atom, an alkyl which may be substituted, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kubo, Ritsuo Imashiro, Hiroaki Sakurai, Hidetaka Miyoshi, Akihito Ogasawara, Hajime Hiramatsu, Tatsuo Nakajima, Tetsu Nakane
  • Publication number: 20080008639
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for effectively suppressing the deactivation of a gold nanoparticle catalyst by removing both carbon dioxide and water from a gas to be treated, thereby effectively removing carbon monoxide over a long period of time. The present invention relates to a catalyst for removing carbon monoxide having a carbon dioxide and water remover and a gold nanoparticle catalyst in which gold particles with an average particle diameter of 25 nm or less are supported on a metal oxide; and a method for removing carbon monoxide from a gas containing carbon monoxide, having a step of treating a gas containing carbon monoxide with the carbon dioxide and water remover and the gold nanoparticle catalyst in which gold particles with an average particle diameter of 25 nm or less are supported on a metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOOGY
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakurai, Susumu Tsubota, Masatake Haruta, Masato Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20060159599
    Abstract: An air activating device comprising a wind tunnel (1) formed with a suction port and an exhaust port, a first corona discharge electrode pair (4) and a second corona discharge electrode pair (5) disposed in the wind tunnel (1) to generate corona discharge, and an ozone generating lamp (6) disposed in the wind tunnel to generate ozone, wherein the first corona discharge electrode pair (4), the ozone generating lamp (6) and the second corona discharge electrode pair (5) are disposed in the order mention in an air flowing direction from the suction port to the exhaust port, the first and second corona discharge electrode pairs (4, 5) respectively have discharge electrodes (41, 51) and counter electrodes (42, 52), and the discharge electrodes (41, 51) and counter electrodes (42, 52) are disposed in the order mentioned in the air flowing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrail Science and Technology, Three Arrows Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Kiuchi, Takaomi Matsutani, Hiroaki Sakurai, Kazuo Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20060051845
    Abstract: In the invention, highly pure crystals of difructose dianhydride III (di-D-fructofuranose-1,2?:2,3 ?-dianhydride; hereinafter referred to as DFA III) are produced by adding 5% or less of powdered active carbon to a DFA III containing purified solution containing DFA III of 90% or more purity at a concentration of R-Bx 10-60, preferably 40-55, and after stirring, applying the mixture to solid-liquid separation (filtration with diatomaceous, filtration through a membrane filter, ultrafiltration, or continuous centrifugal separation) and concentrating the separated liquid part, followed by immediate crystallization. In the process of the invention, DFA III crystals can be produced efficiently and industrially, and the resulting crystals can be used for various purposes in pharmaceuticals or food and drink since they have no smell. This is characteristics of the invention different from the prior art products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON BEET SUGAR MFG., CO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Kikuchi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Norimitsu Takagi, Tsutomu Aritsuka, Yoshihiro Senba, Fusao Tomita, Kozo Asano
  • Publication number: 20040204426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [I]: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Kubo, Ritsuo Imashiro, Hiroaki Sakurai, Hidetaka Miyoshi, Akihito Ogasawara, Hajime Hiramatsu, Tatsuo Nakajima, Tetsu Nakane
  • Patent number: 5617009
    Abstract: A battery charging circuit performs rapid charging without over-charging followed by supplementary charging to insure a fully charged rechargeable battery. The amount of supplementary charging is increased at low ambient temperatures and decreased at high temperatures. A primary charging circuit means for rapid charging and a supplementary charging circuit means for supplementary charging are provided. A temperature sensing means measures ambient temperature during rapid charging to establish the amount of supplementary charging required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Takao, Toshiharu Kokuga, Takanao Matsumoto, Hiroaki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 5506273
    Abstract: A catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO and CO.sub.2 consists essentially of a metal oxide and gold. Synthesis of methanol and hydrocarbons by hydrogenation of CO and CO.sub.2 comprises establishing contact between a gaseous mass consisting of CO, CO.sub.2, and hydrogen and a catalyst consisting essentially of a metal oxide and gold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
    Inventors: Masatake Haruta, Hiroaki Sakurai, Tetsuhiko Kobayashi, Susumu Tsubota, Atsushi Ueda, Masanori Ando