Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Hamada
Hirofumi Hamada 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: 10908525Abstract: A bearing component for rotatably receiving a rotating shaft on an end of a rotating unit includes a component body, an inner protrusion, and one or more outer protrusions. The component body has a recess into which the rotating shaft is rotatably inserted. The inner protrusion protrudes from a wall portion of the recess facing an end surface of the rotating shaft. The inner protrusion receives an axial load by the rotating shaft. The outer protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the component body opposite to the recess. The one or more outer protrusions are in contact with a holding unit. A contact portion between the outer protrusions and the holding unit is offset from a contact portion position between the inner protrusion and the end surface. The contact portion between at least one of the outer protrusions and the holding unit has a non-planar shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO.. LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kuramoto, Keiichiro Sato, Shuhei Yamazaki, Hirofumi Hamada, Toru Morioka
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Publication number: 20200319572Abstract: A bearing component for rotatably receiving a rotating shaft on an end of a rotating unit includes a component body, an inner protrusion, and one or more outer protrusions. The component body has a recess into which the rotating shaft is rotatably inserted. The inner protrusion protrudes from a wall portion of the recess facing an end surface of the rotating shaft. The inner protrusion receives an axial load by the rotating shaft. The outer protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the component body opposite to the recess. The one or more outer protrusions are in contact with a holding unit. A contact portion between the outer protrusions and the holding unit is offset from a contact portion position between the inner protrusion and the end surface. The contact portion between at least one of the outer protrusions and the holding unit has a non-planar shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki KURAMOTO, Keiichiro Sato, Shuhei Yamazaki, Hirofumi Hamada, Toru Morioka
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Patent number: 10761201Abstract: An object detection device includes: a classifier that receives, from a radar device that transmits a transmission wave and receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave reflected by an object around a subject vehicle, detection result information indicative of an intensity, an azimuth, and a Doppler velocity obtained from a Doppler frequency shift of the reflected wave, and determines whether the detection result information is first detection result information corresponding to a moving object or second detection result information corresponding to a still object; a calculator that calculates distances from the radar device to reflection points of the moving object on the basis of the first detection result information; and an output that supplies, to a predetermined device, first reflection point information indicating the distances of the reflection points and azimuths of the reflection points based on the radar device.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Panasanic Intellectul Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Okazaki, Hirofumi Nishimura, Asako Hamada
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Publication number: 20200261594Abstract: The present invention provides a novel antibody-pyrrolodiazepine derivative and a novel antibody-pyrrolodiazepine derivative conjugate using the same, and a novel CLDN6 and/or CLDN9 antibody.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Narihiro TODA, Yusuke OTA, Fuminao DOI, Masaki MEGURO, Ichiro HAYAKAWA, Shinji ASHIDA, Takeshi MASUDA, Takashi NAKADA, Mitsuhiro IWAMOTO, Naoya HARADA, Tomoko TERAUCHI, Daisuke OKAJIMA, Kensuke NAKAMURA, Hiroaki UCHIDA, Hirofumi HAMADA
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Publication number: 20200206300Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for promoting skeletal muscle injury repair which agent comprises at least one peptide selected from the following (1) to (4): (1) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, (2) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, (3) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and (4) a peptide which is a human osteopontin fragment and has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, or 3 at the C-terminus, or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Osaka UniversityInventors: Susumu TANAKA, Mikihiko KOGO, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Naomasa KAWAGUCHI, Yoshinosuke HAMADA
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Patent number: 10605896Abstract: A first data group, which indicates reflection wave intensities from reflection points for radar directions indicating directions in which the corresponding reflection points exist relative to a radar apparatus and distances from the radar apparatus to the reflection points, and a second data group, which indicates Doppler velocities of the reflection points for the radar directions and the distances from the radar apparatus to the reflection points, are used to generate a third data group, which indicates the reflection wave intensities of the reflection points. A radar moving direction relative to a moving direction of the vehicle for each frame is generated based on the third data group. The radar moving direction when the moving direction of the vehicle is straight ahead is estimated using the radar moving direction in a predetermined number of frames, and the radar installation angle is calculated using the estimated radar moving direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yunyun Cao, Hirofumi Nishimura, Asako Hamada, Hiroshi Iwamura
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Patent number: 10564581Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a detector, and a controller. The charging unit charges the photoreceptor. The exposure unit exposes the photoreceptor charged by the charging unit to light and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor. The developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image that has been exposed by the exposure unit and formed on the photoreceptor. The transfer unit transfers an image obtained by development by the developing unit to a transfer object. The detector detects strip developer, which is a strip-shaped developer image formed on the transfer object.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kuramoto, Yasuhiro Funayama, Hirofumi Hamada
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Patent number: 10431027Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes a vehicle-mounted device and a portable device. In the vehicle communication system, a transmission unit transmits a first to third radio signals having intensities weaker in this order, a measurement unit measures an intensity of each of the radio signals, and a determination unit that determines whether an intensity difference between any two of the radio signals among the radio signals measured by the measurement unit is larger than a threshold value. Control of a target mounted on the vehicle is permitted if the intensity difference is larger than the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Ishihara, Yosuke Tomita, Tetsuo Nishidai, Takahiro Inaguma, Kazuya Hamada, Hirofumi Ohata
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Patent number: 10371810Abstract: An object detection device that detects an obstacle in an object by transmitting a signal by a transmission unit, and using reflection signals by a receiving unit, the device including: a sidewall detection circuit that determines whether the vehicle is running on a road having the sidewall, based on an azimuth angle of the object, a distance from the vehicle to the object, Doppler velocities of the reflection signals, and intensities of the reflection signals; a multiple reflection position detection circuit that detects multiple reflection wave components from the reflection signals, based on the Doppler velocities, the azimuth angle, and the reflection intensities when the road is determined to have the sidewall; a detection exclusion range setting circuit that removes the detected multiple reflection wave components from the reflection signals; and an object detection circuit that detects the object using the reflection signals with the multiple reflection wave components removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Iwai, Hirofumi Nishimura, Asako Hamada
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Publication number: 20190144559Abstract: It is intended to provide an antitumor drug having an excellent therapeutic effect, which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety. There is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-TROP2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-TROP2 antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicants: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshinori Agatsuma, Shu Takahashi, Jun Hasegawa, Daisuke Okajima, Hirofumi Hamada, Miki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10227417Abstract: It is intended to provide an antitumor drug having an excellent therapeutic effect, which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety. There is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-TROP2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-TROP2 antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignees: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshinori Agatsuma, Shu Takahashi, Jun Hasegawa, Daisuke Okajima, Hirofumi Hamada, Miki Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20180094073Abstract: It is intended to provide an antitumor drug having an excellent therapeutic effect, which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety. There is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-TROP2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-TROP2 antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicants: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshinori AGATSUMA, Shu TAKAHASHI, Jun HASEGAWA, Daisuke OKAJIMA, Hirofumi HAMADA, Miki YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9915902Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning member that cleans the image carrier, an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, and a controller that controls the image forming unit based on at least one of physical property information and dimension information of the cleaning member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Hamada, Shinya Makiura, Eiji Nittono
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Patent number: 9850312Abstract: It is intended to provide an antitumor drug having an excellent therapeutic effect, which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety. There is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-TROP2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-TROP2 antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignees: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshinori Agatsuma, Shu Takahashi, Jun Hasegawa, Daisuke Okajima, Hirofumi Hamada, Miki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9846382Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image processing unit and a switching unit. The image processing unit includes: a charging unit that is provided to face an image carrier and applies a direct current voltage on which an alternating voltage of a first frequency is superimposed to charge the image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on the charged image carrier with light scanning based on image information; a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image; and a transfer unit that transfers the developed image to a recording medium. When an image density based on the image information is greater than or equal to a specific image density, the switching unit switches a frequency of the alternating voltage at least during charging performed by the charging unit to a second frequency different from the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Makiura, Hirofumi Hamada
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Publication number: 20170242381Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning member that cleans the image carrier, an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, and a controller that controls the image forming unit based on at least one of physical property information and dimension information of the cleaning member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi HAMADA, Shinya MAKIURA, Eiji NITTONO
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Patent number: 9720344Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a charger, a charge eliminator, and a controller. The charger charges a surface of an image carrier. The charge eliminator eliminates residual charge from the surface of the image carrier charged by the charger. The controller performs control to reduce a level of charge elimination performed by the charge eliminator during a third period compared to a level of charge elimination performed by the charge eliminator during a second period in which an image for determining an image-forming condition is formed. The third period is a period other than the second period within a first period that is a period, other than a period of normal image formation, during which the surface of the image carrier is charged by the charger.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirofumi Hamada
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Publication number: 20170205727Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image processing unit and a switching unit. The image processing unit includes: a charging unit that is provided to face an image carrier and applies a direct current voltage on which an alternating voltage of a first frequency is superimposed to charge the image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on the charged image carrier with light scanning based on image information; a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image; and a transfer unit that transfers the developed image to a recording medium. When an image density based on the image information is greater than or equal to a specific image density, the switching unit switches a frequency of the alternating voltage at least during charging performed by the charging unit to a second frequency different from the first frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya MAKIURA, Hirofumi HAMADA
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Publication number: 20160297890Abstract: It is intended to provide an antitumor drug having an excellent therapeutic effect, which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety. There is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-TROP2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-TROP2 antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicants: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshinori AGATSUMA, Shu TAKAHASHI, Jun HASEGAWA, Daisuke OKAJIMA, Hirofumi HAMADA, Miki YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9014588Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image forming devices which each forms a developer image on a latent image carrier, transfers the developer image onto an intermediate transfer member, and cleans the latent image carrier by using a plate-shaped cleaning member, the intermediate transfer body, and a controller. The developer used in one of the image forming devices is a low-electrostatic-propensity developer having an electrification performance lower than those of the developers used in the other image forming devices. The controller has a control mode for executing a supply operation in which the low-electrostatic-propensity developer used in the one of the image forming devices is transferred onto the intermediate transfer body and at least a part of the low-electrostatic-propensity developer is reversely transferred onto the latent image carriers of the other image forming devices and caused to reach the respective plate-shaped cleaning members.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hirofumi Hamada