Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kato

Hiroki Kato 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: 10987374
    Abstract: According to the present invention, various diseases, such as viral diseases, cancer, and multiple sclerosis, can be prevented and improved by using an immunostimulatory factor production-promoting composition comprising genomic double-stranded RNA of a plant-derived endornavirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Fujita, Hiroki Kato, Tetsuya Nakazaki
  • Patent number: 10960752
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle includes a power control unit, a driving motor, a first cooling channel fitted with a first pump that causes a first cooling liquid cooled in a first heat exchanger to flow through the power control unit and a second heat exchanger in this order and return to the first heat exchanger, and a second cooling channel fitted with a second pump that causes a second cooling liquid cooled by the first cooling liquid in the second heat exchanger to flow through the driving motor and return to the second heat exchanger. The second pump starts or stops circulation of the second cooling liquid, or increases or reduces a circulation volume of the second cooling liquid, based on one or both of the temperature of the power control unit and the temperature of the first cooling liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoki Takeno, Hiroki Kato
  • Publication number: 20210066647
    Abstract: A display panel including a metal film, an adhesive layer disposed on the metal film, a first resin substrate disposed on the adhesive layer, light-emitting elements disposed above the first resin substrate, and a second resin substrate disposed above the light-emitting elements. The adhesive layer includes contact portions in contact with the metal film and gaps are present between the contact portions where the adhesive layer is not in contact with the metal film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki KATO, Makoto NODA
  • Patent number: 10921657
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including panel terminals; and a wiring substrate including first substrate terminals coupled to the panel terminals. The panel terminals include panel terminals arranged in a first region and panel terminals arranged in second regions sandwiching the first region. The first substrate terminals include first substrate terminals arranged in a third region and first substrate terminals arranged in fourth regions sandwiching the third region. A gap between panel terminals is substantially constant in the first and second regions. A first width of the panel terminals in the first region is different from a second width of the panel terminals in the second regions. A width of the first substrate terminals is substantially constant in the third and fourth regions. A first gap between first substrate terminals in the third region is different from a second gap between first substrate terminals in the fourth regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Yasuhito Aruga, Hiroyuki Onodera, Hiroki Kato, Yasushi Nakano, Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Keisuke Asada
  • Publication number: 20210030765
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel hematopoiesis-promoting agent and a medicament comprising the hematopoiesis-promoting agent as an active ingredient for preventing or treating anemia, in particular refractory anemia. The present invention provides a hematopoiesis-promoting agent comprising an S-adenosylmethionine synthase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko IGARASHI, Hiroki KATO, Yusho ISHII, Chi Long NGUYEN, Hideo HARIGAE
  • Publication number: 20210007939
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a dental filling material is manufactured by surface-treating an inorganic filling material with a silane coupling agent having an epoxy group and then by causing a ring-opening reaction with a composition containing an epoxide having a (meth)acryloyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KATO, Satoshi JIN
  • Publication number: 20200375954
    Abstract: A therapeutic agent for impaired gastric accommodation which contains as an active ingredient a compound represented by the general formula (1): (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom; A represents a furyl group, a thienyl group, a thiazolyl group or an oxazolyl group; R2 and R3 each represents an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 2 to 4), or an acid addition salt thereof. Use of a therapeutic agent of the present invention greatly alleviates symptoms caused by said disorders, such as early satiety and bloating, because it improves relaxation of gastric fundus and impaired gastric accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: ZERIA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yugo MATSUNAGA, Shigeru UEKI, Hiroki KATO, Shiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200343782
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure for a rotary machine which electrically connects the rotary machine and a terminal block of a power control unit, comprises a terminal including a layered portion connected to a winding of the rotary machine and formed by layering at least a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion; and a fastening member fastening the terminal and the terminal block of the power control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki KATO
  • Publication number: 20200262324
    Abstract: An armrest structure for seat includes an armrest configured to move in a lateral width direction of the seat, a guide block configured to move in a front-rear direction of the seat, and an operation portion configured to be manually operated, such that the guide block moves in the front-rear direction. The armrest and the guide block are slidably engaged with each other in a direction inclined with respect to the lateral width direction and the front-rear direction of the seat. The armrest is configured to move in conjunction with the guide block in the lateral width direction, in response to an operation that the operation portion is operated to move the guide block in the front-rear direction. According to this armrest structure, an interval between the armrest on both sides can be adjusted in accordance with the physique and the posture of a seated person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ami ISHIMIZU, Hiroki KATO
  • Patent number: 10746287
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotary electric machine includes a first supply pipe that is disposed vertically above a rotary electric machine and that has a discharge hole through which a refrigerant is discharged toward the rotary electric machine; a second supply pipe that is disposed in parallel with the first supply pipe vertically above the rotary electric machine and that has a discharge hole through which the refrigerant is discharged toward the rotary electric machine; and a pump configured to deliver the refrigerant to the first supply pipe and the second supply pipe such that a direction of the refrigerant flowing through the first supply pipe and a direction of the refrigerant flowing through the second supply pipe are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko Miyamoto, Keisuke Ito, Hiroki Kato
  • Patent number: 10618765
    Abstract: A discharge unit discharges a sheet having an image thereon. A switching unit switches between stacking the sheet discharged from the discharge unit on a stacking unit or conveying the sheet from the discharge unit toward an image reading apparatus. A conveyance unit conveys the sheet conveyed via the switching unit to a reading unit. A cooling unit cools the sheet discharged from the discharge unit or cools the reading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Motohiro Furusawa, Koji Kawamura, Ichiro Yasumaru
  • Patent number: 10611587
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus is provided with a disengaging mechanism configured to disengage a conveyance member and a separating member to be apart from each other. Either one of the conveyance member and the separating member is provided in a unit, which is attached to an apparatus body and is configured to be detached from the apparatus body toward a downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, while the other provided in the apparatus body. A restriction portion is configured to restrict the unit from being attached to and detached from the apparatus body in a state where the conveyance member and the separating member are in contact with each other and to permit the unit to be attached to and detached from the apparatus body in a state where the conveyance member and the separating member are disengaged by the disengaging mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Kato, Hidehiro Ushiozu, Akira Matsushima, Satoshi Koga
  • Patent number: 10587330
    Abstract: A reception device including reception antennas is provided. In the reception device, a demodulation unit is configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of antenna combinations of the reception antennas, log likelihood ratios of coded bits of error correction code obtained from reception signals of the reception antennas. A mutual information amount calculation unit is configured to calculate an average mutual information amount based on the log likelihood ratios corresponding to each of the antenna combinations. An antenna combination selection unit is configured to output determination information for specifying one of the antenna combinations for which the average mutual information amount is the maximum. A signal selection unit is configured to select the log likelihood ratios corresponding to the specified antenna combination based on the determination information, and a decoding unit is configured to decodes the selected log likelihood ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Daiki Hoshi, Tatsuhiro Nakada, Kei Ito, Hiroki Kato
  • Publication number: 20200036432
    Abstract: A reception device including reception antennas is provided. In the reception device, a demodulation unit is configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of antenna combinations of the reception antennas, log likelihood ratios of coded bits of error correction code obtained from reception signals of the reception antennas. A mutual information amount calculation unit is configured to calculate an average mutual information amount based on the log likelihood ratios corresponding to each of the antenna combinations. An antenna combination selection unit is configured to output determination information for specifying one of the antenna combinations for which the average mutual information amount is the maximum. A signal selection unit is configured to select the log likelihood ratios corresponding to the specified antenna combination based on the determination information, and a decoding unit is configured to decodes the selected log likelihood ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: DAIKI HOSHI, TATSUHIRO NAKADA, KEI ITO, HIROKI KATO
  • Publication number: 20190344879
    Abstract: An aircraft includes an airframe, a hollow member, and a plasma actuator. The hollow member has a body and an internal flow passage. The body extends from front of the airframe to rear of the airframe and has a hollow shape. The internal flow passage extends in the body from the front to the rear. The body has an introduction port configured to introduce a fluid into the internal flow passage, and a blow hole provided more toward the rear than the introduction port, and penetrating the body from an inner circumferential surface of the body to an outer circumferential surface of the body. The plasma actuator is provided at the outer circumferential surface of the body, and disposed on one or more sides, in a circumferential direction of the body, of the blow hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kohei NAKANO, Takayuki OGURI, Yukinobu TOMONAGA, Akitoshi SAKAGUCHI, Maki KIKUCHI, Hiroki KATO
  • Publication number: 20190344878
    Abstract: An aircraft steering system includes an electric actuator, a clutch, at least one plasma actuator, and a controller. The electric actuator is configured to vary an angle of a flight control surface of an aircraft. The clutch is configured to cut off torque by driving of the electric actuator. The torque is to be transmitted to the flight control surface. The at least one plasma actuator is configured to form a flow of air on a surface of the flight control surface when the torque is cut off. The controller is configured to control the electric actuator, the clutch, and the at least one plasma actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KATO, Nobuyuki NAKAZATO, Iwao MURATA
  • Patent number: D903910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Kato, Yuma Hoshino
  • Patent number: D903911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Kato, Eishi Suzuki
  • Patent number: D903912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Kato, Eishi Suzuki
  • Patent number: D906907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Masaaki Yagi, Eishi Suzuki, Kazunori Numaoka, Hiroki Kato