Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tamai
Hiroki Tamai 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: 11951777Abstract: A tire can include a pair of beads, a carcass, an inner liner, and an insulation located between the carcass and the inner liner. The carcass can include one carcass ply. The carcass ply can include a plurality of carcass cords and a topping rubber. Each carcass cord can have a total fineness of not less than 6000 dtex and not greater than 9000 dtex. The insulation can be located between first and second beads. A ratio (ta/td) of a thickness to of the topping rubber located between the insulation and the carcass cords to a thickness td of the insulation can be not less than 0.2 and not greater than 0.6.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Tatsuta, Junya Tamai, Tomohiko Hiroshige, Hiroki Sato
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Patent number: 10017756Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisaaki Yanai, Hiroki Tamai, Masami Osabe, Fumikazu Yokoyama, Kaoru Okakura, Atsushi Inoue
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Publication number: 20170107502Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisaaki YANAI, Hiroki TAMAI, Masami OSABE, Fumikazu YOKOYAMA, Kaoru OKAKURA, Atsushi INOUE
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Patent number: 9567617Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisaaki Yanai, Hiroki Tamai, Masami Osabe, Fumikazu Yokoyama, Kaoru Okakura, Atsushi Inoue
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Patent number: 9394554Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisaaki Yanai, Hiroki Tamai, Masami Osabe, Fumikazu Yokoyama, Kaoru Okakura, Atsushi Inoue
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Publication number: 20160168555Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicants: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisaaki YANAI, Hiroki TAMAI, Masami OSABE, Fumikazu YOKOYAMA, Kaoru OKAKURA, Atsushi INOUE
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Patent number: 9342232Abstract: An information-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select one of a plurality of input operation modes of the absolute coordinate input unit. One of the input operation modes is a specific mode allowing a display range to be moved to a desired position in a state where the highest resolution of a display unit integrated with the absolute coordinate input unit is lower than the resolution of an entire screen. The information-processing apparatus has a configuration in which, when an operation face of the absolute coordinate input unit is touched to carry out a drag operation in this specific mode, the distance of a movement made in the drag operation is detected, and the position of the display range is then changed by moving the display range by the detected distance.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Jian Wang, Takashi Sato, Hiroki Tamai, Takanori Nishimura
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Patent number: 9052813Abstract: The present invention improves operatability provided for the user as operatability to specify a display range in an information-processing apparatus employing an absolute coordinate input unit such as a touch panel. The information-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select one of a plurality of input operation modes of the absolute coordinate input unit. One of the input operation modes is a specific mode allowing a display range to be moved to a desired position in a state where the highest resolution of a display unit integrated with the absolute coordinate input unit is lower than the resolution of an entire screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jian Wang, Takashi Sato, Hiroki Tamai, Takanori Nishimura
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Publication number: 20140322764Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Hisaaki Yanai, Hiroki Tamai, Masami Osabe, Fumikazu Yokoyama, Kaoru Okakura, Atsushi Inoue
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Publication number: 20140218908Abstract: To improve an angular color difference and emit uniform illumination light. According to an embodiment, a light-emitting device in an embodiment includes a light-emitting module (15). The light-emitting module (15) includes a substrate (21), a plurality of light-emitting elements (45) made of semiconductor, and a plurality of sealing members (54). The light-emitting elements (45) are disposed on the substrate (21). The sealing members (54) contain, as a main component, translucent resin mixed with a phosphor. The sealing members (54) are heaped up from the bottom surfaces thereof bonded on the substrate (21) and are each formed to bury a singularity or a plurality of the light-emitting elements (45). A ratio (H/D) of a diameter D of the bottom surfaces to height H of the heaps of the sealing members (54) is set to 0.22 to 1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiko Kawashima, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Hiroki Tamai, Yumiko Hayashida, Shuhei Matsuda, Soichi Shibusawa, Masahiro Ogata, Kozo Uemura, Kiyoshi Nishimura
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Patent number: 8766536Abstract: Light-emitting modules according to the embodiments is configured by mounting a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements having the same light-emitting property in a closed-up manner on a substrate and sealing the closed up plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements by a dome shaped sealing member altogether.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Yumiko Hayashida, Soichi Shibusawa, Yuiko Nakagawa, Hiroki Tamai
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Patent number: 8690392Abstract: The light source unit is provided with a substrate and a decorative cover having thermal conductivity. The substrate includes a circuit pattern area, in which a plurality of LED chips are disposed, at the middle part thereof, has thermal conductivity, and transmits heat from the circuit pattern area to an area in the outer circumferential direction thereof. The decorative cover encloses the substrate, is electrically insulated from the circuit pattern area, and is thermally coupled to the surface side of the substrate at the periphery of the circuit pattern area by being face-contacted thereto. Heat of the substrate can be radiated by the decorative cover while securing an electric insulation property with respect to the circuit pattern area.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Kozo Ogawa, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Nobuhiko Betsuda, Hiroki Tamai, Akiko Saito
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Patent number: 8664857Abstract: A lighting device may include a substrate attached to one edge side of a radiator and a cover may be attached to cover the substrate. Heat-radiating fins may be provided on the other edge side of the radiator and an air-cooling unit may be rotatably provided inside the heat-radiating fins, thereby enabling freely rotation. In one or more examples, a case storing a circuit part is attached to the other edge side of the radiator and a cap is provided to the case. By the air flow from the air-cooling unit, the heat-radiating fins are caused to be a part of the ventilation path to allow for ventilation of the inside of the radiator.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Nobuhiko Betsuda, Takumi Suwa, Hitoshi Kawano, Akiko Saito, Makoto Bessho, Yusuke Shibahara, Hiroki Tamai, Nobuo Shibano, Keiichi Shimizu
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Patent number: 8641232Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes: a substrate a back face side of which is disposed on a mounting member; a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on a surface side of the substrate; and a power supply terminal provided on the surface side of the substrate and electrically connected to the light emitting elements. The power supply terminal is connected to electrical connecting units by elastic pressing force directed from the surface side of the substrate to the mounting member side. A mechanical fixing unit has a pressing portion brought into contact with the surface side of the substrate. The mechanical fixing units fix the substrate to the mounting member with use of elastic pressing force of the pressing portions directed from the surface side of the substrate to the mounting member side.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Seiko Kawashima, Yuichiro Takahara, Kazuya Kondo, Yusuke Shibahara, Hiroki Tamai, Haruki Takei, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu
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Patent number: 8643047Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a reflecting layer formed on the substrate, a light-emitting element placed on the reflecting layer, and a sealing resin layer that covers the reflecting layer and the light-emitting element. The oxygen permeability of the sealing resin layer is equal to or lower than 1200 cm3/(m2·day·atm), and the ratio of the area of the reflecting layer covered by the sealing resin layer to the entire area on the resin substrate covered by the sealing resin layer is between 30% and 75% inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Kozo Uemura, Soichi Shibusawa, Yumiko Hayashida, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Seiko Kawashima, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Masahiro Ogata, Shuhei Matsuda, Hiroki Tamai
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Patent number: 8567990Abstract: A lighting device may include a substrate attached to one edge side of a radiator and a cover may be attached to cover the substrate. Heat-radiating fins may be provided on the other edge side of the radiator and an air-cooling unit may be rotatably provided inside the heat-radiating fins, thereby enabling freely rotation. In one or more examples, a case storing a circuit part is attached to the other edge side of the radiator and a cap is provided to the case. By the air flow from the air-cooling unit, the heat-radiating fins are caused to be a part of the ventilation path to allow for ventilation of the inside of the radiator.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Nobuhiko Betsuda, Takumi Suwa, Hitoshi Kawano, Akiko Saito, Makoto Bessho, Yusuke Shibahara, Hiroki Tamai, Nobuo Shibano, Keiichi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20130214667Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a lighting apparatus includes a light source that includes a light emitting element, and a member which is irradiated with light emitted from the light source and which is formed of resin having absorptivity of 15% or less in a wavelength in which intensity is 10% of a peak intensity, at a wavelength side that is shorter than an intensity peak of a spectrum of blue light emitted from the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Hiroki Tamai, Kazunari Higuchi
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Publication number: 20130106279Abstract: Light-emitting modules according to the embodiments is configured by mounting a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements having the same light-emitting property in a closed-up manner on a substrate and sealing the closed up plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements by a dome shaped sealing member altogether.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yumiko Hayashida, Soichi Shibusawa, Yuiko Nakagawa, Hiroki Tamai
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Publication number: 20130105842Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting module includes a substrate, a light-emitting element and a sealing member. The light-emitting element is mounted on the substrate. The sealing member is formed of a material consisting principally of a translucent resin containing phosphor particles. The sealing member includes a main portion covering the light-emitting element and an outer peripheral portion coming into contact with the substrate. A content percentage of the phosphor particles with respect to the resin is smaller in the outer peripheral portion of the sealing member than that in the main portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Shibusawa, Yumiko Hayashida, Yuiko Nakagawa, Hiroki Tamai
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Patent number: 8427059Abstract: A substrate is attached to one edge side of a radiator and a globe is attached covering the substrate. Heat-radiating fins are provided on the other edge side of the radiator and an air-cooling unit is rotatably provided inside the heat-radiating fins which enables to freely rotate. A case storing a circuit part is attached to the other edge side of the radiator and a cap is provided to the case. By the wind blast from the air-cooling unit, the heat-radiating fins are caused to be a part of the ventilation path to allow for ventilation of the inside of the radiator.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Nobuhiko Betsuda, Takumi Suwa, Hitoshi Kawano, Akiko Saito, Makoto Bessho, Yusuke Shibahara, Hiroki Tamai, Nobuo Shibano, Keiichi Shimizu