Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Takakura

Hiroshi Takakura 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: 11952344
    Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound that can have an antagonistic action on an NMD A receptor containing the NR2B subunit and that is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for depression, bipolar disorder, migraine, pain, peripheral symptoms of dementia and the like. A compound represented by the formula (I), wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuya Oguro, Makoto Kamata, Shuhei Ikeda, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Taku Kamei, Mitsuhiro Ito, Shigemitsu Matsumoto, Hirotaka Kamitani, Takaharu Hirayama, Toshio Tanaka, Hiroshi Banno, Nobuyuki Takakura, Jinichi Yonemori, Takuya Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20240006171
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed to provide a quadrupole mass spectrometer that is less thermally affected by a transformer, the quadrupole mass spectrometer including: an ionizer unit that ionizes a sample; a quadrupole unit that has two pairs of opposing electrodes that selectively pass ions generated in the ionizer unit; a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage obtained by superimposing a high-frequency voltage V cos ?t over a DC voltage U and to each pair of the two pairs of opposing electrodes; and an ion detecting unit that detects ions having passed through the quadrupole unit, wherein the voltage applying unit includes the transformer that transforms the high-frequency voltage V cos ?t, and the transformer includes a toroidal core, and a primary winding and a secondary winding that are wound around the toroidal core, and the primary winding is formed of a metal conductor having a plate-like shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230304991
    Abstract: An intoxication detection device includes: a gas detection sensor; a gas storage recess which is recessed to accommodate the gas detection sensor therein; and an exhaust fan formed adjacent to the gas storage recess. The intoxication detection device is configured to detect an alcohol component contained in a discharge gas discharged from a skin of the driver without contacting the skin in response to a hand of the driver being brought close to the gas detection sensor. The exhaust fan is operated for a predetermined period of time while a state of the hand blocking the gas storage recess is detected, and during the operation, the exhaust fan is configured to exhaust air or the discharge gas stored in the gas storage recess. The gas detection sensor is set so as to measure the discharge gas stored in the gas storage recess after the exhaust fan stops operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Rie ONO, Itsuhiko HIROTA, Hiroshi TAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 10514313
    Abstract: In order to eliminate influence of a noise voltage applied to a diaphragm of a capacitance type sensor, the capacitance type sensor includes: a detection capacitor formed of a diaphragm and a fixed electrode, the diaphragm being connected to a frame and deformed by receiving an external force; and a fixed capacitor connected in series with the detection capacitor, so that it is intended to detect a divided voltage applied to the detection capacitor by applying a voltage to the detection capacitor and the fixed capacitor, and further includes: a noise voltage generating part connected to the frame and adapted to generate a noise voltage caused in the frame; a noise voltage adding part adapted to add the noise voltage to the voltage applied to each of the capacitors; and a noise voltage subtraction part adapted to subtract the added noise voltage from a divided voltage of the detection capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takakura
  • Patent number: 10352748
    Abstract: To achieve both response speed and accuracy required for a flow rate measuring device without sacrificing the simplicity and inexpensiveness of a PWM type D/A converter, the flow rate measuring device includes an analog conversion part adapted to convert a digital signal indicating a measured flow rate value to an analog signal. In addition, the analog conversion part includes: a PWM signal generating circuit that can output three or more specified voltages is configured to, on the basis of the measured flow rate value indicated by the digital signal, select two adjacent voltages, as well as on the basis of the measured flow rate value indicated by the digital signal, set a duty ratio to generate a PWM signal of which a high level and a low level are the two selected voltages, respectively; and a conversion circuit that smooths the PWM signal to convert to the analog signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takakura
  • Patent number: 10234884
    Abstract: In order to prevent an increase in size of a power source device in a power supply apparatus adapted to manage multiple flow rate controllers, the power supply apparatus is connected via cables to the multiple flow rate controllers adapted to control fluid flow rates, and manages operations of the flow rate controllers via the cables as well as supplying power to the flow rate controllers, respectively. In addition, the power supply apparatus is configured to include a power supply control part that shifts power supply start timings for at least some of the flow rate controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Takijiri, Hiroshi Takakura, Kenichi Oe
  • Publication number: 20180164172
    Abstract: In order to eliminate influence of a noise voltage applied to a diaphragm of a capacitance type sensor, the capacitance type sensor includes: a detection capacitor formed of a diaphragm and a fixed electrode, the diaphragm being connected to a frame and deformed by receiving an external force; and a fixed capacitor connected in series with the detection capacitor, so that it is intended to detect a partial pressure applied to the detection capacitor by applying a voltage to the detection capacitor and the fixed capacitor, and further includes: a noise voltage generating part connected to the frame and adapted to generate a noise voltage caused in the frame; a noise voltage adding part adapted to add the noise voltage to the voltage applied to each of the capacitors; and a noise voltage subtraction part adapted to subtract the added noise voltage from a divided voltage of the detection capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takakura
  • Patent number: 9719829
    Abstract: This invention is to improve procedures of maintenance of a fluid measurement system having a fluid measurement device and a control device. The fluid measurement system has a fluid measurement device and a control device to control the fluid measurement device, and the fluid measurement device comprises a fluid sensor and a related data store part configured to store fluid calculation related data for calculation of one or more fluid parameters with measurement data obtained by the fluid sensor, and the control device obtains the fluid calculation related data from the related data store part and calculates the one or more fluid parameters with the measurement data of the fluid sensor and the fluid calculation related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsuura, Hiroshi Takakura, Yukimasa Furukawa, Tadahiro Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9702744
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to inhibit a communication program from crashing in the case where a power source is turned off while writing or rewriting of a measurement control program from an external device is performed by a communication part, and includes: a first recording part for storing the communication program for controlling the communication part; a second recording part for storing a measurement control program for controlling the measurement control part; and a central processing unit. In this configuration, the communication program stored in the first recording part is configured to be unrewritable by the central processing unit and the measurement control program stored in the second recording part is configured to be rewritable by the central processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takakura, Daichi Kunita
  • Publication number: 20170003691
    Abstract: To achieve both response speed and accuracy required for a flow rate measuring device without sacrificing the simplicity and inexpensiveness of a PWM type D/A converter, the flow rate measuring device includes an analog conversion part adapted to convert a digital signal indicating a measured flow rate value to an analog signal. In addition, the analog conversion part includes: a PWM signal generating circuit that can output three or more specified voltages is configured to, on the basis of the measured flow rate value indicated by the digital signal, select two adjacent voltages, as well as on the basis of the measured flow rate value indicated by the digital signal, set a duty ratio to generate a PWM signal of which a high level and a low level are the two selected voltages, respectively; and a conversion circuit that smooths the PWM signal to convert to the analog signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20150362939
    Abstract: In order to prevent an increase in size of a power source device in a power supply apparatus adapted to manage multiple flow rate controllers, the power supply apparatus is connected via cables to the multiple flow rate controllers adapted to control fluid flow rates, and manages operations of the flow rate controllers via the cables as well as supplying power to the flow rate controllers, respectively. In addition, the power supply apparatus is configured to include a power supply control part that shifts power supply start timings for at least some of the flow rate controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kotaro Takijiri, Hiroshi Takakura, Kenichi Oe
  • Patent number: 9026383
    Abstract: A flow rate sensor is disclosed, comprising a flow rate calculation part that calculates a flow rate of a fluid based on an expression using Xd/Xu that satisfies an expression at least in a certain range of the flow rate when an output of a constant temperature control circuit corresponding to an upstream resistor is defined as Vu, an output of a constant temperature control circuit corresponding to a downstream resistor is defined as Vd, and the flow rate is defined as and the flow rate calculation part corrects the zero point output as being an output when the flow rate is zero by using a zero offset function (OFS) defined as a function of Vu+VdXd/Xu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Horiba STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takakura, Shohei Yamano, Hiroyuki Ebi
  • Patent number: 8919870
    Abstract: Provided is a structure enabling mounting at a lower position and on a forward side of an opening section. A sunroof visor is to be installed in a vehicle including: the opening section formed on a roof portion; and a sunroof capable of freely opening the opening section. The opening section possesses an edge portion extending downward and having a thin-walled structure vertically composed of: corner edge sections as vertically short edges; slanted edge sections; and vertically elongated edge sections. The sunroof visor is to be fixed to the forward side of the opening section through brackets. Each bracket includes: an extended supporting portion extended forward from the opening section and used to fix the sunroof visor; and an engagement portion engageable with one vertically elongated edge section after being moved thereto from one corner edge section or slanted edge section, for coupling the sunroof visor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Access Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Misono, Masahiro Abe, Hiroshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20140324233
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to inhibit a communication program from crashing in the case where a power source is turned off while writing or rewriting of a measurement control program from an external device is performed by a communication part, and includes: a first recording part for storing the communication program for controlling the communication part; a second recording part for storing a measurement control program for controlling the measurement control part; and a central processing unit. In this configuration, the communication program stored in the first recording part is configured to be unrewritable by the central processing unit and the measurement control program stored in the second recording part is configured to be rewritable by the central processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takakura, Daichi Kunita
  • Patent number: 8746057
    Abstract: A flow rate measuring device includes a fluid resistance member through which measurement target fluid flows; an upstream side pressure sensor configured to measure pressure on an upstream side of the fluid resistance member from a change of electrical resistance of a resistive element attached to a pressure sensitive surface onto which the target fluid is introduced, and also to measure a temperature of the pressure sensitive surface from a temperature-dependent change of the electrical resistance of the resistive element; a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the target fluid flowing through the fluid resistance member; and a flow rate calculation part that calculates a flow rate of the target fluid based on the pressure measured by the upstream side pressure sensor, pressure-flow rate characteristics of the fluid resistance member, the upstream side pressure sensor temperature, and the target fluid temperature in the fluid resistance member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Horiba STEC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yasuda, Hiroshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20130278024
    Abstract: Provided is a structure enabling mounting at a lower position and on a forward side of an opening section. A sunroof visor is to be installed in a vehicle including: the opening section formed on a roof portion; and a sunroof capable of freely opening the opening section. The opening section possesses an edge portion extending downward and having a thin-walled structure vertically composed of: corner edge sections as vertically short edges; slanted edge sections; and vertically elongated edge sections. The sunroof visor is to be fixed to the forward side of the opening section through brackets. Each bracket includes: an extended supporting portion extended forward from the opening section and used to fix the sunroof visor; and an engagement portion engageable with one vertically elongated edge section after being moved thereto from one corner edge section or slanted edge section, for coupling the sunroof visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Misono, Masahiro Abe, Hiroshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20120318383
    Abstract: A flow rate measuring device includes a fluid resistance member through which measurement target fluid flows; an upstream side pressure sensor configured to measure pressure on an upstream side of the fluid resistance member from a change of electrical resistance of a resistive element attached to a pressure sensitive surface onto which the target fluid is introduced, and also to measure a temperature of the pressure sensitive surface from a temperature-dependent change of the electrical resistance of the resistive element; a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the target fluid flowing through the fluid resistance member; and a flow rate calculation part that calculates a flow rate of the target fluid based on the pressure measured by the upstream side pressure sensor, pressure-flow rate characteristics of the fluid resistance member, the upstream side pressure sensor temperature, and the target fluid temperature in the fluid resistance member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yasuda, Hiroshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20120191381
    Abstract: A flow rate sensor is disclosed, comprising a flow rate calculation part that calculates a flow rate of a fluid based on an expression using Xd/Xu that satisfies an expression at least in a certain range of the flow rate when an output of a constant temperature control circuit corresponding to an upstream resistor is defined as Vu, an output of a constant temperature control circuit corresponding to a downstream resistor is defined as Vd, and the flow rate is defined as and the flow rate calculation part corrects the zero point output as being an output when the flow rate is zero by using a zero offset function (OFS) defined as a function of Vu+VdXd/Xu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takakura, Shohei Yamano, Hiroyuki Ebi
  • Publication number: 20120101744
    Abstract: This invention is to improve procedures of maintenance of a fluid measurement system having a fluid measurement device and a control device. The fluid measurement system has a fluid measurement device and a control device to control the fluid measurement device, and the fluid measurement device comprises a fluid sensor and a related data store part configured to store fluid calculation related data for calculation of one or more fluid parameters with measurement data obtained by the fluid sensor, and the control device obtains the fluid calculation related data from the related data store part and calculates the one or more fluid parameters with the measurement data of the fluid sensor and the fluid calculation related data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsuura, Hiroshi Takakura, Yukimasa Furukawa, Tadahiro Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7114761
    Abstract: A door visor for a vehicle comprising a visor portion which extends from the front end of a window sash of the vehicle to the rear end of the window sash, and protrudes outward and downward of the vehicle from the top end of the window sash of the vehicle, a protrusion body extending in the vertical direction of the visor portion and protruding toward the vehicle from the inner surface of the visor portion, and provided approximately in parallel to the vertical direction of the rear end of the window sash and the vertical direction of the rear end of a window glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Access Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori Kodama, Hiroshi Takakura, Daisuke Watanabe, Tadao Motohashi