Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Watarai
Hiroshi Watarai 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: 7939180Abstract: A resin product (e.g., a millimeter-wave radar device cover) comprises a plate-like resin substrate, a base film formed on the resin substrate, and a metallic gloss film having a discontinuous structure formed on the base film, a top coat, a block coat, or the like being formed as a protective film on the metal film. The metal film contains a first film having a discontinuous structure obtainable by vacuum deposition of a first metal, a modified surface obtainable by modification of the surface of the first film by bringing the surface into contact with air, and a second film having a discontinuous structure obtainable by vacuum deposition of a second metal on the modified surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Fujii, Chiharu Totani, Hiroshi Watarai, Takayasu Ido
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Publication number: 20110104188Abstract: The invention provides a glycolipid effective for cancer treatment and the like and a synthetic intermediate therefor, as well as a medicament containing the glycolipid and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: RIKENInventors: Takuya Tashiro, Kenji Mori, Masao Shiozaki, Ryusuke Nakagawa, Masaru Taniguchi, Hiroshi Watarai
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Publication number: 20110052598Abstract: The invention provides a method of screening a therapeutic agent for allergic airway inflammation and/or airway hypersensitivity, comprising using an IL-17RB positive NKT cell, as well as a therapeutic agent for allergic airway inflammation and/or airway hypersensitivity, containing a substance capable of inhibiting or eliminating the Th2 cell-like function of an IL-17RB positive NKT cell as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: RIKENInventors: Hiroshi Watarai, Masaru Taniguchi
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Patent number: 7846498Abstract: The present invention provides a metallic coating having a sheen and discontinuous structure and a resin product having the metallic coating by using a physical vapor deposition method at high productivity and low cost.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayasu Ido, Hiroshi Watarai
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Patent number: 7722963Abstract: The present invention provides a metallic coating having a sheen and having a discontinuous structure at high productivity and low cost by using sputtering. A resin product includes a resin base material, and a metallic coating having a sheen and a discontinuous structure that is deposited on the resin base material so as to include a portion in which a high-formation metal that relatively readily forms a discontinuous structure when using vacuum vapor deposition is sputtered, and thereafter, a low-formation metal that does not relatively readily form a discontinuous structure when using vacuum vapor deposition is sputtered. The high-formation metal and the low-formation metal are selected from at least two species of metals whose crystal structures are identical and whose lattice constant difference is within 10%.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Shinko Nameplate Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayasu Ido, Hiroshi Watarai, Chiharu Totani, Tetsuya Fujii, Mitsuo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100062990Abstract: The invention provides a pseudoglycolipid effective for cancer treatment and the like and a novel synthesis intermediate therefor, as well as a medicament containing the pseudoglycolipid and the like. The inventive compound is represented by the formula (1), or a salt thereof, wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: RIKENInventors: Takuya Tashiro, Kenji Mori, Ken-ichi Fuhshuku, Masaru Taniguchi, Ryusuke Nakagawa, Hiroshi Watarai
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Publication number: 20100022696Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave-permeable brilliant coated resin product which has a brilliant coating film formed by applying a coating composition that includes a planar brightening material formed from aluminum, on a resin substrate. Within the brilliant coating film, the brightening material is oriented in a state such that a plane thereof is biased toward a direction that follows a surface of the brilliant coating film, and an average overlapping quantity (y), which is an average of a quantity of brightening material that crosses one orthogonal line that is orthogonal to the surface of the brilliant coating film, and an average inter-brightening material distance (x), which is an average of distances on the orthogonal line between adjacent brightening materials that cross said orthogonal line, satisfy the following two formulae: y?0.5 ??(formula 1), and y?0.3969x+0.594 ??(formula 2), where, the unit for x is ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicants: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke Maruoka, Hiroshi Watarai, Takayasu Ido, Kojji Kuno, Osamu Koyanaka
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Publication number: 20090297880Abstract: The electromagnetically transparent bright resin product includes a resin base 11 made of a polycarbonate (PC), an aluminum (Al) film 13 deposited on the resin base 11 by sputtering, and a chromium film 12 deposited on the aluminum film 13 by sputtering. After the deposition, the films 13 and 12 were heated at 120° C. for 2 hours together with the resin base 11. The aluminum film 13 and the chromium film 12 are hence present as a film of a discontinuous structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Maruoka, Hiroshi Watarai, Mamoru Kato, Takayasu Ido
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Publication number: 20090162869Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to identify a membrane molecule that is specifically expressed on activated plasmacytoid dendritic cells, for the purpose of preventing or improving affection or disease such as cancer, autoimmune disease, allergy, or infectious disease by regulating the functions of dendritic cells capable of integrating an immune system. The present invention provides a protein having any one of the following amino acid sequences: (a) an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) an amino acid sequence, which comprises a deletion, substitution, insertion and/or addition of one or several amino acid residues with respect to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and which is capable of regulating the functions of dendritic cells; and (c) an amino acid sequence, which has homology of 80% or more with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and which is capable of regulating the functions of dendritic cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: RIKENInventors: Hiroshi Watarai, Etsuko Sekine, Masaru Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20090080076Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus housing and an apparatus decoration colored by a color luminous designed film. The color luminous designed film includes a semi-transparent metal coating film, a light interference transparent film which has an optical thickness of 5 to 150 nm and is formed from an inorganic compound under the semi-transparent metal coating film, and a ray reflective metal coating film under the light interference transparent film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Fujikura, Mamoru Kato, Hiroshi Watarai
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Publication number: 20080152927Abstract: A colored base coating composition includes a chlorinated polyolefin resin grafted with an acrylic component in which the acrylic component has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 60° C. or more and an OH group-containing acrylic resin. The chlorinated polyolefin resin grafted with the acrylic component and the OH group-containing acrylic resin have a mass ratio of nonvolatile matters thereof ranging from 70/30 to 50/50. The colored base coating composition is applied on a substrate made of a nonpolar resin to form a colored base coat, and the coat is dried so that a nonvolatile matter of the coat becomes 70 to 100% by mass. A clear coating composition having a coating viscosity of 15 to 50 mPa·s is applied on the colored base coat to form the clear coat, and the clear coat is irradiated with an active energy ray in an atmosphere having an oxygen content of 5% by mass or less to be cured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicants: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., NIPPON BEE CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihito Noguchi, Takashi Sekiya, Hiroshi Watarai, Sakae Matsui, Makoto Hashimoto, Takashi Morimoto, Manabu Yamaoka
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Publication number: 20080081201Abstract: The present invention provides a resin product which includes a resin base material, a luster metallic coating film provided on the resin base material. The metallic coating film is made of indium, and has a discontinuous structure. The resin product also includes a corrosion-resistant protective film that improves the corrosion resistance of the metallic coating film. The corrosion-resistance of the metallic coating film is made of at least one of a silicon compound, an aluminum compound, a titanium compound, a cerium compound, a zirconium compound, a zinc compound, and a chromium compound, and is provided only in a position under the metallic coating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru Kato, Takayasu Ido, Hiroshi Watarai, Kiyotaka Ito
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Publication number: 20070115167Abstract: A resin product (e.g., a millimeter-wave radar device cover) comprises a plate-like resin substrate, a base film formed on the resin substrate, and a metallic gloss film having a discontinuous structure formed on the base film, a top coat, a block coat, or the like being formed as a protective film on the metal film. The metal film contains a first film having a discontinuous structure obtainable by vacuum deposition of a first metal, a modified surface obtainable by modification of the surface of the first film by bringing the surface into contact with air, and a second film having a discontinuous structure obtainable by vacuum deposition of a second metal on the modified surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Fujii, Chiharu Totani, Hiroshi Watarai, Takayasu Ido
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Publication number: 20070117380Abstract: The present invention provides a metallic coating having a sheen and having a discontinuous structure at high productivity and low cost by using sputtering. A resin product includes a resin base material, and a metallic coating having a sheen and a discontinuous structure that is deposited on the resin base material so as to include a portion in which a high-formation metal that relatively readily forms a discontinuous structure when using vacuum vapor deposition is sputtered, and thereafter, a low-formation metal that does not relatively readily form a discontinuous structure when using vacuum vapor deposition is sputtered. The high-formation metal and the low-formation metal are selected from at least two species of metals whose crystal structures are identical and whose lattice constant difference is within 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Applicants: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., SHINKO NAMEPLATE CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayasu Ido, Hiroshi Watarai, Chiharu Totani, Tetsuya Fujii, Mitsuo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20070098967Abstract: The present invention provides a metallic coating having a sheen and discontinuous structure and a resin product having the metallic coating by using a physical vapor deposition method at high productivity and low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayasu Ido, Hiroshi Watarai
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Publication number: 20060159948Abstract: After a silicatizing flame, a titanium oxidizing flame, or an aluminum oxidizing flame is blown together with an oxidizing flame onto the surface of a resin base material to perform surface modification treatment, dry plating or wet plating is performed on the surface of the resin base material to thereby form a plating film. In the surface modification, in the case of the silicatizing flame, for example, silanol groups are imparted to the surface of the resin base material as polar groups necessary for obtaining adhesion to the plating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Maruoka, Yasuhiko Ogisu, Hiroshi Watarai, Seitaro Taki
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Publication number: 20040077043Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated human dendritic cell membrane molecule having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 which shows a significant increase in expression with the maturation of human dendritic cells (DC), a variant thereof, a DNA encoding the same, and a method for separating or detecting dendritic cells using the membrane molecule or its variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Hiroshi Watarai, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Atsushi Hinohara, Ryusuke Nakagawa, Hiromi Ehara, Naoshi Imai
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Patent number: 6677035Abstract: A paint composition for use in a resin molding product prevents the appearance of coating film sink marks caused by unevenness of the coated surface by incorporating a coloring pigment and an extender pigment into the paint composition. The coloring and extender pigments are present in the paint composition in a total pigment weight concentration (PWC) of less than 30%.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2000Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nippon Bee Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Watarai, Yasuhiko Ogisu, Yasuhiro Nakano, Makoto Hashimoto
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Patent number: 6596069Abstract: A glittering paint, not requiring formation of primer layer and/or clear top coat layer includes a coated film forming polymer, a glittering pigment comprising inorganic powder and a solvent, wherein the coated film forming polymer comprising a pigment carrying polymer, wherein the pigment carrying polymer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 50,000 and a refractive index nD of at least 1.48 as measured by an Abbe refractometer, the coated film forming polymer has an entire weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 50,000, the inorganic powder has an aspect ration of particle length or diameter to particle thickness of at least 50, and the glittering pigment content (PWC) in the coated film is 15 wt % or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Cashew Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayasu Ido, Hiroshi Watarai, Yasuhiko Ogisu, Kenjiro Arai, Kunio Kobiyama, Tsuyoshi Bekki
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Publication number: 20030108751Abstract: In the silver mirror pre-treating step, a tin[II] chloride solution with tin[II] actually serving as a co-catalyst is used for supporting tin[II] on the surface of the basecoat layer in the co-catalyst-supporting step. In the next washing step, the surface of the basecoat layer is washed with water. In the still next catalyst-supporting step, a palladium chloride solution with palladium[II] actually serving as a catalyst is used for supporting palladium[II] on the surface of the basecoat layer. After that, the resulting laminate is washed in the next washing step and then plated through silver mirror reaction in the still next plate layer-forming step.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Inventors: Yukitaka Hasegawa, Yosuke Maruoka, Hiroshi Watarai, Yasuhiko Ogisu