Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Matsushita

Hitoshi Matsushita 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).

  • Publication number: 20220117944
    Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kengo MATSUMOTO, Minoru OKADA, Yohei YUKI, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Naohiko KANAI
  • Patent number: 11049688
    Abstract: A charged particle beam irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an optical column; a stage; a mount supporting the stage; a chamber provided on the mount and supporting the optical column; a detector configured to detect movement of the stage; actuator units each including a curved plate, a piezoelectric element, and a connector connected configured to transmit a first force generated by a change of the curvature of the curved plate to the mount; and an actuator control circuit configured to control the voltage applied to the piezoelectric element of each of the actuator units based on movement information, so that the first force is transmitted from the actuator units to the mount against a second force acting on the mount due to the movement of the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michihiro Kawaguchi, Kiminobu Akeno, Keita Ideno, Kota Iwasaki, Keisuke Goto, Kiyoshi Nakaso, Shintaro Yamamoto, Hitoshi Matsushita, Ryota Inoue, Yuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200171006
    Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kengo MATSUMOTO, Minoru OKADA, Yohei YUKI, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Naohiko KANAI
  • Publication number: 20200105499
    Abstract: A charged particle beam irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an optical column; a stage; a mount supporting the stage; a chamber provided on the mount and supporting the optical column; a detector configured to detect movement of the stage; actuator units each including a curved plate, a piezoelectric element, and a connector connected configured to transmit a first force generated by a change of the curvature of the curved plate to the mount; and an actuator control circuit configured to control the voltage applied to the piezoelectric element of each of the actuator units based on movement information, so that the first force is transmitted from the actuator units to the mount against a second force acting on the mount due to the movement of the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michihiro KAWAGUCHI, Kiminobu AKENO, Keita IDENO, Kota IWASAKI, Keisuke GOTO, Kiyoshi NAKASO, Shintaro YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Ryota INOUE, Yuki FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10607810
    Abstract: The vibration control system configured to control vibration of a vibration-controlled object is disclosed. The vibration control system comprises: (i) actuator units each including a piezoelectric element configured to expand and contract; (ii) a drive power source configured to supply drive voltages to the piezoelectric elements of the actuator units for causing the piezoelectric elements to expand and contract; (iii) a vibration detector configured to detect a status of vibration of the vibration-controlled object; and (iv) a vibration controller configured to control the vibration of the vibration-controlled object by controlling the voltages supplied by the drive power source to the piezoelectric elements of the actuator units based on the status of vibration detected by the vibration detector, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michihiro Kawaguchi, Kiminobu Akeno, Kiyoshi Nakaso, Keita Ideno, Shintaro Yamamoto, Keisuke Goto, Hitoshi Matsushita, Hirokazu Yoshioka, Ryouta Inoue, Yuuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10588893
    Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Murakami, Hitoshi Matsushita, Kengo Matsumoto, Minoru Okada, Yohei Yuki, Noriyuki Koyama, Naohiko Kanai
  • Publication number: 20190214224
    Abstract: The vibration control system configured to control vibration of a vibration-controlled object is disclosed. The vibration control system comprises: (i) actuator units each including a piezoelectric element configured to expand and contract; (ii) a drive power source configured to supply drive voltages to the piezoelectric elements of the actuator units for causing the piezoelectric elements to expand and contract; (iii) a vibration detector configured to detect a status of vibration of the vibration-controlled object; and (iv) a vibration controller configured to control the vibration of the vibration-controlled object by controlling the voltages supplied by the drive power source to the piezoelectric elements of the actuator units based on the status of vibration detected by the vibration detector, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michihiro Kawaguchi, Kiminobu Akeno, Kiyoshi Nakaso, Keita Ideno, Shintaro Yamamoto, Keisuke Goto, Hitoshi Matsushita, Hirokazu Yoshioka, Ryouta Inoue, Yuuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20190000810
    Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kengo MATSUMOTO, Minoru OKADA, Yohei YUKI, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Naohiko KANAI
  • Patent number: 10088123
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting sections. A first light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer, and a second light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer. The first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and the second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer are provided in a plurality of locations such that the fluorescent-substance-containing resin layers for the different light-emitting sections are adjacently arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Makoto Agatani, Toyonori Uemura, Shinya Ishizaki, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20170175972
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting sections. A first light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer, and a second light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer. The first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and the second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer are provided in a plurality of locations such that the fluorescent-substance-containing resin layers for the different light-emitting sections are adjacently arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Toshio HATA, Makoto AGATANI, Toyonori UEMURA, Shinya ISHIZAKI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 9666769
    Abstract: A substrate-type LED light source (10) includes: at least one blue LED chip (2) which has an emission peak in a range from 400 nm to 480 nm so as to correspond to a blue light region absorption peak of chlorophyll; a red phosphor (7b) which emit, upon receiving excitation light from the at least one blue LED chip (2), light having a peak wavelength in a range from 620 nm to 700 nm so as to correspond to a red light region absorption peak of chlorophyll; and a resin layer (7) in which the red phosphor 7b is dispersed and which covers the at least one blue LED chip (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Osaki, Toyonori Uemura, Toshio Hata, Tomokazu Nada, Tatsuya Morioka, Makoto Matsuda, Shinya Ishizaki, Makoto Agatani, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9611985
    Abstract: The light-emitting device (100) includes a substrate (101) and a plurality of light-emitting sections. A first light-emitting section is made up of LED chips (102) and a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (107), and a second light-emitting section is made up of LED chips (102) and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (108). The first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (107) and the second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (108) are provided in a plurality of locations such that the fluorescent-substance-containing resin layers for the different light-emitting sections are adjacently arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Makoto Agatani, Toyonori Uemura, Shinya Ishizaki, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9496463
    Abstract: A phosphor as a divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor which is a ?-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula (A): EuaSibAlcOdNe (where a, b, c, d, and e are numbers satisfying 0.005?a?0.4, b+c=12, and d+e=16), and having an average particle size (d1) (determined by an air permeability method) of 9 to 16 ?m, a median diameter (50% D) in particle size distribution of 12.5 to 35 ?m, 50% D/d1 of 1.4 to 2.2, and an absorptance at 600 nm of not more than 8.0%, and a light emitting apparatus, a BL light source apparatus, and a liquid crystal display device using the same are provided, to provide a light emitting apparatus with a high efficiency and a stable characteristic and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the same by using the ?-type SiAlON having controlled dispersibility and improved transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: GE PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masamichi Harada, Hitoshi Matsushita, Kenji Terashima
  • Patent number: 9400088
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) includes (i) a surface-mounted light emitting section (10a), (ii) a lens section (30) which is provided on a light exit side of the surface-mount light emitting section (10a), and (iii) a frame section (40) which fixes a periphery of the lens section (30). In the surface-mounted light emitting section (10a), a resin layer (17) that contains a red fluorescent material (17b) covers at least one (1) blue LED chip (14a). This allows the surface-mounted light emitting section (10a) to emit (i) light that matches a peak wavelength which falls within a short wavelength range and (ii) light that matches a peak wavelength which falls within a long wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Shinji Osaki, Toyonori Uemura, Shinya Ishizaki, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8827495
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes: a substrate which has a single layer structure in which a conductive member is partially provided on a surface of the substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements which are directly provided on the surface of the substrate so as to be electrically connected with the conductive member; a first light reflection resin layer; a second light reflection resin layer which is provided in a looped shape on the surface of the substrate so as to surround an area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided; and a sealing resin which covers the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Ishizaki, Tomokazu Nada, Makoto Agatani, Makoto Matsuda, Shinji Osaki, Tatsuya Morioka, Hitoshi Matsushita, Toyonori Uemura, Toshio Hata
  • Publication number: 20140240976
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) includes (i) a surface-mounted light emitting section (10a), (ii) a lens section (30) which is provided on a light exit side of the surface-mount light emitting section (10a), and (iii) a frame section (40) which fixes a periphery of the lens section (30). In the surface-mounted light emitting section (10a), a resin layer (17) that contains a red fluorescent material (17b) covers at least one (1) blue LED chip (14a). This allows the surface-mounted light emitting section (10a) to emit (i) light that matches a peak wavelength which falls within a short wavelength range and (ii) light that matches a peak wavelength which falls within a long wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Shinji Osaki, Toyonori Uemura, Shinya Ishizaki, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140218658
    Abstract: A phosphor as a divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor which is a ?-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula (A): EuaSibAleOdNe (where a, b, c, d, and e are numbers satisfying 0.005?a?0.4, b+c=12, and d+e=16), and having an average particle size (d1) (determined by an air permeability method) of 9 to 16 ?m, a median diameter (50% D) in particle size distribution of 12.5 to 35 ?m, 50% D/d1 of 1.4 to 2.2, and an absorptance at 600 nm of not more than 8.0%, and a light emitting apparatus, a BL light source apparatus, and a liquid crystal display device using the same are provided, to provide a light emitting apparatus with a high efficiency and a stable characteristic and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the same by using the ?-type SiAlON having controlled dispersibility and improved transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu MASUDA, Masamichi HARADA, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kenji TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8709283
    Abstract: A phosphor as a divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor which is a ?-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula (A): EuaSibAlcOdNe (where a, b, c, d, and e are numbers satisfying 0.005?a?0.4, b+c=12, and d+e=16), and having an average particle size (d1) (determined by an air permeability method) of 9 to 16 ?m, a median diameter (50% D) in particle size distribution of 12.5 to 35 ?m, 50% D/d1 of 1.4 to 2.2, and an absorptance at 600 nm of not more than 8.0%, and a light emitting apparatus, a BL light source apparatus, and a liquid crystal display device using the same are provided, to provide a light emitting apparatus with a high efficiency and a stable characteristic and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the same by using the ?-type SiAlON having controlled dispersibility and improved transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masamichi Harada, Hitoshi Matsushita, Kenji Terashima
  • Publication number: 20140103797
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes: a substrate which has a single layer structure in which a conductive member is partially provided on a surface of the substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements which are directly provided on the surface of the substrate so as to be electrically connected with the conductive member; a first light reflection resin layer; a second light reflection resin layer which is provided in a looped shape on the surface of the substrate so as to surround an area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided; and a sealing resin which covers the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHI
    Inventors: Shinya ISHIZAKI, Tomokazu NADA, Makoto AGATANI, Makoto MATSUDA, Shinji OSAKI, Tatsuya MORIOKA, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Toyonori UEMURA, Toshio HATA
  • Publication number: 20140098529
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting sections. A first light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer, and a second light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer. The first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and the second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer are provided in a plurality of locations such that the fluorescent-substance-containing resin layers for the different light-emitting sections are adjacently arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Makoto Agatani, Toyonori Uemura, Shinya Ishizaki, Hitoshi Matsushita