Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nagao
Hitoshi Nagao 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: 11921516Abstract: Provided is a driving assistance system using a magnetic marker capable of providing more pieces of information. In the driving assistance system for assisting driving of a vehicle, a magnetic marker (1) including a magnet sheet (11) serving as a magnetism generating unit which generates a magnetic field and also an RFID tag (15) as an information providing unit which provides information to a vehicle side is laid on a travelling road of the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a magnetic sensor serving as a magnetism detecting unit which magnetically detects the magnetic marker (1) and also a tag reader as an information acquiring unit which acquires the information provided by the RFID tag (15) included in the magnetic marker (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AICHI STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Michiharu Yamamoto, Tomohiko Nagao, Hitoshi Aoyama
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Patent number: 9079773Abstract: There is provided an ozone generating apparatus that requires no use of cooling water, is small in size and easy in maintenance. The ozone generating apparatus includes a ground electrode 1 formed of a substantially cylindrical metal tube, and a high voltage electrode 5 having a substantially cylindrical dielectric body substantially concentrically arranged inside the ground electrode, and having a high voltage applied to an electrically conductive layer 6 formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, in which an oxygen-containing gas is supplied into an electric discharge gap formed between the ground electrode and the high voltage electrode to generate ozone, wherein the ground electrode is formed integrally with plural air cooling fins 2 extending in a longitudinal direction at an outer peripheral side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: TADA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomio Fujita, Hitoshi Nagao, Shiro Yamauchi
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Patent number: 8362252Abstract: The present invention provides a carbostyril compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein A is a direct bond, a lower alkylene group, or a lower alkylidene group; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom; the bond between the 3 and 4 positions of the carbostyril skeleton is a single bond or a double bond; R1 is a hydrogen atom, etc; R2 is a hydrogen atom, etc; and R3 is a hydrogen atom, etc. The carbostyril compound or salt thereof of the present invention induces the production of TFF, and thus is usable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders such as alimentary tract diseases, oral diseases, upper respiratory tract diseases, respiratory tract diseases, eye diseases, cancers, and wounds.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Kuroda, Takahito Yamauchi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Kunio Oshima, Chiharu Kitajima, Hitoshi Nagao, Tae Fukushima, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Hironobu Ishiyama, Kazuhide Ohta, Masaaki Takano, Takumi Sumida
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Publication number: 20120238750Abstract: The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1): [wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group —CH?; R1 represents a group —Z—R6, wherein Z represents a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)—, or the like, and R6 represents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic, or tricyclic, saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms, or sulfur atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a lower alkylene group; Y represents a group —O—, a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)—, a lower alkylene group, or the like; and A represents a group or the like, wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group, or the like, p represents 1 or 2, and R4 represents an imidazolyl lower alkyl group or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Tae FUKUSHIMA, Shuji Matsumura, Noriaki Takemura, Hideaki Satou, Nobuaki Ito, Takuya Shitsuta, Hironori Tsutsui, Michinori Tanaka, Keizo Kan, Hitoshi Nagao, Kenji Watanabe, Kuninori Tai, Takashi Nakagawa, Hideki Takasu, Makoto Sakamoto, Keisuke Miyajima, Satoshi Yamada, Yutaka Kojima, Koichi Yasumura, Naoto Ohi, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Kunihiko Kiyono, Takashi Suzuki, Seiji Akamatsu, Takeshi Kodama, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takumi Sumida
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Patent number: 8188277Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound, which has an excellent effect of suppressing the generation of collagen and less side effects, with being excellent in terms of safety. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1): [wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group —CH?; R1 represents a group —Z—R6, wherein Z represents a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)—, or the like, and R6 represents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic, or tricyclic, saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms, or sulfur atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a lower alkylene group; Y represents a group —O—, a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)—, a lower alkylene group, or the like; and A represents a group or the like, wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group, or the like, p represents 1 or 2, and R4 represents an imidazolyl lower alkyl group or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Fukushima, Shuji Matsumura, Noriaki Takemura, Hideaki Satou, Nobuaki Ito, Takuya Shitsuta, Hironori Tsutsui, Michinori Tanaka, Keizo Kan, Hitoshi Nagao, Kenji Watanabe, Kuninori Tai, Takashi Nakagawa, Hideki Takasu, Makoto Sakamoto, Keisuke Miyajima, Satoshi Yamada, Yutaka Kojima, Koichi Yasumura, Naoto Ohi, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Kunihiko Kiyono, Takashi Suzuki, Seiji Akamatsu, Takeshi Kodama, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takumi Sumida
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Publication number: 20110280774Abstract: There is provided an ozone generating apparatus that requires no use of cooling water, is small in size and easy in maintenance. The ozone generating apparatus includes a ground electrode 1 formed of a substantially cylindrical metal tube, and a high voltage electrode 5 having a substantially cylindrical dielectric body substantially concentrically arranged inside the ground electrode, and having a high voltage applied to an electrically conductive layer 6 formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, in which an oxygen-containing gas is supplied into an electric discharge gap formed between the ground electrode and the high voltage electrode to generate ozone, wherein the ground electrode is formed integrally with plural air cooling fins 2 extending in a longitudinal direction at an outer peripheral side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: TADA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomio Fujita, Hitoshi Nagao, Shiro Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20100261705Abstract: The present invention provides a carbostyril compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein A is a direct bond, a lower alkylene group, or a lower alkylidene group; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom; the bond between the 3 and 4 positions of the carbostyril skeleton is a single bond or a double bond; R1 is a hydrogen atom, etc; R2 is a hydrogen atom, etc; and R3 is a hydrogen atom, etc. The carbostyril compound or salt thereof of the present invention induces the production of TFF, and thus is usable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders such as alimentary tract diseases, oral diseases, upper respiratory tract diseases, respiratory tract diseases, eye diseases, cancers, and wounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Takeshi Kuroda, Takahito Yamauchi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Kunio Oshima, Chiharu Kitajima, Hitoshi Nagao, Tae Fukushima, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Hironobu Ishiyama, Ohta Kazuhide, Masaaki Takano, Takumi Sumida
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Patent number: 7777038Abstract: The present invention provides a carbostyril compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein A is a direct bond, a lower alkylene group, or a lower alkylidene group; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom; the bond between the 3 and 4 positions of the carbostyril skeleton is a single bond or a double bond; R1 is a hydrogen atom, etc; R2 is a hydrogen atom, etc; and R3 is a hydrogen atom, etc. The carbostyril compound or salt thereof of the present invention induces the production of TFF, and thus is usable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders such as alimentary tract diseases, oral diseases, upper respiratory tract diseases, respiratory tract diseases, eye diseases, cancers, and wounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Kuroda, Takahito Yamauchi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Kunio Oshima, Chiharu Kitajima, Hitoshi Nagao, Tae Fukushima, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Hironobu Ishiyama, Kazuhide Ohta, Masaaki Takano, Takumi Sumida
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Patent number: 7575802Abstract: The present invention aims to provide coated printing papers having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint, without stickiness, having good printability such as sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coated papers, as well as having the effect of decomposing harmful substances by exposure to light, especially when using penetration drying type news inks. A coated printing paper is provided, comprising a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, characterized in that a fine titanium oxide powder having a photocatalytic effect is contained in the coating layer and that the coated paper has an oil absorbency of 20 g/m2 or more under pressure and a Bekk smoothness of 75 seconds or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinobu Chatani, Koji Okomori, Hiroshi Koyamoto, Hitoshi Nagao, Hirokazu Morii
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Publication number: 20070270422Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound, which has an excellent effect of suppressing the generation of collagen and less side effects, with being excellent in terms of safety. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1): [wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group —CH?; R1 represents a group -Z-R6, wherein Z represents a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)—, or the like, and R6 represents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic, or tricyclic, saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms, or sulfur atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a lower alkylene group; Y represents a group —O—, a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)—, a lower alkylene group, or the like; and A represents a group or the like, wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group, or the like, p represents 1 or 2, and R4 represents an imidazolyl lower alkyl group or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2005Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Tae Fukushima, Shuji Matsumura, Noriaki Takemura, Hideaki Satou, Nobuaki Ito, Takuya Shitsuta, Hironori Tsutsui, Michinori Tanaka, Keizo Kan, Hitoshi Nagao, Kenji Watanabe, Kuninori Tai, Takashi Nakagawa, Hideki Takasu, Makoto Sakamoto, Keisuke Miyajima, Satoshi Yamada, Yutaka Kojima, Koichi Yasumura, Naoto Ohi, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Kunihiko Kiyono, Takashi Suzuki, Seiji Akamatsu, Takeshi Kodama, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takumi Sumida
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Publication number: 20070179173Abstract: The present invention provides a carbostyril compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein A is a direct bond, a lower alkylene group, or a lower alkylidene group; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom; the bond between the 3 and 4 positions of the carbostyril skeleton is a single bond or a double bond; R1 is a hydrogen atom, etc; R2 is a hydrogen atom, etc; and R3 is a hydrogen atom, etc. The carbostyril compound or salt thereof of the present invention induces the production of TFF, and thus is usable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders such as alimentary tract diseases, oral diseases, upper respiratory tract diseases, respiratory tract diseases, eye diseases, cancers, and wounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Takeshi Kuroda, Takahito Yamauchi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Kunio Oshima, Chiharu Kitajima, Hitoshi Nagao, Tae Fukushima, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Hironobu Ishiyama, Kazuhide Ohta, Masaaki Takano, Takumi Sumida
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Publication number: 20060137841Abstract: The present invention aims to provide coated printing papers having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint, without stickiness, having good printability such as sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coated papers, as well as having the effect of decomposing harmful substances by exposure to light, especially when using penetration drying type news inks. A coated printing paper is provided, comprising a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, characterized in that a fine titanium oxide powder having a photocatalytic effect is contained in the coating layer and that the coated paper has an oil absorbency of 20 g/m2 or more under pressure and a Bekk smoothness of 75 seconds or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Akinobu Chatani, Koji Okomori, Hiroshi Koyamoto, Hitoshi Nagao, Hirokazu Morii