Patents by Inventor Ichiro Fujita
Ichiro Fujita 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: 11926074Abstract: An intermediate base material is provided that is excellent in the conformity to three-dimensional shapes and that, when formed into a fiber reinforced plastic, develops good surface quality and high mechanical properties. According to one aspect, an incised prepreg is provided that has, in at least a partial region in a prepreg that contains unidirectionally oriented reinforcing fibers and a resin, a plurality of incisions that divide reinforcing fibers, wherein, in the case where a population is made up of the numbers of incisions contained in ten small circular regions of 10 mm in diameter randomly selected in the aforementioned region, a mean value for the population is 10 or greater and a coefficient of variation therefor is within 20%.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Yuzo Fujita, Yuta Naito, Ichiro Taketa, Shiori Kawamoto, Yoshitaka Koyama
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Publication number: 20230309458Abstract: Provided is a method for improving the yield of a harvested product of at least one plant selected from the group consisting of plants belonging to the families Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae. A method for cultivating at least one plant selected from the group consisting of plants belonging to the families Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae comprises applying a plant-vitalizing agent comprising an exogenous elicitor and an endogenous elicitor to a young seedling of the plant at least one time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Makoto SAITO, Hiroshi UCHIDA, Ichiro FUJITA, Naoyuki SUGAWARA, Yoshio FUJIWARA, Manabu KUWAJIMA, Hisashi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230263111Abstract: Provided is a method for improving the cotton crop yield. This method for cultivating cotton comprises treating seedlings at least once with a plant activator containing an exogenous elicitor and an endogenous elicitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Makoto SAITO, Hiroshi UCHIDA, Ichiro FUJITA
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Publication number: 20230159402Abstract: The present invention provides a method for efficiently obtaining a fertilizer containing polysaccharide hydrolysates and nutrients such as calcium, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen. The present invention is a method for manufacturing a fertilizer, characterized by comprising: a hydrolysis step for obtaining a mixture including polysaccharide hydrolysates through hydrolysis of polysaccharides using an acid catalyst; and a neutralizing step after the hydrolysis step for adding at least one basic compound selected from the group consisting of potassium salt, phosphate, ammonium salt, and ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi UCHIDA, Ichiro FUJITA, Naoyuki SUGAWARA, Makoto SAITO
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Patent number: 11603447Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a chitin oligomer, including subjecting chitin-containing biomass to partial hydrolysis while pulverizing the chitin-containing biomass with a pulverization apparatus in the co-presence of water and an acid catalyst selected from phosphoric acid, nitrous acid, and an organic acid (Method 1); a method of producing N-acetylglucosamine, including hydrolyzing a chitin oligomer obtained by the Method 1 by adding water thereto, followed by heating (Method 2); and a method of producing a 1-O-alkyl-N-acetylglucosamine, including alcoholyzing a chitin oligomer by adding an alcohol thereto (Method 3).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: SHOWA DENKO K. K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Ichiro Fujita, Atsushi Fukuoka, Hirokazu Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220369568Abstract: Physiological processes in plants are regulated and reinforced, and crop vitality, yield, quality and post-harvesting storage life are improved. A plant vitalizer that includes a cellooligosaccharide is applied to the plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Makoto SAITO, Hiroshi UCHIDA, Hisashi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220369569Abstract: Physiological processes in plants are regulated and reinforced, and crop vitality, yield, quality and post-harvesting storage life are improved. A plant vitalizer containing an amino acid or its salt and an oligosaccharide is applied to plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Makoto SAITO, Hiroshi UCHIDA, Hisashi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220354116Abstract: Physiological processes in plants are regulated and reinforced, and crop vitality, yield, quality and post-harvesting storage life are improved. A plant vitalizer comprising an exogenous elicitor and an endogenous elicitor is applied to plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Makoto SAITO, Hiroshi UCHIDA, Hisashi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220226358Abstract: A mixture of inositol derivatives in which a sugar is bonded to inositol includes an inositol derivative (A10) in which total sugars bonded to one inositol molecule is 10 or more in terms of monosaccharide units. In addition, a mixture of inositol derivatives in which a sugar is bonded to inositol includes 5% by mass or more of an inositol derivative (A7), in which total sugars bonded to one inositol molecule is 7 or more in terms of monosaccharide units, with respect to a total amount of inositol derivatives (100% by mass).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Shinji YAMAKI, Yuko NAKAGAMI
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Patent number: 11384372Abstract: A method for producing an inositol derivative includes a step of reacting inositol and dextrin in the presence of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase to generate an inositol derivative in which a sugar is bonded to the inositol, and to obtain a solution containing the inositol derivative and the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase; and a step of removing the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in the solution using an ultrafiltration membrane, in which a deactivation treatment of the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in the solution is not performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ichiro Fujita, Shinji Yamaki
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Patent number: 11286210Abstract: A joined material and a method of manufacturing the joined material are provided which enable a metal layer and a carbon material layer to be easily joined to each other while making the thickness of the metal layer larger and which can inhibit failure. A joined material includes a CFC layer (3) and a tungsten layer (4) that are joined to each other. A sintered tungsten carbide layer (5), a mixed layer (6) of SiC and WC, and SiC and WC (7) that have been sintered while intruding into the CFC layer (3), are formed between the CFC layer (3) and the tungsten layer (4), and these layers (3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) are joined to each other by sintering.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinari Miyamoto, Ichiro Fujita, Megumu Doi, Taihei Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Okuni, Fumishige Nakamura, Weiwu Chen
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Patent number: 10918585Abstract: Provided is an anti-aging agent for skin which contains, as an active component, an inositol derivative in which a monosaccharide or an oligosaccharide is bonded to inositol, in which a total amount of the monosaccharide or the oligosaccharide bonded to one inositol molecule is 2 or greater in terms of monosaccharide unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Yuko Nakagami, Shinji Yamaki, Ichiro Fujita, Tadashi Yoneda
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Publication number: 20200268780Abstract: A mixture of inositol derivatives in which a sugar is bonded to inositol includes an inositol derivative (A10) in which total sugars bonded to one inositol molecule is 10 or more in terms of monosaccharide units. In addition, a mixture of inositol derivatives in which a sugar is bonded to inositol includes 5% by mass or more of an inositol derivative (A7), in which total sugars bonded to one inositol molecule is 7 or more in terms of monosaccharide units, with respect to a total amount of inositol derivatives (100% by mass).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Shinji YAMAKI, Yuko NAKAGAMI
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Publication number: 20200248219Abstract: A method for producing an inositol derivative includes a step of reacting inositol and dextrin in the presence of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase to generate an inositol derivative in which a sugar is bonded to the inositol, and to obtain a solution containing the inositol derivative and the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase; and a step of removing the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in the solution using an ultrafiltration membrane, in which a deactivation treatment of the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in the solution is not performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Shinji YAMAKI
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Publication number: 20190262902Abstract: A stacking die comprises a stacked multiple stacking plates and a side plate(s) which fixes the multiple stacking plates in a stacked state, wherein at least one or more processing object(s) is retained in a space(s) formed between the multiple stacking plates. Further, surfaces where the stacking plates and the side plate(s) abut each other are preferably tapered so that they form tapered shapes in a direction opposite to the approach direction of the side plate(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Takashi YAMAMOTO, Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Hirofumi EBE, Takaaki KAKIKUBO, Hiroto MAKI, Tomoo TOKUNO, Ichiro FUJITA
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Publication number: 20190136008Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a chitin oligomer, including subjecting chitin-containing biomass to partial hydrolysis while pulverizing the chitin-containing biomass with a pulverization apparatus in the co-presence of water and an acid catalyst selected from phosphoric acid, nitrous acid, and an organic acid (Method 1); a method of producing N-acetylglucosamine, including hydrolyzing a chitin oligomer obtained by the Method 1 by adding water thereto, followed by heating (Method 2); and a method of producing a 1-O-alkyl-N-acetylglucosamine, including alcoholyzing a chitin oligomer by adding an alcohol thereto (Method 3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K. K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Atsushi FUKUOKA, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180362669Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cellooligosaccharide containing an oligomer having a degree of polymerization of from 3 to 6, the method includes performing a reaction involving heating and hydrolyzing plant biomass in coexistence with a carbon catalyst and water under such a condition that a temperature-time product over a range of from 170° C. to 230° C. in a graph for showing a relationship between a reaction temperature on an axis of ordinate and a reaction time on an axis of abscissa is from 80° C.·min to 365° C.·min. The maximum reaction temperature (X) and the retention time (Y) at the maximum reaction temperature satisfy a relationship represented by the following expressions (1) to (3). Y>?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Ichiro FUJITA, Atsushi FUKUOKA, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Abhijit SHROTORI
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Publication number: 20180360719Abstract: Provided is an anti-aging agent for skin which contains, as an active component, an inositol derivative in which a monosaccharide or an oligosaccharide is bonded to inositol, in which a total amount of the monosaccharide or the oligosaccharide bonded to one inositol molecule is 2 or greater in terms of monosaccharide unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Yuko NAKAGAMI, Shinji YAMAKI, Ichiro FUJITA, Tadashi YONEDA
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Publication number: 20180281364Abstract: Provided is a synthetic resin leather having high flexibility and favorable strength, wear resistance with respect to repeated rubbing, and chemical resistance with respect to contact with a human body. A surface treatment agent including a mixture of a polycarbonate urethane and an ester urethane crosslinked with a carbodiimide is applied to a surface side of a film 1 constituted primarily of vinyl chloride resin, in order to form a surface treatment layer 1a having excellent flexibility, wear resistance and oleic acid resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Tomoyuki UEMURA, Yoshinari HATORI, Ichiro FUJITA, Takaji SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9612215Abstract: The invention provides a susceptor capable of obtaining high-quality SiC semiconductor crystals by keeping the Si concentration and C concentration around a wafer constant and by preventing the generation of particles. A susceptor of graphite covered with silicon carbide is characterized in that at least one section of a part on which a wafer is placed is tantalum carbide or a graphite material covered with tantalum carbide. The part on which the wafer is placed may be a detachable member. A material around the part on which the wafer is placed may be a detachable graphite material covered with silicon carbide.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro Fujita, Hirokazu Fujiwara