Patents by Inventor Isao Abe

Isao Abe 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: 11955261
    Abstract: A specific depth at which a concentration of Fe reaches 10 at % is 18 nm or more and 500 nm or less from the first surface, and from the first surface to the specific depth, the concentration of Fe is less than 10 at %, and a positive increase region is present in which the concentration of Fe increases with a substantially positive concentration gradient, in a case where the concentration of Fe is measured in a depth direction from a first surface of a ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyotaro Abe, Isao Nakahata, Takuya Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 9677106
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly comprising the step of reacting Val-Gly with a ?-glutamyl group donor in the presence of a ?-glutamyltransferase, a microorganism containing the enzyme, or a processed product thereof to generate ?-Glu-Val-Gly, wherein the ?-glutamyltransferase consists of a large subunit and a small subunit, and the small subunit has a specific mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nozaki, Isao Abe, Jun Takakura, Rie Takeshita, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shunichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9580696
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly comprising the step of reacting Val-Gly with a ?-glutamyl group donor in the presence of a ?-glutamyltransferase, a microorganism containing the enzyme, or a processed product thereof to generate ?-Glu-Val-Gly, wherein the ?-glutamyltransferase consists of a large subunit and a small subunit, and the small subunit has a specific mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nozaki, Isao Abe, Jun Takakura, Rie Takeshita, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shunichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9551411
    Abstract: A seal member is attached to a cover which occludes a gear case as a housing unit. The seal member is formed of elastomer and integrally formed with: a plate-shaped portion formed into a disc shape which covers the inner surface of the cover; an inner seal portion which is positioned on the inner peripheral edge of a through-hole, and comes into sliding contact with the outer peripheral surface of an output member; an outer seal portion which is positioned on the periphery of the cover, and comes into contact with the opening end of the housing unit; and anchor portions which latch onto the front surface of the cover via mounting holes provided to the cover. The boundary between the seal member and the cover extends only to the outside of the gear case, and does not extend to the inside of the gear case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Suto, Yuichi Takamura, Masaki Mita, Hiroyuki Uchimura, Isao Abe, Makoto Ogiwara, Naruhito Ogino, Yukio Okada, Junichi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20160355861
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly comprising the step of reacting Val-Gly with a ?-glutamyl group donor in the presence of a ?-glutamyltransferase, a microorganism containing the enzyme, or a processed product thereof to generate ?-Glu-Val-Gly, wherein the ?-glutamyltransferase consists of a large subunit and a small subunit, and the small subunit has a specific mutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NOZAKI, Isao Abe, Jun Takakura, Rie Takeshita, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shunichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9325005
    Abstract: A lithium nickel composite oxide, having small inner resistance, large battery capacity and high thermal stability, can be used as a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode active material is composed of the lithium nickel composite oxide of LibNi1-aMaO2 (wherein M represents at least one element selected from a transition metal element other than Ni, the second group element and the thirteenth group element; a satisfies 0.01?a?0.5; and b satisfies 0.9?b?1.1). This is obtained by filtering and drying the fired powder after water washing, wherein it is dried at 90° C. or lower, till moisture is reduced to 1% or less by mass in drying, and then at 120° C., and under gas atmosphere where content of compound components containing carbon is 0.01% or less by volume, or under vacuum atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Isao Abe, Yutaka Kawatate, Norihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Arimoto
  • Publication number: 20160033027
    Abstract: A seal member is attached to a cover which occludes a gear case as a housing unit. The seal member is formed of elastomer and integrally formed with: a plate-shaped portion formed into a disc shape which covers the inner surface of the cover; an inner seal portion which is positioned on the inner peripheral edge of a through-hole, and comes into sliding contact with the outer peripheral surface of an output member; an outer seal portion which is positioned on the periphery of the cover, and comes into contact with the opening end of the housing unit; and anchor portions which latch onto the front surface of the cover via mounting holes provided to the cover. The boundary between the seal member and the cover extends only to the outside of the gear case, and does not extend to the inside of the gear case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Masashi Suto, Yuichi Takamura, Masaki Mita, Hiroyuki Uchimura, Isao Abe, Makoto Ogiwara, Naruhito Ogino, Yukio Okada, Junichi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 9242868
    Abstract: A process for separating monosilane from a mixture comprising monosilane and chlorosilanes comprising: a) Introducing mixture to a condenser (3) for separating lower-boiling chlorosilanes—containing monosilane from higher-boiling chlorosilanes enriched condensates; b) Collecting said higher-boiling condensates, in a condensate buffer (19) connected to the aforesaid condenser (3) by a condensate feed pipe (8); c) Sending higher-boiling chlorosilanes enriched condensates from the aforesaid condensate buffer (19) into a subcooler (21) which is installed on a reflux feed line (7) connected to the upper portion of a chlorosilane absorber (20); d) Feeding lower-boiling chlorosilanes—containing monosilane to the aforesaid chlorosilane absorber (20) for separating monosilane; e) Extracting monosilane—rich gas from the upper portion of the aforesaid chlorosilane absorber (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Isao Abe, Shinji Tomita
  • Patent number: 9188214
    Abstract: A seal member is attached to a cover which occludes a gear case as a housing unit. The seal member is formed of elastomer and integrally formed with: a plate-shaped portion formed into a disc shape which covers the inner surface of the cover; an inner seal portion which is positioned on the inner peripheral edge of a through-hole, and comes into sliding contact with the outer peripheral surface of an output member; an outer seal portion which is positioned on the periphery of the cover, and comes into contact with the opening end of the housing unit; and anchor portions which latch onto the front surface of the cover via mounting holes provided to the cover. The boundary between the seal member and the cover extends only to the outside of the gear case, and does not extend to the inside of the gear case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Suto, Yuichi Takamura, Masaki Mita, Hiroyuki Uchimura, Isao Abe, Makoto Ogiwara, Naruhito Ogino, Yukio Okada, Junichi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 9107323
    Abstract: A bandpass filter module includes a mounting board and a BPF chip mounted on a surface thereof. The BPF chip includes three or more resonators; a first-stage resonator located closest to an input terminal, a final-stage resonator located closest to an output terminal, and a middle-stage resonator connected between the first-stage and the final-stage resonators and located in a chip middle zone. The mounting board includes an area overlapping with the chip middle zone, viewed in plan, defining a ground-free space in which no ground electrode is disposed. The ground-free space is formed at least from the surface of the mounting board to a depth position at which a topmost internal wiring layer is located. The middle-stage resonator is prevented from being coupled to ground electrodes on the mounting board and from a lower Q-value and increased insertion loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Tomaki, Yoshikazu Tsuya, Masamichi Tanaka, Isao Abe
  • Patent number: 8952767
    Abstract: A bandpass filter includes a layered structure including a plurality of stacked dielectric layers, and first to third resonators provided within the layered structure. In terms of circuit configuration, the second resonator is located between the first and third resonators. The first resonator includes a first inductor and a first capacitor. The second resonator includes a second inductor and a second capacitor. The third resonator includes a third inductor and a third capacitor. The second inductor is disposed at a position different from that of each of the first and third inductors in the stacking direction of the dielectric layers. The second inductor is lower in inductance than the first and third inductors. The second capacitor is higher in capacitance than the first and third capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Eiko Wakata, Shigemitsu Tomaki, Isao Abe
  • Patent number: 8922304
    Abstract: A laminated electronic device comprises two or more wiring layers including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer, an insulating layer interposed between the first wiring layer and second wiring layer, and a through conductor extending through the insulating layer for electrically connecting a first conductor disposed on the first wiring layer to a second conductor disposed on the second wiring layer. The through conductor includes divergent sections at both ends, which have a diameter gradually increased toward the first conductor or second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunari Kimura, Junichi Nakamura, Takeshi Kijima, Isao Abe, Takahiro Suzuki, Toshiaki Araki
  • Patent number: 8913191
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first determination unit that determines whether an external apparatus can transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus, a device information acquisition unit that acquires the device information from the external apparatus even when the first determination unit determines that the external apparatus cannot transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus, a second determination unit that determines whether the device information acquired from the external apparatus is correct, and a communication unit that transmits video data corresponding to the device information to the external apparatus if the second determination unit determines that the device information is correct even when the first determination unit determines that the external apparatus cannot transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Abe, Tatsuya Kimoto
  • Patent number: 8887211
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first communication unit that includes a first connector, a second communication unit that includes a second connector, and a control unit that controls not to set the second communication unit to one of a first mode and a second mode based on a predetermined device connected to the first connector, wherein the first mode is used for transmitting video data, and the second mode is different from the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Ogaki, Tatsuya Kimoto, Isao Abe
  • Patent number: 8871168
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing monosilane by means of an apparatus comprising a reaction column, at least two upper condensers each with a reflux feed pipe, a bottom reboiler and an evaporation tank connected to a bottom portion of the reaction column; the process comprising: a) supplying dichlorosilane or a mixture of chlorosilanes to an upper stage of the reaction column via an upper feed injection point b) supplying a catalyst to said upper stage of the reaction column via a lower injection point c) introducing the resultant mixture from the top portion of the reaction column to the plurality of upper condensers d) separating monosilane from condensates in the upper condensers e) recycling the condensates through the reflux feed pipes to the upper stage of the reaction column f) bringing the condensates into contact with the catalyst in the reaction column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Isao Abe, Jérôme Beauvisage, Shinji Tomita
  • Patent number: 8864925
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated electronic part includes fabricating first and second laminated sheets by laminating an insulating function layer made of an unsintered ceramic material and a conductor layer, having a plurality of conductors two-dimensionally arranged in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction to make up part of circuit components; cutting the first and second laminated sheets into sticks to create a plurality of first and second laminate sticks; fabricating a third laminated sheet by rotating the second laminate sticks by 90°, arranging the second laminate sticks to be each sandwiched between the first laminate sticks, and thermocompression bonding them for integration; singulating the third laminated sheet into chips and creating sintered bodies by sintering the unsintered chips to integrate the first laminate with the second laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunari Kimura, Misaki Tabata, Shigemitsu Tomaki, Akira Nakamura, Isao Abe, Noriyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140212920
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-Glu-Val-Gly comprising the step of reacting Val-Gly with a ?-glutamyl group donor in the presence of a ?-glutamyltransferase, a microorganism containing the enzyme, or a processed product thereof to generate ?-Glu-Val-Gly, wherein the ?-glutamyltransferase consists of a large subunit and a small subunit, and the small subunit has a specific mutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NOZAKI, Isao Abe, Jun Takakura, Rie Takeshita, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shunichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8753841
    Abstract: DNA and recombinant DNA that encode a peptide-forming enzyme, a method for producing a peptide-forming enzyme, and a method for producing a dipeptide are disclosed. A method for producing a dipeptide includes producing a dipeptide from a carboxy component and an amine component by using a culture of a microbe belonging to the genus Sphingobacterium and having the ability to form the dipeptide from the carboxy component and the amine component, a microbial cell separated from the culture, treated microbial cell product of the microbe or a peptide-forming enzyme derived from the microbe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichi Hara, Kenzo Yokozeki, Isao Abe, Naoto Tonouchi, Yasuko Jojima
  • Patent number: 8692892
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes: a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via a first transmission line and a second transmission line. The control unit determines whether or not the communication unit is in a predetermined state, in a case where the operation mode of the image capture apparatus changed to either a playback mode or an image capture mode. The control unit does not execute a connecting process in a case where the communication unit is in the predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kimoto, Isao Abe
  • Patent number: 8619193
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via communication lines that conform to HDMI standard. The first determination unit determines whether the first data indicating that the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit to the external apparatus is detected by the communication unit has received via a CEC line. The second determination unit determines whether a second data indicating that the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit to the external apparatus is detected by the communication via a TMDS line. The control unit determines whether to transmit video data to the external apparatus based on at least one of a determination result obtained by the first determination unit and a determination result obtained by the second determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kimoto, Isao Abe