Patents by Inventor Katsunori Imai

Katsunori Imai 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: 9948198
    Abstract: A resonant inverter includes a first switch element and a second switch element that are alternately turned on and off, a first capacitor and a second capacitor, a first inverter section constituted by the first switch element and the first capacitor, and a second inverter section constituted by the second switch element and the second capacitor. A first coil and the first capacitor constitute a first resonant circuit included in the first inverter section, and the first coil and the second capacitor constitute a second resonant circuit included in the second inverter section, thereby forming a resonant converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori Imai
  • Patent number: 9893647
    Abstract: A resonance inverter includes a first coil provided between an input terminal and a switch element, a first capacitor provided between the drain and the source of the switch element, a second capacitor serially connected between the drain and the source of the switch element, and a second coil. A drain-source voltage of a switch element can be effectively lowered, by setting a serial resonance frequency based on the second coil and the second capacitor to a value higher than twice of a driving frequency, and lower than 2.75 times thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Imai, Kenji Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9812974
    Abstract: A resonant inverter includes an input terminal, a first switch, a second switch, a transformer, a first resonant circuit, and a second resonant circuit. To the input terminal, an input voltage is applied. The first switch and the second switch are alternately turned on and off. The transformer includes a first winding and a second winding on a primary side. The first resonant circuit includes a first capacitive element and a first coil. The second resonant circuit includes a second capacitive element and a second coil. The first switch, the first winding, and the first resonant circuit constitute a first inverter circuit. The second switch, the second winding, and the second resonant circuit constitute a second inverter circuit. The input terminal is connected between the first winding and the second winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori Imai
  • Patent number: 9780693
    Abstract: A resonant inverter includes first and second switches, first and second capacitive elements, a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, and a third capacitive element. The first and second switches are alternately turned on and off. The first and second capacitive elements are connected in parallel to the first switch and the second switch, respectively. The first coil is disposed between the first switch and an input voltage terminal. The second coil is disposed between the second switch and the input voltage terminal. The third coil and a third capacitive element are connected in series to each other and connected in parallel to a series circuit of the first and second coils. The first and second capacitive elements and the first and second coils constitute a plurality of first resonant circuits. The third coil and the third capacitive element constitute a single second resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Katsunori Imai
  • Patent number: 9755533
    Abstract: A resonant inverter is provided that includes a first switch and a second switch alternately turned on and off, a first inverter including the first switch and a first resonant circuit including a first coil and a first capacitor, and a second inverter including the second switch and a second resonant circuit including a second coil and a second capacitor. The first coil, the second coil, and a third capacitor constitute a third resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori Imai
  • Publication number: 20160352235
    Abstract: A resonant inverter is provided that includes a first switch and a second switch alternately turned on and off, a first inverter including the first switch and a first resonant circuit including a first coil and a first capacitor, and a second inverter including the second switch and a second resonant circuit including a second coil and a second capacitor. The first coil, the second coil, and a third capacitor constitute a third resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori IMAI
  • Publication number: 20160352234
    Abstract: A resonant inverter includes a first switch element and a second switch element that are alternately turned on and off, a first capacitor and a second capacitor, a first inverter section constituted by the first switch element and the first capacitor, and a second inverter section constituted by the second switch element and the second capacitor. A first coil and the first capacitor constitute a first resonant circuit included in the first inverter section, and the first coil and the second capacitor constitute a second resonant circuit included in the second inverter section, thereby forming a resonant converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori IMAI
  • Publication number: 20160336865
    Abstract: A resonant inverter includes an input terminal, a first switch, a second switch, a transformer, a first resonant circuit, and a second resonant circuit. To the input terminal, an input voltage is applied. The first switch and the second switch are alternately turned on and off. The transformer includes a first winding and a second winding on a primary side. The first resonant circuit includes a first capacitive element and a first coil. The second resonant circuit includes a second capacitive element and a second coil. The first switch, the first winding, and the first resonant circuit constitute a first inverter circuit. The second switch, the second winding, and the second resonant circuit constitute a second inverter circuit. The input terminal is connected between the first winding and the second winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori IMAI
  • Publication number: 20160241163
    Abstract: A resonant inverter includes first and second switches, first and second capacitive elements, a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, and a third capacitive element. The first and second switches are alternately turned on and off. The first and second capacitive elements are connected in parallel to the first switch and the second switch, respectively. The first coil is disposed between the first switch and an input voltage terminal. The second coil is disposed between the second switch and the input voltage terminal. The third coil and a third capacitive element are connected in series to each other and connected in parallel to a series circuit of the first and second coils. The first and second capacitive elements and the first and second coils constitute a plurality of first resonant circuits. The third coil and the third capacitive element constitute a single second resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori IMAI
  • Publication number: 20160241128
    Abstract: A resonance inverter includes a first coil provided between an input terminal and a switch element, a first capacitor provided between the drain and the source of the switch element, a second capacitor serially connected between the drain and the source of the switch element, and a second coil. A drain-source voltage of a switch element can be effectively lowered, by setting a serial resonance frequency based on the second coil and the second capacitor to a value higher than twice of a driving frequency, and lower than 2.75 times thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: TDK CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori IMAI, Kenji FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9238446
    Abstract: A side airbag device (1) protects the passenger (90) in the lateral space (92). The airbag (10) has an attaching portion (11) attached to a side section (85) of a seat (80), and is folded so as to be able to deploy from the side section (85) toward the lateral space (92). The inflator (2) generates gas and thereby deploys the airbag (10) to a leading end portion (12) in the deployment direction (F). The airbag (10) has a bellows-like folded section in which a part (30) between the leading end portion (12) and the attaching portion (11) is folded in a bellows-like shape. The bellows-like folded section is disposed in front of the attaching portion (11) in the deployment direction (F), and is folded double toward the back of the deployment direction (F) so that a portion (32) close to the attaching portion (11) is positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Katsunori Imai, Kou Sasaki, Yoshitaka Okagami, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9132176
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligopeptides comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the amino acid sequence of selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5 formulated for the treatment or prevention of cancer in a subject. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of inducing immune response using such oligopeptides and pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: OncoTherapy Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Nishimura, Katsunori Imai, Yusuke Nakamura, Takuya Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20150115583
    Abstract: A chamber required to be inflated and deployed at an early stage in an airbag is inflated and deployed in advance so as to protect an occupant at an early stage. An airbag device (1A) is provided with an airbag (10A) which protects an occupant (90) in a vehicle by inflation and deployment by gas, and an inflator (3) which supplies the gas to the airbag (10A). The airbag (10A) has a first chamber (20), a gas distribution port (14) provided in the first chamber (20), and a second chamber (30). The first chamber (20) stores an inflator (3) and is inflated by the gas supplied from the inflator (3). The second chamber (30) surrounds a part of the first chamber (20) including the distribution port (14) and is inflated by the gas supplied from the distribution port (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Katsunori Imai, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20150017193
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligopeptides comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the amino acid sequence of selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5 formulated for the treatment or prevention of cancer in a subject. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of inducing immune response using such oligopeptides and pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuharu NISHIMURA, Katsunori IMAI, Yusuke NAKAMURA, Takuya TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 8883966
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligopeptides comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the amino acid sequence of selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5 formulated for the treatment or prevention of cancer in a subject. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of inducing immune response using such oligopeptides and pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: OncoTherapy Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Nishimura, Katsunori Imai, Yusuke Nakamura, Takuya Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20140300089
    Abstract: A side airbag device (1) protects the passenger (90) in the lateral space (92). The airbag (10) has an attaching portion (11) attached to a side section (85) of a seat (80), and is folded so as to be able to deploy from the side section (85) toward the lateral space (92). The inflator (2) generates gas and thereby deploys the airbag (10) to a leading end portion (12) in the deployment direction (F). The airbag (10) has a bellows-like folded section in which a part (30) between the leading end portion (12) and the attaching portion (11) is folded in a bellows-like shape. The bellows-like folded section is disposed in front of the attaching portion (11) in the deployment direction (F), and is folded double toward the back of the deployment direction (F) so that a portion (32) close to the attaching portion (11) is positioned therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Katsunori Imai, Kou Sasaki, Yoshitaka Okagami, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8528934
    Abstract: Closing movement of at least one of two or more air chambers is started at an early stage, and an inflated air chamber is tightly closed and maintained in an inflated state for a long time. Inside of an airbag is partitioned into air chambers, with a partitioning cloth, and a diffuser that stores a gas generator is disposed in the air chambers, through the partitioning cloth. Gas from a gas generator is rectified by the diffuser, and is supplied from outlet parts, into the air chambers, thereby inflating and deploying the air chambers. An occupant side base cloth, a semi-perimeter portion around the lower outlet part, is connected to a back-side base cloth of the airbag, and in accordance with an inflation of the lower air chamber, a tension is imposed on the occupant side base cloth from the back-side base cloth, thereby elongating the lower air chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayshi, Keita Yamauchi, Katsunori Imai
  • Patent number: 8455444
    Abstract: The present invention provides a peptide of the following (A) or (B): (A) a peptide including an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2; (B) a peptide including an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 1 or 2, wherein one, two, or several amino acid(s) are substituted, deleted, inserted, and/or added, and wherein the peptide has an activity to induce killer T cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Oncotherapy Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Nishimura, Katsunori Imai, Takuya Tsunoda, Yusuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110298201
    Abstract: Closing movement of at least one of two or more air chambers is started at an early stage, and an inflated air chamber is tightly closed and maintained in an inflated state for a long time. Inside of an airbag is partitioned into air chambers, with a partitioning cloth, and a diffuser that stores a gas generator is disposed in the air chambers, through the partitioning cloth. Gas from a gas generator is rectified by the diffuser, and is supplied from outlet parts, into the air chambers, thereby inflating and deploying the air chambers. An occupant side base cloth, a semi-perimeter portion around the lower outlet part, is connected to a back-side base cloth of the airbag, and in accordance with an inflation of the lower air chamber, a tension is imposed on the occupant side base cloth from the back-side base cloth, thereby elongating the lower air chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Keita Yamauchi, Katsunori Imai
  • Publication number: 20110262471
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligopeptides comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the amino acid sequence of selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4 and 5 formulated for the treatment or prevention of cancer in a subject. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of inducing immune response using such oligopeptides and pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: ONCOTHERAPY SCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Nishimura, Katsunori Imai, Yusuke Nakamura, Takuya Tsunoda