Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Miwa
Kazuhiro Miwa 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: 8772277Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having a superior activity as an ERR-? modulator and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of ERR-? associated diseases. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Shigemitsu Matsumoto, Koji Ono, Yusuke Tominari, Taisuke Katoh, Kazuhiro Miwa, Atsushi Hasuoka, Shinichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20140175764Abstract: A damper is provided with a vehicle height control unit including: a jack housing of a hydraulic jack provided at an upper end portion of a vehicle body side tube such that a plunger which defines a jack chamber is fitted on the jack housing so as to be movable up and down; a suspension spring provided between the plunger and a wheel side tube; and a pump housing provided in an upper end portion of a damper cylinder and forming a pump chamber in a hydraulic pump such that a pump pipe forming a part of a piston rod and communicating with an oil chamber in the damper cylinder is slidably inserted into the pump chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke MURAKAMI, Tadashi HACHISUKA, Kazuhiro MIWA
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Publication number: 20140167371Abstract: A vehicle height control device comprises a vehicle height control unit including a jack housing of a hydraulic jack provided at an upper end portion of an inner tube, a suspension spring provided between an upper end of a hollow pipe and a plunger of the hydraulic jack, a pump housing provided at the plunger of the hydraulic jack and forming a pump chamber of a hydraulic pump, and a pump pipe communicating with an oil reservoir chamber on an inner periphery of the hollow pipe and slidably inserted into the pump chamber in the pump housing, and a selector valve controlling the vehicle height by adjusting the amount of hydraulic oil fed to a jack chamber in the hydraulic jack by the hydraulic pump that performs the pumping operation in conjunction with extending and contracting motion of the hollow pipe with respect to the inner tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke MURAKAMI, Tadashi HACHISUKA, Kazuhiro MIWA
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Patent number: 8735401Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkyl; R2 is (1) a 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a hydroxy group, (3?) a C1-4 alkyl and (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy, (2) a phenyl which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a C1-4 alkoxy-C1-4 alkyl, (3?) a mono-C1-4 alkyl-carbamoyl-C1-4 alkyl, (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy and (5?) a mono-C1-4 alkylcarbamoyl-C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; R3 is a C1-4 alkyl; R4 is a C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; or a salt thereof, as a thienopyrimidine compound having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Nobuo Cho, Takashi Imada, Takenori Hitaka, Kazuhiro Miwa, Masami Kusuka, Nobuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 8641022Abstract: In a front fork, a throttle flow path is provided between a hole which is provided in an inner tube and is communicated with an annular gap chamber, and a lower oil chamber in an outer periphery of a hollow pipe.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Inventors: Osamu Nagai, Kazuhiro Miwa
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Patent number: 8577494Abstract: Disclosed herein is technology for, among other things, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and a control system and a control method therefor, by which a target parameter that is measured from a wafer processed with a plurality of processing parameters that are processing conditions of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus to process a wafer, a multiple classification analysis is performed with the plurality of processing parameters and the target parameter to calculate a model formula expressing the target parameter in a selected parameter, a predicted value of the target parameter of the wafer being processed by use of the model formula is calculated, while the processing is being performed, the processing parameters of the processing is modified on the basis of the predicted value, and the processing is continuously performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Spansion LLCInventors: Kazuhiro Miwa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akito Mifune
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Publication number: 20130257011Abstract: A damping force generator for a hydraulic shock absorber featuring an increased deflection (bending) characteristic of a damping valve to widen the adjustable range of a damping force. In a damping force generator (70) for a hydraulic shock absorber, the damping valve (80) undergoes deflections with boundaries (71C) between secured portions (71A) and recessed portions (71B) of the valve seat (71) as supporting points K, and inner and outer peripheries of the damping valve (80) are disposed on an outside of line segments L each connecting two circumferentially adjacent supporting points K, K of the valve seat (71).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke MURAKAMI, Kazuhiro MIWA
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Patent number: 8511562Abstract: The present invention provides a layered two-dimensional code which can be considerably improved in the data capacity thereof without increasing the area thereof by integrating a plurality of two-dimensional codes by a predetermined correlation and expressing it as one two-dimensional code, a method of creating the layered two-dimensional code, and a method of reading the layered two-dimensional code. The layered two-dimensional code is formed as a surface layer by layering a plurality of code layers (for example, code layers 1, 2, and 3) each having information cells (1a?, 1a?, and the like) arranged in a two-dimensional matrix and by integrating the plurality of code layers. An index information code 1c essentially including the information of an RGB value of each code layer is included at one part of the surface layer. When the information cells (1a? and 1a?) of the code layers 1 and 2 are superposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2006Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Content Idea of Asia Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Onoda, Kazuhiro Miwa
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Patent number: 8418932Abstract: A wheel guard apparatus capable of preventing a wheel from derailing and preventing a vehicle from seriously deviating from a track even if the wheel has derailed includes a fixed portion fixed to a railroad tie located between main line rails; a movable portion supported by a rotating shaft provided on the fixed portion and extending in a horizontal direction and configured to be rotatable around the rotating shaft toward a track center side; and a guard rail located at a position separated from the rotating shaft of the movable portion and held to extend in parallel with the main line rail. The guard rail includes an outer stopper portion configured to prevent the wheel from derailing toward an inner side of the main line rail and an inner stopper portion configured to prevent a derailed vehicle from deviating to an outer side of a track.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Central Japan Railway Company, Yamato Trackwork System Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Seki, Kazuhiro Miwa, Tomomi Funada, Hironari Muramatsu, Takaaki Irie, Yoshio Morikawa, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
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Publication number: 20130072467Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having a superior activity as an ERR-? modulator and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of ERR-? associated diseases. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Shigemitsu MATSUMOTO, Koji Ono, Yusuke Tominari, Taisuke Katoh, Kazuhiro Miwa, Atsushi Hasuoka, Shinichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20120071486Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkyl; R2 is (1) a 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a hydroxy group, (3?) a C1-4 alkyl and (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy, (2) a phenyl which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a C1-4 alkoxy-C1-4 alkyl, (3?) a mono-C1-4 alkyl-carbamoyl-C1-4 alkyl, (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy and (5?) a mono-C1-4 alkylcarbamoyl-C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; R3 is a C1-4 alkyl; R4 is a C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; or a salt thereof, as a thienopyrimidine compound having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Nobuo Cho, Takashi Imada, Takenori Hitaka, Kazuhiro Miwa, Masami Kusaka, Nobuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 8058280Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkyl; R2 is (1) a 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a hydroxy group, (3?) a C1-4 alkyl and (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy, (2) a phenyl which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a C1-4 alkoxy-C1-4 alkyl, (3?) a mono-C1-4 alkyl-carbamoyl-C1-4 alkyl, (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy and (5?) a mono-C1-4 alkylcarbamoyl-C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; R3 is a C1-4 alkyl; R4 is a C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; or a salt thereof, as a thienopyrimidine compound having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Nobuo Cho, Takashi Imada, Takenori Hitaka, Kazuhiro Miwa, Masami Kusaka, Nobuhiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110130861Abstract: Disclosed herein is technology for, among other things, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and a control system and a control method therefor, by which a target parameter that is measured from a wafer processed with a plurality of processing parameters that are processing conditions of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus to process a wafer, a multiple classification analysis is performed with the plurality of processing parameters and the target parameter to calculate a model formula expressing the target parameter in a selected parameter, a predicted value of the target parameter of the wafer being processed by use of the model formula is calculated, while the processing is being performed, the processing parameters of the processing is modified on the basis of the predicted value, and the processing is continuously performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Kazuhiro MIWA, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Akito MIFUNE
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Patent number: 7908025Abstract: Disclosed herein is technology for, among other things, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and a control system and a control method therefor, by which a target parameter that is measured from a wafer processed with a plurality of processing parameters that are processing conditions of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus to process a wafer, a multiple classification analysis is performed with the plurality of processing parameters and the target parameter to calculate a model formula expressing the target parameter in a selected parameter, a predicted value of the target parameter of the wafer being processed by use of the model formula is calculated, while the processing is being performed, the processing parameters of the processing is modified on the basis of the predicted value, and the processing is continuously performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Spansion LLCInventors: Kazuhiro Miwa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Akito Mifune
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Publication number: 20110049254Abstract: A wheel guard apparatus capable of preventing a wheel from derailing and preventing a vehicle from seriously deviating from a track even if the wheel has derailed includes a fixed portion fixed to a railroad tie located between main line rails; a movable portion supported by a rotating shaft provided on the fixed portion and extending in a horizontal direction and configured to be rotatable around the rotating shaft toward a track center side; and a guard rail located at a position separated from the rotating shaft of the movable portion and held to extend in parallel with the main line rail. The guard rail includes an outer stopper portion configured to prevent the wheel from derailing toward an inner side of the main line rail and an inner stopper portion configured to prevent a derailed vehicle from deviating to an outer side of a track.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2008Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, YAMATO TRACKWORK SYSTEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Seki, Kazuhiro Miwa, Tomomi Funada, Hironari Muramatsu, Takaaki Irie, Yoshio Morikawa, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
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Publication number: 20100216788Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1a is a hydrogen atom, R2a is a C1-6 alkyl group substituted by a group represented by —NR6a—CO—(CH2)n—SO2— optionally halogenated C1-4 alkyl wherein n is an integer of 1 to 4, R6a is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, and —(CH2)n— is optionally substituted by C1-4 alkyl, R3a is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group, R4a is a halogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group, R5a is a halogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group, and Xa is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, or a salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has a superior tyrosine kinase inhibitory action, is highly safe, and is sufficiently satisfactory as a pharmaceutical product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Miwa, Masaki Seto, Hiroshi Banno, Youichi Kawakita
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Patent number: 7569570Abstract: The present invention provides a thienopyrimidine compound, represented by the formula [wherein, R1 is C1-4 alkyl, R2 is (1) phenyl optionally having a substituent such as amino, mono C1-4 alkylamino and di C1-4 alkylamino, or (2) a heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent such as amino, mono C1-4 alkylamino and di C1-4 alkylamino and the like, R3 is a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R4 is C1-4 alkyl optionally having a substituent such as C1-4 alkoxy-carbonyl, carboxyl, mono C1-4 alkylamino and N—C1-4 alkyl-N—C7-10 aralkylamino and the like] or a salt thereof, which has antagonistic action for gonadotropin-releasing hormone.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Shuichi Furuya, Takashi Imada, Takenori Hitaka, Kazuhiro Miwa, Masami Kusaka, Nobuhiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090166418Abstract: The present invention provides a layered two-dimensional code which can be considerably improved in the data capacity thereof without increasing the area thereof by integrating a plurality of two-dimensional codes by a predetermined correlation and expressing it as one two-dimensional code, a method of creating the layered two-dimensional code, and a method of reading the layered two-dimensional code. The layered two-dimensional code is formed as a surface layer by layering a plurality of code layers (for example, code layers 1, 2, and 3) each having information cells (1a?, 1a?, and the like) arranged in a two-dimensional matrix and by integrating the plurality of code layers. An index information code 1c essentially including the information of an RGB value of each code layer is included at one part of the surface layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: CONTENT IDEA OF ASIA CO LTDInventors: Tatsuya Onoda, Kazuhiro Miwa
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Publication number: 20090057420Abstract: The present invention relates to a clear two-dimensional code which can be merged with an image without giving a user a feeling of disorder when the clear two-dimensional code is attached to the image and in which a readable situation and the like can be arbitrarily set; an article having the clear two-dimensional code attached thereto; a method for printing the two-dimensional code; and a method for displaying the two-dimensional code. Base cells and data cells are arranged in a matrix, and either the base cells or the data cells are clear. The clear two-dimensional code can be read only when a color shown on the clear cells consisting of either the base cells or the data cells and a color shown or non-clear cells consisting of either the base cells or the data cells have a contrast which can be read by a code recognition apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2005Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Content Idea of Asia Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Onoda, Kazuhiro Miwa
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Publication number: 20080108623Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkyl; R2 is (1) a 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a hydroxy group, (3?) a C1-4 alkyl and (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy, (2) a phenyl which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a C1-4 alkoxy-C1-4 alkyl, (3?) a mono-C1-4 alkyl-carbamoyl-C1-4 alkyl, (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy and (5?) a mono-C1-4 alkylcarbamoyl-C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; R3 is a C1-4 alkyl; R4 is a C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; or a salt thereof, as a thienopyrimidine compound having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Nobuo Cho, Takashi Imada, Takenori Hitaka, Kazuhiro Miwa, Masami Kusaka, Nobuhiro Suzuki