Patents by Inventor Kenji Kawashima

Kenji Kawashima 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123371
    Abstract: Provided is an extraction column (1) including a first column (10) having an adsorbent layer (100) and a second column (20) detachably coupled to the first column (10) and filled with a trapping layer (200) containing zirconium oxide in a powder grain form. After a solution containing an organic halogen compound and an impurity has been added to the adsorbent layer (100), an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent is supplied to and passes through the adsorbent layer (100) and the trapping layer (200) in this order. At this point, the impurity in the solution is treated in the adsorbent layer (100), and the organic halogen compound in the solution is dissolved in the aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent and passes through the adsorbent layer (100). Then, the organic halogen compound is trapped in the trapping layer (200). After passage of the aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, an extraction solvent is supplied to the second column (20) separated from the first column (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayato KAWASHIMA, Kenji INABA, Yuka MAKITA, Yuko MATSUDAIRA
  • Publication number: 20240101483
    Abstract: To provide at least one of: a powder composition from which a calcined body with similar processability can be produced without requiring the application of different forming conditions and calcination conditions for each composition; a method for producing the powder composition; a calcined body produced from the powder composition; a method for producing the calcined body; and uses thereof. A powder composition including: two or more types of zirconia in which a lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved; a transition metal element other than zirconium and hafnium; and a remainder composed of zirconia stabilized only by one or more selected from the group consisting of yttrium, calcium and magnesium, wherein a different lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved in each zirconia in which the lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved, and a transition metal element content is 1500 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho AZECHI, Yuki USHIO, Takahiro SHIMIZU, Yuya HIGUCHI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI, Kenji IMAI, Risa KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11806614
    Abstract: A manipulation input device includes: a manipulation button having a support rotatable about a rotation center line when a side of the manipulation button is pushed by a user in a push direction, and having a contact portion on an opposite side to the side pushed by the user; an actuator having a support rotatable about the rotation center line, and having a post that engages the contact portion and applies a force to the manipulation button in an opposite direction to the push direction; and a rack disposed on the actuator, which includes teeth located along an arc at a radial distance from the center line, where the teeth and engaged by and receive controlled drive from a rotating drive gear, thereby controlling the rotation of the actuator about the rotation center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Ryo Fukikoshi, Masaho Morita
  • Publication number: 20230173378
    Abstract: Noise is prevented from occurring in voice data acquired by a microphone due to an operation of an input stick. An input device (10) includes an upper cabinet section (41) having an opening formed therein, an input button (35) that is positioned inside the opening and is movable in an upward-downward direction, an elastic member that biases the input button (35) toward an initial position of the input button (35), and a buffer member (37). The input button (35) has a stopped portion (35b, 35c) for preventing the input button (35) from popping out of the opening. The buffer member (37) is made of a material different from a material of the upper cabinet section (41) and from a material of the input button (35) and has a stopper portion (37a, 37b) positioned between an inner edge of the opening of the upper cabinet section (51) and the stopped portion (35b, 35c) of the input button (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaho MORITA, Kenji KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220401828
    Abstract: A manipulation input device includes: a manipulation button having a support rotatable about a rotation center line when a side of the manipulation button is pushed by a user in a push direction, and having a contact portion on an opposite side to the side pushed by the user; an actuator having a support rotatable about the rotation center line, and having a post that engages the contact portion and applies a force to the manipulation button in an opposite direction to the push direction; and a rack disposed on the actuator, which includes teeth located along an arc at a radial distance from the center line, where the teeth and engaged by and receive controlled drive from a rotating drive gear, thereby controlling the rotation of the actuator about the rotation center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Ryo Fukikoshi, Masaho Morita
  • Publication number: 20220305375
    Abstract: An improvement is achieved in workability in an operation of assembling an operation input device having a function of applying a reaction force in response to a movement of an operation button. An input device (100) has an operation button (20), a movable member (30) capable of pushing the operation button (20) toward an initial position, and an electric motor (35) that moves the movable member (30). The input device (100) has a holder (40) that holds the electric motor (35). The holder (40) supports the operation button (20) and the movable member (30) so as to permit movement of the operation button (20) and the movable member (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaho Morita, Ryo Fukikoshi, Kenji Kawashima, Takeshi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20220307393
    Abstract: A scavenging pump is utilized to draw oils from a catch tank that collects the oils supplied to components to an oil pan that reserves therein the oils. The scavenging pump includes gears to draw the oils, and a housing that stores therein the gears. An oil receiving portion capable of receiving the oils injected from the exterior is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and an oil introducing hole that introduces the oils injected to the oil receiving portion into the interior is opened at a position continuous from a lower part of the oil receiving portion and facing the gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujii, Yuu Hirayama, Kenji Kawashima, Masako Masuda, Atsushi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11439897
    Abstract: Sliding movements between a button drive member and a manipulation button are reduced in a manipulation input device having a function of providing the haptic sense. Manipulation buttons (20R, 20L) individually have contact portions (20b) on sides opposite to sides to be pushed by a user, and are movable about rotation center lines (Ax1). Actuators (30R, 30L) and (230) have button drive members (31, 231) that contact the contact portions (20b) of the manipulation buttons (20L, 20R), and apply, to the manipulation buttons (20L, 20R), forces in opposite directions to directions in which the manipulation buttons (20L, 20R) are pushed. In addition, the actuators (30R, 30L, 230) have guides (34a, 234a) that define the directions in which the button drive members (31, 231) move, and the button drive members (31, 231) are slidable along the guides (34a, 234a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Ryo Fukikoshi, Masaho Morita
  • Publication number: 20220270794
    Abstract: A polycrystalline bulk body of this invention has uniformity in superconducting properties, in comparison to a polycrystalline bulk body including crystal grains each constituted by (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2. A polycrystalline bulk body (1) of this invention includes crystal grains each constituted by an iron-based compound (10) expressed by chemical formula AA?Fe4As4, where A is Ca and A? is K, the iron-based compound (10) having a crystal structure in which AFe2As2 layers (16) and A?Fe2As2 layers (17) are alternately stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hiraku OGINO, Shigeyuki ISHIDA, PavanKumarNaik SUGALI, Hiroshi EISAKI, Akira IYO, Kenji KAWASHIMA, Yoshihisa KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 11186588
    Abstract: The 6H-thieno[2,3-e][1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-c][1,2,4]triazepine derivatives or salts thereof of the present invention have BRD4 inhibitory activity, and thus, they are useful as medicaments, in particular, as prophylaxis and/or therapeutic agents for diseases associated with BRD4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: AYUMI PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Aono, Iwao Seki, Miwa Imamura, Tomomi Tanaka, Satoshi Shirae, Kenji Kawashima, Yusuke Yamazaki, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210130367
    Abstract: The 6H-thieno[2,3-e][1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-c][1,2,4]triazepine derivatives or salts thereof of the present invention have BRD4 inhibitory activity, and thus, they are useful as medicaments, in particular, as prophylaxis and/or therapeutic agents for diseases associated with BRD4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: AYUMI PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AONO, Iwao SEKI, Miwa IMAMURA, Tomomi TANAKA, Satoshi SHIRAE, Kenji KAWASHIMA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Minoru YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210060418
    Abstract: Sliding movements between a button drive member and a manipulation button are reduced in a manipulation input device having a function of providing the haptic sense. Manipulation buttons (20R, 20L) individually have contact portions (20b) on sides opposite to sides to be pushed by a user, and are movable about rotation center lines (Ax1). Actuators (30R, 30L) and (230) have button drive members (31, 231) that contact the contact portions (20b) of the manipulation buttons (20L, 20R), and apply, to the manipulation buttons (20L, 20R), forces in opposite directions to directions in which the manipulation buttons (20L, 20R) are pushed. In addition, the actuators (30R, 30L, 230) have guides (34a, 234a) that define the directions in which the button drive members (31, 231) move, and the button drive members (31, 231) are slidable along the guides (34a, 234a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Ryo Fukikoshi, Masaho Morita
  • Patent number: 10675047
    Abstract: A forceps system includes a forceps manipulator and a control unit. The forceps manipulator includes a forceps tip unit capable of bending with two degrees of freedom including a bending direction and a bending angle, a drive unit that generates a driving force for the forceps tip unit, an operation unit for instructing the bending direction and the bending angle, and a first detection unit that detects an angle in a rotation direction with respect to an axis of the drive transmitting unit. The control unit that controls the drive unit such that the forceps tip unit bends depending on a predetermined target bending direction and a predetermined target bending angle. The control unit sets a target bending direction on the basis of the bending direction instructed from the operation unit and the angle detected by the first detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental Uuniversity, TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Takahiro Kanno, Ryoken Miyazaki, Keiichi Akahoshi, Daisuke Ban, Minoru Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20190359577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to defined quinoxalin-2-one compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate or a solvate thereof. The compounds, salts or hydrates have a glucocorticoid receptor agonist activity, and are useful as a medicine, in particular as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a glucocorticoid receptor related disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji KAWASHIMA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Shinji TAKAOKA, Daisuke SHII, Tomoko ODA, Takahiro MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10435379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to defined quinoxalin-2-one compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate or a solvate thereof. The compounds, salts or hydrates have a glucocorticoid receptor agonist activity, and are useful as a medicine, in particular as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a glucocorticoid receptor related disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Yusuke Yamazaki, Shinji Takaoka, Daisuke Shii, Tomoko Oda, Takahiro Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10288066
    Abstract: A housing of an oil pump includes a suction port, a discharge port, and a partitioning section formed to partition the suction port and the discharge port. The discharge port has discharge groove portions each formed in a groove shape so as to introduce oil from the partitioning section, and an extension portion formed adjacent to the discharge groove portions and extending continuously from an end of the partitioning section. The extension portion has a taper surface extending from an end of an upper surface of the partitioning section to form a downward slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Watanabe, Shimpei Iizuka, Hiroaki Sato, Kenji Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20190106393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to defined quinoxalin-2-one compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate or a solvate thereof. The compounds, salts or hydrates have a glucocorticoid receptor agonist activity, and are useful as a medicine, in particular as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a glucocorticoid receptor related disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji KAWASHIMA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Shinji TAKAOKA, Daisuke SHII, Tomoko ODA, Takahiro MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10189796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel [4-(1,3,3-trimethyl-2-oxo-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinoxalin-7-yl)phenoxy]ethyloxy compound or a salt thereof. The compound or a salt thereof of the present invention has a glucocorticoid receptor agonist activity, and is useful as a medicine, in particular as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for the glucocorticoid receptor related disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Yusuke Yamazaki, Shinji Takaoka, Daisuke Shii, Tomoko Oda, Takahiro Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10184606
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera including a light receiving section and a camera body incorporating the light receiving section. An outside surface of the camera body has, at least on a portion thereof, a curve surface curving around a rotation centerline extending along a left-right direction, and the curve surface is formed at least at portions positioned opposite to each other around the rotation centerline when the camera body is seen in the left-right direction. Also disclosed herein is a stand including a camera holding section configured to hold the outside of the camera. The camera holding section is formed so as to enclose the outside surface of the camera at an angle of at least 180 degrees when seen in the left-right direction, and the camera holding section has an inside surface formed so as to make the camera rotatable around the rotation centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Taichi Nokuo, Katsuhisa Tadano, Kenji Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180244633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel [4-(1,3,3-trimethyl-2-oxo-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinoxalin-7-yl)phenoxy]ethyloxy compound or a salt thereof. The compound or a salt thereof of the present invention has a glucocorticoid receptor agonist activity, and is useful as a medicine, in particular as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for the glucocorticoid receptor related disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji KAWASHIMA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Shinji TAKAOKA, Daisuke SHII, Tomoko ODA, Takahiro MATSUYAMA