Patents by Inventor Kenji Kuwahara
Kenji Kuwahara 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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Publication number: 20240117304Abstract: A cell population comprising Corin- and/or Lrtm1-positive cells was produced by the following steps (1) and (2), from which Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells are collected using a substance that binds to Corin and/or a substance that binds to Lrtm1, and dopaminergie neuron progenitor cells are produced by performing suspension culture of the Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells in a culture solution containing one or more nutritional factors: (1) a step of performing adhesion culture of pluripotent stem cells in a medium for maintaining undifferentiated state containing a Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signal stimulant, and an undifferentiated state-maintaining factor in the absence of feeder cells but in the presence of an extracellular matrix, and (2) a step of culturing the cell population obtained in the step (1) in a culture solution containing one or more differentiation-inducing factors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun TAKAHASHI, Daisuke DOI, Kenji YOSHIDA, Atsushi KUWAHARA, Masayo TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20200226877Abstract: In order to make a configuration which achieves a new appeal to viewers such as players by emitting light while having a simple structure, a light emitting device attached to a housing (2) constituting a game device (1) includes a tubular member (30) having flexibility and translucency, and a light source disposed in the tubular member (30). An installation member on which the tubular member (30) is installed is provided in the housing (2) of the game device (1). An attachment portion for installing the tubular member (30) on the installation member may be formed on the tubular member (30). An installation protrusion may be provided in the installation member, and the attachment portion of the tubular member (30) may be configured by a groove having the same shape as a cross-sectional shape of the protrusion for attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Keiji Sugawara, Kenji Kuwahara, Kimio Tsuda, Souichi Aoki, Yasuhiro Aoki
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Patent number: 10318075Abstract: A light emission device is used for a casing of the game device. This light emission device comprises a light source disposed in the casing, and a light guiding member having a plate-like shape, the light guiding member being configured to guide light emitted from the light source and being attached to the casing. The light guiding member comprises a reflecting unit configured to reflect the light incident from a first direction along a thickness direction of the light guiding member to a direction different from the first direction to diffuse the light in the interior of the light guiding member; and a light emission part configured to transmit the light reflected from the reflecting unit to outside from a surface of the light guiding member.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC.Inventors: Hiroki Nunokawa, Kenji Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20170344188Abstract: A light emission device is used for a casing of the game device. This light emission device comprises a light source disposed in the casing, and a light guiding member having a plate-like shape, the light guiding member being configured to guide light emitted from the light source and being attached to the casing. The light guiding member comprises a reflecting unit configured to reflect the light incident from a first direction along a thickness direction of the light guiding member to a direction different from the first direction to diffuse the light in the interior of the light guiding member; and a light emission part configured to transmit the light reflected from the reflecting unit to outside from a surface of the light guiding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Hiroki Nunokawa, Kenji Kuwahara
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Patent number: 9004779Abstract: An assembly tool is provided for installing an optical fiber in an optical fiber connector having a known length of fiber extending from the connector ferrule after termination of the optical fiber connector. The assembly tool includes a base having a connector mount disposed on a first end thereof and a cradle that holds a shaped ferrule disposed near the second end of the base, such that shaped ferrule is resiliently held within the cradle. The connector mount is configured to receive and secure the optical fiber connector to the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Dai Horibe, Tomoyasu Oike, Kenji Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20130114932Abstract: An assembly tool is provided for installing an optical fiber in an optical fiber connector having a known length of fiber extending from the connector ferrule after termination of the optical fiber connector. The assembly tool includes a base having a connector mount disposed on a first end thereof and a cradle that holds a shaped ferrule disposed near the second end of the base, such that shaped ferrule is resiliently held within the cradle. The connector mount is configured to receive and secure the optical fiber connector to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Dai Horibe, Tomoyasu Oike, Kenji Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20110163569Abstract: To provide a terminal mounting structure, the electrical continuation and the joining strength of which are sufficiently high although the structure is simple, further the reliability of which is high even when it is used over a long period of time and to provide a terminal mounting method therefor. A terminal (3) is connected and continued to a conductor (2) such as a heating wire provided on a substrate (1). Terminal (3) includes: a fixing portion (31); elastic portions (32) extending from fixing portion (31); and a substrate contact portion (33) provided in elastic portion (32) so that substrate contact portion (33) can be protruded with respect to substrate (1), and electrically connected to conductor (2). Each fixing portion (31) is made to adhere to substrate (1) by a joining means such as a double-sided adhesive tape (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Miki Yoneyama, Kohichiro Kawate, Kenji Kuwahara
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Patent number: 7950953Abstract: To provide a multicore cable connector in which alignment of signal lines of a cable and soldering of the signal lines to a wiring pattern of a substrate are facilitated, and impedance mismatch on the substrate is minimized. A multicore cable connector 1 includes a cable fixing member 2, an aggregate cable 3 accommodated in cable fixing member 2, an aligning plate 4 for aligning signal lines 312 included in aggregate cable 3, and a substrate 5 formed with a wiring pattern 53 conductively connected to signal lines 312 of aggregate cable 3.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kenji Kuwahara, Toshiroh Endoh, Hiroyuki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20110059643Abstract: To provide a multicore cable connector in which alignment of signal lines of a cable and soldering of the signal lines to a wiring pattern of a substrate are facilitated, and impedance mismatch on the substrate is minimized. A multicore cable connector 1 includes a cable fixing member 2, an aggregate cable 3 accommodated in cable fixing member 2, an aligning plate 4 for aligning signal lines 312 included in aggregate cable 3, and a substrate 5 formed with a wiring pattern 53 conductively connected to signal lines 312 of aggregate cable 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Kenji KUWAHARA, Toshiroh Endoh, Hiroyuki Matsuoka
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Patent number: 7857657Abstract: To provide a multicore cable connector in which alignment of signal lines of a cable and soldering of the signal lines to a wiring pattern of a substrate are facilitated, and impedance mismatch on the substrate is minimized. A multicore cable connector 1 includes a cable fixing member 2, an aggregate cable 3 accommodated in cable fixing member 2, an aligning plate 4 for aligning signal lines 312 included in aggregate cable 3, and a substrate 5 formed with a wiring pattern 53 conductively connected to signal lines 312 of aggregate cable 3.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kenji Kuwahara, Toshiroh Endoh, Hiroyuki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20100210138Abstract: To provide a multicore cable connector in which alignment of signal lines of a cable and soldering of the signal lines to a wiring pattern of a substrate are facilitated, and impedance mismatch on the substrate is minimized. A multicore cable connector 1 includes a cable fixing member 2, an aggregate cable 3 accommodated in cable fixing member 2, an aligning plate 4 for aligning signal lines 312 included in aggregate cable 3, and a substrate 5 formed with a wiring pattern 53 conductively connected to signal lines 312 of aggregate cable 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Kenji Kuwahara, Toshiroh Endoh
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Patent number: 7369717Abstract: The present invention is directed to improving the yield in fiber terminating processing, and to preventing the occurrence of transmission loss due to stress concentration at an optical fiber bend or due to variations in ambient temperature. In one exemplary embodiment, a channel is sandwiched between adhesive layers and an optical fiber is passed through the channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kenji Kuwahara, Takuro Miya
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Lubricant composition magnetic recording medium, and process for producing magnetic recording medium
Patent number: 6303227Abstract: A lubricant composition having excellent lubricity and comprising at least one compound selected among fluorine compounds each having a perfluoroalkyl or perfluoroether group and an alkyl or alkenyl group in the molecule and at least one compound selected among fluorine compounds each having a perfluoropolyether group in the molecule; and a magnetic recording medium excellent in running durability and still durability and comprising a nonmagnetic substrate (1) and, formed thereon in this order, a ferromagnetic thin metal film (2), a carbon film (3), and a lubricant layer (4), wherein the lubricant layer (4) contains the lubricant composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kuwahara, Yukikazu Ohchi, Tetuo Fuchi, Mikio Murai -
Patent number: 5798135Abstract: A ferromagnetic metal thin film recording medium having a nonmagnetic substrate, a ferromagnetic metal thin film formed on the nonmagnetic substrate, a dry etched layer which is formed in a surface layer of the ferromagnetic metal thin film and contains oxygen atoms in a higher concentration than the remaining part of the ferromagnetic metal thin film, a hard carbonaceous film formed on the dry etched layer of the ferromagnetic metal thin film, a lubricant layer formed on said hard carbonaceous film, and optionally a modified layer which is formed on the hard carbonaceous film and has a thickness of less than 3 nm, and comprises carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms with an atomic ratio of nitrogen to carbon being at least 0.8%, which recording medium has improved running stability, durability and weatherability while maintaining electromagnetic conversion characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1996Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Ueda, Hiroshi Seki, Kenji Kuwahara, Mikio Murai, Kiyosi Takahasi, Masaru Odagiri, Sadayuki Okazaki
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Patent number: 5776602Abstract: A magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes: a non-magnetic substrate; a ferromagnetic thin metal layer formed on the non-magnetic substrate; and a carbon layer and a lubricant layer in contact with the carbon layer, which is formed above the ferromagnetic thin metal layer so that the lubricant layer is an outermost layer, wherein the carbon layer contains nitrogen atoms, a Raman spectrum of the carbon layer has a peak A in the range of about 1310 to about 1410 cm.sup.-1 and a peak B in the range of about 1520 to about 1570 cm.sup.-1, and a ratio of integrated intensities of the peak A to the peak B is in the range of about 1.2 to about 2.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1995Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Ueda, Kenji Kuwahara, Hiroshi Seki, Sadayuki Okazaki, Masaru Odagiri, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Mikio Murai
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Patent number: 5670107Abstract: A magnetic recording medium produced by treating a magnetic recording medium which comprises a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic layer formed on said substrate in an atmosphere kept at a temperature of at least 50.degree. C., with applying a tension of 1 gf. or less per 10 mm width to said magnetic recording medium in a treating time which is in a range on or above a line having a slope of at least 5000 in terms of .DELTA.ln(L)/.DELTA.(1/T) and passing a point of 0.5 second at 100.degree. C., when ln(L) is Arrhenius plotted against an inverse of an absolute temperature T (1/T), which medium has suppressed change of magnetic properties with time and improved corrosion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1995Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kuwahara, Kiyosi Takahasi, Hideyuki Ueda, Noriyasu Echigo, Mikio Murai, Masaru Odagiri
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Patent number: 5637393Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic substrate, a ferromagnetic thin film on the non-magnetic substrate, a hard carbon film on the ferromagnetic thin film, a modified layer of which atomic ratio of nitrogen/carbon is 0.8% or more, and of which thickness is less than 3 nm on the hard carbon film, and a lubricant layer on the modified layer, has excellent electromagnetic conversion characteristic, running stability, durability, and weatherability.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1993Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Matsuhita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Ueda, Kenji Kuwahara, Hiroshi Seki, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Masaru Odagiri, Mikio Murai, Yukikazu Ohchi
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Patent number: 5589263Abstract: A ferromagnetic metal thin film recording medium having a nonmagnetic substrate, a ferromagnetic metal thin film formed on the nonmagnetic substrate, a dry etched layer which is formed in a surface layer of the ferromagnetic metal thin film and contains oxygen atoms in a higher concentration than the remaining part of the ferromagnetic metal thin film, a hard carbonaceous film formed on the dry etched layer of the ferromagnetic metal thin film, a lubricant layer formed on said hard carbonaceous film, and optionally a modified layer which is formed on the hard carbonaceous film and has a thickness of less than 3 nm, and comprises carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms with an atomic ratio of nitrogen to carbon being at least 0.8%, which recording medium has improved running stability, durability and weatherability while maintaining electromagnetic conversion characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1994Date of Patent: December 31, 1996Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Ueda, Hiroshi Seki, Kenji Kuwahara, Mikio Murai, Kiyosi Takahasi, Masaru Odagiri, Sadayuki Okazaki
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Patent number: 5540957Abstract: A magnetic recording media comprising a non-magnetic substrate, a ferromagnetic thin film on the non-magnetic substrate, a hard carbon film on the ferromagnetic thin film, a modified layer of which atomic ratio of nitrogen/carbon is 0.8% or more, and of which thickness is less than 3 nm on the hard carbon film, and a lubricant layer on the modified layer, has excellent electromagnetic conversion characteristic, running stability, durability, and weatherability.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Ueda, Kenji Kuwahara, Hiroshi Seki, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Masaru Odagiri, Mikio Murai, Yukikazu Ohchi
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Patent number: 5496595Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a back coating layer formed on a surface reverse to a magnetic layer and a carbonaceous film which is formed on the back coating layer and contains fluorine atoms and silicon atoms and/or nitrogen atoms and in which a concentration of fluorine atoms decreases in a depth direction from a surface of the carbonaceous film, while a concentration of the silicon and/or nitrogen atoms increases in the depth direction from the surface of the carbonaceous film, which recording medium has improved running stability, durability and weatherability while electromagnetic conversion characteristics are maintained.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Ueda, Kenji Kuwahara, Hiroshi Seki, Kiyosi Takahasi, Masaru Odagiri, Mikio Murai