Patents by Inventor Kiyonori Hirota

Kiyonori Hirota 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: 20230279864
    Abstract: The object of the disclosure is to prevent erroneous transition of an operation mode to an operation limitation mode. A control device 6 includes a controller 62. The controller 62 counts the number of times of occurrence of each of multiple types of abnormalities occurred in a vacuum pump 1, and issues a critical alarm in a case where the number of times of occurrence of each of the multiple types of abnormalities exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Kiyonori HIROTA
  • Patent number: 11603850
    Abstract: An analysis device of a vacuum pump discharging gas from a vacuum container in which a process for a target object is performed, comprises: an information generation section configured to generate information on a load on the vacuum pump due to an accumulated substance based on an integrated value of a physical quantity regarding rotary drive of a rotor of the vacuum pump in at least part of a period of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyonori Hirota
  • Publication number: 20220186739
    Abstract: An analysis device of a vacuum pump discharging gas from a vacuum container in which a process for a target object is performed, comprises: an information generation section configured to generate information on a load on the vacuum pump due to an accumulated substance based on an integrated value of a physical quantity regarding rotary drive of a rotor of the vacuum pump in at least part of a period of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Kiyonori HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20220090604
    Abstract: A pump monitoring apparatus comprises a computer. The computer includes a processor and a memory, and the computer executes; a waveform data acquisition section configured to acquire waveform data of a physical quantity indicating an operation state of a vacuum pump; a feature quantity acquisition section configured to acquire a feature quantity of the waveform data; a first mechanical learning section configured to cluster the waveform data based on the feature quantity; a second mechanical learning section configured to read a time-series data group of the clustered waveform data to output predicted waveform data; and an information providing section configured to provide information regarding replacement or maintenance of the vacuum pump based on the predicted waveform data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Kiyonori HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20180023719
    Abstract: A control device configured to control each of a vacuum pump and a vacuum valve provided on a side of a suction port of the vacuum pump, the control device comprises: a motor driver configured to drive a rotor driving motor of the vacuum pump; a valve plate driver configured to drive a valve plate driving motor of the vacuum valve; and a controller configured to control the motor driver and the valve plate driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Masaya NAKAMURA, Kiyonori HIROTA, Junichiro KOZAKI, Nobuyuki HIRATA, Atsuo NAKATANI
  • Patent number: 9534060
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier on which Protein A has been immobilized, the Protein A having a specific amino acid sequence that permits the desorption of antibodies under mild pH conditions (specifically, pH 4.0 to 5.5) in which many antibodies do not undergo acid modification; and a manufacturing method for the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Osaka Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Seiji Otaka
  • Publication number: 20150152195
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier on which Protein A has been immobilized, the Protein A having a specific amino acid sequence that permits the desorption of antibodies under mild pH conditions (specifically, pH4.0 to 5.5) in which many antibodies do not undergo acid modification; and a manufacturing method for the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: DAISO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Seiji Otaka
  • Patent number: 8038945
    Abstract: To provide a method for detecting a protein by immobilizing a protein on a protein array substrate at a high density with controlled orientation, irradiating the immobilized protein with ultraviolet light, visible light, or infrared light, and measuring the light not absorbed by the protein and further analyzing an interaction between the protein on the substrate and another protein and/or a compound other than proteins, a system used for the method, and to provide a protein array suitable for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Hisashi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100130721
    Abstract: This invention provides an immobilized protein bound to an immobilization carrier at a protein amino terminus via the sole ?-amino group of the protein comprising an amino acid sequence containing neither lysine residues nor cysteine residues represented by the general formula S1-R1-R2, wherein: the sequences are oriented from the amino terminal side to the carboxy terminal side; the sequence of the S1 portion may be absent, but when the sequence of the S1 portion is present, the sequence of the S1 portion is a spacer sequence composed of amino acid residues other than lysine and cysteine residues; the sequence of the R1 portion is the sequence of a subject protein to be immobilized and contains neither lysine residues nor cysteine residues; and the sequence of the R2 portion may be absent, but when the sequence of the R2 portion is present, the sequence of the R2 portion is a spacer sequence composed of amino acid residues other than lysine and cysteine residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: National Insititute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Hiroyuki Sota, Gou Sarara, Hisashi Takahashi, Yukiko Aruga, Chiori Yamane
  • Publication number: 20090299035
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel protein having the following amino acid sequence altered for specifically and efficiently binding a protein to an immobilization carrier via the carboxy terminus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Hiroyuki Sota, Gou Sarara, Yukiko Aruga, Chiori Yamane
  • Publication number: 20090011958
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for effectively producing an immobilized protein that is immobilized only at the carboxy terminus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota
  • Publication number: 20080261827
    Abstract: To provide a method for detecting a protein by immobilizing a protein on a protein array substrate at a high density with controlled orientation, irradiating the immobilized protein with ultraviolet light, visible light, or infrared light, and measuring the light not absorbed by the protein and further analyzing an interaction between the protein on the substrate and another protein and/or a compound other than proteins, a system used for the method, and to provide a protein array suitable for the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Hisashi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080146459
    Abstract: A protein array having a protein aligned and immobilized in high density and in uniformly oriented form is produced by introducing a polymer compound having a primary amino group as a repeating unit on the surface of a planar substrate so as to obtain a substrate for protein array and binding the carboxyl terminal of the main chain of a protein with the primary amino group of the polymer compound on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota
  • Publication number: 20080051555
    Abstract: A support having an affinity for an antibody characterized in that the carboxy end of a protein or a peptide, which is capable of binding to an antibody molecule, is immobilized via an amide bond mediated by a linker sequence to an insoluble support having a primary amino group. This support has an excellent ability to adsorb antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota, Hiroyuki Sota
  • Publication number: 20040014242
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for effectively producing an immobilized protein that is immobilized only at the carboxy terminus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwakura, Kiyonori Hirota