Patents by Inventor Koji Tanaka

Koji Tanaka 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: 20170021447
    Abstract: A method of joining heat-treatable aluminum alloy members by friction stir welding, including the steps of: a T4-treatment-performing step of performing a T4 treatment on heat-treatable aluminum alloy members so as to impart T4 temper to the heat-treatable aluminum alloy members; a joining step of joining the heat-treatable aluminum alloy members with T4 temper by friction stir welding to provide a joined product; and a reversion-treatment-performing step of performing a reversion treatment, the reversion-treatment-performing step being carried out prior to or after the joining step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki KUMAGAI, Tadashi MINODA, Koji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9550749
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel endoparasite control agent as a parasiticide, an antiprotozoal or the like. Provided is an endoparasite control agent comprising a carboxamide derivative represented by the general formula (I): or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kita, Akiyuki Suwa, Masatsugu Oda, Koji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170014395
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel endoparasite control agent as a parasiticide, an antiprotozoal or the like. Provided is an endoparasite control agent comprising a carboxamide derivative represented by the general formula (I): or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kita, Akiyuki Suwa, Masatsugu Oda, Koji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160336101
    Abstract: Disclosed is an armature coil that constitutes a stator of an X-axis linear motor and that generates a magnetic field by passing a current therethrough, the armature coil comprising: a band-shaped electroconductive layer that is made of copper and that is wound around a predetermined winding axis; a band-shaped insulating layer that is provided between opposing surfaces of the electroconductive layer, and that electrically insulates the opposing electroconductive layers from one another; and bonding layer that bonds together the opposing surfaces of the electroconductive layer with the insulating layer therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro ITO, Masayuki KOUKETSU, Shigeru MORIMOTO, Hiromitsu YOSHIMOTO, Koji TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160213640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anticancer agent having a high safety and a superior anticancer activity, and an anticancer agent containing, as an active ingredient, an aminoacetonitrile compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and the like, R2, R3, and R4 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and the like, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom and the like, m is 0 or 1, R is a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a phenyl group optionally substituted by an alkyl group and the like, an alkyl group and the like, Ar1 is a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a pyridyl group, a pyrazolyl group, or the like, each of which is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, alkyl group and the like, and W is —O—, —S—, —SO2—, or —N(R7)— wherein R7 is a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C6)alkyl group and the like, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD., PITNEY PHARMACEUTICALS PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuharu ANDOH, Osamu SANPEI, Tetsuo TOGA, David Lawson MORRIS, Roger ASTON, Koji TANAKA, Tomokazu HINO
  • Publication number: 20160189845
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a first electromagnetic coil includes the first electromagnetic coil having a space extending in the direction of a predetermined axis Z; a cooling member attached to an end surface, with respect to the direction of the predetermined axis Z, of the first electromagnetic coil and having a flow path for fluid internally formed; and an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe connected, within the space, to an inlet and outlet, respectively, of the flow path of the cooling member and extending through the space to a region outside the electromagnetic coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiro ITO, Masayuki KOUKETSU, Shigeru MORIMOTO, Hiromitsu YOSHIMOTO, Koji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9340130
    Abstract: Links are provided, each between one of the side frames of the seat cushion and the support member, and can be swung. A band extends at a substantially center part of the seat cushion and between the side frames, and is provided beneath the seat pad. One end of the band is secured to the top of one side frame, and the other end (free end) hangs over the top of the other side frame. The free end of the band further extends via the direction changing member provided on the side frame, first passing by a first relay point, i.e., the axle of the link provided on the side frame, and then passing by a second relay point, i.e., the axle of the link provided on the support member. At an emergency, the traction device pulls and stretches the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Hiroshi Nozu, Hiromasa Tanji, Atsushi Ichida, Hideo Tobata, Atsushi Koike
  • Publication number: 20160101036
    Abstract: Provided is a skin cleansing composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E): (A) 0.1 to 25 mass % of an ether oil which is in a liquid state at 25° C., (B) 0.003 to 1 mass % of a water-soluble polymer comprising acrylic acid or methacrylic acid as a constitutional unit, (C) 1 to 30 mass % of a hydrocarbon oil having a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or lower at 30° C., (D) 60 to 95 mass % of water, and (E) 0.49 mass % or less of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of larger than 9, wherein the mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), (B)/(A) is from 0.0001 to 0.1, and the mass ratio between the component (A) and the component (C), (A)/((A)+(C)) is from 0.05 to 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouhei YAMADA, Atsushi TOMOKUNI, Koji TANAKA, Daisuke SAWA, Takashi KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20160083340
    Abstract: A method of purifying dimethyl sulfoxide economically and at good yield satisfies the specifications of the United States Pharmacopoeia and reduces odor. The method includes distilling a solution having 35 parts by weight or more of water admixed per 100 parts by weight of raw dimethyl sulfoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michiko Ishino, Koji Tanaka, Hiromitsu Abe, Hideki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20160041100
    Abstract: A vital stain for observation under multiphoton laser microscopy, the vital stain comprising one or more edible dye compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Akira MIZOGUCHI, Takeshi FUJIWARA, Koji TANAKA, Shujie WANG, Kousyoku SAI, Kazushi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9241880
    Abstract: To provide a dental glass ionomer cement composition having excellent adhesion strength to a metallic prosthesis. A dental glass ionomer cement composition includes a copolymer (A), a fluoroaluminosilicate glass powder (B) and water (C). The copolymer (A) includes a polymer or copolymer of ?-? unsaturated carboxylic acid, or includes a copolymer of ?-? unsaturated carboxylic acid and one or more kinds selected from a group of acrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylic acid ester, acrylates, vinyl chloride, allyl chloride and vinyl acetate. In the copolymer (A), the number of molecules of ?-? unsaturated carboxylic acid occupies 50% or more of the total number of molecules. The dental glass ionomer cement composition further includes a compound (D) which contains a sulfur atom in one molecule, includes a carboxylic group and an amino group and does not include a polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Daisuke Ota, Hideki Yarimizu
  • Patent number: 9245581
    Abstract: A system includes a magnetic head, a magnetic medium, a drive mechanism for passing the magnetic medium over the magnetic head, and a controller electrically coupled to the magnetic head for controlling operation of the magnetic head, wherein the magnetic head has a write element, a read element, a substrate that is an alloy material having greater than about 50 at. % TiC, and a heater element positioned between the read element and the write element, the write element being positioned nearer to the substrate than the read element such that heat generated by the write element during write operations is dissipated by the substrate, and the heater element being adapted for inducing protrusion of portions of an air bearing surface (ABS) of the magnetic head to adjust a clearance between the portions of the ABS and the magnetic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Yoshinori Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20150380280
    Abstract: A flow-rate regulator device for controlling a flow rate of a liquid includes a first flow-rate regulator component positioned on an upstream side of a liquid line, and a second flow-rate regulator component positioned on a downstream side of the liquid line and connected in series to the first flow-rate regulator component. The first flow-rate regulator component adjusts a degree of opening such that a flow rate of liquid flowing through the liquid line is set a specified number of times greater than a target flow rate when the second flow-rate regulator component has a full opening, and the second flow-rate regulator component adjusts a degree of opening such that the flow rate of the liquid flowing through the liquid line is to be at the target flow rate when the first flow-rate regulator component is adjusted to have the degree of opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michitaka AMIYA, Takami SATOH, Kazuyoshi ESHIMA, Akihiro NAKAMURA, Koji TANAKA, Kazuki KOSAI
  • Publication number: 20150273538
    Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate liquid processing apparatus and method for performing a liquid processing on a substrate using a processing liquid, and a computer-readable recording medium with a substrate liquid processing program recorded therein. In the method, a first chemical liquid supply step is performed to supply a first chemical liquid from a first chemical liquid supply unit to a processing liquid storage unit, a first chemical liquid purifying step is performed to purify the first chemical liquid in a chemical liquid purifying unit, a second chemical liquid supply step is performed to supply a second chemical liquid from a second chemical liquid supply unit to the processing liquid storage unit, and a processing liquid supply step is performed to supply the processing liquid obtained by mixing the first and second chemical liquids from the processing liquid supply unit to substrate liquid processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Saiki, Shogo Mizota, Takashi Yabuta, Jun Nonaka, Tatsuya Nagamatsu, Koji Tanaka, Tomiyasu Maezono
  • Publication number: 20150267178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein derived from a thermophilic filamentous fungus having flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent glucose dehydrogenase activity. The present invention provides an enzyme for glucose measurement that has better thermal stability than that of conventional enzymes while being unaffected by dissolved oxygen, not requiring the addition of a coenzyme, and maintaining the excellent properties of FADGDH in terms of having excellent substrate specificity (particularly low reactivity with maltose).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kazumichi Ozawa, Noriko Sasaki, Atsunori Hiratsuka, Kenji Yokoyama, Nao Kinoshita, Hideaki Ooe, Jun Takagi, Koji Tanaka, Katsushige Kotani
  • Publication number: 20150266853
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel endoparasite control agent as a parasiticide, an antiprotozoal or the like. Provided is an endoparasite control agent comprising a carboxamide derivative represented by the general formula (I): (wherein Het represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group), or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kita, Akiyuki Suwa, Masatsugu Oda, Koji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150259322
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel endoparasite control agent as a parasiticide, an antiprotozoal or the like. Provided is an endoparasite control agent comprising a carboxamide derivative represented by the general formula (I): or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kita, Akiyuki Suwa, Masatsugu Oda, Koji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9079994
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition that comprises a first component comprising a (meth)acrylate and an organic peroxide as an oxidizing agent and a second component comprising a (meth)acrylate and a cysteine as a reducing agent which has a partial structure represented by the following structural formula, the first component and/or the second component further comprising a polymerization promoter:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Miki Nishiya, Futoshi Fusejima
  • Publication number: 20150146498
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a mixing tank, a first opening/closing valve, a second opening/closing valve, a first flow rate measuring unit, a second flow rate measuring unit, a control unit, and a substrate processing unit. A first liquid and a second liquid are mixed such that the second liquid is mixed in an amount more than that of the first liquid. The first and second opening/closing valves open/close a first flow path and a second flow path, respectively. The first and second flow rate measuring units measure flow rates of the first and second liquids flowing through the first and second flow paths, respectively. The control unit controls opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve. The substrate processing unit processes a substrate by supplying a mixed liquid of the first and second liquids to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuo Kiyohara, Ikuo Sunaka, Koji Tanaka, Takami Satoh, Kazuyoshi Mizumoto, Takashi Uno, Hirotaka Maruyama, Hidetomo Uemukai, Tomiyasu Maezono
  • Publication number: 20150107622
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate liquid processing apparatus including: a first processing liquid supply mechanism provided with a first tank in which a processing liquid is stored and a first nozzle through which the processing liquid stored in the first tank is ejected, and configured to supply the processing liquid to a first surface of a substrate by the first nozzle; a second processing liquid supply mechanism provided with a second tank in which a processing liquid having the same composition as the processed liquid stored in the first tank is stored and a second nozzle through which the processed liquid stored in the second tank is ejected, and configured to supply the processed liquid to a second surface of the substrate by the second nozzle; a processing unit configured to perform processing on the substrate using the processed liquids supplied by the first nozzle and the second nozzle; and a recovery line configured to recover the processed liquids which are supplied to the substrate from the first nozzle a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takaki, Koji Tanaka, Shun Tominaga