Patents by Inventor Makoto Ando

Makoto Ando 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: 20240083103
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin strand used as a manufacturing material for a 3D printer, the fiber-reinforced resin strand containing: a base material containing a thermoplastic resin; and at least one fiber or fiber bundle disposed in the base material and extending in a strand-axial direction. Twisting is applied to the fiber or the fiber bundle along the strand-axial direction, and the number of times of the twisting per 1 m in length of the fiber-reinforced resin strand in the strand-axial direction is 30 or more and 80 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Taka ANDO, Makoto TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20240066639
    Abstract: An aluminum-alloy, fin material is composed of a brazing sheet containing a core material and filler material(s) disposed on both sides of the core material. The core material is an aluminum alloy containing 0.02-0.80 mass % Si, 0.02-0.80 mass % Fe, and 0.8-2.0 mass % Mn. The core material has a crystalline-aggregate structure in which: the orientation density of one or more of brass orientation, copper orientation, and S orientation is 20 times or more that or those of a randomly oriented sample; and the orientation densities of cube orientation, CR orientation, and P orientation are each 10 times or less than those of the randomly oriented sample. The filler material(s) is (are) composed of an Al—Si series alloy that contains 6.0-13.0 mass % Si and 0.02-0.80 mass % Fe. The clad percentage of filler material(s) is 6-16% of the total thickness of the brazing sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kazushige NORIKANE, Makoto ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230323515
    Abstract: A brazing, monolayer, aluminum-alloy material has a chemical composition composed of Si: 1.5 mass % or more and 3.5 mass % or less, Fe: 0.05 mass % or more and 2.00 mass % or less, Mn: 0.1 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less, Mg: 0.005 mass % or more and 0.500 mass % or less, and Bi: 0.010 mass % or more and 0.500 mass % or less, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities; and has a metallographic structure in which Mg—Bi-series compounds are dispersed in an Al matrix. The surface-area ratio of the above-mentioned Mg—Bi-series compounds in any arbitrary cross section is 0.05% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Dai YAMAMOTO, Phumprasop KANOKPLOY, Makoto ANDO
  • Patent number: 11559869
    Abstract: A wafer edge polishing apparatus includes a cleaning mechanism exhibiting a superb effect of cleaning slurry residue adhered on a chuck table. This edge polishing device is provided with: a chuck table which sucks/holds a wafer; a rotation drive mechanism which rotates the chuck table; an edge polishing unit which polishes an edge of the wafer while supplying slurry to the wafer, which is rotating while being sucked/held by the chuck table; and a cleaning unit which removes slurry residue on the chuck table. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning head, and cleans the chuck table through high-pressure cleaning and brush-cleaning by using the cleaning head, wherein the cleaning head is provided with a high-pressure jet nozzle and a brush surrounding the periphery of the high-pressure jet nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Tatsunori Izumi, Ryuichi Tanimoto, Yuhei Matsunaga, Yasuo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220372440
    Abstract: The present invention aims to solve a problem in T-cell transfer therapy and the like, which is T-cell exhaustion, and to provide a technique to enhance T cell activity. T cells having cell surface markers of CD45RA+ and CCR7+ can be produced by culturing activated T cells in the presence of (a) a conditioned medium derived from stromal cells or (b) CXCL12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wataru Tomisato, Akihiko Yoshimura, Taisuke Kondo, Makoto Ando
  • Patent number: 11408690
    Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum alloy clad material having a core material and a sacrificial anode material clad on at least one surface of the core material, wherein the core material comprises an aluminum alloy comprising 0.050 to 1.5 mass % (referred to as “%” below) Si, 0.050 to 2.0% Fe and 0.50 to 2.00% Mn; the sacrificial anode material includes an aluminum alloy containing 0.50 to 8.00% Zn, 0.05 to 1.50% Si and 0.050 to 2.00% Fe; the grain size of the sacrificial anode material is 60 ?m or more; and a ratio R1/R2 is 0.30 or less, wherein R1 (?m) is a grain size in a thickness direction and R2 (?m) is a grain size in a rolling direction in a cross section of the core material along the rolling direction; a production method thereof; and a heat exchanger using the clad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Atsushi Fukumoto, Akio Niikura
  • Publication number: 20210220355
    Abstract: There is provided an antitumor agent for acute myeloid leukemia, which exhibits a practical curing effect on acute myeloid leukemia. According to the present invention, there is provided the antitumor agent for acute myeloid leukemia, whose dose per administration is within a predetermined range and which contains a compound represented by General Formula [1] specified in the present specification, such as (S,E)-N-(1-((5-(2-((4-cyanophenyl)amino)-4-(propylamino)pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-pentyn-1-yl)amino)-1-oxopropan-2-yl)-4-(dimethylamino)-N-methyl-2-butenamide or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Satoshi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20210187673
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet, a manufacturing method therefor, and a manufacturing method for an automotive heat exchanger. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet includes an aluminum alloy core material, a first brazing material that is clad to one surface of the core material, and a second brazing material that is clad to the other surface of the core material. The core material, the first brazing material, and the second brazing material each include a respective prescribed aluminum alloy. A count of an Al—Si—Fe intermetallic compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 to 80.0 ?m in the second brazing material is less than or equal to 2,000 particles per mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Toshiya Kondo, Makoto Ando, Tomohiro Shoji, Hidetoshi Kumagai
  • Patent number: 10770658
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device including: forming a first organic material layer on a substrate; and forming a mask in a first region on the first organic material layer, and then selectively removing the first organic material layer to form a first organic layer in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Jun Yamaguchi, Masanobu Tanaka, Tomoo Fukuda, Ryo Yasumatsu, Toshio Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200239989
    Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger, the aluminum alloy fin material including an aluminum alloy including 0.70 to 1.50 mass % Si, 0.05 to 2.00 mass % Fe, 1.0 to 2.0 mass % Mn, 0.5 to 4.0 mass % Zn, with a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, in which before brazing heating, the amount of solid solution Si is 0.60 mass % or less, and the amount of solid solution Mn is 0.60 mass % or less, and in which a recrystallization temperature in a temperature rise process during the brazing heating is 450° C. or less; a method of producing the aluminum alloy fin material; a heat exchanger using the aluminum alloy fin material; and a method of producing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Atsushi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10688601
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy clad material including an aluminum alloy core material, an intermediate layer material that is clad on one surface of the core material, and a first brazing filler metal that is clad on a surface of the intermediate layer material, the surface not being on the core material side, wherein the core material, the intermediate layer material, and the first brazing filler metal each include an aluminum alloy having a predetermined composition, the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter between 0.1 and 1.0 ?m inclusive in the intermediate layer material before brazing heating is at least 1.0×105 pieces/mm2, and the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter between 0.1 and 1.0 ?m inclusive in the intermediate layer material after brazing heating is at least 1.0×104 pieces/mm2. Further provided is a method for producing the aluminum alloy clad material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taichi Asano, Masaki Harada, Shoei Teshima, Makoto Ando, Naoki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10625379
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy clad material including an aluminum alloy core material and a first brazing filler metal that is clad on one surface or both surfaces of the core material, wherein the core material and the first brazing filler metal each include an aluminum alloy having a predetermined composition, the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter of at least 0.1 ?m in the first brazing filler metal before brazing heating is at least 1.0×105 pieces/mm2, and the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter of at least 2 ?m in the first brazing filler metal after brazing heating is at least 300 pieces/mm2. Further provided are a method for producing the aluminum alloy clad material and a heat exchanger employing the aluminum alloy clad material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Asano, Masaki Harada, Shoei Teshima, Makoto Ando, Wataru Narita, Naoki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10550229
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing: a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A) containing a specific polycarbonate block (A-1) and a specific polyorganosiloxane block (A-2); and an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the copolymer (A), the polycarbonate-based resin composition having a structure in which a domain (d-1) containing the polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) is present in a matrix containing the resin (B) as a main component, and a domain (d-2) containing at least one selected from a block derived from the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) and the polycarbonate block (A-1) is present inside the domain (d-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Abe, Yasuhiro Ishikawa, Makoto Ando, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10494487
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing: a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A) containing a specific polycarbonate block (A-1) and a specific polyorganosiloxane block (A-2); and an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the copolymer (A), the polycarbonate-based resin composition having a structure in which a domain (d-1) containing the polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) is present in a matrix containing the resin (B) as a main component, and a domain (d-2) containing at least one selected from a block derived from the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) and the polycarbonate block (A-1) is present inside the domain (d-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Abe, Yasuhiro Ishikawa, Makoto Ando, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190334088
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device including: forming a first organic material layer on a substrate; and forming a mask in a first region on the first organic material layer, and then selectively removing the first organic material layer to form a first organic layer in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto ANDO, Jun YAMAGUCHI, Masanobu TANAKA, Tomoo FUKUDA, Ryo YASUMATSU, Toshio FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20190323788
    Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum alloy clad material having a core material and a sacrificial anode material clad on at least one surface of the core material, wherein the core material comprises an aluminum alloy comprising 0.050 to 1.5 mass % (referred to as “%” below) Si, 0.050 to 2.0% Fe and 0.50 to 2.00% Mn; the sacrificial anode material includes an aluminum alloy containing 0.50 to 8.00% Zn, 0.05 to 1.50% Si and 0.050 to 2.00% Fe; the grain size of the sacrificial anode material is 60 ?m or more; and a ratio R1/R2 is 0.30 or less, wherein R1 (?m) is a grain size in a thickness direction and R2 (?m) is a grain size in a rolling direction in a cross section of the core material along the rolling direction; a production method thereof; and a heat exchanger using the clad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ANDO, Atsushi FUKUMOTO, Akio NIIKURA
  • Patent number: 10450422
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing: a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A) containing a specific polycarbonate block (A-1) and a specific polyorganosiloxane block (A-2); and an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the copolymer (A), the polycarbonate-based resin composition having a structure in which a domain (d-1) containing the polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) is present in a matrix containing the resin (B) as a main component, and a domain (d-2) containing at least one selected from a block derived from the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) and the polycarbonate block (A-1) is present inside the domain (d-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Abe, Yasuhiro Ishikawa, Makoto Ando, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190299354
    Abstract: A wafer edge polishing apparatus includes a cleaning mechanism exhibiting a superb effect of cleaning slurry residue adhered on a chuck table. This edge polishing device is provided with: a chuck table which sucks/holds a wafer; a rotation drive mechanism which rotates the chuck table; an edge polishing unit which polishes an edge of the wafer while supplying slurry to the wafer, which is rotating while being sucked/held by the chuck table; and a cleaning unit which removes slurry residue on the chuck table. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning head, and cleans the chuck table through high-pressure cleaning and brush-cleaning by using the cleaning head, wherein the cleaning head is provided with a high-pressure jet nozzle and a brush surrounding the periphery of the high-pressure jet nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMCO Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto ANDO, Tatsunori IZUMI, Ryuichi TANIMOTO, Yuhei MATSUNAGA, Yasuo YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180309060
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device including: forming a first organic material layer on a substrate; and forming a mask in a first region on the first organic material layer, and then selectively removing the first organic material layer to form a first organic layer in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto ANDO, Jun YAMAGUCHI, Masanobu TANAKA, Tomoo FUKUDA, Ryo YASUMATSU, Toshio FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10099320
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having high corrosion resistance is provided, which develops the sacrificial anticorrosion effect in both surfaces of the sheet, which has the brazing function in one of both the surfaces, and which prevents the occurrence of preferential corrosion. A channel forming component for a vehicular heat exchanger is also provided by utilizing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having high corrosion resistance includes an aluminum alloy core, a filler material clad on one surface of the core, and a sacrificial anode material clad on the other surface of the core, wherein the filler material, the sacrificial anode material, and the core have respective predetermined alloy compositions. A channel forming component for a vehicular heat exchanger is manufactured using the aluminum alloy brazing sheet having high corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kamiya, Shota Terachi, Kenji Negura, Makoto Ando, Atsushi Fukumoto, Yoshiyuki Oya, Akio Niikura