Patents by Inventor Makoto Kitano

Makoto Kitano 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: 20240288800
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member having a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer comprises a binder resin; and a plurality of particles comprising a conductive tin oxide, in the binder resin, a content ratio of the particles comprising a conductive tin oxide, in the surface layer, is 2.0 to 10.0 vol %, and a value of an L function denoting a relationship of a distribution of the particles comprising a conductive tin oxide, as observed from a surface of the surface layer, is always positive in a range of 300 nm to 1 ?m of a distance from barycentric coordinates of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: YUJI KITANO, MAKOTO SOUMA, NAOKO KASAI, YUTARO YOSHIDA, MASATSUGU TOYONORI, YASUTOMO TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20240255727
    Abstract: A lens barrel and an imaging device which can be miniaturized, the lens barrel with a movable cylinder that moves along the optical axis with a change in focal length; first and second drive units in the movable cylinder; and first and second lens driven by the first and second drive units respectively to move along the optical axis relative to the movable cylinder. The movement amount of the first lens relative to the cylinder when the focal length is changed to a second focal length from a first state where the first lens is at a position closest to a subject with a first focal length is less than the movement amount of the first lens relative to the cylinder when the focal length is changed to the second focal length from a second state where the first lens is closer to an image plane than the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu GOMIBUCHI, Makoto HORIKOSHI, Mizuki WAYU, Tsuneo WATANABE, Kenichi KITANO
  • Patent number: 11125665
    Abstract: Some materials desired to acquire mechanical characteristics and fatigue characteristics are difficult to make in a large-size bulk material for a test piece. The invention provides a test jig which includes a primary jig which fixes both sides of a test piece, which is a test object, an upper jig which includes a load portion to load a weight on two places of an upper surface and two places of a lower surface of the primary jig, and a lower jig which includes a load portion to load a weight on two places of the upper surface and two places of the lower surface of the primary jig. The upper surface and the lower surface of the primary jig disposed on both sides of the test piece are on almost the same flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tanie, Makoto Kitano
  • Patent number: 10854818
    Abstract: A dendrimer compound characterized by comprising a core represented by the following formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4) and at least one kind of dendritic structure selected among dendritic structures represented by the following formulae (3) and (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata
  • Publication number: 20190293534
    Abstract: Some materials desired to acquire mechanical characteristics and fatigue characteristics are difficult to make in a large-size bulk material for a test piece. The invention provides a test jig which includes a primary jig which fixes both sides of a test piece, which is a test object, an upper jig which includes a load portion to load a weight on two places of an upper surface and two places of a lower surface of the primary jig, and a lower jig which includes a load portion to load a weight on two places of the upper surface and two places of the lower surface of the primary jig. The upper surface and the lower surface of the primary jig disposed on both sides of the test piece are on almost the same flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hisashi TANIE, Makoto KITANO
  • Publication number: 20180138413
    Abstract: A dendrimer compound characterized by comprising a core represented by the following formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4) and at least one kind of dendritic structure selected among dendritic structures represented by the following formulae (3) and (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto KITANO, Yoshiaki TSUBATA
  • Patent number: 9966532
    Abstract: A dendrimer compound characterized by comprising a core represented by the following formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4) and at least one kind of dendritic structure selected among dendritic structures represented by the following formulae (3) and (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata
  • Patent number: 8864888
    Abstract: This oil-water separation device includes: a supply port (3b) for oily water; a flow passage that causes oily water (X4, X7) supplied from the supply port to flow so that a flow component in a horizontal direction is a main flow component; a floated oil recovery port (F) provided above an upper portion of the flow passage and also at a position spaced from a start end of the flow passage; and a settled oil recovery port (T) provided beneath the flow passage. According to the oil-water separation device, it is possible to separate an oil component from oily water that contains an oil component with higher viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Osawa, Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20140231775
    Abstract: A dendrimer compound characterized by comprising a core represented by the following formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4) and at least one kind of dendritic structure selected among dendritic structures represented by the following formulae (3) and (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Makoto KITANO, Yoshiaki TSUBATA
  • Patent number: 8728631
    Abstract: A dendrimer compound characterized by comprising a core represented by the following formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4) and at least one kind of dendritic structure selected among dendritic structures represented by the following formulae (3) and (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata
  • Publication number: 20130288311
    Abstract: A fermentation apparatus (A) of the present invention comprising: an enzymatic reactor (4) for degrading cellulose using a diastatic enzyme, and a first catalytic reactor (5) for degrading the degradation product produced by the enzymatic reactor (4) into glucose, using a solid acid catalyst (X). According to this fermentation apparatus (A), saccharification treatment of cellulose can be performed while reducing diastatic enzyme costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Kenji Sato, Makoto Kitano, Tatsuya Oka, Kentaro Nariai, Norimitsu Kaneko, Michikazu Hara
  • Patent number: 8519092
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20120293749
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20120288927
    Abstract: A biomass treatment device (A) includes a hot compressed water reaction device (1) that hydrolyzes a biomass by passing hot compressed water to the biomass to prepare polysaccharides, and a solid-acid catalytic reaction device (2 and 3) that generates monosaccharides from the polysaccharides using a solid-acid catalyst, and the device includes at least one of a first heat exchanger (1b and 1b?) for heating the hot compressed water by the heat of a monosaccharide solution including the monosaccharides delivered from the solid-acid-catalytic reaction device and a second heat exchanger (1c) for heating the hot compressed water by the heat of a polysaccharide solution including the polysaccharides introduced into the solid-acid-catalytic reaction device from the hot compressed water reaction device. According to the biomass treatment device, it is possible to improve the energy efficiency more than the related art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Norimitsu Kaneko, Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato, Kentaro Nariai, Michikazu Hara, Daizo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120279494
    Abstract: The hot water-flowing type saccharification apparatus (A) which hydrolyzes a raw material organic substance (X) stored in a reaction pipe (1) by passing pressurized hot water therethrough, includes a raw material hopper (4) which stores the raw material organic substance (X), a raw material-feeding pipe (3) which receives the raw material organic substance (X) dropped from the raw material hopper (4) and communicates with the reaction pipe (1), a raw material transfer unit (5) which transfers the raw material organic substance (X) to the reaction pipe (1) by extruding the raw material organic substance (X) from one end of the raw material-feeding pipe (3) toward the reaction pipe (1), a shutoff valve (2) provided between the raw material-feeding pipe (3) and the reaction pipe (1), a residue discharge unit (6) provided in the reaction pipe (1) on an opposite side to the raw material-feeding pipe (3) so as to discharge a residue (Xa) outside, a pressurized hot water supply unit (7) which supplies pressurized ho
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato, Kentaro Nariai, Tatsuya Oka
  • Publication number: 20120279495
    Abstract: A solid-acid-catalyzed saccharification device (A) includes a catalytic reaction vessel (3) configured to contain a polysaccharide feedstock with water and a solid-acid catalyst (X2) as a liquid mixture (X3) to monosaccharify the polysaccharide using the solid-acid catalyst (X2), an agitation device (4) configured to agitate the liquid mixture (X3) in the catalytic reaction vessel (3), an oxidation-reduction electrometer (5) configured to measure the redox potential of the liquid mixture (X3) in the catalytic reaction vessel (3), and a pH meter (6) configured to measure the pH of the liquid mixture (X3) in the catalytic reaction vessel (3). According to the solid-acid-catalyzed saccharification device (A), it is possible to accurately follow the reaction state of a saccharification process of a feedstock using a solid acid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato, Kentaro Nariai, Tatsuya Oka, Michikazu Hara, Daizo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120255900
    Abstract: This oil-water separation device includes: a supply port (3b) for oily water; a flow passage that causes oily water (X4, X7) supplied from the supply port to flow so that a flow component in a horizontal direction is a main flow component; a floated oil recovery port (F) provided above an upper portion of the flow passage and also at a position spaced from a start end of the flow passage; and a settled oil recovery port (T) provided beneath the flow passage. According to the oil-water separation device, it is possible to separate an oil component from oily water that contains an oil component with higher viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Osawa, Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20120232264
    Abstract: A biomass treatment apparatus (A) is constituted by a pressurized hot water reaction apparatus (1) in which pressurized hot water is used, biomass is hydrolyzed under first reaction conditions that provide for decomposition of hemicellulose so as to generate a first polysaccharide solution including xylooligosaccharides, and then the biomass is hydrolyzed under second reaction conditions that provide for decomposition of cellulose to generate a second polysaccharide solution including cellooligosaccharides, a first catalysis apparatus (2) in which the first polysaccharide solution that flows out from the pressurized hot water reaction apparatus (1) is hydrolyzed using a solid acid catalyst so as to generate a first monosaccharide solution including xylose, and a second catalysis apparatus (3) in which the second polysaccharide solution that flows out from the pressurized hot water reaction apparatus (1) is hydrolyzed using a solid acid catalyst so as to generate a second monosaccharide solution including gluc
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Kenji Sato, Kentaro Nariai, Makoto Kitano, Norimitsu Kaneko, Michikazu Hara, Daizo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8263735
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20110151343
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is provided which can constantly control a fuel concentration of a liquid fuel supplied to a fuel cell, such as a DMFC. A DMFC system comprises a high-concentration cartridge in which a methanol aqueous solution having a concentration higher than a target fuel concentration is sealed, a water cartridge in which water is sealed, a mixing tank for mixing the methanol aqueous solution from the high-concentration cartridge with the water from the water cartridge to prepare the methanol aqueous solution having the target fuel concentration, and the DMFC for generating electricity by being supplied with the methanol aqueous solution from the mixing tank and air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Ryuji Kohno, Makoto Kitano, Miyuki Fukushi