Patents by Inventor Makoto Niwa

Makoto Niwa 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: 20240269255
    Abstract: Provided are lipid particles encapsulating a nucleic acid capable of expressing an E6 antigen and an E7 antigen of human papillomavirus, whereby a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infection with human papillomavirus type 6 and/or type 11 can be provided. The lipid particles comprise a lipid that is a cationic lipid having the general formula (Ia), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. [In the formula, R1, R2, p, L1 and L2 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikuni ONODERA, Sumika TANOUE, Takako NIWA, Makoto KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240238407
    Abstract: Provided is a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infection with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). A lipid particle encapsulating a nucleic acid expressing a gp46 antigen or a Tax antigen of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), wherein the lipid comprises a cationic lipid represented by general formula (Ia): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-C3 alkyl group; L1 represents a C17-C19 alkenyl group optionally having one or more C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; L2 represents a C10-C19 alkyl group optionally having one or more C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups, or a C10-C19 alkenyl group optionally having one or more C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; and p is 3 or 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ken ISHII, Takuya FUKUSHIMA, Yuetsu TANAKA, Fumihiko TAKESHITA, Makoto KOIZUMI, Takako NIWA, Shoko NOGUSA, Nao JONAI, Yoshikuni ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20240238404
    Abstract: Provided is a vaccine for preventing and/or treating an infection with an influenza virus. The vaccine comprises lipid particles containing a nucleic acid capable of expressing a haemagglutinin (HA) protein of the influenza virus, wherein a lipid is a cationic lipid having general formula (Ia), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. [In the formula, R1, R2, p, L1 and L2 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori TOMOZAWA, Takako NIWA, Yukinobu NUMATA, Makoto KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240209482
    Abstract: This electrical steel sheet contains: as a chemical composition, in a unit of mass %, 2.5% to 3.9% of Si; 0.001% to 3.0% of Al; and 0.05% to 5.0% of Mn, the remainder being Fe and impurities, and, on one surface or both surfaces thereof, an insulating coating containing a curing accelerator is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240204634
    Abstract: This bonded and stacked core manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a bonded and stacked core by performing press working on a strip-shaped steel sheet with a press working oil applied to one surface or both surfaces thereof, applying an anaerobic adhesive and an instantaneous adhesive to one surface of the strip-shaped steel sheet to obtain a plurality of steel sheet components, and stacking and bonding the steel sheet components, in which a curing accelerating layer is formed by applying an anaerobic adhesive curing accelerator and an instantaneous adhesive curing accelerator to one surface or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before the press working oil is applied, and drying the adhesive curing accelerator and the instantaneous adhesive curing accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240190119
    Abstract: This bonded and stacked core manufacturing method is for manufacturing a bonded and stacked core by performing press working on a strip-shaped steel sheet with a press working oil applied to one surface or both surfaces thereof, applying an adhesive to one surface of the strip-shaped steel sheet to obtain a plurality of steel sheet components, and stacking and bonding the steel sheet components, in which a curing accelerator having an average viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s to 100 Pa·s is applied to one surface or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before the press working oil is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230253140
    Abstract: This adhesively-laminated core manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing an adhesively-laminated core by punching a plurality of steel sheet parts while a strip-shaped steel sheet is fed and laminating the steel sheet parts via an adhesive, and includes a step of forming a curing acceleration portion by applying and drying a curing accelerator on one or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before a pressing oil is applied, and a step of applying the pressing oil to a surface of the curing acceleration portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Masashi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210062010
    Abstract: Provided are: a composition for powder coating materials, which enables the achievement of a cured film that has excellent thin film smoothness, electrical insulation properties and thermal conductivity; and a coated article. The present invention relates to: a composition for powder coating materials, which contains (A) a thermally conductive filler having an average circularity of 0.92 or more, (B) a thermosetting resin and (C) a curing agent; and a coated article, the surface of which is provided with a cured film that is formed from this composition for powder coating materials. The present invention also relates to a composition for powder coating materials, which additionally contains (D) a dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto NIWA, Takefumi SATO
  • Patent number: 10613810
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Wakamoto, Makoto Niwa, Daigo Konno
  • Publication number: 20190121592
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
  • Patent number: 10067726
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Wakamoto, Makoto Niwa, Daigo Konno
  • Patent number: 9463682
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front panel provided in front of an occupant traveling in the vehicle; an air-conditioning duct that forms at least one air outlet, through which a conditioned airflow is blown, in an upper portion of the front panel; a wind direction adjustment member capable of adjusting the conditioned airflow blown out of the air outlet such that the conditioned airflow flows from the air outlet toward the occupant; and at least one display member that displays information to the occupant. The display member is provided in the air-conditioning duct or the air outlet. The wind direction adjustment member is provided so as not to interfere a path between an image displayed by the display member and the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahito Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nunome, Tsukasa Mikuni, Makoto Niwa, Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 9310669
    Abstract: A camera body includes a plurality of body-side bayonet lugs which are provided on the peripheral edge of an opening; and a protrusion which is positioned in a circular-arc opening formed between adjacent body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs, the distance between the protrusion and either of adjacent two body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs being shorter than each of the lens-side bayonet lugs; and a body-side mount surface with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact from the front side when the lens-side bayonet lugs are positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Patent number: 9197801
    Abstract: A camera body includes a body-side bayonet lug, wherein a lens-side bayonet lug of a lens barrel is positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lug when the lens barrel is mounted to the camera body; an opposed surface formed on the rear surface of the body-side bayonet lug and positioned immediately in front of the lens-side bayonet lug; a body-side mount surface positioned in front of the opposed surface and with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact; and a body-side contact portion, the front end of which contacts the rear end of the lens-side contact portion when the opposed surface faces the lens-side bayonet lug, the front end of the body-side contact portion being positioned in front of the opposed surface and behind the body-side mount surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Publication number: 20150273984
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front panel provided in front of an occupant traveling in the vehicle; an air-conditioning duct that forms at least one air outlet, through which a conditioned airflow is blown, in an upper portion of the front panel; a wind direction adjustment member capable of adjusting the conditioned airflow blown out of the air outlet such that the conditioned airflow flows from the air outlet toward the occupant; and at least one display member that displays information to the occupant. The display member is provided in the air-conditioning duct or the air outlet. The wind direction adjustment member is provided so as not to interfere a path between an image displayed by the display member and the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahito SUZUKI, Tomoyuki NUNOME, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Makoto NIWA, Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 9134590
    Abstract: A camera body includes body-side bayonet lugs concentric with lens-side bayonet lugs, circular-arc openings, a circular arc protrusion positioned inside the camera body and projecting forward and concentric with the body-side bayonet lugs, body-side contact portions provided and arranged on the front end surface of the circular arc protrusion and come into contact with lens-side contact portions which are provided on the lens barrel, and rearward biasers provided immediately behind two of the body-side bayonet lugs to bias and move the lens-side bayonet lugs rearward, wherein two of the body-side contact portions located at both ends in the lengthwise direction and the two rearward biasers lie on radial-direction extension lines of the circular arc protrusion, respectively, as viewed in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Patent number: 9125837
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing silylated pullulan, which features reacting pullulan with N,O-bistrimethylsilylacetamide by using, as a reaction medium, only one of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone or a mixed solvent of both of them. Compared with conventional processes, the process according to the present invention can produce high-purity silylated pullulan simply, easily and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Izume, Takahiro Fukuhara, Makoto Niwa, Takanori Sannan, Shinya Tsuchida, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140292695
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
  • Publication number: 20140119720
    Abstract: A camera body includes body-side bayonet lugs concentric with lens-side bayonet lugs, circular-arc openings, a circular arc protrusion positioned inside the camera body and projecting forward and concentric with the body-side bayonet lugs, body-side contact portions provided and arranged on the front end surface of the circular arc protrusion and come into contact with lens-side contact portions which are provided on the lens barrel, and rearward biasers provided immediately behind two of the body-side bayonet lugs to bias and move the lens-side bayonet lugs rearward, wherein two of the body-side contact portions located at both ends in the lengthwise direction and the two rearward biasers lie on radial-direction extension lines of the circular arc protrusion, respectively, as viewed in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Publication number: 20140119721
    Abstract: A camera body includes a plurality of body-side bayonet lugs which are provided on the peripheral edge of an opening; and a protrusion which is positioned in a circular-arc opening formed between adjacent body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs, the distance between the protrusion and either of adjacent two body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs being shorter than each of the lens-side bayonet lugs; and a body-side mount surface with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact from the front side when the lens-side bayonet lugs are positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako