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).
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Publication number: 20240269255Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Yoshikuni ONODERA, Sumika TANOUE, Takako NIWA, Makoto KOIZUMI
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Publication number: 20240238407Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Ken ISHII, Takuya FUKUSHIMA, Yuetsu TANAKA, Fumihiko TAKESHITA, Makoto KOIZUMI, Takako NIWA, Shoko NOGUSA, Nao JONAI, Yoshikuni ONODERA
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Publication number: 20240238404Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Takanori TOMOZAWA, Takako NIWA, Yukinobu NUMATA, Makoto KOIZUMI
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Publication number: 20240209482Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240204634Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240190119Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Publication number: 20230253140Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Masashi YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210062010Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto NIWA, Takefumi SATO
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Patent number: 10613810Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Wakamoto, Makoto Niwa, Daigo Konno
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Publication number: 20190121592Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
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Patent number: 10067726Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Subaru CorporationInventors: Naoki Wakamoto, Makoto Niwa, Daigo Konno
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Patent number: 9463682Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahito Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nunome, Tsukasa Mikuni, Makoto Niwa, Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 9310669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Patent number: 9197801Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Publication number: 20150273984Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahito SUZUKI, Tomoyuki NUNOME, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Makoto NIWA, Isamu NAGASAWA
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Patent number: 9134590Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Patent number: 9125837Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Izume, Takahiro Fukuhara, Makoto Niwa, Takanori Sannan, Shinya Tsuchida, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140292695Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
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Publication number: 20140119720Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Publication number: 20140119721Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako