Patents by Inventor Makoto Sawada

Makoto Sawada 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: 20180141985
    Abstract: The anti-tumor peptide provided by the present invention is a synthetic peptide having both amino acid sequences represented by the following (1) and (2): (1) an amino acid sequence constituting the transmembrane domain of transmembrane protein 141 (TMEM 141), or a modified amino acid sequence having deletion, replacement, or addition of one, two, or three amino acid residues of the amino acid sequence; and (2) an amino acid sequence functioning as a cell membrane penetrating peptide (CPP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Nahoko Baileykobayashi, Tetsuhiko Yoshida, Makoto Sawada, Jun Kudoh, Tamami Adachi, Yasuhiro Tonoyama
  • Patent number: 9937862
    Abstract: A door mirror device includes a mirror housing mounted to a mirror base, a folding mechanism for enabling the mirror housing to pivot rearward of the vehicle when a load higher than a predetermined value is applied to the mirror housing from the front side of the vehicle. The mirror housing has a first region occupying more than half of the vertical area of the mirror housing and has a second region occupying a less area than the first region. The outer surface of the second region is located in front of the outer surface of the first region. The acute angle in a plan view between the outer surface of the second region and an outer side surface of the vehicle is greater than the acute angle between the outer surface of the first region and the outer side surface of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Naomi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9919312
    Abstract: The manufacturing method of a microfluidic device includes the steps of: preparing a first substrate which is obtained by curing silicone resin containing an unreacted part of a Si—H group and a platinum catalyst after being cured and has a flat first surface in which a concave groove or a through hole is partly provided and a second substrate which has a flat second surface in which a concave groove or a through hole is partly provided as necessary and has a hydroxyl group on a flat face of the second surface; and joining the first substrate and the second substrate by sticking the first surface of the first substrate and the second surface of the second substrate together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Fukoku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Fumiaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180073961
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a laser microdissection apparatus having good operational efficiency. The laser microdissection apparatus, comprising sample movement means capable of retaining a slide, device movement means on which a device having a thermofusible film for transferring a sample can be mounted, a laser irradiation part for irradiating the sample with a dissection laser light, storage means for correlating and storing positional coordinates of the sample in the location irradiated by the dissection laser light and positional coordinates of the thermofusible film in a location where the collected sample is adhered, and a movement means drive control part for controlling driving of the sample movement means and the device movement means on the basis of the positional coordinates of the sample and the thermofusible film. The dissection laser light is radiated through the device onto the sample from below the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Makoto SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20180010687
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle transmission is provided. The control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to, when control for engaging the at least one engaging device that switches power transmission to power transmission via a first power transmission mechanism and control for increasing hydraulic pressure that is applied to a continuously variable transmission are required, control the continuously variable transmission and the at least one engaging device so as to start control for engaging the at least one engaging device first and, after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of control for engaging the at least one engaging device, start control for increasing hydraulic pressure that is applied to the continuously variable transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Susumu Moritomo, Makoto Sawada, Keita Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9851697
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including a dial plate having light transparency, a module including an antenna for receiving circularly polarized waves which is disposed below the dial plate, the antenna having a radiation electrode, and a solar panel disposed between the dial plate and the module, wherein the solar panel includes a common substrate, a plurality of solar cells disposed on the common substrate, and an inactive segment disposed on the common substrate at a place corresponding to the place of the radiation electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Saito, Makoto Sawada, Junro Yano
  • Patent number: 9839882
    Abstract: A solution is to produce an acid gas separation composite membrane provided with an acid gas separation facilitated membrane on a porous support, including; arranging of a coating liquid for acid gas separation formed through dispersing or dissolving into water a polyvinyl acetal compound formed through crosslinking, by an acetal bond, block copolymers formed through bonding of a polymer block formed of polyvinyl alcohol and a polymer block formed of polyacrylate through a linking group, an acid gas carrier and at least one kind of anion other than hydroxide ion, carboxyl ion, carbonate ion and bicarbonate ion, and coating of the coating liquid for acid gas separation onto a hydrophobic surface of the porous support having hydrophobicity at least on one surface to form the acid gas separation facilitated transport membrane thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Aburaya, Makoto Sawada, Satoshi Yoneyama, Yoichi Hosoya
  • Patent number: 9829467
    Abstract: A trace component in a sample is quickly and accurately analyzed using a small sample quantity without performing preprocessing such as concentration. Trace components in a sample can be analyzed quickly and accurately using a small sample quantity and without preprocessing such as concentration, by a method for analyzing a component in a sample, the method including a step for irradiating a thermoplastic resin film internally containing the sample with ionizing laser light of a mass spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventor: Makoto Sawada
  • Publication number: 20170305350
    Abstract: This side mirror device includes: a mirror base; a housing a bearing mechanism; a mirror; an inclining mechanism; an internal housing; and a cover, wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are contained in an interior of the housing, and wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are formed so as to face each other across the mirror base along an axis line of the bearing mechanism, wherein the housing has an upper cover and a lower cover that are disposed so as to face each other, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover whose outer surface shapes form an mirror-image symmetry with each other, wherein the cover forms, on a rear side, an opening edge portion that exposes the mirror, wherein the opening edge portion is made of an involuted recess portion that is a rear-side end portion of the cover being bent inwardly toward the mirror, and wherein with the rear-side end portion of the internal housing is inserted into the involuted recess portion, the rear-side end portion of
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sakai, Takeshi Ishikawa, Jun Nakamura, Makoto Sawada
  • Publication number: 20170233701
    Abstract: Provided are a synthetic peptide that induces the reprogramming of a differentiated cell, a reprogramming-inducing pharmaceutical composition that contains this synthetic peptide, and a method for producing an undifferentiated cell from a differentiated cell using this synthetic peptide. The peptide provided by the present invention is a synthetic peptide having a reprogramming-inducing peptide sequence formed of the amino acid sequence given by SEQ ID NO: 1 or a modified amino acid sequence thereof. The method for producing an undifferentiated cell provided by the present invention includes inducing the reprogramming of a target cell by culturing a cell culture which contains the target cell and to which the synthetic peptide has been supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Yoshida, Nahoko Baileykobayashi, Mikio Niwa, Jun Kudo, Tomohiro Izumiyama, Makoto Sawada
  • Publication number: 20170218019
    Abstract: Provided are a synthetic peptide having a multinucleation-inducing activity that can cause multinucleation in a target cell, a multinucleation-inducing agent containing this peptide, and a multinucleation induction method that uses this peptide, The synthetic peptide provided by the present invention is an artificially synthesized peptide that contains (A) a membrane-permeable peptide sequence and (B) a multinucleation-inducing peptide sequence, and that can cause multinucleation in at least one type of eukaryotic cell of human origin Or non-human mammal origin. The multinucleation-inducing peptide sequence is constituted of an amino acid sequence given by SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 or a modified amino acid sequence therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Nahoko Baileykobayashi, Tetsuhlko Yoshida, Makoto Sawada
  • Publication number: 20170182469
    Abstract: Provided are a gas separation membrane which has a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, in which the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, and at least one of gas permeability or gas separation selectivity is high under high pressure; a method of producing a gas separation membrane; a gas separation membrane module; and a gas separator. 0.9?A/B?0.55??Expression 1 B?1.7??Expression 2 In the expressions, A represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms contained in the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond at a depth of 10 nm from the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, and B represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms in the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MOCHIZUKI, Makoto SAWADA, Takeshi NARITA, Shigehide ITOU, Hiroyuki NODA, Atsushi MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20170082579
    Abstract: A trace component in a sample is quickly and accurately analyzed using a small sample quantity without performing preprocessing such as concentration. Trace components in a sample can be analyzed quickly and accurately using a small sample quantity and without preprocessing such as concentration, by a method for analyzing a component in a sample, the method including a step for irradiating a thermoplastic resin film internally containing the sample with ionizing laser light of a mass spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Makoto SAWADA
  • Patent number: 9550151
    Abstract: There is provided a high-quality spiral-type acidic gas separation module which is obtained by winding a laminate including an acidic gas separation layer that has a facilitated transport film and which has no defects in the facilitated transport film, in which the average value of the fiber diameter of a supply gas channel member is in a range of 100 ?m to 900 ?m, and the area ratio of concave portions inscribed in a hemisphere having a diameter greater than or equal to three-quarters of the fiber diameter of the supply gas channel member is 50% or less with respect to a surface of an auxiliary support film of a porous support that is on the side opposite to the facilitated transport film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Yoshihiro Aburaya
  • Patent number: 9550596
    Abstract: A method of sealing a container and a lid by melt adhesion by laser. Either the container or the lid has a thermoplastic resin that permits the laser beam to transmit through and the other one has a resin composition of the thermoplastic resin containing a heat-generating substance. Further, the laser beam applies a rectangular beam having a uniform intensity distribution. The upper-limit of temperature is not lower than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin but lower than a thermal decomposition start temperature thereof in the melt adhesion interface between the container and the lid, and the temperature reaches the upper-limit in a heating time t (msec) represented by the following formula (1), t (msec)=L/S??(1) where L is the length (mm) of the rectangular beam in the scanning direction, and S is the rate of laser scanning (mm/msec) of not higher than 1.65 mm/msec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Kiyotaka Shinozaki, Yoshiaki Shinagawa, Jun Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20170001568
    Abstract: A door mirror device includes a mirror housing mounted to a mirror base, a folding mechanism for enabling the mirror housing to pivot rearward of the vehicle when a load higher than a predetermined value is applied to the mirror housing from the front side of the vehicle. The mirror housing has a first region occupying more than half of the vertical area of the mirror housing and has a second region occupying a less area than the first region. The outer surface of the second region is located in front of the outer surface of the first region. The acute angle in a plan view between the outer surface of the second region and an outer side surface of the vehicle is greater than the acute angle between the outer surface of the first region and the outer side surface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Naomi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20160325279
    Abstract: The manufacturing method of a microfluidic device includes the steps of: preparing a first substrate which is obtained by curing silicone resin containing an unreacted part of a Si—H group and a platinum catalyst after being cured and has a flat first surface in which a concave groove or a through hole is partly provided and a second substrate which has a flat second surface in which a concave groove or a through hole is partly provided as necessary and has a hydroxyl group on a flat face of the second surface; and joining the first substrate and the second substrate by sticking the first surface of the first substrate and the second surface of the second substrate together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Fumiaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160304252
    Abstract: A drop lid-shaped formed lid to be fittably applied to a container having a flange section is formed with a flange, a fitting section extending downwardly from the flange, and an introducing section below the fitting section. The introducing section is composed of first and second tapered sections whose inner diameters each decrease downwardly. The taper angle ? of the second tapered section is larger than the taper angle ? of the first tapered section, and the second tapered section is formed in an arcuate shape smaller than a range in which the first tapered section is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka SHINOZAKI, Makoto SAWADA, Yoshiaki SHINAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160288939
    Abstract: A container sealing apparatus including: a rotating spindle (24); a rotating turret means (38) disposed around the rotating spindle and having pockets (40) along a circular transport path; container support means (42) arranged below the rotating turret means in correspondence with the pockets (40), and which can rotate about the rotating spindle and rotate on their axes; lid pressing means (44) arranged above the rotating turret means in correspondence with the container support means, which can rotate about the rotating spindle and rotate on their axes, and can ascend and descend relative to the container support means; and laser irradiation means (46) capable of rotating about the rotating spindle and adapted to direct laser light toward the container (2), against which the lid (14) has been pressed by the container support means and the lid pressing means, thereby heat welding the lid (14) to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SAWADA, Kiyotaka SHINOZAKI, Yoshiaki SHINAGAWA, Satoshi UEHARA
  • Patent number: 9452384
    Abstract: An acidic gas separation laminate includes a composite film formed of a porous support which is formed by laminating a porous film and an auxiliary support film and an acidic gas separation facilitated transport film which is disposed on the porous film side of the porous support; a permeating gas channel member which is laminated so as to face the auxiliary support film of the porous support and in which acidic gas permeated and passed through the acidic gas separation facilitated transport film flows; and a film protection unit in which an adhesive becomes impregnated into the porous film at an impregnation rate of 10% or greater in the lamination direction of the porous support and the impregnation rate of the adhesive in the auxiliary support film is smaller than the impregnation rate of the adhesive in the porous film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Narita, Kenichi Ishizuka, Ryo Ouchi, Makoto Sawada