Patents by Inventor Masaaki Matsuura
Masaaki Matsuura 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: 20130020461Abstract: When a reflecting film of a mirror device employed in a rearview mirror with monitor is processed with laser light, a part from which the reflecting film is removed by the laser light transmits light therethrough, while the remaining part reflects the light. Therefore, the light transmittance can be changed easily according to the area irradiated with the laser light. Further, when laser-processing a reflecting/transmitting mirror region corresponding to a monitor screen, cells having the same form are arranged in a matrix, and each cell is formed with an irregular pattern by the laser light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATIONInventors: Ayako YAMADA, Masaaki MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20120278037Abstract: Provided is a technique for using an optical microscope image of an area on a sample to collect area-specific information characterizing each kind of biological tissue from imaging mass analysis data. On an optical image of a two-dimensional target area on a sample, a difference is examined in the kind of tissue or other features and areas are specified, each regarded as the same kind of tissue. When data processing is initiated, peak information is extracted, for each specified area, from mass spectrum data of all the measurement points. A peak method is applied to each area to extract peak information. Then, when a command to compare a set of areas is given, the peak information of those areas is collected. By comparing the peak information of different areas by a machine learning algorithm or similar judging technique, area-specific peak information is obtained, and this information is stored in memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicants: JAPANESE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, SHIMADZU CORPORATION, National University Corporation Hamamatsu University School Of Medicine, KEIO UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaaki MATSUURA, Masaru USHIJIMA, Masatoshi WAKUI, Mitsutoshi SETOU, Shigeki KAJIHARA, Kiyoshi OGAWA
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Publication number: 20120220028Abstract: Disclosed is an enhancer for a viral promoter such as a promoter that can induce expression selectively and strongly in immunocompetent cells (e.g., lymphocytes) or blood cells. It is found unexpectedly that an intron has the above-mentioned enhancer activity. Thus, it is found that an enhancer for a promoter, which comprises an intron sequence for a major immediate early gene (MIE) of human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) (particularly HHV-6B) or a fragment of the intron sequence, has a potent promoter activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES OF OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Masaya Takemoto, Tetsuo Koshizuka, Koichi Yamanishi, Yasuko Mori
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Patent number: 8061804Abstract: A method of moving a cap apart from a printhead within a short period of time without damaging a printing apparatus when the cap sticks to the printhead. A cap moving unit is driven to try to move the cap apart from the printhead. When a detection unit for detecting that the cap has moved apart from the printhead detects that the cap has not moved apart from the printhead, it is controlled to slightly reciprocate the carriage while driving the cap moving unit. When the detection unit detects that the cap has moved apart from the printhead under this control, the slight reciprocation of the carriage is forcibly stopped.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Shimizu, Masaaki Matsuura, Tsuyoshi Otani, Ken Hoshino
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Publication number: 20100226791Abstract: A blade cooling structure of a gas turbine, which can reduce the pressure loss of a cooling medium without decreasing the heat transfer coefficient, is provided. The blade cooling structure comprises a cooling passage (15) for flowing cooling air (A) from a proximal end portion (12) toward a blade portion (14) of a moving blade (11), a plurality of turbulators (21) arranged, on both wall surfaces of the cooling passage (15) opposing each other, in such a manner as to be inclined with respect to the flowing direction of the cooling air (A), and a plurality of dimples (22) formed in a downstream region (N) downstream of a center position (O) in the flowing direction of the cooling air (A) on the wall surface of the cooling passage (15) between the adjacent turbulators (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daigo Fujimura, Hideaki Sugishita, Masaaki Matsuura, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shunsuke Torii, Satoshi Hada, Kiyoshi Suenaga, Yuko Suenaga
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Patent number: 7764432Abstract: A laser apparatus (10) has a plurality of light sources (11a to 11c) that include laser array stacks (12a to 12c). Laser beams (32b, 32c) are respectively deflected by a slit mirror (14) and a polarizing beam splitter (16) and synthesized with other laser beams (32a). These laser beams have optical axes that are inclined with respect to each other and slow axis directions that are mutually parallel. A converging optical system (20) converges the laser beams from the respective light sources at positions that are separated along a direction perpendicular to the slow axis directions.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Miyajima, Hirofumi Kan, Takayuki Uchiyama, Masaaki Matsuura, Toshimasa Matsuno
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Patent number: 7694522Abstract: A heat exchange wall include a base plate; a plurality of first protrusions distributedly provided on a surface of the base plate, and a plurality of second protrusions distributedly provided on the base plate surface. The height of the second protrusion in a normal direction of the base plate is desirably less than ½ of a height of the first protrusion in the normal direction. The height of the second protrusion in the normal direction is desirably between 1/20 and ¼ of the height of the first protrusion in the normal direction. More desirably, the height of the second protrusion in the normal direction is 1/10 of the height of the first protrusion in the normal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Society of Japanese Aerospace CompaniesInventors: Tomoyoshi Nakae, Kenichiro Takeishi, Masaaki Matsuura, Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Atsushi Moriwaki
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Publication number: 20090323193Abstract: A laser apparatus (10) has a plurality of light sources (11a to 11c) that include laser array stacks (12a to 12c). Laser beams (32b, 32c) are respectively deflected by a slit mirror (14) and a polarizing beam splitter (16) and synthesized with other laser beams (32a). These laser beams have optical axes that are inclined with respect to each other and slow axis directions that are mutually parallel. A converging optical system (20) converges the laser beams from the respective light sources at positions that are separated along a direction perpendicular to the slow axis directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2006Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Miyajima, Hirofumi Kan, Takayuki Uchiyama, Masaaki Matsuura, Toshimasa Matsuno
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Publication number: 20090153611Abstract: A method of moving a cap apart from a printhead within a short period of time without damaging a printing apparatus when the cap sticks to the printhead. A cap moving unit is driven to try to move the cap apart from the printhead. When a detection unit for detecting that the cap has moved apart from the printhead detects that the cap has not moved apart from the printhead, it is controlled to slightly reciprocate the carriage while driving the cap moving unit. When the detection unit detects that the cap has moved apart from the printhead under this control, the slight reciprocation of the carriage is forcibly stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Shimizu, Masaaki Matsuura, Tsuyoshi Otani, Ken Hoshino
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Publication number: 20090015628Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus that enables a cap and a recording head stuck together to be easily separated is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus has a rotatably supported cap holder retaining a cap for covering ejection orifices in a recording head, and an actuator that moves the cap holder to bring the cap into contact with and away from the recording head. A first contact portion configured to seal an ejection orifice row and a second contact portion connected to the outer surface of the first contact portion and configured to be pressed against the ejection orifice surface are provided on a surface of the cap to be brought into contact with the ejection orifice surface. The actuator acts on the cap holder at a position to the second contact portion side of the rotational axis of the cap holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaaki Matsuura
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Publication number: 20080049064Abstract: A tube pump reduced of the burden against pump driving caused by dragging of a tube by a pressurizing roller. Specifically, guide members are disposed in the respective introduction portions at between the guides. Namely, the guide members are arranged nearby the extensions of the circumference of the arcuate guides and radially with respect to the center of the circumference. Due to this, the pump tube, the roller is to drag, is sustained by the guide member, to prevent the tube from increasing its deformation due to dragging. Thus, the tube can be prevented from being dragged in a manner forming a resistance to the roller. As a result, the pump motor, etc. can be prevented from being burdened with an increasing load.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Masaaki Matsuura
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Patent number: 7300251Abstract: A cooled blade of a small gas turbine engine can enhance cooling performance without increasing the amount of cooling air in a simple configuration. A cooled turbine blade is provided with a cooling passageway 12 formed inside thereof, making the cooling air flow therein. Film-cooling holes 13 penetrate from an inner wall surface 111 to an external wall surface 112 and form a cooling film. An impingement cooling member 2 has a multiple number of small holes 21 ejecting the cooling air. A gap t made by the inner wall surface 111 and the impingement cooling member 2 has a sealing portion 14 mounted thereon which divides the gap in a blade chord direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Kenichiro Takeishi, Masaaki Matsuura, Ryoma Nogami
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Publication number: 20070238098Abstract: A method is disclosed for predicting the risk of the occurrence of granulocytopenia caused by paclitaxel therapy in a subject. The method of the present invention comprises identifying a genetic polymorphism in a gene isolated from the subject for five SNPs in CYP2C8 gene (IMS-JST111898 (SEQ ID NO: 1), IMS-JST105874 (SEQ ID NO: 2), IMS-JST082397 (SEQ ID NO: 3), IMS-JST071852 (SEQ ID NO: 4) and IMS-JST071853 (SEQ ID NO: 5)) and for five SNPs in BUB1b gene (IMS-JST074538 (SEQ ID NO: 6), IMS-JST079837 (SEQ ID NO: 7), IMS-JST044164 (SEQ ID NO: 8), IMS-JST 063023 (SEQ ID NO: 9) and IMS-JST042569 (SEQ ID NO: 10)). A kit comprising a reagent used in the method of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2004Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Yoshio Miki, Masaaki Matsuura, Minoru Isomura, Satoshi Miyata, Masataka Yoshimoto, Tetsuo Noda
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Publication number: 20060210399Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a cooled blade of a small gas turbine engine which can enhance cooling performance without increasing an amount of cooling air although it is in a simple configuration. A cooled turbine blade is provided with a cooling passageway 12 formed inside thereof, making the cooling air flow therein; film-cooling holes 13 formed, penetrating from an inner wall surface 111 to an external wall surface 112 and forming a cooling film; and an impingement cooling member 2 which has a multiple number of small holes 21 ejecting the cooling air. It is characterized by that a gap t made by the inner wall surface 111 and the impingement cooling member 2 has a sealing portion 14 mounted thereon which divides the gap in a blade chord direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2004Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Kenichiro Takeishi, Masaaki Matsuura, Ryoma Nogami
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Publication number: 20060132944Abstract: Disclosed is an outer mirror in which individual components are easy to assemble and which is superior in durability. An outer mirror includes a mirror base having a protrusion which sticks out outward from a side face of a vehicle body, a shaft being placed on the protrusion, and a mirror housing being coupled to the shaft in a rotatable fashion. Furthermore, the mirror housing includes a mirror for showing an area behind the vehicle body, and an opening on its side that faces the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Masahiro Motomiya, Hisaya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20060132943Abstract: An outer mirror includes a mirror base having a protrusion extending laterally from a side face of a vehicle body; a shaft fixed onto the protrusion; a mirror housing rotatably mounted on the shaft; a mirror for reflecting a rear view mounted on the mirror housing; and an auxiliary mirror mounted on the mirror housing. This auxiliary mirror is for reflecting an area diagonally forward the side face of the vehicle body and located below an upper face of the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATIONInventors: Hisaya Suzuki, Masaaki Matsuura, Masahiro Motomiya
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Patent number: 7055974Abstract: Disclosed is an outer mirror in which individual components are easy to assemble and which is superior in durability. An outer mirror includes a mirror base having a protrusion which sticks out outward from a side face of a vehicle body, a shaft being placed on the protrusion, and a mirror housing being coupled to the shaft in a rotatable fashion. Furthermore, the mirror housing includes a mirror for showing an area behind the vehicle body, and an opening on its side that faces the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Murakami CorporationInventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Masahiro Motomiya, Hisaya Suzuki
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Patent number: 7052149Abstract: The present invention provides an outer mirrors installed in an automobile, that has a capability to be reset into a housing position, features to have auxiliary mirrors to percept and monitor the front wheels and thereabout, has a flexibility for well appreciated apparent design, has no reflection of head lamp lights of oncoming automobiles thereby and is capable to perform the function of the auxiliary mirror in the night or in the dark place. The outer mirror comprises a mirror base extending outward and a mirror housing, being capable to be reset into the housing position, suspended under the mirror base with a rotation capability thereunder and a separation distance from the automobile, wherein a first auxiliary mirror facing obliquely downward is attached to the mirror housing on the surface facing to the automobile body.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Murakami CorporationInventors: Hisaya Suzuki, Masaaki Matsuura, Masahiro Motomiya, Tohru Yamana
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Publication number: 20050174792Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting system for vehicles which is able to be easily installed in an extremely small space, to be easily maintained, and to conserve its power consumption. The lighting system includes a light source placed inside a vehicle, and an optical fiber. This optical fiber has two ends, and light from the light source enters one end, whereas the light is sent out from the other end to irradiate any given area. Thanks to the optical fiber, the light source can be placed away from an area to be irradiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2004Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATIONInventor: Masaaki Matsuura
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Patent number: 6910909Abstract: A door mirror 5 as a vehicle exterior component is fixed by three bolt-nut pairs 1-3 to a mount 4A of a vehicle body 4, and secure electric connection is established via the bolt-nut pairs 1-3 between an ignition switch circuit in the vehicle body and electric parts, such as a driving motor, a mirror angle adjustment circuit and a mirror retracting/deploying operation circuit, incorporated in the door mirror 5. Thus, a defect in electric connectivity (e.g., a break and a short circuit) to the electric part can be prevented, and the number of assembly steps, and thus man-hours for assembly, of the vehicle exterior component can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Murakami CorporationInventor: Masaaki Matsuura