Patents by Inventor Masafumi Miyazaki

Masafumi Miyazaki 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: 20250092064
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a medicament capable of treating and/or preventing diseases associated with oxidative stress by inhibiting the protein-protein interaction between Keap1 and Nrf2 and activating Nrf2. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In addition, the present invention also relates to a medicament containing the aforementioned compound, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases involving oxidative stress selected from the group consisting of chronic kidney disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, radiation skin disorder, radiation mucosal disorder, cardiac failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension, Parkinson's disease, Friedreich's ataxia, multiple sclerosis, age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OGURA, Rieko TAKANO, Junya KAWAI, Teppei FUJIMOTO, Masaharu INUI, Masafumi OFUKU, Masaki MIYAZAKI, Masaya FUJII, Ken ISHII, Wakana YOKOZEKI, Kazuya OTAKE, Shunsuke TAKASHIMA, Masafumi ANDO
  • Patent number: 12097554
    Abstract: A slab casting method using a twin-drum continuous casting device manufactures a slab by solidifying molten metal by a pair of rotating casting drums includes calculating estimated sheet thicknesses on both ends in a width direction of the slab from equation 1 ((estimated sheet thickness)=(cylinder screw down position)+(elastic deformation of casting drum)+(casting drum housing screw down system deformation)+(drum profile of casting drum)?(elastic deformation of casting drum at the time of screw down position zero adjustment)) by using a casting drum housing screw down system deformation characteristic indicating a deformation characteristic of housings that support the casting drums and a deformation characteristic of a screw down system that screws down the casting drums obtained before casting of the slab starts, and controlling screw down positions of cylinders provided on both ends in a width direction of the casting drums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Nikkuni, Toshiyuki Shiraishi, Yutaka Sadano, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11858019
    Abstract: A slab manufacturing method in which casting drum housing screw-down system deformation characteristics which have been acquired prior to the start of slab casting and which indicate deformation characteristics of a housing configured to support a casting drum and deformation characteristics of a screw-down system configured to screw down the casting drum is used to calculate an estimated plate thickness at both end portions of a slab in a width direction thereof from Expression 1 ((estimated plate thickness on entry side of rolling mill)=(screw-down position of casting cylinder)+(elastic deformation of casting drum)+(casting drum housing screw-down system deformation)+(drum profile of casting drum)?(elastic deformation of casting drum at time of screw-down position zero-point adjustment)), an entry-side wedge ratio and an exit-side wedge ratio are calculated on the basis of the estimated plate thickness calculated from Expression 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Nikkuni, Toshiyuki Shiraishi, Yutaka Sadano, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11640191
    Abstract: In a display device including: a pixel array unit made up of pixels disposed on a substrate; a peripheral circuit unit that is disposed in a periphery of the pixel array unit and drives the pixels; and a temperature sensor circuit disposed on the same substrate as the pixels, the temperature sensor circuit is configured using an inverter circuit including a plurality of inverters made up of thin film transistors. Then, crystallinity of a channel portion of the thin film transistor of the temperature sensor circuit is different from crystallinity of a channel portion of a thin film transistor constituting the peripheral circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Jinta, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11618072
    Abstract: This thin strip manufacture method is a thin strip manufacture method for manufacturing a thin strip by supplying molten steel to a molten steel pool formed by a pair of rotating cooling drums and a pair of side weirs to form and grow a solidified shell on a peripheral surface of the cooling drums, wherein a pressing force P of the pair of the cooling drums is set so that the pressing force P (kgf/mm) of the pair of cooling drums, casting thickness D (mm), and radius R (m) of the cooling drums satisfy 0.90?P×(D×R)0.5?1.30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Miyazaki, Takeaki Wakisaka, Takashi Arai, Naotsugu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11566303
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the invention has a chemical composition represented by C: 0.0030% or less, Si: 2.00% or less, Al: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%, S: 0.0030% or less, one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Nd, Pr, La, Ce, Zn, and Cd: 0.0003% or greater and less than 0.0015% in total, a parameter Q represented by Q=[Si]+2×[Al]?[Mn]: 2.00 or less; Sn: 0.00% to 0.40%, Cu: 0.00% to 1.00%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, and a parameter R represented by R?(I100+I310+I411+I521)/(I111+I211+I332+I221) is 0.80 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubota, Takeaki Wakisaka, Masafumi Miyazaki, Takashi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 11469018
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the invention has a chemical composition represented by C: 0.0030% or less, Si: 2.00% or less, Al: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%, S: 0.0030% or less, one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Nd, Pr, La, Ce, Zn, and Cd: greater than 0.0100% and not greater than 0.0250% in total, a parameter Q represented by Q=[Si]+2×[Al]?[Mn]: 2.00 or less; Sn: 0.00% to 0.40%, Cu: 0.00% to 1.00%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, and a parameter R represented by R=(I100+I310+I411+I521)/(I111+I211+I332+I221) is 0.80 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubota, Takeaki Wakisaka, Masafumi Miyazaki, Takashi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 11459632
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the invention has a chemical composition represented by C: 0.0030% or less, Si: 2.00% or less, Al: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%, S: 0.0030% or less, one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Nd, Pr, La, Ce, Zn, and Cd: 0.0015% to 0.0100% in total, a parameter Q represented by Q=[Si]+2×[Al]?[Mn]: 2.00 or less; Sn: 0.00% to 0.40%, Cu: 0.00% to 1.00%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, and a parameter R represented by R=(I100+I310+I411+I521)/(I111+I211+I332+I221) is 0.80 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubota, Takeaki Wakisaka, Takashi Morohoshi, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11458534
    Abstract: In this cast strip manufacturing method, in a first step, one end side and another end side in a rotation axis direction of a pair of cooling drums are pressed with a first pressure in a direction in which the cooling drums come close to each other, in a second step, the one end side and the another end side in the rotation axis direction of the cooling drums are pressed with a second pressure, which is higher than the first pressure, in the direction in which the cooling drums come close to each other, and in a third step, pressure control is performed so that a total value of reaction forces on the one end side and the another end side in the rotation axis direction of the cooling drums is set to a predetermined value, and rotation axes of the cooling drums are held in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Masafumi Miyazaki, Naotsugu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220048102
    Abstract: In this cast strip manufacturing method, in a first step, one end side and another end side in a rotation axis direction of a pair of cooling drums are pressed with a first pressure in a direction in which the cooling drums come close to each other, in a second step, the one end side and the another end side in the rotation axis direction of the cooling drums are pressed with a second pressure, which is higher than the first pressure, in the direction in which the cooling drums come close to each other, and in a third step, pressure control is performed so that a total value of reaction forces on the one end side and the another end side in the rotation axis direction of the cooling drums is set to a predetermined value, and rotation axes of the cooling drums are held in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi ARAI, Masafumi MIYAZAKI, Naotsugu YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210387249
    Abstract: A slab casting method using a twin-drum continuous casting device manufactures a slab by solidifying molten metal by a pair of rotating casting drums includes calculating estimated sheet thicknesses on both ends in a width direction of the slab from equation 1 ((estimated sheet thickness)=(cylinder screw down position)+(elastic deformation of casting drum)+(casting drum housing screw down system deformation)+(drum profile of casting drum)?(elastic deformation of casting drum at the time of screw down position zero adjustment)) by using a casting drum housing screw down system deformation characteristic indicating a deformation characteristic of housings that support the casting drums and a deformation characteristic of a screw down system that screws down the casting drums obtained before casting of the slab starts, and controlling screw down positions of cylinders provided on both ends in a width direction of the casting drums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NIKKUNI, Toshiyuki SHIRAISHI, Yutaka SADANO, Masafumi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11192174
    Abstract: A side sealing device for a twin-roll continuous casting apparatus, which supplies molten metal to a molten metal pool portion formed by a pair of rotating mold rolls and a pair of side weirs through an immersion nozzle and causes solidified shells to be formed and to grow on peripheral surfaces of the mold rolls to manufacture a cast strip, seals end surface sides of the mold rolls by each side weir. The side sealing device includes a side weir pressing unit that presses the side weir against end surfaces of the mold rolls, and a side weir lifter that pulls the side weir at least upward in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Miyazaki, Takashi Arai, Kazuya Maruyama, Shuji Wakida, Naoki Kamachi, Masanobu Hayama
  • Publication number: 20210362204
    Abstract: A slab manufacturing method in which casting drum housing screw-down system deformation characteristics which have been acquired prior to the start of slab casting and which indicate deformation characteristics of a housing configured to support a casting drum and deformation characteristics of a screw-down system configured to screw down the casting drum is used to calculate an estimated plate thickness at both end portions of a slab in a width direction thereof from Expression 1 ((estimated plate thickness on entry side of rolling mill)=(screw-down position of casting cylinder)+(elastic deformation of casting drum)+(casting drum housing screw-down system deformation)+(drum profile of casting drum)?(elastic deformation of casting drum at time of screw-down position zero-point adjustment)), an entry-side wedge ratio and an exit-side wedge ratio are calculated on the basis of the estimated plate thickness calculated from Expression 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NIKKUNI, Toshiyuki SHIRAISHI, Yutaka SADANO, Masafumi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210213515
    Abstract: This thin strip manufacture method is a thin strip manufacture method for manufacturing a thin strip by supplying molten steel to a molten steel pool formed by a pair of rotating cooling drums and a pair of side weirs to form and grow a solidified shell on a peripheral surface of the cooling drums, wherein a pressing force P of the pair of the cooling drums is set so that the pressing force P (kgf/mm) of the pair of cooling drums, casting thickness D (mm), and radius R (m) of the cooling drums satisfy 0.90?P×(D×R)0.5?1.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi MIYAZAKI, Takeaki WAKISAKA, Takashi ARAI, Naotsugu YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11053574
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention contains, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, Si: 3.0% to 4.0%, Mn: 1.2% to 3.3%, P: more than 0% and less than 0.030%, S: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, sol. Al: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, N: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, one or more of La, Ce, Pr, and Nd: 0.0005% to 0.0200% in total, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Ti: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Sn: 0% to 0.10%, Sb: 0% to 0.10%, Mg: 0% to 0.0100%, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which Si?0.5×Mn: 2.0% or more, and Si+0.5×Mn: 3.8% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Yoshiaki Natori, Kazutoshi Takeda, Susumu Mukawa, Takuya Matsumoto, Koji Fujita, Takashi Morohoshi, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20210172036
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the invention has a chemical composition represented by C: 0.0030% or less, Si: 2.00% or less, Al: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%, S: 0.0030% or less, one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Nd, Pr, La, Ce, Zn, and Cd: 0.0015% to 0.0100% in total, a parameter Q represented by Q=[Si]+2×[Al]?[Mn]: 2.00 or less; Sn: 0.00% to 0.40%, Cu: 0.00% to 1.00%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, and a parameter R represented by R=(I100+I310+I411+I521)/(I111+I211+I332+I221) is 0.80 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KUBOTA, Takeaki WAKISAKA, Takashi MOROHOSHI, Masafumi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11021771
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, Si: 3.0% to 4.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.3%, P: more than 0% and less than 0.030%, S: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, sol. Al: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, N: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, O: 0.0110% to 0.0350%, Sn: 0% to 0.050%, Sb: 0% to 0.050%, Ti: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which Sn+Sb: 0.050% or less, Si?0.5×Mn: 2.0% or more, and an O content in a sheet thickness central portion excluding a surface layer portion which is a range from a front surface and a rear surface to a position of 10 ?m in a depth direction is less than 0.0100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Yoshiaki Natori, Kazutoshi Takeda, Susumu Mukawa, Takuya Matsumoto, Koji Fujita, Takashi Morohoshi, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10995393
    Abstract: When a Si content (mass %) is set to [Si], an Al content (mass %) is set to [Al], and a Mn content (mass %) is set to [Mn], a parameter Q represented by “Q=[Si]+2[Al]?[Mn]” is 2.00 or more, the total mass of S contained in sulfides or oxysulfides of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, or Cd is 40% or more of the total mass of S contained in a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, a {100} crystal orientation intensity is 3.0 or more, a thickness is 0.15 mm to 0.30 mm, and an average crystal grain diameter is 65 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubota, Takashi Morohoshi, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10991494
    Abstract: When a Si content (mass %) is set to [Si], an Al content (mass %) is set to [Al], and a Mn content (mass %) is set to [Mn], a parameter Q represented by “Q=[Si]+2[Al]?[Mn]” is 2.00 or more, the total mass of S contained in sulfides or oxysulfides of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, or Cd is 40% or more of the total mass of S contained in a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, a {100} crystal orientation intensity is 3.0 or more, a thickness is 0.15 mm to 0.30 mm, and an average crystal grain diameter is 65 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubota, Takashi Morohoshi, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10968503
    Abstract: When a Si content (mass %) is set to [Si], an Al content (mass %) is set to [Al], and a Mn content (mass %) is set to [Mn], a parameter Q represented by “Q=[Si]+2[Al]?[Mn]” is 2.00 or more, the total mass of S contained in sulfides or oxysulfides of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, or Cd is 10% or more of the total mass of S contained in a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, a {100} crystal orientation intensity is 3.0 or more, a thickness is 0.15 mm to 0.30 mm, and an average crystal grain diameter is 65 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kubota, Takashi Morohoshi, Masafumi Miyazaki