Patents by Inventor Masahiko Ota

Masahiko Ota 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).

  • Patent number: 12110619
    Abstract: A sock (1) comprises a heel part (H) between a tubular leg part (L) and a tubular sole part (S), which comprises mesh-number varying regions (V1-V6) arranged along a knitting axis (K), and tubular regions (C1-C5) arranged between the mesh-number varying regions. The mesh-number varying regions include an upper region (V1), a lower region (V6), and intermediate regions (V2-V5). The number of courses of the upper region (CV1) is smaller than the number of courses of the lower region (CV6) and the number of courses of the intermediate regions (CV2-CV5). The mesh-number varying regions are constituted by mesh-number increasing regions (V1, V3, V5) and mesh-number reducing regions (V2, V4, V6) alternatingly arranged along the knitting axis. The number of courses of the tubular regions (CC1-CC5) is smaller than the number of courses of the mesh-number varying regions (CV1-CV6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: Marubeni Fashion Link Co., Ltd., SUKENO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Ota, Masahiko Sukeno
  • Patent number: 12050186
    Abstract: A steel deck bridge evaluation device includes a processor configured to acquire reflected response data relating to a reflected response to an electromagnetic wave irradiated through a surface of a deck in a depth direction of the deck, remove a first frequency component obtained by reflection of the electromagnetic wave at a surface of the deck and a second frequency component obtained by reflection of the electromagnetic wave at a steel deck from a reflected response frequency distribution of the reflected response expressing the reflected response data, and evaluate damage to or deterioration of the deck using a peak measurement value that is a peak value of a frequency component level corresponding to a specific frequency or higher, in the reflected response frequency distribution from which the first frequency component and the second frequency component have been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: GEO SEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Hideaki Morita, Akiko Shiozawa
  • Patent number: 11979120
    Abstract: Amplifying circuitry configured such that when a detection circuit detects an abnormal state in which the level of signals input to a main amplifying circuit exceeds a normal range, a control circuit sets the state of integration of signals in the integration circuit to a default state. When the detection circuit detects the abnormal state and then detects that an operating state returns to a normal state in which the level of signals input to the main amplifying circuit is included in the normal range, the control circuit cancels the setting of the default state in the integration circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Uekura, Masahiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20230241864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a starch layer (A), an adhesive layer (B), and a base material layer (C) in the order mentioned. In this multilayer structure, a material constituting the starch layer (A) comprises a starch and water; a material constituting the adhesive layer (B) comprises a thermoplastic resin having a density of 0.920 g/cm3 or lower and has an acid value of 0.3 mgKOH/g or higher; and the base material layer (C) is a layer having a tensile elastic modulus of 100 MPa or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: PLANTIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
    Inventors: Akihiro KOTAKA, Masahiko OTA, Nicholas John MCCAFFREY
  • Patent number: 11692106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Sasaki, Yasushi Morihara, Masahiko Ota, Masakazu Nakaya, Hiroyuki Ogi
  • Publication number: 20230191759
    Abstract: A laminate comprising: a gas barrier layer (I) comprising a modified starch (A) having an average amylose content of 45% by mass or more and a water-soluble polymer (B); and a substrate (II) adjacent to the gas barrier layer (I), wherein the laminate exhibits a degree of biodegradation of 80% or more in a biodegradability test in accordance with ISO 14855-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Plantic Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Nicholas John McCaffrey, Brendan Leigh Morris
  • Publication number: 20230167277
    Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention comprises 40 to 98 parts by mass of a modified starch (A), 2 to 60 parts by mass of a polyvinyl alcohol (B) having a degree of saponification of 75.0 mol% or more, and optionally a clay (C), wherein the total content of the (A), (B) and (C) is 100 parts by mass, and the peak temperature of tan ? in measurement of dynamic viscoelasticity in a range of 20° C. to 150° C. is 128° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Plantic Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Akihiro Kotaka, Tsuyoshi Katakura
  • Publication number: 20230166089
    Abstract: The pressurizing device includes a syringe configured to store a fluid, a plunger for discharging the fluid to the outside of the syringe when the plunger moves to one side in a first direction, a regulating member configured to move in a second direction intersecting the first direction, between a separated position of being separated from the plunger and a contact position of being in contact with the plunger, a lever configured to move the regulating member from the contact position to the separated position, and a rotation mechanism provided at a position overlapping with the regulating member in the second direction, configured to move in the second direction in accordance with rotation of the lever, and configured to move, when moving to one side in the second direction, the regulating member from the contact position to the separated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki Hara, Masahiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20230138995
    Abstract: Provided herein are starch compositions, which comprise a first starch having a first weight average molecular weight between about 300,000 and about 4,000,000 Daltons, a second starch having a second weight average molecular weight between about 1,000 and about 290,000 Daltons, and a water-soluble polymer. Also provide herein are articles of manufacture and films comprising the starch composition, and methods of making the starch composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: PLANTIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas John MCCAFFREY, Masahiko OTA
  • Publication number: 20230092120
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition capable of forming a coated product that exhibits low adhesion to a metal roll during production and is superior in oxygen barrier property and capable of forming a film or sheet superior in oxygen barrier property, impact strength under low humidity and color tone. The resin composition of the present invention contains 50 to 98 parts by mass of a modified starch (A), 2 to 50 parts by mass of a polyvinyl alcohol (B), 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a polyoxyalkylene (C), and optionally 0 to 5 parts of a polyol plasticizer (D), wherein the total content of the (A), (B), (C) and (D) is 100 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Plantic Technologies Ltd
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Akihiro Kotaka, Nicholas John McCaffrey
  • Patent number: 11578193
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition comprising a starch and a polyvinyl alcohol, which is excellent in the breaking strength and breaking elongation at a low temperature, and at the same time, has the good gas barrier property. The resin composition comprises modified starch and polyvinyl alcohol, and where in a cross section photograph by a transmission electron microscope, a cross-sectional area of each of particles of the polyvinyl alcohol dispersed is calculated, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the particles of the polyvinyl alcohol is postulated to be circular based on the cross-sectional area, the particles of the polyvinyl alcohol have a conversion particle diameter of 50 to 300 nm, and the conversion particle diameter has a dispersity of 3.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Nicholas John McCaffrey
  • Publication number: 20220412875
    Abstract: A reinforcement bar corrosion evaluation device capable of efficiently and quantitatively evaluating a degree of corrosion of reinforcement bar in a reinforced concrete (RC) deck bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideaki Morita, Yoko Taki, Yukio Ozawa, Masahiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20220278660
    Abstract: Amplifying circuitry configured such that when a detection circuit detects an abnormal state in which the level of signals input to a main amplifying circuit exceeds a normal range, a control circuit sets the state of integration of signals in the integration circuit to a default state. When the detection circuit detects the abnormal state and then detects that an operating state returns to a normal state in which the level of signals input to the main amplifying circuit is included in the normal range, the control circuit cancels the setting of the default state in the integration circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Uekura, Masahiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20220205929
    Abstract: A steel deck bridge evaluation device is provided to enable quantitative evaluation of damage to or deterioration within a steel deck bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Hideaki Moria, Akiko Shiozawa
  • Publication number: 20220081576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi SASAKI, Yasushi MORIHARA, Masahiko OTA, Masakazu NAKAYA, Hiroyuki OGI
  • Patent number: 11214696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Sasaki, Yasushi Morihara, Masahiko Ota, Masakazu Nakaya, Hiroyuki Ogi
  • Publication number: 20200339785
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition comprising a starch and a polyvinyl alcohol, which is excellent in the breaking strength and breaking elongation at a low temperature, and at the same time, has the good gas barrier property. The resin composition comprises modified starch and polyvinyl alcohol, and where in a cross section photograph by a transmission electron microscope, a cross-sectional area of each of particles of the polyvinyl alcohol dispersed is calculated, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the particles of the polyvinyl alcohol is postulated to be circular based on the cross-sectional area, the particles of the polyvinyl alcohol have a conversion particle diameter of 50 to 300 nm, and the conversion particle diameter has a dispersity of 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Masahiko OTA
  • Patent number: 10647487
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X), a layer (Y), and a layer (Z), wherein the layer (Y) contains an aluminum-containing compound (A), and the layer (Z) contains an organic phosphorus compound (BO) and a polymer (F) having an ether bond and having no glycosidic bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KURRAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Sasaki, Yasutaka Inubushi, Masahiko Ota, Yasushi Morihara, Masakazu Nakaya
  • Patent number: 10584282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent quantum dot-containing electronic device including a protective sheet. The protective sheet includes a multilayer structure (W) including a base (X) and a layer (Y) stacked on the base (X), the layer (Y) contains a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (B), and the reaction product (D) has an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ota, Yasutaka Inubushi, Ryoichi Sasaki, Yasushi Morihara, Masakazu Nakaya
  • Patent number: 10414144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y) stacked on the base (X). The layer (Y) contains a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (B), and the reaction product (D) has an average particle diameter of 5 to 70 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Inubushi, Ryoichi Sasaki, Masahiko Ota