Patents by Inventor Masahiro Sugimura
Masahiro Sugimura 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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Patent number: 9005953Abstract: This invention relates to a recombinant microorganism having improved butanol production capacity and butanol production with the use of such recombinant microorganism with good efficiency. In this invention, the acetoacetyl-CoA synthase gene encoding an enzyme capable of synthesizing acetoacetyl-CoA from malonyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA and a group of genes involved in butanol biosynthesis that enables synthesis of butanol from acetoacetyl-CoA are introduced into a host microorganism.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayoshi Muramatsu, Shusei Obata, Satoshi Yoneda, Masahiro Sugimura, Tomohisa Kuzuyama
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Patent number: 8314192Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an interpenetrating polymer network structure, which comprises the steps of impregnating a polymer molding with a radical polymerizable composition containing an ethylenically unsaturated compound and a radical polymerization initiator; and polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated compound in a swollen state of the polymer molding impregnated with the radical polymerizable composition; wherein a chain transfer agent and/or a radical polymerization inhibitor are added to the radical polymerizable composition and/or the polymer molding before impregnating the polymer molding with the radical polymerizable composition. According to the present invention, a highly uniform interpenetrating polymer network structure can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Norikazu Tabata, Kazuhiko Hashisaka, Masahiro Sugimura, Takuo Sakamoto, Masaki Ue, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Seiji Fukuda
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Patent number: 7875045Abstract: A cornea incision apparatus for incising a cornea in a layered form, comprises; a blade unit having a blade for corneal incision; and a cutter head unit arranged to detachably hold the blade unit in such a manner as to allow oscillation thereof, the cutter head unit including; a cavity formed with a first opening which opens to the outside to allow direct mounting/demounting of the blade unit, and arranged to hold the blade unit in such a manner as to allow oscillation thereof; and a first stopper provided in the first opening, the first stopper being movable between a first position for restricting movement of the blade unit in the first opening and a second position for allowing the movement of the blade unit in the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Sugimura
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Publication number: 20100285549Abstract: This invention relates to a recombinant microorganism having improved butanol production capacity and butanol production with the use of such recombinant microorganism with good efficiency. In this invention, the acetoacetyl-CoA synthase gene encoding an enzyme capable of synthesizing acetoacetyl-CoA from malonyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA and a group of genes involved in butanol biosynthesis that enables synthesis of butanol from acetoacetyl-CoA are introduced into a host microorganism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: MASAYOSHI MURAMATSU, SHUSEI OBATA, SATOSHI YONEDA, MASAHIRO SUGIMURA, TOMOHISA KUZUYAMA
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Publication number: 20090280723Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an interpenetrating polymer network structure, which comprises the steps of impregnating a polymer molding with a radical polymerizable composition containing an ethylenically unsaturated compound and a radical polymerization initiator; and polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated compound in a swollen state of the polymer molding impregnated with the radical polymerizable composition; wherein a chain transfer agent and/or a radical polymerization inhibitor are added to the radical polymerizable composition and/or the polymer molding before impregnating the polymer molding with the radical polymerizable composition. According to the present invention, a highly uniform interpenetrating polymer network structure can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Norikazu Tabata, Kazuhiko Hashisaka, Masahiro Sugimura, Takuo Sakamoto, Masaki Ue, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Seiji Fukuda
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Publication number: 20070185509Abstract: A cornea incision apparatus for incising a cornea in a layered form, comprises; a blade unit having a blade for corneal incision; and a cutter head unit arranged to detachably hold the blade unit in such a manner as to allow oscillation thereof, the cutter head unit including; a cavity formed with a first opening which opens to the outside to allow direct mounting/demounting of the blade unit, and arranged to hold the blade unit in such a manner as to allow oscillation thereof; and a first stopper provided in the first opening, the first stopper being movable between a first position for restricting movement of the blade unit in the first opening and a second position for allowing the movement of the blade unit in the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Sugimura
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Patent number: 7135028Abstract: A blade for corneal surgery for separating a corneal epithelium in a flap shape, includes: upper and lower blade surfaces; and an edge surface connecting the upper and lower blade surfaces, the edge surface having a height of 1 to 70 ?m and a connecting portion with each of the upper and lower blade surfaces having a curved surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sugimura, Masanori Amano
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Publication number: 20060206126Abstract: A blade for used in corneal surgery for incising and separating a corneal epithelium into a flap shape, the blade includes: an edge tip portion including a distal end and two upper and lower edge tip surfaces. An angle formed between the two edge tip surfaces is not smaller than 60° and smaller than 140°, and a height of the edge tip portion is not smaller than 3 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Masahiro Sugimura, Kengo Asai
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Publication number: 20060069402Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for forming a flap in a cornea, includes: a blade unit including a blade, and an identification information communicating portion that transmits identification information; a head portion that holds the blade unit detachably; an oscillation mechanism portion that oscillates the blade unit, which is held by the head portion, in a direction of a width of the blade; a receiving portion that receives the identification information transmitted from the identification information communicating portion; a storage portion that stores the identification information; and a control portion that collates the identification information received by the receiving portion with the identification information stored in the storage portion, and controls the driving of the oscillation mechanism portion based on a result of collation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventor: Masahiro Sugimura
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Patent number: 6592601Abstract: In a corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form, a blade is movably supported to a main body for lateral oscillation and rectilinear movement. Discrete motors are located within the main body for the lateral oscillation and the rectilinear movement of the blade, respectively. One of the motor is coupled to the blade through a feed screw, an attaching member threadingly engaged with the feed screw, and a hollow connecting member connected to the attaching member, whereas the other of the motor is coupled to the blade through gears, a spline shaft rotatably supported by the inside of the hollow connecting member and non-rotatably but slidably connected to one of the gears, and a converting mechanism for converting the rotation of the shaft to the lateral oscillation of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Toh, Katsuhiko Kozawa, Masahiro Sugimura
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Publication number: 20030130676Abstract: A blade for corneal surgery for separating a corneal epithelium in a flap shape, includes: upper and lower blade surfaces; and an edge surface connecting the upper and lower blade surfaces, the edge surface having a height of 1 to 70 &mgr;m and a connecting portion with each of the upper and lower blade surfaces having a curved surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Sugimura, Masanori Amano
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Patent number: 6551336Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form includes: a blade; a rotating shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the rotating shaft; a transmitting mechanism which converts rotation of the rotating shaft about a rotation center axis into oscillation in a direction perpendicular to the rotation center axis and transmits the oscillation to the blade; and a preventing mechanism which prevents moisture component from penetrating or infiltrating into a clearance between the rotating shaft and the bearing by controlling the rotation of the rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2000Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Sugimura
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Publication number: 20030060839Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form, includes; a rotating shaft; and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotating shaft. At least one of a surface of the rotating shaft and an inner wall surface of the bearing has been subjected to a coating treatment or a surface modification treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Sugimura
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Patent number: 6344046Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form includes: a suction ring unit, having a circular opening, that is to be vacuum-fixed onto a peripheral part of the cornea; a rotatable shaft; an eccentric pin projecting from a distal end of the shaft, the eccentric pin being located at a position offset from a rotational central axis of the shaft; and a cutting unit movable in an incising direction above the suction ring unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Nidek Co., LtdInventors: Masahiro Sugimura, Ryoji Shibata
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Publication number: 20010007943Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form includes: a blade; a rotating shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the rotating shaft; a transmitting mechanism which converts rotation of the rotating shaft about a rotation center axis into oscillation in a direction perpendicular to the rotation center axis and transmits the oscillation to the blade; and a preventing mechanism which prevents moisture component from penetrating or infiltrating into a clearance between the rotating shaft and the bearing by controlling the rotation of the rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2000Publication date: July 12, 2001Applicant: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Sugimura
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Publication number: 20010001829Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form includes: a suction ring unit, having a circular opening, that is to be vacuum-fixed onto a peripheral part of the cornea; a rotatable shaft; an eccentric pin projecting from a distal end of the shaft, the eccentric pin being located at a position offset from a rotational central axis of the shaft; and a cutting unit movable in an incising direction above the suction ring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2001Publication date: May 24, 2001Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Sugimura, Ryoji Shibata
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Patent number: 6203555Abstract: A corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form includes: a suction ring unit, having a circular opening, that is to be vacuum-fixed onto a peripheral part of the cornea; a rotatable shaft; an eccentric pin projecting from a distal end of the shaft, the eccentric pin being located at a position offset from a rotational central axis of the shaft; and a cutting unit movable in an incising direction above the suction ring unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Nidek Co., LtdInventors: Masanori Amano, Masahiro Sugimura, Ryoji Shibata
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Patent number: 6121388Abstract: A polyamide resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin, from 0.01 to 100 parts by weight of a liquid-crystalline resin, and from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of an acid anhydride all the time has good fluidity even when it is left for a relatively long period of residence time in a cylinder of a molding machine while it is molded, and has good moldability. The amount of cushion resin needed for molding the composition fluctuates little, and the failure such as cobwebbing in molding the composition is reduced. The moldings of the composition have good impact resistance and good outward appearance. The composition is most suitable to producing box-type moldings with thin-wall parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hidevuki Umetsu, Masahiro Sugimura, Yoshiki Makabe
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Patent number: 6059805Abstract: In a corneal surgical apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye in a layered form, a suction ring is fixedly provided on a main body. The suction ring has an opening from which the cornea of the patient's eye is projected. An applanating portion is provided, which has a flat side abutting against the cornea of the patient eye projected from the opening of the suction ring. A blade is supported movably along said suction ring in a space defined between the suction ring and the flat side of the applanating portion. A projection is associated with the blade to increase the space as the blade incises the cornea.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sugimura, Katsuhiko Kozawa, Hirokatsu Makino
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Patent number: 6045562Abstract: A cornea surgical operation apparatus for incising a cornea of a patient's eye into a layer comprises a fixing device having an opening put into contact with the surface of the cornea and for being fixed to a peripheral part of the cornea with the opening as a center, a press device for nearly flat pressing the cornea protruded from the opening, a blade for cutting out the cornea pressed into a nearly flat shape by the press device, a movement device for moving the blade in such a way that it passes a center of the opening, and a rotation device for rotating the blade moved at least to a Bowman membrane by the movement device with the center of the opening as the center of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Amano, Masahiro Sugimura, Takashi Hagiwara