Patents by Inventor Masanori Kato

Masanori Kato 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: 20200270253
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having RET inhibitory activity. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical preparation that is useful for the prevention and/or treatment of RET-related diseases, particularly cancer, based on RET inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein A, R2, and X are as defined in the specification; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao MIYAZAKI, Tadashi SHIMAMURA, Masanori KATO, Hidenori FUJITA, Satoru IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10739699
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer carrier that carries a developer to be supplied to an image carrier that forms an electrostatic latent image, a supply unit that supplies the developer containing toner and a carrier to the developer carrier by transporting the developer while agitating the developer along a circulation path formed through rotation of each of plural rotary members, and a delivery unit that receives a collected developer, which is the developer collected from the developer carrier, transports the collected developer by another rotary member different from the plural rotary members of the supply unit, and delivers the collected developer to the circulation path of the supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Shinichi Kuramoto, Yoshifumi Ozaki, Tomoyuki Yoshii, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Norihiro Tamazawa
  • Patent number: 10741194
    Abstract: This invention provides a signal processing apparatus for changing an input sound into an easy-to-hear sound. The signal processing apparatus includes a transformer that transforms an input signal into an amplitude component signal in a frequency domain, a stationary component estimator that estimates a stationary component signal having a frequency spectrum with a stationary characteristic based on the amplitude component signal in the frequency domain, a replacement unit that generates a new amplitude component signal using the amplitude component signal obtained by the transformer and the stationary component signal, and replaces the amplitude component signal by the new amplitude component signal, and an inverse transformer that inversely transforms the new amplitude component signal into an enhanced signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10729737
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a safe muscle-enhancing agent by which a muscle mass and muscular strength can be effectively increased or maintained and by which a decrease of a muscle mass and muscular strength can be suppressed, a muscle-enhancing composition containing the muscle-enhancing agent, and a method for enhancing muscle by using the muscle-enhancing agent or muscle-enhancing composition. The muscle-enhancing agent according to the present invention is characterized in comprising an extract derived from lemon myrtle as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Honda, Shinichi Yokota, Mineko Ogura, Masanori Kato
  • Patent number: 10727805
    Abstract: A filter includes two series arm resonators electrically connected in series between two input/output terminals, a parallel arm resonator electrically connected between a ground and a series arm between the two series arm resonators, an inductor electrically connected in parallel to the two series arm resonators, and a matching circuit electrically connected between one of the two series arm resonators and one of the input/output terminals, wherein the two series arm resonators and the parallel arm resonator define a pass band of a bandpass filter, the two series arm resonators and the inductor define an LC resonant circuit, respective anti-resonant frequencies of each of the two series arm resonators and a resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator are located in a pass band of the LC resonant circuit, and a resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit is lower than the resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Syunsuke Kido
  • Publication number: 20200228094
    Abstract: A hybrid filter device (1) includes an acoustic wave device (AD) that includes an acoustic wave resonator and a passive device (PD) that includes an inductor element or an inductor element and a capacitance element. At least one of the acoustic wave device (AD) and the passive device (PD) is mounted on a substrate (20) of the hybrid filter device (1) and the acoustic wave device (AD) and the passive device (PD) are electrically connected to each other. The acoustic wave device (AD) overlaps the passive device (PD) when the hybrid filter device (1) is viewed in a direction perpendicular to one main surface (20a) of the substrate (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori KATO
  • Publication number: 20200212866
    Abstract: A filter circuit that secures the steepness from a pass range to an attenuation range while maintaining a wide-band transmission characteristic and a filter device including this filter circuit are formed. A filter circuit includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter is a filter including an LC circuit in which a first frequency band is a pass band and a frequency band not higher than the first frequency band is an attenuation band. The second filter is a filter that attenuates a second frequency band within the first frequency band by using an attenuation pole produced by a resonance or an antiresonance of an acoustic wave resonator. Further, the first filter is placed closer to an antenna terminal than the second filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Masanori KATO, Syunsuke KIDO
  • Patent number: 10680579
    Abstract: A transmission filter in a high frequency module includes serial arm resonators electrically connected in series to a serial arm electrically connecting a shared terminal and a transmission terminal, parallel arm resonators each electrically connected in series to each of parallel arms electrically connecting the serial arm and a ground, a first inductor electrically connected between the ground and a connection end electrically connecting at least the two parallel arm resonators of the parallel arm resonators, and a second inductor electrically connected between the ground and one parallel arm resonator different from the at least two parallel arm resonators of the parallel arm resonators. The second inductor is electromagnetic field coupled to at least one of an antenna side matching element, a transmission side matching element, and a portion of the serial arm in the transmission filter. The first and second inductors obstruct electromagnetic field coupling therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Shinya Mizoguchi, Yukiteru Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20200177154
    Abstract: A filter device having a pass band and a stop band on a lower frequency side than the pass band includes a filter having a pass band including the pass band, a series arm resonator connected in series to the filter, a first inductor directly connected in series to the series arm resonator, and a parallel arm resonator connected between a node on a path connecting the filter and the series arm resonator and the ground. The parallel arm resonator constitutes a resonance circuit having a resonant frequency at which an attenuation pole corresponding to a high frequency end of the first stop band, and the series arm resonator and the inductor constitute a resonance circuit having an anti-resonant frequency on a lower frequency side than the pass band and having a sub-resonant frequency higher than a resonant frequency of the resonance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke NISHIO, Syunsuke KIDO, Masanori KATO, Hiroshi MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10613454
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a container for accommodating developer, the container having an exhaust port; and a merging section where airflows directed from the interior of the container to the exhaust port join together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumi Noguchi, Shinichi Kuramoto, Norihiro Tamazawa, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Tomoyuki Yoshii, Masanori Kato, Ryota Tomishi
  • Publication number: 20200096901
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a container for accommodating developer, the container having an exhaust port; and a merging section where airflows directed from the interior of the container to the exhaust port join together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumi NOGUCHI, Shinichi KURAMOTO, Norihiro TAMAZAWA, Yoshitaka NAKAJIMA, Tomoyuki YOSHII, Masanori KATO, Ryota TOMISHI
  • Patent number: 10591843
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds an image, a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to the image carrier, a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier, and a restraint member that restrains the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Urayama, Masanori Kato, Tomoyuki Yoshii, Fumiyuki Honda, Shiho Matsuda, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Junichi Uchiyama, Norihiro Tamazawa, Yoshifumi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20200052672
    Abstract: A filter having a pass band includes a series circuit in which a series arm resonator and a first inductor are connected in series with each other and which forms at least part of a signal path R connecting a first input/output terminal and a second input/output terminal and a parallel arm resonator connected between one end of the series circuit and a ground. The series circuit becomes inductive in the pass band. An anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonator is higher than a frequency at a higher-frequency end of the pass band. A resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator is higher than the anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori KATO
  • Publication number: 20200028490
    Abstract: A filter includes a series arm resonator that defines at least a portion of a signal path connected between first and second terminals, a parallel arm resonator including one end that is grounded, a first inductor including one end that is connected to one end of the series arm resonator and another end that is connected to another end of the parallel arm resonator, and a second inductor including one end that is connected to another end of the series arm resonator and another end that is connected to the other end of the parallel arm resonator. A relative band width of the parallel arm resonator is smaller than a relative band width of the series arm resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori KATO
  • Publication number: 20200014370
    Abstract: A hybrid multiplexer includes a filter configured to allow a high-frequency signal of an HB to pass therethrough, and a filter configured to allow a high-frequency signal of an MB to pass therethrough, in which the filter includes a matching circuit, a first resonance circuit defined by one of an LPF and an HPF, and a second resonance circuit defined by the other of the LPF and the HPF, the LPF includes an inductor and a parallel arm resonator, the HPF includes a serial arm resonator and an inductor, and a resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator and an anti-resonant frequency of the serial arm resonator are both located between a frequency at a low-band end of the HB and a frequency at a high-band end of the HB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Masanori KATO, Syunsuke KIDO
  • Publication number: 20200007106
    Abstract: A filter includes a resonant circuit defining at least a portion of a signal path connected between a first terminal and a second terminal, an elastic wave resonator including one end that is grounded, a first inductor including one end connected to one end of the resonant circuit and another end connected to another end of the elastic wave resonator, and a second inductor including one end connected to another end of the resonant circuit and another end connected to the other end of the elastic wave resonator. The resonant circuit is an LC series resonant circuit in which a third inductor and first and second capacitors are connected in series with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masanori KATO, Minoru IWANAGA, Hiroshi MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10515650
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus, for processing sounds collected in an environment where a target sound and an interfering sound are mixed in order to estimate a diffuse interfering sound accurately, is provided. The signal processing apparatus includes phase difference calculating means and generating means. The phase difference calculating means calculates a phase difference between the first input signal and the second input signal. The first input signal is generated based on the first input sound which is input in the environment where the target sound and the interfering sound are mixed. The second input signal is generated based on the second input sound which is input in the environment. The generating means generates an estimated interfering sound signal, based on the phase difference and the first input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20190379350
    Abstract: A transmission filter in a high frequency module includes serial arm resonators electrically connected in series to a serial arm electrically connecting a shared terminal and a transmission terminal, parallel arm resonators each electrically connected in series to each of parallel arms electrically connecting the serial arm and a ground, a first inductor electrically connected between the ground and a connection end electrically connecting at least the two parallel arm resonators of the parallel arm resonators, and a second inductor electrically connected between the ground and one parallel arm resonator different from the at least two parallel arm resonators of the parallel arm resonators. The second inductor is electromagnetic field coupled to at least one of an antenna side matching element, a transmission side matching element, and a portion of the serial arm in the transmission filter. The first and second inductors obstruct electromagnetic field coupling therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori KATO, Shinya MIZOGUCHI, Yukiteru SUGAYA
  • Patent number: 10479313
    Abstract: The curtain airbag device includes: an inflator; an airbag; and a restricting member. The airbag includes an outer circumferential joining portion forming a bag body, a gas inlet portion, and a joining portion which is arranged in a region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion. The airbag, while being stored in a folded state, includes a roll folding portion formed by folding the bag body into a roll shape with a vehicle interior side base fabric facing outside, and a flip folding portion formed by folding back the bag body with the vehicle interior side base fabric facing inside. The restricting member includes a tip portion fixed to a lower side of a sidewall of a vehicle, and a base end portion joined to a vehicle exterior side base fabric located at the flip folding portion or an upper end portion of the roll folding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Kou Sasaki, Shuhei Konishi, Masanori Kato
  • Publication number: 20190335273
    Abstract: A correlation function having a clear peak is generated even in an environment in which an ambient noise level is high. A correlation function generation apparatus (100) includes a plurality of input signal obtaining units (101), a changing unit (102), a cross-spectrum calculator (103), a variance calculator (104), and a correlation function calculator (105). The input signal obtaining unit (101) obtains a wave generated by a wave source as an input signal. The transformer (102) obtains a plurality of frequency domain signals by transforming a plurality of input signals obtained by the plurality of input signal obtaining units. The cross-spectrum calculator (103) calculates a cross-spectrum based on the plurality of frequency domain signals. The variance calculator (104) calculates the variance of the cross-spectrum. The correlation function calculator (105) calculates and generates a correlation function based on the cross-spectrum and the variance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori KATO, Yuzo SENDA