Patents by Inventor Masanori Yamato

Masanori Yamato 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: 11458178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel IL-1? and/or IL-6 expression inhibitor and use thereof. The IL-1? and/or IL-6 expression inhibitor in accordance with an aspect of the present invention contains a component derived from alcoholic fermentation lees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: RIKEN, OZEKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Yosky Kataoka, Yasuhisa Tamura, Satoshi Kume, Toshitaka Minetoki, Kazuhisa Hizume, Satoshi Okazaki, Miyo Hirata, Shinya Okuda, Takayuki Bogaki
  • Publication number: 20210106634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel IL-1? and/or IL-6 expression inhibitor and use thereof. The IL-1? and/or IL-6 expression inhibitor in accordance with an aspect of the present invention contains a component derived from alcoholic fermentation lees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori YAMATO, Yosky KATAOKA, Yasuhisa TAMURA, Satoshi KUME, Toshitaka MINETOKI, Kazuhisa HIZUME, Satoshi OKAZAKI, Miyo HIRATA, Shinya OKUDA, Takayuki BOGAKI
  • Patent number: 10061515
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a host and a memory system. The host includes a main memory. The memory system includes a memory access unit and an interface unit. The memory access unit converts a first request into transmission information. The first request is a request for data transfer toward a memory region as a part of the main memory. The interface unit transmits transmission information according to an instruction from the memory access unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Shigenori Sugimoto, Toshio Fujisawa, Naoto Oshiyama
  • Publication number: 20160077737
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a host and a memory system. The host includes a main memory. The memory system includes a memory access unit and an interface unit. The memory access unit converts a first request into transmission information. The first request is a request for data transfer toward a memory region as a part of the main memory. The interface unit transmits transmission information according to an instruction from the memory access unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masanori YAMATO, Shigenori Sugimoto, Toshio Fujisawa, Naoto Oshiyama
  • Patent number: 8795619
    Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas, in which a noble metal is supported on a metal oxide support, has a basic site content of 1 mmol/L-cat or less, as determined on the basis of an amount of CO2 desorbed per liter of the catalyst as measured by a CO2 temperature-programmed desorption method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Suzuki, Satoru Kato, Naoki Takahashi, Takaaki Kanazawa, Masanori Yamato, Kazuhiro Yoshimoto, Michihiko Takeuchi, Yuuji Matsuhisa
  • Patent number: 8601794
    Abstract: A regeneration apparatus comprises a heater 2 which heats a catalyst 1 at the time of stopping fuel supply to an engine, a pump 4 which supplies an oxidizing gas or a reducing gas to the heated catalyst 1 and a switching valve 3. In the oxidizing step, catalytic poisons, for example hydrocarbon, which are absorbed on a noble metal are oxidized and removed. The particles of the noble metal become oxidized particles as pure oxide and the like. After the oxidizing step, the reducing step is carried out. In the reducing step, particles of the noble metal are reduced and re-dispersed on the support simultaneously and as a result, the particles of the noble metal become fine. Thus, a deteriorated catalyst can be regenerated without interrupting the use of catalyst and also without deteriorating the drivability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Takeru Yoshida, Nobuyuki Takagi, Toshitaka Tanabe, Yasutaka Nagai, Kazuhiko Dohmae, Naoki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110014101
    Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas, in which a noble metal is supported on a metal oxide support, has a basic site content of 1 mmol/L-cat or less, as determined on the basis of an amount of CO2 desorbed per liter of the catalyst as measured by a CO2 temperature-programmed desorption method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Tadashi Suzuki, Satoru Kato, Naoki Takahashi, Takaaki Kanazawa, Masanori Yamato, Kazuhiro Yoshimoto, Michihiko Takeuchi, Yuuji Matsuhisa
  • Patent number: 7846865
    Abstract: In the present invention, it is an assignment to optimize a loading density of noble metal on catalyst. Pt is loaded in such an amount that a loading amount per 1 liter of a support substrate exceeds 0.75 g on an exhaust-gas upstream side of a coating layer, and a loading density of Rh in the coating layer is made so that it becomes higher on an exhaust-gas downstream side than on the exhaust-gas upstream side. The purifying performance after warming up improves by loading Rh with high density on the exhaust-gas downstream side that is likely to become rich atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Oji Kuno
  • Publication number: 20100293921
    Abstract: A regeneration apparatus comprises a heater 2 which heats a catalyst 1 at the time of stopping fuel supply to an engine, a pump 4 which supplies an oxidizing gas or a reducing gas to the heated catalyst 1 and a switching valve 3. In the oxidizing step, catalytic poisons, for example hydrocarbon, which are absorbed on a noble metal are oxidized and removed. The particles of the noble metal become oxidized particles as pure oxide and the like. After the oxidizing step, the reducing step is carried out. In the reducing step, particles of the noble metal are reduced and re-dispersed on the support simultaneously and as a result, the particles of the noble metal become fine. Thus, a deteriorated catalyst can be regenerated without interrupting the use of catalyst and also without deteriorating the drivability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Takeru Yoshida, Nobuyuki Takagi, Toshitaka Tanabe, Yasutaka Nagai, Kazuhiko Dohmae, Naoki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7759283
    Abstract: To improve a CO conversion in stoichiometry-lean atmosphere, and additionally to prevent the rise of pressure loss. A catalytic coating layer 2 is constituted of a lower layer 20 including an oxygen storage capacity material and an upper layer 21 being formed on a surface of the lower layer 20 and including a catalytic noble metal, and a thickness of the upper layer is adapted so as to be 5 ?m-40 ?m. The upper layer 21 is good in terms of gas diffusibility, and thereby OSC resulting from the oxygen storage capacity material being included in the lower layer 20 is demonstrated maximally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Takatoshi Shinyoshi, Takumi Suzawa, Keiji Ito
  • Patent number: 7754639
    Abstract: The present invention is a catalyst comprising one or more kinds of catalyst metal, a promoter metal composed of at least one element selected from alkaline earth metals, transition metals, rare earth metals, aluminum and gallium, and a support, wherein the catalyst metal and the promoter metal are supported on the support through allowing a multi-element metal colloid solution to be attached to the support, and the multi-element metal colloid solution comprises a solvent comprising water or a mixture of water and an organic solvent, metal cluster particles which are dispersed and suspended in the solvent and composed of one or more kinds of catalyst metal, a protective agent for protecting the metal cluster particles, and one or more kinds of metal ions bonded to the protective agent, the ions selected from alkaline earth metal ions, transition metal ions, rare earth metal ions, aluminum ions and gallium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Saito, Oji Kuno, Masanori Yamato, Masaya Ibe
  • Publication number: 20090239745
    Abstract: To improve a CO conversion in stoichiometry-lean atmosphere, and additionally to prevent the rise of pressure loss. A catalytic coating layer 2 is constituted of a lower layer 20 including an oxygen storage capacity material and an upper layer being formed on a surface of the lower layer 20 and including a catalytic noble metal, and a thickness of the upper layer is adapted so as to be 5 ?m-40 ?m. The upper layer 21 is good in terms of gas diffusibility, and thereby OSC resulting from the oxygen storage capacity material being included in the lower layer 20 is demonstrated maximally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Takatoshi Shinyoshi, Takumi Suzawa, Keiji Ito
  • Publication number: 20090197764
    Abstract: In the present invention, it is an assignment to optimize a loading density of noble metal on catalyst. Pt is loaded in such an amount that a loading amount per 1 liter of a support substrate exceeds 0.75 g on an exhaust-gas upstream side of a coating layer, and a loading density of Rh in the coating layer is made so that it becomes higher on an exhaust-gas downstream side than on the exhaust-gas upstream side. The purifying performance after warming up improves by loading Rh with high density on the exhaust-gas downstream side that is likely to become rich atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Oji Kuno
  • Publication number: 20090149322
    Abstract: Decreasing hydrogen sulfide emission without using nickel is made possible. An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a support substrate, a catalyst support layer supported by the support substrate and including porous carrier, and a precious metal supported by the porous carrier. A mean diameter of the precious metal is 5 nm or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michihiko TAKEUCHI, Hirotaka ORI, Ichiro HACHISUKA, Masanori YAMATO
  • Publication number: 20070251209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel heat generating system and method which allow repeated generation of heat. The heat generating system comprises a heat generating part comprising a heat generating material which generates heat when oxidized, wherein the heat generating system further comprises an oxidizing gas source which supplies an oxidizing gas to the heat generating part, and a reducing gas source which supplies a reducing gas to the heat generating part, and wherein the oxidizing gas supplied from the oxidizing gas source causes the heat generating material to be oxidized and generate heat, and the reducing gas supplied from the reducing gas source reductively regenerates the heat generating material which has been oxidized. The heat generating method comprises supplying an oxidizing gas to a heat generating material which generates heat when oxidized to generate The present invention provides a novel heat generating system and method which allow repeated generation of heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Tsuji, Oji Kuno, Masanori Yamato, Hirohito Hirata
  • Publication number: 20070233960
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the present invention comprises a command cache in which a command which is not compressed or encoded is written from the outside, a data cache in which a compressed or encoded command is written, a processor which executes processing based on a command written in the command cache, and decompresses or decodes a command written in the data cache, and a special cache in which a command decompressed or decoded by the processor is written and which subjects the command to processing by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventor: Masanori Yamato
  • Publication number: 20070060473
    Abstract: The present invention is a catalyst comprising one or more kinds of catalyst metal, a promoter metal composed of at least one element selected from alkaline earth metals, transition metals, rare earth metals, aluminum and gallium, and a support, wherein the catalyst metal and the promoter metal are supported on the support through allowing a multi-element metal colloid solution to be attached to the support, and the multi-element metal colloid solution comprises a solvent comprising water or a mixture of water and an organic solvent, metal cluster particles which are dispersed and suspended in the solvent and composed of one or more kinds of catalyst metal, a protective agent for protecting the metal cluster particles, and one or more kinds of metal ions bonded to the protective agent, the ions selected from alkaline earth metal ions, transition metal ions, rare earth metal ions, aluminum ions and gallium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Masayuki Saito, Oji Kuno, Masanori Yamato, Masaya Ibe
  • Patent number: 7181903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing at least one of a H2O adsorbent and a HC adsorbent; and a NOx adsorbent located downstream of said plasma reactor. Further, the present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing at least one of a H2O adsorbent and a HC adsorbent, and a NOx adsorbent. Still further, the present invention relates to a method using the present apparatus. According to the present apparatus, by generating plasma in the plasma reactor, H2O trapped on the H2O adsorbent is activated to be a strong oxidant such as OH radical and O radical, and HC trapped on the HC adsorbent is activated to be radicals, lower HCs, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Masaru Kakinohana
  • Publication number: 20040231321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing at least one of a H2O adsorbent and a EC adsorbent; and a NOx adsorbent located downstream of said plasma reactor. Further, the present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing at least one of a H2O adsorbent and a HC adsorbent, and a NOx adsorbent. Still further, the present invention relates to a method using the present apparatus. According to the present apparatus, by generating plasma in the plasma reactor, H2O trapped on the H2O adsorbent is activated to be a strong oxidant such as OH radical and O radical, and HC trapped on the HC adsorbent is activated to be radicals, lower HCs, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Yamato, Masaru Kakinohana
  • Publication number: 20040234430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing a hydrogen-generating catalyst and a NOx-purifying catalyst located downstream of said plasma reactor. Further, the present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing a hydrogen-generating catalyst and a NOx-purifying catalyst. Still further, the present invention relates to a method using the present apparatus. According to the present apparatus, by generating plasma in the plasma reactor, it is possible to enhance and/or maintain a NOx purifying ability of the Nox purifying catalyst, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanori Yamato