Patents by Inventor Masato Fujioka
Masato Fujioka 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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Publication number: 20150209367Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating hearing loss associated with loss of cochlear hair cells, e.g., caused by noise exposure, using certain gamma secretase inhibitors, in post-neonatal animals, e.g., adolescents and adults.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Albert Edge, Hideyuki Okano, Masato Fujioka, Kunio Mizutari
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Patent number: 8921642Abstract: Described are transgenic animals for conditional and inducible cell targeting, that express a dimerizable conditional-STOP caspase 3 transgene.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryInventors: Albert Edge, Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 8606445Abstract: An information control device for an electric vehicle including a vehicle-mounted battery that is charged with electric power supplied from a power supply provided at an outside of the vehicle includes a lock operation detector, a remaining power detector, and a notification controller. The lock operation detector is configured to detect a lock operation of a door lock mechanism of the vehicle. The remaining power detector is configured to detect a remaining power amount of the vehicle-mounted battery. The notification controller is configured to control a notifying device to make a notification to the outside of the vehicle. The notification is indicative of information that recommends power charge of the vehicle-mounted battery if the remaining power amount is small when the door lock mechanism has been locked or is to be locked, based on detection results of the lock operation detector and the remaining power detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Mamiko Shinomiya, Masaaki Kaizuka, Masakatsu Honda, Masato Fujioka, Kunio Noguchi, Satoru Adachi
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Publication number: 20110213520Abstract: An information control device for an electric vehicle including a vehicle-mounted battery that is charged with electric power supplied from a power supply provided at an outside of the vehicle includes a lock operation detector, a remaining power detector, and a notification controller. The lock operation detector is configured to detect a lock operation of a door lock mechanism of the vehicle. The remaining power detector is configured to detect a remaining power amount of the vehicle-mounted battery. The notification controller is configured to control a notifying device to make a notification to the outside of the vehicle. The notification is indicative of information that recommends power charge of the vehicle-mounted battery if the remaining power amount is small when the door lock mechanism has been locked or is to be locked, based on detection results of the lock operation detector and the remaining power detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki YAGUCHI, Mamiko Shinomiya, Masaaki Kaizuka, Masakatsu Honda, Masato Fujioka, Kunio Noguchi, Satoru Adachi
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Patent number: 8004138Abstract: A motor is provided with: an inner rotor having inner permanent magnets arranged in a peripheral direction and an outer rotor having outer permanent magnets arranged in the peripheral direction, the mutual axes of rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor being arranged coaxially, and a rotating device capable of making at least one of the inner rotor and the outer rotor rotate around the axes of rotation so as to change the relative phase between the rotors, wherein the rotating device includes: a first member which is integrally and rotatably provided with respect to the outer rotor; and a second member which is integrally and rotatably provided with respect to the inner rotor and which defines pressure chambers inside the inner rotor with the first member, and wherein a working fluid is supplied to the pressure chambers, thereby changing the relative phase between the rotors.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwata, Hiromitsu Sato, Naohisa Morishita, Satoru Shinzaki, Tamotsu Kawamura, Masato Fujioka
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Publication number: 20100231081Abstract: A motor is provided with: an inner rotor having inner permanent magnets arranged in a peripheral direction and an outer rotor having outer permanent magnets arranged in the peripheral direction, the mutual axes of rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor being arranged coaxially, and a rotating device capable of making at least one of the inner rotor and the outer rotor rotate around the axes of rotation so as to change the relative phase between the rotors, wherein the rotating device includes: a first member which is integrally and rotatably provided with respect to the outer rotor; and a second member which is integrally and rotatably provided with respect to the inner rotor and which defines pressure chambers inside the inner rotor with the first member, and wherein a working fluid is supplied to the pressure chambers, thereby changing the relative phase between the rotors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwata, Hiromitsu Sato, Naohisa Morishita, Satoru Shinzaki, Tamotsu Kawamura, Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 7683520Abstract: This electric motor is provided with an inner periphery side rotor, an outer periphery side rotor, and a rotating device that can change a relative phase between these rotors by rotating at least one of them about a rotational axis thereof. The rotating device is provided with a first member integrally and rotatably provided to the outer periphery side rotor, and a second member integrally fixed on an inside of the inner periphery side rotor which together with the first member defines a pressure chamber on the inside of the inner periphery side rotor. The rotating device changes a relative phase between the inner periphery side rotor and the outer periphery side rotor by supplying a hydraulic fluid to the pressure chamber. The rotating device is further provided with a linking passage that leaks the hydraulic fluid supplied to the pressure chamber to an outside of the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tamotsu Kawamura, Hirofumi Atarashi, Masaaki Kaizuka, Shoei Abe, Kazuyuki Iwata, Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 7569970Abstract: An electric motor comprising an inner periphery side rotor provided with inner peripheral permanent magnets with unlike poles, which are disposed alternately along a circumferential direction of the inner periphery side rotor, an outer periphery side rotor provided with outer peripheral permanent magnets with unlike poles, which are disposed alternately along a circumferential direction of the outer periphery side rotor, and a rotating device that varies a relative phase between the inner periphery side rotor and the outer periphery side rotor by rotating at least the inner periphery side rotor or the outer periphery side rotor around the rotational axis. The outer peripheral side rotor is arranged such that a rotational axis thereof is coaxial with a rotational axis of the inner periphery side rotor. The rotating device sets a variable width of the relative phase between the inner periphery side rotor and the outer periphery side rotor within a range of an electrical angle of below 180°.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwata, Masato Fujioka, Toshitaka Imai
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Publication number: 20090193533Abstract: Described are transgenic animals for conditional and inducible cell targeting, that express a dimerizable conditional-STOP caspase 3 transgene.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Albert Edge, Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 7498031Abstract: A therapeutic and/or preventive agent for inner ear disorders comprising an IL-6 antagonist, preferably an anti-IL-6R antibody, as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignees: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Keio UniversityInventors: Masato Fujioka, Hirotaka James Okano, Kaoru Ogawa, Hideyuki Okano, Sho Kanzaki
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Publication number: 20070205684Abstract: This electric motor is provided with: an inner periphery side rotor provided with inner peripheral permanent magnets with unlike poles, which are disposed alternately along a circumferential direction; an outer periphery side rotor provided with outer peripheral permanent magnets with unlike poles, which are disposed alternately along a circumferential direction, the outer periphery side rotor being arranged such that a rotational axis thereof is coaxial with a rotational axis of the inner periphery side rotor; and a rotating device that varies a relative phase between the inner periphery side rotor and the outer periphery side rotor by rotating at least the inner periphery side rotor or the outer periphery side rotor around the rotational axis, and sets a variable width of the relative phase between the inner periphery side rotor and the outer periphery side rotor within a range of an electrical angle of below 180°.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwata, Masato Fujioka, Toshitaka Imai
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Publication number: 20070207153Abstract: A therapeutic and/or preventive agent for inner ear disorders comprising an IL-6 antagonist, preferably an anti-IL-6R antibody, as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2005Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Masato Fujioka, Hirotaka Okano, Kaoru Ogawa, Hideyuki Okano, Sho Kanzaki
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Publication number: 20070205683Abstract: This electric motor is provided with an inner periphery side rotor, an outer periphery side rotor, and a rotating device that can change a relative phase between these rotors by rotating at least one of them about a rotational axis thereof. The rotating device is provided with a first member integrally and rotatably provided to the outer periphery side rotor, and a second member integrally fixed on an inside of the inner periphery side rotor which together with the first member defines a pressure chamber on the inside of the inner periphery side rotor. The rotating device changes a relative phase between the inner periphery side rotor and the outer periphery side rotor by supplying a hydraulic fluid to the pressure chamber. The rotating device is further provided with a linking passage that leaks the hydraulic fluid supplied to the pressure chamber to an outside of the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Tamotsu Kawamura, Hirofumi Atarashi, Masaaki Kaizuka, Shoei Abe, Kazuyuki Iwata, Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 7211025Abstract: In a vehicular drive system for a hybrid vehicle, in which driving forces of an engine and a motor are transmitted through a power transmission mechanism to driven wheels, a common oil stored in a transmission case and a motor case is used for lubricating the power transmission mechanism and the motor. During travel by using an engine, when a synchromesh mechanism operated by a shift fork isolates the motor from the power transmission mechanism, an oil return hole blocking rod, provided in the shift fork, blocks an oil return hole providing communication between the motor case and the transmission case, thereby preventing oil in the motor case from flowing into the transmission case, to lower oil level in the transmission case. Thus, during travel of the hybrid vehicle, driving force loss due to motor drag resistance and oil stirring resistance is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 6949041Abstract: A vehicle driving system includes a pulley shaft synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an engine, an auxiliary unit drive shaft driving an auxiliary unit, a planetary gear mechanism portion having elements such as a sun gear, a pinion carrier and a ring gear. The pulley shaft and the auxiliary unit drive shaft are adapted for connection to any two of the elements, respectively. The motor connecting to the remaining element of the planetary gear mechanism portion. A lock-up clutch connecting together the two or more elements of the planetary gear mechanism portion. A one-way clutch for restricting the rotation of the auxiliary unit drive shaft in one direction, wherein the planetary gear mechanism portion, the motor, the lock-up clutch, and the auxiliary unit drive shaft are coaxially disposed in line.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masato Fujioka, Junya Tachikawa, Tatsuya Fukushima
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Publication number: 20050139401Abstract: In a vehicular drive system for a hybrid vehicle, in which driving forces of an engine and a motor are transmitted through a power transmission mechanism to driven wheels, a common oil stored in a transmission case and a motor case is used for lubricating the power transmission mechanism and the motor. During travel by means of an engine, when a synchromesh mechanism operated by a shift fork isolates the motor from the power transmission mechanism, an oil return hole blocking rod, provided in the shift fork, blocks an oil return hole providing communication between the motor case and the transmission case, thereby preventing oil in the motor case from flowing into the transmission case, to lower oil level in the transmission case. Thus, during travel of the hybrid vehicle, driving force loss due to motor drag resistance and oil stirring resistance is minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventor: Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 6878352Abstract: Recovery of air bag inflator metal cases. An inflator processing apparatus configured to process a gas-generating chemical-containing inflator for automobile air bags, by heating the inflator to a temperature not lower than an operating temperature of the chemical to facilitate recovery of the metal inflator case. In the apparatus, a protective metal partition wall is provided between an inner surface of a wall of an inflator-processing furnace and the chemical-containing inflator. This prevents damage to the refractory furnace wall, and also prevents melting of the metal inflator case, which could otherwise be occasioned by the chemical during thermal processing of the inflator containing the gas-generating chemical.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuhiko Fukabori, Nobuo Nakabayashi, Kanshi Sakai, Yasumitsu Suzuki, Norio Yoshitake, Masato Fujioka
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Patent number: 6845832Abstract: The present invention is made to operate auxiliary machine while an engine is stopped, to start an engine and to charge a battery by providing a single motor and a simple construction and by providing a simple control operation. An engine system comprises an engine, a motor, and auxiliary machine, and further comprises a planetary mechanism having three elements comprising a sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear, to which any one of an output shaft of the engine, an output shaft of the motor and a drive shaft of the auxiliary machine are respectively connected, a uniting connection device capable of uniting two or more elements of the planetary mechanism, and a rotation direction restriction device which restricts a rotation direction of the drive shaft of the auxiliary machine to one direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2002Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Tatsuya Fukushima, Katsuya Minami, Masato Fujioka, Kazuo Ooyama, Eijiro Shimabukuro, Junya Tachikawa
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Publication number: 20040116227Abstract: A vehicle driving system includes a pulley shaft synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an engine, an auxiliary unit drive shaft driving an auxiliary unit, a planetary gear mechanism portion having elements such as a sun gear, a pinion carrier and a ring gear. The pulley shaft and the auxiliary unit drive shaft are adapted for connection to any two of the elements, respectively. The motor connecting to the remaining element of the planetary gear mechanism portion. A lock-up clutch connecting together the two or more elements of the planetary gear mechanism portion. A one-way clutch for restricting the rotation of the auxiliary unit drive shaft in one direction, wherein the planetary gear mechanism portion, the motor, the lock-up clutch, and the auxiliary unit drive shaft are coaxially disposed in line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Masato Fujioka, Junya Tachikawa, Tatsuya Fukushima
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Publication number: 20030094317Abstract: The present invention is made to operate auxiliary machine while an engine is stopped, to start an engine and to charge a battery by providing a single motor and a simple construction and by providing a simple control operation. An engine system comprises an engine, a motor, and auxiliary machine, and further comprises a planetary mechanism having three elements comprising a sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear, to which any one of an output shaft of the engine, an output shaft of the motor and a drive shaft of the auxiliary machine are respectively connected, a uniting connection device capable of uniting two or more elements of the planetary mechanism, and a rotation direction restriction device which restricts a rotation direction of the drive shaft of the auxiliary machine to one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Tatsuya Fukushima, Katsuya Minami, Masato Fujioka, Kazuo Ooyama, Eijiro Shimabukuro, Junya Tachikawa