Patents by Inventor Minoru Sakurai
Minoru Sakurai 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: 11942702Abstract: The wireless communication apparatus includes a metal frame which encloses a side surface of a main body portion formed in a plate shape, and a ground plate which is housed in the main body portion. The metal frame includes a monopole antenna which is electrically connected to a feeding point at an intermediate portion of a first frame defined by a first gap and a second gap provided on the metal frame and which resonates with a radio wave at a first frequency defined by the intermediate portion and the second gap, a first conductive portion, and a second conductive portion. A length combining the monopole antenna and the first conductive portion is a length enabling the monopole antenna and the first conductive portion to resonate with a radio wave at the first frequency as a loop antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: FCNT LIMITEDInventor: Minoru Sakurai
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Publication number: 20220263243Abstract: The wireless communication apparatus includes a metal frame which encloses a side surface of a main body portion formed in a plate shape, and a ground plate which is housed in the main body portion. The metal frame includes a monopole antenna which is electrically connected to a feeding point at an intermediate portion of a first frame defined by a first gap and a second gap provided on the metal frame and which resonates with a radio wave at a first frequency defined by the intermediate portion and the second gap, a first conductive portion, and a second conductive portion. A length combining the monopole antenna and the first conductive portion is a length enabling the monopole antenna and the first conductive portion to resonate with a radio wave at the first frequency as a loop antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: FCNT LIMITEDInventor: Minoru Sakurai
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Publication number: 20220132933Abstract: There is provided a flavor dispenser apparatus that allows flavored aerosols to be dispensed into a glass, plate, or other dishware during a meal or the like. The flavor dispenser apparatus includes a storage part storing an aerosol-generating liquid, a heating unit having a heater and generating an aerosol by atomizing the aerosol-generating liquid, a liquid delivery unit delivering the aerosol-generating liquid to the heating unit, an aerosol passage having at a distal end thereof an aerosol outlet port, a flavor source holding part provided at an intermediate point in the aerosol passage and holding a flavor source so as to allow passage of the aerosol, and an aerosol-pumping unit transporting the aerosol toward the flavor source holding part and causing the aerosol to pass through the flavor source as well as causing the aerosol flavored by the flavor source to be discharged from the aerosol outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.Inventors: Akito KIRISEKO, Yui NAKAYAMA, Minoru SAKURAI, Sho TANAKA, Tatsuya NARITA, Ryousuke SUDA, Shinichi FUKUSHIMA, Seiji YOSHIMURA, Hidenori FUKUOKA, Kazuo MORI
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Patent number: 10587045Abstract: An antenna device includes: a ground plane having an edge; a matching circuit; and a T-shaped antenna element including a first element and a second element extending from a feed point to a first and second end parts. The first element has a resonance frequency that is higher than a first frequency. The second element has a resonance frequency between a second frequency and a third frequency. A first value obtained by dividing a length from a corresponding point to a first bend part by the first wavelength is less than or equal to a second value obtained by dividing a length from the corresponding point to a second bend part by the second wavelength. An imaginary component of an impedance of the matching circuit takes a positive value at the first frequency and the second frequency and takes a negative value at the third frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takashi Yamagajo, Yohei Koga, Manabu Kai, Tabito Tonooka, Minoru Sakurai, Mitsuharu Hoshino
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Patent number: 10559881Abstract: The wireless communication device has a first radiation element, which includes a first line path being extended between a first end and a second end and performs communication at a first frequency. The device also has a second radiating element coupled to the first radiating element and resonating at a second frequency, which element has a second line path extending from a first connecting portion connected to the sheet metal to a third end portion near the first end portion, and a third path line extending from an intermediate point between the first connecting portion and the third end portion to the fourth end portion. And a power supply circuit for a third frequency is connected to the fourth end via a cutoff circuit which cuts off the second frequency. With this configuration, the wireless communication device enables the communication in more frequency bands.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Sakita, Minoru Sakurai, Tabito Tonooka
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Publication number: 20190115662Abstract: The wireless communication device has a first radiation element, which includes a first line path being extended between a first end and a second end and performs communication at a first frequency. The device also has a second radiating element coupled to the first radiating element and resonating at a second frequency, which element has a second line path extending from a first connecting portion connected to the sheet metal to a third end portion near the first end portion, and a third path line extending from an intermediate point between the first connecting portion and the third end portion to the fourth end portion. And a power supply circuit for a third frequency is connected to the fourth end via a cutoff circuit which cuts off the second frequency. With this configuration, the wireless communication device enables the communication in more frequency bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Sakita, Minoru Sakurai, Tabito Tonooka
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Publication number: 20180358700Abstract: An antenna device includes: a ground plane having an edge; a matching circuit; and a T-shaped antenna element including a first element and a second element extending from a feed point to a first and second end parts. The first element has a resonance frequency that is higher than a first frequency. The second element has a resonance frequency between a second frequency and a third frequency. A first value obtained by dividing a length from a corresponding point to a first bend part by the first wavelength is less than or equal to a second value obtained by dividing a length from the corresponding point to a second bend part by the second wavelength. An imaginary component of an impedance of the matching circuit takes a positive value at the first frequency and the second frequency and takes a negative value at the third frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takashi YAMAGAJO, Yohei Koga, Manabu Kai, Tabito Tonooka, Minoru Sakurai, Mitsuharu Hoshino
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Patent number: 9266840Abstract: To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Moritomo
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Publication number: 20140306849Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first molded body; a second molded body which composes housing with the first molded body; a first conductive pattern provided in the housing; a second conductive pattern provided on an outer surface of the housing; and a first conductive member. The first conductive member passes through a gap of a mating face between the first molded body and the second molded body. The first conductive member connects the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Yoshikazu Hata, Tomoko Honda, Satoru Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
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Publication number: 20140249151Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Motitomo
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Patent number: 8812062Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first molded body; a second molded body which composes housing with the first molded body; a first conductive pattern provided in the housing; a second conductive pattern provided on an outer surface of the housing; and a first conductive member. The first conductive member passes through a gap of a mating face between the first molded body and the second molded body. The first conductive member connects the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshikazu Hata, Tomoko Honda, Satoru Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
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Patent number: 8130170Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first molded body; a second molded body which composes a housing with the first molded body; a first conductive pattern provided on an outer surface of the first molded body; a second conductive pattern provided in the housing; and a first conductive pin. The first conductive pin passes through the first molded body and connects the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masaomi Nakahata, Tomoko Honda, Yoshikazu Hata, Satoru Honda, Jun Morimoto, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Akihiro Tsujimura, Koichi Sato, Minoru Sakurai, Makoto Tabata, Shoji Kato
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Patent number: 8054240Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a housing provided with a first conductive pattern; a substrate provided with a first wiring layer in a surface thereof and fixed to the housing; and a first conductive member connecting the first conductive pattern and the first wiring layer. The first conductive pattern extends onto an outer surface and an inner surface of the housing. The first conductive member is in contact with each of at least a part of the first conductive pattern extending onto the inner surface and an end of the first wiring layer. Alternatively, an electronic apparatus includes: a housing provided with a conductive pattern and having a through part in a frame portion thereof; and a substrate provided with a wiring layer on a surface thereof and having a protruding part and fixed to the housing. The protruding part and the through part are fit. The conductive pattern extends onto an outer surface of the housing and onto an inner surface of the through part.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomoko Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Satoru Honda, Yoshikazu Hata, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
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Patent number: 7928264Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [I]: wherein (a), in which —Y—, R4, R5 and R6 are4 R5 each as defined in the description, etc., R1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, etc., R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or hydroxy(lower)alkyl, R3 is hydrogen or an amino protective group, 20R7 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cyclo(lower)alkyl, lower R9 alkenyl, —Z—R9 or (b), in which —Z— is —0—, —S—, R9 —SO— or —SO2—, and each R9 is independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, cyclo(lower)alkyl, etc., and R8 is -D-E-R10, in which -D- is —CONHSO2— or —S02NHCO—, E is bond or lower alkylene, and R10 is halogen, cyano, carboxy, etc., or a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof. The compound [I] of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful for the prophylactic and/or the therapeutic treatment of ulcer, overactive bladder, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Kouji Hattori, Susumu Toda, Kenichi Washizuka, Shinji Ito, Daisuke Tanabe, Takanobu Araki, Minoru Sakurai
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Patent number: 7907093Abstract: An electronic device includes a first molded body having a first frame, the first molded body being provided with a conductive pattern on its outer surface, a second molded body having a second frame, the second molded body being joined to the first molded body, a wiring sheet made of an insulative sheet provided with an interconnection pattern, a circuit board having a feed point, and a feed line having a first end extended to a mating surface of the first frame opposed to the second frame and a second end connected to the conductive pattern. The interconnection pattern has a first end connected to the one end of the feed line. The interconnection pattern has a second end connected to the feed point.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Satoru Honda, Tomoko Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Yoshikazu Hata, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
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Patent number: 7858726Abstract: A process for producing a low-molecular polyphenylene ether having a content of components with molecular weights of 20,000 or more of 10 mass % or less and a number average molecular weight of 4,000 or less by a redistribution reaction which involves reacting a raw polyphenylene ether having a number average molecular weight of 10,000 or more with a polyphenol compound and a radical initiator, characterized in that the redistribution reaction step is a step conducted in a solvent; the ratio of the raw polyphenylene ether to the solvent (raw polyphenylene ether:solvent) (mass ratio) is provided at 0.4:100 to 40:100 (mass ratio); and the ratio of the radical initiator to the solvent (radical initiator:solvent) (mass ratio) is provided at 0.5:100 to 5:100 (mass ratio).Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemichals CorporationInventors: Kenzo Onizuka, Minoru Sakurai
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Publication number: 20100255893Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus configured to be provided with an extra antenna has a printed board provided with an antenna feed point, an antenna having a spring-like contact and provided on the printed board, and a housing constituted by a first case and a second case fixed into each other. The printed board and the antenna are arranged between and pressed by the first case and the second case. The antenna feed point and the spring-like contact are in contact with and electrically connected to each other by means of elastic force of the spring-like contact caused upon the first case and the second case being fixed into each other. The housing has a space for containing the extra antenna such that the extra antenna is electrically connected to the antenna feed point by means of the elastic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akio Ihara, Minoru Sakurai, Makoto Tabata
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Patent number: 7545330Abstract: An antenna device having a first material base and a second material base is provided. The first material base is three-dimensionally formed by first dielectric material. The first material base forms an opening inside, and has an antenna element arranged on a surface of the first material base. The second material base is formed by second dielectric material of relative permittivity higher than relative permittivity of the first dielectric material. The second material base is arranged in the opening of the first material base.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Minoru Sakurai, Yusuke Miura, Hirotake Sumi
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Publication number: 20090018303Abstract: A process for producing a low-molecular polyphenylene ether having a content of components with molecular weights of 20,000 or more of 10 mass % or less and a number average molecular weight of 4,000 or less by a redistribution reaction which involves reacting a raw polyphenylene ether having a number average molecular weight of 10,000 or more with a polyphenol compound and a radical initiator, characterized in that the redistribution reaction step is a step conducted in a solvent; the ratio of the raw polyphenylene ether to the solvent (raw polyphenylene ether:solvent) (mass ratio) is provided at 0.4:100 to 40:100 (mass ratio); and the ratio of the radical initiator to the solvent (radical initiator:solvent) (mass ratio) is provided at 0.5:100 to 5:100 (mass ratio).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Kenzo Onizuka, Minoru Sakurai
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Publication number: 20090015490Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first molded body having a recessed cross section and made of resin; a second molded body having a recessed cross section and made of resin, the second molded body being fitted inside the first molded body; and an antenna pattern sandwiched between the first and second molded body. Among the surfaces of the first molded body, the surface on the side not adjacent to the antenna pattern constitutes an outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Satoru HONDA, Tomoko Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Yoshikazu Hata, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato