Patents by Inventor Minoru Yokoyama
Minoru Yokoyama 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: 20250034216Abstract: Provided are in vivo engineered proteins. The engineered protein may be covalently bound to a ligand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Benjamin CRAVATT, Jarrett REMSBERG, Michael LAZEAR, Minoru YOKOYAMA, Michael SCHAFROTH, Daisuke OGASAWARA, Kristen DEMEESTER, Evert NJOMEN, Bruno MELILLO, Stuart SCHREIBER
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Publication number: 20240131032Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and vaccines for modulating an immune response. Also disclosed herein are methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and vaccines for inducing an immune response.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Benjamin CRAVATT, Ekaterina VINOGRADOVA, Vincent CROWLEY, Xiaoyu ZHANG, Michael Andreas SCHAFROTH, Minoru YOKOYAMA, Dave REMILLARD, Bruno MELILLO, Stuart SCHREIBER
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Publication number: 20230287676Abstract: A temporary facility constructing method includes: mooring a hospital ship, loaded with containers, within a range of a predetermined distance from a temporary facility planned construction site; unloading the containers from the hospital ship and carrying the containers to the temporary facility planned construction site; assembling the containers at the temporary facility planned construction site to construct at least one of a residential facility or a medical facility; arranging an electric power cable connecting the hospital ship and at least one of the residential facility or the medical facility; and supplying electricity, generated by the hospital ship, through the electric power cable to at least one of the residential facility or the medical facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya KUBOTA, Tomoki KUWABARA, Yasuyuki HANEDA, Susumu IKEDA, Minoru YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20230257953Abstract: A berth for a multi-purpose disaster response ship includes: a quay at which the multi-purpose disaster response ship is berthed; a building located along the quay, including at least one quay-facing gate, and sharing at least one common purpose with the multi-purpose disaster response ship; a horizontal movement restrainer that restricts and permits horizontal movement of the multi-purpose disaster response ship relative to the quay; and a vertical movement restrainer that adjusts a vertical location of the multi-purpose disaster response ship to a specified level relative to the quay and that restricts and permits vertical movement of the multi-purpose disaster response ship situated at the specified level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya KUBOTA, Tomoki KUWABARA, Yasuyuki HANEDA, Susumu IKEDA, Minoru YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20230150624Abstract: A hull-mounted installation conversion method in which some or all of first-use units placed on a hull and constituting a first-use installation are removed from the hull, and then second-use units are placed on the hull to construct a second-use installation. For example, the first-use units are medical units, and the first-use installation is a medical installation. Alternatively, the second-use units are medical units, and the second-use installation is a medical installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya KUBOTA, Tomoki KUWABARA, Yasuyuki HANEDA, Susumu IKEDA, Minoru YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9577504Abstract: Provided is a cryogen supply and return apparatus and a superconducting rotating electric machine, comprising stationary and rotatable members arranged out of contact with each other, preventing an increase of maintenance cost or a temperature increase of the cryogen which would be caused by contacts of the members. A cylinder 20 has on its outer peripheral surface ring-like recesses or grooves regularly or irregularly spaced in the longitudinal direction or spiral recesses or grooves continuously or discontinuously extending in the peripheral direction, to resist helium gas flowing through a cylindrical space between the cylinder 20 and the inner tube 14b of the second double tube member and, as a result, to control a leakage of the helium gas from the cylindrical space.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Kiyoshi Aizawa, Minoru Yokoyama, Satoru Takao, Kagao Okumura, Mitsugi Yamaguchi, Yoshitsugu Gocho, Eiji Kosuge
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Patent number: 9130447Abstract: Provided are a rotor core, a method for cooling a rotor core, and a superconducting rotating machine, capable of effectively and uniformly cooling superconducting coils without causing cold brittleness in an extremely low temperature. The rotor core 10, which is made of a substantially hollow cylindrical member of nonmagnetic material, has a cylindrical cavity 13 defined therein and extending in the longitudinal axis of the member. Helium gas 300 is delivered in the rotor core 10 from the proximal to distal sides and vice versa, which ensures a uniform cooling of the rotor core 10. This also ensures a uniform and effective cooling of the superconducting coils.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyoshi Aizawa, Katsuya Umemoto, Minoru Yokoyama
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Patent number: 8643240Abstract: A superconducting rotating electrical machine has a rotor with superconducting windings and a stator disposed around the rotor. The stator has a number of teeth disposed at a regular interval about a rotational axis of the rotor to define slots each between adjacent teeth and a plurality of windings, each winding having a strip-like wire member, the wire member having a plurality of rectangular cross-section wires in which said rectangular wires are arranged in parallel to each other and electrically insulated away from each other, the winding being constructed by winding the strip-like wire member a plurality of times to have first and second winding portions having a cross section in which the rectangular wires are positioned in matrix.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Kiyoshi Aizawa, Minoru Yokoyama, Yousuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20120274161Abstract: Provided are a rotor core, a method for cooling a rotor core, and a superconducting rotating machine, capable of effectively and uniformly cooling superconducting coils without causing cold brittleness in an extremely low temperature. The rotor core 10, which is made of a substantially hollow cylindrical member of nonmagnetic material, has a cylindrical cavity 13 defined therein and extending in the longitudinal axis of the member. Helium gas 300 is delivered in the rotor core 10 from the proximal to distal sides and vice versa, which ensures a uniform cooling of the rotor core 10. This also ensures a uniform and effective cooling of the superconducting coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyoshi Aizawa, Katsuya Umemoto, Minoru Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20120204580Abstract: Provided is a cryogen supply and return apparatus and a superconducting rotating electric machine, comprising stationary and rotatable members arranged out of contact with each other, preventing an increase of maintenance cost or a temperature increase of the cryogen which would be caused by contacts of the members. A cylinder 20 has on its outer peripheral surface ring-like recesses or grooves regularly or irregularly spaced in the longitudinal direction or spiral recesses or grooves continuously or discontinuously extending in the peripheral direction, to resist helium gas flowing through a cylindrical space between the cylinder 20 and the inner tube 14b of the second double tube member and, as a result, to control a leakage of the helium gas from the cylindrical space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Kiyoshi Aizawa, Minoru Yokoyama, Satoru Takao, Kagao Okumura, Mitsugi Yamaguchi, Yoshitsugu Gocho, Eiji Kosuge
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Publication number: 20120161568Abstract: A superconducting rotating electrical machine has a rotor with superconducting windings and a stator disposed around the rotor. The stator has a number of teeth disposed at a regular interval about a rotational axis of the rotor to define slots each between adjacent teeth and a plurality of windings, each winding having a strip-like wire member, the wire member having a plurality of rectangular cross-section wires in which said rectangular wires are arranged in parallel to each other and electrically insulated away from each other, the winding being constructed by winding the strip-like wire member a plurality of times to have first and second winding portions having a cross section in which the rectangular wires are positioned in matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Kiyoshi Aizawa, Minoru Yokoyama, Yousuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20080035001Abstract: A plate replacing apparatus includes a plate-winding support roller that presses a plate on a plate cylinder and a plate pressing unit that rotates around the plate-winding support roller and thereby pressing a trailing end of the plate in an edge portion of the plate pressing unit. The plate pressing unit presses the plate in a position in front of a lower tooth of a vice built in the plate cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Minoru YOKOYAMA, Hiroyuki YANO
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Publication number: 20080022876Abstract: A new-plate holding unit holds a surface of a new plate in a width direction on a new-plate insertion path. A movement constraining unit constrains the new-plate holding unit to move in a direction of inserting the new plate, with a margin in the width direction of the new plate. A pressing unit presses the new-plate holding unit in a direction in which the new-plate holding unit is constrained with a constant force by a distance equivalent to a moving distance of the new plate. A position returning unit presses the new-plate holding unit to be returned from a position where the new-plate holding unit is pressed to a position before being pressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES. LTD.Inventors: Minoru YOKOYAMA, Kazuma Yoshimoto, Yasunori Masuda
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Patent number: 6476939Abstract: A program for externally controlling a communicating apparatus is provided. The program controls the communication apparatus externally by conducting mutual communication between the communication apparatus and an apparatus in which the program is executed, by means of a command and a response in reply to the command.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1998Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisashi Toyoda, Minoru Yokoyama, Toshio Kenmochi, Yosuke Ezumi, Masakatsu Yamada
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Patent number: 6169560Abstract: There is disclosed a recording apparatus for recording an image by transferring the ink contained in an ink sheet onto a recording medium, wherein the apparatus comprises ink sheet driving unit for driving said ink sheet, recording medium conveying unit for conveying said recording medium, recording head for recording onto said recording medium by acting on said ink sheet, slackness removing device for removing the slackness of said ink sheet, and control unit for controlling said slackness removing device so as not to remove the slackness of said ink sheet, when it is impossible to record with said recording head.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1997Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiro Yoshida, Makoto Kobayashi, Minoru Yokoyama, Takeshi Ono, Takashi Awai, Yasushi Ishida, Akihiro Tomoda, Tomoyuki Takeda, Masaya Kondo, Masakatsu Yamada
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Patent number: 6139616Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-corrosive pigment composition, characterized by comprising, as main components, white anti-corrosive pigment and an inorganic anion exchanger represented by the following formula (1):(3-4)[M.sub.1 ]O.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.[M.sub.2 ]X.sub.2/m .multidot.nH.sub.2 O(1)(wherein, M.sub.1 and M.sub.2 are at least one selected from Ca.sup.2+ or Zn.sup.2+, X represents at least one anion selected from NO.sub.2.sup.-, NO.sub.3.sup.- or MoO.sub.4.sup.2-, m represents a valency of the anion, and n is 20 or less).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignees: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., LTD, Toho Ganryo Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nagayama, Minoru Yokoyama
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Patent number: 6113207Abstract: An image processor includes a first image information processing unit which processes image information with respect to a sheet medium. A first sheet medium feeding path guides the sheet medium to the first image information processing unit, and exhausts the sheet medium from the first image information processing unit. A second image information processing unit processes image information with respect to a sheet medium while allowing a head for processing image information to travel serially. The second information processing unit is arranged on a side lower than the first image information processing unit. A second sheet medium feeding path guides the sheet medium to the second image information processing unit, and exhausts the sheet medium from the second image information processing unit. An electric circuit board is arranged below the feeding path of the first sheet medium, and above the feeding path of the second sheet medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1995Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Nakano, Minoru Yokoyama, Naohiro Iwata, Hideyuki Terashima
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Patent number: 6086178Abstract: A printer that performs high-precision residual-ink detection regardless of various movements accompanying print operation and facsimile apparatus using the printer. When an ink cartridge reciprocates along a main-scanning direction, ink surface of ink 91 varies depending on a moving direction and moving condition (stationary state, uniform motion, accelerated motion and decelerated motion) of the ink cartridge. Accordingly, the residual-ink detection is controlled such that a residual-ink amount can be detected by using photosensor 11 and reflection board 93, at the same detection timing (e.g., always at timing of uniform motion).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1996Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunji Kawashima, Minoru Yokoyama, Yuji Nakano, Naohiro Iwata, Hideyuki Terashima
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Patent number: 6069643Abstract: A thermal transfer recording apparatus for performing recording of data on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet on said recording medium comprises conveying means for conveying said ink sheet and recording medium, recording means for effecting said ink sheet to record image data on said recording medium, and control means for counting time after image recording by said recording means and driving said recording means when the next image recording is not performed in a predetermined time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1995Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiro Yoshida, Makoto Kobayashi, Hisao Terajima, Takeshi Ono, Satoshi Wada, Minoru Yokoyama, Akihiro Tomoda, Yasushi Ishida, Takashi Awai
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Patent number: 6012794Abstract: A printing apparatus which can detect remaining ink with high precision regardless of trembles of ink surface in an ink tank caused by various factors such as scanning speed of a carriage, scanning width, impact of the carriage at the time of reversing the carriage scanning direction and the like, and can perform printing by efficiently utilizing the remaining ink, and a facsimile apparatus using the above printing apparatus. According to the apparatus, when a CPU controls print operation, the CPU dynamically changes the threshold value as a determination reference, utilized to detect remaining ink on the basis of an output current of a reflection type photosensor, in accordance with the scanning speed of carriage movement, the scanning width, and the stop period for reversing the scanning direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Nakano, Minoru Yokoyama, Naohiro Iwata, Shunji Kawashima, Hideyuki Terashima