Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Matsumoto

Nobuhiro Matsumoto 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: 20230345608
    Abstract: An electronic device of the present invention is an electronic device used around a neutralization target object, the electronic device includes: an electric part; an interconnection portion that transmits electric power of a high voltage power supply to the electric part; and a housing that accommodates the electric part and the interconnection portion, in which the electronic device includes at least one of a cover portion, which covers at least a part of the electric part and has a surface resistivity of equal to or higher than 104 ?/? and equal to or lower than 1011 ?/?, and the housing, which has a surface resistivity of equal to or higher than 104 ?/? and equal to or lower than 1011 ?/?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: MATSUMOTO GIKEN CO., LTD., SHISHIDO ELECTROSTATIC, LTD.
    Inventors: Yorioki MATSUMOTO, Nobuhiro MATSUMOTO, Shinichi YAMAGUCHI, Ryuichi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11435354
    Abstract: There is provided a simple and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma detection method. The adenocarcinoma detection method of the present invention includes a step of detecting in vitro a presence or absence of an abnormal cleavage in a specific protein in a test subject-derived sample. The abnormal cleavage in the specific protein is, for example, a cleavage resulting in one or more breaks in a peptide bond in the specific protein and/or a cleavage resulting in a deletion of one or two more amino acid residues at one or more sites of the specific protein. The adenocarcinoma detection method of the present invention includes a step of detecting a presence or amount of a protein having the abnormal cleavage or a decrease in an amount of a normal protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masamitsu Nakazato, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Yasuji Arimura, Hironobu Tsubouchi, Toshifumi Takao, Nobuaki Okumura, Masafumi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200333343
    Abstract: There is provided a simple and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma detection method. The adenocarcinoma detection method of the present invention includes a step of detecting in vitro a presence or absence of an abnormal cleavage in a specific protein in a test subject-derived sample. The abnormal cleavage in the specific protein is, for example, a cleavage resulting in one or more breaks in a peptide bond in the specific protein and/or a cleavage resulting in a deletion of one or two more amino acid residues at one or more sites of the specific protein. The adenocarcinoma detection method of the present invention includes a step of detecting a presence or amount of a protein having the abnormal cleavage or a decrease in an amount of a normal protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Masamitsu Nakazato, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Yasuji Arimura, Hironobu Tsubouchi, Toshifumi Takao, Nobuaki Okumura, Masafumi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200124605
    Abstract: Provided is a lung adenocarcinoma detection method that is simple and is less invasive. The lung adenocarcinoma detection method of the present invention includes the step of detecting the presence or absence of an abnormal cleavage in kininogen I in a sample collected from a subject in vitro. The abnormal cleavage in kininogen I is, for example, a cleavage that can form at least one cleaved site in a peptide bond in kininogen I and/or a cleavage that causes the deletion of at least one amino acid residue at least one site in kininogen I. The lung adenocarcinoma detection method according to the present invention includes the step of detecting the presence or amount of a protein having the above-mentioned abnormal cleavage or the loss of the amount of a normal protein, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Masamitsu NAKAZATO, Nobuhiro MATSUMOTO, Hironobu TSUBOUCHI, Yasuji ARIMURA, Shigehisa YANAGI, Toshifumi TAKAO, Nobuaki OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 9593720
    Abstract: A motor includes a motor body, a pin, a core, and an input cam. The motor body includes a housing and an output shaft. The pin is arranged in the output shaft to extend in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the output shaft. The core is pivotally supported by the pin and rotates coaxially with the output shaft. The input cam is annular and surrounds an outer circumference of the core. The input cam rotates integrally with the core. An end surface of the core closer to the housing includes a first deviated surface. The core includes an insertion portion into which the pin is inserted. When a center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the first deviated surface is located at a position farther from the housing than the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: ASMO CO., LTD., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Inoue, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Masanori Ozaki, Hirokazu Tajima, Masaru Irie, Taei Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20150252853
    Abstract: A motor includes a motor body, a pin, a core, and an input cam. The motor body includes a housing and an output shaft. The pin is arranged in the output shaft to extend in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the output shaft. The core is pivotally supported by the pin and rotates coaxially with the output shaft. The input cam is annular and surrounds an outer circumference of the core. The input cam rotates integrally with the core. An end surface of the core closer to the housing includes a first deviated surface. The core includes an insertion portion into which the pin is inserted. When a center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the first deviated surface is located at a position farther from the housing than the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicants: ASMO CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Inoue, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Masanori Ozaki, Hirokazu Tajima, Masaru Irie, Taei Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8784098
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for firing including plural struts for supporting shelf boards arranged upright in two or more rows in a cross direction and in three or more rows in a longitudinal direction on a longitudinally-long car with tie-beams connecting the struts. A thermal stress relief structure is provided in which the struts arranged upright in the adjacent rows in the longitudinal direction are connected only with tie-beams slanted in a cross direction between the struts, with the thermal stress relief structure preventing warpage or damage of the struts resulting from a bending stress generated in the longitudinal direction at the fixing parts of the struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., NGK Adrec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Komiyama, Nobuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7736288
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a bag with a mouth member by liquidtightly melt-bonding a mouth member comprising a thermoplastic resin and a bag unit comprising a relatively soft flexible film, in which uniform surface temperature of the mouth member is realized, generation of an A-shaped gap is prevented, and a bag with a mouth member excellent in the liquidtightness of the melt-bonded part between the mouth member and the bag unit is produced; and also a production apparatus therefor is provided. The method comprises a preheating step of heating a tubular mouth member while rotating it around the cylinder axis thereof, and a melt-bonding step of inserting the heated mouth member into the opening part of a bag unit and pressing, and thereby melt-bonding the mouth member to the opening part of the bag unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Mizuo, Teruaki Nakagawa, Nobuhiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20100133220
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for firing includes: plural struts for supporting shelf boards arranged upright in two or more rows in a cross direction and in three or more rows in a longitudinal direction on a longitudinally-long car; and tie-beams connecting between the struts. A thermal stress relief structure is provided in which the struts arranged upright in the adjacent rows in the longitudinal direction are connected only with tie-beams slanted in a cross direction between the struts, thereby solving the problems such as warpage or damage of the struts resulting from a bending stress generated in the longitudinal direction at the fixing parts of the struts whose tops are secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: NGK Insulators, Ltd., NGK Adrec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo KOMIYAMA, Nobuhiro MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20080254962
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a bag with a mouth member by liquidtightly melt-bonding a mouth member comprising a thermoplastic resin and a bag unit comprising a relatively soft flexible film, in which uniform surface temperature of the mouth member is realized, generation of an A-shaped gap is prevented, and a bag with a mouth member excellent in the liquidtightness of the melt-bonded part between the mouth member and the bag unit is produced; and also a production apparatus therefor is provided. The method comprises a preheating step of heating a tubular mouth member while rotating it around the cylinder axis thereof, and a melt-bonding step of inserting the heated mouth member into the opening part of a bag unit and pressing, and thereby melt-bonding the mouth member to the opening part of the bag unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Takayuki Mizuo, Teruaki Nakagawa, Nobuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7313932
    Abstract: A washing machine includes, a main body having a washing tub housed therein, a top plate laid on a top face of the main body and having a laundry entrance formed therein to permit laundry to be put therethrough in the washing tub, a lid covering the laundry entrance, a back panel laid on the top plate so as to be located in a rear side of the main body and having a connection pipe arranged therein for supplying water, an operation panel provided in a front portion of a top surface of the top plate, and a partial washing apparatus fitted to the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ryohke, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takahiko Hayashi, Masahiro Satoh
  • Patent number: 7016043
    Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takamasa Mesaki, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuka Kuribayashi, Michiko Matsuda, Kazuo Amano
  • Patent number: 7008662
    Abstract: Warm and wet air are applied to brown rice with germinated germs, produced by adding water to the brown rice, for removing water attached to a surface of the rice. A surface of the germinated brown rice is polished by a rice-polishing machine while remaining the germinated germs to obtain rice with germinated germs. Water of about 1 to 10% of rice weight is added to soften the rice surface. The rice and granules whose granule size is set to a constant granule size smaller than that of the rice and which is heated to 60° C. or higher are mixed with the rice and stirred. Rice bran remaining on a rice surface after polishing is absorbed by the granules and is removed. And, the rice and granules are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiko Satake, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Yukihiro Kawano, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Kazuo Hironaka
  • Publication number: 20050072194
    Abstract: A washing machine has a partial washing apparatus fitted on an outer surface of a main unit having a washing tub housed therein. The partial washing apparatus is movable between an use position and a non-use position. When the partial washing apparatus is in the use position, its washing portion faces a laundry entrance from outside the main unit; when the partial washing apparatus is in the non-use position, its washing portion is retracted from the position in which it faces the laundry entrance. The washing portion achieves washing by using supersonic waves generated by a supersonic vibration device. The laundry entrance is covered with a lid composed of a front lid and a rear lid coupled together so as to be foldable in two. The rear lid has a gate opening formed therein to let the partial washing apparatus pass through. The gate opening is partially or completely closed by a tray for sustaining a piece of laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ryohke, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takahiko Hayashi, Masahiro Satoh
  • Patent number: 6832545
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Publication number: 20040043120
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for processing polished rice capable of enhancing whiteness and also providing high brilliance on grain surfaces of processed polished rice. The method comprises the steps of adding moisture to the polished rice to soften grain surfaces thereof; mixing and stirring starchy granular material heated to have temperature not less than 60° C. with the moistened polished rice so that bran stuck on the grain surfaces of the polished rice is captured by the starchy granular material and removed; and separating the polished rice from the starchy granular material with bran captured, and smoothing the grain surfaces by eliminating minute inequalities thereof after the bran removed so as to enhance brilliance of the grain surfaces. The polished rice processing apparatus of the present invention comprises moisture adding means, mixing/stirring means and separating/smoothing means for carrying out the above respective steps of the polished rice processing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20030177916
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Patent number: 6610345
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Patent number: 6602486
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon fiber including the following processes: a process for obtaining fine carbon fiber by thermally decomposing an organic compound in a furnace by use of a catalyst; a process for separating a reaction exhaust gas contained in the carbon fiber; a process for continuously subjecting the carbon fiber to thermal treatment in a non-oxidative atmosphere; and a process for incinerating a thermal treatment exhaust gas generated in the thermal treatment and/or the reaction exhaust gas. The method for separating a reaction exhaust gas from carbon fiber is characterized in that a packed carbon fiber layer is formed, an inert gas is caused to flow through the layer, and the layer is compressed. Combustion of the reaction exhaust gas and combustion of the exhaust gas generated from the subsequent thermal treatment is achieved through employment of a pilot burner holding flame at all times in a vertical incinerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sakamoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Kunio Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20030112440
    Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicants: Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takamasa Mesaki, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuka Kuribayashi, Michiko Matsuda, Kazuo Amano