Patents by Inventor Osamu Kurosawa
Osamu Kurosawa 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: 20220372419Abstract: An aspect of the present invention makes it possible to easily observe both surfaces of a cell sheet in a condition in which the cell sheet is at a stable position in a culture medium. A cell sheet production device (100) includes: a container (20); and a support unit (10) removably held in the container (20), the support unit (10) including a mesh sheet (2) and a base (3) which holds the mesh sheet (2) such that the mesh sheet (2) floats from a bottom surface of the container (20), the support unit (10) being held in the container (20) such that the support unit is at a fixed position in vertical and horizontal directions in a culture medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Takeshi HORI, Hiroo IWATA, Osamu KUROSAWA, Nobutaka TANI, Taro MIZUTA, Kouhei ISHIHARA
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Patent number: 9487726Abstract: The present invention provides an imide compound represented by the following general formula (1). The imide compound of the present invention, particularly when used as a thickening agent for grease, is excellent in durability at high temperatures. [wherein X represents a tetravalent residue obtained by removing four carboxylic groups from an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid, Y represents a divalent residue obtained by removing two amino groups from an aliphatic diamine or an aromatic diamine, and R represents a residue obtained by removing an amino group from an aliphatic monoamine, an alicyclic monoamine, or an aromatic monoamine.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Yamaguchi, Osamu Kurosawa, Miki Fujiwara, Ryuichi Ueno
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Patent number: 9150810Abstract: An additive for lubricating oil of the present invention contains an amide compound represented by the following general formula (1). A lubricating oil composition of the present invention contains: a lubricating base oil containing a mineral base oil and/or a synthetic base oil; and an amide compound represented by the following general formula (1). R1R2N—COCH2OH??(1) (In the general formula (1), R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group having 16 to 22 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Yasushi Onumata
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Publication number: 20150218483Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition for constant velocity joints containing a lubricating base oil, at least one thickener selected from urea-based thickeners, urethane-based thickeners and urea/urethane-based thickeners, an organomolybdenum, a zinc dithiophosphate, a polysulfide, and a triglyceride, wherein the content of the organomolybdenum is 1000-5000 ppm by mass in terms of molybdenum element based on the total amount of the grease composition. According to the grease composition, it is possible to exert sufficient characteristics even in the case of reducing the amount of the additive such as molybdenum disulfide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicants: NTN CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Takabe, Takashi Arai, Kiyomi Sakamoto, Osamu Kurosawa
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Patent number: 9012380Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention is characterized by satisfying at least one of the following conditions (a) or (b). (a) A saturated compound content of 95% by mass or greater, and a proportion of 0.1-10% by mass of cyclic saturated compounds among the saturated compounds. (b) The condition represented by the following formula (1). 1.435?n20?0.002×kv100?1.450??(1) wherein n20 represents the refractive index of the lubricating base oil at 20° C., and kv100 represents the kinematic viscosity (mm2/s) of the lubricating base oil at 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Petroleum Energy CenterInventors: Takashi Sano, Hitoshi Komatsubara, Hisayuki Wada, Osamu Kurosawa, Masaaki Itou, Shigeki Matsui, Masato Takahashi, Kai Fu, Shinichi Shirahama, Izuru Sugiura, Masahiro Taguchi, Shozaburo Konishi
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Patent number: 8728997Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition which is less in evaporation loss even having a low viscosity and excellent in lubricating properties such as low-temperature viscosity characteristics and anti-seizure properties and in oxidation stability, suitable for use in engines, automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, final reduction gear units, and continuously variable transmissions. The lubricating oil composition comprises (A) a lubricating base oil and (B) a poly(meth)acrylate additive in such an amount that the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of the composition (Vc) is from 3 to 15 mm2/s, the viscosity index of the composition is from 95 to 200, and the ratio of the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of (A) the lubricating base oil (Vb) to (Vc) (=Vb/Vc) is 0.60 or greater, further, (C) a metallic detergent, (D) an ashless dispersant and (E) zinc dithiophosphate, each in a specific amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Nippon Oil CorporationInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Masaaki Itou, Masato Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140045735Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition containing at least one lubricating base oil selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil, and 1 to 40% by mass of a thickener and 0.5 to 15% by mass of an alkenyl succinimide based on the total amount of the grease composition, the grease composition being used for a lubricating part in which at least one of members is made of a non-ferrous metal. According to the grease composition of the present invention, galling (seizure) and wear can be sufficiently suppressed and sliding properties can be achieved at a high level even in the case where sliding is performed under extreme pressure conditions where a sliding part having a non-ferrous metal is subjected to a high load.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Ayame, Osamu Kurosawa, Kiyomi Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20130345102Abstract: The present invention provides an imide compound represented by the following general formula (1). The imide compound of the present invention, particularly when used as a thickening agent for grease, is excellent in durability at high temperatures. [wherein X represents a tetravalent residue obtained by removing four carboxylic groups from an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid, Y represents a divalent residue obtained by removing two amino groups from an aliphatic diamine or an aromatic diamine, and R represents a residue obtained by removing an amino group from an aliphatic monoamine, an alicyclic monoamine, or an aromatic monoamine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Yamaguchi, Osamu Kurosawa, Miki Fujiwara, Ryuichi Ueno
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Patent number: 8394745Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating base oil comprising saturated components of 90% by mass or greater, wherein the proportion of cyclic saturated components among the saturated components is not greater than 40% by mass, and by having a viscosity index of 110 or higher and an iodine value of not greater than 2.5. The lubricating base oil of the invention exhibits excellent viscosity-temperature characteristics and heat and oxidation stability while also allowing additives to exhibit a higher level of function when additives are included. The lubricating base oil of the invention is suitable for use in various lubricating oil fields, and is especially useful for reducing energy loss and achieving energy savings in devices in which the lubricating base oil is applied.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Petroleum Energy CenterInventors: Takashi Sano, Shinichi Shirahama, Kazuo Tagawa, Kenichi Komiya, Shigeki Matsui, Osamu Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20130005632Abstract: An additive for lubricating oil of the present invention contains an amide compound represented by the following general formula (1). A lubricating oil composition of the present invention contains: a lubricating base oil containing a mineral base oil and/or a synthetic base oil; and an amide compound represented by the following general formula (1). R1R2N—COCH2OH??(1) (In the general formula (1), R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group having 16 to 22 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Yasushi Onumata
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Patent number: 8105990Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention satisfies at least one of conditions (a) or (b) below. The lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, an ashless antioxidant containing essentially no sulfur as a constituent element, and at least one compound selected from among ashless antioxidants containing sulfur as a constituent element and organic molybdenum compounds. Also, a lubricating oil composition for a power train device according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver and a phosphorus-containing compound. (a) The saturated component content is 90% by mass or greater, and the proportion of cyclic saturated components among the saturated components is 10-40% by mass. (b) The condition represented by the following formula (1) is satisfied. 1.440?n20?0.002×kv100?1.453??(1) [wherein n20 represents the 20° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Petroleum Energy CenterInventors: Shinichi Shirahama, Masahiro Taguchi, Kazuo Tagawa, Takashi Sano, Shozaburo Konishi, Shigeki Matsui, Osamu Kurosawa
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Patent number: 7704928Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for manual transmissions which has anti-seizure properties for shift forks and can provide manual transmissions with excellent shifting characteristics though it has a low viscosity and can save fuel to be used in automobiles. The lubricating oil composition for manual transmissions comprises a lubricating base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4 to 6 mm2/s, on the basis of the total mass of the composition, (A) 0.14 to 0.20 percent by mass in terms of magnesium of magnesium sulfonate, (B) 0.14 to 0.18 percent by mass in terms of zinc of a specific zinc dithiophosphate, (C) 0.3 to 0.5 percent by mass in terms of sulfur of a sulfur-containing extreme pressure additive other than zinc dithiophosphate, and (D) 0.02 to 0.05 percent by mass in terms of phosphorus of an alkyl phosphite, and having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 25 to 30 mm2/s.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Masato Takahashi, Toru Matsuoka, Kazuo Yamamori, Koji Saito, Tetuzo Yoneda, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Akihiko Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20100041572Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating base oil comprising saturated components of 90% by mass or greater, wherein the proportion of cyclic saturated components among the saturated components is not greater than 40% by mass, and by having a viscosity index of 110 or higher and an iodine value of not greater than 2.5. The lubricating base oil of the invention exhibits excellent viscosity-temperature characteristics and heat and oxidation stability while also allowing additives to exhibit a higher level of function when additives are included. The lubricating base oil of the invention is suitable for use in various lubricating oil fields, and is especially useful for reducing energy loss and achieving energy savings in devices in which the lubricating base oil is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Takashi Sano, Shinichi Shirahama, Kazuo Tagawa, Kenichi Komiya, Shigeki Matsui, Osamu Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20100035777Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention is characterized by satisfying at least one of the following conditions (a) or (b). (a) A saturated compound content of 95% by mass or greater, and a proportion of 0.1-10% by mass of cyclic saturated compounds among the saturated compounds. (b) The condition represented by the following formula (1). 1.435?n20?0.002×kv100 ?1.450??(1) wherein n20 represents the refractive index of the lubricating base oil at 20° C., and kv100 represents the kinematic viscosity (mm2/s) of the lubricating base oil at 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2006Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Takashi Sano, Hitoshi Komatsubara, Hisayuki Wada, Osamu Kurosawa, Masaaki Itou, Shigeki Matsui, Masato Takahashi, Kai Fu, Shinichi Shirahama, Izuru Sugiura, Masahiro Taguchi, Shozaburo Konishi
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Publication number: 20100016195Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention satisfies at least one of conditions (a) or (b) below. The lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, an ashless antioxidant containing essentially no sulfur as a constituent element, and at least one compound selected from among ashless antioxidants containing sulfur as a constituent element and organic molybdenum compounds. Also, a lubricating oil composition for a power train device according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver and a phosphorus-containing compound. (a) The saturated component content is 90% by mass or greater, and the proportion of cyclic saturated components among the saturated components is 10-40% by mass. (b) The condition represented by the following formula (1) is satisfied. 1.440?n20?0.002×kv100?1.453 (1) [wherein n20 represents the 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Shinichi Shirahama, Masahiro Taguchi, Kazuo Tagawa, Takashi Sano, Shozaburo Konishi, Shigeki Matsui, Osamu Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20090131291Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition which is less in evaporation loss even having a low viscosity and excellent in lubricating properties such as low-temperature viscosity characteristics and anti-seizure properties and in oxidation stability, suitable for use in engines, automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, final reduction gear units, and continuously variable transmissions. The lubricating oil composition comprises (A) a lubricating base oil and (B) a poly(meth)acrylate additive in such an amount that the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of the composition (Vc) is from 3 to 15 mm2/s, the viscosity index of the composition is from 95 to 200, and the ratio of the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of (A) the lubricating base oil (Vb) to (Vc) (=Vb/Vc) is 0.60 or greater, further, (C) a metallic detergent, (D) an ashless dispersant and (E) zinc dithiophosphate, each in a specific amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: NIPPON OIL CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Masaaki Itou, Masato Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080146474Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, a phosphorus compound and at least one organic acid salt selected from among alkaline earth metal sulfonates, alkaline earth metal phenates and alkaline earth metal salicylates, wherein the contents of the phosphorus compound and organic acid salt satisfy the conditions represented by the following formulas (1) to (3). In formulas (1)-(3), W(P) represents the content of phosphorus compound, in terms of phosphorus element, based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition, and W(M) represents the content of organic acid salt content, in terms of alkaline earth metal elements, based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition. 0.01?W(P)?0.2 ??(1) 0.01?W(M)?0.2 ??(2) 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2005Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Masato Takahashi, Osamu Kurosawa, Junji Ando, Toshiyuki Saito, Hirofumi Kuwabara, Hajime Fukami, Toshifumi Sakai, Mototake Furuhashi
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Publication number: 20070265175Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for manual transmissions which has anti-seizure properties for shift forks and can provide manual transmissions with excellent shifting characteristics though it has a low viscosity and can save fuel to be used in automobiles. The lubricating oil composition for manual transmissions comprises a lubricating base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4 to 6 mm2/s, on the basis of the total mass of the composition, (A) 0.14 to 0.20 percent by mass in terms of magnesium of magnesium sulfonate, (B) 0.14 to 0.18 percent by mass in terms of zinc of a specific zinc dithiophosphate, (C) 0.3 to 0.5 percent by mass in terms of sulfur of a sulfur-containing extreme pressure additive other than zinc dithiophosphate, and (D) 0.02 to 0.05 percent by mass in terms of phosphorus of an alkyl phosphite, and having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 25 to 30 mm2/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu KUROSAWA, Masato TAKAHASHI, Toru MATSUOKA, Kazuo YAMAMORI, Koji SAITO, Tetuzo YONEDA, Yoshikazu YAMAMOTO, Akihiko ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20070184446Abstract: To verify an action of a high-frequency ac electric field on a single-stranded nucleic acid existing in an aqueous solution. This action is used to improve the efficiency of hybridization to which the single-stranded nucleic acid is subjected as a complementary strand. Provided are a method and system for stretching a single-stranded nucleic acid, which exists in a free form in pure water or an aqueous solution (R) of pH 5 to 11, or which exists in a form immobilized on one of surface (f) of an electrode (E) of opposing electrodes (E,E) arranged facing the aqueous solution (R) or in a form immobilized on surfaces (f) of both electrodes (E) of opposing electrodes (E, E), by causing a high-frequency ac electric field to act on the single-stranded nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2004Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Sayoko Matsumoto, Takayoshi Mamine, Masao Washizu, Osamu Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20040176256Abstract: Lubricating oil compositions for transmissions comprise (A) a mineral lubricating oil having a kinematic viscosity of from 2.3 to 3.4 mm2/s and a % Cp of 70 or higher defined by ASTM D 3238, as a base oil, (B) a phosphorus compound in an amount of from 0.025 to 0.05 percent by mass in terms of phosphorus based on the total mass of the composition, and (C) a viscosity index improver in such an amount that the composition has a kinematic viscosity of from 5.0 to 6.0 mm2/s, sulfur being contained in an amount of 0.15 percent by mass or less in the composition. The lubricating oil compositions are excellent in fuel efficiency and capable of improving the durabilities of gears and clutches, leading to long lasting gear change characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicants: Nippon Oil Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu Kurosawa, Shigeki Matsui, Eitaro Morita, Kazuo Yamamori, Hiroyuki Arai