Patents by Inventor Satoshi Yuasa
Satoshi Yuasa 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: 11939915Abstract: A raw material fluid treatment plant provided with a raw material reaction apparatus for reacting a raw material fluid to form a reaction gas. The raw material reaction apparatus includes preheaters and a reactor. The preheaters are heat exchangers that perform heat exchange between a second heat transfer medium and the raw material fluid to heat the raw material fluid. The reactor is a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between a first heat transfer medium differing from the second heat transfer medium and the raw material fluid having been heated by the preheaters to heat and react the raw material fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Hidefumi Araki, Satoshi Tanimura, Masakazu Nose, Jun Sasahara, Yukio Tanaka, Atsushi Yuasa
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Publication number: 20210317591Abstract: A tin alloy electroplating bath, wherein the tin alloy electroplating bath includes (A) a soluble tin salt, (B) a soluble nickel salt and/or a soluble cobalt salt, (C) an oxycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof, (D) a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic unsaturated compound, and (E) a surfactant, and the pH of the tin alloy electroplating bath is 3 to 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Yutaka MORII, Go NAGATA, Satoshi YUASA
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Patent number: 10743770Abstract: A photoacoustic device comprises a light source configured to generate first and second lights; an irradiation unit configured to generate a first acoustic wave from an object including a contrast agent by irradiating the object with the first light, and then bleach the contrast agent by irradiating the object with the second light and generate a second acoustic wave from the object by irradiating the object with the first light after bleaching; a receiving unit configured to output a first signal upon receiving the first acoustic wave and output a second signal upon receiving the second acoustic wave; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information based on the first signal, and acquire second information based on the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kengo Kanazaki, Tatsuki Fukui, Satoshi Yuasa
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Patent number: 10538854Abstract: Provided is a copper-nickel alloy electroplating apparatus which is capable of stably forming a copper-nickel plated coating on a workpiece with a uniform composition and which enables a plating bath to be used for a long period. The present invention provides a copper-nickel alloy electroplating apparatus (1), comprising: a cathode chamber (4) in which a workpiece (5) is to be placed; an anode chamber (6); an anode (7) placed in the anode chamber; an electrically conductive diaphragm (14) placed to separate the cathode chamber and the anode chamber from each other; a cathode chamber oxidation-reduction potential adjusting tank (8) for adjusting the oxidation-reduction potential of a plating liquid in the cathode chamber; an anode chamber oxidation-reduction potential adjusting tank (10) for adjusting the oxidation-reduction potential of a plating liquid in the anode chamber; and a power supply unit (36) that provides an electric current to flow between the workpiece and the anode.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Kazunori Ono, Akira Hashimoto, Satoshi Yuasa
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Patent number: 10316421Abstract: The present invention provides a copper-nickel alloy electroplating bath which contains (a) a copper salt and a nickel salt, (b) a metal complexing agent, (c) a conductivity imparting agent, (d) a sulfur-containing organic compound and (e) a redox potential regulator.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Kazunori Ono, AKira Hashimoto, Satoshi Yuasa
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Patent number: 10271734Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus comprises a light source; an irradiation unit configured to radiate light from the light source to an object that contains a contrast agent; a receiving unit configured to receive acoustic waves generated when the contrast agent absorbs the light radiated by the irradiation unit and output an electrical signal; a correction processing unit configured to correct a signal strength of the electrical signal, based on a temporal change in a concentration of the contrast agent contained in the object; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristics information on the object, based on the electrical signal that has been corrected by the correction processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Atsushi Takahashi, Satoshi Yuasa
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Patent number: 9828686Abstract: The present invention provides a copper-nickel alloy electroplating bath which is characterized by containing (a) a copper salt and a nickel salt, (b) a metal complexing agent, (c) a plurality of conductivity-imparting salts that are different from each other, (d) a compound that is selected from the group consisting of disulfide compounds, sulfur-containing amino acids and salts of these compounds, (e) a compound that is selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid compounds, sulfimide compounds, sulfamic acid compounds, sulfone amides and salts of these compounds, and (f) a reaction product of a glycidyl ether and a polyhydric alcohol. This copper-nickel alloy electroplating bath is also characterized by having a pH of 3-8.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Inoue, Satoshi Yuasa, Hitoshi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20170325693Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus, comprises a light source that irradiates an object with light; a plurality of acoustic wave detectors that receive acoustic waves generated from the object, convert the acoustic waves into an electrical signal, and output the electrical signal; and an information acquisition unit that acquires information of the object, based on the electrical signals, wherein the information acquisition unit acquires, for each of the acoustic wave detectors, a change in the intensity of the electrical signal, after the object that has been injected with a contrast agent is irradiated with light that decomposes the contrast agent, and acquires information relating to blood flow, based on the change in the intensity of the electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Atsushi Takahashi, Satoshi Yuasa, Kazuhiko Fukutani
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Publication number: 20170241031Abstract: The present invention provides a copper-nickel alloy electroplating bath which contains (a) a copper salt and a nickel salt, (b) a metal complexing agent, (c) a conductivity imparting agent, (d) a sulfur-containing organic compound and (e) a redox potential regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Dipsol Chemicals Co., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi SAKURAI, Kazunori ONO, Akira HASHIMOTO, Satoshi YUASA
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Publication number: 20170241040Abstract: Provided is a copper-nickel alloy electroplating apparatus which is capable of stably forming a copper-nickel plated coating on a workpiece with a uniform composition and which enables a plating bath to be used for a long period. The present invention provides a copper-nickel alloy electroplating apparatus (1), comprising: a cathode chamber (4) in which a workpiece (5) is to be placed; an anode chamber (6); an anode (7) placed in the anode chamber; an electrically conductive diaphragm (14) placed to separate the cathode chamber and the anode chamber from each other; a cathode chamber oxidation-reduction potential adjusting tank (8) for adjusting the oxidation-reduction potential of a plating liquid in the cathode chamber; an anode chamber oxidation-reduction potential adjusting tank (10) for adjusting the oxidation-reduction potential of a plating liquid in the anode chamber; and a power supply unit (36) that provides an electric current to flow between the workpiece and the anode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Hitoshi SAKURAI, Kazunori ONO, Akira HASHIMOTO, Satoshi YUASA
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Patent number: 9610367Abstract: There is provided an ICG-loaded polymer nanoparticle that is dynamically stable, prevents the leakage of contained ICG and the resulting discoloration, and has a high molar absorbance coefficient. The particle contains a hydrophilic dye having a sulfonate group and a hydrophobic polymer, and the particle further contains at least one of a lipid having a positively charged region, a nicotinic acid derivative and a thiamine derivative.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinzaburo Ito, Masato Minami, Tatsuki Fukui, Kouichi Kato, Fumio Yamauchi, Yoshinori Tomida, Satoshi Yuasa, Tetsuya Yano, Satoshi Ogawa, Kengo Kanazaki, Atsushi Takahashi, Daisuke Sasaguri, Hiroyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20160361445Abstract: A compound or a salt thereof in which polyethylene glycol is bonded to a specific cyanine dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Daisuke Sasaguri, Atsushi Takahashi, Keigo Mizusawa, Satoshi Yuasa
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Patent number: 9517278Abstract: The present invention provides a photoacoustic imaging contrast medium which exhibits a high degree of accumulation into a tumor even when some extent of time has passed after performing administration and which facilitates an increase in the intensity of photoacoustic signal produced by the tumor. A compound produced by covalent-bonding of an organic dye which absorbs light in the near-infrared wavelength region and a PEG having a branch.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Fumio Yamauchi, Masato Minami, Satoshi Ogawa, Kengo Kanazaki, Satoshi Yuasa
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Publication number: 20160345838Abstract: A photoacoustic device comprises a light source configured to generate first and second lights; an irradiation unit configured to generate a first acoustic wave from an object including a contrast agent by irradiating the object with the first light, and then bleach the contrast agent by irradiating the object with the second light and generate a second acoustic wave from the object by irradiating the object with the first light after bleaching; a receiving unit configured to output a first signal upon receiving the first acoustic wave and output a second signal upon receiving the second acoustic wave; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information based on the first signal, and acquire second information based on the second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Kengo Kanazaki, Tatsuki Fukui, Satoshi Yuasa
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Publication number: 20160287085Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus comprises a light source; an irradiation unit configured to radiate light from the light source to an object that contains a contrast agent; a receiving unit configured to receive acoustic waves generated when the contrast agent absorbs the light radiated by the irradiation unit and output an electrical signal; a correction processing unit configured to correct a signal strength of the electrical signal, based on a temporal change in a concentration of the contrast agent contained in the object; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristics information on the object, based on the electrical signal that has been corrected by the correction processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Atsushi Takahashi, Satoshi Yuasa
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Patent number: 9352053Abstract: An iron oxide particle constituting a Resovist (trademark) absorbs a small quantity of light in a near infrared region and emits a weak photoacoustic signal. According to a particle having a catechol-like compound and iron atoms, the particle having a ratio of the number of moles of the catechol-like compound to the number of moles of the iron atoms of 270/10,000 or more, light absorption in the near infrared region increases and a strong photoacoustic signal can be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiko Tabata, Sachiko Yamauchi, Mayuko Kishi, Masato Minami, Mika Yamagata, Satoshi Yuasa, Tetsuya Yano
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Patent number: 9138492Abstract: Provided is a particle which can stably hold a dye in itself even in an aqueous solution such as serum, in order to solve such a problem of a particle containing ICG, which has been conventionally used in a contrast agent or the like, that the ICG is a dye having a hydrophilic functional group and hence the ICG leaks out of the particle in an aqueous solution such as serum. More specifically, provided is a particle including a hydrophobic dye having a cyanine structure, in which the hydrophobic dye is represented by the following chemical formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Fumiko Tomatsu, Kengo Kanazaki, Satoshi Yuasa, Mayuko Kishi, Daisuke Sasaguri
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Patent number: 9132203Abstract: There is provided a gelatin-ICG complex that can suppress leakage of ICG included therein. The complex has a gelatin derivative including at least one of a phospholipid covalently bonded to a gelatin or a cholesterol covalently bonded to a gelatin, and indocyanine green.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiko Tabata, Masato Minami, Yoshinori Tomida, Satoshi Yuasa, Tetsuya Yano, Jun-ichiro Jo, Mie Morita
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Publication number: 20150165071Abstract: The present invention provides a photoacoustic imaging contrast medium which exhibits a high degree of accumulation into a tumor even when some extent of time has passed after performing administration and which facilitates an increase in the intensity of photoacoustic signal produced by the tumor. A compound produced by covalent-bonding of an organic dye which absorbs light in the near-infrared wavelength region and a PEG having a branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Fumio Yamauchi, Masato Minami, Satoshi Ogawa, Kengo Kanazaki, Satoshi Yuasa
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Publication number: 20150125708Abstract: A chromium-free treating liquid and treatment methods which are for imparting to a zinc or zinc alloy deposit a coating film which is highly corrosion-resistant, has a uniform appearance free from sag stains/puddle stains, has no failure concerning thickness unevenness, and has satisfactory adhesion. The surface-treating aqueous solution, which is for forming a corrosion-resistant coating film over a zinc or zinc alloy deposit, is characterized by comprising (a) an alkali metal silicate (M2O.nSiO2 (wherein M represents an alkali metal and n indicates SiO2/M2O molar ratio)), (b) a water-soluble or water-dispersible silane coupling agent, and (c) a water-soluble or water-dispersible glycidyl ether compound. One of the surface treatment methods for forming a highly corrosion-resistant coating film over a zinc or zinc alloy deposit includes bringing the surface of the zinc or zinc alloy deposit into contact with the surface-treating aqueous solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: DISPOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Satoshi Yuasa, Keisuke Nonomura