Patents by Inventor Shinichi Imai
Shinichi Imai 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: 9861297Abstract: To provide a gas analysis device comprising: a cell; a light source; and a detector, wherein two or more types of gaseous components contained in the gas are measurement targets, a mid-infrared light with a wavelength that is caused to match the absorption spectrum of the measurement target gaseous components is output from the light source, and concentrations of the gaseous components are obtained based on light intensity detected by the detector. The gas analysis device sets a cumulative measurement time for the mid-infrared lights with the wavelengths for respective ones of the measurement target gaseous components; and controls at least one of an output time of the light source and a detection time of the detector in accordance with the cumulative measurement times, thereby efficiently measuring the plurality of types of gaseous components contained in the gas by using the mid-infrared lights with the plurality of wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: RIKENInventors: Masaki Yumoto, Koji Miyazaki, Satoshi Wada, Takayo Ogawa, Shinichi Imai
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Publication number: 20170295890Abstract: A molded surface fastener, in which many magnetic particles can be contained in a closer part with respect to a magnet of a molding die, and further a front surface and a rear surface can be easily identified, is provided. In the molded surface fastener of the invention, a magnetic region containing magnetic particles is formed on at least a part between right and left resin intrusion barrier portions, and a magnetic raised portion which is lower than engaging elements and contains the magnetic particles therein is disposed between the engaging elements adjacent in a length direction within the magnetic region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Shinichi Imai, Ayumi Fujisaki, Hiromasa Abe, Kenta Okada, Mineto Terada, Tsuyoshi Minato
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Patent number: 9781979Abstract: A surface fastener member includes left and right longitudinal protective wall sections and front and rear lateral protective wall sections. Each of the lateral protective wall sections includes an outer first lateral wall section and an inner second lateral wall section. The first lateral wall section is continuously placed between the left and right longitudinal protective wall sections at a predetermined height. The second lateral wall section includes a plurality of divided lateral wall bodies which are intermittently placed along a width direction, and a plurality of second engagement elements. The distance is set smaller than a mounting pitch of the first engagement elements in the longitudinal direction of the surface fastener member. According to this, when the molded surface fastener is integrally molded on a cushion body, it is possible to prevent resin material from entering an engagement element region of the surface fastener member.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Minato, Zhiyu Ren, Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Kenji Okuda, Atsushi Nakaya, Yasuhiro Sugahara
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Publication number: 20170119107Abstract: A molded surface fastener has engagement regions in which engaging elements are disposed in an erect manner and space regions with no engaging elements, the engagement regions and the space regions alternating in the longitudinal direction. Each space region has a pair of left and right vertical wall portions that are disposed on a substrate portion in an erect manner and a convex rib portion that protrudes from the center of the substrate portion in the width direction, and the convex rib portion is integrally connected to a main lateral wall portion disposed in the width direction of the engagement region. By implementing a simple cutting process, this molded surface fastener can be easily adapted to usages in which the fastener has to be in a curved shape bending in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Kenji Okuda, Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Tsuyoshi Minato
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Patent number: 9508581Abstract: An object is to transmit an operation of a first parallel link to a second parallel link through a plurality of rotatably supported arms, to prevent the second parallel link from meandering or rolling so that a wafer can be transported smoothly. Arms (61 to 63) of a transmission arm unit (6) are provided for transmitting an operation of a first parallel link (4) to a second parallel link (5). An operation of the first parallel link (4) is transmitted to the second parallel link (5) so that an angle between an arm (53) and an arm (52) in the second parallel link(5) always coincides with an angle between an arm (41) and an arm (42) in the first parallel arm unit (4).Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: TAZMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Yamazoe, Shinichi Imai, Kosuke Sakata, Yoshiki Nishijima, Hiroaki Tsukimoto, Kohsaku Saino
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Publication number: 20160331270Abstract: To provide a gas analysis device comprising: a cell; a light source; and a detector, wherein two or more types of gaseous components contained in the gas are measurement targets, a mid-infrared light with a wavelength that is caused to match the absorption spectrum of the measurement target gaseous components is output from the light source, and concentrations of the gaseous components are obtained based on light intensity detected by the detector. The gas analysis device sets a cumulative measurement time for the mid-infrared lights with the wavelengths for respective ones of the measurement target gaseous components; and controls at least one of an output time of the light source and a detection time of the detector in accordance with the cumulative measurement times, thereby efficiently measuring the plurality of types of gaseous components contained in the gas by using the mid-infrared lights with the plurality of wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: RIKENInventors: Masaki YUMOTO, Koji MIYAZAKI, Satoshi WADA, Takayo OGAWA, Shinichi IMAI
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Patent number: 9445650Abstract: Various embodiments include a male surface fastener member configured for being molded onto a surface of a foaming resin mold body. The male surface fastener member includes a plurality of male surface fastener strips connected with each other in an end-to-end relationship via a connecting portion that is integrally formed with at least the end portions of each male surface fastener strips. Each male surface fastener strip includes a base material having a first surface from which a plurality of engaging elements extend upwardly and first and second substantially lateral resin intrusion prevention walls that upwardly from the first surface along a width direction of the base material between the first and second longitudinal resin intrusion prevention walls. Each of the lateral resin intrusion prevention walls comprises a plurality of engaging elements that are arranged in series in a width direction of the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: YKK CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Murasaki, Yasutoshi Nozawa, Wolfgang E. Coronel, Hisashi Yoneshima, Shinichi Imai
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Patent number: 9433262Abstract: A molding hook and loop fastener includes a plurality of surface fastener portions and a coupling member that is formed of a resilient body and connects the surface fastener portions. The coupling member includes a pair of vertical wall coupling portions which is continuously disposed along a longitudinal direction on both sides in between an engaging element area and which connects the surface fastener portions. With this configuration, when the molding hook and loop fastener is integrally molded to a cushion body, it is possible to prevent a resin material from penetrating into the engaging element area of the surface fastener portion and to stably secure a desired fastening strength at the engaging element area.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Kenji Okuda, Shinichi Imai, Mineto Terada, Yuji Takada
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Publication number: 20160242512Abstract: A surface fastener member includes left and right longitudinal protective wall sections and front and rear lateral protective wall sections. Each of the lateral protective wall sections includes an outer first lateral wall section and an inner second lateral wall section. The first lateral wall section is continuously placed between the left and right longitudinal protective wall sections at a predetermined height. The second lateral wall section includes a plurality of divided lateral wall bodies which are intermittently placed along a width direction, and a plurality of second engagement elements. The distance is set smaller than a mounting pitch of the first engagement elements in the longitudinal direction of the surface fastener member. According to this, when the molded surface fastener is integrally molded on a cushion body, it is possible to prevent resin material from entering an engagement element region of the surface fastener member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Tsuyoshi Minato, Zhiyu Ren, Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Kenji Okuda, Atsushi Nakaya, Yasuhiro Sugahara
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Patent number: 9357815Abstract: A surface fastener member includes left and right longitudinal protective wall sections and front and rear lateral protective wall sections. Each of the lateral protective wall sections includes an outer first lateral wall section and an inner second lateral wall section. The first lateral wall section includes a continuous lateral wall body which is continuously placed between the left and right longitudinal protective wall sections at a predetermined height. The second lateral wall section includes a plurality of divided lateral wall bodies which are intermittently placed along a width direction, and a plurality of second engagement elements. According to this, when the molded surface fastener is integrally molded on a cushion body, it is possible to prevent resin material from entering an engagement element region of the surface fastener member.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Minato, Zhiyu Ren, Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Kenji Okuda, Atsushi Nakaya, Yasuhiro Sugahara
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Patent number: 9327012Abstract: In order to provide a composition for treating, improving, or preventing pain, it has been found out that a metallothionein protein is expressed in a normal peripheral nerve, and that the expression is not observed in a peripheral nerve producing pain. Moreover, it has been found out that administering metallothionein to rats having neuropathic pain suppresses the pain in the rats.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Yasuo Kokai, Gousuke Ooki, Kayo Matsumoto, Shinichi Imai, Takuro Wada
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Patent number: 9271547Abstract: The molded hook and loop fastener has multiple hook and loop fastener parts on which multiple engaging elements are disposed, and a connection member for connecting the hook and loop fastener parts. The hook and loop fastener parts have fixing parts which fix the connection member to backings. The backings have forward and rearward extensions that extend in the longitudinal direction from the positions where the fixing parts are disposed. The dimension in the longitudinal direction of the connection member at a connection part is set to be longer than the minimum interval between adjacent hook and loop fastener parts, thereby allowing the molded hook and loop fastener to be bent easily in the width direction, and allowing the forward and rearward extensions to prevent foam resin material from directly hitting lateral walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai
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Patent number: 9271546Abstract: Provided is a molding hook and loop fastener, in which a barrier erected near left and right side edges of a substrate includes at least two rows of vertical wall arrays, and the vertical wall array includes a plurality of vertical walls disposed alternately. Between the two adjacent, rows of the vertical walls disposed alternately, each of the vertical walls disposed on one row is connected to two vertical walls disposed on the other row via a connecting part, and the connecting part connects one end portion of one vertical wall disposed on the adjacent row and the other end portion of the other vertical wall. Due to this, in the molding hook and loop fastener an outer side and an inner side of the barrier can be divided by the vertical wall array and the connecting part, and flexibility of the molding hook and loop fastener can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Hiromasa Abe
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Publication number: 20160023386Abstract: Provided is a molding hook and loop fastener, in which a barrier erected near left and right side edges of a substrate includes at least two rows of vertical wall arrays, and the vertical wall array includes a plurality of vertical walls disposed alternately. Between the two adjacent, rows of the vertical walls disposed alternately, each of the vertical walls disposed on one row is connected to two vertical walls disposed on the other row via a connecting part, and the connecting part connects one end portion of one vertical wall disposed on the adjacent row and the other end portion of the other vertical wall. Due to this, in the molding hook and loop fastener an outer side and an inner side of the barrier can be divided by the vertical wall array and the connecting part, and flexibility of the molding hook and loop fastener can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Hiromasa Abe
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Publication number: 20150335106Abstract: There is provided a molded hook and loop fastener having at least one hook and loop fastener member which includes a flat plate-shaped base material and a plurality of engaging elements erected on a first surface of the base material in a center region in a width direction thereof, and configured to be integrated with a cushion body upon foaming of the cushion body. A flexible sheet-shaped resin material infiltration-blocking member is fixed to right and left side edge portions of the first surface of the base material and arranged along a longitudinal direction. Right and left support members are erected on the inside of fixation portions of the resin material infiltration-blocking member with respect to the base material, to support the resin material infiltration-blocking member. An upper end of the resin material infiltration-blocking member is configured to protrude above an upper end location of the support members.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: YKK CorporationInventors: Kenji Okuda, Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai
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Publication number: 20150321347Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer robot which has a simple structure and a small occupied area in an operation. A transfer robot of the present invention includes a support member fixed to a side wall or the like, a transfer arm by which a hand member is held capable of linear movement, and first and second link members. One end portions of the first and second link members are rotatably linked to the support member, respectively. Another end portions of the first and second link members are rotatably linked to the transfer arm, respectively. The hand member holds/transfers a work. A rotational driving force applied to a linking portion between the support member and the first link member is transmitted to the transfer arm by a predetermined mechanism and linearly moves the hand member. The transfer arm moves by rotating the first link member or the second link member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicants: TAZMO CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kenji HIROTA, Shinichi IMAI, Shiro HARA, Hitoshi MAEKAWA
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Patent number: 8921200Abstract: A method of manufacturing a variable resistance nonvolatile memory element includes: forming a lower electrode layer above a substrate; forming, on the lower electrode layer, a variable resistance layer including an oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide; forming an upper electrode layer on the variable resistance layer; and forming a patterned mask on the upper electrode layer and etching the upper electrode layer, the variable resistance layer, and the lower electrode layer using the patterned mask. In the etching, at least the variable resistance layer is etched using an etching gas containing bromine.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshio Kawashima, Takumi Mikawa, Shinichi Imai
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Publication number: 20140348622Abstract: An object is to make it possible to adequately reduce the wafer transport time and to contribute to size-reduction of the semiconductor processing system. Two wafer supports (3, 4) on which wafers (100) are placed are arranged to be apart from each other by a distance (D) in a vertical direction . To transport two wafers (100) to respective loading stages (200A, 200B), first a wafer (100) placed on the lower wafer support (3) is subjected to correction of its position in its main plane, and the wafer supports (3, 4) are descended. After the wafer (100) placed on the wafer support (3) is loaded onto pins (211-213), another wafer (100) placed on the upper wafer support (4) is subjected to correction of its position in its main plane, and the wafer supports (3, 4) are descended.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: TAZMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Yamazoe, Shinichi Imai, Kosuke Sakata, Yoshiki Nishijima, Hiroaki Tsukimoto
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Patent number: D735078Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sou Tamiya, Shinichi Imai, Tomoyuki Katou
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Patent number: D800021Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Subaru CorporationInventors: Takashi Hagino, Shinichi Imai