Patents by Inventor Shinji Hirai

Shinji Hirai 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: 20240111195
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including in the following order an active matrix substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a counter substrate. The active matrix substrate includes in the following order a first electrode and a second electrode including a first linear electrode portion extending in a first direction. The counter substrate includes a third electrode including second linear electrode portions extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth electrode including an island-shaped electrode portion as a floating electrode. The island-shaped electrode portion is disposed between the second linear electrode portions in a plan view, overlaps an optical aperture of one of two pixels adjacent to each other along the second direction, and does not overlap an optical aperture of the other of the two pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Koji MURATA, Akira HIRAI, Hiroshi TSUCHIYA, Takashi SATOH, Akira SAKAI, Shinji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 11029072
    Abstract: A cooling device including a freezing cycle including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing means, and an evaporator is provided. In the cooling device, the condenser includes a first condenser and a second condenser independent from each other, the second condenser being positioned at a downstream side of the first condenser in a refrigerant channel, and the first condenser and the second condenser are connected to each other through a dew condensation preventing pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Makoto Kobayashi, Masanaga Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10961285
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article of a composition comprising a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural spider silk protein and polypeptides derived from natural spider silk protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
  • Patent number: 10511899
    Abstract: An electronic instrument includes a housing, a fitting part that is freely attached/detached to/from an illumination apparatus, and a sound reproduction space that is formed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yokosawa, Shinji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20190194403
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a molded article including a step 1 of adding water to a composition including a structural protein, a step 2 of molding a water-containing composition obtained in the step 1, and a step 3 of drying the molded composition obtained in the step 2 to obtain the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: Spiber Inc., Tekunohama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Yukimasa Ubukata, Ayumi Abe, Koichi Kotaka, Yuki Nakayama, Junichi Noba
  • Publication number: 20190110115
    Abstract: An electronic instrument includes a housing, a fitting part that is freely attached/detached to/from an illumination apparatus, and a sound reproduction space that is formed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: NOBUYUKI YOKOSAWA, SHINJI HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20190040109
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article of a composition comprising a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural spider silk protein and polypeptides derived from natural spider silk protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries Corporation, Tekunohama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20180251501
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article of a composition comprising a polypeptide which has more than 4.3 GPa of a bending elastic modulus and transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries Corporation, Tekunohama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20170350630
    Abstract: A cooling device including a freezing cycle including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing means, and an evaporator is provided. In the cooling device, the condenser includes a first condenser and a second condenser independent from each other, the second condenser being positioned at a downstream side of the first condenser in a refrigerant channel, and the first condenser and the second condenser are connected to each other through a dew condensation preventing pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji HIRAI, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Masanaga TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9630536
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback, a support installed on the seatback, and a headrest having a stay inserted into the support. The support has a flanged head disposed outside the seatback and into which the stay is inserted, and a body disposed inside the seatback, and when the support is installed on the seatback, the head of the support depresses the seatback. The head has an overhang part, and a narrowed part that is provided between the overhang part and the body and that is narrower than the overhang part. A degree of narrowing of the narrowed part is set in such a way that, when the narrowed part of the head of the support depresses the seatback with the support installed on the seatback, the overhang part is in contact with a depressed surface of the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Shinsuke Yamano
  • Publication number: 20150306993
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback, a support installed on the seatback, and a headrest having a stay inserted into the support. The support has a flanged head disposed outside the seatback and into which the stay is inserted, and a body disposed inside the seatback, and when the support is installed on the seatback, the head of the support depresses the seatback. The head has an overhang part, and a narrowed part that is provided between the overhang part and the body and that is narrower than the overhang part. A degree of narrowing of the narrowed part is set in such a way that, when the narrowed part of the head of the support depresses the seatback with the support installed on the seatback, the overhang part is in contact with a depressed surface of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji HIRAI, Shinsuke YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20150198807
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted display apparatus including a display panel portion including a display panel configured to display an image, an ocular optical portion having a lens integrally formed with an attaching part to which the display panel portion is attached, and configured to perform optical processing for a video displayed by the display panel, a video signal processing portion configured to process a video signal, and a display controlling portion configured to drive the display panel based on the video signal processed at the video signal processing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Shinji Hirai
  • Patent number: 8371859
    Abstract: The kit for suppressing drug craving K is used by connecting an instrument for suppressing drug craving 1 to a syringe 2 and the instrument for suppressing drug craving 1 has a cylindrical housing 11, a pouch 12 provided in the housing and containing pseudo-blood B and a connecting member 13 with which the distal end of a syringe is coupled and which cause the syringe to communicate with the interior of the pouch. When the syringe accommodating pseudo-drug M is connected to the instrument and the plunger is moved forward (pseudo-priming), the pseudo-drug M flows into a pouch and the pouch inflates (FIG. 2(b)), and if the plunger 4 is pulled back from this condition, the pouch 12 deflates and the pseudo-blood B flows back from the pouch 12 to the syringe 2 (flashback) (FIG. 2(C)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: National Hospital Organization, Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Mitsuru Hasegawa, Takeshi Ohguro
  • Patent number: 8226160
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular roof structure, which can adjust the quantity of daylighting and which can be set to give a sense of spaciousness to a passenger in the rear seat by the wide field of view from the vehicular upper side while blocking the incident light upon the front seat side. Three louvers are enabled to change their angles of inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. If the individual louvers arranged at the blocking positions are oriented to slope in a slightly downward direction of the vehicle toward the rear side thereof, a passenger in a rear seat can see, while an incident light to the front seat side is being blocked by the three louvers, the outside of the upper side of the vehicle through the three inclined louvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Hitoshi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20110257628
    Abstract: Provided is an instrument for alleviating addictive drug craving which can be safely administered to an addictive drug-dependent patient by a definite method in practice without causing any undesirable effects on therapy and terminate a series of behaviors through the administration so as to achieve an excellent effect on the therapy for alleviating addictive drug craving. An instrument for alleviating addictive drug craving (11) which comprises a pseudo injection agent (31) enclosed in a pseudo container (21). To the outer face of the pseudo container (21), which is an ampule-shaped container being similar in appearance and structure to a container of an addictive drug (X), a pseudo injection agent label (41), which is almost the same in constitution to a product label of the container of the addictive drug (X) except having the term “PSEUDO” added hereto, is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Shinji Hirai
  • Patent number: 7992928
    Abstract: A vehicle roof structure which can regulate the quantity of lighting while ensuring appearance quality when viewed from the compartment. When a roll shade is arranged at a retreat position, incident light penetrates a glass roof thence penetrates a supporting member and a closing member exhibiting translucency and finally penetrates an opaque skin material exhibiting translucency. Since the opaque skin material covers a ceiling matrix on the inside of the compartment and closes the ceiling opening continuously from the inside of the compartment, if a roll shade is arranged at the light shielding position, the ceiling opening cannot be distinguished easily by a crewman when the crewman looks the vehicle roof side from the inside of the compartment and it is recognized as continuous interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akiyuki Kimizuka, Hitoshi Yasuda, Shinji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20100211018
    Abstract: The kit for suppressing drug craving K is used by connecting an instrument for suppressing drug craving 1 to a syringe 2 and the instrument for suppressing drug craving 1 has a cylindrical housing 11, a pouch 12 provided in the housing and containing pseudo-blood B and a connecting member 13 with which the distal end of a syringe is coupled and which cause the syringe to communicate with the interior of the pouch. When the syringe accommodating pseudo-drug M is connected to the instrument and the plunger is moved forward (pseudo-priming), the pseudo-drug M flows into a pouch and the pouch inflates (FIG. 2(b)), and if the plunger 4 is pulled back from this condition, the pouch 12 deflates and the pseudo-blood B flows back from the pouch 12 to the syringe 2 (flashback) (FIG. 2(C)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Mitsuru Hasegawa, Takeshi Ohguro
  • Publication number: 20100127537
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular roof structure, which can adjust the quantity of daylighting and which can be set to give a sense of spaciousness to a passenger in the rear seat by the wide field of view from the vehicular upper side while blocking the incident light upon the front seat side. Three louvers are enabled to change their angles of inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. If the individual louvers arranged at the blocking positions are oriented to slope in a slightly downward direction of the vehicle toward the rear side thereof, a passenger in a rear seat can see, while an incident light to the front seat side is being blocked by the three louvers, the outside of the upper side of the vehicle through the three inclined louvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Hitoshi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20100117405
    Abstract: A vehicle roof structure which can regulate the quantity of lighting while ensuring appearance quality when viewed from the compartment. When a roll shade is arranged at a retreat position, incident light penetrates a glass roof thence penetrates a supporting member and a closing member exhibiting translucency and finally penetrates an opaque skin material exhibiting translucency. Since the opaque skin material covers a ceiling matrix on the inside of the compartment and closes the ceiling opening continuously from the inside of the compartment, if a roll shade is arranged at the light shielding position, the ceiling opening cannot be distinguished easily by a crewman when the crewman looks the vehicle roof side from the inside of the compartment and it is recognized as continuous interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyuki Kimizuka, Hitoshi Yasuda, Shinji Hirai
  • Patent number: D856939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Nobuyuki Yokosawa