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).
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Publication number: 20240111195Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Koji MURATA, Akira HIRAI, Hiroshi TSUCHIYA, Takashi SATOH, Akira SAKAI, Shinji SHIMADA
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Patent number: 11029072Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Makoto Kobayashi, Masanaga Tanaka
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Patent number: 10961285Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries CorporationInventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
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Patent number: 10511899Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Yokosawa, Shinji Hirai
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Publication number: 20190194403Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicants: Spiber Inc., Tekunohama Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Yukimasa Ubukata, Ayumi Abe, Koichi Kotaka, Yuki Nakayama, Junichi Noba
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Publication number: 20190110115Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: NOBUYUKI YOKOSAWA, SHINJI HIRAI
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Publication number: 20190040109Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicants: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries Corporation, Tekunohama Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
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Publication number: 20180251501Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: Spiber Inc., Kojima Industries Corporation, Tekunohama Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Sugahara, Kaori Sekiyama, Ayumi Abe, Junichi Shimokata, Junichi Noba, Shinji Hirai
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Publication number: 20170350630Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji HIRAI, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Masanaga TANAKA
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Patent number: 9630536Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Hirai, Shinsuke Yamano
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Publication number: 20150306993Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji HIRAI, Shinsuke YAMANO
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Publication number: 20150198807Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventor: Shinji Hirai
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Patent number: 8371859Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignees: National Hospital Organization, Nipro CorporationInventors: Shinji Hirai, Mitsuru Hasegawa, Takeshi Ohguro
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Patent number: 8226160Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hirai, Hitoshi Yasuda
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Publication number: 20110257628Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Shinji Hirai
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Patent number: 7992928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akiyuki Kimizuka, Hitoshi Yasuda, Shinji Hirai
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Publication number: 20100211018Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Shinji Hirai, Mitsuru Hasegawa, Takeshi Ohguro
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Publication number: 20100127537Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Hirai, Hitoshi Yasuda
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Publication number: 20100117405Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akiyuki Kimizuka, Hitoshi Yasuda, Shinji Hirai
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Patent number: D856939Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Hirai, Nobuyuki Yokosawa