Patents by Inventor Susumu Morimoto
Susumu Morimoto 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: 20220381685Abstract: Provided is a urea solution sensor that can accurately measure a concentration of urea. The ammonia concentration sensor (1) includes: a light source (10) that emits measurement light toward a measurement subject, the measurement light including near-infrared light; a light reception unit (20) that receives transmitted light or reflected light from the measurement subject; and an analysis unit (30) that analyzes a concentration of urea contained in the measurement subject based on a spectrum of light which has been received by the light reception unit (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Susumu MORIMOTO, Daichi MAENO
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Publication number: 20220210970Abstract: A work vehicle configured to carry out work travel in a pasture land where harvested pasture grass 1 is present, the work vehicle having a quality determination device 20 configured to determine quality of the pasture grass 1 in the course of the work traveling. The quality determination device 20 includes a cylindrical grass sending tube 21, a grass taking section 22 configured to feed at least a portion of the pasture grass 1 left in the pasture land to an inside of the grass sending tube 21 via a first end of the grass sending tube 21 and a quality determination instrument 9 configured to determine quality of the pasture grass 1 compressed inside the grass sending tube 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Susumu Morimoto, Mayuko Tonari, Ryuji Hashizume
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Patent number: 9857296Abstract: An optical grain evaluation device is provided with: a light-projecting part 58 through which light from a light source is projected to grain; a light-receiving part 59 on which light transmitted through the grain is incident; a grain evaluation unit 60 configured to evaluate the grain based on information relating to the received light; and a shielding part SH that separates an area between the light source 50 and the light-projecting part 59 from an area between the light-receiving part 59 and the grain evaluation unit 60, and prevents light from the light-projecting part 58 from directly entering the light-receiving part 59. The area between the light source 50 and the light-projecting part 58, and the area between the light-receiving part 59 and the grain evaluation unit 60 are configured, over the entirety of the areas, as air transmission areas in which light is transmitted through air.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Susumu Morimoto, Masao Soe
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Publication number: 20170115211Abstract: An optical grain evaluation device is provided with: a light-projecting part 58 through which light from a light source is projected to grain; a light-receiving part 59 on which light transmitted through the grain is incident; a grain evaluation unit 60 configured to evaluate the grain based on information relating to the received light; and a shielding part SH that separates an area between the light source 50 and the light-projecting part 59 from an area between the light-receiving part 59 and the grain evaluation unit 60, and prevents light from the light-projecting part 58 from directly entering the light-receiving part 59. The area between the light source 50 and the light-projecting part 58, and the area between the light-receiving part 59 and the grain evaluation unit 60 are configured, over the entirety of the areas, as air transmission areas in which light is transmitted through air.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Susumu Morimoto, Masao Soe
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Patent number: 8309130Abstract: An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, and a diffraction intensity ratio, an R value, determined by an equation (1): R=(I15?I35)/(I24?I35)??(1) wherein I15 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 15°, I35 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 35°, and I24 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 24°, is 1.4 or more; and an adsorbent for an oral administration, characterized by comprising a surface-modified spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.40 to 1.00 meq/g, a total amount of basic groups is 0.40 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Hanatsuka, Makoto Arakawa
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Publication number: 20100074954Abstract: An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, and a diffraction intensity ratio, an R value, determined by an equation (1): R=(I15?I35)/(I24?I35)??(1) wherein I15 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 15°, I35 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 35°, and I24 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 24°, is 1.4 or more; and an adsorbent for an oral administration, characterized by comprising a surface-modified spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.40 to 1.00 meq/g, a total amount of basic groups is 0.40 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: Kureha Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Hanatsuka, Makoto Arakawa
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Patent number: 7651974Abstract: An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a surface-modified spherical activated carbon, having a diameter of 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation of 1000 m2/g or more, a total amount of acidic groups of 0.40 to 1.00 meq/g, a total amount of basic groups of 0.40 to 1.10 meq/g, and a diffraction intensity ratio, an R value, determined by equation (1) of 1.4 or more. The adsorbents for oral administration exhibit a useful selective adsorbability; that is, a lesser adsorbability of useful substances, and a greater adsorbability of toxic substances, in a body.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Hanatsuka, Makoto Arakawa
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Publication number: 20050152890Abstract: An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, and a diffraction intensity ratio, an R value, determined by an equation (1): R=(I15?I35)/(I24?I35)??(1) wherein I15 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 15°, I35 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 35°, and I24 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2?) of an X-ray diffractometry is 24°, is 1.4 or more; and an adsorbent for an oral administration, characterized by comprising a surface-modified spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.40 to 1.00 meq/g, a total amount of basic groups is 0.40 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Hanatsuka, Makoto Arakawa
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Publication number: 20050079167Abstract: An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a spherical activated carbon prepared from a thermosetting resin as a carbon source, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, and a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more; and an adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a surface-modified spherical activated carbon prepared from a thermosetting resin as a carbon source, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m2/g or more, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.40 to 1.00 meq/g, and a total amount of basic groups is 0.40 to 1.10 meq/g. The adsorbents for oral administration exhibit a useful selective adsorbability, that is, a less adsorbability of useful substances in a body, and a greater adsorbability of toxic substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Hanatsuka, Makoto Arakawa
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Patent number: 6830753Abstract: An adsorbent for an oral administration, comprising a porous spherical carbonaceous substance wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by a BET method is 700 m2/g or more, a volume of pores having a pore diameter of 20 to 15000 nm is from not less than 0.04 mL/g to less than 0.10 mL/g, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.30 to 1.20 meq/g, and a total amount of basic groups is 0.20 to 1.00 meq/g, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Michihito Ise, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yamato, Satoshi Mitsuhashi, Haruhisa Hayashi
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Publication number: 20030118581Abstract: An adsorbent for an oral administration, comprising a porous spherical carbonaceous substance wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by a BET method is 700 m2/g or more, a volume of pores having a pore diameter of 20 to 15000 nm is from not less than 0.04 mL/g to less than 0.10 mL/g, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.30 to 1.20 meq/g, and a total amount of basic groups is 0.20 to 1.00 meq/g, is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: KUREHA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Michihito Ise, Susumu Morimoto, Hideyuki Yamato, Satoshi Mitsuhashi, Haruhisa Hayashi
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Publication number: 20020176840Abstract: An adsorbent for an oral administration, comprising a porous spherical carbonaceous substance wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by a BET method is 700 m2/g or more, a volume of pores having a pore diameter of 20 to 15000 nm is from not less than 0.04 mL/g to less than 0.10 mL/g, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.30 to 1.20 meq/g, and a total amount of basic groups is 0.20 to 0.70 meq/g, is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: KUREHA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Naohiro Sonobe, Michihito Ise, Susumu Morimoto