Patents by Inventor Takafumi Kimura

Takafumi Kimura 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: 20240413466
    Abstract: A battery device includes a plurality of battery assemblies. Each battery assembly has a battery pack containing a plurality of batteries, and one or more brackets attached to a side surfaces of the battery packs. The plurality of battery assemblies are stacked in an up-down direction. At least one battery assembly of the plurality of battery assemblies has two upper level fixing parts that are fixed to a battery assembly positioned in a level above, and two lower level fixing parts that are fixed to a battery assembly positioned in a level below. A distance between the two upper level fixing parts and a distance between the two lower level fixing parts are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi FUJIMOTO, Takafumi MATSUYAMA, Shoya KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12145654
    Abstract: A rear portion of a vehicle body includes a front floor panel, a rear floor panel, a pair of left and right side sills, and a front cross plate. The rear floor panel has a higher upper surface height than the front floor panel. The front cross plate connects a rear portion of the front floor panel and a front wall of the rear floor panel, and an outer end portion in a vehicle width direction is coupled to the left and right side sills. The front wall of the rear floor panel has a plurality of bent corner portions having a side view shape bent in a substantially L shape. At least one of the bent corner portions constitutes a closed cross section extending along the vehicle width direction together with the front cross plate in a vertical height range of the left and right side sills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takafumi Raitoku, Kazuya Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240309016
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Mitsunori KONO, Yusuke SASAKI, Yuya OGURO, Zenichi IKEDA, Osamu KUBO, Masaki SETO, Toru YAMASHITA, Makoto KAMATA, Kenjiro SATO, Matthew Thomas REYNOLDS, Kazuaki TAKAMI, Asato KINA, Takafumi YUKAWA, Minoru NAKAMURA, Taku KAMEI, Hiroyuki KAKEI, Fumie YAMAGUCHI, Tomohiro OHASHI, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Takuto KOJIMA, Florian PÜNNER, Masataka MURAKAMI, Takahiko TANIGUCHI, Tatsuki KOIKE, Yuichi KAJITA, Yuhei MIYANOHANA, Kohei TAKEUCHI, Yoshiteru ITO, Norihito TOKUNAGA, Yasushi HATTORI, Eiji KIMURA, Martin Alexander PAWLICZEK, Marilena PIRA, Shuhei IKEDA, Noriyuki TEZUKA, Yoshikazu WATANABE, Kevin CURRAN, Nicolle DOERING, Maria HOPKINS, Ben JOHNSON, Andre KIRYANOV, Jon LAM, Sean MURPHY, Natasha O'ROURKE, Holly REICHARD, Paul TANIS, Yunlong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240299458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a population of cells including irradiated hematopoietic stem cells, and a method for producing the pharmaceutical composition, specifically, a pharmaceutical composition for treating an ischemic disease, comprising a population of cells including irradiated hematopoietic stem cells, wherein the irradiation is irradiation at 50 Gy or less, and a method for producing the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY
    Inventors: Akihiko TAGUCHI, Akie TAURA, Yuka OKINAKA, Yuko OGAWA, Takafumi KIMURA, Mitsunobu TANAKA, Kazuta YASUI, Akihiro FUCHIZAKI, Teruhito YASUI
  • Patent number: 9583312
    Abstract: A film formation device to conduct a film formation process for a substrate includes a rotating table, a film formation area configured to include a process gas supply part, a plasma processing part, a lower bias electrode provided at a lower side of a position of a height of the substrate on the rotating table, an upper bias electrode arranged at the same position of the height or an upper side of a position of the height, a high-frequency power source part connected to at least one of the lower bias electrode and the upper bias electrode and configured to form a bias electric potential on the substrate in such a manner that the lower bias electrode and the upper bias electrode are capacitively coupled, and an exhaust mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun Yamawaku, Chishio Koshimizu, Yohei Yamazawa, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigehiro Miura, Takafumi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9236226
    Abstract: In the plasma processing apparatus 10, a processing space S is formed between a susceptor 12 and an upper electrode 13 facing the susceptor 12. The plasma processing apparatus 10 includes a magnetic field generating unit provided at a side of the upper electrode 13 opposite to the processing space S. The magnetic field generating unit includes a magnetic force line generating unit 27 having a pair of annular magnet rows 27a and 27b. The annular magnet rows 27a and 27b are provided at the side of the upper electrode 13 opposite to the processing space S and arranged concentrically when viewed from the top. In the magnetic force line generating unit 27, an angle ?1 formed by axial lines of magnets of the annular magnet rows 27a and 27b is set to be in a range of about 0°<?1?180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Yamawaku, Takafumi Kimura, Chishio Koshimizu
  • Patent number: 9167680
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a mounting table, disposed in a processing chamber, configured to mount thereon the substrate; an inductively coupled antenna disposed outside the processing chamber to be opposite to the mounting table, the inductively coupled antenna being connected to a high frequency power supply; and a window member forming a wall of the processing chamber which faces the inductively coupled antenna. The window member includes a plurality of conductive windows made of a conductive material, and dielectric portions disposed between the conductive windows. The inductively coupled antenna is extended in a predetermined direction on the window member and electrically connected to one of the conductive windows, and electrical connection by conductors is sequentially performed from the one of the conductive windows to the other conductive windows in the same direction as an extension direction of the inductively coupled antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yohei Yamazawa, Takafumi Kimura, Chishio Koshimizu
  • Patent number: 9111747
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus configured to perform a film deposition process on a substrate in a vacuum chamber includes a turntable configured to rotate a substrate loading area to receive the substrate, a film deposition area including at least one process gas supplying part configured to supply a process gas onto the substrate loading area and configured to form a thin film by depositing at least one of an atomic layer and a molecular layer along with a rotation of the turntable, a plasma treatment part provided away from the film deposition area in a rotational direction of the turntable and configured to treat the at least one of the atomic layer and the molecular layer for modification by plasma, and a bias electrode part provided under the turntable without contacting the turntable and configured to generate bias potential to attract ions in the plasma toward the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Yamawaku, Chishio Koshimizu, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigehiro Miura, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140220260
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus for performing a plasma process inside a vacuum chamber includes a turntable including substrate mounting portions for the substrates formed along a peripheral direction of the vacuum chamber to orbitally revolve these; a plasma generating gas supplying portion supplying a plasma generating gas into a plasma generating area; an energy supplying portion supplying energy to the plasma generating gas to change the plasma generating gas to plasma; a bias electrode provided on a lower side of the turntable to face the plasma generating area and leads ions in the plasma onto surfaces of the wafers; and an evacuation port evacuating the vacuum chamber, wherein the bias electrode extends from a rotational center of the turntable to an outer edge side, and a width of the bias electrode in a rotational direction is smaller than a distance between adjacent substrate mounting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun Yamawaku, Chishio Koshimizu, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigehiro Miura, Takafumi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8795750
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a low-phosphorus whey, the method including subjecting a raw whey liquid to a demineralization treatment using a nanofiltration method to obtain a low-chloride whey liquid in which the chloride content has been reduced to not more than 30 mmol per 100 g of solids, and passing the low-chloride whey liquid through an ion exchange resin to obtain an ion-exchanged whey liquid having a reduced phosphorus content, wherein the ion exchange resin is composed of an anion exchange resin, and at least an anion exchange resin in chloride form is used as the anion exchange resin. The method of manufacturing a low-phosphorus whey can reduce the phosphorus content within the whey while suppressing reduction in the calcium and magnesium content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seki, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Kie Kinoshita, Yoshitaka Tamura, Hitoshi Saito, Hiroshi Ochi, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140170859
    Abstract: A film formation device to conduct a film formation process for a substrate includes a rotating table, a film formation area configured to include a process gas supply part, a plasma processing part, a lower bias electrode provided at a lower side of a position of a height of the substrate on the rotating table, an upper bias electrode arranged at the same position of the height or an upper side of a position of the height, a high-frequency power source part connected to at least one of the lower bias electrode and the upper bias electrode and configured to form a bias electric potential on the substrate in such a manner that the lower bias electrode and the upper bias electrode are capacitively coupled, and an exhaust mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun YAMAWAKU, Chishio Koshimizu, Yohei Yamazawa, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigehiro Miura, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140062296
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a mounting table, disposed in a processing chamber, configured to mount thereon the substrate; an inductively coupled antenna disposed outside the processing chamber to be opposite to the mounting table, the inductively coupled antenna being connected to a high frequency power supply; and a window member forming a wall of the processing chamber which faces the inductively coupled antenna. The window member includes a plurality of conductive windows made of a conductive material, and dielectric portions disposed between the conductive windows. The inductively coupled antenna is extended in a predetermined direction on the window member and electrically connected to one of the conductive windows, and electrical connection by conductors is sequentially performed from the one of the conductive windows to the other conductive windows in the same direction as an extension direction of the inductively coupled antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yohei YAMAZAWA, Takafumi KIMURA, Chishio KOSHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20130337635
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus configured to perform a film deposition process on a substrate in a vacuum chamber includes a turntable configured to rotate a substrate loading area to receive the substrate, a film deposition area including at least one process gas supplying part configured to supply a process gas onto the substrate loading area and configured to form a thin film by depositing at least one of an atomic layer and a molecular layer along with a rotation of the turntable, a plasma treatment part provided away from the film deposition area in a rotational direction of the turntable and configured to treat the at least one of the atomic layer and the molecular layer for modification by plasma, and a bias electrode part provided under the turntable without contacting the turntable and configured to generate bias potential to attract ions in the plasma toward the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Jun YAMAWAKU, Chishio KOSHIMIZU, Mitsuhiro TACHIBANA, Hitoshi KATO, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro MIURA, Takafumi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20120263839
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a low-phosphorus whey, the method including subjecting a raw whey liquid to a demineralization treatment using a nanofiltration method to obtain a low-chloride whey liquid in which the chloride content has been reduced to not more than 30 mmol per 100 g of solids, and passing the low-chloride whey liquid through an ion exchange resin to obtain an ion-exchanged whey liquid having a reduced phosphorus content, wherein the ion exchange resin is composed of an anion exchange resin, and at least an anion exchange resin in chloride form is used as the anion exchange resin. The method of manufacturing a low-phosphorus whey can reduce the phosphorus content within the whey while suppressing reduction in the calcium and magnesium content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Seki, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Kie Kinoshita, Yoshitaka Tamura, Hitoshi Saito, Hiroshi Ochi, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120241092
    Abstract: In the plasma processing apparatus 10, a processing space S is formed between a susceptor 12 and an upper electrode 13 facing the susceptor 12. The plasma processing apparatus 10 includes a magnetic field generating unit provided at a side of the upper electrode 13 opposite to the processing space S. The magnetic field generating unit includes a magnetic force line generating unit 27 having a pair of annular magnet rows 27a and 27b. The annular magnet rows 27a and 27b are provided at the side of the upper electrode 13 opposite to the processing space S and arranged concentrically when viewed from the top. In the magnetic force line generating unit 27, an angle ?1 formed by axial lines of magnets of the annular magnet rows 27a and 27b is set to be in a range of about 0°<?1?180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Yamawaku, Takafumi Kimura, Chishio Koshimizu
  • Publication number: 20090222913
    Abstract: An owner code (service-recipient code) assigned to a package, which is an object to which a service is provided by transportation installations or facilities (i.e., shared service resource) including a pickup branch office 2, a first transit station 3, a second transit station 4 and a delivery transit station 5, is read at the transit stations 3, 4. An owner (recipient) designated by the service-recipient code is authorized with a control right which enables the owner to control a service (i.e., package delivery treatment performed in the transit stations 3, 4) provided by the shared service resource with respect to the package (service-provided object).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Takafumi Kimura, Atsushi Hisano
  • Patent number: 7508306
    Abstract: A handy terminal allowing an object of interest such as a cargo to be efficiently searched utilizing an RFID tag is provided. A detection unit detects the distance and direction of an RFID tag attached to an object of search from a point for observing the distance and direction. A reading unit reads information on the external shape of the object of search written in a memory portion of the RFID tag. An image processing unit displays a three-dimensional graphic of the disposition of the RFID tag based on the distance and direction detected by the detection unit and compositely displaying a three-dimensional appearance image of the object of search estimated from the external shape information of the object of search read by the reading unit in the position where the three-dimensional graphic of the RFID tag is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20070109128
    Abstract: A handy terminal allowing an object of interest such as a cargo to be efficiently searched utilizing an RFID tag is provided. A detection unit detects the distance and direction of an RFID tag attached to an object of search from a point for observing the distance and direction. A reading unit reads information on the external shape of the object of search written in a memory portion of the RFID tag. An image processing unit displays a three-dimensional graphic of the disposition of the RFID tag based on the distance and direction detected by the detection unit and compositely displaying a three-dimensional appearance image of the object of search estimated from the external shape information of the object of search read by the reading unit in the position where the three-dimensional graphic of the RFID tag is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Takafumi Kimura
  • Patent number: 6949881
    Abstract: A discharge lamp of the short arc type in which a lead pin, located within a hermetically sealed tube, is prevented from being irradiated with light. Such a construction prevents the lead pin from undergoing a temperature rise thereby preventing the destruction of the hermetically sealed tube. The discharge lamp of the short arc type includes an arc tube adjoined laterally by hermetically sealed tubes through which a lead pin, which supports an electrode, is routed. The hermetically sealed tubes are sealed by graded glass on the lead pins, and the lead pin is prevented from being irradiated with light by providing the outside surface of the hermetically sealed tube, at least in part, with a high emissivity material and then providing a reflectivity material on the exterior surface of the emissivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiro Inaoka, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20030234615
    Abstract: A discharge lamp of the short arc type in which a lead pin, located within a hermetically sealed tube, is prevented from being irradiated with light. Such a construction prevents the lead pin from undergoing a temperature rise thereby preventing the destruction of the hermetically sealed tube. The discharge lamp of the short arc type includes an arc tube adjoined laterally by hermetically sealed tubes through which a lead pin, which supports an electrode, is routed. The hermetically sealed tubes are sealed by graded glass on the lead pins, and the lead pin is prevented from being irradiated with light by providing the outside surface of the hermetically sealed tube, at least in part, with a high emissivity material and then providing a reflectivity material on the exterior surface of the emissivity material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: USHIODENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro Inaoka, Takafumi Kimura