Patents by Inventor Takashi Imai
Takashi 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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Publication number: 20150299280Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric protein formed by fusing a CPP containing a CPP-C domain in any of an FGF11, FGF12, FGF13, and FGF14 to an FGF1 or an FGF2, or DNA molecules that contain DNA sequences coding the FGF1 or the FGF2 and DNA sequences coding a CPP-C or vectors containing these DNA sequences. These chimeric protein, DNA molecules, or vectors can be used for a medicine or a method of treatment effective to a tissue on which an expression of an FGFR is low or becomes low due to any cause, a medicine or a method of treatment that can further dynamize bioactivity of the FGF1 or the FGF2 via the FGFR, or a medicine or a method of treatment that protects a stem cell against an influence from radiation exposure, a chemotherapy, or a similar treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCESInventors: Fumiaki NAKAYAMA, Sachiko UMEDA, Takeshi YASUDA, Mayumi FUJITA, Takashi IMAI
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Patent number: 9157459Abstract: A liquid storage container has a double structure provided with an outer container forming an outer shell and a liner arranged in the outer container, the liner accommodating a liquid, wherein the liquid is pushed out from the liner by gas pressure introduced into the outer container so as to flow out to an exterior of the container from a siphon of a plug attached to a stopper portion of the outer container, a substantially concentric drop tube is arranged on an outer periphery of the siphon so as to form a space portion serving as a liquid flow passage, a through hole is formed on a tube wall of the drop tube, and an outlet opening for making the inflow liquid coming from the through hole flow out from the liquid flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: SURPASS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Hasunuma, Takashi Imai
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Patent number: 9145022Abstract: Provided is an image recording method having high transfer efficiency. An image recording method includes an intermediate image-recording step of recording an intermediate image by applying ink to an intermediate transfer body and also includes a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium by heating the intermediate image to a transfer temperature. The ink contains polymer particles having a softening point not higher than the transfer temperature and at least one of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Imai, Mamiko Kaji
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Patent number: 9126390Abstract: A stretch composite fabric comprises a sintered expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film and a stretch cloth laminated to each other while maintaining a flat state. The stretch composite fabric has a tensile stress at 10% elongation, as measured in at least one direction, of 1.8 N/15 mm or less. When a 5 cm-width test piece of the stretch composite fabric is stretched in a length direction under a load of 300 g and then released from the stress, an elongation recovery R of the stretch composite fabric, which is given by the following equation, is preferably 70% or more. R=(L2?L3)/(L2?L1)×100 (In the equation, L1, L2, and L3 represent the lengths of the composite fabric before the load is applied, when the load is applied, and after the load is removed, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Imai
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Publication number: 20150212067Abstract: There is provided a screening method including administering or irradiating lymphoid cells with a cytotoxic factor that injures the lymphoid cells; incubating the lymphoid cells administered or irradiated with the cytotoxic factor for a predetermined time; measuring cell size of the lymphoid cells after the incubation; and determining influence of the cytotoxic factor on the lymphoid cells based on the cell size. According to this method, influence or drug efficacy of radiation, a radiation-protecting agent, an antioxidant, a radiation-sensitizing agent, a drug or ultraviolet rays can be economically and objectively determined in a short period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Emiko Sekine, Takashi Shimokawa, Megumi Ueno, Etsuko Nakamura, Miyako Nakawatari, Takeshi Murakami, Takashi Imai, Kazunori Anzai, Kenichiro Matsumoto, Ikuo Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9088202Abstract: The present invention is related to a voltage conversion apparatus having a first loop circuit and a second loop circuit which share an inductance component, in which a current passes through the first and second loop circuits alternately in accordance with ON/OFF operation of a first switching element provided in the first loop circuit, characterized in that a direction of a magnetic field through the first loop circuit generated at the ON operation of the first switching element in the first loop circuit is the same as a direction of a magnetic field through the second loop circuit generated at the OFF operation of the first switching element in the first loop circuit subsequent to the ON operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Koichi Mizutani, Shinji Sekido, Junzo Oe, Takayuki Naito, Takashi Imai, Kouichi Yamanoue, Shigeki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9039159Abstract: An image recording method includes applying an ink containing a pigment in a dispersion to a region of a recording medium, and applying a liquid composition capable of destabilizing the dispersion of the pigment in the ink to the recording medium so as to cover at least part of the region of the recording medium. The ink further contains polymer particles, and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of the compounds expressed by General Formula (1) and the compounds expressed by General Formula (2). In the ink, the content of the polymer particles is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less relative to the total mass of the ink, and the mass ratio of the polymer particles to the surfactant is 1 or more and 10 or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Imai, Mamiko Kaji
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Patent number: 9027764Abstract: A moisture-permeable separating membrane material includes a porous fluororesin membrane, a continuous moisture-permeable resin layer formed on the surface of the porous fluororesin membrane, and a textile layer for reinforcing the porous fluororesin membrane and the continuous moisture-permeable resin layer. The textile layer contains a flame retardant in the inside of each fiber and the surface of each fiber has been treated with a flame retardant. The moisture-permeable separating membrane material makes it possible to improve flame retardancy without deteriorating heat exchange characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Marutani, Satoshi Yamamoto, Takashi Imai
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Patent number: 8993206Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, and an inorganic protective layer that is provided on the organic photosensitive layer, wherein the inorganic protective layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in this order from the organic photosensitive layer side and satisfies the relationship of the following expression (1): ?3??1<?2??Expression (1): wherein ?1 represents a volume resistivity (?·cm) of the first layer, ?2 represents a volume resistivity (?·cm) of the second layer, and ?3 represents a volume resistivity (?·cm) of the third layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Iwanaga, Masaki Hirakata, Hideya Katsuhara, Tomoya Sasaki, Nobuyuki Torigoe, Takashi Imai
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Patent number: 8994342Abstract: A switching apparatus is disclosed that includes a first loop circuit configured to include a switching element, an inductive component and a capacitor; and a second loop circuit configured to share the inductive component with the first loop circuit, wherein the capacitor is inserted in series with the inductive component in the first loop, wherein the switching apparatus controls respective currents flowing through the first loop circuit and the second loop circuit in an alternating manner by turning on/off the switching element in order to control the current flowing through the inductive component, and wherein a first magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the first loop circuit as the switching element is being turned on and a second magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the second loop circuit as the switching element is being turned off head in the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takayuki Naito, Takashi Imai, Koichi Mizutani, Kouichi Yamanoue, Shigeki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150070435Abstract: An image-recording method includes applying an ink to a recording medium and applying a liquid composition to the recording medium. The ink contains a pigment, and the liquid composition disturbs the dispersion state of the pigment in the ink. The applied liquid composition at least partially overlaps the area where the ink is applied. The ink contains a resin particle, a water-soluble resin, and at least one surfactant selected from fluorinated surfactants and silicone surfactants. The surfactant content of the ink is 2% by mass or more based on the total mass of the ink, and the mass ratio of the water-soluble resin content to the surfactant content of the ink is 0.3 or more and 3.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Takashi Imai, Shinichi Sakurada, Mamiko Kaji, Yuichiro Kanasugi
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Patent number: 8965941Abstract: A file list generation device creates, at high speed, a list of added, changed, or deleted file data by acquiring the directory URLs of search target files from a first storage, counting the number of directories in each layer through analysis of the directory URLs, and, based on the result of the counting, determines a dividing policy to divide a scan target directory scanning operation, which is to be performed with a distributed server cluster. Directories of the search target files are divided in accordance with the determined dividing policy, and a snapshot of a current directory tree is acquired.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Shimpei Nishida, Takashi Imai
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Publication number: 20150035361Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a power supply device having one or more converters (DC/DC and/or AC/DC) that convert input power supplied from one or more power sources, and a secondary battery which is charged by receiving power supplied from power sources. In addition, however, the power supply device has the unique feature of increasing power output by serially connecting the secondary battery to the DC/DC converter and/or AC/DC converter. In this regard, the secondary battery may comprise a Lithium Ion battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: IKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Imai
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Publication number: 20150037502Abstract: An image recording method includes applying an ink containing a pigment and polymer particles to a region of a recording medium, and applying a liquid composition capable of destabilizing the dispersion of the pigment in the ink to the recording medium so as to cover at least part of the region of the recording medium. The liquid composition contains 6.0% by mass or more of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of the compounds expressed by General Formula (1) and the compounds expressed by General Formula (2) relative to the total mass of the liquid composition. The content of the polymer particles in the ink is 1.0% by mass or more relative to the total mass of the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Mamiko Kaji, Takashi Imai
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Publication number: 20150035899Abstract: An image recording method includes applying an ink containing a pigment in a dispersion to a region of a recording medium, and applying a liquid composition capable of destabilizing the dispersion of the pigment in the ink to the recording medium so as to cover at least part of the region of the recording medium. The ink further contains polymer particles, and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of the compounds expressed by General Formula (1) and the compounds expressed by General Formula (2). In the ink, the content of the polymer particles is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less relative to the total mass of the ink, and the mass ratio of the polymer particles to the surfactant is 1 or more and 10 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Takashi Imai, Mamiko Kaji
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Patent number: 8920699Abstract: A molded product including a film bonded to a resin frame is produced by a method including: 1) reinforcing the film with a solvent-soluble or solvent-disintegrable reinforcing layer; 2) inserting the reinforced film in an injection mold; 3) feeding a resin to the mold to attach a frame body to the reinforced film while injection molding the resin frame; and 4) treating the resulting injection molded product with a solvent to remove the reinforcing layer. This production process can establish a technique capable of bonding (integrally molding) the film solely to the frame body, regardless of the size of the film. The film may preferably be an expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film, and the moisture-permeable resin may preferably be combined with the expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Marutani, Keiichi Yamakawa, Takashi Imai
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Publication number: 20140368593Abstract: An image recording method includes an intermediate image-forming step of forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, a temperature adjusting step, and a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium, in this order. The ink includes polymer particles and a surfactant which is at least one selected from a compound represented by general formula (1) and a compound represented by general formula (2). In the temperature adjusting step, a temperature of the intermediate image is adjusted to a temperature higher than or equal to a cloud point of the surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Yuichiro Kanasugi, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Takashi Imai
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Patent number: 8878687Abstract: An automatic door sensor includes: at least one sensor module unit (sensor module 11) configured to detect optically an object or a human body and to output, according to the detection results, a signal to a door controller for controlling an automatic door to open/close; an accommodation unit (profile 12) capable of accommodating the at least one sensor module unit; a cover member (front cover 13) that is transmissive to light for use for the detection performed by the sensor module unit and configured to cover the accommodation unit in which the sensor module unit is accommodated; and a functionality expansion module (LED module 14) either side of which can be joined to the cover member and that is configured to expand functionalities of the automatic door sensor by performing communication with the sensor module unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanao Shiraishi, Takashi Imai, Takashi Kondo, Takayasu Ikeda, Yohei Iwata
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Publication number: 20140320573Abstract: In transfer image recording with the use of an intermediate transfer body whose surface on the side where an intermediate image is to be formed has a polyalkylsiloxane structure, an ink is used that contains at least a pigment, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a polyether-modified siloxane compound. Good and poor solvents for the polyether-modified siloxane compound are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent. The content of the polyether-modified siloxane compound in the ink is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on the total mass of the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mamiko Kaji, Takashi Imai
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Publication number: 20140312676Abstract: A seat back for vehicles including a seat back pad having supporting bodies fixed on a periphery of an opening or a seat frame, or formed integrally with the periphery of the opening by one or multiple-point support, the supporting bodies aligned at predetermined intervals, each arranged in a direction between periphery portions opposite to each other of the opening at a front surface portion formed as a backrest surface for a seated person, the supporting bodies being independent of each other in rod or plate form, each made of a synthetic resin foam having 20 mm or larger in bending deflection amount and 2 to 100 N in load when deflected by 20 mm measured in accordance with a method defined by JIS K7221-2:2006, and having an interspace portion configured such that the supporting bodies are allowed to be deformed by bending in a rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicants: JSP Corporation, Toyo Seat Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki ITO, Takashi IMAI, Hidehiro SASAKI, Seishiro MURATA, Satoru SHIOYA
