Patents by Inventor Takeshi Egawa
Takeshi Egawa 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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Patent number: 11739129Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mutated form of AP4 that is more resistant to degradation relative to wild-type AP4. The disclosure also provides T cells expressing the mutated form of AP4 and methods of using the T cells in adoptive cellular immunotherapy.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Washington UniversityInventors: Takeshi Egawa, Chun Chou
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Publication number: 20190338003Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mutated form of AP4 that is more resistant to degradation relative to wild-type AP4. The disclosure also provides T cells expressing the mutated form of AP4 and methods of using the T cells in adoptive cellular immunotherapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Washington UniversityInventors: Takeshi Egawa, Chun Chou
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Patent number: 9127628Abstract: A flange fastening structure includes a first flange made of metal and a second flange made of plastic. Stepped nuts are provided in the second flange and each have a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The second flange has at least one raised portion on a surface of the second flange facing the large-diameter portion. The at least one raised portion is made of plastic. A height of the at least one raised portion is set such that the at least one raised portion pressed with the large-diameter portion is deformed when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with bolts and the nuts. The small-diameter portion of each of the nuts contacts the first flange to limit fastening positions of the nuts and the bolts when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with the bolts and the nuts.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Egawa
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Publication number: 20110280682Abstract: A flange fastening structure includes a first flange made of metal and a second flange made of plastic. Stepped nuts are provided in the second flange and each have a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The second flange has at least one raised portion on a surface of the second flange facing the large-diameter portion. The at least one raised portion is made of plastic. A height of the at least one raised portion is set such that the at least one raised portion pressed with the large-diameter portion is deformed when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with bolts and the nuts. The small-diameter portion of each of the nuts contacts the first flange to limit fastening positions of the nuts and the bolts when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with the bolts and the nuts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi EGAWA
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Patent number: 7556010Abstract: A multicylinder internal combustion engine E has a cylinder head 2; a cylinder head cover 3; an intake manifold 20 having a header body 21 disposed right above an engine body and intake runners 22; and a resonator 50. Each of the intake runners 22 has a bend 24 extending away from cylinder axes L in a longitudinal direction A2 perpendicular to the cylinder axes L, and curving so as to extend reversely toward the cylinder axes L. The resonator 50 is disposed opposite to the engine body with respect to the intake manifold 20 and is nearer to the cylinder axes L than outermost end parts 24a of the bends 24. The engine including the in take manifold and the resonator can be formed in a small dimension with respect to a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the cylinder axes, and the resonance chamber of the resonator can be easily formed to have a necessary volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Egawa, Kenji Koga
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Publication number: 20080072863Abstract: A multicylinder internal combustion engine E has a cylinder head 2; a cylinder head cover 3; an intake manifold 20 having a header body 21 disposed right above an engine body and intake runners 22; and a resonator 50. Each of the intake runners 22 has a bend 24 extending away from cylinder axes L in a longitudinal direction A2 perpendicular to the cylinder axes L, and curving so as to extend reversely toward the cylinder axes L. The resonator 50 is disposed opposite to the engine body with respect to the intake manifold 20 and is nearer to the cylinder axes L than outermost end parts 24a of the bends 24. The engine including the in take manifold and the resonator can be formed in a small dimension with respect to a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the cylinder axes, and the resonance chamber of the resonator can be easily formed to have a necessary volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Egawa, Kenji Koga
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Patent number: 5260735Abstract: A camera system being comprised of a camera and an external device is disclosed. The external device is detachably mounted on the camera which memorizes a program or data necessary for executing a program therein.When the external device is mounted on the camera, they are connected electrically with each other and communicate therebetween in order to read a program or data memorized in the external device into a memory means provided in the camera. The camera is controlled according to the program designated by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1992Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Ishikawa, Masaaki Nakai, Masayasu Hirano, Akihiko Fujino, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura
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Patent number: 5249012Abstract: An auto-focusing system includes a focus condition detector which detects focus condition based on the infrared light. A data producer is provided for producing a deflection signal indicating a difference between an image forming distance for the infrared light and that for the visible light, due to aberration. In accordance with the detected focus condition and deflection signal, an objective lens is shifted to a position for properly focusing an image of visible light on an image forming plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1992Date of Patent: September 28, 1993Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Takeshi Egawa, Tohru Matsui, Takanobu Omaki, Norio Ishikawa, Akiyoshi Nakamura, Shuzo Matsushita
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Patent number: 5247326Abstract: A camera system with an auto-focusing system includes a camera body and an interchangeable zoom lens. The interchangeable objective lens stores various data to be sent to the camera body for improving automatic focus adjustment, such as an information necessary to convert the detected defocus information into a movement of the driving power source to carry out the automatic focus adjustment. The driving power source in the camera body is controlled in response to the data from the interchangeable objective lens and the detected focus information, the driving power being transmitted to the interchangeable objective lens. The camera body is further capable of inhibiting the focus adjustment or focus indication in response to a data from the interchangeable objective lens under an unfavorable condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Norio Ishikawa, Yasuaki Akada, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura
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Patent number: 5142318Abstract: A camera system with an auto-focusing system includes a camera body and an interchangeable zoom lens. The interchangeable objective lens stores various data to be sent to the camera body for improving automatic focus adjustment, such as an information necessary to convert the detected defocus information into a movement of the driving power source to carry out the automatic focus adjustment. The driving power source in the camera body is controlled in responses to the data from the interchangeable objective lens and the detected focus information, the driving power being transmitted to the interchangeable objective lens. The camera body is further capable of inhibiting the focus adjustment or focus indication in response to a data from the interchangeable objective lens under an unfavorable condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1991Date of Patent: August 25, 1992Assignee: Minolta Camera Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Norio Ishikawa, Yasuaki Akada, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura
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Patent number: 5140361Abstract: A camera system being comprised of a camera and an external device is disclosed. The external device is detachably mounted on the camera which memorizes a program or data necessary for executing a program therein.When the external device is mounted on the camera, they are connected electrically with each other and communicate therebetween in order to read a program or data memorized in the external device into a memory means provided in the camera. The camera is controlled according to the program designated by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1991Date of Patent: August 18, 1992Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Ishikawa, Masaaki Nakai, Masayasu Hirano, Akihiko Fujino, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura
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Patent number: 5130734Abstract: In an interchangeable lens including an optical system adjustable for focusing and adapted to be detachably mounted on a camera body which is provided with focus detection means for detecting an amount of defocus of an object image formed by the optical system, and drive means for driving the optical system for the focus adjustment thereof in accordance with the detected amount of defocus. The interchangeable lens comprises, inter alia, a code plate for producing a plurality of digital photographic distance signals representing given discrete photographic distances of the optical system in accordance with the adjustment of the optical system for focusing.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1988Date of Patent: July 14, 1992Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Takeshi Egawa, Tohru Matsui, Takanobu Omaki, Norio Ishikawa, Akiyoshi Nakamura, Shuzo Matsushita
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Patent number: 5065176Abstract: A camera system with an auto-focusing system includes a camera body and an interchangeable zoom lens. The interchangeable objective lens stores various data to be sent to the camera body for improving automatic focus adjustment, such as an information necessary to convert the detected defocus information into a movement of the driving power source to carry out the automatic focus adjustment. The driving power source in the camera body is controlled in response to the data from the interchangeable objective lens and the detected focus information, the driving power being transmitted to the interchangeable objective lens. The camera body is further capable of inhibiting the focus adjustment or focus indication in response to a data from the interchangeable objective lens under an unfavorable condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1990Date of Patent: November 12, 1991Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Norio Ishikawa, Yasuaki Akada, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura
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Patent number: 5049909Abstract: A photographic camera having an electrically film driving function is provided with an electric motor for driving a film loaded in the camera, a motor driving circuit for driving the electric motor in either one of a high speed mode in which the film is driven at a high speed and a silence mode in which the film is driven relatively quietly at a low speed, a manually operable switch to be operated manually when the high speed mode is switched to the silence mode or vice versa, and a control unit for switching between the high speed mode and the silence mode in compliance with operation of the aforementioned switch in a specific camera sequence. Any photographer can select either one of the high speed mode and the silence mode in accordance with photographing situations, using such a camera.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1991Date of Patent: September 17, 1991Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Ishikawa, Takeshi Egawa
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Patent number: 5040016Abstract: A camera system being comprised of a camera and an external device is disclosed. The external device is detachably mounted on the camera which memorizes a program or data necessary for executing a program therein.When the external device is mounted on the camera, they are connected electrically with each other and communicate therebetween in order to read a program or data memorized in the external device into a memory means provided in the camera. The camera is controlled according to the program designated by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1990Date of Patent: August 13, 1991Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Ishikawa, Masaaki Nakai, Masayasu Hirano, Akihiko Fujino, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura
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Patent number: 4994844Abstract: An camera system includes a body and an accessory which is attachable to the camera body. A controller is provided in the camera body for controlling camera function. And an operable switch is also provided in the camera body. A function data concerning with camera function is sent from the accessory to the camera body. The camera body receives the function data and determines in response to the operation of the operable switch whether or not the controller controls camera function based on the received function data. According to the camera system, it is possible to enable or disable the camera function depending on the accessory by simple operation with the accessory attached to the camera body.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1989Date of Patent: February 19, 1991Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Azuma, Takehiro Katoh, Yasuteru Yamano, Masayasu Hirano, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Takeshi Egawa, Masaaki Nakai, Toshihiko Ishimura, Naohiro Kageyama
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Patent number: 4985723Abstract: A camera has an exposure control unit and a focus control unit. The exposure control unit selectively provides a programmed exposure control mode, where an aperture value and a shutter speed value are automatically set based on a detection by a light metering sensor and an accordance with a preset program, and a manual exposure control mode where at least either of the aperture value and the shutter speed value is set manually. The focus control unit selectively provides an autofocus mode where a focusing is automatically effected based on a detection by a focus sensor and a manual focus mode where the focusing is effected manually. The invention is characterized by a feature which permits a forcible switchover of the focus control mode from the manual to the auto focus mode in response to a switchover of exposure control mode from the manual to the auto exposure mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1989Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Egawa, Masaaki Nakai, Yasuo Nakanishi, Toshihiko Ishimura, Shinichi Nishimura, Sadafusa Tsuji, Kenji Ishibashi
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Patent number: 4969004Abstract: A lighting device such as an electronic flash device attachable to a camera body includes first and second light projecting optical systems which project first and second light fluxes for illuminating an object to aid focus detection by a focus detection device. The second light flux spreads at a larger solid angle than the first light flux and illuminates a fist distance zone which extends to a closer distance side while covering the whole of a second distance zone illuminated by the first light flux. An optical wedge disposed in the second light projecting optical system deflects a part of the second light flux towards the closer distance side of the first distance zone. Another lighting device includes a single light projecting optical system but it also includes an optical wedge for deflecting a part of a light flux projected by the light projecting optical system to widen a distance zone illuminated by the light flux towards a closer distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1989Date of Patent: November 6, 1990Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tohru Matsui, Takeshi Egawa
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Patent number: 4958183Abstract: A control device for an automatic camera is provided for controlling a number of electromechanical mechanisms in the camera. A microcomputer can control these mechanisms through output ports of a lesser number than the number of mechanisms to be controlled. A decoder can respond to this outputted data to provide appropriate control of the respective electromechanical mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1989Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuaki Akada, Norio Ishikawa, Takeshi Egawa, Nobuyuki Taniguchi
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Patent number: 4958181Abstract: A camera system being comprised of a camera and an external device is disclosed. The external device is detachably mounted on the camera which memorizes a program or data necessary for executing a program therein.When the external device is mounted on the camera, they are connected electrically with each other and communicate therebetween in order to read a program or data memorized in the external device into a memory means provided in the camera. The camera is controlled according to the program designated by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1988Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Ishikawa, Masaaki Nakai, Masayasu Hirano, Akihiko Fujino, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Takeshi Egawa, Kunio Kawamura