Patents by Inventor Takeshi Sakurai

Takeshi Sakurai 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: 20240282157
    Abstract: A control unit of an information processing device acquires a request to add an item to a vehicle, acquires first information that is information according to whether the vehicle has a structure for adding an item, determining a fee for adding the item to the vehicle based on the one piece of information and the information about the item, and outputting the information about the fee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nariaki AMANO, Yukinori II, Yusuke MAEDA, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Atsuki SAKURAI, Yuichiro YANO, Yuki KATAI, Yoshiaki SUGIYAMA, Taisei NISHIMORI, Seiichi TAGAWA, Shinichi TAKEDA, Yuta TONE
  • Publication number: 20240249208
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: obtaining a request to add an item to a vehicle; obtaining first information that is information depending on whether the vehicle has a structure for adding an item; determining a factory that provides a service for adding the item to the vehicle based on the first information and information about the item; and outputting information about the factory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nariaki AMANO, Yukinori II, Yusuke MAEDA, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Atsuki SAKURAI, Yuichiro YANO, Yuki KATAI, Yoshiaki SUGIYAMA, Taisei NISHIMORI, Seiichi TAGAWA, Shinichi TAKEDA, Yuta TONE
  • Publication number: 20240180485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inducing a hibernation-like state and an apparatus therefor. According to the present invention, provided is a method for decreasing a theoretical setpoint temperature of body temperature and a feedback gain of heat generation in a subject or a method for inducing a hibernation-like state in a subject, the method being a chemical and/or physical method including providing an excitatory stimulus to a pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide (QRFP)-producing neuron. According to the present invention, an apparatus used to practice this method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: University of Tsukuba, RIKEN
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKURAI, Genshiro SUNAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220323761
    Abstract: A method for inducing a hibernation-like state and a device for the same is described. The method is a chemical and physical method for reducing, in a subject, a theoretical set-point temperature of a body temperature and/or a feedback gain of heat production, or for inducing a hibernation-like state in the subject, the method including applying an excitatory stimulus to pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide (QRFP)-producing neurons. A device used to implement the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: University of Tsukuba
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKURAI, Toru TAKAHASHI, Genshiro SUNAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11226644
    Abstract: A voltage converting device includes: a DC/DC converter configured to step down a voltage of a power supply and output the stepped-down voltage to a low-voltage power supply having a voltage lower than a voltage of the power supply; a control device configured to control the DC/DC converter; and a determining unit configured to determine whether a voltage of the power supply input to the DC/DC converter is within a predetermined voltage range, wherein the control device switches, on the basis of a determination result of the determining unit, between a first control in which the DC/DC converter is caused to perform a step-down operation and electric power is supplied to a load connected to the low-voltage power supply and a second control in which a step-down operation of the DC/DC converter stops and electric power is supplied from the low-voltage power supply to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoma Hamasuna, Takeshi Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20210191436
    Abstract: A voltage converting device includes: a DC/DC converter configured to step down a voltage of a power supply and output the stepped-down voltage to a low-voltage power supply having a voltage lower than a voltage of the power supply; a control device configured to control the DC/DC converter; and a determining unit configured to determine whether a voltage of the power supply input to the DC/DC converter is within a predetermined voltage range, wherein the control device switches, on the basis of a determination result of the determining unit, between a first control in which the DC/DC converter is caused to perform a step-down operation and electric power is supplied to a load connected to the low-voltage power supply and a second control in which a step-down operation of the DC/DC converter stops and electric power is supplied from the low-voltage power supply to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoma Hamasuna, Takeshi Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10879086
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device 1 includes a substrate holding unit 10 configured to hold a substrate W, a first cleaning unit 11 having a first cleaning member 11a caused to come into contact with a first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, a second cleaning unit 12 having a second cleaning member 12a caused to come into contact with the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, and a controller 50 configured to control the first and second cleaning units 11, 12 so that, when any one of the first cleaning member 11a and the second cleaning member 12a cleans the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10, the other cleaning member is at a position apart from the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Eiji Hirai, Kaoru Hamaura, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Koji Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10840816
    Abstract: A voltage conversion device includes: a transformer including a primary coil provided on a primary side with a relatively high voltage and a secondary coil provided on a secondary side with a relatively low voltage; and a current sensor provided on the primary side. The inductance of the current sensor is used as an inductance component of a resonant circuit on the primary side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20200076319
    Abstract: A voltage conversion device includes: a transformer including a primary coil provided on a primary side with a relatively high voltage and a secondary coil provided on a secondary side with a relatively low voltage; and a current sensor provided on the primary side. The inductance of the current sensor is used as an inductance component of a resonant circuit on the primary side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Takeshi Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20190227044
    Abstract: An artificial olfactory sensing system includes a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes a semiconductor device equipped with a transistor and a sensor cell in which an olfactory receptor is manifested on a lipid film. A proton adsorption film is formed on a gate electrode of the transistor. A physiological aqueous solution is disposed on the proton adsorption film. Then, the sensor cell is disposed in the physiological aqueous solution. A proton is adsorbed onto the proton adsorption film. When the olfactory receptor recognizes an odor molecule, the positive ions in the physiological aqueous solution flow from an ion channel of the olfactory receptor into the sensor cell. As a result, the proton is dissociated from the proton adsorption film into the physiological aqueous solution, and the potential of the gate electrode is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiko ANDO, Norifumi KAMESHIRO, Tadashi OKUMURA, Sanato NAGATA, Ryohei KANZAKI, Daigo TERUTSUKI, Hidefumi MITSUNO, Takeshi SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190076553
    Abstract: Methods and assays are disclosed for treating subjects with 22q13 deletion syndrome or SHANK3 deletion or duplication, mutation or reduced expression, where the methods comprise administering to the subject insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), IGF-1-derived peptide or analog, growth hormone, an AMPAkine, a compound that directly or indirectly enhances glutamate neurotransmission, including by inhibiting inhibitory (most typically GABA) transmission, or an agent that activates the growth hormone receptor or the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptor, or a downstream signaling pathway thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    Inventors: Joseph D. Buxbaum, Takeshi Sakurai, Ozlem Gunal
  • Publication number: 20180308716
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device 1 includes a substrate holding unit 10 configured to hold a substrate W, a first cleaning unit 11 having a first cleaning member 11a caused to come into contact with a first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, a second cleaning unit 12 having a second cleaning member 12a caused to come into contact with the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, and a controller 50 configured to control the first and second cleaning units 11, 12 so that, when any one of the first cleaning member 11a and the second cleaning member 12a cleans the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10, the other cleaning member is at a position apart from the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKURAI, Eiji HIRAI, Kaoru HAMAURA, Mitsuru MIYAZAKI, Koji MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10032655
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device 1 includes a substrate holding unit 10 configured to hold a substrate W, a first cleaning unit 11 having a first cleaning member 11a caused to come into contact with a first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, a second cleaning unit 12 having a second cleaning member 12a caused to come into contact with the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, and a controller 50 configured to control the first and second cleaning units 11, 12 so that, when any one of the first cleaning member 11a and the second cleaning member 12a cleans the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10, the other cleaning member is at a position apart from the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Eiji Hirai, Kaoru Hamaura, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Koji Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9919403
    Abstract: When a polishing pad is attached to a polishing table, the polishing pad can be easily positioned on and attached to the polishing table and air pockets are prevented from forming. As a position guide member 130 is inserted into a guide hole 109 with an attachment surface of a polishing pad 108 downward, the polishing pad 108 is positioned on and attached to a polishing table 110. At this time, the guide hole 109 of the polishing pad 108 is guided by the position guide member 130 and the polishing pad 108 is easily positioned so as to match the upper surface of the polishing table 110 with the outer periphery thereof. Then, as release paper is gradually peeled off from a rear surface of the polishing pad 108, the portion where the release paper is peeled off is attached to the polishing table 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Hamaura, Takeshi Sakurai, Suguru Ogura
  • Patent number: 9841536
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare/antireflection member having excellent visibility. The anti-glare/antireflection member (1) includes a base material (10) and an antireflection layer (20). The base material (10) is provided in a surface layer thereof with an anti-glare layer (10a) having a concavo-convex configuration. The antireflection layer (20) is provided on the anti-glare layer (10a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Sahara, Takeshi Sakurai, Toshimasa Kanai, Koji Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9828205
    Abstract: A glass film transfer apparatus includes a wind-off section that winds off the glass film from a roll around which the glass film is wound, a long interleaf being laminated on the glass film; a glass film transfer section that transfers the glass film which is wound off from the wind-off section and is separated from the interleaf; a take-up section that takes up the glass film transferred by the glass film transfer section in the form of roll, while laminating the long interleaf on the glass film; and an interleaf transfer section that carries out the interleaf separated from the glass film which is wound off from the wind-off section, and carries in the interleaf toward the take-up section. Furthermore, the glass film transfer apparatus includes a take-up adjusting mechanism that adjusts a take-up state of the interleaf and the glass film in the take-up section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamagaki, Yoshimitsu Ikari, Naoki Ohba, Takeshi Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9703012
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare/antireflection member having excellent visibility. The anti-glare/antireflection member (1) includes a base material (10) and an antireflection layer (20). The base material (10) is provided in a surface layer thereof with an anti-glare layer (10a) having a concavo-convex configuration. The antireflection layer (20) is provided on the anti-glare layer (10a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Sahara, Takeshi Sakurai, Toshimasa Kanai, Koji Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9644251
    Abstract: Provided are a Cu—Zr-based copper alloy plate which retains satisfactory mechanical strength and, at the same time, has a good balance of bending formability and bending elastic limit at a high level and a process for manufacturing the Cu—Zr-based copper alloy plate. The copper alloy plate contains 0.05% to 0.2% by mass of Zr and a remainder including Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the average value of KAM values measured by an EBSD method using a scanning electron microscope equipped with a backscattered electron diffraction pattern system is 1.5° to 1.8°, the R/t ratio is 0.1 to 0.6 wherein R represents the minimum bending radius which does not cause a crack and t represents the thickness of the plate in a W bending test, and the bending elastic limit is 420 N/mm2 to 520 N/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Yoshio Abe, Naotake Hirano
  • Publication number: 20170023705
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare/antireflection member having excellent visibility. The anti-glare/antireflection member (1) includes a base material (10) and an antireflection layer (20). The base material (10) is provided in a surface layer thereof with an anti-glare layer (10a) having a concavo-convex configuration. The antireflection layer (20) is provided on the anti-glare layer (10a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Keiichi SAHARA, Takeshi SAKURAI, Toshimasa KANAI, Koji IKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 9435016
    Abstract: The Cu—Ni—Si-based copper alloy plate contains 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass % of Ni, and Si at a concentration of ? to ¼ of the mass % concentration of Ni with a remainder of Cu and inevitable impurities, in which, when the average value of the aspect ratio (the minor axis of crystal grains/the major axis of crystal grains) of each crystal grains in an alloy structure is 0.4 to 0.6, the average value of GOS in the all crystal grains is 1.2° to 1.5°, and the ratio (L?/L) of the total special grain boundary length L? of special grain boundaries to the total grain boundary length L of crystal grain boundaries is 60% to 70%, the spring bending elastic limit becomes 450 N/mm2 to 600 N/mm2, the solder resistance to heat separation is favorable and deep drawing workability is excellent at 150° C. for 1000 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Yoshio Abe, Akira Saito, Yoshihiro Kameyama