Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Adachi

Tomohiko Adachi 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: 20220135942
    Abstract: A cultured tissue, comprising: glandular cells; glandular cavities formed from the glandular cells; and ducts formed from epithelial cells, wherein the glandular cavities and the ducts are functionally connected ex vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Susumu EGUCHI, Tomohiko ADACHI, Yu HUANG, Raku Shinkyo, Saki SAGARA, Daichi ONOZATO
  • Patent number: 8326496
    Abstract: A motion control device of a vehicle comprises: a steering angle controller which controls a steering angle of a steered wheel so that an actual turning controlling variable becomes a target turning controlling variable; and a braking force controller which controls a vehicle braking force so that the actual turning controlling variable becomes the target turning controlling variable. The control of the steering angle controller is stopped by detecting a timing with which the braking force controller detects an oversteering state of the vehicle to start a braking force control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yasutake, Fuminori Kato, Jouji Nishioka, Tomohiko Adachi, Lodewijk Wijffels, Oliver Nehls
  • Publication number: 20100211271
    Abstract: A motion control device of a vehicle comprises: a steering angle controller which controls a steering angle of a steered wheel so that an actual turning controlling variable becomes a target turning controlling variable; and a braking force controller which controls a vehicle braking force so that the actual turning controlling variable becomes the target turning controlling variable. The control of the steering angle controller is stopped by detecting a timing with which the braking force controller detects an oversteering state of the vehicle to start a braking force control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Yasutake, Fuminori Kato, Jouji Nishioka, Tomohiko Adachi, Lodewijk Wijffels, Oliver Nehls
  • Patent number: 7090877
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing cottony bean curd having freezing-durability, comprising the steps of acting a coagulant on soymilk, in which ungelatinized starch has been formulated, at a temperature lower than the gelatinization starting temperature of the starch and heating the resultant mixture during or after press-forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiko Adachi, Shin Nakatani
  • Patent number: 7005156
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing tofu wherein a delayed action coagulant is dispersed in heated soybean milk in a static inline mixer provided with a narrowed part and then a thickening raw material is added thereto in an inline mixer provided with a dividing element to thereby continuously and efficiently produced a nigari-tofu product being in a good state and having favorable taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiko Adachi, Shin Nakatani, Takeshi Akasaka, Makoto Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20040156976
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing cottony bean curd having freezing-durability, comprising the steps of acting a coagulant on soymilk, in which ungelatinized starch has been formulated, at a temperature lower than the gelatinization starting temperature of the starch and heating the resultant mixture during or after press-forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Tomohiko Adachi, Shin Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20040137134
    Abstract: An efficient process for producing a deep-fried bean curd pouch (aburage) utilizing a soybean protein, which is characterized in that a soybean protein, a fat ingredient and water are emulsified, and then a solution of a coagulant such as magnesium chloride, calcium chloride or a bittern is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jiro Kanamori, Tomohiko Adachi, Hideaki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 6733817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a frozen “yuba” which exhibits, after being thawed, a smooth and soft mouthfeel and a satisfactory taste equivalent to those of a fresh lifted-up “yuba”, which includes heating a “yuba” whose water content has been adjusted at 60% or less together with soybean milk adjusted at a concentration of 2 to 12 Bx in a mixing ratio of 1:1 or higher at a temperature of 70 to 100° C. followed by freezing the resultant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mizuho Akasaka, Shin Nakatani, Tomohiko Adachi
  • Publication number: 20040028798
    Abstract: A method of efficiently producing foods being free from deformations such as net meshes that would occur when soft hydrous foods are frozen, and having a minimum of cracking to be produced by ice crystal forming. A method of producing soft hydrous foods, wherein soft hydrous foods, upon freezing, are carried to a smooth-flat-surface support, if necessary, by means of a conveyor fitted with crosspieces having upwardly curved surfaces at intervals relative to the conveying surface thereof; they are frozen on the support; and, after starting freezing, they are rolled or transferred onto a different support for further freezing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Tomohiko Adachi, Shin Nakatani, Takeshi Akasaka, Makoto Sakamoto, Satoru Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20030180438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a frozen “yuba” which exhibits, after being thawed, a smooth and soft mouthfeel and a satisfactory taste equivalent to those of a fresh lifted-up “yuba”, which comprises heating a “yuba” whose water content has been adjusted at 60% or less together with soybean milk adjusted at a concentration of 2 to 12 Bx in a mixing ratio of 1:1 or higher at a temperature of 70 to 100° C. followed by freezing the resultant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Mizuho Akasaka, Shin Nakatani, Tomohiko Adachi
  • Publication number: 20030134031
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing tofu wherein a delayed action coagulant is dispersed in heated soybean milk in a static inline mixer provided with a narrowed part and then a thickening raw material is added thereto in an inline mixer provided with a dividing element to thereby continuously and efficiently produced a nigari-tofu product being in a good state and having favorable taste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Tomohiko Adachi, Shin Nakatani, Takeshi Akasaka, Makoto Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6342256
    Abstract: A process for industrially producing tofu products which are excellent in taste and freeze resistance. This process involves concentrating soybean milk extracted from uncooked soybean slurry or puree; adding one or more members selected from sugars, starch and transglutaminase to the concentrated soybean milk at an elevated temperature; adding a solidifying agent to prepare tofu; further heating the tofu in two steps; and then freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Oomura, Tomohiko Adachi, Shin Nakatani, Takeshi Akasaka
  • Patent number: 6089680
    Abstract: A stability control system for controlling an running attitude of a vehicle by applying braking force selectively and independently to the wheels so as to direct the vehicle toward a target direction applies braking force independently to a front wheel at the inner side of the cornering path to impart a yaw moment to the vehicle so that the inner front wheel yields a wheel slip ratio less than an upper limit of understeer wheel slip ratio which is set to be smaller than a wheel slip ratio at which each wheel provides the maximum force in the running direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Yoshioka, Tomohiko Adachi
  • Patent number: 6035053
    Abstract: A moving subject recognizing system for recognizing a subject, such as a pedestrian, moving toward a forward path of a vehicle to avoid a collision against the subject scans a field ahead the vehicle to detect a transverse velocity of a subject moving in a transverse direction and a longitudinal distance of the subject in a direction of the traveling path which are compared with a first and a second threshold value, respectively, and recognize that the subject is in danger of entering the traveling path and hit by the vehicle when the transverse velocity is greater than the first threshold value and the variation of the longitudinal distance is smaller than the second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Yoshioka, Tomohiko Adachi
  • Patent number: 5841366
    Abstract: A traveling-path temporary-setting unit 21 sets a plurality of temporary traveling paths with different curvatures, and a calculation unit 22 calculates distances between the temporary traveling paths and preceding vehicles detected by a radar unit 1. In case of a properly-set temporary traveling path, the path and running loci of the preceding vehicles are on a concentric circle. In this case, the preceding vehicles are running along this temporary traveling path, and a time change amount of calculated distances is approximately "0". A traveling-path determination unit 23 determines, one temporary traveling path having the minimum time change amount in the distances, as a traveling path of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Coporaton
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamamoto, Ayumu Doi, Tomohiko Adachi, Tohru Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5805103
    Abstract: A distance monitoring system of a vehicle monitors a distance to a preceding vehicle traveling directly ahead of the vehicle to determines whether the preceding vehicle is decelerating by comparing a change in the vehicle speed with a reference value which is varied according to various driving condition in relation in particular to dangers such as collisions against the preceding vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumu Doi, Hiroki Uemura, Yasunori Yamamoto, Tomohiko Adachi, Tohru Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5760182
    Abstract: A soybean protein having both excellent color tone and heat gelling properties is disclosed. The soybean protein has a color tone of 25 or more as a z value of its 5% aqueous solution measured by a color difference meter and a heat-gelling value of 250 g.multidot.cm or more as a gel strength of its 18% aqueous solution heated at 80.degree. C. for 30 minutes measured by a rheometer with a plunger ball of 4 mm diameter. A process for producing a soybean protein comprising adding 2 to 5 parts by weight of water to one part by weight of defatted soybeans and holding the mixture at 55.degree. to 80.degree. C. for 10 minutes or more before extraction of the soybean protein from the defatted soybeans with water is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiko Adachi, Yasuo Otani, Mayumi Inoshita, Motohiko Hirotsuka
  • Patent number: 5708584
    Abstract: In a vehicle running mode detecting system, a relative speed of a vehicle, equipped with the vehicle running mode detecting system, to a forward object is calculated on the basis of a time elapsed from a reference time based on which the time elapsed is measured and a change in the distance between the vehicle and the forward object during the time elapsed. Whether the vehicle is running in a constant distance mode where the distance between the vehicle and the forward object is kept substantially constant or in a varying distance mode where the vehicle is accelerating or decelerating relative to the forward object and the distance between the vehicle and the forward object is varying is determined on the basis of the change in the distance between the vehicle and the forward object. The reference time is updated less frequently when the vehicle is running in the constant distance mode than when the vehicle is running in the varying distance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumu Doi, Yasunori Yamamoto, Hideki Nishitake, Tomohiko Adachi
  • Patent number: 5689264
    Abstract: An obstacle detection system for vehicles detects kinetic attributes relative to a vehicle equipped with the system of an object present in a forward path of travel of the vehicle, sets a presumed zone into which the object is expected to have entered at a lapse of a specified period based on the kinetic attributes, and proves an object detected at a lapse of the specified period as the object previously detected if the object of second detection is determined as one having moved into the presumed zone and an obstacle precarious to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishikawa, Ayumu Doi, Kenichi Okuda, Yasunori Yamamoto, Tomohiko Adachi, Tooru Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5680097
    Abstract: When information of an obstacle is not outputted from a radar device, a presumption device presumes at least a present value of a distance between a vehicle and the obstacle based on information in a memory part obtained until the time, and a contact-possibility judgment device judges a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle based on the information from the presumption device. A detection device is provided for detecting conditions at the time when the information of the obstacle is not outputted from the radar device, for example, a relation of relative position of the obstacle to the vehicle. Further, a restriction device is provided for restricting the presumption by the presumption device according to the relation of relative position. Thus, a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle running forward of the vehicle is appropriately judged and mis-operations of an alarm, an automatic braking and the like are prevented, while ensuring running safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Uemura, Tadayuki Niibe, Ayumu Doi, Tohru Yoshioka, Ken-ichi Okuda, Yasunori Yamamoto, Satoshi Morioka, Tomohiko Adachi