Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Aoki
Tomohiro Aoki 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: 9789533Abstract: Sand for a casting mold including sand, a binder, and an inorganic compound particle having poor water solubility and generating a gas, which is at least one of water vapor or carbon dioxide gas, by heat from a molten metal.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Yusuke Kato, Takehiko Matsumoto, Kenichiro Mori, Toshihiko Zenpo, Tomokazu Suda, Masaomi Mitsutake, Takumi Maegawa, So Nakayama, Masashi Morikawa, Hirotsune Watanabe
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Patent number: 9629834Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition which enables the inhibition of formation and/or enlargement of cerebral aneurysm or the regression of cerebral aneurysm. The pharmaceutical composition for the inhibition of formation and/or enlargement of cerebral aneurysm or for the regression of cerebral aneurysm of the present invention, which includes a S1P1 receptor agonist as an active ingredient, enables the inhibition of formation and/or enlargement of cerebral aneurysm or the regression of cerebral aneurysm, and enables the prevention and/or treatment of a disease associated with cerebral aneurysm.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Ichiro Aramori, Jun Hirose, Rie Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160121388Abstract: Sand for a casting mold including sand, a binder, and an inorganic compound particle having poor water solubility and generating a gas, which is at least one of water vapor or carbon dioxide gas, by heat from a molten metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Tomohiro AOKI, Yusuke KATO, Takehiko MATSUMOTO, Kenichiro MORI, Toshihiko ZENPO, Tomokazu SUDA, Masaomi MITSUTAKE, Takumi MAEGAWA, So NAKAYAMA, Masashi MORIKAWA, Hirotsune WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160113917Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition which enables the inhibition of formation and/or enlargement of cerebral aneurysm or the regression of cerebral aneurysm. The pharmaceutical composition for the inhibition of formation and/or enlargement of cerebral aneurysm or for the regression of cerebral aneurysm of the present invention, which includes a S1P1 receptor agonist as an active ingredient, enables the inhibition of formation and/or enlargement of cerebral aneurysm or the regression of cerebral aneurysm, and enables the prevention and/or treatment of a disease associated with cerebral aneurysm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Tomohiro AOKI, Ichiro ARAMORI, Jun HIROSE, Rie YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20150096594Abstract: To provide an apparatus for reclaiming foundry sand and a method for reclaiming foundry sand that can effectively remove binders and so on that attach to returned foundry sand that has been used. Foundry sand that has been used is supplied from a chute for feeding sand 14A to a rotor 16. The rotor 16 is rotated by a driver 20 so that frictional force is generated on the sand in the rotor 16. Then, the sand in the rotor 16 is dropped into the container for washing with water 30 that is located below the rotor 16. In the container for washing with water 30, an agitator 34 is rotated by the driver 20 so that the sand in the container for washing with water 30 is agitated and washed with water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Yusuke Kato, Toshihiko Zenpo, Tomohiro Aoki, Takehiko Matsumoto, Takumi Maegawa, Hirotsune Watanabe, Tomokazu Suda, Masaomi Mitsutake, Hisao Nakane
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Patent number: 8578710Abstract: A cup seal (21) of the invention includes an intermediate lip portion (21d), positioned between an inner lip portion (21b) and an outer lip portion (21c), provided in a base portion (21a). The intermediate lip portion (21d) is configured in such a way that first intermediate lip portions (21d1), communication passages (21d3), second intermediate lip portions (21d2), whose axial direction length is less than that of the first intermediate lip portions (21d1), and the communication passages (21d3), which have no lip portion, are cyclically disposed, in this order, in the peripheral direction. An easy elastic deformation portion of the base portion (21a) which elastically deforms easily is formed by the second intermediate lip portions (21d2) and communication passages (21d3) and, by the easy elastic deformation portion elastically deforming easily when supplying liquid, a flow passage with a larger passage area is formed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Bosch CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Masaki Shiwa
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Patent number: 8407996Abstract: A projection (21b4) provided at a tip portion of an inner lip portion (21b) of a first cup seal (21) comes in contact with a second side wall (20c) of a recessed portion (20) and a large axial force is exerted in the axial direction on a first tapered inner peripheral surface (21b1) of the first cup seal (21) from a rear side tapered surface (4b2) of a primary piston (4). This makes it possible to reliably hold the first cup seal (21) in the axial direction by utilizing the axial force. Therefore, the first cup seal (21) can be suppressed from moving in the axial direction. In particular, the projection (21b4) of the first cup seal (21) comes in contact with a tapered surface (20c?) of the second side wall (20c) to obtain a further increased axial force, and the first cup seal (21) can be held more reliably.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Bosch CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Masaki Shiwa, Kazuhisa Taira
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Publication number: 20110209472Abstract: A cup seal (21) of the invention includes an intermediate lip portion (21d), positioned between an inner lip portion (21b) and an outer lip portion (21c), provided in a base portion (21a). The intermediate lip portion (21d) is configured in such a way that first intermediate lip portions (21d1), communication passages (21d3), second intermediate lip portions (21d2), whose axial direction length is less than that of the first intermediate lip portions (21d1), and the communication passages (21d3), which have no lip portion, are cyclically disposed, in this order, in the peripheral direction. An easy elastic deformation portion of the base portion (21a) which elastically deforms easily is formed by the second intermediate lip portions (21d2) and communication passages (21d3) and, by the easy elastic deformation portion elastically deforming easily when supplying liquid, a flow passage with a larger passage area is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Masaki Shiwa
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Publication number: 20110092484Abstract: [Problems] To provide a medicament which is effective for treatment and prophylaxis of cerebral aneurysms [Means for Solving the Problems] The invention provides a medicament for treatment and prophylaxis of cerebral aneurysms, wherein the medicament contains a cysteine protease inhibitor as an active ingredient. The cysteine protease inhibitor preferably is an epoxysuccinamide derivative or its salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2008Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: NIPPON CHEMIPHAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuo Hashimoto, Hiroharu Kataoka, Tomohiro Aoki
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Publication number: 20100295220Abstract: Provided is a multi-leaf spring-type vibration damping device capable of suppressing the resonance caused by rotations near the major critical speed of a rotating shaft system and suppressing self-excited vibrations due to rotations at or higher than the major critical speed of the rotating shaft system. In the multi-leaf spring-type vibration damping device, a bearing (9) of a rotating shaft system (6) that includes at least a rotating shaft (4) fit in the bearing and a rotor (5) mounted on the rotating shaft is clamped between a plurality of fixedly mounted and properly spaced-apart multi-leaf springs (11) at the portions near their distal ends, or the plurality of multi-leaf springs contact at those portions near the distal ends with the bearing, thereby to suppress the whirling vibrations of the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Masaya Hotta, Hirohide Ishiguro, Hideki Morimitsu, Masahiko Nagasaka, Tomohiro Aoki
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Publication number: 20100212313Abstract: A projection (21b4) provided at a tip portion of an inner lip portion (21b) of a first cup seal (21) comes in contact with a second side wall (20c) of a recessed portion (20) and a large axial force is exerted in the axial direction on a first tapered inner peripheral surface (21b1) of the first cup seal (21) from a rear side tapered surface (4b2) of a primary piston (4). This makes it possible to reliably hold the first cup seal (21) in the axial direction by utilizing the axial force. Therefore, the first cup seal (21) can be suppressed from moving in the axial direction. In particular, the projection (21b4) of the first cup seal (21) comes in contact with a tapered surface (20c?) of the second side wall (20c) to obtain a further increased axial force, and the first cup seal (21) can be held more reliably.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Masaki Shiwa, Kazuhisa Taira
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Publication number: 20100066028Abstract: In a cup seal, the hydraulic pressure in a first hydraulic chamber (6) causes a first seal portion (21e) of an outer lip portion (21c) to closely contact to a bottom wall (20a) of a recessed portion (20) and causes a second seal portion (21f) of a base portion (21a) to closely contact to a rear surface (20b) of the recessed portion (20). A double seal due to the first and second seal portions (21e) and (21f) reliably prevents the leakage of a brake fluid from the first hydraulic chamber (6). If the pressure becomes negative in the first hydraulic chamber (6), the tip portion of the outer lip portion (21c) deflects inward and the outer peripheral end of the base portion (21a) deflects forward. Therefore, the brake fluid in the reservoir flows into the first hydraulic chamber (6) through the gaps among the second and first seal portions (21f), (21e) and the wall surface of the recessed portion (20) to maintain fluid-feeding performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Masaki Shiwa
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Patent number: 6499841Abstract: A cleaning apparatus and method for removing a recording ink from a surface of a recording material conveying belt of a recording apparatus. The method includes the steps of contacting a blade member to a surface of the recording material conveying belt and contacting an ink absorber member to a surface of the recording material conveying belt, thus removing from the belt surface an improper discharge of recording ink.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Uchida, Tomohiro Aoki, Tohru Kobayashi, Masatoshi Ikkatai, Yasushi Murayama, Tatsuo Mitomi, Masaharu Nemura, Yasuyuki Takanaka
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Patent number: 6406118Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus for recording an image by discharging ink from an ink jet recording head to a recording medium at a recording position, the apparatus being capable of recording the image on different recording media having different absorptivities. The apparatus conveys the recording medium along a conveyance route from the recording position, and heats the recording medium at a predetermined position in the conveyance route of the recording medium. In a first operational mode, an operative condition corresponds to a recording medium with a first absorptivity. In a second operational mode, a non-operative condition corresponds to a recording medium with a second absorptivity higher than the first absorptivity. In the invention, the ink jet recording apparatus enters the first operational mode after an electrical power is applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1998Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Yasushi Murayama, Takashi Uchida, Tatsuo Mitomi, Masaharu Nemura
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Patent number: 6398358Abstract: An ink jet textile printing method forms an image on cloths in an image forming operation by repeating a step of applying ink on the cloths from an ink discharge port of a recording head, the recording head relatively main-scanning to form the image in a main scan direction, and a step of relatively conveying the cloths in a sub-scan direction. The method includes the steps of forming the image on the cloths by applying ink on the cloths from the recording head based on image data. The method further includes the step of temporarily stopping the image forming operation in accordance with an indication to effect a temporary halt of the image forming operation. When the temporary halt is indicated while the recording head performs a main scan in the image forming operation, the image forming operation by the main scan is completed, and then the temporary halt of the image forming operation is effected by moving the recording head to a standby position.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Tomohiro Aoki, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Akio Suzuki, Mitsuru Kurata, Tokihide Ebata, Yoshihiro Takada, Kunihiko Matsuzawa, Hideyuki Tanaami, Yutaka Udagawa, Masatoshi Ikkatai, Keiju Kuboki, Yasushi Miura, Masahiro Nishio, Yasuyuki Takanaka, Eiichi Takagi, Yoshio Komaki, Nobuhiko Ogata
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Patent number: 6196654Abstract: A cleaning apparatus and method for removing a recording ink from a surface of a recording material conveying belt of a recording apparatus. The method includes the steps of contacting a blade member to a surface of the recording material conveying belt and contacting an ink absorber member to a surface of the recording material conveying belt, thus removing from the belt surface an improper discharge of recording ink.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Uchida, Tomohiro Aoki, Tohru Kobayashi, Masatoshi Ikkatai, Yasushi Murayama, Tatsuo Mitomi, Masaharu Nemura, Yasuyuki Takanaka
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Patent number: 6179040Abstract: A shift fork used in a transmission which engages with an engaging groove of a coupling sleeve of the transmission, comprises a fork main body and an engaging part integrally molded therewith. The engaging part has an engaging surface which comes in contact with a coupling sleeve, and the engaging surface is formed in a bulging shape by high precision aluminum diecasting.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1998Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Fuji Univance CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Aoki, Masami Kawasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 6116728Abstract: An ink jet textile printing apparatus for performing printing by reading an original image created by a designer, converting the original image into original data represented by an electric signal, retrieving the original data for processing to be output as image data, and recording data on cloth based on the image data. The ink jet textile printing apparatus has a first ink jet recording head provided upstream of a recording position, and a second ink jet recording head provided downstream thereof, and is provided with a drying unit located between the recording heads, whereby high-quality recorded images with less bleeding can be obtained by recording on a recording area again with the second ink jet recording head after drying the recording area on the cloth recorded by the first ink jet recording head with the drying unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1993Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Tomohiro Aoki, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Akio Suzuki, Mitsuru Kurata, Tokihide Ebata, Yoshihiro Takada, Kunihiko Matsuzawa, Hideyuki Tanaami, Yutaka Udagawa, Masatoshi Ikkatai, Keiju Kuboki, Yasushi Miura, Masahiro Nishio, Yasuyuki Takanaka, Eiichi Takagi, Yoshio Komaki, Nobuhiko Ogata
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Patent number: 6106090Abstract: A recording apparatus builds an image at high quality without occurrence of malfunctions attributable to raised/recessed spots on the surface of a conveyance belt and insufficient dimensioning for the width of the conveyance belt, while preventing the interior of the recording apparatus from being contaminated with erroneously ejected ink. The recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt for conveying a recording sheet below four kinds of recording heads, and the conveyance belt has a joint line along which the opposite ends of a band-shaped material are joined to each other. In addition, the conveyance belt has a band-shaped colored portion which is located remote from the joint line by a predetermined distance. The colored portion is detected by an optical sensor, and a control unit controls the driving of the conveyance belt in response to a signal derived from the detection of the optical sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1997Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Uchida, Tomohiro Aoki, Yasushi Murayama, Tohru Kobayashi, Masatoshi Ikkatai, Tatsuo Mitomi, Masaharu Nemura, Yasuyuki Takanaka
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Patent number: 5943081Abstract: Image recording apparatus characterized by being equipped with the carriers to carry recording sheet, recording head, carrier guides which is so arranged as placing the carriers in between the guides and the recording heads and pushing members provided in between the recording heads and the carrier guides, the carrier guides being rotatively supported.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1995Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Uchida, Tomohiro Aoki, Yasushi Murayama, Tatsuo Mitomi, Masaharu Nemura