Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Yokota

Tomohiro Yokota 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: 20240115546
    Abstract: A novel target molecule for pruritus was found, and a novel means for eliminating pruritus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUMOTO, Masafumi YOKOTA, Junko ISHIKAWA, Mitsutoshi TOMINAGA, Kenji TAKAMORI
  • Patent number: 11955788
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box capable of being installed in a vehicle, including a terminal block; a bus bar provided on the terminal block; and a housing that covers at least a portion of the terminal block and into which a plurality of electrical wires configured to be connected to the bus bar are inserted, wherein the terminal block is provided with a plurality of guide walls that guide the plurality of electrical wires toward the bus bar; the plurality of guide walls are disposed side by side extending from the housing side toward the bus bar side; and a distance from any one guide wall to an other guide wall on the bus bar side is greater than a distance from the any one guide wall to the other guide wall on the housing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokota
  • Publication number: 20240097317
    Abstract: In order to ensure isolation between a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a narrow space while reducing a size of an antenna device for a vehicle, an antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), a base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), and a first antenna element (122) and a second antenna element (123) that are accommodated in the accommodation space. The first antenna element (122) and the second antenna element (123) at least transmit or receive radio waves in different frequency bands. The first antenna element (122) at least partially has a meandering shape in a first direction that intersects polarization of radio waves transmitted or received by the second antenna element (123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO, Tomohiro HOSHI, Yusuke YOKOTA, Satoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230283059
    Abstract: An electrical junction box to be installed in a vehicle includes: a terminal block; first conductive members provided to the terminal block and placed so as to be aligned in a row; second conductive members provided to the terminal block and placed so as to be aligned in another row; first bolts tightened to the terminal block from below and fixing electric wires, which are electrically connected to the first conductive members, respectively, to the terminal block; second bolts tightened to the terminal block from below and fixing electric wires, which are electrically connected to the second conductive members, respectively, to the terminal block; a first cover member provided to the terminal block and covering heads of the first bolts from below; and a second cover member provided to the terminal block and covering heads of the second bolts from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro YOKOTA, Masami HIRAYAMA, Yuki WATANABE, Kiyotaka HOGA, Ryo KITANO, Masatoshi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11552364
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a battery pack for a motor vehicle, and a power interface part that connects the battery pack and a plurality of electrical devices. The power interface part includes a battery-side connector, and a branch connector apparatus. The branch connector apparatus includes a joining part for connection lines, a fuse, a housing, and a connector. A guided part is provided on an outer side surface of the housing. The battery pack includes a slot part allowing the branch connector apparatus to be inserted and extracted. The battery-side connector is provided in the slot part. A guiding part extending along an insertion and extraction direction is provided on an inner side surface of the slot part. The guided part is guided along an extension direction of the guiding part by the guiding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Masashi Hayashi, Yutaka Kobayashi, Ryo Kitano, Ryo Fujii, Hiroo Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20220320844
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box capable of being installed in a vehicle, including a terminal block; a bus bar provided on the terminal block; and a housing that covers at least a portion of the terminal block and into which a plurality of electrical wires configured to be connected to the bus bar are inserted, wherein the terminal block is provided with a plurality of guide walls that guide the plurality of electrical wires toward the bus bar; the plurality of guide walls are disposed side by side extending from the housing side toward the bus bar side; and a distance from any one guide wall to an other guide wall on the bus bar side is greater than a distance from the any one guide wall to the other guide wall on the housing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Tomohiro YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20210213163
    Abstract: Provided is a bone-regeneration material comprising biodegradable fibers and exhibiting antimicrobial properties at an early stage following surgery, A method for producing a bone-regeneration material having antimicrobial properties and comprising biodegradable fibers, wherein the bone-regeneration material is produced by a step in which the biodegradable fibers are immersed in an inositol phosphate solution, then subsequently immersed in a solution containing silver ions, the biodegradable fibers have an outer diameter of 10-100 ?m, contain at least 30 wt % or more of a biodegradable resin and 40 wt % or more of calcium compound particles, and some of the calcium compound particles are exposed on the surface of the biodegradable fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: Meiji University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Keio University, ORTHOREBIRTH CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru AIZAWA, Michiyo HONDA, Tomohiro YOKOTA, Kodai ABE, Mayu UEDA, Toshihiro KASUGA, Ken ISHII, Morio MATSUMOTO, Masashi MAKITA
  • Publication number: 20210098762
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a battery pack for a motor vehicle, and a power interface part that connects the battery pack and a plurality of electrical devices. The power interface part includes a battery-side connector, and a branch connector apparatus. The branch connector apparatus includes a joining part for connection lines, a fuse, a housing, and a connector. A guided part is provided on an outer side surface of the housing. The battery pack includes a slot part allowing the branch connector apparatus to be inserted and extracted. The battery-side connector is provided in the slot part. A guiding part extending along an insertion and extraction direction is provided on an inner side surface of the slot part. The guided part is guided along an extension direction of the guiding part by the guiding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Masashi Hayashi, Yutaka Kobayashi, Ryo Kitano, Ryo Fujii, Hiroo Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 7879347
    Abstract: A skin cosmetic composition comprising the compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydrogen or glucose residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Hiroko Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Ikemoto, Mariko Hara, Shintaro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090124561
    Abstract: A skin cosmetic composition comprising the compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydrogen or glucose residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro YOKOTA, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Hiroko Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Ikemoto, Mariko Hara, Shintaro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080260880
    Abstract: The invention relates to oral compositions for the prevention of UV damages, in particular to oral compositions based on an olive extract obtained by extracting vegetation water from olive pressing with an organic solvent or by extracting olive cake with water and/or an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Miki Taniguchi, Tamami Satou, Takeshi Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20060120978
    Abstract: A skin cosmetic composition comprising the compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydrogen or glucose residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Hiroko Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Ikemoto, Mariko Hara, Shintaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 7025985
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2): where one of R1 and R2 is hydrogen and the other one is hydrogen or glucose residue. The compound is effective for reforming obese constitution, suppressing or preventing obesity. It is also effective for skin whitening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Kanebo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Hiroko Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Ikemoto, Mariko Hara, Shintaro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20030017997
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Hiroko Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Ikemoto, Mariko Hara, Shintaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 5764315
    Abstract: A light adjusting sheet for a planar lighting device includes a plurality of convex and concave ridges or regions arranged alternately and approximately parallel to each other on one surface. Each of the convex regions and concave regions are formed by two flat surfaces. The ridges may have a cross section of a sine curve. Another light adjusting sheet consists of a plurality of single sheets each having the above configuration, stacked together. A planar lighting device includes the light adjusting sheet of the above configuration, wherein peak lines of the convex ridges and bottom lines of the concave ridges are arranged to make a predetermined angle with an axis of a linear light source. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display element placed on front of the planar lighting device of the above configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Fumio Nishitani, Hiroshi Ogawara, Akihito Kubo, Makoto Fujigami
  • Patent number: 5552907
    Abstract: A light adjusting sheet for a planar lighting device includes a plurality of convex and concave streaks arranged alternately and approximately parallel to each other on one surface. The streaks may have a cross section of a sine curve. Another light adjusting sheet consists of a plurality of single sheets each having the above configulation, stacked together. A planar lighting device includes the light adjusting sheet of the above configulation, wherein peak lines of the convex streaks and bottom lines of the concave streaks are arranged to make a predetermined angle with an axis of a linear light source. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display element placed on front of the planar lighting device of the above configulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Fumio Nishitani, Hiroshi Ogawara, Akihito Kubo, Makoto Fujigami
  • Patent number: 5394255
    Abstract: A light adjusting sheet for a planar lighting device includes a plurality of convex and concave streaks arranged alternately and approximately parallel to each other on one surface. The streaks may have a cross section of a sine curve. Another light adjusting sheet consists of a plurality of single sheets each having the above configulation, stacked together. A planar lighting device includes the light adjusting sheet of the above configulation, wherein peak lines of the convex streaks and bottom lines of the concave streaks are arranged to make a predetermined angle with an axis of a linear light source. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display element placed on front of the planar lighting device of the above configulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokota, Fumio Nishitani, Hiroshi Ogawara, Akihito Kubo, Makoto Fujigami