Patents by Inventor Tomomi Nakamura
Tomomi Nakamura 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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Publication number: 20240108719Abstract: The present invention provides novel antigens of an allergy to shrimp, methods and kits for diagnosing an allergy to shrimp, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such an antigen, shrimps or processed products of shrimp in which such an antigen is eliminated, and a tester composition for determining the presence or absence of a shrimp antigen in an object of interest. The present invention also relates to polypeptides comprising an epitope of an antigen, kits, compositions and methods for diagnosing an allergy, comprising such a polypeptide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a polypeptide, and raw materials or processed products in which an antigen comprising such a polypeptide is eliminated or reduced. The present invention further relates to a tester composition for determining the presence or absence of an antigen in an object of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: HOYU CO., LTD.Inventors: Kayoko Matsunaga, Akiko Yagami, Masashi Nakamura, Naoshi Shimojo, Nayu Sato, Yuji Aoki, Tomomi Sakai
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Publication number: 20230039275Abstract: To arrange an auxiliary member (2) having a greater absorption rate of laser light (LL) than a plurality of members (1) to be joined to each other so as to face a boundary exposed surface (12) of the plurality of members to be joined where a boundary (11) of the plurality of members to be joined is exposed, to melt the auxiliary member by applying laser light to the auxiliary member, to shift a boundary portion (13) in a state where laser light is easily absorbed by increasing a temperature of the boundary portion of the plurality of members to be joined by a melted portion (23) of the auxiliary member, and to weld a plurality of members to be joined by applying laser light to the boundary portion and melting the boundary portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventor: Tomomi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10714732Abstract: A current collecting lead is interposed between a sealing body and a positive electrode current collector for connecting the sealing body and the positive electrode current collector, the sealing body including a positive electrode terminal, the positive electrode current collector being attached to an electrode group, the current collecting lead including: a top wall portion positioned on the side of the sealing body; leg portions positioned on the side of the positive electrode current collector and that face the top wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions that extend between side edges of the top wall portion and side edges of the leg portions and that face each other, a first corner portion and a second corner portion formed by the top wall portion and the side wall portions and a third corner portion and a fourth corner portion formed by the leg portions and the side wall portions being rounded corners that are curved.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: FDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hidefumi Isaji, Hiroyuki Shibaoka, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Tetsu Yamanaka
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Patent number: 10374260Abstract: A nickel-hydrogen secondary battery includes: an outer can; a sealing body including a positive electrode terminal, the sealing body sealing an opening of the outer can; an electrode group formed by placing a positive electrode and a negative electrode on top of each other with a separator therebetween and spirally winding the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the electrode group housed in the outer can along with an alkaline electrolyte; a positive electrode current collector connected to positive electrode connection edge portion protruding from one end surface of the electrode group; and a current collecting lead connecting the positive electrode current collector and the sealing body, wherein a relationship between a deformation resistance A of a material a and a deformation resistance B of a material b satisfies a relationship of A<B, wherein the material a is a material of the current collecting lead, and the material b is a material of the positive electrode current collector.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: FDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shibaoka, Tetsu Yamanaka, Isao Mugima, Hidefumi Isaji, Hideyuki Asanuma
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Publication number: 20180219206Abstract: A current collecting lead is interposed between a sealing body and a positive electrode current collector for connecting the sealing body and the positive electrode current collector, the sealing body including a positive electrode terminal, the positive electrode current collector being attached to an electrode group, the current collecting lead including: a top wall portion positioned on the side of the sealing body; leg portions positioned on the side of the positive electrode current collector and that face the top wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions that extend between side edges of the top wall portion and side edges of the leg portions and that face each other, a first corner portion and a second corner portion formed by the top wall portion and the side wall portions and a third corner portion and a fourth corner portion formed by the leg portions and the side wall portions being rounded corners that are curved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Hidefumi Isaji, Hiroyuki Shibaoka, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Tetsu Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20180069268Abstract: A nickel-hydrogen secondary battery includes: an outer can; a sealing body including a positive electrode terminal, the sealing body sealing an opening of the outer can; an electrode group formed by placing a positive electrode and a negative electrode on top of each other with a separator therebetween and spirally winding the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the electrode group housed in the outer can along with an alkaline electrolyte; a positive electrode current collector connected to positive electrode connection edge portion protruding from one end surface of the electrode group; and a current collecting lead connecting the positive electrode current collector and the sealing body, wherein a relationship between a deformation resistance A of a material a and a deformation resistance B of a material b satisfies a relationship of A<B, wherein the material a is a material of the current collecting lead, and the material b is a material of the positive electrode current collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Tomomi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shibaoka, Tetsu Yamanaka, Isao Mugima, Hidefumi Isaji, Hideyuki Asanuma
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Publication number: 20150352227Abstract: A method for accumulating titanium oxide composite particles into a cancer tissue, which comprises the steps of—providing titanium oxide composite particles which comprise: titanium oxide particles; and a nonionic hydrophilic polymer bound to a surface of the titanium oxide particles through at least one functional group selected from carboxyl group, amino group, diol group, salicylic acid group, and phosphoric acid group, and—administrating the composite particles to a patient thereby the composite particles are accumulated in the cancer tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Koki KANEHIRA, Shuji SONEZAKI, Yumi OGAMI, Tomomi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8989339Abstract: Disclosed is a zirconium alloy material having high corrosion resistance regardless of thermal history during its manufacturing process. The zirconium alloy material is obtained by providing a zirconium alloy containing on the mass basis: 0.001% to 1.9% of Sn, 0.01% to 0.3% of Fe, 0.01% to 0.3% of Cr, 0.001% to 0.3% of Ni, 0.001% to 3.0% of Nb, 0.027% or less of C, 0.025% or less of N, 4.5% or less of Hf and 0.16% or less of O with the remainder being inevitable impurities and zirconium, being formed of a bulk alloy and a surface layer, in which the surface layer has a plastic strain of 3 or more or a Vickers hardness of 260 HV or more and an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of 0.2 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Ishibashi, Masahisa Inagaki, Hideo Soneda, Naoya Okizaki, Tomomi Nakamura, Yoshikazu Todaka, Hiroaki Azuma, Nozomu Adachi, Minoru Umemoto
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Patent number: 8815451Abstract: A negative-electrode plate 22 for use in a cylindrical cell, intended to be laid over a positive-electrode plate 21 with a separator 23 interposed between and rolled to form a cylindrical electrode body 20, with the positive-electrode plate 21 inside, the electrode body being arranged in a bottomed cylindrical outer can 10 to form the cylindrical cell, comprises a first negative-electrode part 22a which is to face the positive-electrode plate 21 on either side, with the separator 23 between, when formed into the electrode body 20, and a second negative-electrode part 22b which is to form the innermost circumference of the electrode body 20 and face the positive-electrode plate 21 only on one side, with the separator 23 between, when formed into the electrode body 20, the second negative-electrode part 22b being lower in negative-electrode active material density than the first negative-electrode part 22a.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: FDK Twicell Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Wada, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Masaru Kihara, Toshiki Sato
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Patent number: 8785019Abstract: A negative electrode for a nickel-hydrogen rechargeable battery is a strip-shaped negative electrode, the negative electrode being formed of a core body and a negative mixture layer covering the core body and containing hydrogen-storage alloy particles, including a main section, both sides of which face the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween as viewed in a rolled state where the negative electrode forms the electrode group with the positive electrode and the separator, and an outermost circumferential portion and an innermost circumferential portion that are protruding from ends of the main section in a rolling direction and facing the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween only with one side, wherein the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the outermost circumferential portion and the innermost circumferential portion have an average diameter larger than an average diameter of the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the main section.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: FDK Twicell Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo, Toshiki Sato, Akira Saguchi, Satoshi Wada, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Hideyuki Asanuma, Masanori Tamura
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Patent number: 8709690Abstract: A photoreceptor comprising an undercoat layer between a conductive support and a photosensitive layer, wherein the undercoat layer contains at least metal oxide microparticles coated with anhydrous silicon dioxide and a first binder resin, the photosensitive layer is a monolayered photosensitive layer containing at least a charge generation material and a charge transport material or a multilayered photosensitive layer formed of a charge generation layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport layer containing a charge transport material stacked in this order or in an inverse order, and the charge generation material contains a crystal type oxotitanylphthalocyanine having peaks in an X-ray diffraction spectrum with Cu—K? characteristic X-rays (0.15418 nm) at Bragg angles (2?±0.2°) of 7.3°, 9.4°, 9.6°, 11.6°, 13.3°, 17.9°, 24.1° and 27.2°, in which a peak bundle formed by overlapping the peaks at 9.4° and 9.6° is a largest peak, and the peak at 27.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomomi Nakamura, Satoshi Katayama
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Publication number: 20130004853Abstract: A negative-electrode plate 22 for use in a cylindrical cell, intended to be laid over a positive-electrode plate 21 with a separator 23 interposed between and rolled to form a cylindrical electrode body 20, with the positive-electrode plate 21 inside, the electrode body being arranged in a bottomed cylindrical outer can 10 to form the cylindrical cell, comprises a first negative-electrode part 22a which is to face the positive-electrode plate 21 on either side, with the separator 23 between, when formed into the electrode body 20, and a second negative-electrode part 22b which is to form the innermost circumference of the electrode body 20 and face the positive-electrode plate 21 only on one side, with the separator 23 between, when formed into the electrode body 20, the second negative-electrode part 22b being lower in negative-electrode active material density than the first negative-electrode part 22a.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: FDK TWICELL CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Wada, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Masaru Kihara, Toshiki Sato
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Publication number: 20120315524Abstract: A negative electrode for a nickel-hydrogen rechargeable battery is a strip-shaped negative electrode, the negative electrode being formed of a core body and a negative mixture layer covering the core body and containing hydrogen-storage alloy particles, including a main section, both sides of which face the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween as viewed in a rolled state where the negative electrode forms the electrode group with the positive electrode and the separator, and an outermost circumferential portion and an innermost circumferential portion that are protruding from ends of the main section in a rolling direction and facing the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween only with one side, wherein the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the outermost circumferential portion and the innermost circumferential portion have an average diameter larger than an average diameter of the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the main section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: FDK TWICELL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo, Toshiki Sato, Akira Saguchi, Satoshi Wada, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Hideyuki Asanuma, Masanori Tamura
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Publication number: 20120114091Abstract: Disclosed is a zirconium alloy material having high corrosion resistance regardless of thermal history during its manufacturing process. The zirconium alloy material is obtained by providing a zirconium alloy containing on the mass basis: 0.001% to 1.9% of Sn, 0.01% to 0.3% of Fe, 0.01% to 0.3% of Cr, 0.001% to 0.3% of Ni, 0.001% to 3.0% of Nb, 0.027% or less of C, 0.025% or less of N, 4.5% or less of Hf and 0.16% or less of O with the remainder being inevitable impurities and zirconium, being formed of a bulk alloy and a surface layer, in which the surface layer has a plastic strain of 3 or more or a Vickers hardness of 260 HV or more and an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of 0.2 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Ryo ISHIBASHI, Masahisa Inagaki, Hideo Soneda, Naoya Okizaki, Tomomi Nakamura, Yoshikazu Todaka, Hiroaki Azuma, Nozomu Adachi, Minoru Umemoto
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Publication number: 20110137235Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic cancer therapy accelerator comprising titanium oxide-metal complex particles showing a long-lasting antitumor effect imparted thereto while sustaining the dispersibility and catalytic activity thereof which are obtained by dispersing titanium oxide-metal complex particles in an aqueous solvent with the use of a water-soluble polymer and modifying the same with molecules containing a low-valent transition metal via linker molecules having been bound thereto without denaturing the water-soluble polymer. To the titanium oxide surface of titanium oxide-metal complex particles which have been dispersed in an aqueous solvent with the use of a water-soluble polymer, linker molecules are bound via at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, amino, diol, salicylate and phosphate groups followed by the modification with low-valent transition metal-containing molecules via the linker molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: TOTO Ltd.Inventors: Koki Kanehira, Shuji Sonezaki, Yumi Ogami, Toshiaki Banzai, Tomomi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110020739Abstract: A photoreceptor comprising an undercoat layer between a conductive support and a photosensitive layer, wherein the undercoat layer contains at least metal oxide microparticles coated with anhydrous silicon dioxide and a first binder resin, the photosensitive layer is a monolayered photosensitive layer containing at least a charge generation material and a charge transport material or a multilayered photosensitive layer formed of a charge generation layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport layer containing a charge transport material stacked in this order or in an inverse order, and the charge generation material contains a crystal type oxotitanylphthalocyanine having peaks in an X-ray diffraction spectrum with Cu—K? characteristic X-rays (0.15418 nm) at Bragg angles (2?±0.2°) of 7.3°, 9.4°, 9.6°, 11.6°, 13.3°, 17.9°, 24.1° and 27.2°, in which a peak bundle formed by overlapping the peaks at 9.4° and 9.6° is a largest peak, and the peak at 27.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Tomomi NAKAMURA, Satoshi Katayama
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Patent number: 7657991Abstract: A magnetization apparatus for magnetizing a magnetic material provided inside a yoke housing of a motor, which has a connector portion radially outward of the yoke housing, includes at least one pair of magnetization cores and a plurality of magnetization coils. The at least one pair of magnetization cores are provided to oppose to each other, wherein the at least one pair of magnetization cores have corresponding magnetization surfaces, which oppose to each other. The plurality of magnetization coils generate a magnetic field at the at least one pair of magnetization cores, wherein the plurality of magnetization coils magnetize the magnetic material in a state, where the yoke housing is provided between the magnetization surfaces. The at least one pair of magnetization cores defines a receiving recess therein for receiving the connector portion of the motor in the state, where the yoke housing is provided between the magnetization surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tomomi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20090297620Abstract: Titanium oxide-antibody conjugated particles are disclosed, which are provided with selective binding ability without loss of dispersibility and catalytic activity by modifying titanium oxide conjugated particles, dispersed in a water-based solvent by a water-soluble polymer, with an antibody via a linker molecule bound without changing the nature of the water-soluble polymer. The present invention is an antitumor agent, comprising titanium oxide-antibody conjugated particles, wherein a linker molecule is bound to the titanium oxide surface of the titanium oxide conjugated particles, dispersed in a water-based solvent by a water-soluble polymer, via at least one functional group selected from a group consisting of a carboxyl group, an amino group, a diol group, a salicylic acid group, and a phosphoric acid group, and wherein the titanium oxide conjugated particles are further modified with an antibody via the linker molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Toto Ltd.Inventors: Koki Kanehira, Shuji Sonezaki, Yumi Ogami, Tomomi Nakamura, Toshiaki Banzai
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Publication number: 20090130050Abstract: Disclosed are titanium oxide composite particles and a dispersion of the titanium oxide composite particles, which can improve retentivity in blood and accumulation in cancer cells while satisfactorily developing the catalytic activity of titanium oxide particles to be excited upon exposure to ultrasonic waves or ultraviolet light. The titanium oxide composite particles comprise titanium oxide particles; and a nonionic hydrophilic polymer bound to the surface of the titanium oxide particles through at least one functional group selected from carboxyl-group, amino group, diol group, salicylic acid group, and phosphoric acid group. The composite particles can be rendered cytotoxic upon ultrasonic or ultraviolet irradiation to efficiently kill cells to be killed, such as cancer cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Koki Kanehira, Shuji Sonezaki, Yumi Ogami, Tomomi Nakamura
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Patent number: 7489413Abstract: A video printer (1) comprises a video printer housing portion (2), and a video camera station (3) disposed on a rear upper portion of the video printer housing portion (2) and having a signal input and output connection terminal (4). A video camera (6) with a liquid-crystal display monitor (7) is electrically connected to the connection terminal (4), and attached to the video printer (1) at its video camera station (3) so that, when the video printer (1) is in use, a user can operate the video camera (6) and the video printer (1) by operating systems (8), (9) disposed on the video printer (1) while visually confirming a picture displayed on a picture screen of the liquid-crystal display monitor (7).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yutaka Nakatsu, Shin Iima, Kayoko Ohyoshi, Tomomi Nakamura