Patents by Inventor Toru Nakayama

Toru Nakayama 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: 20240275791
    Abstract: A privilege providing system includes a first processor to recognize a prescribed act; a second processor to grant a privilege to at least a subject other than a performer of the prescribed act upon the act being recognized by the first processor, and a storage configured to store the privilege granted by the second processor to at least the subject other than the performer of the prescribed act.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Toru KIMIJIMA, Keiichiro ISHI, Bin YUAN, Hiroshi NAGANO, Junko KATO, Takahiko NAKAMURA, Kanako BABA
  • Patent number: 12045136
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, if a facility that is to be reserved for use is determined to have a fault in a communication function in view of a communication status with outside, perform a restore operation on the facility to restore the communication function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kota Nakayama, Kenji Matsukawa, Toru Hatori, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20240174989
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a method which, even when a protein complex is formed, can purify a protein derived from such a membrane protein complex by eluting the membrane protein complex maintaining its complex form. The present disclosure relates to a method for purifying a protein derived from a membrane protein complex, which includes: a protein binding step of binding to an antibody a membrane protein complex eluted from a membrane using a synthetic polymer; a protein eluting step of eluting the membrane protein complex bound to the antibody in the protein binding step at a pH of 6.0 or higher; and a synthetic polymer removing step of subjecting the membrane protein complex eluted in the protein eluting step to solvent extraction at a pH of 7.0 or lower to remove the synthetic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Yukino INOUE, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Toru NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11909051
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power. [Solution] A cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte layer 9, a first electrode layer 8 on one of the main surfaces of the electrolyte layer 9, and an second electrode layer 10 on the other. The second electrode layer 10 contains a plurality of pores, and the pore size distribution observed at a section of the second electrode layer has at least three peaks (a first peak p1, a second peak p2 and a third peak p3). This structure leads to a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Tetsuaki Ozaki, Norimitsu Fukami
  • Publication number: 20230279370
    Abstract: Provided are a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which enable the production of a high molecular weight polyisoprenoid. Included is a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CET) family protein obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence of a N-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a N-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles, and mutating the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of the cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Yukino INOUE, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Satoshi YAMASHITA, Yuzuru TOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230279371
    Abstract: Provided are a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which enable the production of a high molecular weight polyisoprenoid. Included is a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Yukino INOUE, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Satoshi YAMASHITA, Yuzuru TOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230279369
    Abstract: Provided are a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which enable the production of a high molecular weight polyisoprenoid. Included is a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence of a N-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a N-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Yukino INOUE, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Satoshi YAMASHITA, Yuzuru TOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230167465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which makes it possible to synthesize in vitro a polyisoprenoid having an unprecedented structure, such as a 100% cis-polyisoprenoid or a polyisoprenoid containing an allylic diphosphate derivative as an initiating terminal. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro, which employs a gene coding for a neryl diphosphate synthase and rubber particles bound to a protein encoded by the gene, or a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which includes introducing into a plant a vector in which a gene coding for a neryl diphosphate synthase is linked to a promoter having a promoter activity that drives laticifer-specific gene expression to express a protein encoded by the gene specifically in laticifers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Yukino INOUE, Kazuhisa FUSHIHARA, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Satoshi YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230002792
    Abstract: Objects are to provide: a fusion protein capable of binding to lipid droplets while having an enzymatic activity to synthesize a hydrophobic compound; a method for producing a substance including accumulating a hydrophobic compound in lipid droplets using the fusion protein; a vector which can enhance production of a hydrophobic compound when it is introduced into cells using genetic recombination techniques; and a transgenic cell into which the vector or a gene coding for the fusion protein has been introduced. The present disclosure relates to a fusion protein having an amino acid sequence (first amino acid sequence) capable of binding to lipid droplets, and an amino acid sequence (second amino acid sequence) having an enzymatic activity to synthesize a hydrophobic compound, with the enzymatic activity of the second amino acid sequence being maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, National University Corporation Saitama University
    Inventors: Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Yukino INOUE, Seiji TAKAHASI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Satoshi YAMASHITA, Yuzuru TOZAWA
  • Patent number: 11541554
    Abstract: A non-contact transport device includes a deflector having a flange portion provided with a plurality of nozzle grooves extending radially outward and arranged equidistantly in the circumferential direction. The nozzle grooves are each formed to be hollowed with respect to an upper surface of the flange portion so as to have an arc-shaped cross section, and constitute lead-out channels together with a flat surface of a hollow of a body. A pressure fluid is supplied through a first port of the body into the body and flows through the plurality of nozzle grooves to a workpiece holding surface along first and second curved surfaces of the hollow. As a result, the pressure fluid flowing at high speed between the workpiece holding surface and a workpiece generates a suction force exerted toward the body side, whereby the workpiece is suctioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Toru Sugiyama, Masaru Saitoh, Hiroaki Saka
  • Patent number: 11530758
    Abstract: In a vacuum ejector provided with a seal valve mechanism between a vacuum generation mechanism and a break flow path, the seal valve mechanism includes a valve plug that is biased toward a sealing opening from the break flow path side to block the seal opening, and is configured to open the seal opening by moving the valve plug away from the seal opening using a piston portion that operates according to supply air supplied from the vacuum generation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Koji Sugano, Yasuhiro Ushijima
  • Publication number: 20220393183
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power. [Solution] A cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte layer 9, a first electrode layer 8on one of the main surfaces of the electrolyte layer 9, and an second electrode layer 10 on the other. The second electrode layer 10 contains a plurality of pores, and the pore size distribution observed at a section of the second electrode layer has at least three peaks (a first peak pl, a second peak p2 and a third peak p3). This structure leads to a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Toru NAKAYAMA, Tetsuaki OZAKI, Norimitsu FUKAMI
  • Patent number: 11450859
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power. [Solution] A cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte layer 9, a fuel electrode layer 8 on one of the main surfaces of the electrolyte layer 9, and an oxygen electrode layer 10 on the other. The oxygen electrode layer 10 contains a plurality of pores, and the pore size distribution observed at a section of the oxygen electrode layer has at least three peaks (a first peak p1, a second peak p2 and a third peak p3). This structure leads to a cell, a cell stack, an electrochemical module and an electrochemical apparatus that can suppress decrease in output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Tetsuaki Ozaki, Norimitsu Fukami
  • Patent number: 11428342
    Abstract: In a vacuum ejector provided with a seal valve mechanism between a vacuum generation mechanism and a break flow path, the seal valve mechanism includes a valve plug that is biased toward a sealing opening from the break flow path side to block the seal opening, and is configured to open the seal opening by moving the valve plug away from the seal opening using a piston portion that operates according to supply air supplied from the vacuum generation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Koji Sugano, Yasuhiro Ushijima
  • Patent number: 11413725
    Abstract: A vacuum pad suctions a workpiece by utilizing a vacuum pressure, and includes a support member having a vacuum passage inside, a bellows secured to the support member, and a restriction member attached to an inner side of the bellows. When the bellows is contracted, the restriction member comes into the vacuum passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Toru Sugiyama, Noriyuki Miyazaki, Masaru Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20220089382
    Abstract: In a vacuum ejector provided with a seal valve mechanism between a vacuum generation mechanism and a break flow path, the seal valve mechanism includes a valve plug that is biased toward a sealing opening from the break flow path side to block the seal opening, and is configured to open the seal opening by moving the valve plug away from the seal opening using a piston portion that operates according to supply air supplied from the vacuum generation mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru NAKAYAMA, Koji SUGANO, Yasuhiro USHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 11266280
    Abstract: A needle screw fitted to a compressed fluid supply part that is provided on a nozzle main body of a dust removing device adjusts the jet flow rate of a first compressed fluid from a jet nozzle by adjusting the flow path area of a first fluid supply path. Meanwhile, the suction flow rate of a second compressed fluid to be discharged into a discharge flow path is adjusted by adjusting the flow path area of a second fluid supply path by turning a nozzle main body-side adjustment screw that is provided on the nozzle main body and a suction nozzle-side adjustment screw that is provided on a suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Ohtsu, Toru Nakayama, Shigeyuki Eguchi, Koichi Konno, Junichi Inaba, Akio Saitoh, Koji Sugano, Yosuke Shirai, Masayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11236365
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which can increase natural rubber production by enhancing the rubber synthesis activity of rubber particles. The present invention provides methods for producing a polyisoprenoid using a gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein, a gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor (NgBR) family protein and a gene coding for a rubber elongation factor (REF) family protein, specifically a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro using rubber particles bound to proteins coded for by these genes, and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vivo using a recombinant organism (plant) having these genes introduced therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yukino Inoue, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Kazuhisa Fushihara, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Toru Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11225889
    Abstract: A silencer is equipped with a hollow tubular portion in which a discharge flow passage is formed that communicates on one end side thereof with a discharge port of a fluid pressure device (ejector) through which a pressure fluid is discharged, a cap member attached to another end part of the tubular portion, a sound absorbing member attached to an inner wall surface of the tubular portion, and a plurality of discharge ports adapted to discharge the pressure fluid, which has passed through the discharge flow passage in an axial direction of the tubular portion, in radial directions perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Koji Sugano, Masayuki Enomoto, Masayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D967219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Toru Sugiyama, Masaru Saitoh, Hiroaki Saka