Patents by Inventor Toru Yamanaka

Toru Yamanaka 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).

  • Patent number: 11925046
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device including an organic light-emitting element and a control unit that controls the organic light-emitting element. The organic light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in which separation of charges occurs due to incidence of excited light. The control unit changes a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode so that recoupling of the charges occurs, in a second period after passage of a delay period from a first period in which the excited light is incident to the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Hajime Nakanotani, Takahiko Yamanaka, Shigeo Hara, Toru Hirohata
  • Patent number: 9096269
    Abstract: A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukitane Kimoto, Toshihide Sekido, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Toru Yamanaka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Takao Sano, Hiroki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9057065
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20140030707
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8592569
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20130249242
    Abstract: A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukitane Kimoto, Toshihide Sekido, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Toru Yamanaka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Takao Sano, Hiroki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8097685
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hyperbranched-polyester comprising at least one kind of a structural unit selected from an aromatic oxycarbonyl unit (P), aromatic and/or aliphatic dioxy units (Q), and an aromatic dicarboxy unit (R), and a trifunctional or higher polyfunctional organic residue (B), wherein the content of B is within a range from 7.5 to 50 mol % based on entire monomers constituting the hyperbranched-polyester. The present invention provides a hyperbranched-polyester which can remarkably improve thin-wall flowability, stiffness and gas barrier property by blending with a thermoplastic resin, and a thermoplastic resin composition blended with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tachikawa, Makito Yokoe, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Makiko Saito, Hideo Matsuoka, Toru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 7914699
    Abstract: A liquid crystal resin comprises structural units derived from at least two types of aromatic diols. The liquid crystal resin generates 100 ppm or less of acetic acid gas, less than 20 ppm of phenol gas, and less than 100 ppm of carbon dioxide gas when the liquid crystal resin is retained at a melting point +10° C. (or at 335° C. when the melting point is less than 325° C.) for 30 minutes in a helium gas atmosphere. The present invention provides a liquid crystal resin or a composition containing this resin by which metal corrosion, clouding of glass, bulging of molded articles, and the like are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tachikawa, Satoshi Matsubara, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20100323356
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20100048777
    Abstract: A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes (A) a polyphenylene sulfide resin containing (a1) an oxidatively crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide resin with a non-Newtonian viscosity index of 1.15 to less than 1.30 and a melt viscosity of 20 Pa·s to less than 40 Pa·s at 300° C. and 1216 second?1, and (a2) an oxidatively crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide resin with a non-Newtonian viscosity index of 1.30 to less than 1.45 and a melt viscosity of 40 Pa·s to less than 60 Pa·s at 300° C. and 1216 second?1; (B) a fiber reinforcement; and (C) a non-fiber reinforcement is excellent in the resistance against chemicals such as fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumi Kodama, Takashi Sugata, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20090118417
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hyperbranched-polyester comprising at least one kind of a structural unit selected from an aromatic oxycarbonyl unit (P), aromatic and/or aliphatic dioxy units (Q), and an aromatic dicarboxy unit (R), and a trifunctional or higher polyfunctional organic residue (B), wherein the content of B is within a range from 7.5 to 50 mol % based on entire monomers constituting the hyperbranched-polyester. The present invention provides a hyperbranched-polyester which can remarkably improve thin-wall flowability, stiffness and gas barrier property by blending with a thermoplastic resin, and a thermoplastic resin composition blended with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Tachikawa, Makito Yokoe, Mitsushige Hamaguchi, Makiko Saito, Hideo Matsuoka, Toru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 7462671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition which contains a thermoplastic polymer (A) containing a glutaric anhydride-containing component shown in the following general formula (1), where R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a rubber-containing polymer compound (B), and satisfies the following conditions of (I) and/or (II), (I) a total light transmittance per 2 mm of the thickness of the thermoplastic resin composition is more than 90%, (II) a weight-average molecular weight of a thermoplastic polymer (A) is from 30,000 to 150,000 and a glass transition temperature is at least 130° C. According to the present invention, a thermoplastic composition having high heat resistance, superior mechanical properties, colorless transparency, optical isotropy and moldability, as well as solvent resistance, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsumoto, Daisuke Sato, Akiko Tanaka, Toru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 7348387
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer containing glutaric anhydride units of the following general formula (1) and having an absorbance at a wavelength of 280 nm of at most 0.5 (the absorbance is a value of the polymer film having a thickness of 100 ?m, measured with a UV-visible spectrophotometer) and a glass transition temperature of not lower than 130° C. has high-level colorless transparency and good heat resistance, moldability and dwell stability. wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsumoto, Akiko Tanaka, Daisuke Yamamoto, Daisuke Sato, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20070243376
    Abstract: A liquid crystal resin comprises structural units derived from at least two types of aromatic diols. The liquid crystal resin generates 100 ppm or less of acetic acid gas, less than 20 ppm of phenol gas, and less than 100 ppm of carbon dioxide gas when the liquid crystal resin is retained at a melting point +10° C. (or at 335° C. when the melting point is less than 325° C.) for 30 minutes in a helium gas atmosphere. The present invention provides a liquid crystal resin or a composition containing this resin by which metal corrosion, clouding of glass, bulging of molded articles, and the like are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tachikawa, Satoshi Matsubara, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20060100391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition which contains a thermoplastic polymer (A) containing a glutaric anhydride-containing component shown in the following general formula (1), where R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a rubber-containing polymer compound (B), and satisfies the following conditions of (I) and/or (II), (I) a total light transmittance per 2 mm of the thickness of the thermoplastic resin composition is more than 90%, (II) a weight-average molecular weight of a thermoplastic polymer (A) is from 30,000 to 150,000 and a glass transition temperature is at least 130° C. According to the present invention, a thermoplastic composition having high heat resistance, superior mechanical properties, colorless transparency, optical isotropy and moldability, as well as solvent resistance, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Matsumoto, Daisuke Sato, Akiko Tanaka, Toru Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20050119418
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer containing glutaric anhydride units of the following general formula (1) and having an absorbance at a wavelength of 280 nm of at most 0.5 (the absorbance is a value of the polymer film having a thickness of 100 ?m, measured with a UV-visible spectrophotometer) and a glass transition temperature of not lower than 130° C. has high-level colorless transparency and good heat resistance, moldability and dwell stability. wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Matsumoto, Akiko Tanaka, Daisuke Yamamoto, Daisuke Sato, Toru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6605655
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition comprising a melt blend of (A) a polyamide resin, (B) a phyllosilicate, and (C) an olefin compound having a carboxylic acid anhydride group in the molecule or a polymer of the olefin compound, in which the phyllosilicate (B) has a reactive functional group bonded thereto and is such that the exchangeable metal ions existing in the inter layers are ion-exchanged with organic onium ions. The composition has a reduced inorganic ash content and has both high stiffness and high ductility. Optionally, the composition contains an inorganic filler apart from the phyllosilicate, an impact modifier, and a flame retardant, still having high stiffness and high ductility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Koya Kato, Toru Nishimura, Toru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: D677067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward
  • Patent number: D687740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward
  • Patent number: D718199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward