Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Murai

Toshiaki Murai 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: 8517561
    Abstract: An optical member of a strobe device includes a first incident face receiving a main beam radiated forward from a light transparent section, a pair of second incident faces receiving a complementary beam radiated forward and obliquely from the light transparent section, a pair of total reflection faces for reflecting totally and forwardly the complementary beam coming from the second incident faces, and a beam-emitting face through which the main beam and the complementary beam go outward. Each of the pair of total reflection faces is formed of a curved face, and two tangential lines to the curved faces at starting points located on a discharge tube side cross each other at an intersection point behind the center of the discharge tube and yet in front of the outer peripheral face of the glass tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120326515
    Abstract: An electric power receiving device according to the invention receives an electric power from a primary coil, with which a first alternating voltage is applied and through which a first alternate current flows. The device includes an electric power receiving section and a reducing-voltage generating section. The receiving section includes a secondary coil electromagnetically coupled to the primary coil and a capacitor connected to the secondary coil, and generates a second alternating voltage based upon the first alternating current. The generating section generates a reducing-voltage and applies the reducing-voltage to the receiving section, the reducing-voltage being capable of reducing a reactance voltage generated in the receiving section by a second alternating current generated in the receiving section due to the second alternating voltage, and the reducing-voltage being approximately equal to the second alternating voltage in frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Toshiaki Murai, Daisuke Shimode, Tadashi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20120293060
    Abstract: A discharge tube includes a reflective film formed on an outer periphery of a cylindrical glass bulb by metal deposition. The reflective film is deposited in a range of 240° or more in the circumferential direction, and the range being larger in a center part than at each end in the axial direction. A stroboscopic device is equipped with this discharge tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Ogino, Hisashi Dejima, Toshiaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120257372
    Abstract: A strobe device includes a discharge tube having a light transparent section and an optical member disposed in front of the light transparent section. The optical member includes a first incident face receiving a main beam radiated forward from the light transparent section, a pair of second incident faces receiving a complementary beam radiated forward and obliquely from the light transparent section, a pair of total reflection faces for reflecting totally and forwardly the complementary beam coming from the second incident faces, and an beam-emitting face through which the main beam and the complementary beam go outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120212949
    Abstract: A strobe device includes an electric discharge tube and a reflection member. The reflection member has an inner peripheral surface formed by a curved line in cross section orthogonal to a direction of the axis of the electric discharge tube so that a space therein expands toward an exit opening from an entrance opening, and two lines tangent to the inner peripheral surface at end points of the entrance opening of the reflection member intersect with each other at a point on a rear side of the axis of the electric discharge tube and on a front side of an exterior surface of a glass bulb that forms the electric discharge tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120154098
    Abstract: A transformer includes a primary coil, a secondary coil, and a core. The core is to be used in combination with the primary coil or the secondary coil, and includes a conductor storage part and a central part. The conductor storage part is a concave recess formed in an annular manner and configured to store a conductor of the coil therein. The central part is a region inward from the conductor when the core is used in combination with the coil. The central part has a recessed shape having an opening that opens toward a direction opposite to a direction of an opening of the concave recess. The central part has an end, at a side opposite to a side of the opening of the central part, which is generally flat so as to be contiguous with an inner opening edge of the conductor storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Daisuke SHIMODE, Toshiaki MURAI, Tadashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20120019119
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a glass bulb and a reflective film formed in a region having an angle of at least 230° on an outer peripheral surface of the glass bulb. The light emitting device can obtain the reflective film having a sufficient film thickness in a wide region on an outer peripheral surface of an electric discharge tube and has a uniform light intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Ogino, Kiyoshi Tsutsumi, Toshiaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20110319616
    Abstract: An object is to provide a thiazole derivative produced from easily available raw materials by a simplified production process. Provided are a process for producing a novel thiazole derivative represented by the general formula (I), which is characterized by adding a strong base to a thioamide represented by the general formula (II) and reacting the mixture with a thioformamide represented by the general formula (III), and a novel thiazole derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: GIFU UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Toshiaki Murai
  • Patent number: 7060855
    Abstract: An asymmetric phosphinoselenoic chloride of the present invention is represented by the general formula: wherein Ar represents an aryl group and R represents an aryl group, an alkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group. The asymmetric phosphinoselenoic chloride is a novel compound and is useful as synthetic raw materials, agricultural chemicals, pharmaceutical products and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Gifu University
    Inventors: Toshiaki Murai, Tsutomu Kimura
  • Patent number: 6958419
    Abstract: An alkynyl S,N-acetal derivative of the present invention is represented by the following structural formula: In the structural formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, a silyl group, or an alkynyl group; each of R2 and R3 represents an alkyl group or an allyl group; and R4 represents an alkyl group. The alkynyl S,N-acetal derivative, which is a novel compound, is useful as a raw material of propargylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Gifu University
    Inventors: Toshiaki Murai, Yuichiro Mutoh
  • Publication number: 20040260124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for easily producing a tertiary amine with high yield. A tertiary amine represented by general formula (1) is produced by adding a metal-containing reagent represented by general formula (6) into a reaction system consisting of thioamide represented by general formula (4), a methylating agent represented by general formula (5) and a solvent, and then adding thereto a Grignard reagent represented by general formula (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiaki Murai, Masahiro Murakami, Yuichiro Mutoh, Yukiyasu Ohta
  • Publication number: 20040167356
    Abstract: An asymmetric phosphinoselenoic chloride of the present invention is represented by the general formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Gifu University
    Inventors: Toshiaki Murai, Tsutomu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20040167346
    Abstract: An alkynyl S,N-acetal derivative of the present invention is represented by the following structural formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Gifu University
    Inventors: Toshiaki Murai, Yuichiro Mutoh
  • Publication number: 20040004179
    Abstract: A temperature compensating circuit includes a first circuit network 1 between an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier 13 and an output terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and a second circuit network 2 between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 13 and a reference potential. At least one of the first circuit network and the second circuit network is made of an arrangement containing a plurality of series-connected thermistor/resistor pairs in which the thermistors are connected parallel to the resistors, and the temperature compensating circuit compensates a temperature-dependent signal which is inputted into a positive phase input terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and outputs the temperature-compensated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayami, Tadaaki Fujii, Tomonao Kikuchi, Tadashi Hatano, Yasuhiro Yamada, Takayuki Nakao, Tomoaki Shimotsu, Toshiaki Murai, Tohru Oyama, Hidehiro Ikeuchi, Masayuki Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 6603110
    Abstract: A temperature compensating circuit includes a first circuit network 1 between an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier 13 and an output terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and a second circuit network 2 between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 13 and a reference potential. At least one of the first circuit network and the second circuit network is made of an arrangement containing a plurality of series-connected thermistor/resistor pairs in which the thermistors are connected parallel to the resistors, and the temperature compensating circuit compensates a temperature-dependent signal which is inputted into a positive phase input terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and outputs the temperature-compensated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Communication System, Inc., Hitachi Video and Information System, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayami, Tadaaki Fujii, Tomonao Kikuchi, Tadashi Hatano, Yasuhiro Yamada, Takayuki Nakao, Tomoaki Shimotsu, Toshiaki Murai, Tohru Oyama, Hidehiro Ikeuchi, Masayuki Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20030029991
    Abstract: A temperature compensating circuit includes a first circuit network 1 between an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier 13 and an output terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and a second circuit network 2 between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 13 and a reference potential. At least one of the first circuit network and the second circuit network is made of an arrangement containing a plurality of series-connected thermistor/resistor pairs in which the thermistors are connected parallel to the resistors, and the temperature compensating circuit compensates a temperature-dependent signal which is inputted into a positive phase input terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and outputs the temperature-compensated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayami, Tadaaki Fujii, Tomonao Kikuchi, Tadashi Hatano, Yasuhiro Yamada, Takayuki Nakao, Tomoaki Shimotsu, Toshiaki Murai, Tohru Oyama, Hidehiro Ikeuchi, Masayuki Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 6426495
    Abstract: A temperature compensating circuit includes a first circuit network 1 between an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier 13 and an output terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and a second circuit network 2 between the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 13 and a reference potential. At least one of the first circuit network and the second circuit network is made of an arrangement containing a plurality of series-connected thermistor/resistor pairs in which the thermistors are connected parallel to the resistors, and the temperature compensating circuit compensates a temperature-dependent signal which is inputted into a positive phase input terminal of the operational amplifier 13, and outputs the temperature-compensated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Communication System, Inc., Hitachi Video and Information System, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayami, Tadaaki Fujii, Tomonao Kikuchi, Tadashi Hatano, Yasuhiro Yamada, Takayuki Nakao, Tomoaki Shimotsu, Toshiaki Murai, Tohru Oyama, Hidehiro Ikeuchi, Masayuki Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 5812946
    Abstract: A cordless telephone system includes one base station and at least one personal station. Each station includes an abbreviated dial memory for storing abbreviated dial data, a control unit for controlling the telecommunication device, an abbreviated dial transfer unit for selectively transmitting in radio the abbreviated dial data stored in the abbreviated dial memory to another telecommunication device, and a unit for receiving abbreviated dial data transmitted from another telecommunication device and writing the abbreviated dial data into the abbreviated dial memory. By using an empty channel of communication in progress or a control channel which can be freely used by a user, abbreviated dial data are transferred between stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumie Nakabayashi, Toshiaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5657697
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coil of a magnetic levitation apparatus for supporting a moving body without contact by utilizing electromagnetic force produced by electromagnetic induction. Upper and lower stages of a two-stage induction coil arranged vertically with respect to the direction of travel of the moving body are connected so as to have mutually opposing orientations and are arranged in an asymmetrical figure-eight structure in which the heights or the numbers of turns of the upper and lower stages of the induction coil differ from each other. A guidance force large enough to offset lateral displacement of the moving body is produced, generation of a moment in the rolling direction of the moving body is reduced and non-contact support of the moving body in a region of lower velocities is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Railway Technical Research Institute
    Inventor: Toshiaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5587463
    Abstract: The present invention involves a novel tripyrrole dimethine-derived "expanded porphyrin" (texaphyrin), the synthesis of such compounds, their analogs or derivatives and their uses. These expanded porphyrin-like macrocycles are efficient chelators of divalent and trivalent metal ions. Metal complexes of these compounds are active as photosensitizers for the generation of singlet oxygen and thus potentially for inactivation or destruction of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), mononuclear or other cells infected with such virus and tumor cells as well. A variety of texaphyrin derivatives have been produced and many more are readily obtainable. Various metal (e.g., transition, main group, and lanthanide) complexes with the texaphyrin and texaphyrin derivatives of the present invention have unusual water solubility and stability which render them particularly useful. These metallotexaphyrin complexes have optical properties making them unique as compared to existing porphyrin-like or other macrocycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Sessler, Gregory W. Hemmi, Toshiaki Murai