Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Ishida
Toshihiko Ishida 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: 20130012459Abstract: A composition for inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis is characterized by comprising D-psicose as an active ingredient for an antiatherogenic action. The antiatherogenic action as described above includes an action of inhibiting or reducing the expression of a chemokine or a cytokine related to arteriosclerosis in vivo and an action of promoting the expression of a receptor involved in the improvement of arteriosclerosis without affecting the expression of an arteriosclerosis inducer. This composition is used in the form of a product selected from the group consisting of sweeteners, seasonings, food additives, food materials, foods and drinks, health foods and drinks, drugs, quasi drugs and feeds blended with D-psicose and/or its derivative and/or a mixture thereof as the active ingredient. The method of inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis is a method of using the above composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaaki Tokuda, Kouji Murao, Toshihiko Ishida, Ken Izumori
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Patent number: 8336259Abstract: A vehicle door opening/closing apparatus includes a drum unit disposed on the side of one face of an inner panel constituting a vehicle door and including a take-up drum capable of taking up a length of cable disposed between the vehicle and the vehicle door, a drive unit disposed on the side of the other face of the inner panel and configured to drive the take-up drum, a power transmission mechanism configured for transmitting a rotational drive force of the drive unit to the take-up drum, with allowing engagement and disengagement between take-up drum and the drive unit, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the drive unit to the drum unit, with the inner panel being clamped there between.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Katsuhisa Yamada, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Tsuyoshi Kamiya, Shinji Kazama
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Publication number: 20120261894Abstract: A step unit comprises: a step member which is provided on the vehicle body side so as to be adjacent to a slide door of the vehicle and has a flat plate section on which an occupant's foot is placed; and a drive device which is affixed to the step member and drives the slide door to open and close the slide door. The step member is molded using a resin material and has a accommodation portion which is provided with a bottom formed below the upper surface of the flat plate section. The drive device is affixed while at least a part thereof is accommodated within the accommodation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Shigeyuki Miyazaki, Shin Sakai, Seiichi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120241212Abstract: Provided is a wiring holding structure, wherein wiring for electrically connecting a vehicle body to the vehicle sliding door is held in the vehicle body. The wiring holding structure comprises a step member provided adjacent to the vehicle sliding door and a holding portion for holding the wiring. The step member is molded of plastic material. The holding portion is for holding the wiring. The holding portion comprises a first holding portion integrally molded onto the step member; and a second holding member that is fixed to face the first holding section. The second holding member holds the wiring together with the first holding portion. The number of components necessary for the wiring holding structure can thereby be reduced, and the size of the wiring holding structure is made more compact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Shigeyuki Miyazaki, Shin Sakai
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Publication number: 20120222914Abstract: A step unit includes: a step member which is provided with a pair of lower rails extending in an opening and closing direction of a slide door of the vehicle; and a rail plate member which is provided to a cutout formed in a part of either of the lower rails and which continuously connects the lower rails in the opening and closing direction. The step member is molded using a resin material and is provided with an insertion hole which vertically penetrates through the step member at a position corresponding to the cutout; and a support extension section which is extended from a side end of the cutout of the lower rail. The rail plate member is mounted to the step member by being inserted so as to penetrate through the insertion hole from above the step member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20120204663Abstract: A vehicle door driving apparatus includes a driving mechanism fixed to a vehicle door and including a motor and a drum rotationally driven by the motor. A rope member is wound around the drum and linked to the vehicle body, and rotation of the drum is transmitted to the vehicle body by the rope member to open and close the vehicle door. The driving mechanism includes: a first small-diameter gear linked to the rotary axis of the motor to rotate together with the rotary shaft of the motor; a transmission gear rotatable around the axis extending in the vehicle width direction; a sun gear rotatable around such axis; a ring gear disposed on the same axis as the sun gear; and a carrier having a planet gear engaging the sun gear and the ring gear, and linked to the drum so that the carrier rotates together with the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Masayoshi Yasuhara
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Patent number: 8217543Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch includes a motor, a worm wheel rotatably driven by a motor, a rotor having an electromagnetic coil and rotatable about a same rotational axis as the worm wheel, an armature that is mounted to the worm wheel and is pulled into contact with the rotor upon application of electric power to the electromagnetic coil, so that the armature is rotated with the rotor, a cover member configured to cover the rotor and the armature, and a power supply mechanism disposed between the cover member and the rotor and connected to a power source for supplying power to the electromagnetic coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Naoya Oku
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Patent number: 8125105Abstract: A power supply device comprises a bidirectional voltage converter unit that performs voltage stepping up or voltage stepping down between a first terminal and a second terminal; a first switching unit that applies a DC voltage obtained from the first electric power supply source to the first terminal; a second switching unit that applies a DC voltage obtained from the second electric power supply source to the first terminal; a third switching unit that applies a DC voltage obtained from the first electric power supply source to the second terminal; an output unit that outputs a predetermined DC voltage from the second terminal; and a switching control unit that controls switching of the first switching unit, the second switching unit and the third switching unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Toshihiro Kimura, Tetsuhiro Doi
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Patent number: 8025734Abstract: A molecular beam source for use in thin-film accumulation, which enables the adjustment of the volume of a molecular beam, which is discharged per hour by using a needle valve, to be constant irrespective of a decrease in a thin-film element-forming material remaining within a crucible, contains heaters 32 and 42 for heating the thin-film element-forming materials “a” and “b” within crucibles 31 and 41, and valves 33 and 43 for adjusting the volumes to be discharged of molecules of the thin-film element forming materials “a” and “b”, which are generated within the crucibles 31 and 41. It further contains a controller for adjusting the opening of the valves 33 and 43 by servomotors 36 and 46 through feeding back information relating to the volumes of the molecular beams.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Choshu Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kobayashi, Toshihiko Ishida
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Publication number: 20110227436Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch includes a motor, a worm wheel rotatably driven by a motor, a rotor having an electromagnetic coil and rotatable about a same rotational axis as the worm wheel, an armature that is mounted to the worm wheel and is pulled into contact with the rotor upon application of electric power to the electromagnetic coil, so that the armature is rotated with the rotor, a cover member configured to cover the rotor and the armature, and a power supply mechanism disposed between the cover member and the rotor and connected to a power source for supplying power to the electromagnetic coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Naoya Oku
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Patent number: 8011488Abstract: Brushes (20, 21) which come into slidable contact with slip rings (23, 24) having power feeding terminals (51, 53) electrically connected to a power feeding side include extending portions (32, 36) extending in the radial direction of a field core (3). These extending portions (32, 36) are bent in a direction away from a coil bobbin (12). The third bent portions (32c, 36c) located at the ends of the extending portions are electrically connected to the terminal portions (10d) of coil terminals. An outer diameter R1 of a mounting recess portion (3a) which stores a power feeding device (5) of the field core (3) is smaller than an inner diameter R2 of the coil bobbin (12). This makes it possible to position the mounting recess portion (3a) at a distance H from the coil bobbin (12) in the field core (3) in the arrow A direction, thereby reducing the size of the rotating coil type electromagnetic clutch (1) in the arrow A-B direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignees: Ogura Clutch Co., Ltd., Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Masao Imamura, Satoshi Hayashi, Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20110139569Abstract: Brushes (20, 21) which come into slidable contact with slip rings (23, 24) having power feeding terminals (51, 53) electrically connected to a power feeding side include extending portions (32, 36) extending in the radial direction of a field core (3). These extending portions (32, 36) are bent in a direction away from a coil bobbin (12). The third bent portions (32c, 36c) located at the ends of the extending portions are electrically connected to the terminal portions (10d) of coil terminals. An outer diameter R1 of a mounting recess portion (3a) which stores a power feeding device (5) of the field core (3) is smaller than an inner diameter R2 of the coil bobbin (12). This makes it possible to position the mounting recess portion (3a) at a distance H from the coil bobbin (12) in the field core (3) in the arrow A direction, thereby reducing the size of the rotating coil type electromagnetic clutch (1) in the arrow A-B direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Massao Imamura, Satoshi Hayashi, Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20110121693Abstract: A driving device includes a first rotating member, an armature member being movable and rotatable together with, a second rotating member being rotatable relative to the armature member, a magnetic force generating portion for generating a magnetic force for attracting the armature member toward the second rotating member in order to establish a connection between the armature member and the second rotating member so as to be integrally rotatable, a sensor magnet fixed to the second rotating member, a sensor provided for detecting a change of the magnetic field and a fixing member formed with a first claw portion engaged with the second rotating member and a second claw portion engaged with the sensor magnet while being press-fitted thereto in a radial direction thereof, wherein the sensor magnet is fixed to the second rotating member by means of the fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko ISHIDA, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Shigeyuki Miyazaki, Shin Sakai
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Publication number: 20110112043Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY, MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken Izumori, Masaaki Tokuda, Toshifumi Itano, Osamu Miyamoto, Toshihiko Ishida, Koji Murao, Taizo Tasaka, Gan Muneuchi, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Terukazu Tanaka, Masaaki Ueki, Kazuyuki Hirooka, Tomohiko Taminato, Mohammad Akram Hossain, Keiji Tsusaki, Takeo Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Nagata, Yutaka Ishida
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Patent number: 7906487Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignees: Fushimi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Kagawa University, Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku KenkyujoInventors: Ken Izumori, Masaaki Tokuda, Toshifumi Itano, Osamu Miyamoto, Toshihiko Ishida, Koji Murao, Taizo Tasaka, Gan Muneuchi, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Terukazu Tanaka, Masaaki Ueki, Kazuyuki Hirooka, Tomohiko Taminato, Mohammad Akram Hossain, Keiji Tsusaki, Takeo Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Nagata, Yutaka Ishida
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Publication number: 20110011697Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch that can be easily miniaturized in a direction of a rotational axis of the clutch comprises a driven gear adapted to be rotatably driven by a motor; a rotor rotatable with the rotational axis that is shared with the driven gear and having an electromagnetic coil provided at one end thereof along the rotational axis; an armature mounted between the driven gear and the rotor to be rotatable in unison with the driven gear, and attracted by the rotor when current is applied to the electromagnetic coil; a clutch case accommodating the driven gear, the rotor and the armature therein; a pair of slip rings mounted on one of the rotor at a region adjacent the clutch case that faces away from the armature, and the clutch case at a region adjacent the rotor; the pair of slip rings being coaxial with the rotational axis and having different radii; and a pair of brush elements mounted on the other of the rotor and the clutch case to come into contact with the pair of slip rings from a radial direType: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Naoya Oku
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Publication number: 20100251619Abstract: A vehicle door opening/closing apparatus includes a drum unit disposed on the side of one face of an inner panel constituting a vehicle door and including a take-up drum capable of taking up a length of cable disposed between the vehicle and the vehicle door, a drive unit disposed on the side of the other face of the inner panel and configured to drive the take-up drum, a power transmission mechanism configured for transmitting a rotational drive force of the drive unit to the take-up drum, with allowing engagement and disengagement between take-up drum and the drive unit, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the drive unit to the drum unit, with the inner panel being clamped therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Katsuhisa Yamada, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Tsuyoshi Kamiya, Shinji Kazama
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Publication number: 20100222284Abstract: [Object] To provide a composition for inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis by using a rare sugar D-psicose and a method of inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis. [Means for Resolution] The composition for inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis is characterized by comprising D-psicose as an active ingredient for an antiatherogenic action. The antiatherogenic action as described above includes an action of inhibiting or reducing the expression of a chemokine or a cytokine related to arteriosclerosis in vivo and an action of promoting the expression of a receptor involved in the improvement of arteriosclerosis without affecting the expression of an arteriosclerosis inducer. This composition is used in the form of a product selected from the group consisting of sweeteners, seasonings, food additives, food materials, foods and drinks, health foods and drinks, drugs, quasi drugs and feeds blended with D-psicose and/or its derivative and/or a mixture thereof as the active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY, MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki TOKUDA, Kouji MURAO, Toshihiko ISHIDA, Ken IZUMORI
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Publication number: 20100199567Abstract: A vehicle door opening/closing apparatus includes a rail for a sliding door fixed to the outside of a vehicle cabin and extending along a front-back direction of the vehicle, a support member for supporting the sliding door and movable along the rail, first and second pulleys supported respectively to opposed longitudinal ends of the rail, a cable turned around by the first and second pulleys and retained to the support member, thus being arranged in the form of a loop and a drive unit for rotatably supporting a drive wheel around which the cable is wound and configured for moving the support member back and forth according to a rotational direction of the drive wheel, the drive unit being fixed to the side of vehicle cabin. The drive unit is supported to the rail such that the drive unit is pivotable between a first posture where the drive unit projects relative to an attaching face of the rail to be attached to a vehicle body and a second posture where the drive unit is disposed along said attaching face.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Naoya Oku
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Publication number: 20100170434Abstract: A molecular beam source for use in thin-film accumulation, which enables the adjustment of the volume of a molecular beam, which is discharged per hour by using a needle valve, to be constant irrespective of a decrease in a thin-film element-forming material remaining within a crucible, contains heaters 32 and 42 for heating the thin-film element-forming materials “a” and “b” within crucibles 31 and 41, and valves 33 and 43 for adjusting the volumes to be discharged of molecules of the thin-film element forming materials “a” and “b”, which are generated within the crucibles 31 and 41.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Osamu Kobayashi, Toshihiko Ishida