Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Shirai

Toshiyuki Shirai 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: 20230209696
    Abstract: Disclosed a particle accelerator that accelerates a charged particle beam while circulating the charged particle beam as a circulating beam and outputs some of the circulating beam as an output beam, the particle accelerator including: a first deflection section and a second deflection sections each having a deflection electromagnet; a first straight section, a second straight section, and third straight section each not having the deflection electromagnet; and a control unit, wherein a preceding output deflector of the first straight section deflects some of the circulating beam toward an inner side of a circulating trajectory of the circulating beam to separate the some of the circulating beam as an output beam, wherein a succeeding output deflector of the third straight section deflects the output beam separated from the circulating beam by the preceding output deflector toward an outer side of the circulating trajectory of the circulating beam, and wherein the control unit controls at least the quadrupole
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kota Mizushima, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 11685458
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including left and right seat frames respectively located leftward and rightward of a vehicle center plane with respect to a rear-to-front direction, a cross member configured to connect the left and right seat frames, a seat located above the left and right seat frames and the cross member, a rear fender, and a position regulator joining the seat with the rear fender to regulate upward movement of the seat. The seat includes a first load transmitting portion and a first horizontal position determining portion. The cross member includes a load receiver configured to receive a load of the seat, and a second horizontal position determining portion configured to restrict movement of the seat in a substantially horizontal direction. The position regulator includes an elastic member supported by the seat, a coupling portion supported by the elastic member, and a fastening portion configured to fasten the coupling portion to the rear fender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Fujimori, Shidehiko Miyashiro, Toshiyuki Shirai, Yuya Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11628899
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including a cross member connecting right and left seat frames, a seat above the cross member and right and left seat frames, left and right side covers, a rear fender, an intake passage formed below the seat, between the left and right side covers and above the rear fender, an air cleaner located in a front part of the intake passage, left and right inlet ports located in a rear part of the intake passage, first and second fastening portions respectively fastening the right and left side cover to the right and left seat frames or to the rear fender. In a rear view of the vehicle, the cross member is convex upward and does not overlap the right or left inlet port, and the first and second fastening portions are located outside the intake passage, or are located inside the intake passage but does not overlap the right or left inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Akimoto, Shidehiko Miyashiro, Toshiyuki Shirai, Yuya Ozaki, Kaori Kubo
  • Publication number: 20210245825
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including left and right seat frames respectively located leftward and rightward of a vehicle center plane with respect to a rear-to-front direction, a cross member configured to connect the left and right seat frames, a seat located above the left and right seat frames and the cross member, a rear fender, and a position regulator joining the seat with the rear fender to regulate upward movement of the seat. The seat includes a first load transmitting portion and a first horizontal position determining portion. The cross member includes a load receiver configured to receive a load of the seat, and a second horizontal position determining portion configured to restrict movement of the seat in a substantially horizontal direction. The position regulator includes an elastic member supported by the seat, a coupling portion supported by the elastic member, and a fastening portion configured to fasten the coupling portion to the rear fender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya FUJIMORI, Shidehiko MIYASHIRO, Toshiyuki SHIRAI, Yuya OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210245826
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including a cross member connecting right and left seat frames, a seat above the cross member and right and left seat frames, left and right side covers, a rear fender, an intake passage formed below the seat, between the left and right side covers and above the rear fender, an air cleaner located in a front part of the intake passage, left and right inlet ports located in a rear part of the intake passage, first and second fastening portions respectively fastening the right and left side cover to the right and left seat frames or to the rear fender. In a rear view of the vehicle, the cross member is convex upward and does not overlap the right or left inlet port, and the first and second fastening portions are located outside the intake passage, or are located inside the intake passage but does not overlap the right or left inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru AKIMOTO, Shidehiko MIYASHIRO, Toshiyuki SHIRAI, Yuya OZAKI, Kaori KUBO
  • Patent number: 9795807
    Abstract: A planning apparatus (70) determines irradiation parameter data (67) for a charged particle irradiation system (1), which radiates charged particles generated by an ion source (2) to a target (80) by accelerating the charged particles by means of a linear accelerator (4) and a synchrotron (5). The planning apparatus is provided with: a planning program (73), which determines the irradiation parameter data (67) with respect to one target (80) by combining charged particles of a plurality of kinds of ion species; and a CPU (71) for executing the planning program. Consequently, the irradiation planning apparatus capable of performing irradiation with desirable dose distribution with respect to the target, the irradiation planning program, an irradiation plan determining method, and the charged particle irradiation system are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR QUANTUM AND RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Taku Inaniwa, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Takuji Furukawa, Toshiyuki Shirai, Koji Noda
  • Publication number: 20150133714
    Abstract: A planning apparatus (70) determines irradiation parameter data (67) for a charged particle irradiation system (1), which radiates charged particles generated by an ion source (2) to a target (80) by accelerating the charged particles by means of a linear accelerator (4) and a synchrotron (5). The planning apparatus is provided with: a planning program (73), which determines the irradiation parameter data (67) with respect to one target (80) by combining charged particles of a plurality of kinds of ion species; and a CPU (71) for executing the planning program. Consequently, the irradiation planning apparatus capable of performing irradiation with desirable dose distribution with respect to the target, the irradiation planning program, an irradiation plan determining method, and the charged particle irradiation system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Taku Inaniwa, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Takuji Furukawa, Toshiyuki Shirai, Koji Noda
  • Patent number: 8106366
    Abstract: Provided are an ion beam control apparatus and a control method for controlling an ion beam energy expansion level and an ion beam size in a radial direction. An ion beam control apparatus Sa is provided with an ion beam generating unit 2, and an ion beam control unit 1a in which a generated ion beam (IB) is input and controlled to be output with the prescribed level of energy expansion and the prescribed diameter in the radial direction. In the ion beam control unit 1a, phase rotation by a radio frequency electric field that increases existing probability with the prescribed level of energy is at least used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Kyoto University, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
    Inventors: Akira Noda, Toshiyuki Shirai, Masahiro Ikegami, Shu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Daido, Kouji Noda
  • Publication number: 20100143836
    Abstract: This invention provides a toner for a method for image formation by electrophotography, particularly a toner that, in a one-component development method, has stable fluidity and electrostatic properties for a long period of time, is free from image defects, and is also excellent in transferability and transfer efficiency. The toner for electrophotography comprises matrix toner particles and at least titanium oxide fine particles and fluidizer fine particles deposited on the surface of matrix toner particles. The titanium oxide fine particles are spherical and have an average primary particle diameter of 200 to 400 nm. The fluidizer fine particles have a specific surface area of 60 to 250 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Miyamoto, Shinji Yoshizaki, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Publication number: 20100133445
    Abstract: Provided are an ion beam control apparatus and a control method for controlling an ion beam energy expansion level and an ion beam size in a radial direction. An ion beam control apparatus Sa is provided with an ion beam generating unit 2, and an ion beam control unit 1a in which a generated ion beam (IB) is input and controlled to be output with the prescribed level of energy expansion and the prescribed diameter in the radial direction. In the ion beam control unit 1a, phase rotation by a radio frequency electric field that increases existing probability with the prescribed level of energy is at least used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Akira Noda, Toshiyuki Shirai, Masahiro Ikegami, Shu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Daido, Kouji Noda
  • Patent number: 7294625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents phenyl which may be substituted, R2 represents H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl or substituted amino, Q represents CH or N, R3 represents H, alkyl or amino, R4 represents the formula (II) to (V): wherein R7 represents H or alkyl, R8 represents H, alkyl or substituted amino, R9 represents H or alkyl, R12 represents H, alkyl, halogeno alkyl or substituted amino, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a medical composition containing the same as effective ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hagihara, Nobuhiko Shibakawa, Masamichi Nishihara, Toshiyuki Shirai, Motohisa Shimizu, Tohru Hasegawa, Yasunori Tokunaga, Naoto Suzuki, Yukinori Wada
  • Patent number: 7033052
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp including, within a lamp chamber s defined by a lamp body 10 and an outer cover 20, an led 28 which is the light source, and a light guide 24 which guides light emitted from the led 28 by internal reflection so as to emit light at a plurality of locations. the light guide 24 is constructed of a coupling unit u1 that extends along the outer cover 20 and is made of a plurality of light guiding members 25, the surface of each light guiding member 25 formed in an elliptical surface 25a that has a pair of focal points f, are coupled in series while sharing the focal points with each other at coupling portions 26, and the focal points f at both end portions of the light guide 24 (coupling unit u1) are near the light-emitting portion 29 of the led 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Kazunori Natsume, Yasuyuki Amano, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Publication number: 20060063934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents phenyl which may be substituted, R2 represents H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl or substituted amino, Q represents CH or N, R3 represents H, alkyl or amino, R4 represents the formula (II) to (V): wherein R7 represents H or alkyl, R8 represents H, alkyl or substituted amino, R9 represents H or alkyl, R12 represents H, alkyl, halogeno alkyl or substituted amino, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a medical composition containing the same as effective ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Masahiko Hagihara, Nobuhiko Shibakawa, Masamichi Nishihara, Toshiyuki Shirai, Motohisa Shimizu, Tohru Hasegawa, Yasunori Tokunaga, Naoto Suzuki, Yukinori Wada
  • Publication number: 20040208016
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp including, within a lamp chamber s defined by a lamp body 10 and an outer cover 20, an led 28 which is the light source, and a light guide 24 which guides light emitted from the led 28 by internal reflection so as to emit light at a plurality of locations. the light guide 24 is constructed of a coupling unit u1 that extends along the outer cover 20 and is made of a plurality of light guiding members 25, the surface of each light guiding member 25 formed in an elliptical surface 25a that has a pair of focal points f, are coupled in series while sharing the focal points with each other at coupling portions 26, and the focal points f at both end portions of the light guide 24 (coupling unit u1) are near the light-emitting portion 29 of the led 28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Kazunori Natsume, Yasuyuki Amano, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 5477621
    Abstract: An electrical capacitance instrument achieving high-volume production and a manufacturing method for the same. In a slide caliper detecting a change of electrical capacitance upon a displacement value of the slider 10 in relation to the base scale 1 having the main scale 20 of the measuring standard, the improved slide caliper is structured by the main scale 20 defined by plural electrodes 21 printed on a surface of the base plate 22 made of an insulator film at predetermined intervals with electrically conductive ink, and the base scale 1 is made by injection molding using a material of engineering plastics on which the main scale 20 is applied securely, so that the slide caliper can be manufactured in large numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koizumi, Toshiyuki Shirai, Tamio Suzuki