Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Takenaka
Yasuhiro Takenaka 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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Patent number: 11192358Abstract: A droplet ejecting device includes: a head including N-number drive elements; a driving circuit including N-number waveform signal selectors and N-number power supply circuit selectors; a plurality of power supply circuits connected to the driving circuit; and a control circuit. Each waveform signal selector selects a waveform signal to be outputted to the corresponding drive element from among a plurality of types of waveform signals. Each power supply circuit selectors selects a power supply circuit to be connected to the drive elements from among the plurality of power supply circuits. The control circuit serially transmits, to the driving circuit via a single control line: N-number items of waveform signal designation information each of which designates the waveform signal to be outputted to the corresponding drive element; and N-number items of power supply designation information each of which designates the power supply circuit to be connected to the corresponding drive element.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Takenaka, Toru Yamashita
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Patent number: 11193195Abstract: A component for a hot-dip metal plating bath includes a base material and a thermal spray coating disposed to cover a surface of the base material. The base material includes ferritic stainless steel that contains: C: 0.10% to 0.50% by mass; Si: 0.01% to 4.00% by mass; Mn: 0.10% by mass to 3.00% by mass; Cr: 15.0% to 30.0% by mass; a total of Nb, V, Ti, and Ta: 0.9% by mass to 5.0% by mass; and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The ferritic stainless steel includes a microstructure that includes a ferrite phase as a main phase and a crystallized carbide, an area fraction of a Nb carbide, a Ti carbide, a V carbide, a Ta carbide, and a composite carbide thereof to the crystallized carbide of 30% or more. The hot-dip metal plating bath contains 50% by mass or more of Al.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: TOCALO CO., LTD., DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., DAIDO CASTINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Takeuchi, Masaya Nagai, Shinichi Kubo, Masashi Nagaya, Yoshinori Sumi, Yoshihiko Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Takabayashi, Yasuhiro Takenaka
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Publication number: 20210008876Abstract: A droplet ejecting device includes: a head including N-number drive elements; a driving circuit including N-number waveform signal selectors and N-number power supply circuit selectors; a plurality of power supply circuits connected to the driving circuit; and a control circuit. Each waveform signal selector selects a waveform signal to be outputted to the corresponding drive element from among a plurality of types of waveform signals. Each power supply circuit selectors selects a power supply circuit to be connected to the drive elements from among the plurality of power supply circuits. The control circuit serially transmits, to the driving circuit via a single control line: N-number items of waveform signal designation information each of which designates the waveform signal to be outputted to the corresponding drive element; and N-number items of power supply designation information each of which designates the power supply circuit to be connected to the corresponding drive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro Takenaka, Toru Yamashita
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Patent number: 10644204Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes forming an n-type semiconductor layer that includes an n-type clad layer and AlxGa1-xN (0.1?x?1) as a main component, forming an n-side contact electrode that includes a laminate structure including a Ti layer and a Ru layer, the Ti layer being in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer, and forming an ohmic contact of the n-type semiconductor layer and the Ti layer by a heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Takenaka, Yoshiki Saito, Shinichi Matsui, Daisuke Shinoda, Takashi Hodota, Hironao Shinohara
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Publication number: 20200087770Abstract: A component for a hot-dip metal plating bath includes a base material and a thermal spray coating disposed to cover a surface of the base material. The base material includes ferritic stainless steel that contains: C: 0.10% to 0.50% by mass; Si: 0.01% to 4.00% by mass; Mn: 0.10% by mass to 3.00% by mass; Cr: 15.0% to 30.0% by mass; a total of Nb, V, Ti, and Ta: 0.9% by mass to 5.0% by mass; and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The ferritic stainless steel includes a microstructure that includes a ferrite phase as a main phase and a crystallized carbide, an area fraction of a Nb carbide, a Ti carbide, a V carbide, a Ta carbide, and a composite carbide thereof to the crystallized carbide of 30% or more. The component contains 50% by mass or more of Al.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicants: TOCALO CO., LTD., DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., DAIDO CASTINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi TAKEUCHI, Masaya NAGAI, Shinichi KUBO, Masashi NAGAYA, Yoshinori SUMI, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Hiroyuki TAKABAYASHI, Yasuhiro TAKENAKA
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Patent number: 10128411Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer mainly including AlxGa1?XN (0.5?x?1), a p-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer sandwiched between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, an n-electrode connected to the n-type semiconductor layer, and a plurality of p-electrodes that are connected to the p-type semiconductor layer and are arranged in a dot pattern. An area of the n-electrode is not less than 25% and not more than 50% of a chip area.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Takenaka, Yoshiki Saito, Shinichi Matsui, Daisuke Shinoda, Hisayuki Miki, Hironao Shinohara
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Publication number: 20180083166Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes forming an n-type semiconductor layer that includes an n-type clad layer and AlxGa1-xN (0.1?x?1) as a main component, forming an n-side contact electrode that includes a laminate structure including a Ti layer and a Ru layer, the Ti layer being in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer, and forming an ohmic contact of the n-type semiconductor layer and the Ti layer by a heat treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Yasuhiro TAKENAKA, Yoshiki Saito, Shinichi Matsui, Daisuke Shinoda, Takashi Hodota, Hironao Shinohara
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Publication number: 20180083164Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer mainly including AlxGa1-XN (0.5?x?1), a p-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer sandwiched between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, an n-electrode connected to the n-type semiconductor layer, and a plurality of p-electrodes that are connected to the p-type semiconductor layer and are arranged in a dot pattern. An area of the n-electrode is not less than 25% and not more than 50% of a chip area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Yasuhiro TAKENAKA, Yoshiki SAITO, Shinichi MATSUI, Daisuke SHINODA, Hisayuki MIKI, Hironao SHINOHARA
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Publication number: 20160311177Abstract: A mold (10) according to the present invention is a mold for molding a surface of a laminate (60) when curing the laminate (60) obtained by laminating prepreg (62). The mold (10) has a planar plate shape and elastically deforms from the planar plate shape into a shape corresponding to a shape of the laminate (60), thereby being capable of coming tight into contact with the laminate (60). Thereby, a mold which is easy to handle can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshikazu SANA, Akihito SAKAI, Akira MURAI, Yasuhiro TAKENAKA, Kazuyoshi KAWANO, Tomoya TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9409361Abstract: A mold (10) according to the present invention is a mold for molding a surface of a laminate (60) when curing the laminate (60) obtained by laminating prepreg (62). The mold (10) has a planar plate shape and elastically deforms from the planar plate shape into a shape corresponding to a shape of the laminate (60), thereby being capable of coming tight into contact with the laminate (60). Thereby, a mold which is easy to handle can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshikazu Sana, Akihito Sakai, Akira Murai, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Kazuyoshi Kawano, Tomoya Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140008009Abstract: A mold (10) according to the present invention is a mold for molding a surface of a laminate (60) when curing the laminate (60) obtained by laminating prepreg (62). The mold (10) has a planar plate shape and elastically deforms from the planar plate shape into a shape corresponding to a shape of the laminate (60), thereby being capable of coming tight into contact with the laminate (60). Thereby, a mold which is easy to handle can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshikazu Sana, Akihito Sakai, Akiro Murai, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Kazuyoshi Kawano, Tomoya Takahashi
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Patent number: 8460902Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing optically active amino acids from 5-substituted hydantoin by isolating a hydantoinase gene and an N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase gene involved in an ability to convert 5-substituted hydantoin or N-carbamylamino acid into optically active amino acids from a microorganism of the genus Microbacterium having the above ability and by improving gene amplification and transcriptional and translational activities thereby preparing a recombinant wherein the amount of the desired enzymes produced is increased. The hydantoinase gene is, for example, a DNA encoding for a protein having a hydantoinase activity, which has the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. The N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase gene is, for example, a DNA encoding for a protein having an N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase activity, which has the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:3.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Takenaka, Shunichi Suzuki, Norimasa Onishi, Kenzo Yokozeki
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Patent number: 8278120Abstract: The present invention provides: a method of changing the fluorescence wavelength of a GFP-like fluorescent protein from copepod while maintaining recombinant expression efficiency, which comprises identifying a structural factor for determining the fluorescence wavelength thereof in the three-dimensional structure of the protein and modifying amino acid residues associated with the structural factor; and a modified fluorescent protein obtained by applying said method. For example, with regard to a GFP-like fluorescent protein from Chiridius poppei, His52 in an ? helix-like secondary structure: PFLLSHCMGYGFYHF (?1 47-61) comprising a fluorescent moiety site GYG is replaced with an aromatic amino acid selected from Phe, Tyr and Trp, so as to cause a red shift of the fluorescent peak wavelength; or it is replaced with Ala, Val, Ile, Leu, Gly, Cys, Met, Ser, Thr, or Asp, Asn, Glu or Gln, so as to cause a blue shift of the fluorescence peak wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: NEC Soft, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoko Suto, Hiromi Takenaka, Yasuhiro Takenaka
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Patent number: 8043850Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein the wavelength of the maximum of the fluorescence of which exists in a wavelength side longer than 510 nm, and which exhibits yellow fluorescence or yellowish green fluorescence and can be expressed in a heterogeneous cell, and a gene encoding the same, wherein the fluorescent protein has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and it is a fluorescent protein derived from a copepod taxonomically classified to Chiridius Poppei.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignees: NEC Soft, Ltd., National Institute of Agrobiochemical ScienceInventors: Frederick I. Tsuji, Hiroshi Mizuno, Kenji Takase, Mitsuru Momma, Zui Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Wako, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Noboru Nakura, Hiromi Takenaka
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Patent number: 7776566Abstract: A microorganism which has a gene encoding an enzyme in which feedback inhibition is desensitized by substitution of one or two amino acids in PRPP amidotransferase encoded by purF of Escherichia coli, a gene encoding a protein which is an inactivated repressor of purine nucleotide biosynthesis encoded by purR, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated purine nucleoside phosphorylase encoded by deoD, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated succinyl-AMP synthase encoded by purA, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated 6-phosphogluconate dehydrase encoded by edd, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated phosphoglucose isomerase encoded by pgi and like is bred and a purine nucleoside is produced by culturing the microorganism.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Hisashi Kawasaki, Megumi Shimaoka, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Osamu Kurahashi
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Publication number: 20090318673Abstract: The present invention provides: a method of changing the fluorescence wavelength of a GFP-like fluorescent protein from copepod while maintaining recombinant expression efficiency, which comprises identifying a structural factor for determining the fluorescence wavelength thereof in the three-dimensional structure of the protein and modifying amino acid residues associated with the structural factor; and a modified fluorescent protein obtained by applying said method. For example, with regard to a GFP-like fluorescent protein from Chiridius poppei, His52 in an ? helix-like secondary structure: PFLLSHCMGYGFYHF (?1 47-61) comprising a fluorescent moiety site GYG is replaced with an aromatic amino acid selected from Phe, Tyr and Trp, so as to cause a red shift of the fluorescent peak wavelength; or it is replaced with Ala, Val, Ile, Leu, Gly, Cys, Met, Ser, Thr, or Asp, Asn, Glu or Gln, so as to cause a blue shift of the fluorescence peak wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: NEC SOFT, LTD.Inventors: Kyoko Suto, Hiromi Takenaka, Yasuhiro Takenaka
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Patent number: 7608432Abstract: A microorganism which has a gene encoding an enzyme in which feedback inhibition is desensitized by substitution of one or two amino acids in PRPP amidotransferase encoded by purF of Escherichia coli, a gene encoding a protein which is an inactivated repressor of purine nucleotide biosynthesis encoded by purR, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated purine nucleoside phosphorylase encoded by deoD, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated succinyl-AMP synthase encoded by purA, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated 6-phosphogluconate dehydrase encoded by edd, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated phosphoglucose isomerase encoded by pgi and like is bred and a purine nucleoside is produced by culturing the microorganism.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Hisashi Kawasaki, Megumi Shimaoka, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Osamu Kurahashi
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Patent number: 7601519Abstract: A microorganism which has a gene encoding an enzyme in which feedback inhibition is desensitized by substitution of one or two amino acids in PRPP amidotransferase encoded by purF of Escherichia coli, a gene encoding a protein which is an inactivated repressor of purine nucleotide biosynthesis encoded by purR, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated purine nucleoside phosphorylase encoded by deoD, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated succinyl-AMP synthase encoded by purA, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated 6-phosphogluconate dehydrase encoded by edd, a gene encoding an enzyme which is inactivated phosphoglucose isomerase encoded by pgi and like is bred and a purine nucleoside is produced by culturing the microorganism.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Hisashi Kawasaki, Megumi Shimaoka, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Osamu Kurahashi
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Publication number: 20090123969Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein the wavelength of the maximum of the fluorescence of which exists in a wavelength side longer than 510 nm, and which exhibits yellow fluorescence or yellowish green fluorescence and can be expressed in a heterogeneous cell, and a gene encoding the same, wherein the fluorescent protein has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and it is a fluorescent protein derived from a copepod taxonomically classified to Chiridius Poppei.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicants: NEC SOFT LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOCHEMICAL SCIENCEInventors: Frederick I. Tsuji, Hiroshi Mizuno, Kenji Takase, Mitsuru Momma, Zui Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Wako, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Noboru Nakura, Hiromi Takenaka
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Patent number: 7442768Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein the wavelength of the maximum of the fluorescence of which exists in a wavelength side longer than 510 nm, and which exhibits yellow fluorescence or yellowish green fluorescence and can be expressed in a heterogeneous cell, and a gene encoding the same, wherein the fluorescent protein has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1and it is a fluorescent protein derived from a copepod taxonomically classified to Chiridius Poppei.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignees: NEC Soft, Ltd., National Institute of Agrobiochemical ScienceInventors: Frederick I. Tsuji, Hiroshi Mizuno, Kenji Takase, Mitsuru Momma, Zui Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Wako, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Noboru Nakura, Hiromi Takenaka