Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Igarashi
Yoshiaki Igarashi 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: 9512781Abstract: In a cooling structure for a recovery-type air-cooled gas turbine combustor having a recovery-type air-cooling structure that bleeds, upstream of the combustor, and pressurizes compressed air supplied from a compressor, that uses the bled and pressurized air to cool a wall, and that recovers and reuses the bled and pressurized air as combustion air for burning fuel in the combustor together with a main flow of the compressed air, wall cooling in which cooling air is supplied to cooling air passages formed in the wall of the combustor to perform cooling involves a downstream wall region, closer to a turbine, that is cooled using the bled and pressurized air as the cooling air and an upstream wall region, closer to a burner, that is cooled using, as the cooling air, bled compressed air bled from a main flow of the compressed air through a housing inner space.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD., TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Junichiro Masada, Kazumasa Takata, Shunsuke Torii, Yuya Fukunaga, Tetsu Konishi, Yoshiaki Nishimura, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Shinya Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8809362Abstract: To provide a marker for determining sensitivity of a patient to an anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker. The marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent is formed of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of a substance or a fragment thereof detected as an anion at m/z of 149.05 to 149.06, a substance or a fragment thereof detected as an anion at m/z of 152.99 to 153.00, a substance or a fragment thereof detected as a cation at m/z of 724.34 to 724.35, the peaks being determined by means of a mass spectrometer, glycerol 3-phosphate, dihydrobiopterin, GABA, lactic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, 2-methylbutyroylcarnitine, 1-methyladenosine, and glutathione, and a substance involved in a metabolic pathway of any of these substances.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Keio University, Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult HonshaInventors: Yusuke Tanigawara, Tetsuya Suzuki, Akito Nishimuta, Shinji Sugimoto, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20130098063Abstract: In a cooling structure for a recovery-type air-cooled gas turbine combustor having a recovery-type air-cooling structure that bleeds, upstream of the combustor, and pressurizes compressed air supplied from a compressor, that uses the bled and pressurized air to cool a wall, and that recovers and reuses the bled and pressurized air as combustion air for burning fuel in the combustor together with a main flow of the compressed air, wall cooling in which cooling air is supplied to cooling air passages formed in the wall of the combustor to perform cooling involves a downstream wall region, closer to a turbine, that is cooled using the bled and pressurized air as the cooling air and an upstream wall region, closer to a burner, that is cooled using, as the cooling air, bled compressed air bled from a main flow of the compressed air through a housing inner space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Junichiro Masada, Kazumasa Takata, Shunsuke Torii, Yuya Fukunaga, Tetsu Konishi, Yoshiaki Nishimura, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Shinya Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20120220618Abstract: To provide a marker for determining sensitivity of a patient to an anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker. The marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent is formed of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of a substance or a fragment thereof detected as an anion at m/z of 149.05 to 149.06, a substance or a fragment thereof detected as an anion at m/z of 152.99 to 153.00, a substance or a fragment thereof detected as a cation at m/z of 724.34 to 724.35, the peaks being determined by means of a mass spectrometer, glycerol 3-phosphate, dihydrobiopterin, GABA, lactic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, 2-methylbutyroylcarnitine, 1-methyladenosine, and glutathione, and a substance involved in a metabolic pathway of any of these substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Keio UniversityInventors: Yusuke Tanigawara, Tetsuya Suzuki, Akito Nishimuta, Shinji Sugimoto, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Patent number: 7887751Abstract: A reagent cassette used in an automatic analyzer for a clinical examination room, which provides an analysis environment enabling an operator to select reagent bottles with proper capacities depending on the number of tests to be performed in each different type of facility and to properly set reagents with ease. In the automatic analyzer comprising a sample pipetting section, a reagent pipetting section, a reaction cuvette, etc., one component in a sample is analyzed by using the reagent cassette in which one or a plurality of reagent bottles containing two or more types of reagents are combined together. The reagent cassette is provided with a reagent identifier including information regarding the presence or absence of a reagent opening of the reagent bottle for each of a plurality of positions of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Tomonori Mimura, Masaaki Hanawa, Masaharu Nishida, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Yoshimitsu Takagi
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Publication number: 20100249089Abstract: The present invention relates to a breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) inhibitor. The invention provides an acrylonitrile derivative represented by formula (1): (wherein A represents an optionally substituted 3- to 8-membered heterocyclic ring) or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Ryuta Yamazaki, Hiroshi Hatano, Takashi Yaegashi, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Oh Yoshida, Yoshikazu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 7579736Abstract: A three-phase DC brushless motor and coil winding method provide a coil winding enabling consistent starting with PWM sensorless driving by suppressing the DC offset component of the induced voltage resulting from an imbalance in the motor coil windings. The method of winding the armature winding of the three-phase DC brushless motor renders the difference in mutual inductance substantially zero.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hideki Nishino, Kiyotaka Tanimoto, Taishii Iwanaga, Shinichi Kuroshima, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Patent number: 7365506Abstract: A motor driving part has half bridge circuits in which a high potential side drive transistor and a low potential side drive transistor are connected in series to each other, and a connection point therebetween serves as a stator winding driving terminal of each phase of a motor. A rotor position detector detects a rotor position of the motor and outputs a rotor position signal. The current phase detector detects the phase of a phase current flowing in the stator winding driving terminal. A voltage signal generator controls and generates a voltage profile signal such that a first phase difference that is a difference between the phase of the phase current and the phase of the rotor position signal is kept to a predetermined electrical angle. A driving signal generator generates a PWM signal that drives the drive transistor of each phase depending on the voltage profile signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yamamoto, Hideaki Mori, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Patent number: 7298106Abstract: A rotor position sensorless multiphase motor driving device includes a rotor; a plurality of phase windings; a common terminal to which one terminal of terminals at both ends of each winding is star connected; an upper-side drive transistor and a lower-side drive transistor connected to the other terminal of the winding; a commutation control unit operable to select two terminals other than the common terminal of the windings, and to turn on the corresponding pair of upper-side drive transistor and the lower-side drive transistor; a rotor position search pulse applying unit operable to apply a search pulse to the selected two terminals; and a comparing unit operable to detect a rotor position based on a response signal generated between the terminal which was unselected and the common terminal according to the search pulse application.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yamamoto, Hideaki Mori, Shinichi Kuroshima, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20070018599Abstract: A rotor position sensorless multiphase motor driving device includes a rotor; a plurality of phase windings; a common terminal to which one terminal of terminals at both ends of each winding is star connected; an upper-side drive transistor and a lower-side drive transistor connected to the other terminal of the winding; a commutation control unit operable to select two terminals other than the common terminal of the windings, and to turn on the corresponding pair of upper-side drive transistor and the lower-side drive transistor; a rotor position search pulse applying unit operable to apply a search pulse to the selected two terminals; and a comparing unit operable to detect a rotor position based on a response signal generated between the terminal which was unselected and the common terminal according to the search pulse application.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Yasunori Yamamoto, Hideaki Mori, Shinichi Kuroshima, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Patent number: 7122980Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a comparator, a threshold controller, a position determining unit, a phase-switching controller, and a current output unit. While the rotor is stopped, the phase-switching controller supplies a predetermined phase of winding with a current pulse having a predetermined pulse width so as not to cause the rotor to react and operate, in order to determine the initial position of the rotor. The position determining unit determines an initial position of the rotor based on the result of comparison between the induced voltage generated in a non-conduction phase by the current pulse and the threshold. The phase-switching controller performs energization or commutation according to the determined initial position of the rotor to start up the motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Kuroshima, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Hideaki Mori
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Publication number: 20060214529Abstract: A three-phase DC brushless motor and coil winding method provide a coil winding enabling consistent starting with PWM sensorless driving by suppressing the DC offset component of the induced voltage resulting from an imbalance in the motor coil windings. The method of winding the armature winding of the three-phase DC brushless motor renders the difference in mutual inductance substantially zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Hideki Nishino, Kiyotaka Tanimoto, Taishi Iwanaga, Shinichi Kuroshima, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20060076911Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a comparator, a threshold controller, a position determining unit, a phase-switching controller, and a current output unit. While the rotor is stopped, the phase-switching controller supplies a predetermined phase of winding with a current pulse having a predetermined pulse width so as not to cause the rotor to react and operate, in order to determine the initial position of the rotor. The position determining unit determines an initial position of the rotor based on the result of comparison between the induced voltage generated in a non-conduction phase by the current pulse and the threshold. The phase-switching controller performs energization or commutation according to the determined initial position of the rotor to start up the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Shinichi Kuroshima, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Hideaki Mori
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Publication number: 20050275362Abstract: A motor driving device that is low in cost and capable to control the phase of a motor with high efficiency and with accuracy. A motor driving device includes a motor driving part, a rotor position detector, a current phase detector, a voltage signal generator, and a driving signal generator. The motor driving part has a plurality of half bridge circuits in which a high potential side drive transistor and a low potential side drive transistor are connected in series to each other, and a connection point therebetween serves as a stator winding driving terminal of each phase of a motor. The rotor position detector detects a rotor position of the motor and outputting a rotor position signal. The current phase detector detects the phase of a phase current flowing in the stator winding driving terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Yasunori Yamamoto, Hideaki Mori, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20050142040Abstract: A reagent container used for automatic analysis in an automatic analyzer, which enables reagents to be set with ease and which can increase flexibility in selecting combinations of the reagents. In an automatic analyzer for analyzing components of a biological sample by using two or more kinds of reagents, reagent containers containing the two or more kinds of reagents are jointed into one reagent cassette with the aid of a recess and a projection provided in and on the reagent containers, a reagent holder, bonding, tape binding, etc. Thus, a plurality of reagents used for one analysis item are combined with each other in one cassette corresponding to one analysis item. A reagent container for use in automatic analysis, which is easy to handle and highly flexible in setting of reagents, can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventors: Masaaki Hanawa, Isao Yamazaki, Hitoshi Tokieda, Tomonori Mimura, Tadashi Oishi, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Masaharu Nishida, Takeshi Sato
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Publication number: 20050084426Abstract: A reagent cassette used in an automatic analyzer for a clinical examination room, which provides an analysis environment enabling an operator to select reagent bottles with proper capacities depending on the number of tests to be performed in each different type of facility and to properly set reagents with ease. In the automatic analyzer comprising a sample pipetting section, a reagent pipetting section, a reaction cuvette, etc., one component in a sample is analyzed by using the reagent cassette in which one or a plurality of reagent bottles containing two or more types of reagents are combined together. The reagent cassette is provided with a reagent identifier including information regarding the presence or absence of a reagent opening of the reagent bottle for each of a plurality of positions of the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Tomonori Mimura, Masaaki Hanawa, Masaharu Nishida, Yoshiaki Igarashi, Yoshimitsu Takagi
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Publication number: 20050084886Abstract: The present invention absorbs and captures nucleic components from various specimens by a single stationary phase and finally recovers the nucleic components by eluting the captured nucleic components from the stationary phase. This invention enables recovery of nucleic components without reducing the concentrations of nucleic acids and detection of specific nucleic components such as specific viruses.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Yoshiaki Igarashi, Toshinari Sakurai, Toshiaki Yokobayashi
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Patent number: 6815215Abstract: The present invention absorbs and captures nucleic components from various specimens by a single stationary phase and finally recovers the nucleic components by eluting the captured nucleic components from the stationary phase. This invention enables recovery of nucleic components without reducing the concentrations of nucleic acids and detection of specific nucleic components such as specific viruses.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Igarashi, Toshinari Sakurai, Toshiaki Yokobayashi
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Patent number: 6676968Abstract: A medicinal composition containing one or more compounds selected from the compounds represented by the following formula (I), salts of these compounds, solvates of these compounds and solvates of these salts and being capable of reducing the contact of the compounds with the components in the bile or pancreatic juice.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Kiyoyuki Sakon, Masahiko Narasaki, Kentaro Fujinaga, Yoji Yamamoto, Hiroaki Mitsuhashi, Kazuoki Tsuruta, Hirofumi Tanabe, Yoshiaki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20010018219Abstract: The present invention absorbs and captures nucleic components from various specimens by a single stationary phase and finally recovers the nucleic components by eluting the captured nucleic components from the stationary phase. This invention enables recovery of nucleic components without reducing the concentrations of nucleic acids and detection of specific nucleic components such as specific viruses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2001Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventors: Yoshiaki Igarashi, Toshinari Sakurai, Toshiaki Yokobayashi