Patents by Inventor Yuki Nagao

Yuki Nagao 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: 20240108034
    Abstract: Provided is an oral composition comprising (a) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) an intrinsic phospholipid, (c) 60 mg/100 mL or less of sodium, and (d) a foreign phospholipid in an amount less than a taste recognition threshold, wherein the oral composition has a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X2 exhibited by the components (a) and (b), and a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X3 exhibited by the components (a) to (d), respectively, and 0.1<X2<X3 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Junki YOSHIDA, Yuki TERAMOTO, Tadahiro OHKURI, Jumpei YAMASHITA, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • Publication number: 20240102974
    Abstract: A gas chromatograph includes a sample gas generator, a separation column configured to separate components of an introduced sample gas, a gas supply source configured to supply a carrier gas to the sample gas generator to carry the sample gas from the sample gas generator to the separation column when the components of the sample gas are analyzed, a controller configured or programmed to acquire an in-analysis usage amount of the carrier gas based on an analysis time for analyzing the components of the sample gas, and a flow rate of the carrier gas supplied from the gas supply source to the sample gas generator, and a display configured to display the in-analysis usage amount acquired by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SAKAMOTO, Yu NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20240075462
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cerium oxide (CeO2)-zirconium oxide (ZrO2)-aluminum oxide (Al2O3)-based complex oxide having an improved heat resistance and a method of producing the complex oxide, and the present invention provides a complex oxide containing a cerium element, a zirconium element, an aluminum element, and optionally a rare earth metal element other than a cerium element, wherein a specific surface area measured by a BET method after heat treatment in an air atmosphere at 1000° C. for 25 hours is 60 m2/g or more, and a method of producing the complex oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi WATANABE, Yuki NAGAO, Michitaka YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240065298
    Abstract: Provided is an oral composition comprising (a) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) 60 mg/100 mL or less of sodium, and (c) a phospholipid in an amount less than a taste recognition threshold, wherein the oral composition has a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X2 exhibited by the components (a) to (c), respectively, and 0.1<X1<X2 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Junki YOSHIDA, Tadahiro OHKURI, Yuki TERAMOTO, Jumpei YAMASHITA, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • Patent number: 11683572
    Abstract: Provided is a lens apparatus connected to a camera configured to pick up an image based on a set pickup parameter, comprising: a first operating member; a controller configured, based on an operation of the first controller, to control a function of the lens apparatus in a first mode and to output a signal for switching a setting of a combination of pickup parameters including a function of the camera in a second mode; and a switching device configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode, in which the combination of pickup parameters in the second mode is previously set by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11458460
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst (10) according to the present invention is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst including the first catalyst layer (12). The first catalyst layer (12) includes the first section (14) and the second section (15) in the exhaust gas flow direction. The first section (14) is located on the upstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction relative to the second section (15). A catalyst layer (16) contains a catalytically active component including a specific element. The concentration of the specific element in the catalyst layer (12) is higher in the first section (14) than in the second section (15), in terms of mass per unit volume. When the first section is divided in half along the thickness direction of the first catalyst layer (12), the ratio of a1 to a2, a1/a2, is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Yuki Nagao, Tokuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220176353
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst (10) according to the present invention is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst including the first catalyst layer (12). The first catalyst layer (12) includes the first section (14) and the second section (15) in the exhaust gas flow direction. The first section (14) is located on the upstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction relative to the second section (15). A catalyst layer (16) contains a catalytically active component including a specific element. The concentration of the specific element in the catalyst layer (12) is higher in the first section (14) than in the second section (15), in terms of mass per unit volume. When the first section is divided in half along the thickness direction of the first catalyst layer (12), the ratio of a1 to a2, a1/a2, is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki TANAKA, Yuki NAGAO, Tokuya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220030144
    Abstract: Provided is a lens apparatus connected to a camera configured to pick up an image based on a set pickup parameter, comprising: a first operating member; a controller configured, based on an operation of the first controller, to control a function of the lens apparatus in a first mode and to output a signal for switching a setting of a combination of pickup parameters including a function of the camera in a second mode; and a switching device configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode, in which the combination of pickup parameters in the second mode is previously set by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Yuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11095805
    Abstract: When a first or a second operation is performed on an operation unit included in a lens apparatus, a memory stores a first or a second state of a focus lens unit detected by an operation detection unit when the first or the second operation is performed. When the first or the second operation is performed on the operation unit after the memory stores the first or the second state, a focus driving unit puts a state of the focus lens unit into the first or the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 10911653
    Abstract: An optical apparatus including a first operation portion operable to adjust a first optical parameter, a second operation portion operable to adjust the first optical parameter and a second optical parameter different from the first optical parameter. In the optical apparatus, an adjustment amount of the first optical parameter per unit rotation angle of the first operation portion and an adjustment amount of the first optical parameter per unit rotation angle of the second operation portion are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 10871624
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an optical element, and an attached member to which the optical element is attached. The optical element and the attached member are adhered to each other by an adhesive while the optical element and the attached member contact each other. The optical element includes a flange part that projects from an outer peripheral surface to an outer periphery direction. The adhesive is adhered so as to cover the flange part in an adhesion area where the optical element and the attached member are applied to each other by the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 10780423
    Abstract: A catalyst powder according to the present invention is a catalyst powder that includes: a core portion that contains ceria and zirconia; and a surface layer portion that is located on the core portion and contains ceria and zirconia. The ratio (M2/M1) is 0.30 or more and 0.95 or less, the ratio (M2/M1) being the ratio of a mole fraction M2 (mol %) of cerium in the surface layer portion measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to a mole fraction M1 (mol %) of cerium in the entire powder. It is preferable that the ratio (M4/2/M3/1) between M3/1 and M4/2 is 1.1 or more and 5.0 or less, wherein M3/1 (=M3/M1) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M3 (mol %) of zirconium in the entire powder and a mole fraction M1 (mol %) of cerium in the entirety of the powder, and M4/2 (=M4/M2) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M4 (mol %) of zirconium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and a mole fraction M2 (mol %) of cerium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara, Takanori Masaki
  • Patent number: 10641983
    Abstract: A lens apparatus that includes an optical system including a positive lens, the lens apparatus including a holding member arranged to hold the positive lens, an exterior member arranged to accommodate the holding member, and an engaging mechanism arranged to engage the holding member and the exterior member to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigenobu Sugita, Yuki Nagao, Suguru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190394390
    Abstract: When a first or a second operation is performed on an operation unit included in a lens apparatus, a memory stores a first or a second state of a focus lens unit detected by an operation detection unit when the first or the second operation is performed. When the first or the second operation is performed on the operation unit after the memory stores the first or the second state, a focus driving unit puts a state of the focus lens unit into the first or the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Yuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 10394104
    Abstract: A light amount adjustment apparatus includes an aperture unit including a plurality of blade members and a movable member, the movable member for changing a size of an aperture formed by the plurality of blade members, a driving unit including a driving shaft and configured to drive the movable member, and a detection unit including a detection target member and a detection sensor, and configured to detect a driving amount of the driving unit by detecting a driving amount of the detection target member with use of the detection sensor, wherein the aperture unit, the driving unit, and the detection unit overlap one another, as viewed in a direction along a central axis of the aperture, wherein the detection target member is engaged with the driving shaft, and wherein an outer diameter of the detection unit is smaller than an outer diameter of the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10350581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition using other metals different from precious metals as a catalytically active component and is to propose a novel catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification which has excellent catalytic activity, in particular, excellent treatment activity of HC even after a thermal durability treatment. The invention is to propose a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification comprising catalyst particles having a constitution in which Cu and a transition metal A including at least one of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zr, and Ag are supported on ceria (CeO2) particles and a catalyst using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Michitaka Yamaguchi, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Publication number: 20190191065
    Abstract: An optical apparatus including a first operation portion operable to adjust a first optical parameter, a second operation portion operable to adjust the first optical parameter and a second optical parameter different from the first optical parameter. In the optical apparatus, an adjustment amount of the first optical parameter per unit rotation angle of the first operation portion and an adjustment amount of the first optical parameter per unit rotation angle of the second operation portion are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20190129135
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an optical system having a lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens. A material of the positive lens, and a mechanism connecting a holding member holding the positive lens and an exterior member protecting the holding member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Shigenobu Sugita, Yuki Nagao, Suguru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190070590
    Abstract: A catalyst powder according to the present invention is a catalyst powder that includes: a core portion that contains ceria and zirconia; and a surface layer portion that is located on the core portion and contains ceria and zirconia. The ratio (M2/M1) is 0.30 or more and 0.95 or less, the ratio (M2/M1) being the ratio of a mole fraction M2 (mol %) of cerium in the surface layer portion measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to a mole fraction M1 (mol %) of cerium in the entire powder. It is preferable that the ratio (M4/2/M3/1) between M3/1 and M4/2 is 1.1 or more and 5.0 or less, wherein M3/1 (=M3/M1) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M3 (mol %) of zirconium in the entire powder and a mole fraction M1 (mol %) of cerium in the entirety of the powder, and M4/2 (=M4/M2) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M4 (mol %) of zirconium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and a mole fraction M2 (mol %) of cerium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki NAGAO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Takanori MASAKI
  • Patent number: 10220373
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier of the invention includes a modified aluminum borate which contains aluminum borate and at least one addition element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element and an alkaline earth metal and which has an electronegativity of 2.732 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Ohki Houshito, Hironori Iwakura, Yuki Nagao, Masato Machida