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Hirama, JP

Akihiko Hirama, Yokohama-Shi JP

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20110201697Liquid-fuel synthesizing method and liquid-fuel synthesizing apparatus - A liquid-fuel synthesizing method includes a synthesizing step of synthesizing liquid fuels by making a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid react with each other in a reactor, and a synthesis gas supply step of supplying the synthesis gas to the reactor from a plurality of supply devices provided in the reactor so as to have different heights.08-18-2011

Atsuhiro Hirama, Kawasaki JP

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20110228818SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A signal generating apparatus includes a spreading device that respectively spreads data using spreading code that is based on an initial phase; a multiplexing unit that code multiplexes the data spread by the spreading device; a calculating unit that calculates a peak of a signal resulting from code multiplexing by the multiplexing unit; a changing unit that changes the initial phase of the spreading device in a predetermined order; a determining unit that each time the initial phase is changed by the changing unit, determines whether the peak calculated by the calculating unit is at most a threshold; and a transmission control unit that outputs the signal, if the determining unit determines that the peak is less than or equal to the threshold.09-22-2011

Atsuhiro Hirama, Kanagawa JP

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20090239481WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device that obtains an analog received signal by receiving a wireless signal, adjusts amplitude by a variable gain amplifier, converts the analog received signal into a digital received signal by an A/D converter and obtains user data by demodulating the digital received signal, including: a received signal strength indication detecting section that detects a received signal strength indication that fluctuates over time; a gain controlling section that controls a gain of the variable gain amplifier; a propagation environment judging section that judges a propagation environment level of the wireless signal, and a time constant controlling section that controls a time constant, based on the judged propagation environment level such that the time constant becomes larger as the propagation environment level becomes lower, the time constant regulating a change speed of the gain at the variable gain amplifier.09-24-2009

Atsushi Hirama, Chiba JP

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20080284802Liquid crystal drive device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal drive device comprising a first gradation voltage generating circuit having a plurality of first wirings led out from a first string resistor thereof, a second gradation voltage generating circuit having a plurality of second wirings led out from a second string resistor thereof having a resistance value higher than the first string resistor and respectively connected to voltage-follower connected op amplifiers, a plurality of DV converters to which the first wirings and the op amplifiers are respectively connected, and an output op amplifier connected to the DA converters respectively.11-20-2008

Hiroyuki Hirama, Watari-Gun JP

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20100025869METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED ARTICLE FORMED WITH THERMOSETTING RESIN AND INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of manufacturing a molded article formed with a thermosetting resin and an injection molding apparatus so that occurrence of blurs and containing of bubbles at the time of molding can be prevented. Provided is a method of manufacturing a molded article formed with a thermosetting resin by using a mold including: a cavity for molding a product part; a gate which commutes with the cavity to guide a liquid thermosetting resin into the cavity, thereby forming a gate part; a runner which commutes with the gate part to guide the liquid resin into the gate part, thereby forming a runner part; and an overflow catcher which commutes with the cavity to receive the liquid resin overflown from the cavity, thereby forming an overflow part, wherein the method includes: an injecting process of injecting the liquid resin from the runner through the gate to the cavity, until the overflow catcher is filled from the cavity; a hardening process of heating the liquid resin in the mold, thereby hardening the liquid resin; a demolding process of demolding a resin molded article having the runner part, the gate part, the product part, and the overflow part from the mold; and a cutting process of detaching the gate part and the overflow part from the product part of the demolded resin molded article.02-04-2010

Koichi Hirama, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

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20110148514FREQUENCY VARIABLE COMPOSITE RESONANCE CIRCUIT - A composite resonance circuit is provided of which the resonance frequency range can be set with greater degrees of freedom with the peak frequency of the resonance characteristic curve of a resonance unit having good linearity and the resonance sharpness Q-factor being kept within a desired range. In the composite resonance circuit according to the present invention, first and second relay circuits are respectively connected between the resonance unit and first and second phase shift circuits that shift an input frequency signal by different phases. Hence, the resonance frequency range can be set by setting the gains and impedances of the first and second relay circuits according to its use, without changing resonance elements or the like of the resonance unit.06-23-2011
20110148515QUASI-RESONANT COMPOSITE RESONANCE CIRCUIT - A composite resonance circuit is provided of which the resonance frequency is variable over a wide frequency range without changing the circuit constant of a non-resonant element having no resonance frequency. The composite resonance circuit comprises an input terminal; a resonance unit having first and second ports and quasi-resonating in response to AC signals respectively supplied to these ports; and phase shift circuits that perform different phase shifts on an AC signal supplied to the input terminal and supply first and second shifted signals subjected to the phase shift respectively to the first and second ports. The resonance unit is an impedance circuit that has at least four input terminals forming the first and second ports and that generates a quasi-resonant peak current under non-zero reactance in response to the first and second shifted signals coming in via the first and second ports. The quasi-resonant peak current is variable according to the frequency and phase shift quantities of the AC signals. Namely, the resonance frequency can be made to be variable.06-23-2011

Koichi Hirama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090251234COMPLEX RESONANCE CIRCUIT10-08-2009
20110043080Complex resonance circuit and oscillation circuit using the same - A piezoelectric vibration device includes a single piezoelectric substrate, at least three electrode pairs formed on the single piezoelectric substrate, and two external connection terminal pairs, wherein the three electrode pairs are connected to the two external connection terminal pairs so that two different vibration modes individually appear at the two external connection terminal pairs.02-24-2011

Patent applications by Koichi Hirama, Kanagawa JP

Makoto Hirama, Tochigi-Ken JP

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20090326377ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus that can acquire ultrasound image data of an excellent spatial resolution and contrast resolution by electrically controlling focusing points of transmission/reception waves so as to form transmitting beams and receiving beams having a substantially uniform thin beam width along an elevation direction in an object. Transmission ultrasounds emitted from a prescribed number of transducers are focused at a hypothetical point sound source. Transmitting wave-fronts propagated from the point sound source reflect at a plurality of observing points in the propagation area. Reception ultrasounds reflected at the observing points are received through a prescribed number of receiving transducers so as to generate a plurality of channels of receiving signals. The receiving signals are focused by performing receiving phase compensation and summation so that the observing point becomes a reception focusing point. The phase compensated and summed receiving signals are focused by performing wave-front phase compensation and summation in order to correct transmitting delays due to the propagation distances between the transmitting focusing point and the observing points.12-31-2009

Makoto Hirama, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100085023Control Device for Automobile Battery-Charging Generator - This invention provides a control device for automobile battery-charging generators, adapted to supply a plurality of sets of specifications in a highly reliable and stable form by simple switching between electrical characteristics assigning and limiting functions so as to meet various needs of users.04-08-2010

Makoto Hirama, Otawara-Shi JP

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20090043209ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A probe includes a transducer unit including a plurality of transducers which are arrayed in the first direction, transmit ultrasonic waves and receive echo signals, and a moving mechanism for continuously moving the transducer unit in the second direction crossing the first direction. A movement control unit controls the moving mechanism to continuously move the transducer unit in the second direction. A transmission unit causes the transducer unit to generate ultrasonic waves. A scan line signal generation unit generates a plurality of actual measurement scan line signals by delaying and adding a plurality of echo signals from the transducer unit. A scan line signal calculation unit calculates a plurality of mathematical scan line signals constituting a plurality of mathematical electronic scan planes from the plurality of actual measurement scan line signals. An image generation unit generates multislice tomograms on the basis of the plurality of calculated mathematical scan line signals.02-12-2009

Patent applications by Makoto Hirama, Otawara-Shi JP

Masahiro Hirama, Miyagi JP

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20100160651METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF CIGUATOXIN CTX1B AND COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF CIGUATOXIN CTX1B - Disclosed is a method for total synthesis of CTX1B, which is developed for the synthesis of a ciguatoxin analogue such as CTX3C and enables the more efficient application of an established reaction to the total synthesis of CTC1B. More specifically, disclosed is a method for total synthesis of CTX1B comprising; an 0.5-acetal formation for synthesizing a novel compound (3); a radical cyclization reaction for constructing a 9-membered ring formation reaction including a novel compound (6) through a novel compound (8) and yielding a compound (D); and a deprotection for yielding CTX1B. Also disclosed are novel compounds (1) to (8) which are particularly useful for synthesis of CTX1B and can be used for the synthesis of a ciguatoxin analogue.06-24-2010

Nobutaka Hirama, Saitama-Shi JP

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20110032615LENS BARREL, METHOD OF ADJUSTING LENS BARREL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE - This object aims to provide a lens barrel that can realize suitable imaging. A lens barrel (02-10-2011

Ryusuke Hirama, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20110065808CARBONYL COMPOUND REMOVER - A carbonyl compound remover comprising at least one polyether resin that includes a unit shown by any of the formulas (I) to (IV) as an active ingredient, a method of preventing coloration of an infusion comprising causing the carbonyl compound remover to come in contact with an infusion that may produce and accumulate a carbonyl compound during heat sterilization or storage, or an infusion that contains a carbonyl compound, and a novel crosslinked polyether resin are disclosed. The carbonyl compound remover that may suppress a Maillard reaction in a mixture of an amino acid infusion and a sugar infusion or the like to effectively prevent coloration due to a Maillard reaction, the method of preventing coloration of an infusion by using the remover, and the novel crosslinked polyether resin are offered in the present invention. In the formulas, n1 and n2 represent integers from 1 to 100, A represents a unit (A1) or (A2), or a combination of the (A1) and (A2), R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and Q represents a group shown by CH03-17-2011
20110160191NEW FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS HAVING A HETEROCYCLIC RING(S) AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a fused polycyclic compound of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and agents for increasing the sugar-transporting capacity, hypoglycemic agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds. This fused polycyclic compound has high medicinal properties and few side-effects, and a therapeutic effect on diabetes.06-30-2011

Patent applications by Ryusuke Hirama, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Susumu Hirama, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100272971OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A novel optical film is provided that exhibits a wavelength dispersion (a reverse wavelength dispersion) such that the birefringence of the film decreases as the wavelength becomes shorter, at least in the visible light range. The optical film includes a layer formed of a resin (A) having a heteroaromatic group or a molecular structure represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3):10-28-2010

Takashi Hirama, Iruma-Gun JP

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20110091886METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING INFLAMMATORY PATHOGEN CAUSING ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION - Disclosed is a method of distinguishing an inflammatory pathogen causing acute respiratory infection wherein the pathogen to be distinguished is a pathogen residing in the respiratory tract, which comprises: (a) a step for counting gene copies originating in subject cells in DNA prepared from a specimen containing secretion from the respiratory tract of the subject; (b) a step for counting the gene copies originating in the pathogen in the DNA; (c) a step for calculating the relative value of count of the gene copies originating in the pathogen to the count of the gene copies originating in the subject cells; and (d) a step for distinguishing whether the pathogen is an inflammatory pathogen causing the disease or not based on the distinguishing standard and the relative value.04-21-2011

Takeshi Hirama, Watari-Gun JP

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20090269607Cast product having aluminum-based film and process for producing the same - In a throttle body, a passive film and a corrosion-resistant film are stacked in that order on a substrate of aluminum. The passive film has a concave part on its corrosion-resistant film side. A metal layer is provided in the concave part. In shot blasting, upon collision of a blasting material against the corrosion-resistant film, a part of the blasting material is separated and adhered onto the resultant concaves to form the metal layer. For example, aluminum having a purity of not less than 98% is selected as the blasting material.10-29-2009

Yasuyuki Hirama, Joetsu-Shi JP

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20110230656Low-Substituted Hydroxypropylcellulose and Solid Preparation Comprising the Same - Provided is nonionic and excellently stable low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose having improved compressibility and flowability, and further having improved disintegration and texture in oral cavity. More specifically provided is low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose having a crystallinity of 60% or less, a degree of hydroxypropoxyl substitution of 5 to 9% by weight, and an aspect ratio of less than 2.5, wherein the crystallinity is calculated based on a diffraction intensity by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement according to the following formula (1):09-22-2011

Yukio Hirama, Mito JP

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20100136215METHOD FOR FORMING FERRITE FILM ONTO SURFACE OF STRUCTURAL MEMBER COMPOSING PLANT, FERRITE FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL ELECTRODE APPARATUS - A method for forming a ferrite film onto surface of structural member composing a plant, comprises steps of forming a ferrite film onto the wetted surface of the structural member by making contact with a film forming solution containing iron (II) ions, an oxidant for oxidizing the iron (II) ions, and a pH adjustment agent; measuring the amount of the formed ferrite film; and determining completion of the ferrite film formation based on the measured amount of the formed ferrite film. The method for forming the ferrite film onto the surface of the structural member, can shorten the time required for completing the ferrite film forming operations.06-03-2010
20110030850Suppression Method for Corrosion of Carbon Steel Member - A bath containing nickel ions and formic acid is injected into a film-forming aqueous solution flowing in a circulation pipe connected to feed water pipe made of carbon steel in a BWR plant. This film-forming aqueous solution is supplied into the feed water pipe through the circulation pipe, and then, a nickel metal film is formed on an inner surface of the feed water pipe. After the nickel metal film is formed, a film-forming aqueous solution containing iron (II) ions, formic acid, nickel ions, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine is supplied to the feed water pipe. A nickel ferrite film is formed on the surface of the nickel metal film in the feed water pipe. Then, the nickel ferrite film is come into contact with water containing dissolved-oxygen at 150° C. or above to transform the nickel metal film into a nickel ferrite film. A thick nickel ferrite film is formed on the inner surface of the feed water pipe. Corrosion of the carbon steel member composing the plant can further reduce.02-10-2011