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Jun-Ichi Asada, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090034401OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS - It is intended to provide an optical disk apparatus which detects a light amount greater than zero even when used in conjunction with an optical disk substrate having a large birefringence, so that it is possible to properly read a signal without errors and properly perform optical disk controls. The optical disk apparatus includes: a light source for emitting light; an objective lens for converging the light onto a signal surface of an optical disk; a polarized beam diffraction element for diffracting the light reflected from the optical disk; a photodetector for detecting the light diffracted from the polarized beam diffraction element; and a wavelength plate disposed between the optical disk and the polarized beam diffraction element. The wavelength plate has a two-dimensional array of a plurality of birefringent regions including first and second regions, the first and second regions differing in birefringent phase difference and/or optic axes from each other, and the plurality of birefringent regions including the first and second regions cause the light to have different polarization states.02-05-2009

Patent applications by Jun-Ichi Asada, Kobe-Shi JP

Jun-Ichi Asada, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100232272WAVE PLATE, OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical pickup includes a wave plate on an optical path to be followed by every light beam emitted from three light sources (with wavelengths λ09-16-2010
20110002216OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - Regarding optical pickup devices usable for performing recording on and reproduction from a plurality of types of optical discs, there is a problem that because of the structure of locating many optical elements in a height direction of an optical system, the height of the optical system is increased and so it is difficult to realize a thin and compact optical pickup device. According to the present invention, a first wave plate is located between a first light source and a first mirror, a second wave plate is located between a second light source and a second mirror, and the first wave plate and the second wave plate cause a desirable phase shift to light beams of the first through third wavelengths. Owing to this, the number of optical elements located in the height direction of the optical system can be decreased, and so the height of the optical system can be reduced.01-06-2011
20110276989OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - Has an object of providing an optical pickup capable of realizing tracking control or focus control at a higher level of precision even when relative positions of a light source and a light detector are shifted due to a change in the environmental temperature, long-term deterioration or the like. The optical pickup includes a base member; a light source, fixed to the base member, for emitting a laser beam; an objective lens for collecting the laser beam onto an optical disc; a light detector, fixed to the base member, for detecting the laser beam reflected by the optical disc; fixing means for fixing the light source and/or the light detector to the base member; and a light blocking section for blocking a central portion of the laser beam in a circular shape on an optical path between the collimator lens and the light detector.11-10-2011
20120117580OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE INCLUDING THE OPTICAL PICKUP - According to the present invention, a tracking error signal can be obtained with good stability by the three-beam differential push-pull method even if the track guide groove direction of the optical disc changes as viewed from the objective lens.05-10-2012
20120287766OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - When performing recording/reproduction of information for a given recording layer of an optical disc having three recording layers, influences of reflected light from other recording layers are reduced or removed, thus making it possible to obtain a more stable RF signal or focus error signal.11-15-2012
20130077456OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL READ/WRITE APPARATUS - In one embodiment, an optical pickup includes an optical system which forms multiple light beams based on the light emitted from a light source and which converges a write beam and a read beam, thereby forming a main spot and a sub-spot, respectively, on an optical storage medium. This optical system converges the write and read beams onto the optical storage medium so that the main spot moves through the same region on the optical storage medium ahead of the sub-spot. The optical pickup further includes a detector for sensing the write and read beams reflected from the storage medium. The detector includes a first photodiode 03-28-2013

Patent applications by Jun-Ichi Asada, Hyogo JP

Jun-Ichi Azuma, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100249390PRODUCTION METHODS FOR SOLUBILIZED LIGNIN, SACCHARIDE RAW MATERIAL AND MONOSACCHARIDE RAW MATERIAL, AND SOLUBILIZED LIGNIN - A new lignin degradation product, a method for producing the same, and methods for producing a saccharide raw material and a monosaccharide raw material are provided.09-30-2010

Jun-Ichi Chika, Ube-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110160455Preparation of Aminopyrimidine Compounds - A 2-(N-methyl-N-methanesulfonylamino)pyrimidine compound of the formula (3): [R is a hydrocarbyl group], is prepared by the steps of: (I) reacting an isobutyrylacetate ester with 4-fluorobenzaldehyde and urea in the presence of a protonic compound and a metal salt; (II) oxidizing the reaction product of the step (I); (III) reacting the oxidation product of the step (II) with an organic sulfonyl halide or an organic sulfonyl anhydride; and (IV) reacting the reaction product of the step (III) with N-methyl-N-methanesulfonamide.06-30-2011

Jun-Ichi Deguchi, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130026867MOTOR COOLING DEVICE - A motor cooling device having good cooling performance, which is adapted to promote heat transfer between a coil end and a coil end cover even if the flowing amount of oil is small. A heat of a stator is withdrawn by the oil flowing around the coil end. For this purpose, the motor cooling device comprises a flow path formed between an outer face of the coil end and an inner face of the coil end cover, and a flow rate adjusting unit for changing a cross-sectional area of the flow path by moving the coil end cover toward the coil end or away from the coil end. The flow rate adjusting unit widens the cross-sectional area of the flow path in case a feeding amount of the oil to the flow path is relatively large, and narrows the cross-sectional area of the flow path in case a feeding amount of the oil to the flow path is relatively small.01-31-2013

Jun-Ichi Fujita, Sakuragawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110068266METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD - A method which visualizes the distribution of a local electric field formed near a sample 03-24-2011

Jun-Ichi Fujita, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110003174CARBON WIRE AND NANO STRUCTURE FORMED OF CARBON FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There are provided a carbon wire using CNT or a similar carbon filament having a sufficiently low electrical resistance value, and a wire assembly employing that carbon wire. A carbon wire includes an assembly portion and a graphite layer. The assembly portion is configured of a plurality of carbon filaments implemented as carbon nanotubes in contact with one another. The graphite layer is provided at an outer circumference of the assembly portion.01-06-2011
20120082787METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING GRAPHENE FILM TO SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a graphene film producing method that can produce large-area graphene without requiring high temperature, an electronic element manufacturing method with which a resist FET circuit pattern can easily be formed on an element substrate, and that can be easily applied to an area-increasing process by integrating elements, and a method for transferring a graphene film to a substrate, whereby a large-area graphene film can be isolated, and a graphene film of a desired size can be transferred to a desired position of a substrate.04-05-2012

Jun-Ichi Furukawa, Hokkaido JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090068752Method for Preparing Analysis Sample, Analysis Sample and Sugar Chain Capture Agent - A method for preparing an analysis sample which involves the sugar chain capture step comprising a reaction of capturing a sugar chain and/or a sugar derivative from a biological sample by using a sugar chain capture agent and the excision step comprising excising a compound containing a moiety capturing the sugar chain and/or the sugar derivative from the sugar chain capture agent after the completion of the sugar chain capture reaction and releasing the compound.03-12-2009
20090187011Method of serum pre-treatment for glycomic analysis - A means for pre-treatment in glycomic analysis of a glycoprotein is provided by the present invention.07-23-2009
20090306291SUGAR CHAIN-CAPTURING SUBSTANCE AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for preparing a sample characterized by binding a substance A containing a hydrazide group to a sugar chain and/or a sugar derivative via hydrazone formation between the hydrazide group of the substance A and the reducing end of the sugar chain and/or the sugar derivative thereby to enable the separation and purification of the sugar chain and/or the sugar derivative for an analytical sample from a biological sample containing the sugar chain and/or the sugar derivative by a simple operation.12-10-2009
20100297682METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS BY SUGAR CHAIN ANALYSIS - Provided is a novel method of diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. Based on the quantitative expression profile of sugar chain expression amount in the serum (whole serum, HAP or LAP), the relevancy thereof to rheumatoid arthritis is analyzed. As a result, a sugar chain and a glycoprotein showing a change depending on the onset of rheumatoid arthritis are found out and thus a serum sugar chain and a glycoprotein usable as a novel biomarker are provided.11-25-2010

Jun-Ichi Hanai, Boston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120171286METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF STATIN-INDUCED MYOPATHY - Disclosed are methods for treating or preventing a statin-mediated myopathy in a subject via administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a geranylgeranylation activator. Further disclosed are kits containing a geranylgeranylation activator useful for the treatment of a statin-mediated myopathy.07-05-2012

Jun-Ichi Hata, Gotenba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090041761Method of immunizing animal, composition for immunization, method for producing antibody, method for producing hybridoma and method for producing monoclonal antibody - It is an object of the present invention to a method whereby a humoral immune response is induced more efficiently in producing an antibody against an antigen protein by gene immunization. A fusion gene composed of a gene encoding the full-length of a part of the antigen protein or a gene encoding a chaperonin subunit or a chaperonin subunit linkage linked thereto is administered to express the fusion gene in the animal, thereby inducing a humoral immune response to an antigen protein by administering. An example of the chaperonin includes 02-12-2009

Jun-Ichi Itoh, Nagaoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090206781ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE CIRCUIT - A current source rectifier is provided at an output of an alternating current generator, an alternating current motor is connected to an output of the rectifier via a voltage source inverter, furthermore, two arms having switching elements connected in inverse parallel to diodes are connected to the output of the rectifier, and one terminal of a direct current power source capable of a power supply and absorption is connected to a midpoint between the arms, while the other terminal thereof is connected to a neutral point of motor coils or generator coils, thereby eliminating a need for a large volumetric reactor in a direct current chopper, achieving a downsizing of the circuit.08-20-2009

Jun-Ichi Itoh, Ageo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114985Green Emitting Phosphor - A green emitting phosphor is provided, allowing the internal quantum efficiency to be increased.05-19-2011
20110253940Green Emitting Phosphor - A green emitting phosphor exhibiting an excellent absorption ratio is provided. A green emitting phosphor containing crystal represented by MGa10-20-2011
20120018674Emitting Phosphor - An emitting phosphor is provided, which can be excited by a blue LED or a near-UV LED, emit visible light and increase internal quantum efficiency. An emitting phosphor is proposed, comprising an orthorhombic crystal system comprising Ga and S, wherein the orthorhombic crystal system has, in an XRD pattern using a Cu Kα beam, a proportion of the diffraction intensity of the maximum peak appearing at diffraction angle 2θ=16.0 to 18.0° with respect to the diffraction intensity of the maximum peak appearing at diffraction angle 2θ=23.6 to 24.8° of 0.4 or greater.01-26-2012
20120081001Green Emitting Phosphor - A green emitting phosphor is provided, allowing the internal quantum efficiency to be increased. The green emitting phosphor comprises a mother crystal containing Sr, Ga and S, and a luminescent center, characterized in that, in an XRD pattern, the ratio of the diffraction intensity of the maximum peak appearing at diffraction angle 2θ=14 to 20° over the diffraction intensity of the maximum peak appearing at diffraction angle 2θ=21 to 27° is 0.4 or greater.04-05-2012

Patent applications by Jun-Ichi Itoh, Ageo-Shi JP

Jun-Ichi Kageira, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110256442ELECTRODE MIXTURE, ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - The present invention provides an electrode mixture, an electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The electrode mixture includes a lithium mixed metal oxide represented by formula (1):10-20-2011

Jun-Ichi Kageura, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120077083ELECTRODE MIX, ELECTRODE MIX PASTE, ELECTRODE, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode mixture containing a particulate electrode active material, an electrically conductive material and a binder, wherein the electrode active material comprises a particulate core material and a coating material adhering in the form of particles or a layer to the surface of the core material, the core material is obtained by a method comprising a step of coprecipitating two or more transition metal elements, and the binder comprises a water-soluble macromolecule or a water-dispersible macromolecule or both. An electrode comprising the electrode mixture and an electrode collector. An electrode mixture paste containing the electrode mixture and water. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode is the electrode.03-29-2012
20120082883ELECTRODE MIX, ELECTRODE, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode mixture comprising a lithium nickel manganese composite metal oxide having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less, an electrically conductive material and an overcharge inhibition material. The electrode mixture in which the overcharge inhibition material is an aromatic compound. The electrode mixture in which the overcharge inhibition material is one or more members selected from the group consisting of an aramid, a polyether, a polysulfone and a polyethersulfone. An electrode comprising the electrode mixture. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode capable of being doped and dedoped with lithium ions, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode is the electrode described above.04-05-2012
20120183850POSITIVE ELECTRODE MIXTURE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed are: a positive electrode mixture which provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is capable of exhibiting high output at high current rate; and a positive electrode. Specifically disclosed is a positive electrode mixture which contains a positive electrode active material powder, a conductive agent, a binder and a solvent. The positive electrode active material powder is composed of particles having an average particle diameter of 0.05-1 μm (inclusive) and has a tap density of 0.8-3.0 g/cm07-19-2012
20120315530ELECTRODE MIXTURE, ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode mixture containing a lithium mixed metal oxide having a BET specific surface area of 2 to 30 m12-13-2012

Jun-Ichi Kawakami, Yamatokoriyama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100105922PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FUSED IMIDAZOLE COMPOUND, REFORMATSKY REAGENT IN STABLE FORM, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an industrially advantageous process for producing a steroid C04-29-2010
20120077985PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FUSED IMIDAZOLE COMPOUND, REFORMATSKY REAGENT IN STABLE FORM, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an industrially advantageous process for producing a steroid C03-29-2012

Jun-Ichi Kikuchi, Ikoma-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100278885C70-Containing Liposome, Method for Producing the Same, and Use of the Same - A solution containing a C11-04-2010

Jun-Ichi Kikuchi, Nara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042021Metal-Coated Lipid Bilayer Vesicles and Process for Producing Same - A metal-coated material comprising a metal-coated lipid bilayer vesicle and a preparation method thereof are provided. A metal-coated material comprising a metal-coated lipid bilayer vesicle having a network of siloxane bonding (Si—O—Si) on its surface. a method for preparing the metal-coated lipid bilayer vesicle comprising the following steps: 02-12-2009

Jun-Ichi Kunizaki, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100055799TEST AGENT FOR DIAGNOSING DYSPEPSIA - The present invention provides a composition for measuring the gastric-emptying function and a method for measuring the gastric-emptying function effectively usable in diagnosing dyspepsia. The present invention also provides a dyspepsia diagnostic agent, a method for diagnosing dyspepsia, and a method for measuring the treatment effect on a patient suffering from gastrointestinal disorders caused by insufficiencies in the gastric-emptying function (including a pharmacotherapy). One of the main features of the composition for measuring the gastric-emptying function of the present invention is that a pyrimidine compound, which is converted to a labeled CO03-04-2010

Jun-Ichi Nakamura, Suita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120172483 PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CURED MOLDED ARTICLE, AND CURED MOLDED ARTICLE - Provided is a process for production of a cured molded article capable of readily producing a transparent and discoloration-free cured molded article that exhibits a low shrinkage ratio and an excellent heat resistance, abrasion resistance, and mold release behavior. Also provided is a cured molded article that is useful in a variety of applications, for example, as an optical member. The process for production of a cured molded article from a curable resin composition that comprises a condensable inorganic compound, a curable organic compound, and a curing agent is a process for production of a cured molded article including a first step composed of a step of thermally curing the curable resin composition at 80 to 200° C. and/or a step of curing the curable resin composition by exposure to active-energy radiation, and a second step of subjecting the cured material obtained in the first step to a thermal cure at above 200° C. but not more than 500° C.07-05-2012

Jun-Ichi Nawama, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120167639DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE - A drum type washing machine of the present invention includes a cylindrical rotary drum with a bottom that has a first opening in the front side, a water tub with a second opening corresponding to the first opening, a motor for rotating the rotary drum, and a water circulating passage for pouring out washing water to a circulating passage connected to the water tub and pouring in the washing water to the rotary drum by a circulating pump so as to circulate the washing water. The rotary drum is installed in the water tub such that its rotating axis direction is set horizontal or tilted downward from the front to the back, which is the bottom part, with respect to the horizontal direction. The water circulating passage includes a headrace where the washing water passes, a nozzle provided in the headrace for discharging the washing water, and a flow path connected to the nozzle for discharging the washing water discharged from the nozzle into the rotary drum. The headrace is configured with a front wall of the water tub and a cover attached to the front wall of the water tub. The nozzle is configured between the cover and the front wall of the water tub.07-05-2012

Jun-Ichi Ogawa, Akita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120003669Immunohistochemical staining method and immunohistochemical staining apparatus - An immunohistochemical staining apparatus for carrying out immunohistochemical staining includes a sample chamber (01-05-2012

Jun-Ichi Ogawa, Akita JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100276501TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD USING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD - A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy.11-04-2010

Jun-Ichi Okada, Kashiwa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120084014MODELING DEVICE, PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING CORRESPONDENCE - A modeling device is disclosed that easily projects characteristic information obtained from an object onto a differently-shaped object, even if the object, from which the characteristic information is obtained, has a complex shape. A modeling device in one embodiment of the present invention includes a virtually electrifying section to calculate an electric potential at a spot in a heart at the time when a predetermined voltage is applied to the heart, and a projecting section to project a fiber orientation onto a heart model created on the basis of shape information that is input to the input section. The projecting section specifies a spot to be a target of projection on the basis of the electric potential obtained by the virtually electrifying section. Use of the electric potential in specifying the spot makes it possible to easily project the fiber orientation onto any heart having complex and various shapes.04-05-2012

Jun-Ichi Okada, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110235883THREE-DIMENSIONAL TEMPLATE TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes: obtaining designated 3D template for a designated part in a heart; generating 3D annulus data representing an annulus of a heart valve identified as a reference of transformation, from a cross-section image in a plane passing through an axis within the annulus of the identified heart valve in 3D volume data generated from tomographic images; identifying a first point on the annulus of the identified heart valve in the designated 3D template and a second point on the annulus represented by the 3D annulus data; arranging n starting points from the first point on the annulus of the identified heart valve in the designated 3D template and n target points from the second point on the annulus represented by the 3D annulus data; and calculating movement destination coordinates of vertices of polygons relating to the designated 3D template to transform the designated 3D template.09-29-2011
20110292039VISUALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This method includes: generating data of a mask surface with respect to visualization data arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space, for calculation values at respective calculation points; identifying, from a first data storage storing, as time-series data, positions of the calculation points and calculation values at the calculation points, a first point whose position is closest to a predetermined point on the mask surface; reading out, from the first data storage, a position of the identified first point in each time; arranging the mask surface in each time based on a direction of a user's sight line and the read position in each time so as to make the mask surface perpendicular to the direction of the user's sight line and have the predetermined point on the mask surface arranged at the read position; and drawing polygon data of the visualization data and the mask surface in time series.12-01-2011
20120301053IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The disclosed method includes: carrying out scale conversion for a first pixel value of each of a plurality of pixels included in an image to generate a second pixel value of the plurality of pixels; applying a reaction-diffusion equation including a diffusion element and a reaction element that is set according to at least the number of types of regions to be extracted, to the second pixel value of each of plural pixels within a certain region of the image a predetermined number of times to generate a third pixel value of each of the plurality of pixels included in the image; and carrying out scale inverse-conversion that is inverse-conversion of the scale conversion, for the third pixel value of each of the plurality of pixels included in the image to generate a fourth pixel value of the plurality of pixels.11-29-2012

Jun-Ichi Ozaki, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110136036CARBON CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON CATALYST, FUEL CELL, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, AND USE OF CARBON CATALYST - The present invention is made to provide a carbon catalyst which has high catalytic activity and can achieve high catalyst performance.06-09-2011
20110143253CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, FUEL CELL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, FUEL CELL, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention is made to integrate a catalyst and other component(s) to be combined with the catalyst to reduce the number of components, and to reduce contact resistance of the integrated components.06-16-2011

Jun-Ichi Ozaki, Kiryu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100323272CARBON CATALYST, SLURRY CONTAINING THE CARBON CATALYST, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON CATALYST, AND FUEL CELL, STORAGE DEVICE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYST EACH EMPLOYING CARBON CATALYST - The present invention is made to provide a carbon catalyst capable of preventing the coarsening of particles of nanoshell structure of carbon which causes reduction in activity for oxygen reduction reaction. The carbon catalyst is produced by the steps of: preparing a carbon precursor polymer; mixing a transition metal or a compound of the transition metal into the carbon precursor polymer; spinning the mixture of the carbon precursor polymer and the transition metal or the compound of the transition metal into fibers; and carbonizing the fibers.12-23-2010
20110229766CARBON CATALYST, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CARBON CATALYST, AND ELECTRODE AND BATTERY USING THE CARBON CATALYST - Provided are a carbon catalyst having an excellent activity and a method of manufacturing a carbon catalyst, and an electrode and a battery each using the carbon catalyst. The method of manufacturing a carbon catalyst according to the present invention includes a carbonizing step S09-22-2011
20110243830CARBON CATALYST, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CARBON CATALYST, AND ELECTRODE AND BATTERY USING THE CARBON CATALYST - A method of manufacturing a carbon catalyst according to the present invention includes: a first step involving heating a raw material containing a resin and a metal to carbonize the resin so that a carbon catalyst is obtained; a second step involving subjecting the carbon catalyst to a treatment for removing the metal; and a third step involving subjecting the carbon catalyst that has been subjected to the treatment to a heat treatment to improve an activity of the carbon catalyst.10-06-2011
20120220446CARBON CATALYST, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, AND ELECTRODE AND BATTERY EACH UTILIZING SAME - Provided is a carbon catalyst having an improved activity. The carbon catalyst is obtained by: carbonizing raw materials containing an organic compound as a carbon source, a metal, and an electrically conductive carbon material to produce a carbonized material; impregnating the carbonized material with a metal; and subjecting the carbonized material with the metal to a heat treatment.08-30-2012
20120231338SUPPORT FOR CATALYST SUPPORTING, CARRIER WITH SUPPORTED CATALYST, ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY - A support for carrying a catalyst is obtained by carbonizing raw materials containing a nitrogen-containing organic substance and a metal. The support for carrying a catalyst may have a peak at a diffraction angle of around 26° in an X-ray diffraction pattern, the peak including 20 to 45% of a graphite-like structure component and 55 to 80% of an amorphous component. In addition, the support for carrying a catalyst may have an intensity ratio of a band at 1,360 cm09-13-2012
20120313053HYDROGEN STORING CARBON MATERIAL - Provided is a hydrogen-storing carbon material with improved hydrogen storage capacity. The hydrogen-storing carbon material has a total pore volume of 0.5 cm12-13-2012
20130040224CARBON CATALYST FOR DIRECT FUEL CELL CATHODE, AND DIRECT FUEL CELL CATHODE AND DIRECT FUEL CELL USING SAME - Provided is a carbon catalyst for a cathode of a direct fuel cell, which selectively promotes an oxygen reduction reaction even when crossover of a fuel compound occurs. The carbon catalyst for a cathode of a direct fuel cell exhibits an oxygen-reducing catalytic activity in an electrolytic solution containing a fuel compound for the direct fuel cell, and exhibits substantially no catalytic activity to oxidize the fuel compound in the electrolytic solution.02-14-2013

Patent applications by Jun-Ichi Ozaki, Kiryu-Shi JP

Jun-Ichi Saito, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090247522Hsp90 FAMILY PROTEIN INHIBITORS - The present invention provides Hsp90 family protein inhibitors comprising, as an active ingredient, a benzoyl compound represented by general formula (I):10-01-2009

Patent applications by Jun-Ichi Saito, Sunto-Gun JP

Jun-Ichi Sakamoto, Yokahama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114598OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH EACH OF FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS HAVING A REPETITION STRUCTURE - An optical element having a three-dimensional structure which can function in a visible range and can improve adherence at a structural interface of the element, and a method of manufacturing the optical element. The optical element includes a substrate, and at least a first layer and a second layer on the substrate are manufactured such that each of the first layer and the second layer has a repetition structure of spaces and structural parts at a pitch equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light, and at an interface between the first layer and the second layer, overlapped structures are provided in which the repetition structure of the first layer and the repetition structure of the second layer overlap in a stack direction of the layers.05-19-2011

Jun-Ichi Satoh, Yamagata-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130079285SOLUBILIZED COLLAGEN FIBERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are novel solubilized collagen fibers with which solubilized collagen can be obtained by instantaneous uniform dissolution in water at the time of use. The solubilized collagen fibers are formed from a solubilized collagen solid content of 66 to 87 wt %, buffer salt content of 2 to 6 wt %, water content of 10 to 22 wt %, and a residual hydrophilic organic solvent content of a trace amount of up to 6 wt % (totaling 100 wt %). The solubilized collagen fibers have an average fineness of 3 to 10 dtx, an isoionic point of 4.5 to 5.0, a water content of 10 to 22 wt %, and residual hydrophilic organic solvent content of a trace amount of up to 6.0 wt %. The solubilized collagen fibers are present uniformly in the direction of fiber length. The buffer salt is selected from sodium citrate, sodium lactate, and sodium phosphate.03-28-2013

Jun-Ichi Shimada, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090187288REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A remote control system capable of precise operations or treatments in which the visual recognition and operation portions are as close to each other as possible, including: a) an imaging device for taking an image of the object; b) a manipulation tool having at its tip an illuminator for casting a spot light onto the object; c) a driver for changing the position of the manipulation tool; d) an external display unit for displaying an image; e) an input unit for allowing an operator to specify a position corresponding to the display of the external display unit; f) a distance calculator for calculating the distance between the position specified through the input unit and the position of the spot light cast from the illuminator onto the object; and g) a controller for controlling, based on the aforementioned distance, the driver so as to bring the tip of the manipulation tool closer to the specified position.07-23-2009

Jun-Ichi Suzuki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133620Sealer Coater - A sealer coater (05-28-2009

Jun-Ichi Suzuki, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090145976Paint Supply System - There is provided a paint supply system in which a paint passage is less liable to be clogged with peeled-off deposits even when paint piping and the like are cleaned with a pig, and the substantially entire region of circulation piping can be cleaned efficiently and surely. In a paint supply system 06-11-2009

Jun-Ichi Takahashi, Tokyo JP

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20100285612FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, ANTIGEN CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, FLOW CELL, FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND ANTIGEN CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD - A flow rate measurement apparatus includes a light oscillator; a thin metallic film which causes surface plasmon resonance by light output from the light oscillator; a focusing unit which fixes the thin metallic film and converts the output light of the light oscillator into incident light having a plurality of incident angles to focus the incident light at a location of a focal line in a straight line shape on the thin metallic film; a measurement part having antibody fixed areas to which an antibody is fixed and reference areas to which an antibody is not fixed, the antibody fixed areas and the reference areas being alternately arranged at a location along the focal line location on the thin metallic film; a light receiver which receives reflected light, at the focal line location, of the output light by surface plasmon resonance occurring at the focal line location, at each of the plurality of incident light angles; an SPR angle calculator which obtains a temporal change of an SPR angle in each of the antibody fixed areas and the reference areas in the measurement part; and a flow rate operation unit which calculates the flow rate of the sample flowing in the flow cell based on the temporal change of the SPR angle obtained by the SPR angle calculator.11-11-2010
20110070655FLOW CELL AND LIQUID DELIVERY METHOD - A flow cell includes: a flow channel through which a sample solution flows; an inlet section which communicates with the flow channel and to which the sample solution is supplied; a transfer section which includes a plurality of opening sections, one end side of which communicates with the flow channel and an other side of which opens to outside air, and which communicates with the flow channel, and draws in and guides the sample solution supplied into the inlet section to the flow channel; a detecting section which faces the sample solution in the flow channel; and a sealing member which unsealably seals at least either one of the opening section or the inlet section.03-24-2011

Jun-Ichi Takahashi, Niihama-Shi JP

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20100065478METHOD FOR NICKEL CONCENTRATION PROCESSING OF SAPROLITE ORE - The method for nickel concentration processing, which is low cost, simple and convenient, as well as having low environmental load, which is capable of enhancing nickel content of a saprolite ore with low nickel content, which was not conventionally used effectively as a raw material of ferronickel smelting due to having low nickel content, to a level to be utilized economically as a raw material of ferronickel smelting.03-18-2010

Jun-Ichi Takahashi, Atsugi-Shi JP

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20100303686CAPILLARY PUMP UNIT AND FLOW CELL - In a capillary pump unit, a capillary pump including a plurality of through portions making a first point and a second point of an approximately flat-plate-shaped base communicable with each other are formed in the base, and a sample liquid is transferred from the first point to the second point by capillary force by the through portions.12-02-2010
20110194116MEASURING CHIP INSTALLATION/REMOVAL DEVICE, SPR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASURING CHIP INSTALLATION/REMOVAL METHOD - A measuring chip installation/removal device of the present invention secures and removes a measuring chip to and from the top surface of an SPR measurement device that measures a specimen in the measuring chip by surface plasmon resonance. The measuring chip installation/removal device includes: a chip carrier on which the measuring chip is mounted; a chip carrier guide that guides the chip carrier on the top surface; and a first magnet provided in the chip carrier, and a second magnet is provided in the chip carrier guide. Orientation of a magnetic force received by the first magnet from the second magnet is reversed by displacing the chip carrier guide, so that the chip carrier is secured to or removed from the top surface.08-11-2011

Jun-Ichi Takahashi, Kanagawa JP

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20100307617FLOW CELL12-09-2010

Jun-Ichi Takeuchi, Fukuoka-Shi JP

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20130022249RAPID DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF SPEEDING UP THE SAME, AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME - When obtaining a final result from a discriminator group arranged in a predetermined order, an evaluation value obtaining unit successively evaluates each discriminator from a first discriminator and if it is determined that a discrimination result represented by an overall evaluation value obtained by evaluating the first to I01-24-2013

Jun-Ichi Tanabe, Kamakura-Shi JP

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20100035345High Production System for Infectious Hepatitis C Virus Particle - The present invention relates to a method for producing infectious hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles, comprising a step of introducing an expression vector into a cell that allows HCV proliferation, such expression vector comprising: DNA sequences encoding the 5′ untranslated region, structural proteins, and, if necessary, non-structural proteins of HCV and DNA sequences encoding non-structural proteins and the 3′ untranslated region derived from the HCV JFH1 strain, which are located downstream of a polymerase I promoter; and a DNA fragment containing an RNA polymerase I terminator, which is located further downstream thereof.02-11-2010
20100047896Nucleic acid construct containing full length genome of human hepatitis C virus, recombinant full length virus genome-replicating cells having the nucleic acid construct transferred thereinto and method of producing hepatitis C virus particle - The present invention provides a method for replicating efficiently an RNA containing fulllength HCV genomic sequence and a method for producing HCV virus particles containing fulllength HCV replicon RNA or fulllength HCV genomic RNA by using a cell culture system. Further, the present invention relates to a method for producing hepatitis C virus particles which comprises culturing a cell, into which a replicon RNA comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising a fulllength genomic RNA sequence of hepatitis C virus of the genotype 2a, at least one selectable marker gene and/or at least one reporter gene and at least one IRES sequence or the fulllength genomic RNA of hepatitis C virus of the genotype 2a is introduced, and generating virus particles in the culture medium. Still further the present invention relates also to a hepatitis C vaccine and an antibody against hepatitis C virus particles.02-25-2010

Jun-Ichi Watanabe, Shinagawa-Ku JP

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20090130895CONNECTOR - A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of the contacts to urging the contact portions against the circuit board, thereby achieving reliable connection and miniaturization of the connector. In an aspect, the housing is formed on the side of a board insertion opening with a recessed portion for conducting the board. In another aspect, the contact includes upper and lower contact portions one above the other arranged alternately staggered so as to be connected to a circuit board having contact portions alternately staggered, so that no defective connection occurs, even if the circuit board is inserted erroneously upside down. In a further aspect, the connector further includes locking members having an engaging portion which engages an anchoring portion of the circuit board to prevent the circuit board from being removed. In one aspect, contacts of two kinds are inserted into the housing from opposite sides, respectively so that these contacts of the two kinds are into contact with the contact portions on respective surfaces of the circuit board. In a further aspect, moreover, a plate-shaped piece is provided in opposition to the contact portions of the contacts to prevent the housing from being deformed.05-21-2009
20100173518CONNECTOR - A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of the contacts to urging the contact portions against the circuit board, thereby achieving reliable connection and miniaturization of the connector. In an aspect, the housing is formed on the side of a board insertion opening with a recessed portion for conducting the board. In another aspect, the contact includes upper and lower contact portions one above the other arranged alternately staggered so as to be connected to a circuit board having contact portions alternately staggered, so that no defective connection occurs, even if the circuit board is inserted erroneously upside down. In a further aspect, the connector further includes locking members having an engaging portion which engages an anchoring portion of the circuit board to prevent the circuit board from being removed. In one aspect, contacts of two kinds are inserted into the housing from opposite sides, respectively so that these contacts of the two kinds are into contact with the contact portions on respective surfaces of the circuit board. In a further aspect, moreover, a plate-shaped piece is provided in opposition to the contact portions of the contacts to prevent the housing from being deformed.07-08-2010

Patent applications by Jun-Ichi Watanabe, Shinagawa-Ku JP

Jun-Ichi Yamada, Tokyo JP

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20090270644BASE AGENT FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATING OIL - Disclosed is a base agent for electrical insulating oils, which mainly contains an esterified product of glycerin and a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 6-14, preferably 8-12 carbon atoms. This base agent for electrical insulating oils is excellent in electrical characteristics, oxidation stability, cooling characteristics, flame retardance and safety. In particular, this agent for electrical insulating oils can meet energy/environmental problems by using an edible oil and fat, which is obtained by using a fatty acid derived from a vegetable oil as a raw material, as the linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 6-14 carbon atoms.10-29-2009