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Okura, JP

Fumie Okura, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120070395NOVEL AMIDE DERIVATIVE AND WHITENING AGENT - Compound represented by formula (I):03-22-2012

Hajime Okura, Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090277334WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION APPARATUS - Absorption liquid recirculating pipes fitted with absorption tower (absorber) recirculating pumps corresponding to individual spray headers are inserted from the void tower portion inside absorption tower, near the liquid surface of liquid trapping portion (recirculation tank), in the interior of the absorption tower, erected vertically from substantially the center of the absorption tower and connected to respective spray headers provided in multiple stages along the direction of gas flow. Multiple nozzles of each of the spray headers are disposed mutually concentrically or rectangularly on a plane orthogonal to the direction of flue gas flow within the absorption tower. Thus, there can be provided a wet flue gas desulfurization apparatus (system) that is capable of large-capacity flue gas treatment and that in a plant where highly efficient desulfurization of flue gas of high SOx concentration is demanded, even when the amount of liquid circulated through the absorption tower is increased, can avoid increasing of the height of absorption tower and the power of absorption tower recirculating pumps and can realize easily disposing of footpath for maintenance.11-12-2009
20090320687WET-TYPE EXHAUST DESULFURIZING APPARATUS - An absorbing tower is provided in its side wall with a gas entrance for introducing a combustion exhaust gas into the absorbing tower, and an absorbing liquid is sprayed from the nozzles of a spray header into the exhaust gas introduced to rise from the gas entrance. A trough is arranged in the side wall of the absorbing tower and above the gas entrance, and a nose having a horseshoe shape in a top plan view and extending into tower is disposed in the tower side wall portion of the gas entrance other than the portion arranging the trough and at the same or at substantially the same height as the portion of the trough. The absorbing liquid, which is sprayed from the nozzle and drops along the absorbing tower wall portion, is rescattered to the center portion of the absorbing tower excepting the entrance of the absorbing tower, so that the gas-liquid contact efficiency is improved while suppressing an increase in pressure loss, thereby to prevent the drift of the gas at the tower wall portion.12-31-2009

Hidenori Okura, Toyama City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100294206Two-Way Door Pet Restriction Device - In an embodiment of the disclosure, a pet restriction device is disclosed. The pet restriction device comprises an entry panel, at least one door located on the entry panel and comprising a door axis, and a locking device. The locking device comprises a handle, two bars, and two receivers. The handle is coupled to the door and located on the opposite side from the door axis. One end of each of the two bars is coupled to the handle. The two receivers are coupled to the entry panel, and each of the two receivers receives one of the two bars.11-25-2010

Hiroshi Okura, Nagaoka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120238186SUPPORT MATERIAL REMOVING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a revolutionary support material removing method which exhibits operational effects not seen in conventional practice.09-20-2012

Hiroshi Okura, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080268326CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL HAVING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, METHOD OF PRODUCING CATALYST LAYER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - There are provided a catalyst layer that improves power generation efficiency, a membrane electrode assembly, a fuel cell using the membrane electrode assembly, and a method of producing the membrane electrode assembly. Specifically, there are provided a catalyst layer including at least a first catalyst material and a second catalyst material which is different from the first catalyst material, in which the first catalyst material includes a polyacid having a thiol group, and the first catalyst material and the second catalyst material are bound to each other through a thiol bond; a membrane electrode assembly having the catalyst layer; a fuel cell having the membrane electrode assembly; a method of producing the catalyst layer; and a method of producing the membrane electrode assembly.10-30-2008
20100003822METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLUMNAR STRUCTURED MATERIAL - A microcolumnar structured material having a desired material. The columnar structured material includes columnar members obtained by introducing a filler into columnar holes formed in a porous material. The porous material has the columnar holes formed by removing columnar substances from a structured material in which the columnar substances containing a first component are dispersed in a matrix member containing a second component capable of forming a eutectic with the first component. The matrix member may be removed. In the columnar structured material, the filler is a conductive material, and an electrode can be structured by electrically connecting the conductive materials in at least a part of a plurality of holes to a conductor.01-07-2010
20100227251CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE CATALYST LAYER - Provided are a highly active catalyst layer including platinum and a metal other than platinum, a membrane electrode assembly, a fuel cell, and a method of producing the catalyst layer. A catalyst layer for a fuel cell includes a polymer electrolyte, and a catalyst structure having a dendritic shape, in which the catalyst structure having the dendritic shape includes platinum and a metal other than platinum, and in which a platinum compositional ratio of a surface of the catalyst structure having the dendritic shape is higher than a platinum compositional ratio of the whole of the catalyst structure having the dendritic shape.09-09-2010

Patent applications by Hiroshi Okura, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Hiroshi Okura, Hadano-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080223824COLUMNAR STRUCTURED MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a dot pattern includes the steps of preparing a structured material composed of a plurality of columnar members containing a first component and a region containing a second component different from the first component surrounding the columnar members, with the structured material being formed by depositing the first component and the second component on a substrate, and removing the columnar members from the structured material to form a porous material having a columnar hole. In addition, a material is introduced into the columnar hole portions of the porous material to form a dot pattern, and the porous material is removed.09-18-2008

Hiroshi Okura, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090130514Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, method of producing same, and fuel cell - Provided is a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell which comprises a polymer electrolyte 05-21-2009

Junya Okura, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120184375Game Device, Game Control Method, And Game Control Program for Controlling Game in Which Character is Moved in Three Dimensional Space - A game device includes: a screen generation unit configured to read data for a character and an object located in a three-dimensional game field from a storage device, generate images of the character and the object, and display the images on a displace device; a character control unit configured to control the movement of the character landing on the object; a gravitational direction control unit configured to change the direction of gravitational force exerted on the character in accordance with a command input from a player acknowledged by an input device; and a fall control unit configured to cause the character to fall in the changed direction of the gravitational force. The gravitational direction control unit displays a marker indicating a position where the character would land after falling.07-19-2012
20120212429CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Provided is a control method for an information input device capable of facilitating an operation input performed by a user. The control method for an information input device includes: acquiring a moving distance of an object when a user performs a movement operation for moving the object on a detection surface of a touch sensor for detecting a position of the object on the detection surface; acquiring a value regarding an operation mode of the movement operation; and outputting a value calculated based on the acquired moving distance and the acquired value regarding the operation mode, as an operation input amount exhibited in the movement operation performed by the user.08-23-2012

Kazuo Okura, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110053110APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DENTAL OCCLUSION - An apparatus for measuring a dental occlusion includes: a position sensor (03-03-2011

Kenho Okura, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090110473Connection Hardware for Wooden Building - A new technique is disclosed, according to which it is possible to extensively increase the efficiency of the construction of large-size wooden building, to effectively use the loading space when materials for construction are carried from factories and other places because the extent of projection of hardware from the materials where it is used is far less than in the conventional case. Moreover, when the hardware is connected, a force to pull lateral members toward longitudinal members can be induced. According to this technique, the connection hardware comprises a basic hardware 04-30-2009

Kenichi Okura, Nagano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090317733Quinone Compound, Electrophotographic Photoconductor and Electrophotographic Apparatus - Disclosed is a compound having excellent electron transporting ability, which is useful for electrophotographic photosensitive bodies or organic EL devices. Specifically disclosed is a novel quinone compound having a structure represented by general formula (I). Also disclosed is a highly sensitive, positive charge type electrophotographic photosensitive body for copying machines and printers, wherein the novel organic material is used as a charge-transporting material in a photosensitive layer. Also specifically disclosed is an electrophotographic photosensitive body having a photosensitive layer formed on a conductive base and containing a charge-generating material and a charge-transporting material, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least one of the above-described compounds. Further disclosed is an electrophotographic apparatus using such a positive charge type electrophotographic photosensitive body.12-24-2009

Kenji Okura, Tsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090061655CONNECTOR - To provide a connector that enhances the reliability of connection between the ground and a shield constituting a shell. A socket constitutes the connector together with a header which is mounted on a different printed wiring board. The socket includes a socket body which is provided with a connection recess, a plurality of socket contacts which are held by the socket body, and a pitch direction shield and a terminal direction shield constituting the shell which surround the connection recess and which prevents electromagnetic noise from coming in and out. The pitch direction shield and the terminal direction shield are provided with terminals soldered to conductive pattern of the ground.03-05-2009

Kenji Okura, Tsu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080268711CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR CONNECTING BODY - A socket includes a socket housing of an insulator to which plural socket contacts to be soldered to a conductive pattern of a circuit substrate, and a fitting metal for fixture to the circuit substrate are attached, in which the fitting metal includes plate-like side plates that are exposed along end surfaces of the socket housing, anchors that are formed by folding the side plates to bite into the housing, and an attachment piece that protrudes from a bottom plate to outside of the socket housing to be fixed to the circuit substrate.10-30-2008
20080268723CONNECTOR - Contact portions of a socket contact and a header contact are pressed and thinned, and sloping steps formed by the process that presses and thins in the socket contact and the header contact are engaged with each other to suppress disengagement of the contacts.10-30-2008

Kenji Okura, Tsu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100248520Connector having a lock mechanism for keeping a socket and a header coupled, and method for manufacturing the connector - A connector includes a socket having a generally rectangular shape, the socket including socket contacts, lock mechanisms and retainer mechanisms; and a header having a generally rectangular shape, the header including header contacts and lock mechanisms and being couplable with the socket. The lock mechanisms of the socket and the header are respectively formed from the socket contacts and the header contacts, the lock mechanisms of the socket being formed by cutting away a portion of the socket contacts. The lock mechanisms of the header also serve as retainer mechanisms thereof. The lock mechanisms of the socket and the header are arranged substantially in the same row as the socket contacts and the header contacts and positioned near four corners of the socket and the header, respectively. The lock mechanisms of the socket and the header are configured to keep the socket and the header in a coupled state.09-30-2010
20100248524Connector - A connector includes a generally rectangular socket and a generally rectangular header couplable with the socket. The header is provided with arch-shaped engaging members arranged in opposite short sides thereof, the engaging members being elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction of the header. Each of the engaging members includes a protrusion portion protruding from the header or socket in the longitudinal direction thereof. The socket includes retainer portions engageable with the respective protrusion portions of the engaging members. The engaging members are elastically deformed when the header is coupled with the socket.09-30-2010

Kihachiro Okura, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130032520LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING ELUTION TIME, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MIXTURE RATIO - Provided that elapsed time from the start of the flow-in of an eluent into a column is t02-07-2013

Koji Okura, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100111623SUPPORT BOARD FOR PERFORATION PROCESSING AND METHOD OF PERFORATION PROCESSING - The support board for perforation processing 05-06-2010
20100278600SUPPORT BOARD FOR PERFORATION PROCESSING AND METHOD OF PERFORATION PROCESSING - The support board for perforation processing 1 of the present invention having a lubrication layer 3 formed on at least one surface of an aluminum substrate 2 is characterized in that the lubrication layer 3 is made of a mixture containing crystalline water-soluble resin and crystal nucleation agent. This structure provides a support board for perforation processing having a lubrication layer excellent in adherence to an aluminum substrate, free from stickiness, and excellent in blocking prevention, and capable of easily being washed after processing.11-04-2010

Koji Okura, Nara-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090112355Device and Method for Dressing Cutting Tools - Disclosed are a computer numerically controlled machine and methods for forming, grinding, or dressing cutting tools in a computer numerically controlled machine. In some embodiments, the computer numerically controlled machine is provided with a cutting tool and an abrasive surface. The abrasive surface is brought into contact with the cutting tool to abrade material from the cutting tool in a grinding or dressing operation. In certain embodiments, it is not necessary to remove the cutting tool from the computer numerically controlled machine for dressing. In some non-mutually-exclusive embodiments, the machine is provided with tool blanks, from which cutting tools are prepared using an abrasive surface in the machine.04-30-2009

Masahiko Okura, Kasugai-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090049253Program and erase diabling control of WPCAM by double controls - The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method for controlling the semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including memory regions that include nonvolatile memory cells; program prohibition information units, the program prohibition information units storing program prohibition information to be used for determining whether to prohibit or allow programming in a plurality of memory regions corresponding to the program prohibition information units; a first prohibition information control circuit that prohibits a change of the program prohibition information from a program prohibiting state to a program allowing state with respect a memory region, the memory region is one of the plurality of corresponding memory regions, based on first prohibition information to be used for determining whether to prohibit a change of the program prohibition information from a program prohibiting state to a program allowing state with respect to the corresponding memory region; and a second prohibition information control circuit that prohibits a change of the program prohibition information from a program allowing state to a program prohibiting state with respect to the corresponding memory region, based on second prohibition information to be used for determining whether to prohibit a change of the program prohibition information from a program allowing state to a program prohibiting state with respect to the corresponding memory region02-19-2009

Masahiko Okura, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110173379SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DOUBLE PROGRAM PROHIBITION CONTROL - The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method for controlling the semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including memory regions; program prohibition information units storing program prohibition information to be used for determining whether to prohibit or allow programming in the memory regions corresponding to the program prohibition information units; a first prohibition information control circuit that prohibits a change of the program prohibition information from a program prohibiting state with respect to a memory region based on first prohibition information; and a second prohibition information control circuit that prohibits a change of the program prohibition information from a program allowing state to a program prohibiting state with respect to the corresponding memory region based on second prohibition information with respect to the corresponding memory region.07-14-2011

Masahiro Okura, Mino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090012081Agents for promoting the proliferation or differentiation of stem cells or neural progenitor cells - An agent for promoting the proliferation or differentiation of a stem cell and/or neural progenitor cell, comprising a compound represented by Formula:01-08-2009

Masahiro Okura, Osaka-Shi, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090156582Pyrazole Compound - The present invention provides a pyrazole compound represented by the formula (I):06-18-2009

Masashi Okura, Asaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080306401Muscular volume balance evaluation apparatus, a muscular volume balance valuation method - A muscular volume balance measuring apparatus that measures the balance of the muscular volume in a specific part is provided. At least two sets of current applying, devices for inserting a specific part of the body and applying current to living bodies, or a voltmeter, which measures voltage, are provided. A bioelectricity impedance measuring device which measures bioelectricity impedance of a measured region from applied current and measured voltage is also provided. A muscular volume calculating device which computes muscular volume from measured bioelectricity impedance is also provided. Further, balance of muscular volume of the inserted part is calculated from each set of the computed muscular volume. In addition, there is a feature of being able to expand and contract for the longitudinal width, which is the distance which inserts a specific part, and breadth, which is the distance between current applying device or between the voltmeter.12-11-2008

Masayuki Okura, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090087676Coating Solution, and Gas Barrier Film, Gas Barrier Laminate and Gas Barrier Multilayer Film, Using the Coating Solution, and their Manufacturing Methods - A coating solution comprising: 04-02-2009

Noriyoshi Okura, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100102913ALIGNED MULTILAYER WOUND COIL - The invention is to provide an aligned multilayer wound coil that is compact in size, and is excellent in productivity, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, an electrical equipment, and non-inductive resistance to which the aligned multilayer wound coil is applied. The aligned multilayer-wound coil comprises two, or more winding layers, the winding layers being provided with insulated electric wires, respectively, wound in one direction in alignment with each other, wherein a lead wire is guided out from respective ends of the coil, on a layer-by-layer basis, and wherein the lead wire guided out from one end of the coil on a layer-by-layer basis is connected to one terminal while the lead wire guided out from the other end of the coil on a layer-by-layer basis is connected to the other terminal, and winding layer coils on a layer-by-layer basis are connected in parallel with each other on a circuit.04-29-2010

Seiji Okura, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090006080COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING SENTENCE DIVIDING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, SENTENCE DIVIDING APPARATUS, AND SENTENCE DIVIDING METHOD - A typical sentence having a specific typical characteristic in the sentence is divided. A division target typical sentence is divided on the basis of a small clause definition. The sentence is divided where positions suitable for dividing the typical sentence based on the structure are expressed by a user. A small clause string including small clauses that serve as independent sentences is created after the division. The small clause string is compared to the structure patterns, and a structure pattern that is determined to match the small clause string is selected as a result of the typical sentence division.01-01-2009
20090249197DOCUMENT PROOFREADING SUPPORT METHOD AND DOCUMENT PROOFREADING SUPPORT APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a mechanism for selecting a replacement source expression associated with respective replacement destination expressions, and the respective replacement destination expressions associated with the replacement source expression; a mechanism for extracting the replacement source expression associated with the replacement destination expression which is the same expression as the selected replacement destination expression, and creating an expression list; a mechanism for determining whether or not an expression group included in the expression list for one field is similar to an expression group included in the expression list; and a mechanism for generating a proofreading complementary dictionary, which associates an expression included in the expression list with a high replacement destination expression included in the expression list.10-01-2009
20100094617TRANSLATION SUPPORTING PROGRAM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - In a computer for supporting translation work, an acquisition unit retrieves a pair of original document including a plurality of original sentences and translated document including a plurality of translated sentences from a document storage unit. An estimation unit counts the number of original sentences included in the original document and the number of translated sentences included in the translated document, and estimates a position of a translated sentence corresponding to each original sentence in the translated document based on a ratio of the number of original sentences to the number of translated sentences and a positional order of each original sentence in the original document. An alignment unit aligns each original sentence with the translated sentence located at the estimated position, and outputs information indicating the correspondences between the original and translated sentences.04-15-2010

Patent applications by Seiji Okura, Kawasaki JP

Shigeyuki Okura, Yamanashi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110079179LIQUID MATERIAL VAPORIZER AND FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention is a liquid material vaporizer comprising a liquid-material supply part configured to make a liquid material into a droplet state and to discharge the same, and a vaporizing part configured to vaporize the liquid material in a droplet state so as to generate a source gas, the vaporizing part including: an inlet port to which the liquid material in a droplet state is introduced from the liquid-material supply part; a housing body of a bottomed tubular shape, the housing body having an opening end on a side of the inlet port; a columnar block having a flange for closing the opening end of the housing body, the columnar block being fitted in the housing body in such a manner that a gap serving as a vaporizing path is defined between the columnar block and an inside surface of the housing body; a breathable mist trap member disposed in the vaporizing path formed between the inside surface of the housing body and an outside surface of the columnar block, in such a manner that the mist trap member is in contact with the inside surface of the housing body and covers the outside surface of the columnar block; a heating part disposed to cover the housing body, the heating part being configured to heat the mist trap member through the housing body; a spout formed in the columnar block in such a manner that the spout is in communication with the inlet port, and passes through the columnar block from an end surface of the columnar block on the side of the inlet port to a side surface of the columnar block, the spout being configured to spout the liquid material in a droplet state, which has been introduced from the inlet port, toward an inside surface of the mist trap member; and an outlet port disposed in a bottom part of the housing body, the outlet port being configured to deliver a source gas generated by the mist trap member that vaporizes the liquid material in a droplet state in the vaporizing path.04-07-2011

Shigeyuki Okura, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080245306Vaporizer and semiconductor processing system - A vaporizer for generating a process gas from a liquid material includes a heat-exchange lower block having a hollow internal space and disposed below the spray port of an injector inside the container. A run-up space for the atomized liquid material is defined between the spray port and the heat-exchange lower block, and an annular space continuous to the run-up space is defined between an inner surface of the container and the heat-exchange lower block. An internal heater is disposed in the internal space of the heat-exchange lower block and includes a carbon wire formed of woven bundles of carbon fibers and sealed in a ceramic envelope. The internal heater is configured to heat the atomized liquid material flowing through the annular space to generate the process gas.10-09-2008
20080296791Vaporizing apparatus and semiconductor processing system - A vaporizing apparatus for generating a process gas from a liquid material includes a vaporizing container defining a vaporizing space of the vaporizing apparatus; an injector connected to the vaporizing container to spray the liquid material in an atomized state into the vaporizing space; and a heater attached to the vaporizing container to heat the liquid material sprayed in the vaporizing space. The vaporizing apparatus further includes a gas delivery passage connected to the vaporizing container to output from the vaporizing space a generation gas generated from the liquid material; a filter disposed inside the gas delivery passage or between the gas delivery passage and the vaporizing space to trap mist contained in the generation gas; and an infrared irradiation mechanism configured to irradiate the filter with infrared rays.12-04-2008
20100229984ROTARY SWITCHING VALVE - A rotary valve (09-16-2010

Patent applications by Shigeyuki Okura, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Shinsuke Okura, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120285212Method And Apparatus For Adjusting Spring Characteristics Of A Spring - The present application provides a method for adjusting spring characteristics of a spring to desired spring characteristics. In the adjusting method of the present application, first, the spring is compressed until a “load-displacement” measurement line obtained by measuring the load applied to the spring and the displacement of the spring meets a “load-displacement” target line determined based on “load-displacement” characteristics of the spring and the desired spring characteristics (S11-15-2012

Shinsuke Okura, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090079246Spiral Spring Assembly - An object of the present invention is to provide a spiral spring assembly that is capable of suppressing lateral force generated in a central shaft.03-26-2009

Shunsuke Okura, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130020469SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - A solid-state image sensing device according to the invention which can reduce an instantaneous current occurring in transferring image digital signals from analog-digital converters to registers to reduce noise sneaking into the analog-digital converters and a pixel array includes a pixel array, a vertical scanning circuit, a plurality of column ADCs, a plurality of registers, and control signal generation units. The control signal generation units are provided for respective groups into which the column ADCs and the registers disposed on one side of the pixel array are divided, and generate control signals of different timings, for respective units including at least one group, of transfer of converted image digital signals to the registers from the column ADCs operating in parallel.01-24-2013

Takahiro Okura, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080252862Light Reflector, Method for Manufacturing the Same and Projector - A light reflector which can be manufactured easily by using a plastic base material that is light weight and low cost and has high reflectivity, and a method for manufacturing the same. The light reflector comprises a plastic base material 10-16-2008

Takanori Okura, Okayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090022872HIGHLY-BRANCHED STARCH, ITS PRODUCTION AND USES - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel starchy substance having a retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the starchy substance efficiently from a material starch by enzymatic reaction, and uses thereof. The present invention attains the above object by providing branched starch having 6-α-maltosyl- and/or 6-α-maltotetraosyl-structure(s) with a marked retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the branched starch without lowering the molecular weight of material starch, and uses thereof.01-22-2009
20090148943AGENT FOR ENHANCING THE PRODUCTION OF CYTOKINES AND/OR CHEMOKINES - The present invention has an object to provide a means to effectively enhance the production of cytokines and/or chemokines in mammals. The object is solved by providing an agent for enhancing the production of cytokines and/or chemokines, which comprises, as an effective ingredient, a polypeptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 3; a polypeptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 3, where one or more amino acids thereof are deleted or replaced with other amino acid(s) and/or one or more amino acids are added thereunto, without substantially losing the biological activity of the polypeptide.06-11-2009
20120196331HIGHLY-BRANCHED STARCH, ITS PRODUCTION AND USES - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel starchy substance having a retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the starchy substance efficiently from a material starch by enzymatic reaction, and uses thereof. The present invention attains the above object by providing branched starch having 6-α-maltosyl- and/or 6-α-maltotetraosyl-structure(s) with a marked retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the branched starch without lowering the molecular weight of material starch, and uses thereof.08-02-2012

Patent applications by Takanori Okura, Okayama JP

Takuji Okura, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090080082LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a protective film; a polarizing plate; a liquid crystal cell for display; and a backlight, in this order, wherein the protective film is an antiglare optical film including a transparent substrate and at least one antiglare layer and having a concavo-convex shape on a surface of the antiglare optical film, and an integrated frequency value of tilted plane components having tilt angles between a normal line of the transparent substrate and a normal line of the concavo-convex shape on a surface of the antiglare optical film ranging from 0.05 to 0.25° is from 10 to 25% while an integrated frequency value of tilted plane components having the tilt angles ranging from 1.5 to 2.5° is from 10 to 25%.03-26-2009

Tetsuo Okura, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110200813PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOAM FILM AND THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOAM FILM - Disclosed is a process for producing a thermoplastic resin foam film that can produce a thin thermoplastic resin foam film. The process comprises the step of cutting a thermoplastic resin foam. The process is characterized in that, in the step of cutting the thermoplastic resin foam, at least one of the thermoplastic resin foam and a blade is reciprocated, and, when at least one of the thermoplastic resin foam and the blade is reciprocated, and the thermoplastic resin foam and the blade are slid in the movement of the foam or the blade on at least one of the advancement path and the return path of the reciprocation movement, whereby the thermoplastic resin foam is intermittently cut.08-18-2011

Tetsuo Okura, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120264886POLYPROPYLENE RESIN, POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND FOAM-INJECTION-MOLDED ARTICLE - A polypropylene resin and a polypropylene resin composition are provided, which have excellent fluidity and foaming properties, and particularly in use for foam injection molding, allow molding with a narrow initial cavity clearance even if a large mold is used, and therefore can provide a thin, large-area foam-injection-molded article having good appearance. The invention relates to a polypropylene resin obtained by melt mixing a linear polypropylene resin, a radical polymerization initiator and a conjugated diene compound, wherein the polypropylene resin has a melt flow rate of more than 30 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg; a melt tension at 200° C. of not less than 0.3 cN; and a loss tangent (tan δ) of not more than 6.0, the loss tangent being a ratio of loss modulus to storage modulus at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 200° C., and also relates to a polypropylene resin composition for foam injection molding, containing the polypropylene resin.10-18-2012

Tomohisa Okura, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110076770CULTURING METHOD OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL - To efficiently select and proliferate the mesenchymal stem cells without necessity of an exclusive separating device and a complicated separating operation, mesenchymal stem cells are cultured by seeding at least one of a bone marrow solution, an umbilical cord blood, a peripheral blood, a synovial membrane and an amniotic membrane in a liquid culture medium which is filled in a vessel, includes water as its main components and having a specific gravity between 1.06 and 1.10 g/ml at 37° C., and making a culture at a temperature 37±2° C. on a ceiling side surface of the vessel, preferably the specific gravity being regulated by use of at least one selected from silica fine powder coated by polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a water soluble copolymer of sucrose and epichlorohydrin, and a water soluble compound including a triiodo aromatic ring.03-31-2011

Tsutomu Okura, Hachioji JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100274392ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING ILLUMINANCE WITH HIGH UNIFORMITY - An illumination apparatus of the present invention quickly adjusts illuminance of the light radiated from the light source in the irradiation surface to have high uniformity. The illumination apparatus includes the light source that emits a light beam having a rectangular shape, a DMD on which light emitted from the light source is incident and which controls reflection/non-reflection of the incident light by opening/closing control of minute mirrors, an optical system that shapes the light reflected by the DMD, a half mirror that splits the light emitted from the optical system into irradiation light and monitor light, the irradiation surface irradiated with the irradiation light, a monitor unit that measures illuminance of the monitor light, and a control unit that transmits a control signal to control opening/closing of the minute mirrors of the DMD to the DMD, based on a measurement result measured by the monitor unit. In this case, an illuminance distribution in the irradiation surface is adjusted to a predetermined value.10-28-2010

Yasutaka Okura, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080297947Magnetic Disk for Hard Disk Drives - The present invention provides a magnetic disk in a discrete track medium and a patterned medium, which prevents the loss of the magnetically recorded data when a head of a magnetic disk device contacts the magnetic disk, and a manufacturing method thereof. A magnetic disk has a protrusion as a non-magnetic member formed on a disk surface to prevent a head from being in contact with a recording section. When the protrusion formed in a disk substrate collides against the head, the protrusion 12-04-2008
20090108420SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ITS FABRICATION PROCESS - A technique capable of preventing whiskers which are generated in a plating film formed on the surface of each of leads of a semiconductor device is provided. Particularly, a technique capable of preventing generation of whiskers in a plating film containing tin as a primary material and not containing lead is provided. The plating film formed on the surface of the lead is formed so that a particular plane orientation among plane orientations of tin constituting the plating film is parallel to the surface of the lead. Specifically, the plating film is formed so that the (001) plane of tin is parallel to the surface of the lead. Thus, the coefficient of thermal expansion of tin constituting the plating film can be made to be lower than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the copper constituting the lead.04-30-2009
20090316289MAGNETIC DISK FOR THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING AND MAGNETIC DISK APPLYING THE SAME THEREIN - A magnetic disk, comprises, a magnetic disk, a disk driving portion for driving the magnetic disk, a slider, mounting thereon a recording element and a reproducing element, for generating a recording magnetic field, and a heating element for use in generation a near field light, and a driver portion for positioning the slide above a desired track of the magnetic disk, wherein the magnetic disk has a recording layer, an overcoat layer formed on the recording layer, a lubricant provided on the overcoat layer, wherein the overcoat layer has a first overcoat film and a second overcoat film, which is formed on the first overcoat film, or has structure of laminating a plural number of overcoat films, and within an inside thereof are provided a plural number of interfaces between different materials and/or grain boundary surfaces.12-24-2009

Yoshinori Okura, Osaka JP

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20090147108CCD signal processing device and image sensing device - A CCD solid-state image sensor alternately outputs, pixel by pixel, N (where N is an integer of 2 or more) lines of image signal and a line of smear signal for correcting the N lines of image signal by switching an output line from one to another. an AD conversion section performs an AD conversion on the output signal from the CCD solid-state image sensor. A smear data separation section separates smear data from the sensor output data output from the AD conversion section and converts the separated smear data to corrective smear data corresponding to each image data. A subtraction circuit performs a smear correction by subtracting, from each image data, the corrective smear data corresponding to the image data. Smear correction is appropriately performed even if a high-brightness object moves.06-11-2009

Yoshinori Okura, Mito JP

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20100291878APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR WIRELESS STATION LOCATIONS - A technique is offered which is adapted for optimization computations and which makes it possible to carry out an estimation of the state of propagation of radio waves quickly and accurately during a search for the locations of wireless stations. During the optimization computations, sending points and receiving points are set using a parameter search technique. Propagation paths are computed using a far-field approximation technique for Maxwell's equations. A propagation path leading to a local area where the accuracy is low with the far-field approximation technique is extracted from the computed paths. The state of scattering previously calculated using a numerical analysis technique for Maxwell's equations is reflected in the extracted path to modify the propagation path. The communication characteristics of the modified path are evaluated. The steps S11-18-2010
20100329137WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A plurality of wireless communication methods are combined, networks to be used are dynamically selected by evaluating each network quality, and a packet format is changed adaptively to realize necessary reliability. The wireless communication apparatus has a network interface, a data interface, a quality interface, an allocation control part, a quality database, a quality update part, communication units and antennas. The wireless communication apparatus receives data and a requested quality from an application apparatus, selects the communication unit and communication method suitable for the requested quality, and transmits the data and requested quality. The communication unit receives a communication quality of the communication partner, and the quality update part updates the communication quality state in the quality database.12-30-2010

Yoshio Okura, Saitama JP

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20090130454Strippable Floor Coating and Method of Forming the Coating - Disclosed is a strippable floor coating which includes an undercoat layer (A) to be applied to a floor surface, and a strippable overcoat layer (B) over the undercoat layer (A). The undercoat layer (A) is formed from an undercoating agent mainly containing a wax or analogue thereto and having film-formability. The overcoat layer (B) is formed from a floor polish composition mainly containing an aqueous emulsion. The undercoat layer (A) has greater adhesion to the floor surface than to the overcoat layer (B). Even when applied to various flooring materials, this strippable floor coating does not peel off practically and is excellent in soiling resistance and wear resistance to retain a beautiful appearance over long time. If necessary, the coating can be easily stripped off.05-21-2009

Yuma Okura, Nagano JP

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20110279867INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a feeding side tension applying means is provided with a feeding side tension adjustment mechanism, which is structured of a feeding side ballast arm that is extended toward a winding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to a feeding direction of a printing medium and a feeding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the feeding side ballast arm, and a winding side tension applying means is provided with a winding side tension adjustment mechanism which is structured of a winding side ballast arm that is extended toward the feeding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to the feeding direction of the printing medium “M” and a winding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the winding side ballast arm.11-17-2011

Yuma Okura, Tomi-Shi JP

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20110285799INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a platen having a placing face, a printing device, and a printing medium feeding device. A guide is provided on a feeding-out side via which a printing medium is to be fed out from the platen. The guide has a guide face. A printing medium temperature raising device is to heat the guide face so as to raise a temperature of the printing medium placed on the guide face. A temperature raising preventing device is provided between the guide face of the guide and a portion of the placing face facing a printing target region. The temperature raising preventing device is configured to prevent an extended portion of the printing medium from being heated by the printing medium temperature raising device. The extended portion corresponds an area which is extended to the feeding-out side by a predetermined length from the printing target region.11-24-2011

Yuma Okura, Nnagano JP

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20110285801INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer (P) is provided with a platen (11-24-2011