Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd.

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Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Nishikawa

Noritsugu Yamasaki

Takafumi Imoto

Osamu Onomura

Hiroshi Kayakiri

Hitoshi Sawada

Takahiro Hiramura

Yoshiyuki Murai

Masatoshi Ueno

Teruo Kyoto Oku

Yoshito Abe

Yoichiro Ueda

Kazuya Kato

Hitoshi Hamashima

Ichiro Takase

Masashi Kichima

Tomoyuki Nakano

Tsuyoshi Mizutani

Kosaku Arita

Kaori Miura

Junya Yamashita

Kenichi Fujimori

Toshiaki Nakamura

Hiro Aoki

Koji Odan

Akira Katayama

Iwao Kojima

Kunihiko Dohtsu

An object of the present invention is to provide a gardenia blue pigment that can stably maintain the color tone even after heating under acidic conditions, and a method for producing the gardenia blue pigment. A gardenia blue pigment that can stably maintain the color tone even after heating under acidic conditions is obtained by carrying out the following first and second steps: the first step of reacting walnut peptide, bitter melon peptide, and/or soy peptide with genipin in a solvent without the supply of a gas containing oxygen; and the second step of treating the reaction solution obtained in the first step with the supply of a gas containing oxygen.

Gardenia blue pigment and method for producing the same

An object of the present invention is to provide a gardenia blue pigment that exhibits a vivid blue tone that is bright and has reduced redness, and a method for producing the gardenia blue pigment. A gardenia blue pigment that exhibits a vivid blue tone that is bright and has reduced redness is obtained by carrying out the following first and second steps: the first step of reacting at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of soy peptide, sesame peptide, and rice peptide with genipin in a solvent without the supply of a gas containing oxygen; and the second step of treating the reaction solution obtained in the first step with the supply of a gas containing oxygen.

A power-supply device including: a casing having a space therein and formed by metal stamping or having a thickness ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 mm; and a circuit board disposed inside the casing, wherein the casing includes a casing portion having an opening, and a cover portion disposed to cover the opening of the casing portion, the casing portion has a through hole formed at a position corresponding to a connector terminal connected to the circuit board, and the cover portion includes a storage portion bulging outward from the casing, the storage portion storing either one of an electronic component provided to a face of the circuit board which faces the cover portion and an electronic component provided across the circuit board.

Power-supply device, light fixture, and vehicle

Provided is a preparation method for phycocyanin, including: adding chitosan to a suspension of cyanobacteria containing phycocyanin; and filtering the suspension.

Method for preparing phycocyanin

The light source unit includes: a semiconductor light emitting element; a lighting circuit configured to operate the semiconductor light emitting element; a first heat dissipation plate on which the semiconductor light emitting element is placed; a second heat dissipation plate on which the lighting circuit is placed; a wiring member electrically interconnecting the semiconductor light emitting element and the lighting circuit; and an interconnection member to which the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate are attached. The interconnection member is lower in thermal conductivity than the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate.

Light source unit, lighting device, and vehicle

A power supply device includes a DC power supply circuit configured to output DC power, and a ground-fault determining circuit configured to determine presence or absence of a ground fault at a post-stage of the DC power supply circuit. The ground-fault determining circuit includes a capacitor having an end that is connected with ground, and a diode including an anode and a cathode. The anode is connected with another end of the capacitor, and the cathode is connected with an output end on a high voltage side of the DC power supply circuit. The ground-fault determining circuit further includes a constant voltage source configured to charge the capacitor with a prescribed charging voltage, and a comparator as a determining portion configured to determine presence of the ground fault when a voltage across the capacitor falls below a prescribed determination reference voltage lower than the prescribed charging voltage.

Power supply device and illumination device for vehicle using same

A lighting device includes: a circuit board placed on a base; and a transformer provided in the circuit board. The transformer includes: a winding pattern formed on the circuit board; and a core having an outer leg portion. The circuit board has an outer leg insertion portion through which the outer leg portion of the core is inserted, and the circuit board and the base have therebetween a gap which is air space. The base and at least a lateral face of the outer leg portion are bonded together by a first resin that is insertable from the outer leg insertion portion.

Lighting device, light fixture, and vehicle

Control unit decreases power to be supplied to high-pressure discharge lamp when an output voltage or an output current for high-pressure discharge lamp measured by measurement unit is in an abnormal range. Drive unit driving switching element includes capacitor that supplies, to a control electrode of switching element disposed on high potential side, electric charge necessary for turning on switching element disposed on high potential side when switching element disposed on low potential side is turned off. When high-pressure discharge lamp is started up, a discharge lamp lighting device starts to charge capacitor before DC/DC converter is started to operate, and control unit has a determination period for determining presence/absence of an abnormality based on a measured value acquired by measurement unit in a state in which DC/DC converter and DC/AC inverter are operated after completion of charging of capacitor.

Discharge lamp lighting device and headlight using same

In a power converting transformer, an I-core has a pair of fixing grooves provided at centers on opposite side surfaces of the I-core in a y-direction in an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, the fixing grooves extending through the I-core in the z-direction, and an E-core has a pair of fixing recess portions provided at x-direction centers of the y-direction opposite end portions of the base portion on a surface opposite from a surface of the base portion facing the I-core. The I-core and the E-core are pressed and fixed to each other by a fixing spring wrapped around the I-core and the E-core through the fixing grooves and the fixing recess portions. An x-direction length of the E-core is shorter than an x-direction length of the I-core, and a y-direction length of the E-core is shorter than or equal to a y-direction distance between the fixing grooves of the I-core.

Power converting transformer, vehicle headlight provided with the power converting transformer and motor vehicle provided with the headlight

A sulfonamide compound of the formula (I):R&#x2014;SONHCO&#x2014;A&#x2014;X&#x2014;R&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein Ris alky, alkenyl, alkynyl and the like; A is an optionally substitutedheteropolycyclic group except benzimidazolyl, indolyl, 4,7-dihydrobenzimidazolyland 2,3-dihydrobenzoxazinyl; X is alkylene, oxa, oxa(lower)alkylene and the like; and Ris optionally substituted aryl, substituted biphenylyl and the like, a salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The sulfonamide compound is effective for the diseases treatable based on their blood sugar level-depressing activity, cGMP-PDE (especially PDE-V)-inhibiting activity, smooth muscle relaxing activity, bronchodilating activity, vasodilating activity, smooth muscle cell suppressing activity, and antiallergic activity.

Sulfonamide compounds and pharmaceutical use thereof

3-(2,4-Dichlorobenzyl)-2-methyl-N-(pentylsulfonyl)-3H-benzimidazole-5-carboxamide, a compound having hypoglycemic activity or PDE5 inhibitory effect, has three forms of crystal forms that are distinguishable by their X-ray powder diffraction values. The most crystallographically stable crystal form is useful as a drug substance for medicines. Another crystal form can be purified efficiently by crystallization, since it forms larger crystals and can be very easily isolated by filtration. Thus this crystal form is useful for purifying 3-(2,4-Dichlorobenzyl)-2-methyl-N-(pentylsulfonyl)-3H-benzimidazole-5-carboxamide.

Crystal forms of 3-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-2-methyl-n-(pentylsulfonyl)-3h-benzimidazole-5-carboxamide

Benzimidazole derivatives

Sulfonamide compounds and medicinal use thereof

4-Hydroxy-2-pyrrolidinone which is useful as a raw material of drugs can be produced rapidly and highly selectively in a high yield from an optically active or recemic 4-amino-3-hydroxybutylic acid derivative or a 4-azido-3-hydroxybutyric acid derivative by adding a base catalyst to the reaction system. 4-Hydroxy-2-pyrrolidinone having a high optical purity can be obtained by carrying out recrystallization of optically active 4-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidinone without using a poor solvent.

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Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Nishikawa