Patents by Inventor Akihiro Hoshino

Akihiro Hoshino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230117082
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus including a stage, an analysis device placed on the stage and including receiving sections which accommodate a sample and a reagent for biochemical reaction, and are communicated with one another through a flow path having an inlet and an outlet, a liquid introduction section which is connected to the inlet and supplies into the flow path the sample, the reagent, and an sealing liquid for sealing each of the receiving sections, and a waste liquid storage section which is connected to the outlet and stores as waste liquid an excess of the sample and the reagent and a part of the sealing liquid supplied to the flow path, an optical system which includes an objective lens, emits excitation light to the receiving sections and allows observation of fluorescence generated in the receiving sections by the excitation light, and a control unit that controls such that the sealing liquid and the excess of the sample and the reagent form an interface in the waste liquid storage section, and that the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi MAKINO, Akihiro HOSHINO, Tomoko KUNITOMI, Keisuke GOTO, Yosuke HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11559804
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus including a stage, an analysis device placed on the stage and including receiving sections which accommodate a sample and a reagent for biochemical reaction, and are communicated with one another through a flow path having an inlet and an outlet, a liquid introduction section which is connected to the inlet and supplies into the flow path the sample, the reagent, and an sealing liquid for sealing each of the receiving sections, and a waste liquid storage section which is connected to the outlet and stores as waste liquid an excess of the sample and the reagent and a part of the sealing liquid supplied to the flow path, an optical system which includes an objective lens, emits excitation light to the receiving sections and allows observation of fluorescence generated in the receiving sections by the excitation light, and a control unit that controls such that the sealing liquid and the excess of the sample and the reagent form an interface in the waste liquid storage section, and that the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Makino, Akihiro Hoshino, Tomoko Kunitomi, Keisuke Goto, Yosuke Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20220333175
    Abstract: A reaction container includes a transparent base including a resin material and having recessed portions formed in one or more regions of the transparent base such that the recessed portions are recessed from a surface of the transparent base, and a cover member including a thermoplastic resin material and positioned on the transparent base such that the cover member forms a flow path including a gap extending over the recessed portions between the cover member and the surface of the transparent base and has a spacer portion welded by laser irradiation to the transparent base outside the one or more regions of the transparent base. The cover member absorbs infrared light and transmits light having a wavelength within a range of visible light such that the cover member has light transmittance in the range of from 480 nm to 570 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOPPAN Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro MATSUKAWA, Yoichi MAKINO, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11414697
    Abstract: A reaction container including a transparent base having a first surface having at least one region where recessed portions are formed and recessed from the first surface, and a cover member positioned such that the cover member forms a gap from the first surface inside the region and is welded to the transparent base outside the region. The cover member absorbs infrared light and transmits light having a wavelength within a range of visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Matsukawa, Yoichi Makino, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11097269
    Abstract: A microfluidic device includes: a base plate allowing an electromagnetic wave to pass therethrough and having no autofluorescence; a microwell array formed on the base plate and including a wall layer in which a plurality of through-holes are formed in a thickness direction; and a lid member disposed opposite to the base plate in a state of being separated from the wall layer, wherein microwells are formed by the base plate and the through-holes formed in the wall layer, and wherein the wall layer is formed of a material containing a colored component that absorbs an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Goto, Yoichi Makino, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20200003691
    Abstract: A device including a well array including wells in which a target substance is detected based on a biochemical reaction thereof. Each of the wells has an aspect ratio of 1 or more as calculated by Formula (1) such that the biochemical reaction of the target substance is detected, Aspect ratio=Depth of each well/Diameter of largest circle among circles included in a region enclosed by a rim of each well??Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Misaki NAGAHARA, Yoichi MAKINO, Akihiro HOSHINO, Takumi HIRASE, Tomoko KUNITOMI, Keisuke GOTO, Yusuke HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10395820
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20190148059
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro NOGI, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190062821
    Abstract: A reaction container including a transparent base having a first surface having at least one region where recessed portions are formed and recessed from the first surface, and a cover member positioned such that the cover member forms a gap from the first surface inside the region and is welded to the transparent base outside the region. The cover member absorbs infrared light and transmits light having a wavelength within a range of visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro MATSUKAWA, Yoichi MAKINO, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190060897
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus including a stage, an analysis device placed on the stage and including receiving sections which accommodate a sample and a reagent for biochemical reaction, and are communicated with one another through a flow path having an inlet and an outlet, a liquid introduction section which is connected to the inlet and supplies into the flow path the sample, the reagent, and an sealing liquid for sealing each of the receiving sections, and a waste liquid storage section which is connected to the outlet and stores as waste liquid an excess of the sample and the reagent and a part of the sealing liquid supplied to the flow path, an optical system which includes an objective lens, emits excitation light to the receiving sections and allows observation of fluorescence generated in the receiving sections by the excitation light, and a control unit that controls such that the sealing liquid and the excess of the sample and the reagent form an interface in the waste liquid storage section, and that the
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi MAKINO, Akihiro HOSHINO, Tomoko KUNITOMI, Keisuke GOTO, Yosuke HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10210991
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20180330873
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro NOGI, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 10096422
    Abstract: One object is to reduce, in a common mode choke coil having three coil conductors, a deviation in stray capacities generated between the coil conductors. A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In said embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In said embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10062500
    Abstract: One object is to reduce, in a common mode choke coil having three coil conductors, a deviation in stray capacities generated between the coil conductors. A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In said embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In said embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20180221877
    Abstract: A microfluidic device includes: a base plate allowing an electromagnetic wave to pass therethrough and having no autofluorescence; a microwell array formed on the base plate and including a wall layer in which a plurality of through-holes are formed in a thickness direction; and a lid member disposed opposite to the base plate in a state of being separated from the wall layer, wherein microwells are formed by the base plate and the through-holes formed in the wall layer, and wherein the wall layer is formed of a material containing a colored component that absorbs an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Goto, Yoichi Makino, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20170365402
    Abstract: One object is to reduce, in a common mode choke coil having three coil conductors, a deviation in stray capacities generated between the coil conductors. A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In said embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In said embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro NOGI, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9560743
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit substrate obtained by alternately stacking conductor layers and insulator layers. The conductor layers include a core layer having a greater thickness than any of the other conductor layers and located in an inner layer of the multilayer circuit substrate. A first conductor layer facing the core layer through an insulator layer has first signal wires that transmit high frequency signals, and through-holes are formed in the core layer along the first signal wires in a location facing the first signal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hamada, Yuichi Sugiyama, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20140227032
    Abstract: A method for developing a piece of land that is in danger of disappearing due to its small size above a seawater level, including covering the piece of land with a sealing dome larger than the piece of land such that a space is created between the piece of land and the sealing dome and such that a lower edge of the sealing dome is in the sea, securing the sealing dome, while leaving a gap between the lower edge of the sealing dome and a sea bottom, reducing the air pressure inside the sealing dome such that the seawater level inside the sealing dome rises above at least a part of the piece of land to allow coral to naturally grow on the at least the part of the piece of land, and returning the air pressure inside the sealing dome to the same air pressure as outside so that the naturally grown coral on the part of the piece of land becomes calcified coral by being exposure to air, and the calcified coral remains as a developed portion of the piece of land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: STATICE Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20140144692
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit substrate obtained by alternately stacking conductor layers and insulator layers. The conductor layers include a core layer having a greater thickness than any of the other conductor layers and located in an inner layer of the multilayer circuit substrate. A first conductor layer facing the core layer through an insulator layer has first signal wires that transmit high frequency signals, and through-holes are formed in the core layer along the first signal wires in a location facing the first signal wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki HAMADA, Yuichi SUGIYAMA, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20130081354
    Abstract: Provided is a method for developing land through the workings of nature. An island (1) is covered with a sealing dome (3) larger than an aboveground part (1a) of the island such that a space (s1) is created between the island (1) and the sealing dome (3) and a lower edge (3a) of the sealing dome (3) is located in the sea, i.e., below the sea level (2). Subsequently, with a gap (s2) between the lower edge (3a) of the sealing dome (3) and a sea bottom (1b), a pile (4) secured to the lower edge (3a) of the sealing dome (3) with a bolt (not shown) is driven into the sea bottom (1b) to secure the sealing dome (3). Then, a pump (5) provided in the sealing dome (3) is actuated to reduce the air pressure of the sealing dome (3). According to the Pascal's law, this causes the seawater to be drawn into the sealing dome (3), allowing the sea level (2a) inside the sealing dome (3) to rise above the aboveground part (1a) of the island (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: STATICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Hoshino