Patents by Inventor Koichi Okubo

Koichi Okubo 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: 20100216223
    Abstract: A reagent preparing device for preparing a reagent to be supplied to a measurement device for measuring a specimen, comprising: a first liquid storage unit for storing a first liquid; a reagent storage unit for storing a prepared reagent, including the first liquid and a second liquid different from the first liquid; a first liquid discarding unit for discarding the first liquid stored in the first liquid storage unit; and a controller configured for measuring an accumulated time of the first liquid in the first liquid storage unit; and controlling the first liquid discarding unit to discard the first liquid stored in the first liquid storage unit when the accumulated time reaches a predetermined time is disclosed. A specimen measuring device and a reagent preparing method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Noriyuki Nakanishi, Koichi Okubo, Masahiko Oguro, Tomoyuki Asahara
  • Publication number: 20100216224
    Abstract: A reagent preparing device capable of supplying a mixed solution, including a first liquid and a second liquid, to a measurement section for measuring a specimen using the mixed solution as a reagent, the reagent preparing device comprising: a first mixed solution container for accommodating the mixed solution; a second mixed solution container for accommodating the mixed solution; and a controller for controlling supply of the first liquid and the second liquid to supply the first liquid and the second liquid to the first mixed solution container, and to supply the first liquid and the second liquid to the second mixed solution container, is disclosed. A specimen processing system, and a reagent preparing method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Koichi Okubo, Noriyuki Nakanishi, Masahiko Oguro, Tomoyuki Asahara
  • Publication number: 20100066996
    Abstract: The present invention is to present a sample analyzer, comprising: an imaging device for imaging a sample container which has translucency and contains a sample; a measuring device for aspirating the sample contained in the sample container and measuring the aspirated sample; a transporting device for transporting the sample container to a supply position for supplying the sample contained in the sample container to the measuring device; a sample volume obtainer for obtaining sample volume information relating to volume of the sample in the sample container, based on an image obtained by imaging the sample container by the imaging device; and a transport controller for controlling the transporting device to perform a transport operation in accordance with the sample volume information obtained by the sample volume obtainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Tokihiro Kosaka, Koichi Okubo
  • Publication number: 20100027868
    Abstract: The present invention is to present a blood sample analyzing apparatus, comprising: an aspirator for aspirating a blood sample to be used for measurement; a coagulation determiner for determining whether the blood sample is coagulated or not; and an aspirating controller for controlling an operation of the aspirator based on a determination result by the coagulation determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Tokihiro Kosaka, Koichi Okubo
  • Publication number: 20070275860
    Abstract: A method for producing a superconducting acceleration cavity having a stabilized quality, by which production cost is reduced by reducing the number of welding points. A dumbbell-shaped dumbbell cell (3) is formed by forming a recessed iris portion (3b) around the central part of a cylindrical pipe made of a superconducting material, a cup-shaped half cell (2) is formed by enlarging one opening and reducing the other opening of the cylindrical pipe made of a superconducting material, a plurality of dumbbell cells (3) are coupled by welding, and the each half cell (2) is welded to the opposite ends of the plurality of dumbbell cell (3), thus producing a superconducting acceleration cavity (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuya Sennyu, Koichi Okubo
  • Patent number: 6909269
    Abstract: A particle detector includes first and second cells, the first cell supplying a liquid containing particles to the second cell; electrodes respectively provided in the first cell and the second cell; a plurality of shafts; and clamp members engaged with the respective shafts; the first cell and the second cell being arranged in alignment with each other; the shafts extending through the first cell and the second cell along the alignment of the first cell and the second cell; the clamp members clamping the first cell and the second cell along the alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Koichi Okubo, Kunio Ueno
  • Publication number: 20030102220
    Abstract: A particle detector includes first and second cells, the first cell supplying a liquid containing particles to the second cell; electrodes respectively provided in the first cell and the second cell; a plurality of shafts; and clamp members engaged with the respective shafts; the first cell and the second cell being arranged in alignment with each other; the shafts extending through the first cell and the second cell along the alignment of the first cell and the second cell; the clamp members clamping the first cell and the second cell along the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Koichi Okubo, Kunio Ueno
  • Patent number: 5870248
    Abstract: A flexible disk drive unit including a spindle motor for driving to rotate a magnetic disk; magnetic heads opposing the magnetic disk; a carriage attached to a frame and movable in a radius direction of the magnetic disk; wherein the frame and a motor base constitute a common member and the spindle motor is of a sensorless drive system and is directly attached to the frame; and wherein the frame is provided with an attaching hole for erecting a bearing of the spindle motor of the sensorless drive system on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Akutsu, Kazuya Oda, Katsumi Kurita, Hideto Nishimura, Koichi Okubo, Hiroshi Ito, Yukio Izumi, Hidetada Nagaoka, Keiichi Nishikawa, Atsuo Onoda, Yuji Ohmura