Patents by Inventor Miharu Sugiura

Miharu Sugiura 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).

  • Patent number: 8618573
    Abstract: A layered substrate includes a first substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface, a peripheral surface between peripheral edges of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a cut portion cut into the peripheral surface and passing through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a second substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a peripheral surface between peripheral edges of the upper surface and the lower surface, and the lower surface of the second substrate layered on the upper surface of the first substrate and closing the cut portion of the first substrate from above. The second substrate includes a heat conductor that is thermally connected to an element to be mounted on the upper surface of the second substrate, the heat conductor configured to thermally extend to the cut portion of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miharu Sugiura, Junji Miyashita
  • Patent number: 8367000
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a cassette and a measuring apparatus that can filter a sample for the optical measurement of an optically active substance and clean a sample flow channel by using a simple configuration. More specifically, the invention is directed to a cassette which includes a filter for filtering out a measurement interfering component from a sample, a container containing the filter, a cleaning liquid or cleaning agent for cleaning a sample flow channel, and a storage tank for storing the cleaning liquid or cleaning agent, and to a measuring apparatus having such a cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Citizen Holding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takakazu Yano, Tadahiro Fukuda, Miharu Sugiura, Hiroyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20090324448
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a cassette and a measuring apparatus that can filter a sample for the optical measurement of an optically active substance and clean a sample flow channel by using a simple configuration. More specifically, the invention is directed to a cassette which includes a filter for filtering out a measurement interfering component from a sample, a container containing the filter, a cleaning liquid or cleaning agent for cleaning a sample flow channel, and a storage tank for storing the cleaning liquid or cleaning agent, and to a measuring apparatus having such a cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Yano, Tadahiro Fukuda, Miharu Sugiura, Hiroyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 7583382
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical measurement apparatus equipped with an ion-exchange resin for pretreating a sample, thereby enabling the concentration of component in the sample to be measured with higher accuracy. The optical measurement apparatus of the present invention includes, in addition to the ion-exchange resin, an optical measurement section for measuring, based on the optical characteristics of the component, the concentration of the component in the sample after the sample is passed through the ion-exchange resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takakazu Yano, Kenji Matsumoto, Tadahiro Fukuda, Miharu Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20070273868
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical measurement apparatus equipped with an ion-exchange resin for pretreating a sample, thereby enabling the concentration of component in the sample to be measured with higher accuracy. The optical measurement apparatus of the present invention includes, in addition to the ion-exchange resin, an optical measurement section for measuring, based on the optical characteristics of the component, the concentration of the component in the sample after the sample is passed through the ion-exchange resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Takakazu Yano, Kenji Matsumoto, Tadahiro Fukuda, Miharu Sugiura