Patents by Inventor Mineharu Kondo

Mineharu Kondo 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: 5198192
    Abstract: A urine detection device is disposed to a urine receiving surface of a toilet stool in which urine, diluting water and reagent are mixed by vertically moving a piston in the cylinder of the detection device, the reaction between them is detected by an electrode and the ingredient in urine is detected. Liquid in the cylinder is stirred by a stirring device to blown air into the reagent reservoir, by which oxygen is dissolved in the reagent. Cleaning liquid is sprayed from the nozzle to the electrode for flushing. An opening is disposed to a supporting wall of the toilet stool, through which the cylinder is detached or attached. The electrode is disposed such that its rear end is directed to the opening and detached or attached through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Inax Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Saito, Ryuichi Kawamoto, Mineharu Kondo, Shigeru Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 5119829
    Abstract: An apparatus for examining urine for certain constituents thereof includes a vertically disposed cylinder for receiving urine therein. The cylinder includes a diametrically enlarged upper portion having an inside diameter which is larger than that of its remaining portion. A piston is vertically movably disposed in the cylinder. If the piston is lowered, urine can be stored in the cylinder. If it is raised, the urine is discharged from the cylinder, except that only a small portion thereof remains in a clearance defined between the piston and the diametrically enlarged portion of the cylinder. If the piston is lowered again, a reagent and water are supplied into the cylinder and mixed with the urine remaining therein. An electrode is connected to the cylinder for determining the concentration of sugar, etc. in the urine which has been mixed with the reagent and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Inax Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Saito, Ryuichi Kawamoto, Mineharu Kondo, Shigeru Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 4982741
    Abstract: An apparatus for examining urine for certain constituents thereof includes a vertically disposed cylinder for receiving urine therein. The cylinder includes a diametrically enlarged upper portion having an inside diameter which is larger than that of its remaining portion. A piston is vertically movably disposed in the cylinder. If the piston is lowered, urine can be stored in the cylinder. If it is raised, the urine is discharged from the cylinder, except that only a small portion thereof remains in a clearance defined between the piston and the diametrically enlarged portion of the cylinder. If the piston is lowered again, a reagent and water are supplied into the cylinder and mixed with the urine remaining therein. An electrode is connected to the cylinder for determining the concentration of sugar, etc. in the urine which has been mixed with the reagent and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Inax Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Saito, Ryuichi Kawamoto, Mineharu Kondo, Shigeru Sakakibara