Patents by Inventor Tadahisa Saga

Tadahisa Saga 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: 9360238
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes an insulation housing including an inner box. The inner box has side plates and first and second refrigerating circuits including a first evaporation pipe and a second evaporation pipe, respectively. The first and second evaporation pipes are disposed on the side plates. The first and second evaporation pipes are bent so as to form a first comb shape and a second comb shape, respectively. The first and the second comb shapes form a nested structure. The first and second evaporation pipes include a first straight portion and a second straight portion extending the horizontal direction, respectively. A first distance between the first straight portion of the first evaporation pipe and the first straight portion of the second evaporation pipe and a second distance between the first straight portion of the second evaporation pipe and the second straight portion of the second evaporation pipe are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kobayashi, Jiro Yuzawa, Satoshi Okuda, Hidetoshi Shinya, Tadahisa Saga
  • Patent number: 9335070
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes an insulation housing including an inner box. The inner box has first and second side plates and a first curved corner connecting the first and second side plates; and a first refrigerating circuit including a first compressor and a first evaporator constituted by a first evaporation pipe, the first evaporation pipe including a first portion extending a horizontal direction and a second portion extending a vertical direction. The first portion of the first evaporation pipe is disposed to contact to the first and second side plates and the first curved corner of the inner box, and the second portion of the first evaporation pipe is disposed outside of the first portion of the first evaporation pipe at the first curved corner so that the first portion of the first evaporation pipe locates between the first curved corner and the second portion of the first evaporation pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kobayashi, Jiro Yuzawa, Satoshi Okuda, Hidetoshi Shinya, Tadahisa Saga
  • Publication number: 20140182327
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes an insulation housing including an inner box. The inner box has side plates and first and second refrigerating circuits including a first evaporation pipe and a second evaporation pipe, respectively. The first and second evaporation pipes are disposed on the side plates. The first and second evaporation pipes are bent so as to form a first comb shape and a second comb shape, respectively. The first and the second comb shapes form a nested structure. The first and second evaporation pipes include a first straight portion and a second straight portion extending the horizontal direction, respectively. A first distance between the first straight portion of the first evaporation pipe and the first straight portion of the second evaporation pipe and a second distance between the first straight portion of the second evaporation pipe and the second straight portion of the second evaporation pipe are substantially equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu KOBAYASHI, Jiro YUZAWA, Satoshi OKUDA, Hidetoshi SHINYA, Tadahisa SAGA
  • Publication number: 20140182328
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes an insulation housing including an inner box. The inner box has first and second side plates and a first curved corner connecting the first and second side plates; and a first refrigerating circuit including a first compressor and a first evaporator constituted by a first evaporation pipe, the first evaporation pipe including a first portion extending a horizontal direction and a second portion extending a vertical direction. The first portion of the first evaporation pipe is disposed to contact to the first and second side plates and the first curved corner of the inner box, and the second portion of the first evaporation pipe is disposed outside of the first portion of the first evaporation pipe at the first curved corner so that the first portion of the first evaporation pipe locates between the first curved corner and the second portion of the first evaporation pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu KOBAYASHI, Jiro YUZAWA, Satoshi OKUDA, Hidetoshi SHINYA, Tadahisa SAGA
  • Patent number: 8455241
    Abstract: There is provided a culture observation system by which even a culture other than an observation target culture can be cultured and observation can be properly performed by a microscope during culturing of the culture. A culture observation system S includes a culturing cabinet 2 for forming an environment suitable for culturing cells in a culturing room 13 and an image pick-up device 3 for photographing a microscopic image of the cells. The image pick-up device 3 includes a light source 47 which is provided in the culturing room 13 and a table 37 which is provided in the culturing room 13 to hold the culture as an image pick-up target, and a shelf 7 for accommodating the cells is provided in the culturing room 13 other than the light source 47 and the table 37.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Osawa, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga, Ryuzo Tobe, Hiroki Busujima
  • Publication number: 20110023532
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser, a flow divider, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a decompressing device, and an evaporator. The refrigerant cycle has sealed therein a mixed refrigerant obtained by mixing at least first to third refrigerants with different evaporation temperatures. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger each includes a double pipe to form a first flow passage in an inner pipe of the double pipe, a second flow passage in an outer pipe of the double pipe, and an intermediate port in a piping connecting between the second flow passage of the first heat exchanger and the second flow passage of the second heat exchanger. A high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor is cooled by the condenser to liquefy the first refrigerant having a high evaporation temperature into a liquid refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Kobayashi, Jiro Yuzawa, Satoshi Okuda, Hidetoshi Shinya, Tadahisa Saga
  • Patent number: 7785867
    Abstract: The invention provides a culture apparatus or a reserving stock room which receives a lot of culture vessels without vibration. The culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ) for culture vessels arranged in a circular arc shape or an annular shape, and a carrying means (15) for taking in and out the culture vessels to an inner side of the circular arc shaped arrangement or the annular shaped arrangement from the storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ). Further, the culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Takashi Arai, Tadahisa Saga, Hiroki Busujima
  • Publication number: 20090325280
    Abstract: There is provided a culture observation system by which even a culture other than an observation target culture can be cultured and observation can be properly performed by a microscope during culturing of the culture. A culture observation system S includes a culturing cabinet 2 for forming an environment suitable for culturing cells in a culturing room 13 and an image pick-up device 3 for photographing a microscopic image of the cells. The image pick-up device 3 includes a light source 47 which is provided in the culturing room 13 and a table 37 which is provided in the culturing room 13 to hold the culture as an image pick-up target, and a shelf 7 for accommodating the cells is provided in the culturing room 13 other than the light source 47 and the table 37.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Osawa, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga, Ryuzo Tobe, Hiroki Busujima
  • Patent number: 7628958
    Abstract: An object is to provide a reaction detecting device in which a height dimension of the device itself can be set to be small to realize space saving, unevenness of measurement sensitivity for each reaction container is minimized, and high-sensitivity and high-precision reaction detecting is possible, the device includes: a reflective plate disposed above a temperature controllable reaction block disposed in a reaction chamber constituted in a main body to reflect light; and a light source lamp and a camera arranged in the main body, the light from the light source lamp is reflected by the reflective plate to enter each reaction container from above, and light such as fluorescence directed upwards from a reaction specimen is reflected by the reflective plate to enter the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Tadahisa Saga, Takashi Arai, Yasuhiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20070031290
    Abstract: An object is to provide a reaction detecting device in which a height dimension of the device itself can be set to be small to realize space saving, unevenness of measurement sensitivity for each reaction container is minimized, and high-sensitivity and high-precision reaction detecting is possible, the device includes: a reflective plate disposed above a temperature controllable reaction block disposed in a reaction chamber constituted in a main body to reflect light; and a light source lamp and a camera arranged in the main body, the light from the light source lamp is reflected by the reflective plate to enter each reaction container from above, and light such as fluorescence directed upwards from a reaction specimen is reflected by the reflective plate to enter the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Tadahisa Saga, Takashi Arai, Yasuhiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 6935567
    Abstract: The present invention provides an incubator which can release pressure applied to a vessel side by upper heating means, and can simplify an opening/closing structure of a reaction chamber. The gist of the present invention resides in an incubator comprising a reaction chamber disposed in an incubator body; a heat conductive reaction block disposed in the reaction chamber to hold one or plural vessels containing reaction samples; a cover for covering an upper part of the reaction chamber in an openable manner; upper heating means positioned on a lower surface of the cover to heat an upper part of the vessel held by the reaction block; and pressure means for pressing the upper heating means to the vessel side; the reaction block being heated/cooled while the upper part of the vessel is heated by the upper heating means, to incubate the reaction sample; wherein the cover is disposed rotatably and movably in a horizontal direction with respect to the incubator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Saga, Takashi Arai, Hidetoshi Shinya, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Publication number: 20050084955
    Abstract: The invention provides a culture apparatus or a reserving stock room which receives a lot of culture vessels without vibration. The culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ) for culture vessels arranged in a circular arc shape or an annular shape, and a carrying means (15) for taking in and out the culture vessels to an inner side of the circular arc shaped arrangement or the annular shaped arrangement from the storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ). Further, the culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Takashi Arai, Tadahisa Saga, Hiroki Busujima
  • Publication number: 20040112969
    Abstract: The present invention provides an incubator which can release pressure applied to a vessel side by upper heating means, and can simplify an opening/closing structure of a reaction chamber. The gist of the present invention resides in an incubator comprising a reaction chamber disposed in an incubator body; a heat conductive reaction block disposed in the reaction chamber to hold one or plural vessels containing reaction samples; a cover for covering an upper part of the reaction chamber in an openable manner; upper heating means positioned on a lower surface of the cover to heat an upper part of the vessel held by the reaction block; and pressure means for pressing the upper heating means to the vessel side; the reaction block being heated/cooled while the upper part of the vessel is heated by the upper heating means, to incubate the reaction sample; wherein the cover is disposed rotatably and movably in a horizontal direction with respect to the incubator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Saga, Takashi Arai, Hidetoshi Shinya, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Patent number: 6593131
    Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga
  • Publication number: 20010006812
    Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga
  • Patent number: 6255103
    Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga