Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Tsubaki
Tatsuo Tsubaki 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).
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Publication number: 20240141314Abstract: The information processing device includes: a cultivation information acquisition unit configured to acquire cultivation information of a cell; and a recommended condition setting unit configured to set a recommended condition for detaching the cell from a to be-processed vessel in which the cell is cultured, the cultivation information including information about the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition being a condition for detaching the cell by applying vibration to the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition setting unit being configured to set the recommended condition based on the cultivation information, with use of information concerning an association relationship between information about a cultivation condition and information about a detachment condition, the information about the cultivation condition including information about a culture vessel, the information about the detachment condition including information about a condition for applying vibration to the culture vessType: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: KENJIRO TAKEMURA, YUTA KURASHINA, CHIKAHIRO IMASHIRO, KAZUNORI NOGUCHI, MASASHI HIROSE, KATSUHISA YAMAZAKI, KEIICHIRO TSUBAKI, SUGURU WATANABE, AKIRA SUGIYAMA, KENICHI KAKU, RYUICHI OTSU, YUKARI NAKASHOJI, TAKAAKI FURUI, TATSUO FURUTA, HITOMI TOKUTAKE
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Publication number: 20240141281Abstract: The information processing device includes: a cultivation information acquisition unit configured to acquire cultivation information of a cell; and a recommended condition generation unit configured to generate a recommended condition for detaching the cell from a to-be-processed vessel in which the cell is cultured, the cultivation information including information about the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition being a condition for detaching the cell by applying vibration to the to-be-processed vessel, the recommended condition generation unit being configured to generate the recommended condition based on the cultivation information, with use of a learned model, the learned model being learned with use of information about a cultivation condition and information about a detachment condition, the information about the cultivation condition including information about a culture vessel, the information about the detachment condition including information about a condition for applying vibration tType: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: KENJIRO TAKEMURA, YUTA KURASHINA, CHIKAHIRO IMASHIRO, KAZUNORI NOGUCHI, KATSUHISA YAMAZAKI, MASASHI HIROSE, KEIICHIRO TSUBAKI, SUGURU WATANABE, AKIRA SUGIYAMA, KENICHI KAKU, TAKAAKI FURUI, TATSUO FURUTA, HITOMI TOKUTAKE, RYUICHI OTSU, YUKARI NAKASHOJI
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Publication number: 20230415988Abstract: A storage shelf installed on a side of a track, to and from which an article is delivered by a lateral transfer mechanism of an overhead transport vehicle traveling in the track in a traveling direction, includes a stopper configured to come into contact with a part of the lateral transfer mechanism having moved by a predetermined amount or more in a lateral direction perpendicular to the traveling direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Yoshiya Wada
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Publication number: 20230134774Abstract: A storage shelf includes: a main frame; a plurality of shelf modules each having a base plate detachably provided on the main frame, and a supply nozzle provided on the base plate; a main pipe through which purge gas supplied from a supply source flows, and a first branch provided in the main pipe and branches a flow path from the main pipe, in which the shelf modules are each provided with a mass flow controller configured to adjust the flow rate of the purge gas supplied to the supply nozzle, the first branch is connected to a module pipe via an open/close valve that opens/closes the flow path, and the mass flow controller is connected to the module pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Tatsuo Tsubaki
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Patent number: 11631603Abstract: A storage shelf includes second shelf modules each including a second shelf board, a supply nozzle, an MFC configured to adjust a flow rate of the fluid supplied from the supply nozzle, and a third pipe connecting between the MFC and a main pipe connected to a supply source of the fluid, and suspension frames each including additional shelf supporting portions supporting the second shelf modules from below and a pair of suspending portions and a pair of additional suspending portions suspending and supporting the additional shelf supporting portions. The suspension frames are disposed at regular intervals along one direction. Each second shelf module is laid over between additional shelf supporting portions of suspension frames adjacent to each other in the one direction, and a pipe connector being connectable to the main pipe is provided with an end of the third pipe.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Shinji Onishi
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Publication number: 20230108771Abstract: A flatness measurement unit is a flatness measurement unit to be placed on a shelf for measuring flatness relating to the degree of deviation from a state in which four predetermined points on the shelf are present on the same plane. The flatness measurement unit includes: a body frame; and four contact sections dispersedly disposed on the body frame and provided so as to be in contact with the respective four predetermined points on the shelf. The four contact sections include two first contact sections not located diagonally and two second contact sections other than the first contact sections. The center of gravity of the flatness measurement unit is positioned in an area containing the two first contact sections, among four areas defined by two diagonal lines each passing through the corresponding first contact section and the corresponding second contact section that are located diagonally.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Tatsuo TSUBAKI, Hiroyuki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 11608229Abstract: A storage system includes shelves each with a nozzle to supply clean gas into containers, flow amount controllers to control a supply amount of clean gas to a nozzle, a transport apparatus to transfer the containers to and from the shelves, and a controller to control the transport apparatus and the flow amount controllers. The controller makes an assignment of at least one shelf in preparation to store an incoming container and before the occurrence of the incoming container, and controls a flow amount controlling device to supply clean gas to the nozzle in the at least one shelf, based upon the assignment.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Takashi Yamaji
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Patent number: 11501991Abstract: A container storage includes a purger that supplies a purge gas into a stored container and an evacuator that is disposed near a lid of the container and evacuates an atmosphere around the lid.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Takashi Yamaji
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Publication number: 20210272830Abstract: A storage shelf includes second shelf modules each including a second shelf board, a supply nozzle, an MFC configured to adjust a flow rate of the fluid supplied from the supply nozzle, and a third pipe connecting between the MFC and a main pipe connected to a supply source of the fluid, and suspension frames each including additional shelf supporting portions supporting the second shelf modules from below and a pair of suspending portions and a pair of additional suspending portions suspending and supporting the additional shelf supporting portions. The suspension frames are disposed at regular intervals along one direction. Each second shelf module is laid over between additional shelf supporting portions of suspension frames adjacent to each other in the one direction, and a pipe connector being connectable to the main pipe is provided with an end of the third pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Tatsuo TSUBAKI, Shinji ONISHI
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Publication number: 20210257239Abstract: A storage shelf includes a body frame and a shelf plate attached to the body frame with an elastic body therebetween, the storage shelf storing thereon a FOUP including a contained object. The storage shelf includes a feed nozzle on the shelf plate to feed gas to the FOUP, and a feed tube with one end communicating with the feed nozzle and the other end communicating with a main tube connected to a feed source of the gas to be fed to the FOUP, the main tube being supported by the body frame. The feed tube has a flexible portion having flexibility at least partially between the one end and the other end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Tatsuo TSUBAKI, Shinji ONISHI
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Publication number: 20200180864Abstract: A storage system includes shelves each with a nozzle to supply clean gas into containers, flow amount controllers to control a supply amount of clean gas to a nozzle, a transport apparatus to transfer the containers to and from the shelves, and a controller to control the transport apparatus and the flow amount controllers. The controller makes an assignment of at least one shelf in preparation to store an incoming container and before the occurrence of the incoming container, and controls a flow amount controlling device to supply clean gas to the nozzle in the at least one shelf, based upon the assignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Tatsuo TSUBAKI, Takashi YAMAJI
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Patent number: 10610905Abstract: A purge device is capable of removing particles adhering to a gas introduction port in a container or on surrounding areas of a purge nozzle. The purge device includes a nozzle that is able to blow a gas, and a purge controller that controls the nozzle to blow the gas therethrough in a state in which a bottom surface of a container to be purged faces the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Masanao Murata
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Publication number: 20190304822Abstract: A container storage includes a purger that supplies a purge gas into a stored container and an evacuator that is disposed near a lid of the container and evacuates an atmosphere around the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Tatsuo TSUBAKI, Takashi YAMAJI
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Publication number: 20180229276Abstract: A purge device is capable of removing particles adhering to a gas introduction port in a container or on surrounding areas of a purge nozzle. The purge device includes a nozzle that is able to blow a gas, and a purge controller that controls the nozzle to blow the gas therethrough in a state in which a bottom surface of a container to be purged faces the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Tatsuo TSUBAKI, Masanao MURATA
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Patent number: 9284164Abstract: An overhead transport carriage 1 comprises a body 4 containing an object 30 and traveling along a traveling rail 3, a lifting mechanism 6 including a holding unit 8 holding the object 30 and a lifting unit 7 moving the unit 8 up and down with respect to a predetermined position P at which the object 30 is contained, an anti lid-dropping-off member 20 facing a lid 31 of the object 30 when the unit 8 is located at the position P, and a moving mechanism. The mechanism 10 moves the member 20 in response to the motion of the unit 8 so that the member 20 is located at an anti dropping-off position when the unit 8 is located at the position P, and the member 20 is located at the escape position when the unit 8 moves with respect to the position P.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Fujiwara, Tatsuo Tsubaki
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Patent number: 9205772Abstract: A moving carriage that moves an overhead travelling vehicle that has been unloaded to the ground, includes a frame including travelling wheels, elevating mechanisms provided at a plurality of locations on the frame along a longitudinal direction of the frame, a track for an overhead travelling vehicle, the track being supported by the elevating mechanisms so as to be lifted and lowered and being configured to allow the overhead travelling vehicle to be transferred to and from another track, and a synchronizing mechanism that synchronizes the elevating mechanisms to lift and lower the track by the same or substantially the same amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kato, Tatsuo Tsubaki
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Patent number: 9117853Abstract: For transferring an article to a desired position, even in a lateral transfer, a transfer system (100) allows transfer of an article (3) between a transport vehicle (2), which conveys the article (3) while travelling along a rail (1) provided on a ceiling, and a placement portion provided below the rail, in a lateral transfer manner. The transfer system includes a memory unit (101) and a controller (102). The memory unit stores (i) placement position information indicating a transfer position of the article when a transfer unit is to place the article onto the placement portion, and (ii) holding position information indicating a transfer position of the article when the transfer unit is to hold the article on the placement portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Yusuke Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20140144859Abstract: An overhead transport carriage 1 comprises a body 4 containing an object 30 and traveling along a traveling rail 3, a lifting mechanism 6 including a holding unit 8 holding the object 30 and a lifting unit 7 moving the unit 8 up and down with respect to a predetermined position P at which the object 30 is contained, an anti lid-dropping-off member 20 facing a lid 31 of the object 30 when the unit 8 is located at the position P, and a moving mechanism. The mechanism 10 moves the member 20 in response to the motion of the unit 8 so that the member 20 is located at an anti dropping-off position when the unit 8 is located at the position P, and the member 20 is located at the escape position when the unit 8 moves with respect to the position P.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Fujiwara, Tatsuo Tsubaki
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Publication number: 20140090574Abstract: A moving carriage that moves an overhead travelling vehicle that has been unloaded to the ground, includes a frame including travelling wheels, elevating mechanisms provided at a plurality of locations on the frame along a longitudinal direction of the frame, a track for an overhead travelling vehicle, the track being supported by the elevating mechanisms so as to be lifted and lowered and being configured to allow the overhead travelling vehicle to be transferred to and from another track, and a synchronizing mechanism that synchronizes the elevating mechanisms to lift and lower the track by the same or substantially the same amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kato, Tatsuo Tsubaki
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Publication number: 20130197691Abstract: For transferring an article to a desired position, even in a lateral transfer, a transfer system (100) allows transfer of an article (3) between a transport vehicle (2), which conveys the article (3) while travelling along a rail (1) provided on a ceiling, and a placement portion provided below the rail, in a lateral transfer manner. The transfer system includes a memory unit (101) and a controller (102). The memory unit stores (i) placement position information indicating a transfer position of the article when a transfer unit is to place the article onto the placement portion, and (ii) holding position information indicating a transfer position of the article when the transfer unit is to hold the article on the placement portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Yusuke Fujiwara