Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Kita
Toshiaki Kita 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: 20240186158Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transfer module, comprising: a first transfer chamber; a second transfer chamber, the second transfer chamber capable of accommodating a container accommodating a plurality of objects; and an opening/closing door configured to partition the first transfer chamber and the second transfer chamber, wherein the first transfer chamber has an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the object to be carried into the second transfer chamber, and the container accommodating the plurality of objects is carried into the second transfer chamber, the plurality of objects are transferred from the container to the accommodation portion in the first transfer chamber, the object is transferred from the accommodation portion into the vacuum transfer module, and the object carried out from the vacuum transfer module is transferred into the container without passing through the accommodation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihiko AMIKURA, Makoto SAEGUSA, Toshiaki TOYOMAKI, Seiichi KAISE, Masatomo KITA
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Publication number: 20240182252Abstract: There is a transfer module comprising: a housing; a load port disposed on a sidewall of the housing, the load port being capable of placing a container accommodating multiple objects to be transferred; a transfer device disposed in the housing and configured to transfer the objects; and a storage unit disposed in the housing and configured to temporarily accommodate the objects, wherein the housing includes: a first sidewall to which a load-lock module is connected; and a second sidewall other than a sidewall facing the first sidewall, to which the load port is connected, wherein the transfer device has a first arm having multiple forks on which the objects are placed, and the transfer device collectively transfers the objects in the container placed on the load port into the storage unit using the first arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Toshiaki TOYOMAKI, Norihiko AMIKURA, Seiichi KAISE, Masatomo KITA
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Patent number: 8142635Abstract: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomonari Morioka, Masaya Kojima, Ryoji Inaba, Daizo Tokinaga, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Okishima, Masao Fukunaga, Takayasu Furukawa, Tomohiro Shoji
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Publication number: 20100288642Abstract: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomonari Morioka, Masaya Kojima, Ryoji Inaba, Daizo Tokinaga, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Okishima, Masao Fukunaga, Takayasu Furukawa, Tomohiro Shoji
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Patent number: 7785458Abstract: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomonari Morioka, Masaya Kojima, Ryoji Inaba, Daizo Tokinaga, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Okishima, Masao Fukunaga, Takayasu Furukawa, Tomohiro Shoji
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Patent number: 7445701Abstract: A capillary array includes multiple capillaries and two holding substrates for arranging the aforementioned multiple capillaries in a substantially plane surface by sandwiching at least some of these capillaries mutually. One of the holding substrates has a detection window for transmitting the detected light emitted by a test sample by irradiation of light. Especially, this detection window includes multiple light transmission areas provided to correspond to each capillary to transmit the detected light, and light cut-off areas provided between these light transmission areas to cut off the detected light. These light cut-off areas cut off light reflected from the surface of capillaries and hence improve the SN ratio, thereby ensuring high-precision detection.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.Inventors: Tomonari Morioka, Yasushi Shimizu, Seiichi Ugai, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada
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Patent number: 7054004Abstract: A multi-focus capillary array that can reduce crosstalk and a capillary array photodetector are provided. On a substrate 20 on which a plurality of capillaries are aligned, a perforation 72 is formed in at least a part of an area in the rear of the capillaries when the capillary array is viewed from the photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ryoji Inaba, Toshiaki Kita, Miho Ozawa, Tomonari Morioka, Akihiro Suzuki, Yasushi Shimizu, Masaya Kojima
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Publication number: 20060091012Abstract: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomonari Morioka, Masaya Kojima, Ryoji Inaba, Daizo Tokinaga, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Okishima, Masao Fukunaga, Takayasu Furukawa, Tomohiro Shoji
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Publication number: 20060049053Abstract: A capillary array includes multiple capillaries and two holding substrates for arranging the aforementioned multiple capillaries in a substantially plane surface by sandwiching at least some of these capillaries mutually. One of the holding substrates has a detection window for transmitting the detected light emitted by a test sample by irradiation of light. Especially, this detection window includes multiple light transmission areas provided to correspond to each capillary to transmit the detected light, and light cut-off areas provided between these light transmission areas to cut off the detected light. These light cut-off areas cut off light reflected from the surface of capillaries and hence improve the SN ratio, thereby ensuring high-precision detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Tomonari Morioka, Yasushi Shimizu, Seiichi Ugai, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada
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Patent number: 7005052Abstract: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomonari Morioka, Masaya Kojima, Ryoji Inaba, Daizo Tokinaga, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Okishima, Masao Fukunaga, Takayasu Furukawa, Tomohiro Shoji
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Patent number: 6977034Abstract: A capillary array comprising multiple capillaries and two holding substrates for arranging the aforementioned multiple capillaries in a substantially plane surface by sandwiching at least some of these capillaries mutually. One of the holding substrates has a detection window for transmitting the detected light emitted by a test sample by irradiation of light. Especially, this detection window comprises multiple light transmission areas provided to correspond to each capillary to transmit the detected light, and light cut-off areas provided between these light transmission areas to cut off the detected light. These light cut-off areas cut off light reflected from the surface of capillaries and hence improve the SN ratio, thereby ensuring high-precision detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomonari Morioka, Yasushi Shimizu, Seiichi Ugai, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada
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Patent number: 6805784Abstract: The structure of a capillary head section is made such that the liquid contacting surfaces of a capillary holder, a capillary, and an adhesive form a plane surface, and this shared liquid contacting surface is made a mirror surface with a surface roughness of 3.2 s or less. In the shared liquid contacting surface, the ratio of the total area of the capillaries to the internal diameter area of the capillary holder is made 60 to 73%.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Syozo Kasai, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Toshiaki Kita, Tomonari Morioka
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Publication number: 20040119011Abstract: A multi-focus capillary array that can reduce crosstalk and a capillary array photodetector are provided. On a substrate 20 on which a plurality of capillaries are aligned, a perforation 72 is formed in at least a part of an area in the rear of the capillaries when the capillary array is viewed from the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Ryoji Inaba, Toshiaki Kita, Miho Ozawa, Tomonari Morioka, Akihiro Suzuki, Yasushi Shimizu, Masaya Kojima
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Publication number: 20030155245Abstract: A capillary array comprising multiple capillaries and two holding substrates for arranging the aforementioned multiple capillaries in a substantially plane surface by sandwiching at least some of these capillaries mutually. One of the holding substrates has a detection window for transmitting the detected light emitted by a test sample by irradiation of light. Especially, this detection window comprises multiple light transmission areas provided to correspond to each capillary to transmit the detected light, and light cut-off areas provided between these light transmission areas to cut off the detected light. These light cut-off areas cut off light reflected from the surface of capillaries and hence improve the SN ratio, thereby ensuring high-precision detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventors: Tomonari Morioka, Yasushi Shimizu, Seiichi Ugai, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada
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Publication number: 20020140934Abstract: A multi-focus capillary array that can reduce crosstalk and a capillary array photodetector are provided. On a substrate 20 on which a plurality of capillaries are aligned, a perforation 72 is formed in at least a part of an area in the rear of the capillaries when the capillary array is viewed from the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Inventors: Ryoji Inaba, Toshiaki Kita, Miho Ozawa, Tomonari Morioka, Akihiro Suzuki, Yasushi Shimizu, Masaya Kojima
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Publication number: 20010047942Abstract: The structure of the capillary head section is made such that the liquid contacting surfaces of the capillary holder, capillary, and adhesive are all the same plane, and this shared liquid contacting surface is made a mirror surface with a surface roughness of 3.2 s or less. In the shared liquid contacting surface, the ratio of the total area of the capillaries in the internal diameter area of the capillary holder is made 60 to 73%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2001Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventors: Syozo Kasai, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Toshiaki Kita, Tomonari Morioka
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Publication number: 20010040095Abstract: A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Toshiaki Kita, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomonari Morioka, Masaya Kojima, Ryoji Inaba, Daizo Tokinaga, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Okishima, Masao Fukunaga, Takayasu Furukawa, Tomohiro Shoji
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Patent number: 5340637Abstract: A method of fabricating diffraction gratings wherein a photomask is arranged on a substrate which is coated with a photoresist, light is to be incident thereupon at an acute angle relative to the normal direction of the photomask, and a bright/dark pattern is formed on said photoresist by the interference of the transmission light that has passed through the photomask and the diffraction light. The invention further deals with a photomask used for the above method.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1992Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Okai, Shinji Tsuji, Akio Ohishi, Motohisa Hirao, Hiroyoshi Matsumura, Tatsuo Harada, Toshiaki Kita, Hideki Taira
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Patent number: 5078495Abstract: A plane grating, particularly for a monochronomator, is provided with varied-spaced straight and parallel grooves in a light beam path to compensate for other light affecting components, for example a spherical mirror used for collimating or focusing the light beam. The angle of incidence with respect to the light for each of the grooves may vary and the angle of diffraction with respect to the light for each groove may be required to vary with the imperfection of collimation and focusing of the beam. The grooves are varied in their spacing to compensate for the variation of both incidence and diffraction direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1990Date of Patent: January 7, 1992Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Harada, Toshiei Kurosaki, Tsuneo Terasawa, Toshiaki Kita
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Patent number: 5047650Abstract: The invention relates to a monochromator which disperses the light containing many wavelengths emitted from a source of light, and which takes out a given wavelength component only. The invention realizes a monochromator which can take out the light of a single wavelength maintaining a very high wavelength purity by using a plane grating C which can be easily manufactured maintaining a high precision and by employing a very simply constructed wavelength sweeping mechanism in which the distance between the incident slit A and the diffraction grating C as well as the distance between the exit slit B and the diffraction grating C are maintained constant, instead of using a concave grating that had been indispensable in the conventional monochromator adapted to the wavelength regions of from soft X-rays to vacuum ultraviolet rays.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1990Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Harada, Masaaki Ito, Toshiaki Kita