Patents by Inventor Yasunari Kabasawa

Yasunari Kabasawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20080076002
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connecting structure of a liquid sending apparatus, including: an electroosmotic flow pump having first and second electrodes upstream and downstream of an electroosmosis material; a flow-path structure which defines with flow-paths for liquid upstream and downstream of the electroosmotic flow pump, which is provided upstream of the electroosmotic flow pump with a ventilation hole communicating with inside and outside of the flow-path, and which is provided with a hydrophobic film which covers the hole and is permeable to bubbles; and a liquid-absorbing body absorbs liquid, which is provided in the flow-path upstream of the electroosmotic flow pump, which comes into abutment against a surface of the electroosmosis material on which the first electrode is provided, and which is formed with a bubble removing passage which passes through the liquid-absorbing body from a hydrophobic film side thereof to the abutment surface against the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicants: Casio Computer Co., LTD., Nano Fusion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki SUNAKO, Yasunari Kabasawa, Ichiro Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20080070088
    Abstract: Disclosed a support structure of an electroosmotic member including: a support structure; an opening formed in the support member in which an electroosmotic member is disposed; and at least one of an elastic piece to separate the opening and the space from each other and to support the electroosmotic member, a cushioning filled in a gap between a wall of the opening and an edge of the electroosmotic member to support the electroosmotic member, and a projection provided on a wall of the opening to support the electroosmotic member, wherein the elastic piece, the cushioning and the projection supports the electroosmotic member which absorbs an impact or a vibration, and when the impact is applied to the support member (housing), an impact load applied to the electroosmotic member can be suppressed and thus, even when the impact is applied, it is possible to prevent the electroosmotic member from being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sunako, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20070259250
    Abstract: The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve for sealing communication between the inside and the outside of the above fuel-storing vessel; and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed is disposed in the rear end part of the liquid fuel stored. The valve assumes a structure in which a slit is formed in an elastic material and a structure in which a valve member is pressed by a resilient body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Osada, Yoshihisa Suda, Toshimi Kamitani, Kunitaka Yamada, Kouji Nishimura, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20070248854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power generation module including a fuel take-in unit to take in fuel from at least one of a plurality of fuel containers, the fuel take-in unit being coupled with the plurality of fuel containers; a power generator to generate electricity by using the fuel supplied from the at least one of the plurality of fuel containers; and a by-product discharger to discharge a by-product, which is generated during the generation of the electricity by the power generator, selectively to the at least one of the plurality of fuel containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Bitoh, Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20070231658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a connecting structure for connecting to an electro-osmotic flow pump with electrodes formed on both surfaces of electro-osmotic material, including: a first liquid absorber for absorbing liquid; and a second liquid absorber for absorbing the liquid, the second liquid absorber being superposed on the first liquid absorber and being flexible; wherein a surface of the second liquid absorber, which is opposite to a surface which is in contact with the first liquid absorber, is in contact with the electro-osmotic flow pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20070193533
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaporizer including a first liquid suction section to suck a first liquid; a second liquid suction section to suck a second liquid; and a heating element to heat the first liquid suction section and the second liquid suction section to vaporize the first liquid and the second liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Kanda, Yasunari Kabasawa, Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20060220267
    Abstract: A vaporizing device which can vaporize fuel stably includes: a liquid absorbing member to allow liquid to move from one end portion to the other end portion of the liquid absorbing member under influence of a capillary action; and a heater to heat a side of the other end portion of the liquid absorbing member to vaporize the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Daisuke Imanaka, Kaoru Saito
  • Publication number: 20060151495
    Abstract: A fuel container includes a container body having a fuel discharge port and an interior spacing. A body of liquid fuel is filled in the interior spacing of the container body. Follower units are provided in the container body, in contact with at least a part of an end of the body of the liquid fuel. Solid follower auxiliary members are interposed between the follower units and the body of liquid fuel to be optically detectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., MITSUBISHI PENCIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Yoshihisa Suda, Takahiro Osada, Kozi Nishimura, Toshimi Kamitani
  • Publication number: 20060093876
    Abstract: A liquid fuel is contained in a fuel container, and the liquid fuel is discharged from a fuel outlet. Further, a water is contained in a water containing pipe provided in the fuel container, and the water is discharged from a water outlet to the outside. Air taken into the fuel container through a dustproof filter attached to a rear lid portion of the fuel container is discharged to the outside from an oxygen source outlet through an oxygen source pipe. The fuel outlet, oxygen source outlet and water outlet are provided in a front outer surface of the front lid portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., MITSUBISHI PENCIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Yoshihisa Suda, Kozi Nishimura, Takahiro Osada, Toshimi Kamitani
  • Publication number: 20060057445
    Abstract: A fuel cell system having a fuel cell which performs a power generation operation with fuel for power generation of a fuel container; a water supply control section which extracts water from the fuel container and supplies the water to the fuel cell before the fuel cell performs the power generation operation. A wet state of an electrolyte membrane in the fuel cell body is adequately maintained during system start-up (upon commencement of a power generation operation) and an electrochemical reaction related to the power generation operation is accelerated. In this manner, the fuel cell system which can adequately extract predetermined electrical energy and a fuel container for power generation applicable to that fuel cell system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20060008686
    Abstract: A fuel container according to the present invention includes a container body (15), a fuel (10) provided in the container body (15), a draining port (9) provided to the container body (15) for supplying the fuel (10) to the outside of the container body (15), a fluid introduction unit (19) which introduces into the container body (15) a fluid corresponding to flow-out of the fuel (10) from the draining port (9), and a swelling member (17) which connects to the fluid introduction unit (19) and swells in the container body (15) by absorbing the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20050069746
    Abstract: A fuel package comprises a vessel wherein the interior space is separated, and has a flow-out opening and a flow-in opening that lead to the interior space, a liquid fuel filled in the region at the side of the flow-out opening in the vessel, and a follower that separates the liquid fuel and the region at the side of the flow-in opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kabasawa