Patents by Inventor Yuichi Tamaoki

Yuichi Tamaoki 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: 10760825
    Abstract: A refrigeration device equipped with: a cascade cycle; a storage unit having a storage space for an object to be cooled by a second evaporator; an internal temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the storage space; a control unit that determines a second rotational speed of a second compressor on the basis of a target temperature for the storage space and the detection result from the internal temperature sensor, and that determines a first rotational speed for a first compressor having a prescribed correspondence relationship with the second rotational speed; and a first power supply unit and a second power supply unit that supply power respectively to the first compressor and the second compressor on the basis of the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed determined by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Takahiro Inoue, Minoru Suto
  • Patent number: 10544453
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting a nucleic acid amplification product in real time, which is capable of effectively excluding or reducing apparatus error factors without using a second fluorescence signal used for correction. A plurality of wells 7A are given with temperature cycles and fluorescence strength from a nucleic acid amplification product is detected in real time in each well 7A. A fluorescence measurement value [DNA]raw obtained from the well 7A and a fluorescence measurement value [DNA]bg obtained from a connection wall near the well 7A are detected, and the fluorescence measurement value [DNA]bg is subtracted from the fluorescence measurement value [DNA]raw to determine fluorescence strength [DNA]real of the well 7A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Akifumi Iwama, Yasuaki Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20180347863
    Abstract: A refrigeration device equipped with: a cascade cycle; a storage unit having a storage space for an object to be cooled by a second evaporator; an internal temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the storage space; a control unit that determines a second rotational speed of a second compressor on the basis of a target temperature for the storage space and the detection result from the internal temperature sensor, and that determines a first rotational speed for a first compressor having a prescribed correspondence relationship with the second rotational speed; and a first power supply unit and a second power supply unit that supply power respectively to the first compressor and the second compressor on the basis of the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed determined by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichi TAMAOKI, Takahiro INOUE, Minoru SUTO
  • Patent number: 9772138
    Abstract: A cooling box to control temperature so that an internal temperature of the cooling box becomes equal to a set temperature, includes: a control device including an temperature sensor to detect an ambient temperature of the box, and adjust a supply amount of warm air into the box after stopping supply of cold air thereinto based on the ambient temperature; and a door sensor to detect whether an opening connected with the interior of the cooling box is in either an open or closed state, when the door sensor detects a change of the opening from an open to closed state. The control device executes control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a first value until a predetermined period has elapsed, and executes control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a second value smaller than the first value after the predetermined period has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hagiwara, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Patent number: 9671153
    Abstract: A low-temperature storage includes: a thermally-insulating casing including an accommodating portion accommodating an item to be refrigerated; a door to be closed in a manner capable of opening/closing the portion; a cooling mechanism cooling an interior thereof; a temperature-detecting unit measuring a temperature in the portion; an opening/closing-detecting unit detecting a door open/close state; and a control unit including a temperature-adjusting unit controlling the cooling mechanism so that the temperature reaches a target temperature, first- and second-temperature-storing units storing first and second temperatures, respectively, a target-temperature-setting unit setting the target temperature at the first temperature when the opening/closing-detecting unit detects that the door has changed from an open to closed state, and thereafter, setting the target temperature at the second temperature, and a control-information-setting unit setting the first or second temperatures, and when a difference therebet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hagiwara, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Publication number: 20140335531
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting a nucleic acid amplification product in real time, which is capable of effectively excluding or reducing apparatus error factors without using a second fluorescence signal used for correction. A plurality of wells 7A are given with temperature cycles and fluorescence strength from a nucleic acid amplification product is detected in real time in each well 7A. A fluorescence measurement value [DNA]raw obtained from the well 7A and a fluorescence measurement value [DNA]bg obtained from a connection wall near the well 7A are detected, and the fluorescence measurement value [DNA]bg is subtracted from the fluorescence measurement value [DNA]raw to determine fluorescence strength [DNA]real of the well 7A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Yuichi TAMAOKI, Akifumi IWAMA, Yasuaki SONODA
  • Patent number: 8857199
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes first and second refrigerant circuits including respective first and second compressors, condensers, pressure reducers, and evaporators, connected circularly with first and second refrigerant pipes, respectively, refrigerants discharged from the first and second compressors being respectively condensed at the first and second condensers and thereafter respectively evaporated at the first and second evaporators to acquire a cooling effect; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an internal portion of a cold storage cabinet, the first and second evaporators being disposed to cool the internal portion simultaneously; and a first control device that controls the first and second compressors such that the first compressor and the second compressor start being alternately operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature, and are continuously operated until the detected temperature reaches a second temperature lower than th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Shinya, Susumu Kobayashi, Satoshi Okuda, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki, Ryuzo Tobe
  • Publication number: 20140060098
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes first and second refrigerant circuits including respective first and second compressors, condensers, pressure reducers, and evaporators, connected circularly with first and second refrigerant pipes, respectively, refrigerants discharged from the first and second compressors being respectively condensed at the first and second condensers and thereafter respectively evaporated at the first and second evaporators to acquire a cooling effect; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an internal portion of a cold storage cabinet, the first and second evaporators being disposed to cool the internal portion simultaneously; and a first control device that controls the first and second compressors such that the first compressor and the second compressor start being alternately operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature, and are continuously operated until the detected temperature reaches a second temperature lower than th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi SHINYA, Susumu KOBAYASHI, Satoshi OKUDA, Ryuichi TSURUMA, Yuichi TAMAOKI, Ryuzo TOBE
  • Patent number: 8663979
    Abstract: A culture apparatus comprising: an inner box configured to form a culture chamber; an outer box configured to cover the inner box; a fan configured to circulate gas inside the culture chamber through an air passage provided in the inner box within the culture chamber; a first through hole configured to penetrate a wall configuring a part of the air passage in the inner box; a second through hole configured to penetrate the wall and disposed at a position at which a flow velocity of the gas circulated through the air passage by the fan is lower than a flow velocity of the gas around the first through hole; a connecting pipe configured to connect the first through hole and the second through hole outside of the inner box; and a sensor configured to detect a concentration of the gas flowing in the culture chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8555663
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes first and second refrigerant circuits including respective first and second compressors, condensers, pressure reducers, and evaporators, connected circularly with first and second refrigerant pipes, respectively, refrigerants discharged from the first and second compressors being respectively condensed at the first and second condensers and thereafter respectively evaporated at the first and second evaporators to acquire a cooling effect; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an internal portion of a cold storage cabinet, the first and second evaporators being disposed to cool the internal portion simultaneously; and a first control device that controls the first and second compressors such that both of them are operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature, and the first and second compressors are alternately operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a second temperature lower t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Shinya, Susumu Kobayashi, Satoshi Okuda, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki, Ryuzo Tobe
  • Patent number: 8557572
    Abstract: A culture apparatus comprising: a fan configured to circulate air inside a culture chamber in a predetermined direction in the culture chamber; a duct configured to guide air circulating inside the culture chamber along a wall face inside the culture chamber from an upper part to a lower part of the culture chamber; and a gas generator detachable from a predetermined position at a lower part of the duct, the gas generator being configured to take in air discharged from a lower part of the duct and discharge together with the air taken in a hydrogen peroxide gas to sterilize the inside of the culture chamber generated from a hydrogen peroxide solution into the culture chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20130000331
    Abstract: A low-temperature storage includes: a thermally-insulating casing including an accommodating portion accommodating an item to be refrigerated; a door to be closed in a manner capable of opening/closing the portion; a cooling mechanism cooling an interior thereof; a temperature-detecting unit measuring a temperature in the portion; an opening/closing-detecting unit detecting a door open/close state; and a control unit including a temperature-adjusting unit controlling the cooling mechanism so that the temperature reaches a target temperature, first- and second-temperature-storing units storing first and second temperatures, respectively, a target-temperature-setting unit setting the target temperature at the first temperature when the opening/closing-detecting unit detects that the door has changed from an open to closed state, and thereafter, setting the target temperature at the second temperature, and a control-information-setting unit setting the first or second temperatures, and when a difference therebet
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hagiwara, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Publication number: 20130000336
    Abstract: A cooling box to perform temperature control so that an internal temperature of the cooling box storing an item to be refrigerated becomes equal to a set temperature includes: a control device including an ambient-temperature sensor to detect an ambient temperature of the box, and adjust a supply amount of warm air into the box after stopping supply of cold air thereinto based on the ambient temperature; and a thermally-insulating-door sensor to detect whether an opening connected with the interior of the cooling box is in either an open or closed state, when the sensor detects a change of the opening from an open to closed state, the control device executing control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a first value until a predetermined period has elapsed, and executing control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a second value smaller than the first value after the predetermined period has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hagiwara, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Publication number: 20120264201
    Abstract: A culture apparatus comprising: an inner box configured to form a culture chamber; an outer box configured to cover the inner box; a fan configured to circulate gas inside the culture chamber through an air passage provided in the inner box within the culture chamber; a first through hole configured to penetrate a wall configuring a part of the air passage in the inner box; a second through hole configured to penetrate the wall and disposed at a position at which a flow velocity of the gas circulated through the air passage by the fan is lower than a flow velocity of the gas around the first through hole; a connecting pipe configured to connect the first through hole and the second through hole outside of the inner box; and a sensor configured to detect a concentration of the gas flowing in the culture chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20120258528
    Abstract: A culture apparatus comprising: a fan configured to circulate air inside a culture chamber in a predetermined direction in the culture chamber; a duct configured to guide air circulating inside the culture chamber along a wall face inside the culture chamber from an upper part to a lower part of the culture chamber; and a gas generator detachable from a predetermined position at a lower part of the duct, the gas generator being configured to take in air discharged from a lower part of the duct and discharge together with the air taken in a hydrogen peroxide gas to sterilize the inside of the culture chamber generated from a hydrogen peroxide solution into the culture chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8216830
    Abstract: A culture apparatus includes a culture chamber in which culture is cultured, a shelf plate included in the culture chamber, on which the culture is placed, and shelf rests in a left-and-right pair configured to support the shelf plate and a plurality of shelf supports configured to support the shelf rests. The shelf rests each include one piece supporting the shelf plate and the other piece supported by the shelf supports. The shelf rests are in an L-shape in a cross-sectional manner whose angle between the one piece and the other piece is an acute angle. The one piece is in line contact with a lower face of the shelf plate at an end of the one piece extending obliquely upward from a side face of the culture chamber toward the inside of the culture chamber. The culture chamber is supplied with sterilizing gas to be sterilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20110030402
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes first and second refrigerant circuits including respective first and second compressors, condensers, pressure reducers, and evaporators, connected circularly with first and second refrigerant pipes, respectively, refrigerants discharged from the first and second compressors being respectively condensed at the first and second condensers and thereafter respectively evaporated at the first and second evaporators to acquire a cooling effect; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an internal portion of a cold storage cabinet, the first and second evaporators being disposed to cool the internal portion simultaneously; and a first control device that controls the first and second compressors such that both of them are operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature, and the first and second compressors are alternately operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a second temperature lower t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Shinya, Susumu Kobayashi, Satoshi Okuda, Ryuichi Tsuruma, Yuichi Tamaoki, Ryuzo Tobe
  • Patent number: 7838286
    Abstract: An entry of air from the outside of an incubator into an incubation room is prevented. The incubator comprises an adiabatic box main body having an opening on a front face thereof, an adiabatic door mounted to the adiabatic box main body to be opened/closed, a transparent inner door which closes the opening to be opened, and a storeroom surrounded with the inner door and the adiabatic box main body to incubate samples such as cells or microbes. The adiabatic box main body comprises a metal outer box, a metal inner box, a heat insulating material arranged in the outer box between the outer box and the inner box, and an air layer arranged more inside than the heat insulating material. Pressure of the storeroom is set higher than that of an outside space of the incubator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Yasushi Sakata, Hidetoshi Shinya, Hiroki Busujima
  • 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: 20100173401
    Abstract: A culture apparatus includes a culture chamber in which culture is cultured, a shelf plate included in the culture chamber, on which the culture is placed, and shelf rests in a left-and-right pair configured to support the shelf plate and a plurality of shelf supports configured to support the shelf rests. The shelf rests each include one piece supporting the shelf plate and the other piece supported by the shelf supports. The shelf rests are in an L-shape in a cross-sectional manner whose angle between the one piece and the other piece is an acute angle. The one piece is in line contact with a lower face of the shelf plate at an end of the one piece extending obliquely upward from a side face of the culture chamber toward the inside of the culture chamber. The culture chamber is supplied with sterilizing gas to be sterilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai