Patents by Inventor Yujiro Sei

Yujiro Sei 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: 6644835
    Abstract: This portable light source apparatus accommodates a deuterium lamp in a lamp box and housing in order to minimize influence of temperature changes in the outside air. The deuterium lamp, which is susceptible to changes in temperature, is enveloped both by the lamp box and the housing for accommodation in a double shield structure. Consequently, the temperature change of the housing, which is the most likely to be affected by the outside air, is harder to be transmitted to the deuterium lamp, whereby the latter can be utilized without consideration of weather changes during outdoor operations or influences of air conditioners and the like during indoor operations. The deuterium lamp can be inserted into and removed from the lamp box from thereabove, so that lamp replacement becomes easier even when the housing is made compact, whereby the light source apparatus can be carried easier outdoors and in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 6637913
    Abstract: This portable light source apparatus accommodates a deuterium lamp in a lamp box and, at the same time, in a housing in order for the influence of temperature changes in the outside air to become very small. Namely, the deuterium lamp, which is susceptible to changes in temperature, is enveloped not only by the lamp box but also by the housing, thereby being accommodated in a double shield structure. Further, it has been known that ozone is generated when ultraviolet rays are emitted in the air. Therefore, a light guide tube for extending a light exit opening of the lamp box is provided, so that cooling winds do not traverse the ultraviolet rays. As a result, ozone is restrained from occurring in the part where the ultraviolet rays occur within the housing, whereby the emitted light is appropriately kept from fluctuating due to the occurrence of ozone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 6601972
    Abstract: In a deuterium lamp box in accordance with the present invention, a wavelength of light different from that of a deuterium lamp can be forwardly let out from a light exit opening. Namely, when the deuterium lamp of a see-through type is lit, the light generated from the deuterium lamp can be let out from the light exit opening. When a second lamp is lit while the deuterium lamp is turned off, the light generated from the second lamp 85 passes through the deuterium lamp while in a state collected by a lens, and is let out from the light exit opening. When the deuterium lamp and the second lamp are lit at the same time, different wavelengths of light are let out from the light exit opening while in a mixed state. Thus, three kinds of light can be made depending on how the lamps are lit, whereby this lamp box is considered to have a versatility much higher than that of a lamp box accommodating only one lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20020060909
    Abstract: In a deuterium lamp box in accordance with the present invention, a wavelength of light different from that of a deuterium lamp can be forwardly let out from a light exit opening. Namely, when the deuterium lamp of a see-through type is lit, the light generated from the deuterium lamp can be let out from the light exit opening. When a second lamp is lit while the deuterium lamp is turned off, the light generated from the second lamp 85 passes through the deuterium lamp while in a state collected by a lens, and is let out from the light exit opening. When the deuterium lamp and the second lamp are lit at the same time, different wavelengths of light are let out from the light exit opening while in a mixed state. Thus, three kinds of light can be made depending on how the lamps are lit, whereby this lamp box is considered to have a versatility much higher than that of a lamp box accommodating only one lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20020054493
    Abstract: This portable light source apparatus accommodates a deuterium lamp in a lamp box and, at the same time, in a housing in order for the influence of temperature changes in the outside air to become very small. Namely, the deuterium lamp, which is susceptible to changes in temperature, is enveloped not only by the lamp box but also by the housing, thereby being accommodated in a double shield structure. Further, it has been known that ozone is generated when ultraviolet rays are emitted in the air. Therefore, a light guide tube for extending a light exit opening of the lamp box is provided, so that cooling winds do not traverse the ultraviolet rays. As a result, ozone is restrained from occurring in the part where the ultraviolet rays occur within the housing, whereby the emitted light is appropriately kept from fluctuating due to the occurrence of ozone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20020044448
    Abstract: This portable light source apparatus accommodates a deuterium lamp in a lamp box and, at the same time, in a housing in order for the influence of temperature changes in the outside air to become very small. Namely, the deuterium lamp, which is susceptible to changes in temperature, is enveloped not only by the lamp box but also by the housing, thereby being accommodated in a double shield structure. As a result, the temperature change of the housing, which is the most likely to be affected by the outside air, is harder to be transmitted to the deuterium lamp, whereby the latter can be utilized without taking account of the changes in weather during outdoor operations or influences of air conditioners and the like during indoor operations. Further, the deuterium lamp can be inserted into and removed from the lamp box from thereabove, so that operations of replacing the lamp become easier even when the housing is made compact, whereby the light source apparatus can be carried easier outdoors and in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito