Patents by Inventor Atsushi Minoura

Atsushi Minoura 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: 7748223
    Abstract: A constant temperature liquid bath using a thermo-module in which even if an article whose temperature is to be controlled exists in the bath, the temperature of the liquid is efficiently adjusted to a constant value. The liquid bath includes an outer bath storing the liquid, an inner bath disposed in the outer bath through a gap, and including holes in its sidewall through which the liquid flows into the inner bath from the outer bath and an opening at a central portion of its bottom, and an agitator that causes the liquid to flow upward from the opening of the bottom of the inner bath between sidewalls of the inner and outer baths by a rotor blade disposed on a central portion of a bottom between the outer bath and the inner bath. The thermo-module is mounted on an outer surface of the sidewall of the outer bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Minoura
  • Publication number: 20050086947
    Abstract: The present invention provides a constant temperature liquid bath using a thermo-module in which even if an article whose temperature is to be controlled exists in the bath, heat is efficiently exchanged between a heat source and liquid, and the temperature of the liquid is efficiently adjusted to a constant value, and the temperature can easily and swiftly be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Minoura