Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Hiramatsu

Hitoshi Hiramatsu 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).

  • Chemical reaction cartridge, method of producing chemical reaction cartridge, and mechanism for driving chemical reaction cartridge
    Patent number: 8961900
    Abstract: A chemical reaction cartridge includes a vessel having at least one part made of an elastic body, in which a plurality of chambers formed in the vessel so as to be connected or arranged connectably through a flow path, and an external force is applied to the elastic body from an outside of the vessel to move a fluid substance in the flow path or the chambers or in both the flow path and the chambers so as to perform a chemical reaction. At least a chamber into which the fluid substance is flowed has an air-release path which releases air from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Tanaami, Hisao Katakura, Yuji Mitsumori, Hitoshi Hiramatsu
  • Chemical reaction cartridge, method of producing chemical reaction cartridge, and mechanism for driving chemical reaction cartridge
    Publication number: 20050244308
    Abstract: A chemical reaction cartridge includes a vessel having at least one part made of an elastic body, in which a plurality of chambers formed in the vessel so as to be connected or arranged connectably through a flow path, and an external force is applied to the elastic body from an outside of the vessel to move a fluid substance in the flow path or the chambers or in both the flow path and the chambers so as to perform a chemical reaction. At least a chamber into which the fluid substance is flowed has an air-release path which releases air from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Takeo Tanaami, Hisao Katakura, Yuji Mitsumori, Hitoshi Hiramatsu