Patents by Inventor Kazuo Kusakabe

Kazuo Kusakabe 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).

  • Liquid analysis system and cartridge
    Patent number: 7951344
    Abstract: An apparatus main body is loaded with a cartridge that contains a sensor and is capable of processing liquid contained in it without moving it from the inside to the outside of the cartridge. The cartridge is loaded into the apparatus main body in such a way that the direction of feeding liquid in the span of the flow channel where the sensor is arranged is vertical and the cartridge can be accessed from the apparatus main body from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Kazuo Kusakabe
  • LIQUID HOLDER, AND INHALATION APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110041846
    Abstract: A liquid holder for holding a liquid comprises an outlet formation part for formation of outlet port for discharging the liquid held in the liquid holder, and a pressure differential-reducing member for reducing a predetermined pressure differential between the inside and outside of the liquid holder; the pressure differential-reducing member including a first member which moves for reducing the first predetermined pressure differential and a second member which reduces a second pressure differential less than the first predetermined pressure differential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Kusakabe, Masaru Sugita, Masaya Kobayashi
  • Liquid analysis system and cartridge
    Publication number: 20060099111
    Abstract: An apparatus main body is loaded with a cartridge that contains a sensor and is capable of processing liquid contained in it without moving it from the inside to the outside of the cartridge. The cartridge is loaded into the apparatus main body in such a way that the direction of feeding liquid in the span of the flow channel where the sensor is arranged is vertical and the cartridge can be accessed from the apparatus main body from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Kazuo Kusakabe