Patents by Inventor Kihachiro Ohkura

Kihachiro Ohkura 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: 7169308
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph control apparatus (1) includes a measured value storage (25a) that stores a measured retardation factor (Rf) value of a sample (3), which is obtained when components of the sample are separated on thin layer chromatography using eluent (4) containing a plurality of ingredients at a specified mixture ratio, in association with the specified mixture ratio, a rate-of-change-in-Rf-value storage (25b) that stores a rate of change in the Rf value of the sample (3) with respect to variation in mixture ratio of ingredients of eluent (10), a mixture ratio calculator (22a) that determines a mixture ratio of the eluent (10) at which a specified retardation factor value (RfO) of the sample is obtained, based on the measured Rf value corresponding to the specified mixture ratio stored in the measured value storage (25a) and on the rate of change in the Rf value stored in the rate-of-change-in-Rf-value storage (25b), and a mixture ratio controller (22b) that outputs a control signal to control the mi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Yamazen Corporation
    Inventor: Kihachiro Ohkura
  • Publication number: 20060231471
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph control apparatus (1) includes a measured value storage (25a) that stores a measured retardation factor (Rf) value of a sample (3), which is obtained when components of the sample are separated on thin layer chromatography using eluent (4) containing a plurality of ingredients at a specified mixture ratio, in association with the specified mixture ratio, a rate-of-change-in-Rf-value storage (25b) that stores a rate of change in the Rf value of the sample (3) with respect to variation in mixture ratio of ingredients of eluent (10), a mixture ratio calculator (22a) that determines a mixture ratio of the eluent (10) at which a specified retardation factor value (RfO) of the sample is obtained, based on the measured Rf value corresponding to the specified mixture ratio stored in the measured value storage (25a) and on the rate of change in the Rf value stored in the rate-of-change-in-Rf-value storage (25b), and a mixture ratio controller (22b) that outputs a control signal to control the mi
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Yamazen Corporation
    Inventor: Kihachiro Ohkura
  • Patent number: 6415670
    Abstract: An injection apparatus of the present invention includes a first switching valve RV1 which is selectively connected to any of a plurality of injectors 21-30 at one end sides thereof; a second switching valve RV2 which is selectively connected to any of the plurality of injectors at the other end sides thereof; a third switching valve RV4 which is connected to the second switching valve and is selectively connected to any of a plurality of columns 31-40 at one end sides thereof; and a fourth switching valve RV5 which is selectively connected to any of the plurality of columns at the other end sides thereof A sequential switching of these four switching valves can permit the sample liquids in the injectors 21-30 to be delivered in sequence into any selected column 31-40, and as such can allow the sample liquids packed in the plurality of injectors to be efficiently dispensed or analyzed by a chromatograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Yamazen Corporation
    Inventors: Kihachiro Ohkura, Shigeo Mukai, Kunihiko Fujii