Patents by Inventor Masaru Banju

Masaru Banju 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: 11041787
    Abstract: A film-shaped aperture array includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other and a plurality of apertures penetrating the first principal surface and the second principal surface. A projection projecting from the second principal surface in a normal direction of the second principal surface is provided in at least one region in contact with three or more of the plurality of apertures in a part of the second principal surface, when viewed in plan from the normal direction of the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kawara, Masaru Banju, Takashi Kondo, Seiji Kamba
  • Publication number: 20210146286
    Abstract: A filter includes a plurality of first through holes which are periodically formed. At least one of the plurality of first through holes is divided by a plurality of second through holes that are smaller than the first through holes. With such a configuration, the cell aggregate having the desired size can be easily sampled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20210146309
    Abstract: A filtration filter having a filter substrate defining a plurality of through-holes extending from a first principal surface to a second principal surface opposite the first principal surface; and a pair of projections between adjacent through-holes of the plurality of through-holes, the pair of projections being on corresponding end portions on opposite sides in a width direction of the filter substrate and protruding from the first principal surface so as to define a reservoir part with the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Shusuke Yokota, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10960331
    Abstract: A cell-capturing filter that filters out cells includes a metallic porous film having a plurality of through holes that extend through a first main surface and a second main surface, which are opposite to each other. The metallic porous film includes a filtering portion including the plurality of through holes, and a frame portion disposed to surround an outer periphery of the filtering portion. In the filtering portion, a first film thickness of the metallic porous film at a center of the filtering portion is smaller than a second film thickness of the metallic porous film at a portion located closer to the frame portion than the center of the filtering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamamoto, Masaru Banju, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10960330
    Abstract: A filtration filter device that includes a filtration filter that filters an object to be filtered that a fluid contains, and a holding member that holds an outer circumferential portion of the filtration filter. An annular projecting portion that projects in a thickness direction of the holding member and that defines a channel through which the fluid flows is formed on one main surface of the holding member. A recessed portion that is recessed in the thickness direction of the holding member and that has an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the projecting portion is formed on the other main surface of the holding member. The filtration filter is disposed inside the projecting portion of the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo, Shogo Tokoi, Yoshio Oda, Ayami Sawai
  • Publication number: 20210077925
    Abstract: A filtration filter having a tubular shape, defining a first opening and a second opening facing the first opening, and including a filter base that defines a plurality of through holes arranged in a square grid array. The filter base includes a continuous portion having a first set of through holes of the plurality of through holes, and a non-continuous portion having a second set of through holes of the plurality of through holes. The continuous portion extends in a first direction from the first opening of the filtration filter toward the second opening and extends in a second direction along at least a first portion of a circumference of the filtration filter orthogonal to the first direction. The non-continuous portion has the second set of through holes shifted relative to the first set of through holes of the continuous portion and extends in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shusuke Yokota, Takashi Kondo, Masaru Banju, Miwako Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210071132
    Abstract: A metallic porous membrane that classifies cell aggregates includes a membrane section having a first principal surface for capturing the cell aggregates, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface, and a plurality of through-holes communicating with the first principal surface and the second principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Makoto Hasegawa, Tamio Mizukami
  • Patent number: 10940413
    Abstract: A filter includes a plurality of first through holes which are periodically formed. At least one of the plurality of first through holes is divided by a plurality of second through holes that are smaller than the first through holes. With such a configuration, the cell aggregate having the desired size can be easily sampled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10933361
    Abstract: A filtration filter that filters a filtration target contained in a fluid. The filtration filter includes a porous metal film having a plurality of through holes. Moreover, wave-shaped irregularities are provided in a peripheral direction along inner peripheral surfaces of the through holes of the porous metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10926229
    Abstract: A filtration filter is suitable for performing cross-flow filtration by using a metallic porous membrane. A metallic porous membrane has a membrane portion for filtering filtration objects contained in a fluid and a held portion provided at its outer periphery. A first frame member and a second frame member hold the held portion of the metallic porous membrane there between. The held portion has a bent portion bent to a second principal surface side opposing a first principal surface of the membrane portion. The first frame member is in contact with the held portion at the first principal surface side of the metallic porous membrane. The second frame member is disposed at an inner side portion of the first frame member and is in contact with the held portion at the second principal surface side of the metallic porous membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Takashi Kondo, Junko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210047613
    Abstract: A filter for filtering nucleated cells that includes a body containing at least either a metal or a metal oxide as its main component; and plural through holes, each of which have a shape other than a square shape, formed therein. An arithmetic average roughness of a first side of the filter part is smaller than a size of a nucleus of the nucleated cells to be filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo, Seiichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10918999
    Abstract: In a cell-capturing filter including a metal porous membrane, degradation over time is determined earlier. A cell-capturing filter includes a metal porous membrane having a plurality of through-holes that penetrate between two principal surfaces facing each other. The metal porous membrane is made of an alloy of nickel and an element selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, and palladium, or a metal containing nickel as a main component. A metal containing copper as a main component is attached to a part of either one of the principal surfaces of the metal porous membrane. By checking a state change of the metal containing copper as a main component, degradation over time of the metal porous membrane can be determined earlier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Wataru Yamamoto, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10889796
    Abstract: A metallic porous membrane that classifies cell aggregates includes a membrane section having a first principal surface for capturing the cell aggregates, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface, and a plurality of through-holes communicating with the first principal surface and the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Makoto Hasegawa, Tamio Mizukami
  • Patent number: 10858624
    Abstract: A filter for filtering nucleated cells that includes a body containing at least either a metal or a metal oxide as its main component; and plural through holes, each of which have a shape other than a square shape, formed therein. A longitudinal diameter of an inscribed ellipse within each of the through holes is smaller than a size of a nucleus of each of the nucleated cells to be filtered. The inscribed ellipse of the through hole is an ellipse that abuts all sides that define an opening of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo, Seiichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20200346144
    Abstract: A filtration filter that includes a filter section having a plurality of through-holes passing through a first main surface and constructed such that objects to be filtered contained in a liquid are captured and a second main surface opposite the first main surface; and a frame section surrounding an outer periphery of the filter section, wherein a first film thickness at a center of the filter section is larger than a second film thickness of the filter section at a position closer to the frame section than the center of the filter section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Shusuke Yokota, Masaru Banju, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Takashi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20200298150
    Abstract: A separation recovery system for separating and recovering an object to be separated includes a metal porous membrane which has a first principal surface and a second principal surface facing the first principal surface and has a plurality of through-holes extending between the first principal surface and the second principal surface, a supply device which supplies a first fluid containing the object to be separated from the first principal surface of the metal porous membrane toward the second principal surface, and a backwash device which supplies a second fluid containing a plurality of particles larger than a size of the plurality of through-holes of the metal porous membrane in a direction from the second principal surface of the metal porous membrane toward the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Seiji Kamba, Takashi Kondo, Masaru Banju
  • Publication number: 20200256623
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing having a first sheet and a second sheet that oppose each other and that are joined to each other in a peripheral region of the housing; a working liquid enclosed within the housing; and a wick structure on an inside surface of the first sheet or the second sheet. In the vapor chamber, the wick structure includes multiple protruding portions and a grid portion integral with the protruding portions. In addition, surfaces of the protruding portions and a surface of the grid portion opposite the inside surface of the first sheet or the second sheet are positioned on a same flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Keijiro Kojima, Takuo Wakaoka, Masaru Banju
  • Publication number: 20200215497
    Abstract: A filtration filter is suitable for performing cross-flow filtration by using a metallic porous membrane. A metallic porous membrane has a membrane portion for filtering filtration objects contained in a fluid and a held portion provided at its outer periphery. A first frame member and a second frame member hold the held portion of the metallic porous membrane there between. The held portion has a bent portion bent to a second principal surface side opposing a first principal surface of the membrane portion. The first frame member is in contact with the held portion at the first principal surface side of the metallic porous membrane. The second frame member is disposed at an inner side portion of the first frame member and is in contact with the held portion at the second principal surface side of the metallic porous membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Takashi Kondo, Junko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10704019
    Abstract: A cell filtration filter that includes a metal membrane part that has a first main surface on which the cells are to be captured and a second main surface that opposes the first main surface. The metal membrane part has a plurality of hole edges that define a plurality of first through holes and a support region that is arranged around the hole edges and supports the hole edges. In the support region of the metal membrane part, a plurality of second through holes, which have smaller openings than the first through holes, are arranged so as to surround the hole edges. On the first main surface of the membrane part, the hole edges are raised with respect to the support region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10675566
    Abstract: A filtration filter device that enables the sealability of a fluid channel to be improved is provided. A filtration filter device according to the present invention includes a first channel-forming member that has a first channel through which a fluid flows inside thereof, a second channel-forming member that has a second channel through which a fluid flows inside thereof, and a filtration filter that extends across the first channel or the second channel and that filters an object to be filtered that the fluid contains. The first channel-forming member includes an external thread. The second channel-forming member includes an internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Junko Watanabe, Takashi Kondo, Shogo Tokoi