Patents by Inventor Seiji Kikuchi

Seiji Kikuchi 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: 8181779
    Abstract: A puncture instrument set is constituted by a puncture instrument which includes a cylindrical body, plural puncture needles to be held in a state where the puncture needles are connected in series in an axis direction, a puncture needle cartridge for linearly arranging the plural puncture needles in the body, a stopping member for stopping the puncture needle cartridge at a predetermined position in its axis direction, and an elastic biasing member for biasing the puncture needle cartridge in one direction; and a puncture needle replacement jig that enables, after puncturing by the puncture needle, setting of the puncture needle cartridge at the puncture position as well as disposal of the used puncture needle, for a subsequent puncture operation. Thereby, it is an object to provide a high-security puncture instrument set for puncturing the surface of a biologic body, which is provided with plural puncture needles, and is able to perform puncturing continuously by a simple operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Seiji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110306927
    Abstract: A drug injection device (100) comprises a main body case (1) having an injection needle let-in/let-out opening (5), a drug syringe mounting component (6) that is provided inside the main body case (1) and in which a drug syringe (7) is mounted, a piston (12) that is movable with respect to the drug syringe mounting component (6), a drive mechanism (14) that drives the piston, a controller (23) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism (14), and an acceleration sensor (24) that is electrically connected to the controller (23). This drug injection device (100) allows the injection of a drug to be carried out safely and properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20110257602
    Abstract: A medicament dispensing device capable of managing the effective use period of a medicament preparation-containing syringe by simply and accurately detecting a period of time after the start of use of the preparation. In a medicament dispensing device (1), when a medicament preparation-containing syringe (11) is replaced, a microprocessor (23) detects the time at which the replacement is performed as the time of the start of use of the preparation, and counts the elapsed time after the use of the preparation has started. Then, the microprocessor (23) notifies the result of the counting by a LCD (10), etc. to the user. Also, the microprocessor (23) detects that a syringe needle for dispensing the preparation has been mounted, and after detecting the mounting of the syringe needle, the microprocessor (23) counts the elapsed time after the start of use of the preparation. In a step S12, the microprocessor (23) checks whether or not the elapsed time counted by a timer (21) has exceeded a specified time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8029525
    Abstract: An arrangement comprises a puncturing instrument including a cylindrical box, a plurality of puncturing needles held in an axially serially connected state, a locking member for locking the puncturing needle cartridge at an axial predetermined position, and an elastic urging member urging the puncturing needle cartridge in one direction, and a puncturing needle replacing jig which allows the setting of a puncturing position for the puncturing needle cartridge and the discarding of used puncturing needles, in order to enter into a subsequent puncturing action after the puncturing of the puncturing needle. Thus, it is an object to provide, in an instrument for puncturing the surface of a living body, a highly safe puncturing instrument set having a plurality of puncturing needles, capable of continuous puncturing action by a simple operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Seiji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110238017
    Abstract: A medication administering device for automatically identifying a medication syringe and administering a correct medication. A microprocessor (20) of the medication administering device (1) identifies the color of a medication or a medication syringe on the basis of a reference value, determines the adequateness of the medication, and indicates the result of the determination by means of an LCD (10) or the like to the user. In step S4, the microprocessor (20) determines whether or not color data received from a color detecting unit (13) is within a reference value range. If the color data is within the reference value range, the microprocessor proceeds to step S5, otherwise proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the microprocessor (20) issues a message to the effect that the user needs to check the medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20110195222
    Abstract: The object of the present invention are to provide a resin composition suitable for use in a flat panel display fixing frame having a snap fit structure, which comprises a filler and has stiffness and flame retardancy and a flat panel display fixing frame. There are provided the resin composition comprising (i) an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A), (ii) at least one lamellar silicate mineral (component B) selected from the group consisting of talc having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 9 ?m (component B-1) and muscovite mica having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 50 ?m (component B-2), (iii) a fluorine-containing dripping preventing agent (component C), and (iv) an organic sulfonic acid alkali (earth) metal salt (component D) in a specific ratio, and is used in a flat panel display fixing frame having at least one snap-fit projection, hole or groove, and a flat panel display fixing frame comprising the composition in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Hidenori Nakagawa, Seiji Kikuchi, Makoto Takagi
  • Patent number: 7963105
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine; a fuel pump that supplies fuel to a common rail; an exhaust-side fuel injection valve that is interposed in the exhaust path so as to be located upstream of the catalyst and injects into the exhaust path the fuel supplied from the fuel pump; and estimation section that estimates a clogging degree of an injection port of the exhaust-side fuel injection valve on the basis of fluctuations in pressure of the common rail and those in revolution speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel injection by the exhaust-side fuel injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Tagawa, Keisuke Tashiro, Seiji Kikuchi, Takehisa Fujita, Mizuki Anai, Kazuhito Kawashima, Masahiro Tsuda, Jian Wang
  • Publication number: 20110011539
    Abstract: A tape winding device can wind a decorative tape in a spiral onto the circumference of a cylindrical object. When a cylindrical object is inserted and pushed in the axial direction into a rotating and forwarding mechanism, the cylindrical object is forwarded and given a rotation in one direction by the rotating and forwarding mechanism. When the end of a decorative tape, which is drawn out from a tape ring held in a decorative tape holding mechanism, which is mounted at an inclination to axis line of cylindrical object, is stuck to the starting part for winding the tape on to the cylindrical object and cylindrical object is again pushed and rotated and forwarded in the axial direction, decorative tape is pulled out consequent upon this rotating and forwarding and wound in a spiral on the circumference of the cylindrical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji KIKUCHI, Kazue Tatsumoto, Kimiko Kato, Hiroko Ono, Eriko Kojima
  • Publication number: 20110009893
    Abstract: A puncture instrument set is constituted by a puncture instrument which includes a cylindrical body, plural puncture needles to be held in a state where the puncture needles are connected in series in an axis direction, a puncture needle cartridge for linearly arranging the plural puncture needles in the body, a stopping member for stopping the puncture needle cartridge at a predetermined position in its axis direction, and an elastic biasing member for biasing the puncture needle cartridge in one direction; and a puncture needle replacement jig that enables, after puncturing by the puncture needle, setting of the puncture needle cartridge at the puncture position as well as disposal of the used puncture needle, for a subsequent puncture operation. Thereby, it is an object to provide a high-security puncture instrument set for puncturing the surface of a biologic body, which is provided with plural puncture needles, and is able to perform puncturing continuously by a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Seiji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110004165
    Abstract: A medication administering device (11) has mounted thereto a preparation syringe (15) containing a preparation, allows administration of a preparation to a living body, etc., and comprises a substantially cylindrical syringe cover (14) that supports the preparation syringe (15) on the inner peripheral face side, a piston (22) that presses on the rear end of the preparation syringe (15), and a piston case (26) that surrounds the piston (22), that guides the outer peripheral face of the syringe cover (14) in the direction of the piston (22) on the substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and that is mounted in a state in which the syringe cover is (14) removable. The medication administering device comprises a syringe holder (21) that guides the outer peripheral face of the preparation syringe in the direction of the piston on the cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and whose outer peripheral face is removably fitted together with the inner peripheral face of the syringe cover (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake, Hidenori Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7733029
    Abstract: Even in a high pressure discharge lamp causing temperature difference between electrodes when an AC current is supplied, the temperature difference is eliminated to suppress the arc movement, thereby suppressing flickering caused thereby during stable lighting. The lamp current is formed into a current waveform including a standard period current supplied at a predetermined standard period and a short period current of a period shorter than the same and, on every one-half period of the standard period current, formed into a current waveform by supplying the short period current inverting the polarity from the identical polarity to the opposite polarity in the next one-half period for 1 period, in which the duty ratio before and after the polarity inversion of the short period current and the duty ratio before and after the polarity inversion side can be decided automatically by the duty ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20090062777
    Abstract: An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft and these piston rods. Therefore, the piston rods move linearly in multiple stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sugimoto, Kouichi Matsuda, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20090054832
    Abstract: An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft and these piston rods. Therefore, the piston rods move linearly in multiple stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Hirofumi SUGIMOTO, Kouichi Matsuda, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20080295490
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine; a fuel pump that supplies fuel to a common rail; an exhaust-side fuel injection valve that is interposed in the exhaust path so as to be located upstream of the catalyst and injects into the exhaust path the fuel supplied from the fuel pump; and estimation section that estimates a clogging degree of an injection port of the exhaust-side fuel injection valve on the basis of fluctuations in pressure of the common rail and those in revolution speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel injection by the exhaust-side fuel injection valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshio Tagawa, Keisuke Tashiro, Seiji Kikuchi, Takehisa Fujita, Mizuki Anai, Kazuhito Kawashima, Masahiro Tsuda, Jian Wang
  • Publication number: 20080246410
    Abstract: Even in a high pressure discharge lamp causing temperature difference between electrodes when an AC current is supplied, the temperature difference is eliminated to suppress the arc movement, thereby suppressing flickering caused thereby during stable lighting. The lamp current is formed into a current waveform including a standard period current supplied at a predetermined standard period and a short period current of a period shorter than the same and, on every one-half period of the standard period current, formed into a current waveform by supplying the short period current inverting the polarity from the identical polarity to the opposite polarity in the next one-half period for 1 period, in which the duty ratio before and after the polarity inversion of the short period current and the duty ratio before and after the polarity inversion side can be decided automatically by the duty ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,
    Inventor: Seiji Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7381763
    Abstract: A flame retardant aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprising: (A) an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A); (B) an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer (component B); (C) inorganic fillers (components C); (D) an organic phosphorus compound-based flame retardant (component D); and (E) a fluorine-containing anti-dripping agent (component E), the amounts of the above components are specific and particularly the components C consist of (C1) mica and (C2) talc and/or wollastonite in a specific ratio, and a molded article formed from the resin composition. According to the present invention, there are provided a resin composition which has excellent mechanical properties, flame retardancy and dimensional stability, is light in weight and rarely wears away a mold and a molded article of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Teijin Chemicals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7344684
    Abstract: There is provided an exhaust emission purifying catalyst device which is comprised of a carrier disposed in an exhaust passage and including through holes passed through the carrier in an axial direction (flowing direction), and supporting layers made of fire-resistance inorganic oxide formed on inner surfaces of the through holes. The supporting layers support noble metal and NOx trapping agents which occlude NOx in exhaust gas when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is lean, and emits and reduces the occluded NOx when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is stoichiometric or rich. The amount of the supported noble metal is set to be smaller in an exhaust passage upstream area of the carrier than in an exhaust passage downstream area of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Kikuchi, Kinichi Iwachido, Hiroaki Ohhara
  • Publication number: 20070257401
    Abstract: The object of the present invention are to provide a resin composition suitable for use in a flat panel display fixing frame having a snap fit structure, which comprises a filler and has stiffness and flame retardancy and a flat panel display fixing frame. There are provided the resin composition comprising (i) an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A), (ii) at least one lamellar silicate mineral (component B) selected from the group consisting of talc having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 9 ?m (component B-1) and muscovite mica having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 50 ?m (component B-2), (iii) a fluorine-containing dripping preventing agent (component C), and (iv) an organic sulfonic acid alkali (earth) metal salt (component D) in a specific ratio, and is used in a flat panel display fixing frame having at least one snap-fit projection, hole or groove, and a flat panel display fixing frame comprising the composition in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Hidenori Nakagawa, Seiji Kikuchi, Makoto Takagi
  • Publication number: 20060229652
    Abstract: A puncture instrument set is constituted by a puncture instrument which includes a cylindrical body, plural puncture needles to be held in a state where the puncture needles are connected in series in an axis direction, a puncture needle cartridge for linearly arranging the plural puncture needles in the body, a stopping member for stopping the puncture needle cartridge at a predetermined position in its axis direction, and an elastic biasing member for biasing the puncture needle cartridge in one direction; and a puncture needle replacement jig that enables, after puncturing by the puncture needle, setting of the puncture needle cartridge at the puncture position as well as disposal of the used puncture needle, for a subsequent puncture operation. Thereby, it is an object to provide a high-security puncture instrument set for puncturing the surface of a biologic body, which is provided with plural puncture needles, and is able to perform puncturing continuously by a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Seiji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20060079614
    Abstract: A flame retardant aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprising: (A) an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A); (B) an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer (component B); (C) inorganic fillers (components C); (D) an organic phosphorus compound-based flame retardant (component D); and (E) a fluorine-containing anti-dripping agent (component E), the amounts of the above components are specific and particularly the components C consist of (C1) mica and (C2) talc and/or wollastonite in a specific ratio, and a molded article formed from the resin composition. According to the present invention, there are provided a resin composition which has excellent mechanical properties, flame retardancy and dimensional stability, is light in weight and rarely wears away a mold and a molded article of the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventor: Seiji Kikuchi