Patents by Inventor Shigeru Nakatani
Shigeru Nakatani 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).
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Patent number: 10241038Abstract: The present invention responds flexibly to and corrects concentration changes that are caused by changes between the temperature when a correction calibration curve is created and the temperature when a test sample is measured, without having to correct the calibration curve.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Katsumi Nishimura, Shigeru Nakatani, Jan Poppe
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Publication number: 20190064064Abstract: The present invention responds flexibly to and corrects concentration changes that are caused by changes between the temperature when a correction calibration curve is created and the temperature when a test sample is measured, without having to correct the calibration curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: HORIBA, Ltd.Inventors: Katsumi NISHIMURA, Shigeru NAKATANI, Jan POPPE
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Patent number: 9885695Abstract: In order to be able to prevent analysis accuracy from being reduced by a backward flow of sample gas from dead volume in a cleaning mechanism into a cell at the time of analysis, a gas analysis device has an analysis part that analyzes the sample gas introduced into the cell, gas ports that are arranged toward predetermined regions of gas contact surfaces in the cell, and a piping mechanism that connects the gas ports to a predetermined purge gas source, and blows purge gas from the gas ports toward the predetermined regions at the time of purging. The gas analysis device also has a switching part that switches a connecting destination of the piping mechanism from the purge gas source to a predetermined suction part, and at the time of introducing or analyzing the sample gas, connects the gas ports to the suction source.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Nakatani, Kenji Hara, Montajir Rahman, Masahiro Nakane
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Patent number: 9518969Abstract: In order to completely decompose remaining urea contained in exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine to make it possible to accurately measure an amount of the remaining urea, as well as preventing measurement accuracy and reliability from being damaged by some cause such as the attachment of powdery urea on a sensor, a gas analysis apparatus is provided with a filter part that is provided between a sampling port and a produced substance measuring mechanism in a mixed gas sampling pipe to collect urea in a solid state or in a state of being dissolved in water in mixed gas.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Nakatani
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Patent number: 9335235Abstract: An exhaust gas sampling device is intended to heat or cool a temperature of sampled exhaust gas flowing through a sampling line to a desired temperature in accordance with various exhaust gas conditions and usage conditions of the sampling line irrespective of a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust pipe, and includes the sampling line for sampling the exhaust gas to be introduced into an analyzing instrument; a plurality of heating parts provided along the sampling line from an upstream side to a downstream side for heating the exhaust gas flowing through the sampling line; and a temperature control part for individually setting set temperatures of the plurality of heating parts using the temperature of the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe and a target temperature of the exhaust gas in an outlet side of the heating part located in the most downstream as parameters.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Montajir Rahman, Masahiro Nakane, Kenji Hara, Shigeru Nakatani
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Publication number: 20140301899Abstract: In order to completely decompose remaining urea contained in exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine to make it possible to accurately measure an amount of the remaining urea, as well as preventing measurement accuracy and reliability from being damaged by some cause such as the attachment of powdery urea on a sensor, a gas analysis apparatus is provided with a filter part that is provided between a sampling port and a produced substance measuring mechanism in a mixed gas sampling pipe to collect urea in a solid state or in a state of being dissolved in water in mixed gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Shigeru Nakatani
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Publication number: 20140223993Abstract: In order to make it possible to conduct a measurement of an adsorbent gas on a real time basis under various conditions by decreasing a response delay during the measurement of the adsorbent gas, an adsorbent gas analysis device comprises a gas measurement mechanism that measures a value relating to a volume of the adsorbent gas flowing in a gas pipe and a gas injection mechanism that injects a predetermined volume of the adsorbent injection gas into the gas pipe from a point locating in an upstream side of a measurement point where the gas measurement mechanism measures the adsorbent gas at least while the gas measurement mechanism is measuring the adsorbent gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Itaya, Shigeru Nakatani
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Publication number: 20140202233Abstract: In order to make it possible to sensitively detect adsorptive gas even in the presence of a small amount of contamination that significantly influences adsorptive gas measurement, a gas injecting mechanism that injects adsorptive injection gas into a flow path through which sample gas is flowed, a gas measuring mechanism that can measure a value related to quantity of the adsorptive gas flowing through the flow path, and a contamination determining part that determines contamination in the flow path on the basis of a value related to a measurement response speed of the gas measuring mechanism to the adsorptive gas are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Itaya, Shigeru Nakatani
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Publication number: 20140002823Abstract: In order to be able to prevent analysis accuracy from being reduced by a backward flow of sample gas from dead volume in a cleaning mechanism into a cell at the time of analysis, a gas analysis device has an analysis part that analyzes the sample gas introduced into the cell, gas ports that are arranged toward predetermined regions of gas contact surfaces in the cell, and a piping mechanism that connects the gas ports to a predetermined purge gas source, and blows purge gas from the gas ports toward the predetermined regions at the time of purging. The gas analysis device also has a switching part that switches a connecting destination of the piping mechanism from the purge gas source to a predetermined suction part, and at the time of introducing or analyzing the sample gas, connects the gas ports to the suction source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Nakatani, Kenji Hara, Montajir Rahman, Masahiro Nakane
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Patent number: 8564779Abstract: This invention makes it possible to measure a concentration of a gas component having the adsorption even thought the concentration is low, and to improve a response speed of the measurement of the concentration, and comprises a body that has an introduction port to introduce a sample gas into a measurement cell, a laser light irradiation part that irradiates the laser light on the measurement cell, a heating pipe that applies heat to the sample gas introduced into the introduction port, a flow rate limit part that makes the sample gas at a negative pressure and that introduces the negative-pressurized heated sample gas into the body, and a negative pressure pump that keeps inside of the measurement cell and a flow channel from a downstream side of the flow rate limit part to the measurement cell at the negative pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Hara, Montajir Rahman, Shigeru Nakatani, Masahiro Nakane
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Patent number: 8303920Abstract: An object of this invention is to diminish a ratio of a concentration of N2O in the dilution air to a concentration of N2O in the measurement object gas diluted by the dilution air as much as possible by removing N2O in a dilution air so that a measurement accuracy of a concentration of N2O in a measurement object gas can be improved. A heater 33 that applies heat to the dilution air, a Pd catalyst 341 and a Pt catalyst 342 are arranged in this order on a flow channel where a dilution air used for diluting the measurement object gas flows, and N2O in the dilution air is oxidized to NOx or reduced to N2 by the Pd catalyst 341 and the Pt catalyst 342.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Nakatani, Yoshinori Kato, Tomomi Yamauchi, Yoshitaka Iida, Masato Koshikawa
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Publication number: 20110285998Abstract: This invention makes it possible to measure a concentration of a gas component having the adsorption even thought the concentration is low, and to improve a response speed of the measurement of the concentration, and comprises a body that has an introduction port to introduce a sample gas into a measurement cell, a laser light irradiation part that irradiates the laser light on the measurement cell, a heating pipe that applies heat to the sample gas introduced into the introduction port, a flow rate limit part that makes the sample gas at a negative pressure and that introduces the negative-pressurized heated sample gas into the body, and a negative pressure pump that keeps inside of the measurement cell and a flow channel from a downstream side of the flow rate limit part to the measurement cell at the negative pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Hara, Montajir Rahman, Shigeru Nakatani, Masahiro Nakane
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Publication number: 20110117000Abstract: An object of this invention is to diminish a ratio of a concentration of N2O in the dilution air to a concentration of N2O in the measurement object gas diluted by the dilution air as much as possible by removing N2O in a dilution air so that a measurement accuracy of a concentration of N2O in a measurement object gas can be improved. A heater 33 that applies heat to the dilution air, a Pd catalyst 341 and a Pt catalyst 342 are arranged in this order on a flow channel where a dilution air used for diluting the measurement object gas flows, and N2O in the dilution air is oxidized to NOx or reduced to N2 by the Pd catalyst 341 and the Pt catalyst 342.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Nakatani, Yoshinori Kato, Tomomi Yamauchi, Yoshitaka Iida, Masato Koshikawa
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Publication number: 20060039826Abstract: There is provided a nitrogen compound analyzer capable of easily and accurately measuring the two components NH3 and NO2 or each nitrogen compound component in a single sample. The nitrogen compound analyzer includes: a plurality of sample treatment systems by which a single sample is divided and which includes (A) a treatment system having oxidation means for oxidizing ammonia in the sample and conversion means for converting nitrogen dioxide in the sample to nitrogen monoxide, (B) a treatment system having conversion means for converting nitrogen dioxide in the sample to nitrogen monoxide, and (C) a treatment system in which no conversion treatment is performed on a specific component in the sample; changeover means capable of providing a specific combination of any of the treatment systems (A), (B) and (C); and at least one measurement means for continuously measuring nitrogen monoxide in the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: February 23, 2006Applicant: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Nakatani, Tomoshi Yoshimura, Yuichi Mori
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Patent number: 6441160Abstract: Long chain nucleic acids such as plasmids are separated from contaminants including protein, RNA, DNA and mixtures thereof by using hydrophobic interaction chromatography or hydrophobic interaction chromatography and ion exchange chromatography. To carry out hydrophobic interaction chromatography, first and second columns containing first and second column materials are used. The first column material adsorbs protein and RNA at a salt concentration at which plasmid is not adsorbed to produce an eluate containing plasmid and DNA. The second column material adsorbs plasmid and DNA from the eluate at a salt concentration which the first column material adsorbs protein and RNA but not the plasmid. The plasmid is eluted from the second column material at a salt concentration at which plasmid is eluted. A tandem column may be formed by connecting in series the first and second columns. The connection between the columns is broken before eluting plasmid from the second column material.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: Tosoh CorporationInventors: Takashi Kitamura, Shigeru Nakatani
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Publication number: 20010007026Abstract: Disclosed is a method for separating nucleic acids by hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The purpose is to provide a method for separating and purifying nucleic acids by hydrophobic interaction chromatography, which enables to separate nucleic acids such as plasmids and DNA fragments in a shorter time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 1999Publication date: July 5, 2001Inventors: TAKASHI KITAMURA, SHIGERU NAKATANI