Patents by Inventor Shuichi Shouji

Shuichi Shouji 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).

  • Flow control method for micro system
    Patent number: 7204263
    Abstract: A method of simply controlling the flow of fluid in a micro system without using a complicated value structure, comprising the steps of adding the substance transformed from sol-gel by stimulation to the fluid flowing through the micro flow passage of the micro system, and adding the stimulation to the fluid at a desired position on the micro flow passage to transform the fluid into gel for flow control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shouichirou Tsukita, Takashi Funatsu, Shuichi Shouji
  • Flow control method for micro system
    Publication number: 20040050436
    Abstract: A method of simply controlling the flow of fluid in a micro system without using a complicated value structure, comprising the steps of adding the substance transformed from sol-gel by stimulation to the fluid flowing through the micro flow passage of the micro system, and adding the stimulation to the fluid at a desired position on the micro flow passage to transform the fluid into gel for flow control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Shouichirou Tsukita, Takashi Funatsu, Shuichi Shouji