Patents by Inventor Takahiro Nishimoto

Takahiro Nishimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20150104222
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member 56 is rotatably supported around and fitted onto the shaft portion. Therefore, even if a toner supply opening of a cartridge is provided in a sidewall of the housing on a side where the to-be-detected rotary member is provided, e.g., a left sidewall, the toner supply opening and the to-be-detected rotary member can be provided in such a manner as to overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Motoaki Mushika, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yasuo Fukamachi, Fumikazu Sato, Hikaru Yoshizumi, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8976435
    Abstract: A light quantity adjustment apparatus includes a pair of substrates having a light-path aperture; a plurality of diaphragm blades disposed between the pair of substrates; a driving ring that opens and closes the plurality of diaphragm blades; and a driving device. The plurality of diaphragm blades is supported by the substrate via a first guide plate made of a resin film. The substrate and the first guide plate are provided with guide grooves fitted into protrusions formed in the plurality of diaphragm blades to guide the blades. Guide grooves of the substrate are formed of concave grooves. Guide grooves of the first guide plate are formed of through holes. The through holes of the first guide plate have a narrower width than the concave grooves of the substrate to engage in the protrusions of the diaphragm blades and to guide the diaphragm blades in the open and close direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Mochizuki, Kenji Masuyama, Yosuke Sajiki, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8970221
    Abstract: A discharge ionization current detector capable of supplying plasma gas in large quantity to stabilize plasma simultaneously with lowering the sample dilution ratio to improve detection sensitivity is provided. A gas supply pipe 7 for supplying a plasma gas, which also functions as a dilution gas, is connected to a point near the connecting section of a first gas passage 3 having electrodes 4-6 for plasma generation and a second gas passage having electrodes 16 and 17 for ion detection. A first gas discharge pipe 8 is connected to the other end of the first gas passage 3, and a second gas discharge pipe 13 is connected to the other end of the second gas passage 11. Flow controllers 9 and 14 are provided in the gas discharge pipes 8 and 13, respectively. The flow rate of the gas passing through a plasma generation area and that of the gas passing through an ion current detection area can be independently regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Shinada, Shigeyoshi Horiike, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20150054521
    Abstract: An aging treatment is performed by using cleaning gas obtained by mixing inert gas, as an impurity, to plasma gas. Plasma generation by dielectric-barrier discharge is performed until a predetermined period of time has elapsed by applying high AC voltage to an electrode while supplying the cleaning gas to a dielectric tube from a gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Horiike, Kei Shinada, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20150042354
    Abstract: An analysis device comprising a discharge ionization current detector, a plasma gas supply section, a sample gas supply section, a flow rate setting condition holding section and a gas flow rate setting means controller. The flow rate setting condition holding section holds, as a flow rate setting condition, a relationship between a sample gas supply flow rate from the sample gas supply section and a supply flow rate of plasma gas to be set with respect to the sample gas supply flow rate and the gas flow rate controller is configured to set a plasma gas supply flow rate from the plasma gas supply section to a flow rate according to the sample gas supply flow rate, based on the flow rate setting condition held in the flow rate setting condition holding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kei Shinada, Shigeyoshi Horiike, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8948661
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member 56 is rotatably supported around and fitted onto the shaft portion. Therefore, even if a toner supply opening of a cartridge is provided in a sidewall of the housing on a side where the to-be-detected rotary member is provided, e.g., a left sidewall, the toner supply opening and the to-be-detected rotary member can be provided in such a manner as to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoaki Mushika, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yasuo Fukamachi, Fumikazu Sato, Hikaru Yoshizumi, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140341617
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member 56 is rotatably supported around and fitted onto the shaft portion. Therefore, even if a toner supply opening of a cartridge is provided in a sidewall of the housing on a side where the to-be-detected rotary member is provided, e.g., a left sidewall, the toner supply opening and the to-be-detected rotary member can be provided in such a manner as to overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motoaki Mushika, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yasuo Fukamachi, Fumikazu Sato, Hikaru Yoshizumi, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140290491
    Abstract: A housing of a column unit is tubular-shaped, and includes a first opening and a second opening, and an inner space separated from outside air by an insulating material. An air cooling section including a cooling device is arranged on a side of the first opening of the housing. At the time of cooling the inside of the inner space of the housing, air is caused, by a fan, to flow through the air cooling section and from the side of the first opening to a side of the second opening. A column section including a separation column and a heater is arranged inside the housing. A gap through which air flows from the first opening to the second opening is formed between the column section and an inner wall of the inner space of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Kanai, Takahiro Nishimoto, Masanori Nishino, Satoshi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8829913
    Abstract: A technique for reducing an electromagnetic noise entering an electrode or a drift of a signal due to a fluctuation in the ambient temperature is provided to improve the S/N ratio of a signal originating from a component of interest. A dummy electrode having the same structure as an ion-collecting electrode is provided within a lower gas passage at a position where dilution gas with no sample gas mixed therein flows. A differential amplifier is provided to perform differential detection between output A of a current amplifier connected to the ion-collecting electrode and output B of a current amplifier connected to the dummy electrode. The differential signal is free from a common mode noise or drift and hence accurately reflects the amount of the component of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation, Osaka University
    Inventors: Kei Shinada, Shigeyoshi Horiike, Takahiro Nishimoto, Katsuhisa Kitano
  • Patent number: 8797041
    Abstract: A discharge ionization current detector using a low-frequency dielectric barrier discharge with an improved S/N ratio is provided. A current detector 20 is disposed between an excitation high-voltage power source 8 and a discharge electrode 5 to detect a discharge current flowing in pulses due to plasma generation. The detection signal of the current detector 20 and an output signal from a current amplifier 18 for amplifying an ion current are inputted into an output extraction unit 21. The output extraction unit 21 detects a precipitous-rise portion of the discharge current detection signal and generates a trigger signal, and then extracts an ion current signal for a predetermined time period from the trigger signal. This can remove an influence of a noise appearing in a signal during a time period where no plasma emission is generated, thereby improving the S/N ratio of the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation, Osaka University
    Inventors: Kei Shinada, Shigeyoshi Horiike, Takahiro Nishimoto, Katsuhisa Kitano
  • Patent number: 8783121
    Abstract: A blood collecting apparatus includes a cleaning solution piping. The cleaning solution piping feeds into a flow path a heparin solution which is a liquid other than blood to be measured, in order to return the blood present in the flow path to a catheter disposed upstream of a blood inlet of the flow path. Thus, the blood having flowed into the flow path in an amount more than is necessary for blood collection, which corresponds to a portion returned to the upstream catheter of the blood to be measured present in the flow path, can be used in a next blood collection. As a result, the amount of collected blood can be reduced. The liquid to be measured is separated apart by means of a gas, and the flow path is cleaned in a way to leave no impurities in the flow path, thereby preventing impurities from mixing into the liquid to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Shumadzu Corporation, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
    Inventors: Nobuya Hashizume, Keishi Kitamura, Takahiro Nishimoto, Yuichi Kimura, Chie Seki, Iwao Kanno
  • Patent number: 8773138
    Abstract: A discharge ionization current detector using a low-frequency barrier discharge is provided to improve the linearity of detection sensitivity with respect to a sample introduction amount. From a lower end of a lower gas passage connected to a lower end of an upper gas passage, a dilution gas is supplied upward against a downward flow of a plasma gas. A gas discharge passage for discharging a plasma gas, the dilution gas and a sample gas is arranged between an ion-collecting electrode and a bias voltage application electrode. The sample gas introduced through a capillary tube is mixed with the plasma gas and the dilution gas due to a disturbed flow generated by collision of the plasma gas and the dilution gas. The sample component is efficiently ionized by light from the plasma without undergoing light-shielding effect of concentrated sample components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Shinada, Shigeyoshi Horiike, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8761643
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member 56 is rotatably supported around and fitted onto the shaft portion. Therefore, even if a toner supply opening of a cartridge is provided in a sidewall of the housing on a side where the to-be-detected rotary member is provided, e.g., a left sidewall, the toner supply opening and the to-be-detected rotary member can be provided in such a manner as to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoaki Mushika, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yasuo Fukamachi, Fumikazu Sato, Hikaru Yoshizumi, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140145724
    Abstract: A low-OH-content quartz glass with an OH content equal to or lower than 5 ppm is used as a cylindrical tube (2) covering the surface of metallic plasma generation electrodes (4, 5 and 6) for generating a low-frequency barrier discharge. It has been found that, in the low-frequency barrier discharge, hydrogen and oxygen originating from the OH contained in a dielectric material are released into plasma gas for a long period of time, constituting a primary cause of an increase in the baseline current. The use of a low-OH-content quartz glass dramatically lowers the baseline current and thereby improves the S/N ratio and the detection limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Kei Shinada, Shigeyoshi Horiike, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140126934
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member 56 is rotatably supported around and fitted onto the shaft portion. Therefore, even if a toner supply opening of a cartridge is provided in a sidewall of the housing on a side where the to-be-detected rotary member is provided, e.g., a left sidewall, the toner supply opening and the to-be-detected rotary member can be provided in such a manner as to overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoaki Mushika, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yasuo Fukamachi, Fumikazu Sato, Hikaru Yoshizumi, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8697010
    Abstract: A dispensing device for reducing the dead volume of a liquid sample includes a main channel connected to a sample inlet and sample outlet, and branch channels connected to the main channel. Each branch channel is connected to a different liquid reservoir. High inflow-withstanding pressure sections are provided in the main channel between the branch channels and between the branch channel and the sample outlet. Each high inflow-withstanding pressure section has a channel inner wall forming a contact angle of 90° or larger with a liquid sample. A liquid sample enters the main channel through the sample inlet, reaches a branch point between the first branch channel and the main channel flows into the first branch channel and the liquid reservoir, and then passes through the high inflow-withstanding pressure section to a branch point between the next branch channel and the main channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kanai, Takahiro Nishimoto, Masakazu Akechi, Nobuhiro Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20140079603
    Abstract: A dispensing device for reducing the dead volume of a liquid sample includes a main channel connected to a sample inlet and a sample outlet, and branch channels connected to the main channel. Each branch channel is connected to a different liquid reservoir. High inflow-withstanding pressure sections are provided in the main channel between the branch channels and between the branch channel and the sample outlet. Each high inflow-withstanding pressure section has a channel inner wall forming a contact angle of 90° or larger with a liquid sample. A liquid sample enters the main channel through the sample inlet, reaches a branch point between the first branch channel and the main channel, flows into the first branch channel and the liquid reservoir, and then passes through the high inflow-withstanding pressure section to a branch point between the next branch channel and the main channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kanai, Takahiro Nishimoto, Masakazu Akechi, Nobuhiro Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 8666293
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a cap for a toner cartridge. In one example, the cap may be configured to close a toner supply opening of the toner cartridge. According to one or more aspects, the cap may include a sealing or covering portion configured to cover the toner supply opening and a shaft portion for rotatably supporting a to-be-detected rotary member. The to-be-detected rotary member 56 is rotatably supported around and fitted onto the shaft portion. Therefore, even if a toner supply opening of a cartridge is provided in a sidewall of the housing on a side where the to-be-detected rotary member is provided, e.g., a left sidewall, the toner supply opening and the to-be-detected rotary member can be provided in such a manner as to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoaki Mushika, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yasuo Fukamachi, Fumikazu Sato, Hikaru Yoshizumi, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140051160
    Abstract: Micro droplets are accurately placed in a reaction well. The reaction well (5) is formed in one surface of a well base (3). A channel base (11) is placed on the well base (3). The channel base (11) has, in its surface joined to the well base (3), a liquid introduction channel (12a) and a reaction well air vent channel (18a). The channel base (11) also has a recess (27) formed opposite to the reaction well (5) and recessed upward from the upper surface of the liquid introduction channel (12a). When viewed from above, a shoulder part (26) of the recess (27) is placed near the connection part between the reaction well (5) and the liquid introduction channel (12a) and is closer to the center of the reaction well (5) than a shoulder part (16) of the reaction well (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Akechi, Masaki Kanai, Takahiro Nishimoto, Nobuhiro Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20130333444
    Abstract: Provided is a plate-type column which allows the temperature of its inner passage to be rapidly increased or decreased while ensuring the correctness of an analysis or other operations. A plate-type column 10 includes: a plate-shaped main body 11; projecting portions 12 and 13 protruding from a circumferential edge of the main body 11; and a fluid-flow passage 14 extending in the main body 11 and the projecting portions 12 and 13. An intermediate portion of the passage 14 is provided in the main body 11, while each of the end portions of the passage 14 extends from the main body 11 through the projecting portion 12 or 13, with each of the end portions being open to the outside at the tip of the projecting portion 12 or 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KANAI, Takahiro NISHIMOTO, Masanori NISHINO, Satoshi MATSUOKA