Patents by Inventor Takao Okado
Takao Okado 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: 11565193Abstract: A component extraction apparatus includes a rack placement part, a heater, an extraction medium supply part, a needle assembly, and a temperature sensor. When the container rack is mounted on the rack placement part, a heater is configured to heat the sample containers in direct or indirect contact with sample containers held by the container rack. The needle assembly holds a needle with a tip thereof pointing downward, and the needle being configured to connect a flow channel by inserting the tip thereof into a needle port provided on an upper surface of each of the sample containers. The temperature sensor is included in the needle assembly and is configured to detect a temperature of the upper surface of any one of the sample containers when the tip of the needle is inserted into the needle port of the one of the sample containers.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Takao Okado
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Patent number: 11320351Abstract: Provided is a component extraction device for eluting a component in a sample into a supercritical fluid to extract the component from the sample. The component extraction device includes: a container rack including a plurality of sample container holding parts; a rack mounting stand including a mounting section on which the container rack is mounted; a plurality of heating blocks fixedly disposed on a mounting face of the mounting section at positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of sample container holding parts; a plurality of temperature sensors each configured to detect a temperature of each of the plurality of heating blocks; and a control unit configured to respectively control the plurality of heating blocks, based on results of detection by the plurality of temperature sensors.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Takao Okado
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Publication number: 20200147515Abstract: A component extraction apparatus includes a rack placement part, a heater, an extraction medium supply part, a needle assembly, and a temperature sensor. When the container rack is mounted on the rack placement part, a heater is configured to heat the sample containers in direct or indirect contact with sample containers held by the container rack. The needle assembly holds a needle with a tip thereof pointing downward, and the needle being configured to connect a flow channel by inserting the tip thereof into a needle port provided on an upper surface of each of the sample containers. The temperature sensor is included in the needle assembly and is configured to detect a temperature of the upper surface of any one of the sample containers when the tip of the needle is inserted into the needle port of the one of the sample containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Takao OKADO
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Patent number: 10648585Abstract: A pressure control valve is provided with a pressure control block. The pressure control block has a pressure control block having an opening portion provided on one outer surface, a pressure control surface provided as a plane at a bottom portion of the opening portion, and two internal channels having openings at the respective end portions of the pressure control surface. A sheet-like valve body having elasticity and arranged so as to cover the pressure control surface is provided in the opening portion of the pressure control block. A valve body driving portion is provided on a side opposite to the pressure control surface with the valve body interposed therebetween that adjusts an amount of a gap between the valve body and the pressure control surface by pressing the valve body in a direction perpendicular to the pressure control surface. The pressure control surface has higher hardness than a hard material.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Kora, Takao Okado, Michiaki Owa, Yosuke Iwata
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Publication number: 20190277736Abstract: Provided is a component extraction device for eluting a component in a sample into a supercritical fluid to extract the component from the sample. The component extraction device includes: a container rack 12 including a plurality of sample container holding parts 124; a rack mounting stand 17 including a mounting section 170 on which the container rack 12 is mounted; a plurality of heating blocks 171 fixedly disposed on a mounting face of the mounting section 170 at positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of sample container holding parts 124; a plurality of temperature sensors each configured to detect a temperature of each of the plurality of heating blocks 171; and a control unit configured to respectively control the plurality of heating blocks, based on results of detection by the plurality of temperature sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Takao OKADO
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Publication number: 20190078697Abstract: A pressure control valve is provided with a pressure control block. The pressure control block has a pressure control block having an opening portion provided on one outer surface, a pressure control surface provided as a plane at a bottom portion of the opening portion, and two internal channels having openings at the respective end portions of the pressure control surface. A sheet-like valve body having elasticity and arranged so as to cover the pressure control surface is provided in the opening portion of the pressure control block. A valve body driving portion is provided on a side opposite to the pressure control surface with the valve body interposed therebetween that adjusts an amount of a gap between the valve body and the pressure control surface by pressing the valve body in a direction perpendicular to the pressure control surface. The pressure control surface has higher hardness than a hard material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro KORA, Takao OKADO, Michiaki OWA, Yosuke IWATA
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Publication number: 20160274068Abstract: A liquid carbon dioxide delivery pump according to an embodiment includes, at a pump head including a pump chamber for delivering liquid carbon dioxide, a refrigerant channel different from a channel passing through the pump chamber. Furthermore, a circulation channel for refrigerant including the refrigerant channel, and a refrigerant pump that is arranged on the circulation channel that causes the refrigerant to circulate through the circulation channel are provided. As well, a cooling section that is configured to cool the refrigerant passing through the circulation channel is arranged on the circulation channel, at a position away from the pump head.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Takao Okado
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Patent number: 9310343Abstract: A column oven that may enable a heat block to provide the best temperature distribution, and increase temperature evenness of a column is provided. In a column oven 400 that heats or cools a heat block 10 contacting a column 40 and adjusts temperature of the column 40 through heat transmission from the heat block 10, a plurality of temperature adjustment bodies 21 and 22 is separately disposed along the longitudinal direction of the heat block 10, and heats or cools the heat block 10, a plurality of temperature sensors 31 and 32 measuring the temperatures of the heat block 10 adjacent to the temperature adjustment bodies 21 and 22 is also disposed, and the corresponding temperature adjustment bodies 21 and 22 are controlled independently according to the temperatures measured by the temperature sensors 31 and 32.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Iso, Takao Okado
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Publication number: 20120000836Abstract: A liquid chromatograph device was provided wherein operations inside a thermostatic chamber can be safely performed even while a heat block is being heated. The liquid chromatograph device comprises: a thermostatic chamber; outer doors and that are disposed at the front surface of the thermostatic chamber; a heat block; heater for heating said heat block; temperature sensor for the heat block; flowing means for flowing air between the inside and outside of the thermostatic chamber; a control means for controlling the supply of power to the heater based on the result of the temperature sensor; and an inner door between the outer door and the heat block, the inner door comprising a hollow inner door main body, a heat-insulating material that is housed within the inner door so as to form an air chamber between the heat-insulating material and the surface of the outer door of the inner door main body and inlet/outlet slits and that are formed in the inner door main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Takao OKADO
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Patent number: 8075768Abstract: A liquid chromatograph device was provided wherein operations inside a thermostatic chamber can be safely performed even while a heat block is being heated. The liquid chromatograph device comprises: a thermostatic chamber; outer doors and that are disposed at the front surface of the thermostatic chamber; a heat block; heater for heating said heat block; temperature sensor for the heat block; flowing means for flowing air between the inside and outside of the thermostatic chamber; a control means for controlling the supply of power to the heater based on the result of the temperature sensor; and an inner door between the outer door and the heat block, the inner door comprising a hollow inner door main body, a heat-insulating material that is housed within the inner door so as to form an air chamber between the heat-insulating material and the surface of the outer door of the inner door main body and inlet/outlet slits and that are formed in the inner door main body.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Takao Okado
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Publication number: 20110290233Abstract: A column oven that may enable a heat block to provide the best temperature distribution, and increase temperature evenness of a column is provided. In a column oven 400 that heats or cools a heat block 10 contacting a column 40 and adjusts temperature of the column 40 through heat transmission from the heat block 10, a plurality of temperature adjustment bodies 21 and 22 is separately disposed along the longitudinal direction of the heat block 10, and heats or cools the heat block 10, a plurality of temperature sensors 31 and 32 measuring the temperatures of the heat block 10 adjacent to the temperature adjustment bodies 21 and 22 is also disposed, and the corresponding temperature adjustment bodies 21 and 22 are controlled independently according to the temperatures measured by the temperature sensors 31 and 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: KEISUKE ISO, Takao Okado
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Patent number: 8013293Abstract: A shift of mass axis that occurs when the temperature of a vacuum container consisting of a vacuum chamber (15) and IT block (16) or that of a TOF power unit (20) for applying an ion acceleration voltage is changed, is respectively measured beforehand, and parameters expressing a transfer function based on its response are stored in a transfer function memory (24). During an analysis, a mass shift predicting operation section (25) estimates the current shift length of the mass axis from the current temperatures of the IT block (16) and TOF power unit (20) obtained by first and second temperature sensors (34 and 35) as well as from the two transfer functions stored in the memory (24). A mass shift correcting section (29) corrects the mass axis of the mass spectrum according to the estimated shift length.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Kazuo Yamauchi, Takao Okado
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Publication number: 20100176292Abstract: A shift of mass axis that occurs when the temperature of a vacuum container consisting of a vacuum chamber (15) and IT block (16) or that of a TOF power unit (20) for applying an ion acceleration voltage is changed, is respectively measured beforehand, and parameters expressing a transfer function based on its response are stored in a transfer function memory (24). During an analysis, a mass shift predicting operation section (25) estimates the current shift length of the mass axis from the current temperatures of the IT block (16) and TOF power unit (20) obtained by first and second temperature sensors (34 and 35) as well as from the two transfer functions stored in the memory (24). A mass shift correcting section (29) corrects the mass axis of the mass spectrum according to the estimated shift length.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo YAMAUCHI, Takao OKADO