Patents by Inventor Tomotaka KOKUBU

Tomotaka KOKUBU 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: 11103688
    Abstract: Provided is a tube joining apparatus that allows a user to easily and properly set tubes to be joined, and can prevent occurrence of joining failures due to tube setting errors. A tube joining apparatus 1 includes a housing 10, a lid 22 relatively movable toward and away from the housing, a tube holding part 23 that holds a first tube T1 and a second tube T2 individually in a state of being placed side by side in an oblique direction D1 with respect to a height direction Z of the housing, and a tube pressing part 25 that presses the first tube and the second tube against each other as the lid relatively moves toward the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Demizu, Tomotaka Kokubu
  • Publication number: 20200164197
    Abstract: Provided is a tube joining apparatus that allows a user to easily and properly set tubes to be joined, and can prevent occurrence of joining failures due to tube setting errors. A tube joining apparatus 1 includes a housing, a lid relatively movable toward and away from the housing, a tube holding part that holds a first tube and a second tube individually in a state of being placed side by side in an oblique direction with respect to a height direction of the housing, and a tube pressing part that presses the first tube and the second tube against each other as the lid relatively moves toward the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun DEMIZU, Tomotaka KOKUBU