Patents by Inventor Yoshinao Hirahara

Yoshinao Hirahara 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: 8445265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction vessel and a reaction controller, wherein temperature control of a liquid stored within the vessel can be performed with a high accuracy and faithful responsiveness. The reaction container and the reaction controller comprise one or a plurality of reaction chambers in which liquid is storable, and a wall that surrounds the reaction chamber, and the entirety or a part of the wall is formed by a temperature raising and lowering body that can raise or lower the temperature thereof according to a signal from an instructing part provided outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara, Osamu Segawa
  • Publication number: 20110215118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing cylinder, a large capacity dispensing device, and a method of using a large capacity dispensing device, and aims at providing a dispensing cylinder, a large capacity dispensing device, and a method of using a large capacity dispensing device, with high quantitativity and capable of suppressing the scale of the device and efficiently utilizing working space, despite the relatively large volumes of fluid handled. The construction comprises: a small diameter section, a large diameter section which communicates with the small diameter section and is capable of holding fluids, a sliding section provided in a slidable manner within the large diameter section which enables fluid to be sucked and discharged to and from the large diameter section through the small diameter section, and a connection section which connects the sliding section in a detachable manner to a suction and discharge mechanism which drives the sliding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji TAJIMA, Yoshinao Hirahara
  • Patent number: 7947512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing cylinder, a large capacity dispensing device, and a method of using a large capacity dispensing device, and aims at providing a dispensing cylinder, a large capacity dispensing device, and a method of using a large capacity dispensing device, with high quantitativity and capable of suppressing the scale of the device and efficiently utilizing working space, despite the relatively large volumes of fluid handled. The construction comprises: a small diameter section, a large diameter section which communicates with the small diameter section and is capable of holding fluids, a sliding section provided in a slidable manner within the large diameter section which enables fluid to be sucked and discharged to and from the large diameter section through the small diameter section, and a connection section which connects the sliding section in a detachable manner to a suction and discharge mechanism which drives the sliding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara
  • Publication number: 20090298160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction vessel and a reaction controller, wherein temperature control of a liquid stored within the vessel can be performed with a high accuracy and faithful responsiveness. The reaction container and the reaction controller comprise one or a plurality of reaction chambers in which liquid is storable, and a wall that surrounds the reaction chamber, and the entirety or a part of the wall is formed by a temperature raising and lowering body that can raise or lower the temperature thereof according to a signal from an instructing part provided outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara, Osamu Segawa
  • Publication number: 20060263260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing cylinder, a large capacity dispensing device, and a method of using a large capacity dispensing device, and aims at providing a dispensing cylinder, a large capacity dispensing device, and a method of using a large capacity dispensing device, with high quantitativity and capable of suppressing the scale of the device and efficiently utilizing working space, despite the relatively large volumes of fluid handled. The construction comprises: a small diameter section, a large diameter section which communicates with the small diameter section and is capable of holding fluids, a sliding section provided in a slidable manner within the large diameter section which enables fluid to be sucked and discharged to and from the large diameter section through the small diameter section, and a connection section which connects the sliding section in a detachable manner to a suction and discharge mechanism which drives the sliding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara
  • Publication number: 20060133965
    Abstract: A monitoring function-equipped dispensing system and a method of monitoring the dispensing system wherein conditions in a pipeline can be identified accurately and precisely by not only optically measuring conditions in the pipeline, but performing other measurements reinforcing the former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara
  • Patent number: D631557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara
  • Patent number: D634442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Tajima, Yoshinao Hirahara