Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080196446 | Integrated unit for refrigerant cycle device - In an integrated unit for a refrigerant cycle device, at least one evaporator is integrated with an ejector having a nozzle portion for decompressing refrigerant and a refrigerant suction port from which refrigerant is drawn. In the integrated unit, an insertion hole is provided in a longitudinal end surface of a tank of the evaporator such that the ejector is inserted from the insertion hole into the tank, and a plug for sealing the insertion hole is provided. Furthermore, a spacer is configured to have a gap between the plug and the ejector, and a fixing member is disposed between the longitudinal end surface of the tank and an expansion valve, for fixing the expansion valve to the longitudinal end surface of the tank. In the integrated unit, at least one of the fixing member, the plug, and the spacer is made of a resin material. | 08-21-2008 |
20090090130 | Evaporator Unit - An evaporator unit includes a first heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between refrigerant flowing thereinto from a refrigerant inlet and air, a bypass passage through which the refrigerant flowing from the refrigerant inlet flows while bypassing the first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between air and mixed refrigerant in which the refrigerant after passing through the first heat exchanger and the refrigerant having passed through the bypass passage are mixed, and a flow amount adjustment portion configured to adjust a flow amount of the refrigerant flowing through the first heat exchanger and a flow amount of the refrigerant flowing through the bypass passage. Accordingly, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger can be configured to have respectively portions in which a dryness of the refrigerant is in a range between 0.6 and 0.9. | 04-09-2009 |
20090107171 | Evaporator unit - In an evaporator unit for a refrigerant cycle device, an evaporator is connected to an ejector to evaporate refrigerant to be drawn into a refrigerant suction port of the ejector or the refrigerant flowing out of the outlet of the ejector. The evaporator includes a plurality of tubes in which the refrigerant flows, and a tank configured to distribute the refrigerant into the tubes or to collect the refrigerant from the tubes. The ejector is located in the tank, and the nozzle portion is brazed to the tank to be fixed into the tank. The tank may be a header tank directly connected to the tubes or may be a separate tank separated from the header tank. | 04-30-2009 |
20090283247 | Evaporator unit - An evaporator unit includes an evaporator configured to evaporate a refrigerant, and a capillary tube configured to decompress the refrigerant. The capillary tube has two longitudinal ends bonded to the evaporator. At least one position of a middle portion between the two longitudinal ends of the capillary tube is fixed to the evaporator by press-contacting the evaporator. Therefore, it can prevent a crack from being caused at the bonding portions of the two longitudinal ends of the capillary tube. | 11-19-2009 |
20090293535 | Heat exchanger - A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging section for performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and a cooling medium and a passage section. The passage section includes a first passage and a second passage for supplying the refrigerant to the heat exchanging section and a supply passage for supplying the refrigerant to the first passage and the second passage. The first passage and the second passage define a first opening portion and a second opening portion opening at an end of the supply passage. A minimum distance between an opening edge of the first opening portion and an inner surface of the supply passage is equal to a minimum distance between an opening edge of the second opening portion and the inner surface of the supply passage. | 12-03-2009 |
20100175422 | Evaporator unit - In an evaporator unit, a first evaporator is coupled to an ejector to evaporate refrigerant flowing out of the ejector, a second evaporator is coupled to a refrigerant suction port of the ejector to evaporate the refrigerant to be drawn into the refrigerant suction port, a flow amount distributor is located to adjust a flow amount of the refrigerant distributed to the nozzle portion and a flow amount of the refrigerant distributed to the second evaporator, and a throttle mechanism is provided between the flow amount distributor and the second evaporator to decompress the refrigerant flowing into the second evaporator. The flow amount distributor is adapted as a gas-liquid separation portion and as a refrigerant distribution portion for distributing separated refrigerant into the nozzle portion and the second evaporator. Furthermore, the flow amount distributor and the ejector are arranged in line in a longitudinal direction of the ejector. | 07-15-2010 |
20110048064 | Ejector type refrigerating cycle unit - A refrigerating cycle unit includes an ejector and a heat exchanger defined by layering a plurality of plates. Each of the plates has a refrigerant passage, and the refrigerant passages are connected by a header tank in a layering direction of the plates. At least two of the plates are fix plates having a fix portion to fix the ejector, and a communication portion through which the ejector and the header tank communicate with each other. The ejector is arranged between the fix portions of the fix plates in the layering direction, so as to be integrated with the heat exchanger. | 03-03-2011 |
20110114228 | Aluminum alloy extruded product exhibiting excellent surface properties, method of manufacturing the same, heat exchanger multi-port tube, and method of manufacturing heat exchanger including the multi-port tube - An aluminum alloy extruded product exhibiting excellent surface properties, contains 0.8 to 1.6% of Mn and 0.4 to 0.8% of Si at a ratio of Mn content to Si content (Mn %/Si %) of 0.7 to 2.4, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the number of intermetallic compounds with a diameter (circle equivalent diameter) of 0.1 to 0.9 μm dispersed in a matrix being 2×10 | 05-19-2011 |
20110219793 | Ejector unit, heat exchange unit and refrigerant short-circuit detecting method - In an ejector unit, an ejector is bonded to a container to define in the container an inlet space in which an inlet of a nozzle portion of the ejector is open, a suction space in which a refrigerant suction port of the ejector is open and an outlet space in which an outlet of a diffuser portion of the ejector is open. The inlet space, the suction space and the outlet space are respectively partitioned from each other by bonding portions between the ejector and the container. The container is provided with a short-circuit detection hole exposed to an exterior of the container at least at one position of a first position between the inlet space and the suction space, and a second position between the suction space and the outlet space. Furthermore, the short-circuit detection hole is enclosed by the bonding portion. | 09-15-2011 |
20110259042 | Evaporator unit - An integrated unit is formed by integrally assembling an ejector, a first evaporator that evaporates refrigerant discharged from the ejector, a second evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant drawn into the ejector, a refrigerant dividing portion that adjusts a flow amount of refrigerant flowing in and divided to the nozzle portion and the second evaporator, and a joint in which a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet are formed. In the joint, there is formed a gas-liquid separation portion that causes refrigerant flowing therein to swirl to separate it into gas and liquid. The ejector, refrigerant dividing portion and joint are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the ejector. | 10-27-2011 |
20120285668 | COOLING-STORAGE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - Multiple cooling-storage containers are arranged in respective spaces formed between neighboring refrigerant tubes. The cooling-storage container is made of a pair of outer envelope portions, each forming a side wall. Multiple convex portions and concave portions are formed in the side walls so that air passages are formed between refrigerant tubes and the concave portions. A sectional area of the air passage formed in a lower portion of the cooling-storage container below a predetermined height is made larger than that of the air passage formed in an upper portion of the cooling-storage container above the predetermined height. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090292183 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION, ACQUISITION METHOD AND INSTRUMENT, AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE SUBSTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND INSTRUMENT - A biological information acquisition method for acquiring information on a living body on a basis of a quantified value of a physiologically active substance originated from the living body, includes a step of collecting the physiologically active substance from a body surface of the living body. | 11-26-2009 |
20110312036 | MICROCHIP FOR ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC-ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC-ACID AMPLIFICATION METHOD - A microchip for an isothermal nucleic-acid amplification reaction in which at least one of substances necessary for an isothermal amplification reaction of a nucleic acid is present in a reaction region functioning as a reaction field of the reaction, the at least one of the substances being covered with a thin film that melts at a temperature higher than room temperature and lower than a reaction temperature of the reaction. | 12-22-2011 |
20120006682 | NUCLEIC ACID CONCENTRATION RECOVERY CARTRIDGE, NUCLEIC ACID CONCENTRATION RECOVERY METHOD, AND FABRICATION PROCESS OF CARTRIDGE - A nucleic acid concentration recovery cartridge includes a substrate, a channel with which the substrate is provided to permit introduction of a liquid therein, a high molecular gel arranged in the channel at a predetermined position thereof, and a cathode and anode arranged at opposite ends of the channel, respectively. | 01-12-2012 |
20120070841 | NUCLEIC ACID QUANTIFICATION METHOD AND MICROCHIP FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION - A nucleic acid quantification method that uses a microchip for nucleic acid amplification reaction, the microchip including an inlet through which a liquid is introduced from outside, a plurality of reaction regions provided as reaction sites of a nucleic acid amplification reaction, and a channel through which the liquid introduced through the inlet is supplied into each of the reaction regions, wherein the likelihood of the nucleic acid amplification reaction varies between the reaction regions, includes: flowing a detection target nucleic acid chain-containing solution through the channel and introducing the solution into each of the reaction regions to perform a nucleic acid amplification reaction; and detecting an amplification product in each of the reaction regions to specify the reaction regions in which the nucleic acid amplification reaction occurred. | 03-22-2012 |
20120295257 | METHOD, MICROCHIP AND MIXED REAGENT FOR ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID BASE SEQUENCE - A technology is provided for achieving high efficiency of nucleic acid amplification reaction and high precision of melting curve analysis when performing melting curve analysis in a nucleic acid amplification process of obtaining an amplification product in which the target nucleic acids are continuously arranged via a loop. A method for analysis of nucleic acid base sequence is provided, and includes: performing amplification reaction of target nucleic acid which is targeted for amplification, in presence of a probe nucleic acid that is capable of hybridizing with the target nucleic acid, to obtain an amplification product in which the target nucleic acids are continuously arranged via a loop site and employing as the probe nucleic acid, a probe nucleic acid having a melting temperature which is lower than the reaction temperature of the amplification reaction; and performing melting curve analysis of the amplification product and the probe nucleic acid. | 11-22-2012 |
20130020201 | NUCLEIC-ACID EXTRACTION METHOD AND NUCLEIC-ACID EXTRACTION CARTRIDGE - The present disclosure provides a nucleic-acid extraction method for carrying out the following procedures in the same cell, the procedures including: performing an ultrasonic process on a sample containing a nucleic acid; adsorbing substances contained in the sample by making use of an adsorption carrier; and condensing the nucleic acid by damming the nucleic acid moving in an electrophoresis phenomenon. In accordance with the nucleic-acid extraction method, it is possible to carry out an ultrasonic process, an adsorption process and an electrophoresis process in the same cell. Thus, it is possible to eliminate an operation to transfer the sample from one cell to another one for each of the processes. | 01-24-2013 |
20140027282 | METHOD OF ELECTROPHORESING NUCLEIC ACIDS, METHOD OF CONCENTRATING AND PURIFYING NUCLEIC ACIDS, CARTRIDGE FOR NUCLEIC ACID ELECTROPHORESIS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CARTRIDGE FOR NUCLEIC ACID ELECTROPHORESIS - [Object] To provide a method for electrophoresing nucleic acids, which enables highly efficiently concentrating and purifying nucleic acids quickly by simple operation. | 01-30-2014 |
20140038280 | MICROCHIP FOR NUCLIEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION - There is provided a microchip for a nucleic acid amplification reaction including a reagent accommodation region including a solid-phase reagent and a particle, the solid-phase reagent containing a substance necessary for a nucleic acid amplification reaction. | 02-06-2014 |
20140113287 | BASE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS METHOD, BASE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, AND BASE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS PROGRAM - There is provided a base sequence analysis method including a nucleic acid amplification procedure of obtaining an amplification product by a nucleic acid amplification reaction, a turbidity measurement procedure of measuring turbidity of a reaction solution of the nucleic acid amplification reaction, and a melting curve analysis procedure of performing melting curve analysis of a probe nucleic acid chain and the amplification product at a reaction site of the nucleic acid amplification reaction. | 04-24-2014 |
20140134077 | SAMPLE LIQUID INJECTION TOOL AND SAMPLE LIQUID HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a sample liquid injection tool including a reservoir section configured to store a sample liquid, a channel having one end protruding from an outer surface and configured to discharge the sample liquid therein from a protrusion end to an outside, and a heating unit and a filter installed between the reservoir section and the channel to enable passage of the liquid. | 05-15-2014 |
20140197107 | METHOD OF PURIFYING NUCLEIC ACIDS, METHOD OF EXTRACTING NUCLEIC ACIDS AND KIT FOR PURIFYING NUCLEIC ACIDS - [Object] To provide a method of purifying nucleic acids where the operation is simple and the nucleic acids can be extracted in a short time with high efficiency. | 07-17-2014 |
20140251809 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING NUCLEIC ACIDS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING NUCLEIC ACIDS - An apparatus for preparing nucleic acids is provided which includes an anode, a cathode, and a space formed between the anode and the cathode. In addition, in the apparatus described above, the space includes a first porous film provided at an anode side, a second porous film provided at a cathode side, an inlet port which is proved in a region sandwiched between the first porous film and the second porous film and which introduces a specimen containing proteins and nucleic acids into the region, and a gel filter provided between the inlet port and the first porous film. | 09-11-2014 |
20140322761 | METHOD OF PREPARING SAMPLE FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION, NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION METHOD, AND REAGENT AND MICROCHIP FOR SOLID PHASE NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION - Provided is a method of preparing a sample for nucleic acid amplification reaction, including: a procedure of dissolving a solid phase reagent at least containing DNA polymerase, cyclodextrin, and a binder, in a liquid containing a nucleic acid. | 10-30-2014 |