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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Ochiai, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Hirochika Murase, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Yumoto, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rearing cage unit includes an animal residential area defined by a floor, a ceiling, and a wall; an excrement collection area adjacent to the animal residential area; and an excretion sheet in the excrement collection area to receive excrement of the animal. At least one of the floor and the wall is made of a material including resin, and has an excretion hole to allow the excrement in the animal residential area to be discharged to the excrement collection area, and the excretion hole has a size that prevents four feet of the animal from entering the excretion hole. The excretion sheet faces the excretion hole.