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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Yuzuru Ito, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hidekazu Tsudome, Ryugasaki, JP;
Yoshishige Endo, Tsuchiura, JP;
Noriyuki Kawahara, Kawaguchi, JP;
Naofumi Otsuki, Yabuki, JP;
Masanobu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Yuzuru Ito, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hidekazu Tsudome, Ryugasaki, JP;
Yoshishige Endo, Tsuchiura, JP;
Noriyuki Kawahara, Kawaguchi, JP;
Naofumi Otsuki, Yabuki, JP;
Masanobu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd., , JP;
Enplas Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A joint to be attached to a port of a micro fluidic element, has an outer peripheral surface of truncated subulate shape at a front end portion of the joint to form a front surface as a top of the truncated subulate shape, and a cuneiform space in an inside of the joint at the front end portion of the joint, the joint is made of an elastomer, and the cuneiform space includes a front end overlapping the front surface as seen in a direction along which a tube is guided by the cuneiform space when the tube is inserted into the joint so that the tube is enabled to penetrate the front surface through the front end.