US 12,031,960 B2
Analytical instrument and analysis system
Masayuki Okada, Kyoto (JP); and Masahiro Kojima, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,651.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-187058 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146467 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 30/24 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/24 (2013.01) [G01N 2030/025 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An analytical instrument comprising:
an executing part configured to execute an operation related to an analysis;
an electrical circuit electrically connected to the executing part;
a main body which accommodates the executing part and the electrical circuit therein;
and
a plurality of connection ports, each of the connection ports having a configuration for receiving a same cable coming from outside of the main body, each of the connection ports exposed to the outside of the main body toward different directions with respect to each other, wherein
the analytical instrument constitutes an analysis system together with an analysis device, and
the analytical instrument is configured to connect electrically the electrical circuit with the cable via a selective connection with any one of the plurality of connection ports;
wherein the analytical instrument is an auto injector configured to inject a sample into a gas chromatograph that is the analysis device.