Patents by Inventor Etsuo Nishimura

Etsuo Nishimura 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: 9541009
    Abstract: An air intake device offers simplified construction, reduced size, lowered cost, etc., while facilitating disposing of throttle body and driving part in intake air passage, allowing throttle body to be reliably held, and eliminating possible occurrence of intake air leakage, etc., thus positively securing the performance. The air intake device includes an actuator and an intake air manifold made of resin. In actuator, there are provided a throttle body, a throttle valve, a motor for opening/closing throttle valve, and a power transmission mechanism. Throttle valve and motor are positioned and held on one side of a support member, and power transmission mechanism is on the other side. In intake air manifold, a housing chamber is provided. When a fixing part of support member is jointed to a part to be fixed of intake air manifold, throttle body and motor are accommodated in a predetermined position in housing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Etsuo Nishimura, Yasuhiro Tochigi, Hiroyuki Yanazawa
  • Publication number: 20140116372
    Abstract: A gasket which is mounted in a groove formed in a first member and is elastic and which seals between the first member and a second member, including: a first contact section that comes in contact with the second member; a second contact member that comes in contact with one sidewall surface of the groove which is formed in such a way that a width of the groove becomes larger toward an opening section of the groove from a bottom of the groove; a third contact section that comes in contact with another sidewall surface of the groove which is formed in such a way that a width of the groove becomes larger toward the opening section from the bottom; and a fourth contact section that comes in contact with the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Etsuo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20140102410
    Abstract: An air intake device offers simplified construction, reduced size, lowered cost, etc., while facilitating disposing of throttle body and driving part in intake air passage, allowing throttle body to be reliably held, and eliminating possible occurrence of intake air leakage, etc., thus positively securing the performance. The air intake device includes an actuator and an intake air manifold made of resin. In actuator, there are provided a throttle body, a throttle valve, a motor for opening/closing throttle valve, and a power transmission mechanism. Throttle valve and motor are positioned and held on one side of a support member, and power transmission mechanism is on the other side. In intake air manifold, a housing chamber is provided. When a fixing part of support member is jointed to a part to be fixed of intake air manifold, throttle body and motor are accommodated in a predetermined position in housing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Etsuo Nishimura, Yasuhiro Tochigi, Hiroyuki Yanazawa
  • Patent number: 6615669
    Abstract: A pressure sensor device having high reliability and excellent workability, which can be used for both types of sensor elements which receive pressure on the front side and the rear side, can be reduced in size, whose characteristic properties can be confirmed before a sensor module is set in the case, and which eliminates the need for changing the internal structure of the case when the external shape of the case or the shape of a connector is altered. A wall portion projecting to surround a sensor element is formed on the surface of a sensor module, a groove potion is formed in an upper case or a lower case at a position corresponding to the wall portion, and an end of the wall portion is mated with this groove portion through an adhesive to form a closed space for storing the sensor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuo Nishimura, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6003379
    Abstract: A pressure sensor device prevents foreign matters from reaching a pressure sensor at the back of a pressure introducing passage, is superior in resistance against both fouling and freezing, and includes a temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Ichikawa, Etsuo Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5948989
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure sensor device including a temperature sensor, which can reduce the number of places required for mounting necessary sensors and can simplify a structure. The pressure sensor device comprises a housing including a connector portion provided at an outer periphery thereof, molded integrally with a plurality of external terminals and disposed to cover the pressure sensor from above, and a resin-made base cooperating the housing to define a container space for containing a pressure sensor and a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Ichikawa, Etsuo Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5661244
    Abstract: In a pressure sensor, a metallic pressure introducing pipe is fit into the pressure receiving inlet formed in a metallic housing and fixed there by welding. The housing has a flange portion in its upper portion, and the flange portion is fixed to the outer wall of a tank which is an object to be measured so that the pressure sensor body is located inside the tank. A porous filter made of fluoroplastics is arranged adjacently to the atmospheric pressure introducing inlet. An adhesive tape which is removable is attached to the atmospheric pressure introducing inlet. The pressure sensor can realize stabilized maintenance and highly reliable airtightness for a sensor element, less limitation to sensor layout design in a small space and also can surely introduce air with no drop of water and dust into the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuo Nishimura, Tateki Mitani