Patents by Inventor Hideo Mitsudou

Hideo Mitsudou 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: 8915233
    Abstract: A fuel supply equipment includes: a lid member provided with a fuel discharge pipe; a fuel pump held by the lid member and configured to suck in fuel within the fuel tank and discharge the fuel to an outside of the fuel tank from the fuel discharge pipe; a suction filter that filters the fuel within the fuel tank that will be sucked into the fuel pump; a fuel filter that removes foreign matter in the fuel discharged from the fuel pump; a pressure regulator configured to adjust a pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel filter to a predetermined pressure and discharge excess fuel; a case configured to accommodate the fuel pump, the suction filter, the fuel filter, and the pressure regulator; and a supporting member provided to the lid member to support the case on the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Mitsudou, Masaru Hiraiwa
  • Publication number: 20110126808
    Abstract: A fuel supply equipment includes: a lid member provided with a fuel discharge pipe; a fuel pump held by the lid member and configured to suck in fuel within the fuel tank and discharge the fuel to an outside of the fuel tank from the fuel discharge pipe; a suction filter that filters the fuel within the fuel tank that will be sucked into the fuel pump; a fuel filter that removes foreign matter in the fuel discharged from the fuel pump; a pressure regulator configured to adjust a pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel filter to a predetermined pressure and discharge excess fuel; a case configured to accommodate the fuel pump, the suction filter, the fuel filter, and the pressure regulator; and a supporting member provided to the lid member to support the case on the lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo MITSUDOU, Masaru HIRAIWA
  • Publication number: 20090007527
    Abstract: A vehicle fuel supply device 1 according to the present invention includes a fuel pump 7 for sucking fuel 5 in a fuel tank 2 via a suction filter 12 and supplying the same to a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine; a fuel holding chamber 102 for holding excessive fuel returned from the fuel supply system; a filter storage chamber 103 for storing the filter 12; and communicating means 105a, 105b and 105c for communicating the fuel holding chamber 102 and the filter storage chamber 103 and distributing the fuel held in the fuel holding chamber 102 to the filter storage chamber 103, and even when the fuel 5 in the fuel tank 2 is unevenly distributed due to a centrifugal force or the like and hence the vehicle fuel supply device 1 is not soaked in the fuel 5, the fuel held in the fuel holding chamber 102 is distributed to the filter storage chamber 103 by the communicating means 105a, 105b and 105c so that fuel can be supplied to the fuel supply system of the internal combustion engine without prob
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo Mitsudou
  • Publication number: 20050201877
    Abstract: The invention provides a fuel supply system mounted from an opening provided at a bottom of a fuel tank into a tank, and in which diameter of the opening of the tank can be reduced, and fuel pump, fuel filter and others can be firmly secured thereby achieving a fuel supply system resistant to vibration. A recessed cup portion 13b having a smaller diameter than an opening 2 is provided on a base seat 13, which closes the opening 2 at the bottom of a fuel tank 1. A plurality of support stays 14 is fixed to a wall 13c erected from the cup portion 13b. A fuel pump 5 is combined with a fuel filter 7 for filtering a fuel liquid fed from the fuel pump 5, and a suction port side of the fuel pump 5 is positioned at the bottom of the cup portion 13b and fixed to the plurality of support stays 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Hideo Mitsudou
  • Patent number: 6923164
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus capable of following the positional variations of the bottom side of a fuel tank through a simple construction and improved in terms of ease of assembly in the fuel tank. The apparatus includes a fuel pump body in which a filter-integrated pump in which a fuel pump and a fuel filter are integrally formed is integrally accommodated in a fuel reservoir having a bottom capable of coming into abutment with a bottom side of the fuel tank, and causes the fuel pump body to travel to follow the variations of the bottom side of the fuel tank so as to be placed in abutment with the bottom side of the fuel tank, by means of an urging force generated on the basis of the pressure of the fuel inside the fuel pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Mitsudou, Masaru Hiraiwa, Michihiro Hayashi, Seizo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20050155583
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus capable of following the positional variations of the bottom side of a fuel tank through a simple construction and improved in terms of ease of assembly in the fuel tank. The apparatus includes a fuel pump body in which a filter-integrated pump in which a fuel pump and a fuel filter are integrally formed is integrally accommodated in a fuel reservoir having a bottom capable of coming into abutment with a bottom side of the fuel tank, and causes the fuel pump body to travel to follow the variations of the bottom side of the fuel tank so as to be placed in abutment with the bottom side of the fuel tank, by means of an urging force generated on the basis of the pressure of the fuel inside the fuel pump body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Hideo Mitsudou, Masaru Hiraiwa, Michihiro Hayashi, Seizo Inoue
  • Patent number: 6874481
    Abstract: The fuel liquid level detection section 31 for detecting the liquid level of the fuel within the fuel tank 2 is provided within the housing casing 10 so as to cover the range from the full amount to the small remaining amount of the fuel within the fuel tank 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Hiraiwa, Michihiro Hayashi, Hideo Mitsudou, Hisashi Kuwada
  • Publication number: 20040025850
    Abstract: The fuel liquid level detection section 31 for detecting the liquid level of the fuel within the fuel tank 2 is provided within the housing casing 10 so as to cover the range from the full amount to the small remaining amount of the fuel within the fuel tank 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru Hiraiwa, Michihiro Hayashi, Hideo Mitsudou, Hisashi Kuwada