Patents by Inventor Masaharu Yuhara

Masaharu Yuhara 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: 8862371
    Abstract: Even when, due to an abnormal decrease in the battery voltage, an engine control apparatus is inoperative, an engine can safely be started. Based on gearshift lever selection position information generated by a gearshift sensor (109A), a first detection circuit (194) generates a first detection signal PS1 when the gearshift lever is in the neutral position or in the parking position; a microprocessor (110A) is provided with a second detection means that generated a second detection signal PS2 when the gearshift lever is in the neutral position or in the parking position. Even when, due to an abnormal decrease in the voltage of a vehicle battery, the microprocessor (110A) is inoperative, by ascertaining through the first detection signal PS1 that the vehicle is in a state of not being driven, the engine can be started by means of a starting switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michihiro Takata, Masaharu Yuhara, Yuji Zushi
  • Patent number: 8018702
    Abstract: The on-vehicle electronic control device includes a main power supply circuit fed with power from an on-vehicle battery through an output contact of a power supply relay and a main power supply terminal of a connector to supply a stabilized control voltage to a microprocessor. When contact failure occurs in the main power supply terminal, the main power supply circuit is fed with bypass power from the output contact through a first electrical load and a commutation diode to perform the one of the report of the abnormality and the storage of the abnormality occurrence history information. A bypass power fed state is detected when an input voltage to the main power supply circuit is lower than a power supply voltage of the on-vehicle battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Masaharu Yuhara, Masahide Fujita, Michihiro Takata, Takayuki Yano, Daisuke Yase
  • Publication number: 20100256897
    Abstract: Even when, due to an abnormal decrease in the battery voltage, an engine control apparatus is inoperative, an engine can safely be started. Based on gearshift lever selection position information generated by a gearshift sensor (109A), a first detection circuit (194) generates a first detection signal PS1 when the gearshift lever is in the neutral position or in the parking position; a microprocessor (110A) is provided with a second detection means that generated a second detection signal PS2 when the gearshift lever is in the neutral position or in the parking position. Even when, due to an abnormal decrease in the voltage of a vehicle battery, the microprocessor (110A) is inoperative, by ascertaining through the first detection signal PS1 that the vehicle is in a state of not being driven, the engine can be started by means of a starting switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKATA, Masaharu Yuhara, Yuji Zushi
  • Publication number: 20090316320
    Abstract: The on-vehicle electronic control device includes a main power supply circuit fed with power from an on-vehicle battery through an output contact of a power supply relay and a main power supply terminal of a connector to supply a stabilized control voltage to a microprocessor. When contact failure occurs in the main power supply terminal, the main power supply circuit is fed with bypass power from the output contact through a first electrical load and a commutation diode to perform the one of the report of the abnormality and the storage of the abnormality occurrence history information. A bypass power fed state is detected when an input voltage to the main power supply circuit is lower than a power supply voltage of the on-vehicle battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Masaharu Yuhara, Masahide Fujita, Michihiro Takata, Takayuki Yano, Daisuke Yase
  • Patent number: 7187225
    Abstract: This invention provides an electronic control unit is capable of suppressing electromagnetic noise having a frequency band used in a portable wireless apparatus, and capable of exhibiting a noise resistance property against electromagnetic noise. The electronic control unit including a constant voltage power supply circuit portion, an analog signal inputting circuit portion, and a conversion processing circuit portion, an analog sensor and a driving power supply being connected to the outside, and the unit being connected to the analog sensor through a power supply line and a signal line, in which the analog signal inputting circuit portion includes a current limiting circuit portion, an integrating circuit portion, a current limiting resistor, a signal noise absorbing circuit, and a first bypass capacitor, and capacitance (C1) and parasitic inductance (L1) of the first bypass capacitor are set in a range of 7×106<1/[2??(L1×C1)]<35×106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Yuhara, Yasuhiro Shiraki, Kazuhito Okishio, Hiroshi Nakamura, Hisato Umemaru, Yoshimitsu Takahata, Yasuaki Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20060104000
    Abstract: This invention provides an electronic control unit is capable of suppressing electromagnetic noise having a frequency band used in a portable wireless apparatus, and capable of exhibiting a noise resistance property against electromagnetic noise. The electronic control unit including a constant voltage power supply circuit portion, an analog signal inputting circuit portion, and a conversion processing circuit portion, an analog sensor and a driving power supply being connected to the outside, and the unit being connected to the analog sensor through a power supply line and a signal line, in which the analog signal inputting circuit portion includes a current limiting circuit portion, an integrating circuit portion, a current limiting resistor, a signal noise absorbing circuit, and a first bypass capacitor, and capacitance (C1) and parasitic inductance (L1) of the first bypass capacitor are set in a range of 7×106<1/[2??(L1×C1)]<35×106.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Masaharu Yuhara, Yasuhiro Shiraki, Kazuhito Okishio, Hiroshi Nakamura, Hisato Umemaru, Yoshimitsu Takahata, Yasuaki Gotoh
  • Patent number: 6649041
    Abstract: The invention provides a deterioration detector for an exhaust gas sensor capable of detecting an amount of change with age of an internal resistance and conducting deterioration judgment taking into consideration fluctuation between products and temperature dependency of the internal resistance of the exhaust gas sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohji Hashimoto, Masaharu Yuhara
  • Publication number: 20020060150
    Abstract: The invention provides a deterioration detector for an exhaust gas sensor capable of detecting an amount of change with age of an internal resistance and conducting deterioration judgment taking into consideration fluctuation between products and temperature dependency of the internal resistance of the exhaust gas sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Hashimoto, Masaharu Yuhara