Patents by Inventor Akira Uenodan
Akira Uenodan 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).
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Patent number: 12203793Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to obtain a flow rate measurement device capable of reducing variations in the flow rate detection accuracy by suppressing the inclination of a chip package relative to a circuit board. A flow rate measurement device 20 of the present invention includes a chip package 310 having a flow rate sensor 311 and a passage wall 314 formed therein, and a circuit board 300 on which the chip package 310 is mounted, in which the chip package 310 is mounted such that the flow rate sensor 311 faces a portion of the circuit board 300 and a portion of the passage wall 314 as a resin portion of the chip package 310 contacts the circuit board 300.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah, Akira Uenodan, Hiroyuki Abe, Mizuki Ijuin
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Publication number: 20250012610Abstract: A physical quantity detection device (20), which can be disposed in a main flow path (22a) where a measurement target gas (2) flows in one direction, includes: a circuit chamber (135a) that accommodates a circuit board (300); an inflow hole (220) that communicates the main flow path (22a) with the circuit chamber (135a) and allows the measurement target gas (2) flowing through the main flow path (22a) to flow into the circuit chamber (135a); an outflow hole (170) that communicates the main flow path (22a) with the circuit chamber (135a) and allows the measurement target gas (2) in the circuit chamber (135a) to flow out to the main flow path (22a); and a sensor (322) disposed in the circuit chamber (135a) to be at least partially located on a path (2a) of the measurement target gas (2) flowing from the inflow hole (220) to the outflow hole (170).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki GORAI, Naoki SAITO, Akira UENODAN, Takahiro MIKI
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Patent number: 12188799Abstract: Provided is a physical quantity detection device that can improve physical quantity measurement accuracy over a conventional device. A physical quantity detection device 20 includes a detector including a flow rate detection unit 205, a circuit board 207, a housing 201, and a cover 202. The detector detects a physical quantity and is mounted on the circuit board 207. The housing 201 houses the circuit board 207. The cover 202 is fixed to the housing 201 and defines an auxiliary passage 234 in which the flow rate detection unit 205 is disposed. The housing 201 and the cover 202 include a positioning portion P that includes a pin P1 extending in a thickness direction Dt of the circuit board 207 and a fitting portion P2 into which an end portion P11 of the pin P1 is fitted for positioning between the housing 201 and the cover 202.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki Saito, Akira Uenodan, Nobuaki Gorai
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Patent number: 12158365Abstract: A physical quantity detection device for reducing an influence of a sound wave generated in a turbocharger and suppressing a decrease in detection accuracy of a physical quantity including a flow rate of gas. The device detects a physical quantity of air from an intake passage of an engine equipped with a turbocharger. The physical device includes a sub-passage that takes in part of air flowing from an upstream to a downstream side of the intake passage along a first direction, and a flow rate detection unit that detects a flow rate of the air taken in the sub-passage. The sub-passage includes an inlet that opens toward the upstream side in the first direction, an outlet that opens toward the downstream side in the first direction, and an attenuation chamber that attenuates a sound wave propagating from the turbocharger to an inside of the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Yushi Araki, Akira Uenodan, Nobuaki Gorai
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Patent number: 11965761Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable thermal flow meter. In a thermal flow meter 20, a flow rate detection element 321 that detects an air flow rate, and a conductive coating film 400 containing a conductive substance and a resin as constituent elements are provided on at least a part of a portion provided in an auxiliary passage 135 on a surface facing a detection surface 322 of the flow rate detection element 321.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Mizuki Shibata, Takayuki Yogo, Akira Uenodan, Hiroyuki Abe, Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah
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Patent number: 11965760Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact air flow rate measuring device with improved stain resistance. A physical quantity detecting device of the present invention includes: a semiconductor element having a flow rate detection unit 205; a circuit board 207 supporting the semiconductor element; and a conductive cover 202 fixing the circuit board 207, and the semiconductor element is fixed to the circuit board 207 such that the flow rate detection unit 205 faces the cover 202.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah, Akira Uenodan, Noboru Tokuyasu, Takahiro Miki, Hiroaki Hoshika
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Patent number: 11892333Abstract: An object is to improve measurement accuracy of a thermal air flow meter. A flow-rate measuring device comprising: a sensor assembly having a flow-rate detecting element; a circuit board on which the sensor assembly is mounted; and a housing on which the circuit board is mounted, wherein the sensor assembly is mounted on the circuit board such that a detection portion side of the flow-rate detecting element is closer to the housing, and the sensor assembly includes a contact portion in contact with the housing on the detection portion side.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Ogata, Norio Ishitsuka, Takahiro Miki, Akira Uenodan, Takayuki Yogo
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Publication number: 20240027245Abstract: A physical quantity detection device for reducing an influence of a sound wave generated in a turbocharger and suppressing a decrease in detection accuracy of a physical quantity including a flow rate of gas. The device detects a physical quantity of air from an intake passage of an engine equipped with a turbocharger. The physical device includes a sub-passage that takes in part of air flowing from an upstream to a downstream side of the intake passage along a first direction, and a flow rate detection unit that detects a flow rate of the air taken in the sub-passage. The sub-passage includes an inlet that opens toward the upstream side in the first direction, an outlet that opens toward the downstream side in the first direction, and an attenuation chamber that attenuates a sound wave propagating from the turbocharger to an inside of the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Yushi ARAKI, Akira UENODAN, Nobuaki GORAI
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Publication number: 20230408316Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a physical quantity detection device configured to reduce an influence of a resonance phenomenon of sound pressure on flow rate characteristics. The physical quantity detection device according to the present invention includes: a housing arranged in the main passage; a sub-passage arranged in the housing; a flow rate detection unit arranged in the sub-passage; a circuit unit electrically connected to the flow rate detection unit; a circuit chamber arranged in the housing and accommodating the circuit unit; and a first introduction passage including one end open to the sub-passage and the other end open to the circuit chamber to communicate between the sub-passage and the circuit chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Nobuaki GORAI, Akira UENODAN, Naoki SAITO, Takahiro MIKI
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Patent number: 11821780Abstract: An object is to improve measurement accuracy of a flow rate measurement device. A flow rate measurement device including: a first void which is formed of one surface of the support body and one surface of the circuit board; a second void which is formed of a surface opposite to the one surface of the circuit board and the housing; and a third void which is formed of a surface opposite to the one surface of the support body and a cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Uenodan, Nobuaki Gorai, Shigeto Hirohata, Naoki Saito, Takahiro Miki
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Publication number: 20230332936Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable thermal flow meter. In a thermal flow meter 20, a flow rate detection element 321 that detects an air flow rate, and a conductive coating film 400 containing a conductive substance and a resin as constituent elements are provided on at least a part of a portion provided in an auxiliary passage 135 on a surface facing a detection surface 322 of the flow rate detection element 321.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Mizuki SHIBATA, Takayuki YOGO, Akira UENODAN, Hiroyuki ABE, Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH
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Publication number: 20230251120Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a flow rate measurement device capable of accurately measuring a flow rate of a measurement target gas by improving anti-contamination property. A flow rate measurement device (20) of the present invention includes a board (304) disposed along a flow direction of a measurement target gas (2) in a sub passage (134), a support body (401) that is disposed to face one surface (304a) of the board, and a flow rate sensor (411) that is supported by the support body, faces the one surface of the board, and measures a flow rate of the measurement target gas passing between the support body and the board.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Akira UENODAN, Naoki SAITO, Takahiro MIKI, Nobuaki GORAI
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Publication number: 20220397437Abstract: Provided is a physical quantity detection device that can improve physical quantity measurement accuracy over a conventional device. A physical quantity detection device 20 includes a detector including a flow rate detection unit 205, a circuit board 207, a housing 201, and a cover 202. The detector detects a physical quantity and is mounted on the circuit board 207. The housing 201 houses the circuit board 207. The cover 202 is fixed to the housing 201 and defines an auxiliary passage 234 in which the flow rate detection unit 205 is disposed. The housing 201 and the cover 202 include a positioning portion P that includes a pin P1 extending in a thickness direction Dt of the circuit board 207 and a fitting portion P2 into which an end portion P11 of the pin P1 is fitted for positioning between the housing 201 and the cover 202.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Tomoaki SAITO, Akira UENODAN, Nobuaki GORAI
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Publication number: 20220390264Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to obtain a flow rate measurement device capable of reducing variations in the flow rate detection accuracy by suppressing the inclination of a chip package relative to a circuit board. A flow rate measurement device 20 of the present invention includes a chip package 310 having a flow rate sensor 311 and a passage wall 314 formed therein, and a circuit board 300 on which the chip package 310 is mounted, in which the chip package 310 is mounted such that the flow rate sensor 311 faces a portion of the circuit board 300 and a portion of the passage wall 314 as a resin portion of the chip package 310 contacts the circuit board 300.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Takayuki YOGO, Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH, Akira UENODAN, Hiroyuki ABE, Mizuki IJUIN
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Patent number: 11499854Abstract: Provided is a physical quantity detection device capable of improving noise performance of a flow rate detection unit as compared with the related art. The physical quantity detection device 20 includes a plate-like chip package 208 that is arranged to protrude from the flow path of the measurement target gas and has a width W along the flow direction of the measurement target gas. The chip package 208 includes a flow rate detection unit 205, an accelerating flow path 208c, a measurement surface 208a, a non-measurement surface 208b, and a separation flow portion 208d. The cross sectional area of the accelerating flow path 208c is reduced, and the flow rate detection unit 205 is arranged. The separation flow portion 208d partitions the second sub-passage 234b into a measurement flow path facing the measurement surface 208a and a non-measurement flow path facing the non-measurement surface 208b.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Uenodan, Satoshi Noda, Naoki Saito, Masamichi Nakamura, Takahiro Miki, Nobuaki Gorai, Takayuki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20220307876Abstract: In the physical quantity detection device, the occurrence of the measurement error is reduced by suppressing the flow bias in the sub-passage and reducing the resistance in the passage. A physical quantity detection device 30 of the present invention includes a measuring portion 310 disposed in a main passage, a sub-passage 330 that takes a gas to be measured from the main passage, a support member 603 that divides a part of the sub-passage into two flow paths of one surface side and the other surface side in a direction intersecting a passage width direction, and a flow rate detection element 602 disposed on one surface of the support member. The sub-passage includes a straight portion 321 in which the support member is disposed and a downstream curved portion 322 that is curved to one side in the passage width direction of the straight portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Masamichi NAKAMURA, Akira UENODAN, Takahiro MIKI, Nobuaki GORAI, Naoki SAITO, Takayuki ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11422016Abstract: Provided is a thermal flow rate meter capable of individually correcting different pulsation errors generated in an upstream side temperature sensor and a downstream side temperature sensor. A thermal flow rate meter 1 which measures a flow rate of a gas based on a temperature difference between an upstream side temperature sensor 12 and a downstream side temperature sensor 13, which are arranged on the upstream side and the downstream side of a heating element 11. The thermal flow rate meter includes: a detection element 10 that individually outputs an output signal of the upstream side temperature sensor 12 and an output signal of the downstream side temperature sensor 13; and compensator 20 that individually performs response compensation of the output signal of the upstream side temperature sensor 12 and the output signal of the downstream side temperature sensor 13.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakano, Akira Uenodan, Akira Kotabe
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Patent number: 11401899Abstract: To obtain a physical quantity detection device capable of reducing an intake amount of air accompanied by foreign matter. A physical quantity detection device (20) of the invention includes a housing arranged in a main passage through which a measurement target gas (2) flows. The housing is provided with a second sub-passage (B) that takes in a part of the measurement target gas (2) flowing in the main passage, a circuit chamber (135) that accommodates a pressure sensor (320) that detects a pressure of the measurement target gas (2), and a pressure introduction passage (170) having one end opened in the middle of the second sub-passage (B) and the other end opened in the circuit chamber (135) and capable of introducing the pressure of the measurement target gas (2) from the second sub-passage (B) into the circuit chamber (135). In the pressure introduction passage (170), an introduction port (171) is arranged at a position offset outward from a side wall surface (152b) of the second sub-passage (B).Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuaki Gorai, Takahiro Miki, Akira Uenodan, Naoki Saito
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Publication number: 20220214198Abstract: An object is to improve measurement accuracy of a flow rate measurement device. A flow rate measurement device including: a first void which is formed of one surface of the support body and one surface of the circuit board; a second void which is formed of a surface opposite to the one surface of the circuit board and the housing; and a third void which is formed of a surface opposite to the one surface of the support body and a cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Akira UENODAN, Nobuaki GARAI, Shigeto HIROHATA, Naoki SAITO, Takahiro MIKI
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Patent number: 11353350Abstract: To obtain a low-pressure-loss physical quantity detection device that can detect a plurality of physical quantities of intake air. A physical quantity detection device of the present invention that detects a plurality of physical quantities of a measured gas flowing in a main passage, the physical quantity detection device includes: a circuit board on which a sensor that detects the plurality of physical quantities and an electronic component that controls the physical quantities are mountable; a circuit board accommodating unit that accommodates the circuit board; and a sub-passage in which a flow sensor is disposed. The circuit board is accommodated in the circuit board accommodating unit on an upstream side of the sub-passage, and disposed in parallel with the measured gas flowing through the main passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Akira Uenodan, Takahiro Miki, Takayuki Yogo, Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah, Tsutomu Kono, Shinobu Tashiro