Patents by Inventor Fujio Sahara

Fujio Sahara 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).

  • Publication number: 20020186551
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit for controlling operation of various devices, a circuit board carrying electronic components thereon and a connector for connecting the control unit to outside devices are electrically connected through a flexible printed-circuit sheet. A casing of the control unit is designed to contain therein a circuit board selected from variously sized circuit boards. The circuit board may be functionally divided into a certain number of circuit boards. Some varieties of each functionally divided circuit board are prepared, and circuit boards meeting a particular requirement are selected from the varieties and used in a control unit. Thus, the electronic control units meeting various requirements are efficiently and economically manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Fujio Sahara, Kazuya Sanada, Taku Iida, Minoru Hozuka
  • Patent number: 6466447
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit for controlling operation of various devices, a circuit board carrying electronic components thereon and a connector for connecting the control unit to outside devices are electrically connected through a flexible printed-circuit sheet. A casing of the control unit is designed to contain therein a circuit board selected from variously sized circuit boards. The circuit board may be functionally divided into a certain number of circuit boards. Some varieties of each functionally divided circuit board are prepared, and circuit boards meeting a particular requirement are selected from the varieties and used in a control unit. Thus, the electronic control units meeting various requirements are efficiently and economically manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Fujio Sahara, Kazuya Sanada, Taku Iida, Minoru Hozuka
  • Publication number: 20010017766
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit for controlling operation of various devices, a circuit board carrying electronic components thereon and a connector for connecting the control unit to outside devices are electrically connected through a flexible printed-circuit sheet. A casing of the control unit is designed to contain therein a circuit board selected from variously sized circuit boards. The circuit board may be functionally divided into a certain number of circuit boards. Some varieties of each functionally divided circuit board are prepared, and circuit boards meeting a particular requirement are selected from the varieties and used in a control unit. Thus, the electronic control units meeting various requirements are efficiently and economically manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Fujio Sahara, Kazuya Sanada, Taku Iida, Minoru Hozuka
  • Patent number: 6275385
    Abstract: Ribs are unitarily formed on an outer wall surface of a casing to compensate for an inclination of an inner wall surface corresponding to a draw angle provided for molding the inner wall surface. The direction of pins of a casing connector which connects an electronic control circuit of a printed circuit board accommodated within the casing to external wiring coincides with the direction of insertion of a checker connector. Alternatively, a protrusion or recess may be formed on a jig device on which the casing is placed for connection to an operation checking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Fujio Sahara, Toshio Fujimura, Manabu Shigemura