Patents by Inventor Hajime Danjo

Hajime Danjo 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: 10801451
    Abstract: A housing has an inner passage to communicate with both a fuel passage, which is to conduct fuel from a fuel pump, and a return passage, which is to return fuel a fuel tank. A valve body is movable in the housing to change a minimum flow passage cross-sectional area of the inner passage. A spring is connected to the valve body and changes its biasing load in correspondence with a fuel temperature to move the valve body. The spring moves the valve body such that the minimum flow passage cross-sectional area, when the fuel temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined vapor generation temperature, is larger than the minimum flow passage cross-sectional area when the fuel temperature is lower than the vapor generation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takemasa Fujiseki, Tetsuro Okazono, Shinji Noda, Norihiro Hayashi, Hajime Danjo, Shinichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20200095963
    Abstract: A housing has an inner passage to communicate with both a fuel passage, which is to conduct fuel from a fuel pump, and a return passage, which is to return fuel a fuel tank. A valve body is movable in the housing to change a minimum flow passage cross-sectional area of the inner passage. A spring is connected to the valve body and changes its biasing load in correspondence with a fuel temperature to move the valve body. The spring moves the valve body such that the minimum flow passage cross-sectional area, when the fuel temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined vapor generation temperature, is larger than the minimum flow passage cross-sectional area when the fuel temperature is lower than the vapor generation temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takemasa FUJISEKI, Tetsuro OKAZONO, Shinji NODA, Norihiro HAYASHI, Hajime DANJO, Shinichi MORITA
  • Patent number: 8936008
    Abstract: A fuel pump module for a vehicle includes a reservoir having a longitudinal axis. An aperture is arranged within a bottom surface of the reservoir. The aperture has a plurality of vanes extending towards a central ring. An umbrella valve having an elongated stem is movably secured within the central ring of the aperture. The elongated stem is movable between a first position completely overlaying the aperture to a second position at a distance from the aperture. A suction filter is located within the reservoir at the bottom surface thereof. The suction filter has an undersurface sized for receipt of the umbrella valve in both the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Powell, Hajime Danjo
  • Publication number: 20120247429
    Abstract: A fuel pump module for a vehicle includes a reservoir having a longitudinal axis. An aperture is arranged within a bottom surface of the reservoir. The aperture has a plurality of vanes extending towards a central ring. An umbrella valve having an elongated stem is movably secured within the central ring of the aperture. The elongated stem is movable between a first position completely overlaying the aperture to a second position at a distance from the aperture. A suction filter is located within the reservoir at the bottom surface thereof. The suction filter has an undersurface sized for receipt of the umbrella valve in both the first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Powell, Hajime Danjo
  • Patent number: 7757671
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus includes a sub-tank that is received in the fuel tank and a fuel pump that is received in the sub-tank and pumps fuel in the sub-tank toward the outside of the fuel tank. The sub-tank has a bottom wall that has a first passageway extending in the axial direction of the sub-tank, to which a suction jet pump unit to suction fuel in the fuel tank into the sub-tank can be selectively mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Danjo, Masashi Otsuka, Akihide Hashi, Kouji Maruyama, Masaaki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20090013970
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus includes a sub-tank that is received in the fuel tank and a fuel pump that is received in the sub-tank and pumps fuel in the sub-tank toward the outside of the fuel tank. The sub-tank has a bottom wall that has a first passageway extending in the axial direction of the sub-tank, to which a suction jet pump unit to suction fuel in the fuel tank into the sub-tank can be selectively mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Danjo, Masashi Otsuka, Akihide Hashi, Kouji Maruyama, Masaaki Konishi