Patents by Inventor Masaru Hiraiwa

Masaru Hiraiwa 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6715471
    Abstract: An electric fuel pump comprising a pump casing assembly having a fuel inlet port and an outlet port and a rotary member driven by an electric motor disposed within the pump casing assembly for pumping fuel from the outlet port. A fuel discharge port supplies the fuel from the outlet port to an engine, and a pressure regulator is disposed for regulating the pressure of the fuel to be discharged from the fuel discharge port. The pressure regulator regulates the pressure of the fuel from the outlet port by returning the fuel to the vicinity of the inlet port when the pressure of the fuel from the outlet port is equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Hiraiwa, Shigeki Kanamaru, Michihiro Hayashi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6431147
    Abstract: Mounted on the upper surface of the cover portion (3) of a fuel supplying apparatus (10) to be mounted to an opening portion (2a) of a fuel tank (2) is a fuel pressure regulator (20), which contains a fuel pressure detector portion (21) constituted by a diaphragm portion (21a) detecting a pressure of the fuel discharged from a fuel pump (4) and a current control portion (22) for analogue-controlling the current flowing through the fuel pump (4) by a signal from the fuel pressure detector portion (21), whereby the fuel pump (4) is set to pump an amount of the fuel corresponding to that required by the injector mounted to the engine, so that the current consumption of the fuel pump (4) is reduced and the operating noise is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Hiraiwa, Shigeki Kanamaru
  • Publication number: 20020085930
    Abstract: An electric fuel pump comprising a pump casing assembly having a fuel inlet port and an outlet port and a rotary member driven by an electric motor disposed within the pump casing assembly for pumping fuel from the outlet port. A fuel discharge port supplies the fuel from the outlet port to an engine, and a pressure regulator is disposed for regulating the pressure of the fuel to be discharged from the fuel discharge port. The pressure regulator regulates the pressure of the fuel from the outlet port by returning the fuel to the vicinity of the inlet port when the pressure of the fuel from the outlet port is equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru Hiraiwa, Shigeki Kanamaru, Michihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6260540
    Abstract: A fuel supply system is provided with a static discharge circuit (30) placed on the surface of a cover (3) fitted in the opening (2a) of a fuel tank (2) and used to discharge the static electricity generated because of the intense friction between fuel and the filter element (5a) of a fuel filter (5) when the fuel passes through the filter element (5a). The static discharge circuit (30) is fitted with output terminals (38c) so arranged as to externally output an operation confirming signal for an operation confirming display lamp (37) by making use of a pulse signal at the time of charging-discharging. Therefore, the static electricity can surely be discharged and a decrease in the amount of fuel supply to and engine can also be recognized beforehand by detecting the fact that the filter element (5a) is clogged with foreign matter and/or the malfunctioning of a fuel pump (4) occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Hiraiwa, Hisashi Kuwada