Patents by Inventor Masaya Murata
Masaya Murata 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: 10393053Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve, a heater, and a controller. The fuel injection valve is configured to supply fuel to the internal combustion engine. The heater is configured to heat the fuel in the fuel injection valve. The controller is configured to: control the fuel injection valve to stop supplying the fuel to the internal combustion engine, control the heater to execute or stop heating the fuel in the fuel injection valve, and control the fuel injection valve to prohibit the stop of supplying the fuel during execution of the heating by the heater.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Uchiyama, Hiromitsu Seo, Tomohiko Satomi, Takuya Takei, Masaya Murata
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Patent number: 10193535Abstract: Provided are an oscillation circuit, a booster circuit, and a semiconductor device capable of reducing power consumption when a power supply voltage is high. In a ring oscillator circuit which is the oscillation circuit, a PMOS transistor in each of inverter circuits has a substrate connected to a first power supply voltage, and a source connected to a drain of a PMOS transistor, which is a first constant current element configured to control a supply current to the inverter circuit, and the PMOS transistor, which is the first constant current element, has a source connected to a second power supply voltage VREG, which serves as a constant voltage when the first power supply voltage is at a predetermined voltage or higher.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: ABLIC INC.Inventor: Masaya Murata
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Patent number: 10001068Abstract: A control apparatus is applied to an internal combustion engine in which fuel used for operation is changed between liquid fuel containing alcohol and gas fuel. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to prohibit use of the gas fuel when a ratio of dilution of lubricating oil by the liquid fuel in a lubricating oil storage portion of the internal combustion engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined value or when an amount of the liquid fuel mixed in the lubricating oil in the lubricating oil storage portion is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya Murata
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Publication number: 20170272060Abstract: Provided are an oscillation circuit, a booster circuit, and a semiconductor device capable of reducing power consumption when a power supply voltage is high. In a ring oscillator circuit which is the oscillation circuit, a PMOS transistor in each of inverter circuits has a substrate connected to a first power supply voltage, and a source connected to a drain of a PMOS transistor, which is a first constant current element configured to control a supply current to the inverter circuit, and the PMOS transistor, which is the first constant current element, has a source connected to a second power supply voltage VREG, which serves as a constant voltage when the first power supply voltage is at a predetermined voltage or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Masaya MURATA
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Patent number: 9725938Abstract: A luggage door hinge includes: a front side attachment section configured to be rotatably supported by a vehicle body; a rear side attachment section that extends along a vehicle body front-rear direction in a closed state of a luggage door that opens and closes a luggage room, and is configured to be fixed to the luggage door; a curved section that curves in a substantially circular arc shape between the front side attachment section and the rear side attachment section, toward a vehicle body lower side in the closed state of the luggage door; and a coupling member that couples together an intermediate portion of the curved section and the rear side attachment section.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya Murata
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Patent number: 9722538Abstract: Provided are a constant voltage circuit configured to, when a power supply voltage is low, detect a leakage current to output a stable voltage at a power supply voltage level, and a crystal oscillation circuit using the constant voltage circuit. The constant voltage circuit includes a leakage current detection circuit including a PMOS transistor for monitoring a leakage current, which has a gate and a source being grounded. When a leakage current is detected, even with a constant voltage power supply, a voltage sufficient for turning on an output transistor of the constant voltage circuit can be applied to a gate of the output transistor.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Murata, Makoto Mitani, Kotaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170089272Abstract: A control apparatus is applied to an internal combustion engine in which fuel used for operation is changed between liquid fuel containing alcohol and gas fuel. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to prohibit use of the gas fuel when a ratio of dilution of lubricating oil by the liquid fuel in a lubricating oil storage portion of the internal combustion engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined value or when an amount of the liquid fuel mixed in the lubricating oil in the lubricating oil storage portion is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya MURATA
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Publication number: 20160348412Abstract: A luggage door hinge includes: a front side attachment section configured to be rotatably supported by a vehicle body; a rear side attachment section that extends along a vehicle body front-rear direction in a closed state of a luggage door that opens and closes a luggage room, and is configured to be fixed to the luggage door; a curved section that curves in a substantially circular arc shape between the front side attachment section and the rear side attachment section, toward a vehicle body lower side in the closed state of the luggage door; and a coupling member that couples together an intermediate portion of the curved section and the rear side attachment section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya MURATA
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Publication number: 20160233831Abstract: Provided are a constant voltage circuit configured to, when a power supply voltage is low, detect a leakage current to output a stable voltage at a power supply voltage level, and a crystal oscillation circuit using the constant voltage circuit. The constant voltage circuit includes a leakage current detection circuit including a PMOS transistor for monitoring a leakage current, which has a gate and a source being grounded. When a leakage current is detected, even with a constant voltage power supply, a voltage sufficient for turning on an output transistor of the constant voltage circuit can be applied to a gate of the output transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Masaya MURATA, Makoto MITANI, Kotaro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160115894Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve, a heater, and a controller. The fuel injection valve is configured to supply fuel to the internal combustion engine. The heater is configured to heat the fuel in the fuel injection valve. The controller is configured to: control the fuel injection valve to stop supplying the fuel to the internal combustion engine, control the heater to execute or stop heating the fuel in the fuel injection valve, and control the fuel injection valve to prohibit the stop of supplying the fuel during execution of the heating by the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki UCHIYAMA, Hiromitsu SEO, Tomohiko SATOMI, Takuya TAKEI, Masaya MURATA
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Patent number: 9261066Abstract: An ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine includes a retarding portion and a prohibiting portion. The retarding portion retards ignition timing according to a parameter that correlates with temperature inside a combustion chamber. The prohibiting portion prohibits the retarding portion from retarding the ignition timing when alcohol concentration in blended fuel is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The internal combustion engine uses the blended fuel in which an alcohol fuel and a gasoline fuel are blended at arbitrary proportion.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaya Murata
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Patent number: 9054683Abstract: A boosting circuit is provided which performs an appropriate boosting operation in accordance with load capacitance. In the boosting circuit, a slope control circuit is provided between a limiter circuit, which limits a high voltage obtained by a charge pump circuit to a desired boosted voltage VPP, and a discharge circuit, which makes the boosted voltage VPP drop quickly to a power supply voltage VCC after the completion of writing, to enable a boosting operation in an appropriate boosted-voltage reach time, by increasing the time taken to reach the boosted voltage VPP in the case where the load capacitance is low, while keeping the time taken to reach the boosted voltage VPP unchanged, irrespective of the presence/absence of the slope control circuit, in the case where the load capacitance is high as in the case of selecting the memory cells collectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Masaya Murata, Tomohiro Oka
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Patent number: 8766737Abstract: A constant voltage circuit which can realize a low consumption current, and a crystal oscillation circuit using the constant voltage circuit. The constant voltage circuit is provided with a temperature characteristic regulation element, in order to minimize a difference between a negative slope of a voltage response of a constant voltage to a temperature change and a negative slope of a voltage response of the smallest operation voltage that can oscillate in the crystal oscillation circuit to the temperature change, so that the consumption current of the crystal oscillation circuit is decreased. When the constant current generated by the constant voltage circuit is decreased, the consumption current of the constant voltage circuit is decreased, and the consumption current of the whole oscillation device is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Masaya Murata, Kotaro Watanabe, Makoto Mitani
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Patent number: 8657367Abstract: A vehicle lower structure is equipped with a brace. The brace is configured to include an extension portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and link portions that are provided at both ends of the extension portion respectively and have a generally V shape in a bottom view in such a manner as to be convex forward or rearward with respect to a vehicle body. The vehicle lower structure also has a body portion that is fastened to mounting portions, which are provided on both sides of a lower portion of a vehicle respectively, by the link portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaya Murata
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Publication number: 20130234768Abstract: A boosting circuit is provided which performs an appropriate boosting operation in accordance with load capacitance. In the boosting circuit, a slope control circuit is provided between a limiter circuit, which limits a high voltage obtained by a charge pump circuit to a desired boosted voltage VPP, and a discharge circuit, which makes the boosted voltage VPP drop quickly to a power supply voltage VCC after the completion of writing, to enable a boosting operation in an appropriate boosted-voltage reach time, by increasing the time taken to reach the boosted voltage VPP in the case where the load capacitance is low, while keeping the time taken to reach the boosted voltage VPP unchanged, irrespective of the presence/absence of the slope control circuit, in the case where the load capacitance is high as in the case of selecting the memory cells collectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Masaya MURATA, Tomohiro OKA
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Publication number: 20130082791Abstract: There are disclosed a constant voltage circuit which can realize a low consumption current, and a crystal oscillation circuit using the constant voltage circuit. When the constant voltage circuit is provided with a temperature characteristic regulation element, it is possible to minimize a difference between a negative tilt of a constant voltage to a temperature change and a negative tilt of the smallest operation voltage that can oscillate in the crystal oscillation circuit to the temperature change, so that the consumption current of the crystal oscillation circuit can be decreased. Furthermore, when a constant current generated by the constant voltage circuit is decreased, the consumption current of the constant voltage circuit can be decreased, and the consumption current of the whole oscillation device can be decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Masaya MURATA, Kotaro WATANABE, Makoto MITANI
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Publication number: 20120298073Abstract: An ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine includes a retarding portion and a prohibiting portion. The retarding portion retards ignition timing according to a parameter that correlates with temperature inside a combustion chamber. The prohibiting portion prohibits the retarding portion from retarding the ignition timing when alcohol concentration in blended fuel is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The internal combustion engine uses the blended fuel in which an alcohol fuel and a gasoline fuel are blended at arbitrary proportion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya Murata
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Publication number: 20120267918Abstract: A vehicle lower structure is equipped with a brace. The brace is configured to include an extension portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and link portions that are provided at both ends of the extension portion respectively and have a generally V shape in a bottom view in such a manner as to be convex forward or rearward with respect to a vehicle body. The vehicle lower structure also has a body portion that is fastened to mounting portions, which are provided on both sides of a lower portion of a vehicle respectively, by the link portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya Murata
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Patent number: 7137130Abstract: A laser light source (61) and a heat-radiating plate (71) are provided on a pickup base (51). The laser light source (61) irradiates a laser beam to an optical disk (41). The heat-radiating plate (71) has at least one part exposed outside the pickup base (51), having a predetermined distance between the heat-radiating plate (71) and the pickup base (51), and radiates heat generated by the laser light source (61). The plate (71) can radiate heat also from a surface opposing the pickup base (51) and can therefore have a high heat-radiating efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Masaya Murata, Yuichi Mizuuchi, Masayuki Koyama, Takehiko Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Iwano
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Patent number: 7124420Abstract: A communication hole (55) is provided in a pickup base (51). A laser light source (61) is provided at an end of the communication hole (55). A grating (71) is provided at another end of the communication hole (55). The communication hole (55) is provided with a heat radiation path (81) which connects the inside of the communication hole (55) with the outside of the pickup base (51). Heat generated from the laser light source (61) is radiated from the heat radiation path (81).Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Masaya Murata, Yuichi Mizuuchi, Masayuki Koyama, Takehiko Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Iwano