Patents by Inventor Ryuji Toyama

Ryuji Toyama 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: 6729183
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive flow rate detecting in which no response lag occurs even if the flow rate change frequency is high, and no error in detection flow rate is produced even if the power source change would occur, a thermosensitive flow rate detecting device is provided which includes: a heat generating resistor provided in fluid to be measured for generating heat by electric power consumed in accordance with a flow rate of the fluid to be measured; a first temperature detecting resistor for detecting a temperature of the fluid to be measured which changes according to the flow rate; and a second temperature detecting resistor for detecting the temperature of said heat generating resistor, further including a bridge circuit provided with the first temperature detecting resistor and the second temperature detecting resistor, the heating current of the heat generating resistor being controlled such that a temperature difference between the first temperature detecting resistor and the second temperature
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Tanimoto, Shinji Taniguchi, Ryuji Toyama
  • Patent number: 6539793
    Abstract: The invention provides a flow rate detector capable of precisely detecting a flow rate of an object fluid and effectively reducing a leaning error even when the object fluid is pulsating, thereby improving precision in detection of flow rate. The flow rate detector comprises a flow detector 50 for outputting a flow-detecting signal Sf according to a flow rate of the object fluid utilizing heat transfer phenomenon from an exothermic resistor 12 disposed in a fluid passage to the object fluid, and a gain compensator 60 for compensating an error in a flow-detecting signal Sf by amplifying the flow-detecting signal Sf from the flow detector 50, wherein the gain compensator 60 is arranged to amplify the flow-detecting signal Sf by a substantially constant alternating current gain G3 larger than a direct current gain G1 at the time of zero frequency, in a frequency range higher than a frequency f2A corresponding to the minimum pulsating frequency of the object fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Tanimoto, Shinji Taniguchi, Tomoya Yamakawa, Ryuji Toyama
  • Publication number: 20020178807
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive flow rate detecting in which no response lag occurs even if the flow rate change frequency is high, and no error in detection flow rate is produced even if the power source change would occur, a thermosensitive flow rate detecting device is provided which includes: a heat generating resistor provided in fluid to be measured for generating heat by electric power consumed in accordance with a flow rate of the fluid to be measured; a first temperature detecting resistor for detecting a temperature of the fluid to be measured which changes according to the flow rate; and a second temperature detecting resistor for detecting the temperature of said heat generating resistor, further including a bridge circuit provided with the first temperature detecting resistor and the second temperature detecting resistor, the heating current of the heat generating resistor being controlled such that a temperature difference between the first temperature detecting resistor and the second temperature
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Tanimoto, Shinji Taniguchi, Ryuji Toyama
  • Publication number: 20020170352
    Abstract: The invention provides a flow rate detector capable of precisely detecting a flow rate of an object fluid and effectively reducing a leaning error even when the object fluid is pulsating, thereby improving precision in detection of flow rate. The flow rate detector comprises a flow detector 50 for outputting a flow-detecting signal Sf according to a flow rate of the object fluid utilizing heat transfer phenomenon from an exothermic resistor 12 disposed in a fluid passage to the object fluid, and a gain compensator 60 for compensating an error in a flow-detecting signal Sf by amplifying the flow-detecting signal Sf from the flow detector 50, wherein the gain compensator 60 is arranged to amplify the flow-detecting signal Sf by a substantially constant alternating current gain G3 larger than a direct current gain G1 at the time of zero frequency, in a frequency range higher than a frequency f2A corresponding to the minimum pulsating frequency of the object fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Tanimoto, Shinji Taniguchi, Tomoya Yamakawa, Ryuji Toyama