Patents by Inventor Takao Tsunooka

Takao Tsunooka 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: 20070252431
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure controlling unit for a vehicle includes a metal fluid pressure controlling block, a cover, a circuit board, an electronic component, and an electric conductor. The metal fluid pressure controlling block is electrically connected with a body of the vehicle. The cover is fixed to the fluid pressure controlling block. The circuit board is received inside the cover, wherein an electronic control unit is mounted on the circuit board. The electronic component is assembled to the fluid pressure controlling block. The electric conductor is connected with a grounded portion of the circuit board in the cover, the grounded portion being grounded, wherein the electric conductor electrically connects the fluid pressure controlling block with the grounded portion of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Takao Tsunooka, Yoshitami Saito
  • Patent number: 7158372
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit, a chassis is provided with a plate portion, and a circuit board is secured to a board-side attaching surface of the plate portion with a predetermined space secured relative to the plate portion. The chassis is further provided with a side wall protruding from the circumferential portion of the other surface of the plate portion and is mounted on a surface of a housing incorporating a device therein, with an end surface of the side wall being seated on the surface of the housing. A bus bar is fixed at a fixing portion thereof to the board-side attaching surface between the plate portion and the circuit board and is connected to a terminal of the device which is taken out from the housing. The bus bar is provided at plural free ends thereof with branch portions at which lead portions extend to be joined at end portions thereof to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sanada, Takao Tsunooka, Matsuhisa Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 7110246
    Abstract: An electronic control unit case is disclosed, wherein a coil is provided on the top surface of a block housing control equipment for operating the same. The case protrudes a sidewall from the circumferential part of a plate portion thereof in which a bus bar is embeded and is secured onto the block with the sidewall resting at its end surface on the block while covering the coil. An electronic control unit is attached to the back surface of the plate portion, a through hole is formed in the plate portion in correspondence to the coil, and a terminal of the coil and a terminal portion of the bus bar are joined to each other in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Tsunooka, Matsuhisa Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 7044751
    Abstract: A first electronic control unit (10) provided with a printed circuit board (13) and a second electronic control unit (E) having pressure sensors (30) mounted therein can be assembled with each other. Intermediate connectors (40) are mounted in the first electronic control unit (10), and terminal fittings (42) are accommodated therein. Each terminal fitting (42) is provided with a board-side connecting portion (53) to be soldered to the printed circuit board (13) and a resilient contact piece (51) to be resiliently brought into contact with a terminal portion (32) of the pressure sensor (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignees: Sumito Wiring Systems, Ltd., ADVICS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takanashi, Takao Tsunooka, Yasuhito Sekihara
  • Publication number: 20060017321
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure controller includes a housing, a plurality of hydraulic pressure control valves mounted in the housing, and an electronic control unit for controlling the hydraulic pressure control valves. The electronic control unit includes a casing and a circuit board mounted in the casing so as to oppose the hydraulic pressure control valves. The circuit board carries a control circuit for controlling the hydraulic pressure control valves. The respective hydraulic pressure control valves are connected to the control circuit through bus bars embedded in a partitioning wall provided between the casing and the housing. The bus bars extend substantially along, while being spaced apart from, the surface of the circuit board facing the hydraulic pressure control valves so as to be connected to the control circuit at a plurality points in a limited, concentrated area of the circuit board near the peripheral area of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventor: Takao Tsunooka
  • Publication number: 20060019521
    Abstract: An electronic control unit case is disclosed, wherein a coil is provided on the top surface of a block housing control equipment for operating the same. The case protrudes a sidewall from the circumferential part of a plate portion thereof in which a bus bar is embeded and is secured onto the block with the sidewall resting at its end surface on the block while covering the coil. An electronic control unit is attached to the back surface of the plate portion, a through hole is formed in the plate portion in correspondence to the coil, and a terminal of the coil and a terminal portion of the bus bar are joined to each other in the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Takao Tsunooka, Matsuhisa Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20050032402
    Abstract: A first electronic control unit (10) provided with a printed circuit board (13) and a second electronic control unit (E) having pressure sensors (30) mounted therein can be assembled with each other. Intermediate connectors (40) are mounted in the first electronic control unit (10), and terminal fittings (42) are accommodated therein. Each terminal fitting (42) is provided with a board-side connecting portion (53) to be soldered to the printed circuit board (13) and a resilient contact piece (51) to be resiliently brought into contact with a terminal portion (32) of the pressure sensor (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takanashi, Takao Tsunooka, Yasuhito Sekihara
  • Publication number: 20050018390
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit, a chassis is provided with a plate portion, and a circuit board is secured to a board-side attaching surface of the plate portion with a predetermined space secured relative to the plate portion. The chassis is further provided with a side wall protruding from the circumferential portion of the other surface of the plate portion and is mounted on a surface of a housing incorporating a device therein, with an end surface of the side wall being seated on the surface of the housing. A bus bar is fixed at a fixing portion thereof to the board-side attaching surface between the plate portion and the circuit board and is connected to a terminal of the device which is taken out from the housing. The bus bar is provided at plural free ends thereof with branch portions at which lead portions extend to be joined at end portions thereof to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Satoshi Sanada, Takao Tsunooka, Matsuhisa Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20040032164
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes plural cylindrical coils and a set of a primary yoke and a secondary yoke. The primary yoke is provided at each one side of the plural coils and the secondary yoke is provided at each the other side of the plural coils in axial direction. A case member houses the plural coils, the primary yoke, and the secondary yoke. The primary yoke is connected to the secondary yoke and has lateral portions extending in the axial direction of the plural coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Tsunooka, Hiroyuki Masubuchi, Matsuhisa Tsuruta, Takeshi Ikeyama
  • Publication number: 20040004808
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a board on which electronic parts are provided and a case member accommodating the board and plural cylindrical coils. The plural cylindrical coils have terminals electrically connected to the board by soldering. In the device, an intermediate wall dividing the board from the plural cylindrical coils is formed on the case member, and a stress absorbing means for preventing generation of a solder break on each connection part between the terminals and the board by thermal load is provided between the board and the intermediate wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Tsunooka, Matsuhisa Tsuruta, Hiroyuki Masubuchi, Takeshi Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 5941282
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an electromagnetic valve unit, which includes a housing for defining therein a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a wall member having at least a communication hole, and a plurality of electromagnetic valves each having at least a terminal. At least a part of each electromagnetic valve is mounted in the first chamber. A circuit board for mounting thereon an electronic control element for controlling the electromagnetic valves is mounted in the second chamber. The valve unit further includes a conductive member, one end portion of which is connected with each terminal of the electromagnetic valves, and the other end portion of which is connected with the circuit board through the communication hole of the wall member. And, a seal member such as a resilient grommet is provided for holding the conductive member in the communication hole of the wall member to provide a seal therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Suzuki, Takao Tsunooka, Yoshimichi Hara, Shinichi Shimono