Patents by Inventor Toru Murowaki
Toru Murowaki 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: 9305732Abstract: A main body of an electronic part is supported by terminals at a position above and separated from a board surface of a printed board. Each of the terminals is composed of a supporting member made of electrically insulating material and a wiring member. Each of the wiring member has an electrode-connected portion electrically connected to an electrode formed on the main body and a land-connected portion electrically connected to a land formed in the printed board. One of the wiring members is composed of a fuse wiring member having a cut-off portion, which is melted down when excess current flows. The wiring member is outwardly expanded in a direction opposite to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Murowaki, Toru Itabashi, Yuki Mikami, Ryoichi Shiraishi, Shigeki Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20140240081Abstract: A main body of an electronic part is supported by terminals at a position above and separated from a board surface of a printed board. Each of the terminals is composed of a supporting member made of electrically insulating material and a wiring member. Each of the wiring member has an electrode-connected portion electrically connected to an electrode formed on the main body and a land-connected portion electrically connected to a land formed in the printed board. One of the wiring members is composed of a fuse wiring member having a cut-off portion, which is melted down when excess current flows. The wiring member is outwardly expanded in a direction opposite to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Toru MUROWAKI, Toru ITABASHI, Yuki MIKAMI, Ryoichi SHIRAISHI, Shigeki NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 6927337Abstract: A box-shaped electronic control unit for use in an automotive vehicle includes a pair of side stays for mounting the electronic control unit on a vehicle. The side stay integrally formed with a bottom cover is bent upward to form a bent portion. When electronic control units are carried by a conveyer, they are placed on a conveyer belt so that the bent portions face one another, thereby to avoid overlapping of the electronic control units on the conveyer belt. To form the side stay having a sufficient mechanical strength endurable against a high vibrating force of the vehicle, a pair of ribs extending from both sides of the bottom cover are formed on the side stays.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Hajime Katsuro, Yukihiro Kato, Toshio Fujimura, Toru Murowaki, Yutaka Obikane
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Publication number: 20040079543Abstract: A box-shaped electronic control unit for use in an automotive vehicle includes a pair of side stays for mounting the electronic control unit on a vehicle. The side stay integrally formed with a bottom cover is bent upward to form a bent portion. When electronic control units are carried by a conveyer, they are placed on a conveyer belt so that the bent portions face one another, thereby to avoid overlapping of the electronic control units on the conveyer belt. To form the side stay having a sufficient mechanical strength endurable against a high vibrating force of the vehicle, a pair of ribs extending from both sides of the bottom cover are formed on the side stays.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Hajime Katsuro, Yukihiro Kato, Toshio Fujimura, Toru Murowaki, Yutaka Obikane
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Patent number: 6717051Abstract: A box-shaped electronic control unit for use in an automotive vehicle includes a pair of side stays for mounting the electronic control unit on a vehicle. The side stay integrally formed with a bottom cover is bent upward to form a bent portion. When electronic control units are carried by a conveyer, they are placed on a conveyer belt so that the bent portions face one another, thereby to avoid overlapping of the electronic control units on the conveyer belt. To form the side stay having a sufficient mechanical strength endurable against a high vibrating force of the vehicle, a pair of ribs extending from both sides of the bottom cover are formed on the side stays.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Hajime Katsuro, Yukihiro Kato, Toshio Fujimura, Toru Murowaki, Yutaka Obikane
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Patent number: 6628523Abstract: A casing for an electronic control unit is composed of an upper case having a bottom opening and a bottom plate closing the bottom opening. The upper case is so formed that plural upper cases are easily stacked up and picked up one by one by an automated vacuum sucker. The sidewalls of the upper case facing each other are slanted, and a fringe portion is formed at a bottom end of each slanted sidewall. A U-shaped portion or a protrusion is formed on the fringe portion to prevent the upper case from sticking to another upper case when plural upper cases are vertically stacked up.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Hajime Katsuro, Mitsuo Takahashi, Toru Murowaki, Toshio Fujimura, Akinobu Makino
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Publication number: 20020186551Abstract: In an electronic control unit for controlling operation of various devices, a circuit board carrying electronic components thereon and a connector for connecting the control unit to outside devices are electrically connected through a flexible printed-circuit sheet. A casing of the control unit is designed to contain therein a circuit board selected from variously sized circuit boards. The circuit board may be functionally divided into a certain number of circuit boards. Some varieties of each functionally divided circuit board are prepared, and circuit boards meeting a particular requirement are selected from the varieties and used in a control unit. Thus, the electronic control units meeting various requirements are efficiently and economically manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Fujio Sahara, Kazuya Sanada, Taku Iida, Minoru Hozuka
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Patent number: 6466447Abstract: In an electronic control unit for controlling operation of various devices, a circuit board carrying electronic components thereon and a connector for connecting the control unit to outside devices are electrically connected through a flexible printed-circuit sheet. A casing of the control unit is designed to contain therein a circuit board selected from variously sized circuit boards. The circuit board may be functionally divided into a certain number of circuit boards. Some varieties of each functionally divided circuit board are prepared, and circuit boards meeting a particular requirement are selected from the varieties and used in a control unit. Thus, the electronic control units meeting various requirements are efficiently and economically manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Fujio Sahara, Kazuya Sanada, Taku Iida, Minoru Hozuka
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Publication number: 20020112869Abstract: A box-shaped electronic control unit for use in an automotive vehicle includes a pair of side stays for mounting the electronic control unit on a vehicle. The side stay integrally formed with a bottom cover is bent upward to form a bent portion. When electronic control units are carried by a conveyer, they are placed on a conveyer belt so that the bent portions face one another, thereby to avoid overlapping of the electronic control units on the conveyer belt. To form the side stay having a sufficient mechanical strength endurable against a high vibrating force of the vehicle, a pair of ribs extending from both sides of the bottom cover are formed on the side stays.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2002Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Hajime Katsuro, Yukihiro Kato, Toshio Fujimura, Toru Murowaki, Yutaka Obikane
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Publication number: 20020105787Abstract: A casing for an electronic control unit is composed of an upper case having a bottom opening and a bottom plate closing the bottom opening. The upper case is so formed that plural upper cases are easily stacked up and picked up one by one by an automated vacuum sucker. The sidewalls of the upper case facing each other are slanted, and a fringe portion is formed at a bottom end of each slanted sidewall. A U-shaped portion or a protrusion is formed on the fringe portion to prevent the upper case from sticking to another upper case when plural upper cases are vertically stacked up.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Hajime Katsuro, Mitsuo Takahashi, Toru Murowaki, Toshio Fujimura, Akinobu Makino
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Patent number: 6341066Abstract: In an electronic control unit, a drive element liable to generate heat and a control processing element liable to be affected by heat are respectively mounted on a drive circuit board and a control circuit board different from each other, and the two boards are connected to each other by a flexible printed circuit board. The bonding portion of the flexible printed circuit board to the control circuit board is a back side portion of a connector mounted on the control circuit board at the same side as the control processing element. Therefore, heat generated by the drive element is suppressed from being transferred to the control processing element without causing layout hindrances.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: January 22, 2002Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Yoshitaka Nakano, Taku Iida
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Publication number: 20010017766Abstract: In an electronic control unit for controlling operation of various devices, a circuit board carrying electronic components thereon and a connector for connecting the control unit to outside devices are electrically connected through a flexible printed-circuit sheet. A casing of the control unit is designed to contain therein a circuit board selected from variously sized circuit boards. The circuit board may be functionally divided into a certain number of circuit boards. Some varieties of each functionally divided circuit board are prepared, and circuit boards meeting a particular requirement are selected from the varieties and used in a control unit. Thus, the electronic control units meeting various requirements are efficiently and economically manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2001Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Fujio Sahara, Kazuya Sanada, Taku Iida, Minoru Hozuka
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Patent number: 6280205Abstract: A connector body has leg portions and lead terminals protruding therefrom. The lead terminals are fixed to a flexible member to be electrically connected to conductive paths on the flexible member. The flexible member has a free end portion, and the free end portion is soldered to the printed circuit board so that the conductive paths thereon are electrically connected to a wiring pattern on the printed circuit board. The free end portion has through holes and the leg portions of the connector body are inserted into the through holes. Accordingly, the positioning of the flexible member is performed readily and accurately, and reliability of soldered portion is improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toru Murowaki, Toshiaki Yagura, Minoru Hozuka