Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Muramatsu
Toshihiko Muramatsu 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: 11365708Abstract: A fuel supply device, which is mounted on a fuel tank, includes a lid member that covers an opening of the fuel tank, arm members mounted on the lid member, and a component mounted on the lid member via the arm members. The arm members and the component have an engaging structure which engages each other by elastic deformation of the arm members. The arm members are made of a resin material having a higher elastic modulus than the resin material forming the lid member.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Muramatsu, Yuuji Hirata, Yuto Sato, Keiji Suzuki
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Patent number: 11111891Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a flange, a pump unit, a supporting pillar, and a boss. The flange is attached to an opening portion of a fuel tank. The supporting pillar supports a sub tank such that the sub tank is positioned closer to and away from the flange. The boss is fixed at the flange and an end of the supporting pillar is inserted into the boss. The boss is made of a material different from that of the flange. The boss includes a stress concentration portion that is preferentially broken when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to an end portion of the supporting pillar in an axis perpendicular direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuto Sato, Yuuji Hirata, Tsuyoshi Arai, Yukimasa Fukaya, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20210190021Abstract: A fuel supply device, which is mounted on a fuel tank, includes a lid member that covers an opening of the fuel tank, arm members mounted on the lid member, and a component mounted on the lid member via the arm members. The arm members and the component have an engaging structure which engages each other by elastic deformation of the arm members. The arm members are made of a resin material having a higher elastic modulus than the resin material forming the lid member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Toshihiko MURAMATSU, Yuuji HIRATA, Yuto SATO, Keiji SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200355149Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a flange, a pump unit, a supporting pillar, and a boss. The flange is attached to an opening portion of a fuel tank. The supporting pillar supports a sub tank such that the sub tank is positioned closer to and away from the flange. The boss is fixed at the flange and an end of the supporting pillar is inserted into the boss. The boss is made of a material different from that of the flange. The boss includes a stress concentration portion that is preferentially broken when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to an end portion of the supporting pillar in an axis perpendicular direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Yuto SATO, Yuuji HIRATA, Tsuyoshi ARAI, Yukimasa FUKAYA, Toshihiko MURAMATSU
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Patent number: 10623850Abstract: A speaker system includes: a speaker unit; a phase-inversion enclosure in which the speaker unit is installed; a bass reflex port that is installed in the phase-inversion enclosure, the bass reflex port having a tubular shape and having an opening, the bass reflex port extending in a first axial direction which is a direction from the opening towards an inside of the bass reflex port, at least a portion of a cross-section of the bass reflex port perpendicular to the first axial direction becoming gradually smaller as going in the first axial direction, and a length of the cross-section in a second axial direction parallel to the cross-section being constant along the first axial direction; and a first flow-regulating plate that is provided near the opening, the first flow-regulating plate having a shape adapted to a flow rate of airflow discharged from the opening or drawn into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Patent number: 10393078Abstract: A tank lid includes: a lid main body that covers an opening portion of a fuel tank; a metal terminal that is for electrical driving and penetrates through the lid main body between an inside and an outside of the fuel tank; a connector that includes an outer tubular portion, which projects from a lid front surface to the outside of the fuel tank, while a bottomed tubular inner surface of the outer tubular portion surrounds the metal terminal; and a resin coating film that is acid resistant and is dielectric. The resin coating film is formed by dry coating through chemical vapor deposition on: an outer exposed surface of the outer tubular portion, which includes the bottomed tubular inner surface of the outer tubular portion as a surface exposed to the outside of the fuel tank; and the lid front surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshishige Takayama, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Patent number: 9926897Abstract: A fuel pump module includes a suction filter, a fuel pump portion having an end part opposing the suction filter, and a holding member allowing the fuel pump portion to rotate around a central axis of the fuel pump portion and restricting the fuel pump portion from moving in an axis direction. A convex part protruding toward the suction filter is defined at the end part of the fuel pump portion. The holding member is positioned between the fuel pump portion and the suction filter and has a concave part, in which the convex part is inserted, such that a clearance is defined between the convex part and the concave part in a radial direction. The convex part has a tip end capable to be in contact with the concave part in the axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masaharu Ohashi, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20180063633Abstract: A speaker system includes: a speaker unit; a phase-inversion enclosure in which the speaker unit is installed; a bass reflex port that is installed in the phase-inversion enclosure, the bass reflex port having a tubular shape and having an opening, the bass reflex port extending in a first axial direction which is a direction from the opening towards an inside of the bass reflex port, at least a portion of a cross-section of the bass reflex port perpendicular to the first axial direction becoming gradually smaller as going in the first axial direction, and a length of the cross-section in a second axial direction parallel to the cross-section being constant along the first axial direction; and a first flow-regulating plate that is provided near the opening, the first flow-regulating plate having a shape adapted to a flow rate of airflow discharged from the opening or drawn into the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Toshihiko MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20180038327Abstract: A tank lid includes: a lid main body that covers an opening portion of a fuel tank; a metal terminal that is for electrical driving and penetrates through the lid main body between an inside and an outside of the fuel tank; a connector that includes an outer tubular portion, which projects from a lid front surface to the outside of the fuel tank, while a bottomed tubular inner surface of the outer tubular portion surrounds the metal terminal; and a resin coating film that is acid resistant and is dielectric. The resin coating film is formed by dry coating through chemical vapor deposition on: an outer exposed surface of the outer tubular portion, which includes the bottomed tubular inner surface of the outer tubular portion as a surface exposed to the outside of the fuel tank; and the lid front surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Yoshishige TAKAYAMA, Toshihiko MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20170241385Abstract: A fuel supply device is provided with a tank lid closing a through-hole in a tank wall of a fuel tank and sends fuel in the fuel tank to an outside of the fuel tank when fixed to the fuel tank by interposing the tank lid between the tank wall and a fixing member. The tank lid has a lid-side contact surface portion which is in an exposed outer surface exposed outside the fuel tank and is in contact with a fixed-side contact surface portion of the fixing member screwed into the tank wall along an outer circumferential portion of the tank lid. The lid-side contact surface portion is provided with an acid-resistant coating film set with surface free energy different from surface free energy set to the fixed-side contact surface portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshishige TAKAYAMA, Toshihiko MURAMATSU, Shin NISHIYA
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Publication number: 20140227082Abstract: A fuel pump module includes a suction filter, a fuel pump portion having an end part opposing the suction filter, and a holding member allowing the fuel pump portion to rotate around a central axis of the fuel pump portion and restricting the fuel pump portion from moving in an axis direction. A convex part protruding toward the suction filter is defined at the end part of the fuel pump portion. The holding member is positioned between the fuel pump portion and the suction filter and has a concave part, in which the convex part is inserted, such that a clearance is defined between the convex part and the concave part in a radial direction. The convex part has a tip end capable to be in contact with the concave part in the axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masaharu OHASHI, Toshihiko MURAMATSU
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Patent number: 8302582Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a relief valve, a pressure regulator, and a controller. The controller controls a first pump to send fuel into an engine through a first passage, and controls a second pump to send fuel into a second passage to communicate with the first passage. The relief valve discharges fuel from the second passage when a fuel pressure of the second passage is higher than a relief pressure. The pressure regulator discharges fuel when a fuel pressure of fuel chamber is higher than a regulation pressure higher than the relief pressure in a state that a fuel pressure of backpressure chamber is equal to the relief pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Masaharu Oohashi, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20110146627Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a relief valve, a pressure regulator, and a controller. The controller controls a first pump to send fuel into an engine through a first passage, and controls a second pump to send fuel into a second passage to communicate with the first passage. The relief valve discharges fuel from the second passage when a fuel pressure of the second passage is higher than a relief pressure. The pressure regulator discharges fuel when a fuel pressure of fuel chamber is higher than a regulation pressure higher than the relief pressure in a state that a fuel pressure of backpressure chamber is equal to the relief pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masaharu OOHASHI, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Patent number: 7663286Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a commutator, a brush, and a bias member. The commutator has a rectifying surface. The commutator rectifies an electric current supplied to the rotor through the rectifying surface. The rotor is rotated by being supplied with the electric current. The brush makes contact with the commutator via the rectifying surface. The rotor is supplied with the electric current through the brush. The brush starts making contact with the commutator on an entry side of the brush as the rotor and the commutator rotate with respect to the brush along a rotative direction and the commutator intermittently makes contact with the brush. The bias member biases the brush toward the entry side.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshihiko Muramatsu, Yukio Inuzuka, Ryoichi Honbo, Masashi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7471955Abstract: A mobile terminal device having a route guiding function of guiding a route by obtaining map information from a server system via a radio communication network includes: a position detecting unit which detects a current position of the mobile terminal device; a bearing detecting unit which detects a first bearing to which the mobile terminal device is directed; a target bearing calculating unit which calculates a second bearing from a current position to the destination; a displaying unit which displays a map based on the acquired map information on a section containing the destination and the current position, displays icon images at a position of the destination and the current position respectively, and displays an icon image indicating the first bearing; and a target capturing unit which produces a sound effect in response to a difference between the first and second bearings.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Patent number: 7458362Abstract: In a fuel supply system, a fuel pump supplies fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel supply piping and to a back pressure introducing passage. A pressure regulator has a fuel pressure regulating chamber communicated to the fuel supply piping, and a back pressure chamber communicated to the back pressure introducing passage. When a fuel pressure in the fuel pressure regulating chamber is larger than a relief pressure that bulges the diaphragm toward the back pressure chamber, a relief valve opens a relief port to return the fuel from the fuel pressure regulating chamber to the fuel tank. The relief pressure is adjusted by controlling a fuel pressure in the back pressure chamber of the pressure regulator.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Tadashi Hazama, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Patent number: 7385643Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup device (e.g., a lens, a CCD) for picking up an image of an object, a shutter button having a magnetic member thereunder, an XY-axes geomagnetic sensor, a decoder for decoding an output of the XY-axes geomagnetic sensor to produce a bearing angle and an inclined angle based on a horizontal plane, a viewfinder display for displaying the bearing angle and inclined angle on the screen of a viewfinder. When the user presses the shutter button, the magnetic member approaches the geomagnetic sensor, so that a relatively large magnetic field (1 Oe) is applied to the geomagnetic sensor, and the image pickup device is controlled to perform an image pickup operation. It is possible to further incorporate a memory (e.g., ROM) for storing relationships between the geomagnetism, bearing angle, and inclined angle with respect to a prescribed terrestrial location.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20070227511Abstract: In a fuel supply system, a fuel pump supplies fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel supply piping and to a back pressure introducing passage. A pressure regulator has a fuel pressure regulating chamber communicated to the fuel supply piping, and a back pressure chamber communicated to the back pressure introducing passage. When a fuel pressure in the fuel pressure regulating chamber is larger than a relief pressure that bulges the diaphragm toward the back pressure chamber, a relief valve opens a relief port to return the fuel from the fuel pressure regulating chamber to the fuel tank. The relief pressure is adjusted by controlling a fuel pressure in the back pressure chamber of the pressure regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Hazama, Toshihiko Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20070013260Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a commutator, a brush, and a bias member. The commutator has a rectifying surface. The commutator rectifies an electric current supplied to the rotor through the rectifying surface. The rotor is rotated by being supplied with the electric current. The brush makes contact with the commutator via the rectifying surface. The rotor is supplied with the electric current through the brush. The brush starts making contact with the commutator on an entry side of the brush as the rotor and the commutator rotate with respect to the brush along a rotative direction and the commutator intermittently makes contact with the brush. The bias member biases the brush toward the entry side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Muramatsu, Yukio Inuzuka, Ryoichi Honbo, Masashi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 6992583Abstract: A cellular phone places a call to vehicle navigation apparatus, performs ID matching, and acquires the information on the position of the vehicle measured by the vehicle navigation apparatus. The cellular phone acquires peripheral map data including the position of the owner of the vehicle and the position of the vehicle where the vehicle navigation apparatus is mounted from a position information center and displays the data acquired together with the data on the positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Toshihiko Muramatsu