Patents by Inventor Yuichi Manabe
Yuichi Manabe 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: 11150125Abstract: A fuel remaining amount detector may include an arm supported rotatably to a body; an angle sensor configured to output first data in accordance with a relative angle between the body and the arm; a storage circuit configured to store conversion data; and a data conversion circuit configured to convert the first data to second data based on the conversion data. A manufacturing method of the fuel remaining amount detector may include creating the conversion data by performing processing for each of at least three predetermined angles, in which the processing includes: measuring the first data outputted by the angle sensor with the relative angle set to one of the predetermined angles; and storing a value corresponding to the one of the predetermined angles in the storage circuit as a value of the second data in association with the value of the measured first data.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 11105672Abstract: A liquid surface detecting unit includes a reservoir cup; a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup; an arm rotatably supported by the body; a sensor unit stored in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm; a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body. The body may include a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 10962401Abstract: A liquid fuel level sensing device disclosed herein may include: a holder; an arm fixed to the holder; a cover fixed to the holder to cover the arm; and a float connected to the arm outside the holder. The holder may include a bottom portion and a first snap fit structure, which may include a pair of support portions provided with an interval therebetween, and provided on the bottom portion. First and second interval portions may be provided between the pair of support portions, the first interval portion may hold the arm, and the second interval portion may be provided above the first interval portion and be narrower than a width of the arm held in the first interval portion. The cover may include a deformation restricting portion provided at a position facing an outer surface of at least one of the pair of support portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200182681Abstract: A fuel remaining amount detector may include an arm supported rotatably to a body an angle sensor configured to output first data in accordance with a relative angle between the body and the arm; a storage circuit configured to store conversion data; and a data conversion circuit configured to convert the first data to second data based on the conversion data. A manufacturing method of the fuel remaining amount detector may include creating the conversion data by performing processing for each of at least three predetermined angles, in which the processing includes: measuring the first data outputted by the angle sensor with the relative angle set to one of the predetermined angles; and storing a value corresponding to the one of the predetermined angles in the storage circuit as a value of the second data in association with the value of the measured first data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Yuichi MANABE, Nobuo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200080885Abstract: A liquid surface detecting unit includes a reservoir cup; a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup; an arm rotatably supported by the body; a sensor unit stored in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm; a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body. The body may include a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190170561Abstract: A liquid fuel level sensing device disclosed herein may include: a holder; an arm fixed to the holder; a cover fixed to the holder to cover the arm; and a float connected to the arm outside the holder. The holder may include a bottom portion and a first snap fit structure, which may include a pair of support portions provided with an interval therebetween, and provided on the bottom portion. First and second interval portions may be provided between the pair of support portions, the first interval portion may hold the arm, and the second interval portion may be provided above the first interval portion and be narrower than a width of the arm held in the first interval portion. The cover may include a deformation restricting portion provided at a position facing an outer surface of at least one of the pair of support portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi MANABE, Nobuo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20190137319Abstract: The liquid fuel level sensing device disclosed herein may include a liquid fuel level sensor, a case, and an electric wire. The case may house the liquid fuel level sensor and include opposing surfaces opposing each other. The electric wire may include a core wire and an insulating film, and the electric wire may include an exposed portion in which the core wire is exposed and a coated portion in which the core wire is coated with the insulating film. The exposed portion may be connected to a terminal of the liquid fuel level sensor, and the coated portion may be interposed between the opposing surfaces in a compressed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Yuichi MANABE, Nobuo SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10031017Abstract: A liquid amount detecting device may be provided with a first detector disposed in a first storage part; a second detector disposed in a second storage part; and a connecting cable. The first detector may include: a first float; a first arm; a first magnetic sensor which generates a first analog signal corresponding to the movement of the first arm; and a first output terminal which outputs a first output voltage value corresponding to the first analog signal. The second detector may include: a second float; a second arm; a second magnetic sensor which generates a second analog signal corresponding to the movement of the second arm; a reference terminal; and a second output terminal which outputs a second output voltage value corresponding to an integrated voltage value in which a voltage value indicated by the second analog signal and the first output voltage value are integrated.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Manabe
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Patent number: 9772212Abstract: In a liquid level detector, a first clearance may expand as at least one of a rotator and a supporter swells with a target liquid. The first clearance may be a smaller one of an inner clearance between an inner circumference side of a first guide rail and an inner circumference portion and an outer clearance between an outer circumference side of the first guide rail and the outer circumference portion, in a state where the rotator and the supporter are not swelled with the target liquid. A second clearance may contract to become smaller than the first clearance as at least one of the rotator and the supporter swells with the target liquid. The second clearance may be a larger one of the inner clearance and the outer clearance in the state where the rotator and the supporter are not swelled with the target liquid.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Manabe, Sumito Takeda
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Patent number: 9772213Abstract: A liquid level detector may include a rotator fixed to an arm, a magnet fixed to the rotator, and a supporter rotatably supporting the rotator. The supporter may include a body, and an outer circumference wall disposed along a rotation direction of the arm on an outer circumference side of the magnet. The rotator may include a cover covering an end part of the outer circumference wall, and an opposing wall opposing at least one of an inner circumference surface and an outer circumference surface of the outer circumference wall. A first clearance between the supporter and the magnet may communicate with an outer space via a second clearance between the outer circumference wall and the cover and a third clearance between the outer circumference wall and the opposing wall. The first clearance may be larger than at least one of the second clearance and the third clearance.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Ikeya, Yuichi Manabe, Sumito Takeda
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Publication number: 20160223385Abstract: A liquid level detector may include a rotator fixed to an arm, a magnet fixed to the rotator, and a supporter rotatably supporting the rotator. The supporter may include a body, and an outer circumference wall disposed along a rotation direction of the arm on an outer circumference side of the magnet. The rotator may include a cover covering an end part of the outer circumference wall, and an opposing wall opposing at least one of an inner circumference surface and an outer circumference surface of the outer circumference wall. A first clearance between the supporter and the magnet may communicate with an outer space via a second clearance between the outer circumference wall and the cover and a third clearance between the outer circumference wall and the opposing wall. The first clearance may be larger than at least one of the second clearance and the third clearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Masaki Ikeya, Yuichi Manabe, Sumito Takeda
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Publication number: 20160223384Abstract: In a liquid level detector, a first clearance may expand as at least one of a rotator and a supporter swells with a target liquid. The first clearance may be a smaller one of an inner clearance between an inner circumference side of a first guide rail and an inner circumference portion and an outer clearance between an outer circumference side of the first guide rail and the outer circumference portion, in a state where the rotator and the supporter are not swelled with the target liquid. A second clearance may contract to become smaller than the first clearance as at least one of the rotator and the supporter swells with the target liquid. The second clearance may be a larger one of the inner clearance and the outer clearance in the state where the rotator and the supporter are not swelled with the target liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Yuichi Manabe, Sumito Takeda
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Publication number: 20150285669Abstract: A liquid amount detecting device may be provided with a first detector disposed in a first storage part; a second detector disposed in a second storage part; and a connecting cable. The first detector may include: a first float; a first arm; a first magnetic sensor which generates a first analogue signal corresponding to the movement of the first arm; and a first output terminal which outputs a first output voltage value corresponding to the first analogue signal. The second detector may include: a second float; a second arm; a second magnetic sensor which generates a second analogue signal corresponding to the movement of the second arm; a reference terminal; and a second output terminal which outputs a second output voltage value corresponding to an integrated voltage value in which a voltage value indicated by the second analogue signal and the first output voltage value are integrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventor: Yuichi Manabe
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Patent number: 8736259Abstract: A rotational position sensor includes a rotor substrate and a stator substrate placed to face each other to detect rotational displacement of the rotor substrate. The rotor substrate is formed with an excitation coil in a meandering pattern on an outer circumferential side and a rotor-side rotary transformer on an inner circumferential side. The stator substrate is formed with four detection coils in a meandering pattern on an outer circumferential side and a stator-side rotary transformer on an inner circumferential side. The four detection coils are arranged in a circumferential direction without overlapping each other. The detection coils are displaced from each other by 360°/8. The rotational position sensor includes a high frequency excitation circuit for applying a high frequency signal to the excitation coil through the rotor-side rotary transformer and the rotor-side rotary transformer to excite the excitation coil.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Manabe, Tetsuji Inoue
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Publication number: 20120176123Abstract: A position sensor is configured such that a rotor pattern formed on a rotor in a position facing a stator includes non-magnetic conductive parts cyclically formed, a stator coil includes an excitation coil and a detection coil, which are wound in the same direction, and the width of each coil is equal to one cycle of the rotor pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi MANABE, Tetsuji INOUE
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Publication number: 20120007592Abstract: A rotational position sensor includes a rotor substrate and a stator substrate placed to face each other to detect rotational displacement of the rotor substrate. The rotor substrate is formed with an excitation coil in a meandering pattern on an outer circumferential side and a rotor-side rotary transformer on an inner circumferential side. The stator substrate is formed with four detection coils in a meandering pattern on an outer circumferential side and a stator-side rotary transformer on an inner circumferential side. The four detection coils are arranged in a circumferential direction without overlapping each other. The detection coils are displaced from each other by 360°/8. The rotational position sensor includes a high frequency excitation circuit for applying a high frequency signal to the excitation coil through the rotor-side rotary transformer and the rotor-side rotary transformer to excite the excitation coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi MANABE, Tetsuji INOUE
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Patent number: 6774065Abstract: A waterproofed fabric and a sealing tape for a waterproofed fabric each include a waterproof layer, a resin composition containing spherical particles with a specified particle size laminated to the waterproof layer. A waterproof article of clothing uses the fabric and the sealing tape. The article has a waterproof property, is very comfortable to wear, inexpensive, and light in weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Masaru Haruta, Hiroshi Kagao, Yuichi Manabe, Masanori Uemoto, Takenori Furuya
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Publication number: 20020193024Abstract: A waterproofed fabric and a sealing tape for a waterprrofed fabric each include a waterproof layer, a resin composition containing spherical particles with a specified particle size laminated to the waterproof layer. A waterproof article of clothing uses the fabric and the sealing tape. The article has a waterproof property, is very comfortable to wear, inexpensive, and light in weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventors: Masaru Haruta, Hiroshi Kagao, Yuichi Manabe, Masanori Uemoto, Takenori Furuya