Patents by Inventor Yuichi Murakami
Yuichi Murakami 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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Publication number: 20090129520Abstract: A digital signal receiving apparatus includes: detection-judging portion judging a possible presence of a desired signal when a signal level of a smoothed signal is greater than a reference level; wherein said first smoothed signal and said second smoothed signal are compared in order to generate a detection signal representing a judgment of a possible presence of a desired signal, said second smoothed signal having a convergence speed slower than that of the first smoothing filter, a filter controlling portion switching an adaptive filter from an adaptive mode to a non-adaptive mode when the detection-judging portion judges the possible presence of the desired signal and switching from the non-adaptive mode to the adaptive mode when the detection-judging portion judges the absence of the desired signal; a limiting portion limiting a signal level of an auto-correlation signal to the signal level of the smoothed signal; and a demodulating portion demodulating the auto-correlation signal having the signal levelType: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro YAMAMOTO, Akira Furuhashi, Takahiro Horie, Yuichi Murakami, Kazunori Ono, Frederic Coutant, Tarik Aouine
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Patent number: 7384303Abstract: Providing a connector, which can prevent strange sound generated between the connector and a panel when the connector is mounted on the panel. How to be Solved The connectors 1 includes a first connector housing 3, a second connector housing 4, a movement limiting/permitting device 5 and a pushing projection 6. The connector housings 3, 4 are connected to place an opening 7 of the body panel 2. The movement limiting/permitting device 5 has a movement limiting/permitting arm 23. The movement limiting/permitting device 5 limits the movement of the first connector housing 3 until the connector housings 3, 4 are connected to each other, and permits the movement of the first connector housing 3 when the connector housings are connected together. The pushing projection 6 projects from the other end 23b of the movement limiting/permitting arm 23. The pushing projection 6 pushes the body panel 2 to expand the opening 7.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Murakami, Yoshitaka Kashima
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Patent number: 7371110Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector having a pair of connector housings fitted through an attachment hole in a body panel, which is easily confirmed whether or not the fitting is complete. The connector 1 has a first connector housing 3 and a second connector housing 4, and a position regulator 5. The connector housing 4 has a flange 17. The position regulator 5 regulates the movement of the first connector housing 3 until the connector housings 3 and 4 are fitted, and allows its movement after fitting. The first connector housing 3 is temporary locked in a hole 7 of a panel 2 and the second connector housing 4 is fitted. After the fitting of the connector housings 3 and 4, the second connector housing 4 is approached to the body panel 2. The flange 17 approaches to the body panel 2. The second connector housing 4 is locked to the body panel 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yuichi Murakami, Yoshitaka Kashima
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Patent number: 7327813Abstract: A digital receiving device includes a detecting means for detecting a specific code under a signal receiving state capable of successively receiving a desired signal, a setting means for setting a period for detecting the specific code as a non-communication state period, an adaptive filter having an adaptive mode and a non-adaptive mode, the adaptive mode by which a filter coefficient is sequentially updated so as to remove an ambient noise during the non-communication state period, and the non-adaptive mode by which the filter coefficient is stopped from being updated during a period except for the non-communication state period under the signal receiving state and a filter controlling means for controlling an operation for switching the adaptive mode and the non-adaptive mode of the adaptive filter.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Murakami, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Akira Furuhashi, Kazunori Ono, Hiroki Okada
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Publication number: 20070173112Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector having a pair of connector housings fitted through an attachment hole in a body panel, which is easily confirmed whether or not the fitting is complete. The connector 1 has a first connector housing 3 and a second connector housing 4, and a position regulator 5. The connector housing 4 has a flange 17. The position regulator 5 regulates the movement of the first connector housing 3 until the connector housings 3 and 4 are fitted, and allows its movement after fitting. The first connector housing 3 is temporary locked in a hole 7 of a panel 2 and the second connector housing 4 is fitted. After the fitting of the connector housings 3 and 4, the second connector housing 4 is approached to the body panel 2. The flange 17 approaches to the body panel 2. The second connector housing 4 is locked to the body panel 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Yuichi Murakami, Yoshitaka Kashima
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Publication number: 20070173089Abstract: Objects of this Invention Providing a connector, which can prevent strange sound generated between the connector and a panel when the connector is mounted on the panel. How to be Solved The connectors 1 includes a first connector housing 3, a second connector housing 4, a movement limiting/permitting device 5 and a pushing projection 6. The connector housings 3, 4 are connected to place an opening 7 of the body panel 2. The movement limiting/permitting device 5 has a movement limiting/permitting arm 23. The movement limiting/permitting device 5 limits the movement of the first connector housing 3 until the connector housings 3, 4 are connected to each other, and permits the movement of the first connector housing 3 when the connector housings are connected together. The pushing projection 6 projects from the other end 23b of the movement limiting/permitting arm 23. The pushing projection 6 pushes the body panel 2 to expand the opening 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Murakami, Yoshitaka Kashima
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Patent number: 7210715Abstract: A door handle device includes a frame fixed to the inside of an outer panel of a vehicle door and a grip provided on the frame from the outside of a vehicle and including an electrical component. The frame is integrally provided with a circuit electrically connected to the electrical component. The door handle device further includes a chassis integrally formed with the frame, and the circuit is provided within the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norikazu Kobayashi, Yuichi Murakami, Koji Aoki, Katsutoshi Fukunaga
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Patent number: 7132768Abstract: A human body detecting device for detecting an approach of a human body includes a sensor electrode provided in a housing and having detecting portions for detecting the approach of the human body to the housing. Each of the detecting portions is provided at a respective surface side in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2002Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Eiji Mushiake
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Patent number: 7091823Abstract: A human body detecting device includes a door handle provided on an outer panel, a first sensor electrode provided on the obverse side of the door handle, and a second sensor electrode provided on the reverse side of the door handle. The human body is detected in response to variation of capacitance between the outer panel and two sensor electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Eiji Mushiake
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Patent number: 7057124Abstract: A push switch apparatus includes a switch case adapted to be a base member, a switch mounted on the switch case, a switch cap made of an elastic material and supported on the switch case for covering the switch, a switch button supported by the base member and having an actuating portion for pushing the switch and an switch plate mounted on the switch case and arranged between the switch cap and the switch button. The switch plate having a contact surface contacts the switch button when the actuating portion of the switch button pushes the switch.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake, Takeshi Ito, Kazuyoshi Mori, Yuichi Murakami, Noriyasu Onishi, Teruya Tomiyasu
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Patent number: 7049940Abstract: A door opening/closing device for a vehicle includes a control mechanism recognizing an opening/closing operation of a vehicle door based upon an operation of a door handle, operating a door lock mechanism so as to unlock the vehicle door when the opening operation of the vehicle door is recognized, operating the door lock mechanism so as to lock the vehicle door when the closing operation of the vehicle door is recognized, and controlling a light-emitting means included in the door handle to light-emit In response to the operation of the door lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Eiji Mushiake, Hisashi Inaba, Masahiro Ueda
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Publication number: 20050201886Abstract: A nanocrystalline bolt, which serves as a high-strength bolt, is manufactured by the steps of compacting powder formed of nanocrystalline metal particles having a nanometer-scale grain size, extruding a resultant compact so as to obtain a rod stock, and subjecting the rod stock to a bolt-forming process (heading, machining, and form rolling) without involvement of heat treatment. Examples of metal material include JIS SUS410, precipitation-hardening-type 13Cr-8Ni-2Mo, and other stainless steels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventor: Yuichi Murakami
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Patent number: 6933831Abstract: A sensor electrode which detects an approach of a person to a vehicle can be housed in a door handle body for vehicle and is prevented from giving an adverse influence to transmission signals outputted from a transmission antenna. Slits are formed in a bottom portion of the body. The sensor electrode covered with a resin mold is pushed into the inside of the slit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Eiji Mushiake, Shinya Ito, Hiroki Okada
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Publication number: 20050123071Abstract: A DSP tuner, which is equipped with an A/D converter and a digital signal processing part, is provided to the receiving parts of an in-vehicle equipment and a portable equipment that constitute an in-vehicle equipment remote control system. The A/D converter quantizes analog input signals received by receiving antennas and converts them into digital values. The digital signal processing part always appears, and removes as a noise a frequency band of which spectrum hardly change within a predetermined time period. Moreover, the digital signal processing part sets a frequency band with a comparatively large spectrum change as an FSK modulation signal corresponding to code contents, and outputs binary data corresponding to the frequency band as a code signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Hiroki Okada, Yuichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20050058232Abstract: A digital receiving device includes a detecting means for detecting a specific code under a signal receiving state capable of successively receiving a desired signal, a setting means for setting a period for detecting the specific code as a non-communication state period, an adaptive filter having an adaptive mode and a non-adaptive mode, the adaptive mode by which a filter coefficient is sequentially updated so as to remove an ambient noise during the non-communication state period, and the non-adaptive mode by which the filter coefficient is stopped from being updated during a period except for the non-communication state period under the signal receiving state and a filter controlling means for controlling an operation for switching the adaptive mode and the non-adaptive mode of the adaptive filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2004Publication date: March 17, 2005Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Murakami, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Akira Furuhashi, Kazunori Ono, Hiroki Okada
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Publication number: 20040262139Abstract: A push switch apparatus includes a switch case adapted to be a base member, a switch mounted on the switch case, a switch cap made of an elastic material and supported on the switch case for covering the switch, a switch button supported by the base member and having an actuating portion for pushing the switch and an switch plate mounted on the switch case and arranged between the switch cap and the switch button. The switch plate having a contact surface contacts the switch button when the actuating portion of the switch button pushes the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake, Takeshi Ito, Kazuyoshi Mori, Yuichi Murakami, Noriyasu Onishi, Teruya Tomiyasu
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Publication number: 20040257296Abstract: A door handle for a vehicle includes a handle main body fixed to a vehicle door and possessing a housing portion at an opposite side of the vehicle door, an antenna housed in the housing portion so as to arrange an axis of the antenna to be substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the door handle main body, and s metal made cover for coating the housing portion from the opposite side of the vehicle door. The cover within an axial direction dimension of the antenna is arranged to be more distant from the vehicle door than the axis of the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Eiji Mushiake
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Publication number: 20040223336Abstract: A door opening/closing device for vehicle including a controlling means for controlling a vehicle door locking or unlocking operation by confirming a user's intent for locking or unlocking operation of the vehicle door includes a handle frame provided at the vehicle door, a handle member provided outside of the vehicle door and supported by the handle frame for operating opening or closing of the vehicle door, a handle cap provided outside the vehicle door and supported with the handle frame, a light decorative member provided at the handle cap, a luminous member accommodated in the handle frame and activated by the controlling means in response to the locking or unlocking condition of the vehicle door, and a light guiding means connecting the light decorative member and the luminous member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Murakami, Kiyokazu Ieda, Takeshi Ito, Masahiro Ueda, Eiji Mushiake, Hisashi Inaba
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Patent number: 6812823Abstract: A vehicle door lock system has a lock mechanism for locking or unlocking the vehicle door. A control mechanism for controlling an operation of the lock mechanism includes first and second resonators. The first resonator resonates at a predetermined first value Q for transmitting a first signal to the outside of the vehicle. The second resonator is connected in series with the first resonator and resonates at a second value Q which is greater than the first value Q, and changing a resonant condition in accordance with a change of a capacitance. A single actuator is provided for actuating the first and second resonators. A switching mechanism is provided which utilizes the actuator for alternatively switching actuation between the first and the second resonators. The control mechanism controls the switching operation of the switching mechanism and the operation of the door lock mechanism in accordance with the resonant condition of the second resonator.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2001Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisashi Inaba, Yuichi Murakami, Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake
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Patent number: 6799107Abstract: A control method for a door lock device performs an unlocking operation of a lock mechanism of a vehicle door by energizing and actuating an actuator in response to an unlocking command from a vehicle user. The method has: a first time period (T1) for energizing the actuator in accordance with the unlocking command by the user; a second time period (T2) for returning an operation portion provided on a vehicle from an operated position to a normal position; and a third time period (T3) during which the actuator starts the unlocking operation and complete the unlocking of the lock mechanism. The first time period is determined to be equal to or longer than a sum of the second time period and the third time period.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eiji Mushiake, Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Shigeru Hayakawa