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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125200 | APPARATUS HAVING A CANISTER AND A COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CANISTER An apparatus including a canister and an accessory component associated with the canister. The canister may be filled with an adsorption material for adsorbing fuel vapor generated within a fuel tank. A communicating pipe extends downwardly from a housing of the accesso... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120024158 | FUEL VAPOR TREATING APPARATUSES HAVING A HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVE HONEYCOMB CORE An adsorbent canister has a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein, an adsorbent filled in the adsorption chamber, and a honeycomb core. The honeycomb core is made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the adsorbent, defines therein a plurali... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110278482 | FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVES A fuel shut-off valve includes a casing defining therein a valve chamber communicating between inside and outside of a fuel tank. A bottom wall member defines a bottom of the valve chamber and has communication holes formed therein, so that the valve chamber communicate... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110265766 | FUEL DELIVERY PIPE A fuel delivery pipe made of resin, comprises: a pipe body internally formed with a fuel passage; an inlet pipe for introducing fuel into the pipe body; and a plurality of injector attaching parts for distributing the fuel introduced into the pipe body to a plurality of... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260719 | ROTATIONAL ANGLE SENSORS AND MANUFACTURE METHODS THEREOF A rotational angle sensor has a molded body made of a resin and having a substantial cylinder shape with a center axis, and a conversion IC buried in the molded body and having a magnetic sensing portion, a computing portion and leads connecting the magnetic sensing por... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120012474 | SHAPED HEAT STORAGE MATERIALS INCLUDING HEAT TRANSFER MEMBERS A shaped heat storage material has a shaped body composed of a binder and heat storage capsules containing a heat storage material therein. And, the shaped body has at least one of a projection, a depressed portion and a hollow structure defining a hollow space therein.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007592 | ROTATION POSITION SENSOR 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 s... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006504 | SHAPED HEAT STORAGE MATERIALS A shaped heat storage material has a shaped body composed of a binder and heat storage capsules containing a heat storage material therein. And, the shaped body has at least one of a projection, a depressed portion and a hollow structure defining a hollow space therein.... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110315241 | FUEL CUTOFF VALVES A fuel cutoff valve has a housing defining therein a float chamber and a float disposed in the float chamber. The housing defines a connection passage positioned above the float chamber and fluidly connecting the float chamber with outside of the housing and a hole posi... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110308302 | METHODS FOR CHECKING LEAKS FROM FUEL VAPOR TREATING APPARATUSES A method for detecting leak from a fuel vapor treating apparatus defining a first area including a fuel tank and a second area including an adsorbent canister has hermetically closing the fist area, measuring internal pressure of the first area comparing an absolute val... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110297253 | PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICE A pressure regulating device that regulates a pressure of a fuel, including a housing that includes a fuel introduction passage into which the fuel to be supplied into a fuel consuming unit is introduced and a fuel discharge passage from which the fuel is discharged, wh... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297126 | FLUID PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICE AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM USING SAME A fluid pressure regulating device is i) provided with a pressure regulating member that forms a pressure regulating chamber inside a housing having introduction side and discharge side fuel passages, and communicates these passages according to introduced fuel pressure... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110296997 | VALVES CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING VALVE-OPENING AREA A valve includes a valve housing defining therein a fluid passage composed of a first passage and a second passage, a first valve member configured to open and close the fluid passage, a first biasing member pressing the first valve member in a first valve-closing direc... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290117 | ADSORBENT CANISTERS An adsorbent canister includes a casing defining a first adsorption chamber, a second adsorption chamber and a diffusion chamber therein, and an adsorbent capable of adsorbing the fuel vapor and filled in the first adsorption chamber and the second adsorption chamber. T... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110283973 | FUEL DELIVERY PIPE A fuel delivery pipe made of resin, comprises: a pipe body internally formed with a fuel passage; an inlet pipe for introducing fuel into the pipe body; a plurality of injector attaching parts for distributing the fuel introduced into the pipe body to a plurality of inj... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110247595 | FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS According to the present teaching, a fuel vapor processing apparatus includes a fuel tank, a canister capable of adsorbing fuel vapor produced in the fuel tank, a fuel pump disposed within the fuel tank, a fuel recovery device configured to recover the fuel vapor from t... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110240490 | CANISTERS A canister for trapping a fuel vapor vaporized in a fuel tank has a casing defining an adsorption chamber therein, an adsorbent capable of adsorbing the fuel vapor and filled in the adsorption chamber and a flow regulation plate disposed in the casing. The casing has a ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110214646 | FUEL VAPOR PROCESSORS A fuel vapor processor has a fuel tank configured to reserve fuel, a canister containing adsorbent capable of adsorbing fuel vapor vaporized in the fuel tank, a separator receiving a fuel vapor containing gas from the fuel tank, a regulator controlling the volume of the... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110214572 | CANISTERS A canister includes a first fuel vapor adsorption device and a second fuel vapor adsorption device. The second fuel vapor adsorption device can adsorb a part of fuel vapor that still remains in a gas after desorption by the first fuel vapor adsorption device. The second... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110203559 | PCV VALVE MOUNTING STRUCTURES A mounting structure for mounting a PCV valve includes a mount recess formed in at least one of joint surfaces of a cylinder head and an intake manifold, so that at least a part of the PCV valve can be fitted into the mount recess.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110197861 | CANISTER DEVICES FOR GAS VEHICLE A canister for a fuel vapor processor connected to a fuel tank and an engine includes a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein and an absorber being capable of adsorbing fuel vapor and filled in the adsorption chamber. The housing has an air communicating pipe c... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110192786 | FUEL FILTER A fuel filter for filtering engine fuel received in a fuel tank when the engine fuel is fed to an engine may include a filter member that is received in the fuel tank and is capable of being connected to a fuel inlet port through which the engine fuel is drawn, and a wa... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110186171 | DELIVERY PIPE A delivery pipe is molded of resin and internally formed with a fuel passage. The delivery pipe has a shape of cross section including a single straight part, a single curved part, and joint parts at joints between ends of the straight part and the curved part. The join... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186020 | LEAKAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES FOR FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS A leakage diagnosis device can determine whether or not leakage occurs from a fuel vapor processing apparatus by comparing a diagnosis criterion, such as a reference pressure set for diagnosing leakage, with an internal pressure of a process system of the fuel vapor pro... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110168931 | SOLENOID VALVES CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING VALVE-OPENING AREA A solenoid valve has a valve housing, first and second valve members, first and second biasing members, a pressing rod and an electromagnetic driving member. The valve housing defines a fluid pathway for flowing fluid therein. The first and the second valve members are ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168121 | FIXING STRUCTURES FOR INTAKE MANIFOLDS A mounting device can mount an intake manifold to an engine and includes a bending moment applying device applying a bending moment to the intake manifold as the intake manifold is mounted to the engine.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110155088 | ENGINE VALVES An engine valve according to the present teaching has a hot-forged head portion having an oxidized surface layer at a radially outer peripheral surface. The oxidized surface layer is formed during hot-forging of the head portion.... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110146631 | EVAPORATED FUEL TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus collects vapor, generated in a fuel tank, in a canister. A bypass passage is provided for an intake passage. An ejector is placed in the bypass passage to generate a negative pressure by air flowing in the bypass passage. When the ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110146612 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR PREVENTING FLOW NOISE An intake manifold capable of being connected with a throttle valve apparatus includes a conducting pipe defining an air intake pathway therein, a surge tank for receiving air flowing from the throttle valve apparatus through the air intake pathway, and a noise preventi... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110146491 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE AND FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME A separation membrane module for separating a specific component from a mixture containing a plurality of components includes a plurality of separation stages each including a plurality of hollow fiber membranes arranged in parallel to each other. The separation stages ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139127 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE A pressure control device controls a pressure of fuel supplied from a fuel tank to an engine via a fuel pump. The pressure control device includes a valve device, a first force-applying device and a second force-applying device. The valve device is provided in a path of... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132825 | FILTERING DEVICE A filtering device may includes a bag-shaped filter member that is capable of being connected to a fuel inlet port of a fuel pump disposed in a fuel tank in order to filtrate fuel drawn by the fuel pump, and a wall member that is connected to the filter member such that... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110120425 | Evaporated Fuel Processing Device A solenoid switching valve is provided at a low concentration gas pipe that sends gas from a second separating film unit to a canister. A reflux pipe, that is branched-off from the low concentration gas pipe by the solenoid switching valve, merges with a medium concentr... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110116955 | FUEL PUMP A fuel pump may include a motor section comprising a rotor and a stator. One of the rotor and the stator may have at least a pair of permanent magnet parts disposed along a first circumferential surface at an interval in a circumferential direction, and at least two mag... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110114061 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND THROTTLE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE USING THE SAME A rotation angle detection device may include a rotational member, at least one magneto-electric transducer having a magnetism detection portion capable of detecting a change in magnetism caused by rotation of the rotational member and generating a detection signal repr... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110110799 | LIQUID PUMP In a liquid pump, n sets of concavities are formed in an outer circumference of an impeller. In a case where an angle between an ith first line and an ith second line is a pitch angle θi and an ith difference of adjacent pitc... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109304 | ROTATION ANGLE SENSOR A rotation angle sensor comprises: a resolver stator including an excitation coil for receiving an excitation signal and a detection coil (a sine wave coil and a cosine wave coil) for outputting a detection signal; and a resolver rotor rotatably placed to face the stato... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110094474 | ROTATION ANGLE SENSORS Angle sensor device has magnetic force detectors detecting alternation of magnetic force caused by rotation of a throttle gear. The magnetic force detectors are buried in a molded body of the angle sensor device constructed of foamed resin. The magnetic force detectors ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110073082 | BLOW-BY GAS REFLUXING DEVICE A blow-by gas refluxing device is provided for an engine system including an engine and an intake air passage communicating with the engine for supplying intake air into the engine. The blow-by gas refluxing device includes a plurality of blow-by gas refluxing passages ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110056461 | THROTTLE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE An electronically-controlled throttle valve control device may include a coil spring that is engaged with a throttle body and a rotating body to bias a throttle valve in a fully opening direction and a fully closing direction, a spring guide that is provided to the rota... | 03/10/2011 |
