Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Tanabe

Hideyuki Tanabe 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).

  • Patent number: 5158352
    Abstract: A headlamp provided with correcting means for correcting a light distribution characteristic which is caused by an inclination of a vehicle body with respect to a road surface. An outer lens section fixed to the vehicle body is provided forwardly of a lamp body section of the projector type which is pivoted around an optical axis so as to maintain the light distribution characteristic horizontal in response to the inclination of the vehicle body, and the outer lens section has a lens cut formed thereon for diffusing a variation component of passing light to a turning direction when the car body is inclined for turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Ikegami, Kaoru Hatanaka, Tsuneo Sekiguchi, Hideyuki Tanabe, Satoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4922390
    Abstract: A motor-bicycle head lamp includes a reflector formed in a spheroidal shape; a convex lens disposed in front of the reflector; and a shade disposed near a focal point of the convex lens substantially midway between the reflector and the convex lens. The shade is rotatable around the optical axis of the motor-bicycle head lamp in accordance with a slant angle of the body of the motor-bicycle. A slant angle sensor device is provided to rotatably drive the shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakazawa, Hajime Tabata, Tooru Hasegawa, Hideyuki Tanabe