Patents by Inventor Kenichi OOJI

Kenichi OOJI 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).

  • Imaging apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 11485323
    Abstract: A heater includes a heat generation element which includes a heater wire which spreads in a planar manner, and a metal plate serving as a heat dissipation element which includes a material having a high thermal conductivity, which is placed on a vehicle windowpane side of the heat generation element, which is heated by heat from the heat generation element, and which irradiates heat to the vehicle windowpane side. The vehicle windowpane is heated by the heat irradiated from the metal plate serving as the heat dissipation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ooji, Hitoshi Shimada, Kazuya Shibata, Noritaka Terasawa, Masashi Kaji
  • IMAGING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190176762
    Abstract: A heater includes a heat generation element which includes a heater wire which spreads in a planar manner, and a metal plate serving as a heat dissipation element which includes a material having a high thermal conductivity, which is placed on a vehicle windowpane side of the heat generation element, which is heated by heat from the heat generation element, and which irradiates heat to the vehicle windowpane side. The vehicle windowpane is heated by the heat irradiated from the metal plate serving as the heat dissipation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichi OOJI, Hitoshi SHIMADA, Kazuya SHIBATA, Noritaka TERASAWA, Masashi KAJI