Patents by Inventor Kenji Kadowaki

Kenji Kadowaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20160172640
    Abstract: The lock mechanism of the present disclosure has a housing, a lid, a lock section, and a buffer member. The housing has a storage section, and a first groove and an opening that are disposed outside the storage section. The lid is removable from the device or disposed on it so as to be openable/closable, and covers the storage section. The lock section has a first protrusion to be fitted with the lid on one end and a second protrusion to be inserted in the opening on the other end. The buffer member, which is elastically deformable, is disposed in the first groove, and abuts the housing, the lid, and the second protrusion of the lock section. The lock section rotates on a rotation shaft disposed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: KENJI KADOWAKI
  • Patent number: 7880130
    Abstract: An optical device ensuring projection of light over a wide range as well as reduction in size, and a mobile apparatus mounted with the optical device are provided. The optical device (100) includes a light-projecting unit (110) and a light-receiving unit (120). The light-projecting unit (110) has a projector (114) and a lenticular sheet (112) arranged in layers. First and second cylindrical lens arrays having their generatrices orthogonal to each other are formed on the respective surfaces of the sheet (112). The light-receiving unit (120) has a light-receiver (124). The light-projecting unit (110) and the light-receiving unit (120) are arranged adjacent to each other in an integrated manner so that the light-receiver (124) can sense the light emitted from the projector (114) via the sheet (112) and then reflected from an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yuki Kougaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sakagami, Yoichi Nishimura, Kenji Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20070296950
    Abstract: An optical device ensuring projection of light over a wide range as well as reduction in size, and a mobile apparatus mounted with the optical device are provided. The optical device (100) includes a light-projecting unit (110) and a light-receiving unit (120). The light-projecting unit (110) has a projector (114) and a lenticular sheet (112) arranged in layers. First and second cylindrical lens arrays having their generatrices orthogonal to each other are formed on the respective surfaces of the sheet (112). The light-receiving unit (120) has a light-receiver (124). The light-projecting unit (110) and the light-receiving unit (120) are arranged adjacent to each other in an integrated manner so that the light-receiver (124) can sense the light emitted from the projector (114) via the sheet (112) and then reflected from an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sakagami, Yoichi Nishimura, Kenji Kadowaki