Patents by Inventor Koji FUKAGAWA

Koji FUKAGAWA 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: 20240168132
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmissive cover is configured to be employed in a vehicle equipped with a sensor device. The sensor device is configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave in a transmission direction. The sensor device is arranged in a front end or a rear end of a roof of the vehicle. One of the front end and the rear end in which the sensor device is arranged includes an inclined surface. The inclined surface includes an opening. The electromagnetic wave transmissive cover includes a cover body arranged to close the opening of the inclined surface. The cover body extends along the inclined surface and is inclined with respect to the transmission direction. An anti-reflective portion is arranged on at least one of two surfaces of the cover body in the transmission direction to reduce reflection of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Koji FUKAGAWA, Yosuke TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20240053441
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmissive cover is configured to be employed in a vehicle to which a sensor device including an electromagnetic wave transmissive portion is attached. The electromagnetic wave transmissive cover includes a cover body that covers the sensor device from the front in the emission direction of electromagnetic waves, and a seal member that is attached to the cover body. The seal member is configured to be disposed between the sensor device and the cover body. The seal member includes a foam seal portion that is formed by foaming an elastic material. The foam seal portion is configured to be in contact with the sensor device in a state of surrounding the electromagnetic wave transmissive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke TSUCHIYA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Risa HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240032267
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmissive cover is configured to be employed in a vehicle to which a sensor device is attached. The electromagnetic wave transmissive cover includes a cover body that is attached to the vehicle and covers the sensor device from a front side in an emission direction of the electromagnetic waves, and a seal member that provides a seal between the sensor device and the cover body. The seal member includes an attachment base portion that is attached to the cover body while surrounding the electromagnetic wave transmissive portion, and an annular hollow seal portion that is coupled to the attachment base portion and is in contact with the sensor device while surrounding the electromagnetic wave transmissive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke TSUCHIYA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Risa HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11802332
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover includes arranging a mask in a region of an undercoating layer formed on a rear surface of a base, the region being different from a heater formation region in which a heater is to be formed and different from a belt-shaped separation region extending along an edge of the heater formation region, forming a heat-generating film on the mask and the undercoating layer, the heat-generating film being made of the conductive heat-generating material, peeling, using a laser, the heat-generating film formed in the separation region, and removing the mask and the heat-generating film formed on the mask. The separation region has a width that is set to be smaller than a beam diameter of each of near-infrared rays transmitted from the transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Risa Hirano, Koji Okumura, Koji Fukagawa, Katsuyuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230161010
    Abstract: An angle formed by a near-infrared ray refracted when passing through an emission surface and a normal line is ?, an angle formed by an incident surface and the emission surface is x, and an angle formed by a boundary surface between front and rear base members and the emission surface is y. An angle formed by the near-infrared ray refracted when passing through the incident surface and a normal line is ?, an angle formed by the near-infrared ray incident on the boundary surface and a normal line is ?, and an angle formed by the near-infrared ray refracted when passing through the boundary surface and the normal line is ?. The incident surface is inclined with respect to the emission surface by the angle x defined by Equation: x+y????=0or x+y??+?=0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Koji FUKAGAWA, Koji OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 11624658
    Abstract: A near-infrared sensor cover includes a cover body having transmissiveness to near-infrared rays. The cover body includes a base and a heater unit. The heater unit is arranged rearward of the base in a transmission direction of the near-infrared rays and includes a wire-like heating element. The heating element is configured to generate heat when energized. The base includes a rear portion that includes a rear surface of the base in the transmission direction. In the rear portion of the base, at least part of a section that is different from a section in which the heater unit is provided is formed by a reflection suppression structure including asperities. The asperities include a reflection suppression surface that is inclined relative to the transmission direction and reduces reflection of the near-infrared rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., IMUZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Koji Fukagawa, Kazumi Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20230100012
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted structure includes: an exterior member mounted on a vehicle; an electromagnetic wave transmission cover including a cover portion attached to the exterior member and exposed to an outside of the vehicle, and a housing integrated with the cover portion and arranged on a back surface side of the cover portion; and an electromagnetic wave device located on the back surface side of the cover portion and accommodated in the housing. The cover portion has a mounting region for mounting a functional member, a first joining region to be joined to the housing, and a second joining region to be joined to the exterior member. The first joining region and the second joining region are provided on an outer peripheral side of the mounting region avoiding the mounting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Koji FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230074221
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave sensor cover includes a cover body. The cover body includes a base layer made of synthetic resin and permitting passage of an electromagnetic wave, one or more metal oxide layers permitting passage of the electromagnetic wave and being conductive, one or more low refractive index layers permitting passage of the electromagnetic wave and made of material that has a lower refractive index than material of the metal oxide layer, and two electrodes. The base layer includes a front surface and a rear surface in a transmission direction of the electromagnetic wave. The metal oxide layer and the low refractive index layer are laminated adjacent to each other in the transmission direction. A laminate of the metal oxide layer and the low refractive index layer is laminated on the front surface or the rear surface of the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Koji FUKAGAWA, Hiroaki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230065238
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmission cover includes: a design portion disposed on a front side of a vehicular electromagnetic wave device and exposed to an outside of a passenger compartment of a vehicle; a housing integrated with the design portion and disposed on a back side of the design portion; and a heating element provided integrally with the design portion. The housing is lower in thermal conductivity than the design portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Koji FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220298621
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover includes arranging a mask in a region of an undercoating layer formed on a rear surface of a base, the region being different from a heater formation region in which a heater is to be formed and different from a belt-shaped separation region extending along an edge of the heater formation region, forming a heat-generating film on the mask and the undercoating layer, the heat-generating film being made of the conductive heat-generating material, peeling, using a laser, the heat-generating film formed in the separation region, and removing the mask and the heat-generating film formed on the mask. The separation region has a width that is set to be smaller than a beam diameter of each of near-infrared rays transmitted from the transmitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Koji OKUMURA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Katsuyuki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20220295600
    Abstract: A sensor cover heat generating structure, applied to a sensor cover of an in-vehicle sensor that transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave for detecting an object outside a vehicle, the sensor cover being located in front of the in-vehicle sensor in a transmission direction of the electromagnetic wave, the heat generating structure includes: a heater wire provided to the sensor cover, the heater wire being configured to generate heat when the heater wire is energized. The heater wire includes two electrode portions and a plurality of parallel portions, the two electrode portions have a predetermined length and are disposed at a distance from each other, the plurality of parallel portions extend in parallel to each other so as to connect the two electrode portions, and the electrode portions have a wire width equal to or greater than a total value of wire widths of the plurality of parallel portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Koji FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220268605
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave sensor cover, applied to an electromagnetic wave sensor including a transmission unit and a reception unit, includes a cover main body portion that covers the transmission unit and the reception unit. The cover main body portion includes: a base material formed of a resin material and having a transmission property of an electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit; an undercoat layer formed on a rear surface of the base material and having the transmission property of the electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit; a heater portion that is formed of copper in a band shape on a rear surface of the undercoat layer, is configured to generate heat by being energized, and adheres to the base material via the undercoat layer; and a SiO2 coating film having the transmission property of the electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit and covering the heater portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Koji OKUMURA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Hiroaki ANDO
  • Patent number: 11193831
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover includes a film setting step. The film setting step includes setting a heater film on a first molding die and setting a hard coating film on a second molding die. The method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover further includes a base molding step for molding a base including clamping a mold, injecting molten plastic into a gap between the heater film and the hard coating film, and curing the molten plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Koji Fukagawa, Hiroyuki Konishi, Tatsuo Ito
  • Publication number: 20210148761
    Abstract: A near-infrared sensor cover includes a cover body having transmissiveness to near-infrared rays. The cover body includes a base and a heater unit. The heater unit is arranged rearward of the base in a transmission direction of the near-infrared rays and includes a wire-like heating element. The heating element is configured to generate heat when energized. The base includes a rear portion that includes a rear surface of the base in the transmission direction. In the rear portion of the base, at least part of a section that is different from a section in which the heater unit is provided is formed by a reflection suppression structure including asperities. The asperities include a reflection suppression surface that is inclined relative to the transmission direction and reduces reflection of the near-infrared rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Koji OKUMURA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Kazumi SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210096221
    Abstract: A near-infrared sensor cover includes a cover body that is transmissive to near-infrared light. The cover body includes a base, a hard coating layer, a heater, and an anti-reflection layer. The base is formed from a transparent resin material. The hard coating layer is formed at a front of the base in a transmission direction of near-infrared light and has a greater hardness than the base. The heater is formed at a rear of the base in the transmission direction and formed by a linear heating element that generates heat when energized. The anti-reflection layer is formed at a rear of the heater in the transmission direction to limit reflection of near-infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Koji OKUMURA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Kouki MIKAMI, Takazumi IKEGAME
  • Publication number: 20210096030
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover includes a film setting step. The film setting step includes setting a heater film on a first molding die and setting a hard coating film on a second molding die. The method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover further includes a base molding step for molding a base including clamping a mold, injecting molten plastic into a gap between the heater film and the hard coating film, and curing the molten plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Koji OKUMURA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Hiroyuki KONISHI, Tatsuo ITO
  • Patent number: 10644192
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes measuring a light distribution of a light-emitting element, sealing the measured light-emitting element by a sealing material including a phosphor, and curing the sealing material by heat treatment. An emission angle dependence of emission chromaticity of the light-emitting device is controlled by setting a degree of settling of the phosphor in the sealing material according to the measured light distribution of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Fukagawa, Takashi Terayama
  • Patent number: 10479827
    Abstract: Disclosed is a monoclonal antibody reacting with a glycopeptide, wherein the glycopeptide contains a core fucose moiety and at least 4 contiguous amino acid residues that are located on the C-terminal side of a glycosylated asparagine moiety, and both of the core fucose moiety in the glycopeptide and an amino acid residue that is located apart by at least three amino acid residues from the C-terminal of the glycosylated asparagine moiety in the glycopeptide are epitopes for the antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Koji Fukagawa, Yuriko Egashira, Yukiko Higa
  • Publication number: 20180372291
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes plural light emitting elements, and plural plate-shaped wavelength conversion members that are arranged above the plural light emitting elements and separated from each other. At least a part of the plural wavelength conversion members is placed across above two or more light emitting elements of the plural light emitting elements. At least one of emission intensity of the plural light emitting elements and conversion efficiency of the plural wavelength conversion members is uneven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Wada, Koji Fukagawa
  • Publication number: 20170342140
    Abstract: Disclosed is a monoclonal antibody reacting with a glycopeptide, wherein the glycopeptide contains a core fucose moiety and at least 4 contiguous amino acid residues that are located on the C-terminal side of a glycosylated asparagine moiety, and both of the core fucose moiety in the glycopeptide and an amino acid residue that is located apart by at least three amino acid residues from the C-terminal of the glycosylated asparagine moiety in the glycopeptide are epitopes for the antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko KATAOKA, Tsuyoshi NOMURA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Yuriko EGASHIRA, Yukiko HIGA