Patents by Inventor Makoto Kai

Makoto Kai 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: 20160377249
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a base that is open toward a front and includes a low beam light-distribution pattern forming component; a lens body disposed forward of the base; a first light-emitting device; and a second light-emitting device. Incident light is refracted in a lower portion of the lens body, and the incident light and exiting light travel in substantially same direction in an upper portion of the lens body. The first light-emitting device is disposed behind the lower portion of the lens body, the second light-emitting device is disposed further forward than the first light-emitting device and behind the upper portion of the lens body, and the low beam light-distribution pattern forming component is disposed in front of the first light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Makoto KAI, Hiro AOKI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Patent number: 9464775
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a base that is open toward a front and includes a low beam light-distribution pattern forming component; a lens body disposed forward of the base; a first light-emitting device; and a second light-emitting device. A refractive portion is provided in a lower portion of the lens body, and a non-refractive portion is provided in an upper portion of the lens body. The first light-emitting device is disposed behind the refractive portion of the lens body, the second light-emitting device is disposed further forward than the first light-emitting device and behind the non-refractive portion of the lens body, and the low beam light-distribution pattern forming component is disposed in front of the first light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Makoto Kai, Hiro Aoki, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20160264040
    Abstract: A lighting device for use with a mobile object includes a lamp having a through-hole, a lamp mount for fixing a lamp to a vehicle body, and a support that is shaft shaped and supports the lamp in a predetermined attitude relative to the lamp mount. The lamp mount has an insertion hole through which the support is to be inserted. The support includes, at the leading end side in the axial direction, a male threaded section to be inserted in the through-hole and, at the trailing end side in the axial direction, a trunk section having approximately the same diameter as the diameter of the insertion hole. The trunk section includes a communication portion that communicatively connects the leading end side and the trailing end side of the trunk section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20160265734
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus to be installed on a mobile object includes: a heat dissipator having a first outer surface and a second outer surface different from the first outer surface; a first light-emitting device thermally coupled to the first outer surface of the heat dissipator; a second light-emitting device thermally coupled to the second outer surface of the heat dissipator; a reflector that reflects light emitted from the first light-emitting device; a first lens that is disposed in a path of light reflected by the reflector and that transmits the light from the reflector along a predetermined lighting direction; and a second lens disposed in a path of light from the second light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiro AOKI, Tomoyuki OGATA, Masashi KICHIMA, Makoto KAI
  • Publication number: 20160033103
    Abstract: Lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes: night-time low beam light source which mainly illuminates a lower front region in front of the vehicle; and daytime light source which mainly illuminates an overhead region above the lower front region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki NAKANO, Tomoyuki OGATA, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Makoto KAI
  • Publication number: 20150362145
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a ring-shaped light guide including ring-shaped light entry and light exit faces; and light-emitting devices arranged in a ring at predetermined intervals, at positions opposite the light entry face. The light guide includes collimating portions that collimate light emitted from the light-emitting devices. Each of the collimating portions includes light-reflecting faces for collimating, in the direction of the optical axis of the collimating portion, light emitted from the corresponding light-emitting device. The light-reflecting faces include: an outer reflecting face; an inner reflecting face; a lateral reflecting face; and a large radius reflecting face. A distance from the optical axis to an optical axis-side end portion of at least one of the outer reflecting face, the inner reflecting face, and the lateral reflecting face is less than a distance from the optical axis to an optical axis-side end portion of the large radius reflecting face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Tomoyuki OGATA, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150321598
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicle use that projects light forward includes: a base, a low beam lamp including a low beam light emitting device disposed on the base; a first high beam lamp including a first high beam light emitting device disposed on the base; a second high beam lamp including a second high beam light emitting device disposed on the base; and a lighting controller configured to turn on the low beam light emitting device, the first high beam light emitting device, and the second high beam light emitting device when high beams are turned on. A center of an area illuminated by the first high beam lamp and a center of an area illuminated by the second high beam lamp are horizontally spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiro AOKI, Makoto KAI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20150323147
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicle use that projects light forward includes: a base; a first light emitting device disposed on the base; a second light emitting device disposed on the base; a first lens body disposed in front of the first light emitting device; a second lens body disposed in front of the second light emitting device; and a light restrictor adjacent to the first lens body, the light restrictor restricting light emitted by the second light emitting device from entering the first lens body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiro AOKI, Makoto KAI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20150323145
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicle use that projects light forward includes: a base; a low beam light emitting device disposed on the base; a high beam light emitting device disposed on the base; a lens body disposed in front of the low beam light emitting device and the high beam light emitting device; and a first light restrictor disposed in front of the high beam light emitting device, the first light restrictor restricting light emitted by the high beam light emitting device from traveling downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiro AOKI, Makoto KAI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20150241030
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a base that is open toward a front and includes a low beam light-distribution pattern forming component; a lens body disposed forward of the base; a first light-emitting device; and a second light-emitting device. A refractive portion is provided in a lower portion of the lens body, and a non-refractive portion is provided in an upper portion of the lens body. The first light-emitting device is disposed behind the refractive portion of the lens body, the second light-emitting device is disposed further forward than the first light-emitting device and behind the non-refractive portion of the lens body, and the low beam light-distribution pattern forming component is disposed in front of the first light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Makoto KAI, Hiro AOKI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20150219303
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a light guide which is tubular and includes a light entry portion in one end in a tube axis direction; and a light source arranged corresponding to the light entry portion. The light entry portion includes a light redirecting portion which changes a traveling direction of light entering from the first light source to a direction that is substantially parallel to the tube axis direction of the light guide. The light guide includes: plural light-emitting faces which are ring-shaped and formed concentrically in the other end in the tube axis direction of the light guide; and a non light-emitting face which is wall-like and formed along the tube axis direction of the light guide, at a border of adjacent ones of the light-emitting faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiro AOKI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20150098218
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate; first light emitting elements arranged circularly on the substrate and having a first light distribution angle (a narrow light distribution angle); and second light emitting elements arranged circularly to surround the plurality of first light emitting elements on the substrate, and having a second light distribution angle (a wide light distribution angle) different from the first light distribution angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Takaari UEMOTO, Satoshi SHIDA
  • Patent number: 8901242
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a composite film having light-curing property and weather resistance. [Means for solving] A composite film is one that comprises at least a urethane polymer, wherein both an initial b* value of the composite film measured by a spectrocolorimeter (value at an angle of 15 degrees) and a b* value after performing an accelerated weathering test for 120 hours (value at an angle of 15 degrees) are 4.0 or less, and a non-volatile component after heating the composite film at 130° C. for two hours is 96% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Suzuki, Masanori Uesugi, Makoto Kai, Mitsuyoshi Shirai
  • Patent number: 8545978
    Abstract: To provide a composite film having low-temperature flexibility. The composite film including an acrylic polymer and a urethane polymer, in which the acrylic polymer includes an acryl component containing at least an acrylic acid-based monomer and a monofunctional acrylic monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 273 K or more; the content of said acrylic acid-based monomer in said composite film is from 0.5 to 15 wt %; the glass transition temperature (Tg ac) of the acrylic polymer is 273 K or more; the glass transition temperature (Tg ur) of the urethane polymer is 273 K or less; and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the composite film is 269 K or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Suzuki, Masanori Uesugi, Makoto Kai, Mitsuyoshi Shirai
  • Patent number: 8530046
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive sheet for protecting coating films which is excellent in the adhesion between a coating layer and a composite film, and has weather resistance. The adhesive sheet for protecting coating films is one comprising a base layer and an adhesive layer, and the base layer has a coating layer produced by using the fluoroethylene vinyl ether alternating copolymer having a specific structure on one surface of a composite film containing an acrylic polymer and a urethane polymer. It is preferable that the coating layer is cross-linked with a composite film and has cross-linked points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kai, Kenichi Shibata, Mitsuyoshi Shirai, Masanori Uesugi, Hidenori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130230683
    Abstract: A protective film has a base layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of the base layer. In the protective film, a ventilation portion through which air can pass from one surface to the other surface is formed. A trouser tear strength in the vertical direction (MD) of the wheel protective film is 3 N or more; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive force of the wheel protective film (adherend: acrylic clear-coated panel, after a lapse of 48 hours under the condition of 23° C.×50% RH) is 4.9 N/25 mm or more at a tensile speed of 0.3 m/min., and 19.6 N/25 mm or less at a tensile speed of 30 m/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikkou HANAKI, Makoto KAI, Naoto KATO, Hironori TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20120231269
    Abstract: [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To provide a composite film having photo-curable property and weather resistance [MEANS FOR SOLVING] A composite film is one that includes at least a urethane polymer, wherein a ?b* value (value at an acceptance angle of 15 degrees) measured by a spectrocolorimeter after 120 hours in an accelerated weathering test and a ?b* value (value at an acceptance angle of 15 degrees) in an accelerated heat resistance test in a dark place under an atmosphere of 80° C. are both 4.0 or less. The composite film preferably has a ?b* value (value at an acceptance angle of 15 degrees) in an accelerated moist-heat resistance test in a dark place under an atmosphere of 85° C. and 85% relative humidity of 6.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Nakagawa, Yasunori Yamamoto, Masanori Uesugi, Makoto Kai, Yuka Oosawa
  • Publication number: 20120057371
    Abstract: A lamp capable of suppressing an increase in a temperature of semiconductor light-emitting devices such as LED is provided. The lamp includes an LED module (11) which is a light source, a radiator (14) thermally coupled to the light source, a lighting circuit (13) for turning the lighting source on and is housed in the radiator (14), and a base (12) for supplying power to the lighting circuit (13), and the radiator (14) includes a heat sink (15) covering the lighting circuit (13) and a light source attachment (16) to which the light source is placed. Furthermore, a convex (16b) of an end portion of the light source attachment (16) is fit into a recess (15c) of the heat sink (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Makoto Kai, Yoshio Manabe, Kenji Takahashi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi
  • Publication number: 20120028040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an application tape, which has a function of improving an application workability when a protective pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is applied to an adherend, in which the application tape has a surface that has a coefficient of static friction for a PET film of 0.05-1.0 in the case where the PET film is slid on the application tape having a size of 30 mm×30 mm under a condition of a load of 100 g and a rate of 100 mm/min, and the application tape has a Young's modulus of 300 MPa or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Yoshio NAKAGAWA, Masanori UESUGI, Yuka OOSAWA, Yasunori YAMOMOTO, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: D773700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiro Aoki, Makoto Kai, Yoshihiko Kanayama, Masaaki Itoh