Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Nagae

Masayoshi Nagae 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).

  • Bicycle lighting system
    Patent number: 7459857
    Abstract: The bicycle lighting system includes a primary lighting circuit and at least one electrically operated component connected in parallel to a rectifying circuit that receives electricity from a hub dynamo. The electrically operated component can be a supplemental lighting circuit, an electric transmission component and/or a tail lamp. The lighting system includes a rectifying circuit configured and arranged to rectify electricity generated by a hub dynamo. The primary lighting circuit has at least one first light emitting diode that is configured and arranged to always receive electricity outputted from the rectifying circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitamura, Masayoshi Nagae
  • Bicycle lighting system
    Publication number: 20070252537
    Abstract: The bicycle lighting system includes a primary lighting circuit and at least one electrically operated component connected in parallel to a rectifying circuit that receives electricity from a hub dynamo. The electrically operated component can be a supplemental lighting circuit, an electric transmission component and/or a tail lamp. The lighting system includes a rectifying circuit configured and arranged to rectify electricity generated by a hub dynamo. The primary lighting circuit has at least one first light emitting diode that is configured and arranged to always receive electricity outputted from the rectifying circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitamura, Masayoshi Nagae
  • Self-powered bicycle signal output device and display apparatus using same
    Patent number: 7253610
    Abstract: A bicycle signal output device comprises a magnet structured to be mounted to one of a first part and a moving part of a bicycle, a coil structured to be mounted to the other one of the first part and the moving part of the bicycle, and a signal generating unit that operates using electrical power generated by the coil in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Nagae
  • SELF-POWERED BICYCLE SIGNAL OUTPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING SAME
    Publication number: 20050156590
    Abstract: A bicycle signal output device comprises a magnet structured to be mounted to one of a first part and a moving part of a bicycle, a coil structured to be mounted to the other one of the first part and the moving part of the bicycle, and a signal generating unit that operates using electrical power generated by the coil in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: SHIMANO, INC.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Nagae