Patents by Inventor Robert William Herpy

Robert William Herpy 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).

  • Lighting device
    Patent number: 10400981
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a first lighting part arranged on a stationary body part of the vehicle, and a second lighting part arranged on a movable body part of the vehicle. A gap in a vehicle width direction is provided between the first lighting part and the second lighting part. The first lighting part includes a first reflector and the second lighting part includes a second reflector. The first reflector is located forward of the second reflector in a vehicle forward-rearward direction, and the gap is rearward of the first reflector in the vehicle forward-rearward direction. The second reflector is inclined toward one of the first reflector and the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Logan M. Kingen, Christopher T. Lepage, Akira Hongo, Nathan M. Fisher, Aaron M. Eberle, Teerawan Grogan, Robert William Herpy, William Gerret McWhorter, Takuya Matsumaru, Taizo Yokoyama
  • Lamp unit
    Patent number: 9212799
    Abstract: A lamp unit for a vehicle lamp can include: a lens having an aspherical shape, including a first lens portion, and a second lens portion disposed adjacent to the first lens portion and forming a concave portion on at least a part of a rear side surface thereof; a first reflective surface disposed rearward of the first lens portion; a second reflective surface disposed rearward of the second lens portion; a first light source configured to emit light to be reflected by the first reflective surface, pass through the first lens portion and be emitted forward; and a second light source configured to emit light to be reflected by the second reflective surface, pass through the second lens portion and be emitted forward. A shape of a rear side surface of the second lens portion can be configured to diffuse the light from the second light source vertically and horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Todaka, Nathan Marion Fisher, Joshua Thomas Glazier, Mitsuaki Kiyota, Robert William Herpy
  • LAMP UNIT
    Publication number: 20140321147
    Abstract: A lamp unit for a vehicle lamp can include: a lens having an aspherical shape, including a first lens portion, and a second lens portion disposed adjacent to the first lens portion and forming a concave portion on at least a part of a rear side surface thereof; a first reflective surface disposed rearward of the first lens portion; a second reflective surface disposed rearward of the second lens portion; a first light source configured to emit light to be reflected by the first reflective surface, pass through the first lens portion and be emitted forward; and a second light source configured to emit light to be reflected by the second reflective surface, pass through the second lens portion and be emitted forward. A shape of a rear side surface of the second lens portion can be configured to diffuse the light from the second light source vertically and horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Todaka, Nathan Marion Fisher, Joshua Thomas Glazier, Mitsuaki Kiyota, Robert William Herpy