Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Sugamoto

Tatsuya Sugamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 8845156
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a long solid-core shaped light guide; a first light source that irradiates an end portion of the long solid-core shaped light guide in a longitudinal direction such that light is radiated long from an end side of the vehicle lamp toward another end side of the vehicle lamp; and a second light source that irradiates the another end side of the vehicle lamp to a lateral outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukasawa, Yasushi Kawaji, Hitoshi Kurihara, Tatsuya Sugamoto
  • Patent number: 8456292
    Abstract: A door mirror includes a turn signal lamp for indicating a traveling direction; a foot lamp; and a housing that houses the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp, wherein the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp are provided in the housing such that the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp are provided with outer lenses lying adjacent to each other such that light based on a turning on of one lamp is guided to an outer lens of the other lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsuba Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukasawa, Akifumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Sugamoto
  • Publication number: 20100253500
    Abstract: A door mirror includes a turn signal lamp for indicating a traveling direction; a foot lamp; and a housing that houses the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp, wherein the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp are provided in the housing such that the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp are provided with outer lenses lying adjacent to each other such that light based on a turning on of one lamp is guided to an outer lens of the other lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukasawa, Akifumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Sugamoto
  • Patent number: 7699511
    Abstract: A turn lamp includes a base housing; a light source unit incorporated with a light source and housed in the base housing; an inner housing provided with a long and solid light guide; a lens cover that covers the base housing; and a diffused reflection generator that is structured such that light from the light source leaks out long from the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Mitsuba Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawaji, Noriyuki Ito, Hitoshi Kurihara, Yosuke Fukasawa, Masashi Fukui, Tatsuya Sugamoto, Hideo Hamamoto, Hirofumi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100091508
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a long solid-core shaped light guide; a first light source that irradiates an end portion of the long solid-core shaped light guide in a longitudinal direction such that light is radiated long from an end side of the vehicle lamp toward another end side of the vehicle lamp; and a second light source that irradiates the another end side of the vehicle lamp to a lateral outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukasawa, Yasushi Kawaji, Hitoshi Kurihara, Tatsuya Sugamoto
  • Publication number: 20080089080
    Abstract: A turn lamp includes a base housing; a light source unit incorporated with a light source and housed in the base housing; an inner housing provided with a long and solid light guide; a lens cover that covers the base housing; and a diffused reflection generator that is structured such that light from the light source leaks out long from the light guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: MITSUBA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawaji, Noriyuki Ito, Hitoshi Kurihara, Yosuke Fukasawa, Masashi Fukui, Tatsuya Sugamoto, Hideo Hamamoto, Hirofumi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 5975623
    Abstract: A collision energy absorbing structure of a vehicle body upper portion of an automobile having a roofside rail (20) extending in the forward and backward direction and formed to be a closed structure with an outer panel (30) and an inner panel (32) includes a metal energy absorbing panel (22) and a resin interior trim material (24). The energy absorbing panel (22) has a thickness smaller than the thicknesses of the outer panel (30) and the inner panel (32) and is arranged with a space (D) inward of the inner panel. The terminal portion in the longitudinal direction of the energy absorbing panel (22) has a tendency that energy absorption reduces but the tendency is compensated by resin material (26, 28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutomo Shikimachi, Tatsuya Sugamoto, Hisataka Kato, Narihide Matsuyama, Kenji Gondo
  • Patent number: 5836641
    Abstract: A structure of absorbing impact energy using a non-metallic interior material for an automobile is provided. The interior material is arranged on the inside of an inner panel of a structure member which includes the inner panel and an outer panel and is formed to have a closed structure in cross section taken along an horizontal imaginary plane. An energy absorbing space in defined between the inner panel and the interior material. A non-metallic energy absorber formed separately from the interior material is mounted on the inner panel or the interior material so as to be arranged in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugamoto, Suga Hitoshi, Masaya Kubo, Yuzuru Imoto
  • Patent number: 5660426
    Abstract: A structure of absorbing impact energy using a non-metallic interior material for an automobile is provided. The interior material is arranged on the inside of an inner panel of a structure member which includes the inner panel and an outer panel and is formed to have a closed structure in cross section taken along an horizontal imaginary plane. An energy absorbing space in defined between the inner panel and the interior material. A non-metallic energy absorber formed separately from the interior material is mounted on the inner panel or the interior material so as to be arranged in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigemi Sugimori, Tatsuya Sugamoto, Hitoshi Suga, Masaya Kubo, Yuzuru Imoto, Hiroshi Shimasaki