Patents by Inventor Toshinao Daicho

Toshinao Daicho 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).

  • Vehicular lamp incorporating millimeter radar
    Patent number: 7535406
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp 1 including a lamp unit 13 provided inside a lamp chamber 7 so that the optical axis direction of lamp unit 13 is adjustable with the use of a tilting movement adjustment mechanism 15. The lamp chamber 7 is formed by a lamp body 3 and a transparent front cover 5 attached to the front opening of the lamp body 3, while the lamp unit 13 is formed by a reflector 9 and a light source 11. A millimeter wave radar device 25 is installed in the vehicular lamp, and it is composed of a controlling unit 25B and an antenna unit 25A that are provided separately from each other so that the controlling unit is attached to the lamp body and the antenna unit is attached to the lamp unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Teranishi, Nobutaka Tezuka, Toshinao Daicho, Takashi Hori