Patents by Inventor Toshiya Abe
Toshiya Abe 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).
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Patent number: 9150144Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor-type light source 2, a lens 35, a heat sink member 4, a light control member 6, a driving member 7, and a cover member 8. The cover member 8 is fixed to a fixing surface of the heat sink member 4 such a manner as to be integrated with the semiconductor-type light source 2. The light control member 6 is mounted to the cover member 8 in such a manner as to be changeably movable between a first location and a second location. As a result, the present invention is capable of reducing dispersion in relative position between the semiconductor-type light source 2 and the light control member 6, and reducing dispersion between a light distribution pattern for low beam LP and a light distribution pattern for high beam HP.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toshiya Abe
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Patent number: 9133999Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor-type light source 2, a reflector 3, and a lens 4. The semiconductor-type light source 2 has a light emission surface 24. The reflector 3 has a first reflection surface 31 and a second reflection surface 32. The lens 4 has a plurality of convex surfaces (emission surfaces 46 and 47), a first lens portion 41, and a second lens portion 42. As a result, according to the present invention, an appropriate light distribution pattern for low beam LP can be obtained in a lamp unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiya Abe, Kotoka Inoue, Yasuhiro Okubo
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Patent number: 9074747Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor-type light source 2, a lens 35, a light control member 6, and a driving member 7. The lens 35 is made of a main lens portion 3 and an auxiliary lens portion 5. The light control member 6 is made of a light shading portion 60 and a light transmission portion 61. The driving member 7 is configured to position the light control member 6 in such a manner as to be changeably movable between a first location and a second location. As a result, the present invention is capable of obtaining an optimal light distribution pattern for low beam LP and an optimal light distribution pattern for high beam HP.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toshiya Abe
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Patent number: 9033562Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor-type light source 2, a lens 35, a light control member 6, and a driving member 7. The lens 35 is made of a main lens portion 3 and an auxiliary lens portion 5. The light control member 6 is made of a light shading portion 60 and a light transmission portion 61. The driving member 7 is configured to position the light control member 6 in such a manner as to be changeably movable between a first location and a second location. As a result, the present invention is capable of obtaining a light distribution pattern for low beam LP and a light distribution pattern for high beam HP in a lamp unit of a lens direct emission and light distribution type.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Okubo, Toshiya Abe
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Patent number: 9022624Abstract: The present invention provides: semiconductor-type light sources; a fixed reflector having reflection surfaces; movable reflectors having reflection surfaces; a solenoid; and a driving force transmission mechanism. The driving force transmission mechanism is made of: a rack that is elastically deformable; and pinions. A height H1 of a respective one of gear portions at each end part of the rack is greater in comparison with a height H2 of a respective one of gear portions at an intermediate part of the rack. As a result, the present invention is capable of maintaining a load between the rack and a respective one of the pinions at its required minimum level, and is capable of maintaining positional precision in stop location of the movable reflectors at high precision.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiya Abe
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Patent number: 8992061Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes: a lamp unit including an upper support shaft and a lower support shaft that are coaxially formed each other; a bracket adapted to support the lamp unit via a ball bearing in the upper support shaft and via a slider in a lower shaft support portion; an actuator including a mechanism portion adapted to drive the lower support shaft of the lamp unit, the actuator being movable in a forward and backward direction with respect to the bracket; and a spring portion that is fixed to the bracket, and is adapted to compress a tip end of the upper support shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiya Abe
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Patent number: 8864350Abstract: The present invention is provided with a first lamp unit 4 and a second lamp unit 5. The first lamp unit 4 is provided with a semiconductor-type light source 14, a reflector 15, a shade 16, and a driving mechanism 17. The reflector 15 has a first reflection surface 21 and a second reflection surface 22. The first reflection surface 21 is adapted to emit lateral light distribution patterns CPL and CPR. The second reflection surface 22 is adapted to emit a light distribution pattern HP for high beam. As a result, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to obtain an arbitrary auxiliary light distribution pattern, such as a light distortion pattern for spot or a light distribution pattern for scattering other than the lateral light distribution patterns CPL and CPR.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Okubo, Toshiya Abe, Kei Onoma, Atsushi Igari
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Publication number: 20140023947Abstract: To provide a fuel cell device capable of extending the years of service life of a reformer by suppressing thermal runaways. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell device, including a fuel cell module having multiple fuel cell units; a reformer disposed above the fuel cell units, for producing hydrogen by a partial oxidation reforming reaction and a steam reforming reaction; a vaporizing chamber disposed adjacent to the reformer; a combustion chamber for heating the vaporization chamber; a water supply device; a supply device for oxidant gas for electrical generation; and a controller for raising the fuel cell unit to a temperature at which electrical generation is possible; wherein fuel electrodes in each individual fuel cell unit are constituted to act as catalysts for a shift reaction, and the controller executes only the ATR step and SR step in the reformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Yousuke AKAGI, Toshiya ABE, Toshiharu OTSUKA, Katsuhisa TSUCHIYA, Takuya MATSUO, Naoki WATANABE
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Publication number: 20140023946Abstract: To provide a fuel cell device capable of extending the years of service life of a reformer by suppressing thermal runaways. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell device, including a fuel cell module having fuel cell units; a reformer disposed above the fuel cell units, for producing hydrogen by a partial oxidation reforming reaction and a steam reforming reaction; a vaporizing chamber disposed adjacent to the reformer; a combustion chamber for heating the vaporization chamber; a water supply device; an electrical generation oxidant gas supply device; and a controller for raising the fuel cell units to a temperature at which electrical generation is possible; whereby over the entire period of the startup step, the reforming oxidant gas supply device and water supply device are controlled so that partial oxidation reforming reactions do not occur independently in the reformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Yousuke AKAGI, Toshiya ABE, Toshiharu OTSUKA, Katsuhisa TSUCHIYA, Takuya MATSUO, Naoki WATANABE, Hajime OMURA, Shuhei TANAKA, Takuya HOSHIKO
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Patent number: 8608357Abstract: An AFS-type vehicle headlamp is provided, and includes a bearing holder adapted to hold a bearing that is inserted into an upper support shaft of a lamp unit. The bearing holder is formed integrally with a fixing portion for a bracket, a bearing holding portion adapted to hold the upper support shaft, and a spring portion adapted to compress a tip end of the upper support shaft. The fixing portion includes the bearing holding portion adapted to hold the bearing on a flat plate member in such a manner that a center of the bearing is positioned in a plane that includes the flat plate member.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiya Abe
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Publication number: 20130316266Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte material provided which, while maintaining a high oxygen ion conductivity, minimizes the extraction of scandia caused by impurities such as silicon in the fuel gas, and has improved intergranular strength in order to eliminate intergranular fracture caused by crystalline modification. The solid electrolyte material is a zirconia solid electrolyte material having yttria dissolved therein, has cubic crystals as the main ingredient, and is further characterized by having a lanthanoid oxide dissolved therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Megumi Shimazu, Akira Ueno, Toshiya Abe, Motoyasu Miyao, Kenichi Hiwatashi
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Publication number: 20130316267Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte material which, while maintaining high oxygen ion conductivity, minimizes the decomposition of scandia caused by impurities such as silicon in the fuel gas, and improves intergranular strength in order to eliminate intergranular fracture caused by crystalline modification. The solid electrolyte material is a zirconia solid electrolyte material having scandia and a lanthanoid oxide and/or yttria dissolved therein, and has alumina further added thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Megumi Shimazu, Akira Ueno, Toshiya Abe, Motoyasu Miyao, Kenichi Hiwatashi
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Publication number: 20130309582Abstract: Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell having a service life of approximately 90,000 hours, a level required to encourage the widespread use of SOFC. The solid oxide fuel cell is provided with a solid electrolyte layer, an oxygen electrode layer provided on one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and a fuel electrode layer provided on the other side of the solid electrolyte layer. The oxygen electrode layer is made from a material containing iron or manganese, and the solid electrolyte layer contains an yttria-stabilized zirconia solid electrolyte material having a lanthanoid oxide dissolved therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Megumi Shimazu, Akira Ueno, Toshiya Abe, Motoyasu Miyao, Kenichi Hiwatashi
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Publication number: 20130309583Abstract: Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell having a service life of approximately 90,000 hours, a level required to encourage the widespread use of SOFC. The solid oxide fuel cell according to the present invention comprises a solid electrolyte layer, an oxygen electrode layer provide to one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and a fuel electrode layer provide to the other side of the solid electrolyte layer. The oxygen electrode layer is made from a material including iron or manganese, the solid electrolyte layer is made from a scandia-stabilized zirconia electrolyte material containing alumina, and the solid electrolyte layer has a lanthanoid oxide and/or yttria dissolved therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Megumi Shimazu, Akira Ueno, Toshiya Abe, Motoyasu Miyao, Kenichi Hiwatashi
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Patent number: 8573819Abstract: The present invention combines control for lighting on/off a right side semiconductor-type light source 5R, control for lighting on/off a left side semiconductor-type light source 5L, and control for moving a movable shade 7 between a first position and a second position via control for driving/stopping the movement mechanism 70 with one another so as to radiate luminous intensity of a light distribution pattern HP1 for high beam having a first function, a light distribution pattern HP2 for high beam having a second function, and a light distribution pattern HP3 for high beam having a third function toward a forward direction of a vehicle 3. As a result, since the present invention includes a set of lamp unit, in comparison with the conventional vehicle headlamp system, the present invention requires a less number of components, and thus downsizing and cost reduction can be achieved accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Okubo, Toshiya Abe
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Patent number: 8556481Abstract: In present invention, the vehicle lighting device includes a heat sink; a light emitting element that is mounted on the heat sink; and a reflector that is disposed on a side of a light emission surface of the light emitting element, the reflector being adapted to reflect light from the light emitting element in a first direction. The heat sink includes: a heat sink main body; and a plate-shaped light source mount member which is protruded from the heat sink main body in the first direction, and on which the light emitting element is to be disposed. A light source is disposed to tit with respect to a horizontal surface in a widthwise direction of the vehicle when a vehicle lighting device is mounted on the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiya Abe
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Publication number: 20130251450Abstract: The present invention provides: an upside and a downside rotary shafts 11U, 11D that are respectively provided on an upside and a downside movable reflectors 4U, 4D; and a cylinder portion 12 which is provided on an upside and a downside pinions 15U, 15D and into which the upside and the downside rotary shafts 11U, 11D are to be inserted. A protrusion portion 16 is provided for the upside and the downside rotary shafts 11U, 11D. A slit 18 is provided in the cylinder portion 12. A recessed portion 19 is provided in the slit 18. As a result, it is capable of mounting a respective one of the upside and the downside rotary shafts and the cylinder portion in such a manner as to be free of a backlash in a rotational direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toshiya ABE
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Publication number: 20130242589Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor-type light source 2, a reflector 3, and a lens 4. The semiconductor-type light source 2 has a light emission surface 24. The reflector 3 has a first reflection surface 31 and a second reflection surface 32. The lens 4 has a plurality of convex surfaces (emission surfaces 46 and 47), a first lens portion 41, and a second lens portion 42. As a result, according to the present invention, an appropriate light distribution pattern for low beam LP can be obtained in a lamp unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiya ABE, Kotoka Inoue, Yasuhiro Okubo
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Publication number: 20130058118Abstract: In present invention, the vehicle lighting device includes a heat sink; a light emitting element that is mounted on the heat sink; and a reflector that is disposed on a side of a light emission surface of the light emitting element, the reflector being adapted to reflect light from the light emitting element in a first direction. The heat sink includes: a heat sink main body; and a plate-shaped light source mount member which is protruded from the heat sink main body in the first direction, and on which the light emitting element is to be disposed. A light source is disposed to tit with respect to a horizontal surface in a widthwise direction of the vehicle when a vehicle lighting device is mounted on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventor: Toshiya ABE
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Patent number: 8377600Abstract: A temperature adjustment member is arranged to control temperature of a reformer independently of temperature of a fuel cell module. The reformer is structured as a three-fluid heat exchanger into which a fluid is introducible whose temperature is higher or lower than exhaust-gas temperature of the fuel cell module. Then, the temperature of the reformer is controlled independently of operation temperature of the fuel cell by introducing the higher-temperature or lower-temperature fluid into the reformer. Also, a high-temperature or low-temperature gas is mixed with the module's exhaust gas, thereby adjusting temperature of the exhaust gas itself. This also controls the temperature of the reformer independently of the operation temperature of the fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shin Takahashi, Hiromi Tokoi, Akira Gunji, Toshiya Abe, Takeshi Saito