Patents by Inventor Toshiyasu Soda

Toshiyasu Soda 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).

  • Vehicle lighting unit
    Patent number: 9347636
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit forming low-beam and high-beam light distribution patterns can include: a light source having a substrate, and a first light-emitting section and a second light-emitting section arranged in two rows on a surface of the substrate; a first optical system configured to control light emitted from the first light-emitting section to form at least part of the low-beam light distribution pattern; a second optical system configured to control light emitted from the second light-emitting section to form at least part of the high-beam light distribution pattern; a light-shielding section disposed between the first light-emitting section and the second light-emitting section, the light-shielding section configured to shield part of the light from the first light-emitting section so as not to enter the second optical system; and a control unit configured to control to form the low-beam light distribution pattern or the high-beam light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Soda, Hisashi Furuya, Shinji Yamagata, Toshihiro Oikawa
  • VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT
    Publication number: 20140286033
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit forming low-beam and high-beam light distribution patterns can include: a light source having a substrate, and a first light-emitting section and a second light-emitting section arranged in two rows on a surface of the substrate; a first optical system configured to control light emitted from the first light-emitting section to form at least part of the low-beam light distribution pattern; a second optical system configured to control light emitted from the second light-emitting section to form at least part of the high-beam light distribution pattern; a light-shielding section disposed between the first light-emitting section and the second light-emitting section, the light-shielding section configured to shield part of the light from the first light-emitting section so as not to enter the second optical system; and a control unit configured to control to form the low-beam light distribution pattern or the high-beam light distribution pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Soda, Hisashi Furuya, Shinji Yamagata, Toshihiro Oikawa