Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa MURATA

Yoshimasa MURATA 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: 11156338
    Abstract: A lamp unit includes a light source, and a socket on which the light source unit is mounted. The socket includes a light source holder that holds the light source, and a connector that supplies power to the light source, and the light source holder includes a recess extending along a light source unit mounting surface from an outside to a portion immediately below the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Murata, Takuya Serita
  • Publication number: 20200340641
    Abstract: A lamp unit includes a light source, and a socket on which the light source unit is mounted. The socket includes a light source holder that holds the light source, and a connector that supplies power to the light source, and the light source holder includes a recess extending along a light source unit mounting surface from an outside to a portion immediately below the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa MURATA, Takuya SERITA
  • Patent number: 10359179
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a board, a resin-molded unit formed using a resin material as a base material and having thermal conductivity, and a socket housing including a heat sink formed of a metal material, and a board attachment portion to which the board is attached and a covered surface which is covered with the resin-molded unit, wherein the resin-molded unit is formed with a holding hole communicating with the covered surface, and the heat sink and the resin-molded unit are formed by integral molding when a portion of the covered surface and a portion of the attachment surface are pressed by a portion of a mold inserted through the holding hole and another portion of the mold, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozawa, Yoshimasa Murata, Takuya Serita
  • Patent number: 10337717
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a light source unit, the heat-dissipation plate is provided with a first heat-dissipation portion in contact with the substrate, the resin molding part is provided with a plurality of heat-dissipation fins and an engaging portion to be engaged with a predetermined member, and the socket housing is formed by an integral molding of the heat-dissipation plate and the resin molding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozawa, Takuya Serita, Yoshimasa Murata, Ryota Naito, Takahiro Kumeta
  • Publication number: 20180106465
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a socket housing including a heat sink formed of a metal material and having a board attachment portion, and a resin-molded unit formed using a resin material as a base material and having thermal conductivity, a board attached to the board attachment portion, and a light emitting element mounted on the board and configured to function as a light source. The board attachment portion is formed with an attachment surface to which the board is attached and a covered surface which is covered with the resin-molded unit. A holding hole communicating with the covered surface is formed in the resin-molded unit. In the socket housing, the heat sink and the resin-molded unit are formed by integral molding when a portion of the covered surface and a portion of the attachment surface are pressed by a portion of a mold inserted through the holding hole and another portion of the mold, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozawa, Yoshimasa Murata, Takuya Serita
  • Publication number: 20160290621
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a light source unit, the heat-dissipation plate is provided with a first heat-dissipation portion in contact with the substrate, the resin molding part is provided with a plurality of heat-dissipation fins and an engaging portion to be engaged with a predetermined member, and the socket housing is formed by an integral molding of the heat-dissipation plate and the resin molding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi OZAWA, Takuya SERITA, Yoshimasa MURATA, Ryota NAITO, Takahiro KUMETA