Patents Assigned to Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240369203
    Abstract: It is desirable that light functions such as a daytime running lamp, a positioning lamp, and a turn indicator lamp each take an optimal heat dissipation structure. A first light function and a second light function for executing light functions such as a daytime running lamp, a positioning lamp, and a turn indicator lamp are executed by LEDs each including a light source, protection resin, and a light source plate. An LED for the first light function is provided on an upper surface of a heatsink, and an LED for the second light function is provided on a substrate separate from the heatsink. The substrate is mounted at a position on the upper surface of the heatsink so that the first light function and the second light function are respectively performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki TSUCHIYA, Kenji MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20240360970
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp which forms a travel light distribution pattern in which occurrence of a dark area between low and high beam light distributions is suppressed. A projection lens is divided into a plurality of lens areas, each of which has a different focal point position, and one second lens area is a low lens area. A low beam light source module is set such reflected light from the reflector is incident on a back surface of the second lens area, and a low beam light distribution is emitted from an area front surface. A high beam light source module is set such that emitted light from a high beam light source is directly incident on a lens back surface of the projection lens, and a high beam light distribution for each area is emitted from each of a plurality of area front surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroya IMAMURA, Yuji OHASHI, Eiji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12123562
    Abstract: A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a predetermined operation of the first light distribution illuminator by the driver of the vehicle. The second light distribution illuminator includes a light source, and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source to form an illumination pattern surrounded by multiple light-dark boundary lines and emit the illumination pattern to a side of the vehicle, and the projection lens focuses more of the light emitted from the light source passing outwardly from the optical axis of the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okubo, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12123563
    Abstract: A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a predetermined operation of the first light distribution illuminator by the driver of the vehicle. The second light distribution illuminator includes a light source, and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source to form an illumination pattern surrounded by multiple light-dark boundary lines and emit the illumination pattern to a side of the vehicle, and the projection lens focuses more of the light emitted from the light source passing outwardly from the optical axis of the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okubo, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12123564
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle lamp in which it is possible to prevent a bonding wire from blocking light emitted from a light emitting surface while improving heat dissipation performance from a light emitting portion. A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting portion having a light emitting element, a circuit board, and a heat sink. In this vehicle lamp, a front region of the heat sink is divided into a first region and a second region, the light emitting portion is fixed to the first region, and the circuit board is fixed to the second region. A light emitting portion-side terminal provided in the light emitting portion and a board-side terminal provided in the circuit board are electrically connected by a bonding wire. The light emitting portion-side terminal is disposed between a light emitting surface that covers the light emitting element, and the board-side terminal in front view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuoka, Kunihiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12111035
    Abstract: To provide a vehicular lamp that can improve the degree of freedom in the arrangement position of a road surface irradiation unit. The vehicular lamp comprises a road surface irradiation unit for forming an irradiation pattern around the vehicle with light from a light emitting portion for a road surface; and a shielding part for covering the light emitting portion for the road surface when the road surface irradiation unit is viewed from the front. The vehicular lamp may further comprise a lamp unit housed in a lamp chamber together with the road surface irradiation unit, and the road surface irradiation unit may be turned on and off interlocked with the lamp unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hamamoto, Yuichiro Washi
  • Patent number: 12092286
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp suppressing design deterioration due to moire is provided. The vehicle lamp includes: a first plate material including a plurality of first light transmissive areas transmitting light therethrough and a first light non-transmissive area positioned between the plurality of first light transmissive areas and not transmitting light therethrough; a second plate material including a plurality of second light transmissive areas transmitting light therethrough and a second light non-transmissive area positioned between the plurality of second light transmissive areas and not transmitting light therethrough, the second plate material being layered on the first plate material; and a light source that emits light via the plurality of first light transmissive areas of the first plate material and the plurality of second light transmissive areas of the second plate material, where the plurality of second light transmissive areas are larger, in acreage, than the plurality of first light transmissive areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichiro Danura, Hideyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12092283
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp includes a first light source for emitting a first light forward; a second light source disposed above the first light source and for emitting a second light forward; a first reflecting surface disposed in front of the first light source for reflecting the first light upward; a second reflecting surface disposed above the second light source for reflecting forward the first light reflected by the first reflecting surface; a third reflecting surface disposed above the second light source and below the second reflecting surface, is connected to the second reflecting surface, for reflecting the second light forward; and a projection lens disposed in front of the first, second, and third reflecting surfaces. The first and second light sources disposed on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Ohashi, Hiroya Imamura, Hirokazu Nozue, Eiji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240288139
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle lamp fitting capable of appropriately providing a projection lens while suppressing the number of components and the number of assembly steps. The vehicle lamp fitting includes: a light source; a reflector member having a reflection portion that reflects light emitted by the light source; a projection lens that projects light reflected by the reflection portion to a front; and a heat dissipation member provided with the light source and dissipating heat from the light source; wherein the projection lens is fixed between the heat dissipation member and the reflector member by being sandwiched between the heat dissipation member and the reflector member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinobu TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20240280232
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting appliance lens, a vehicle lighting appliance unit, and a vehicle lighting appliance device each includes an incidence part, a second reflective surface, a cutoff-line forming part, and an emission surface. The cutoff-line forming part is provided in the left-right direction of a vehicle. As a result, the flowability of resin is improved, the control of a low-beam light distribution pattern is improved, and a cutoff line without warping is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei ONOMA
  • Patent number: 12055280
    Abstract: To prevent point illumination and fix a light-guiding body. The present invention includes: a fixation portion having a first holding portion and a second holding portion; engagement portions that restrict frontward movement of the one end portion in the front-back direction; an elastic portion that generates elastic force upward in the up-down direction, and abuts on the one end portion to maintain engagement of the engagement portions; contact portions that bring the first holding portion and the one end portion into contact with each other on both sides in the left-right direction; an abutment portion that abuts on the one end portion to restrict backward movement of the one end portion in the front-back direction; and a restriction portion that abuts on the elastic portion to restrict downward movement of the elastic portion in the up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Seito Wada, Shintaro Abe
  • Publication number: 20240253558
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem that the road surface area allowed for projecting an image is limited, there is a restriction on the number of parts into which the image can be divided, and it is hard to achieve an intended visual effect even if individual images are sequentially projected. A control unit (31) controls three light sources (21a to 21c) so that, among three individual images (5a to 5c), projection of an image (5b) to be projected second is started at a time point (t4) later than a time point (t3) at which a period of 250/3 milliseconds has elapsed from a projection start time point (t1) for an image (5a) to be projected first. Consequently, the visual effect of sequential projection of individual images is more easily achieved than when the projection of the second individual image (5b) is started at the time (t3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro WASHI, Hideto KURIMOTO
  • Patent number: 12049996
    Abstract: When light is off, a transparent appearance is obtained, while when the light is on, light is seen through a transparent spot. The present invention includes a light source portion and a reflective portion. The light source portion emits light. The light source portion is disposed at a position shifted with respect to an emitting direction of emitted light from the reflective portion. The reflective portion reflects the light from the light source portion and emits it in a predetermined direction. The reflective portion is constituted by a transparent member with a refractive index at least in a visible light area larger than 1. As a result, in the present invention, the transparent appearance is obtained when the light is off, while the light is seen through the transparent spot when the light is on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Sato, Alejandro De-Arriba, Takaaki Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 12049993
    Abstract: Photoluminescence generated by excitation light emitted from an excitation light source can be effectively utilized. A vehicle lamp according to the present invention includes a lamp housing and a lamp lens forming a lamp chamber, an excitation light source disposed in the lamp chamber and emitting excitation light, and a luminescence unit fixed to the lamp lens on a side thereof closer to the lamp chamber and generating photoluminescence by the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source. The lamp lens is a lens that transmits the photoluminescence generated in the luminescence unit and emits the photoluminescence outside the lamp chamber. As a result, the present invention enables effective use of the photoluminescence generated by the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Sato, Daisuke Takamura, Takaaki Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 12031692
    Abstract: A vehicle light fixture includes: one light source including a light emitting layer partitioned into a plurality of segments capable of emitting light individually; and a control unit for causing the light emitting layer to emit light in a different light emitting state by performing control of selecting the segment for emitting light from among the plurality of segments, and control of at least one of brightness and a light emission timing of the selected segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako Otani, Masataka Nakagawa, Hironari Zushi
  • Patent number: 12025284
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit ensures support rigidity of a substrate connection part in the front-rear direction without increasing components. The vehicle lighting unit includes a light source part, a power feeding member, a heat dissipation member, and a socket. The light source part has a light-emitting element, and a substrate connected to the light-emitting element. The power feeding member supplies power to the light source part. The heat dissipation member is mounted with the light source part. The socket is assembled on the rear side opposite to the front surface of the heat dissipation member mounted with the light source part. In the vehicle lighting unit, the substrate and the power feeding member are electrically connected by the substrate connection part. The heat dissipation member integrally has an extension support unit that supports at least the substrate connection part in placement in a front-rear direction of the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuoka, Kunihiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12024087
    Abstract: A vehicle indication device includes: a road surface drawing unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to draw one or more notification indications by light on a road surface in a direction of travel of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to, when a turn signal of the vehicle is on, cause the road surface drawing unit to either draw the one or more notification indications in a first color on the road surface or turn off display of the one or more notification indications in a case where the vehicle gives way to a pedestrian, and cause the road surface drawing unit to draw the one or more notification indications in a second color different from the first color on the road surface in a case different from the case where the vehicle gives way to a pedestrian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Harumi Mochimaru, Yasufumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240210003
    Abstract: A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a predetermined operation of the first light distribution illuminator by the driver of the vehicle. The second light distribution illuminator includes a light source, and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source to form an illumination pattern surrounded by multiple light-dark boundary lines and emit the illumination pattern to a side of the vehicle, and the projection lens focuses more of the light emitted from the light source passing outwardly from the optical axis of the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro OKUBO, Yasufumi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240198896
    Abstract: An automotive lighting fixtures that can create the desired illumination pattern of light distribution while suppressing enlargement is provided. The vehicular lamp 10 comprises a plurality of light sources (21, 22, 23), a condenser lens 12 that collects light by allowing light from the multiple light sources (21, 22, 23) to enter through an incident surface 34 and exit through an exit surface 35, a light-shielding member 13 provided with a plurality of light-transmitting portions (28) that partially transmit the light collected by the condenser lens 12, and a projection lens 14 that forms an illumination pattern Pi with a plurality of illumination patterns Di corresponding to the plurality of light-transmitting portions by projecting the light transmitted through the light-shielding member 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20240198892
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a vehicle lamp control device that can extend, in accordance with the vehicle speed, the distance over which a vehicle-mounted sensor can detect objects; and a vehicle lamp. Provided is a vehicle lamp control device for controlling headlights which are mounted onto a vehicle provided with an autonomous driving function or a driving assistance function and emit light distribution patterns (PA-L, PA-M, PA-H) forward of the vehicle, wherein when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving state or a driving assistance state, the widths (WH) of the hot zones (HA-L, HA-M, HA-H) of the light distribution patterns (PA-L, PA-M, PA-H) are expanded in increments or continuously as the traveling speed of the vehicle increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasufumi SUZUKI