Patents Assigned to Kioto Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10609774
    Abstract: A lighting circuit includes a voltage converter configured to receive a DC voltage to perform voltage conversion and supply a drive current to a light source unit including a light emitting element, a bypass switch configured to form a bypass path through which the drive current bypasses the light emitting element, and a controller configured to control the voltage converter and the bypass switch. The light source unit includes a plurality of light emitting elements connected in series. The bypass path includes at least one bypass switch which are connected in parallel with at least one of the light emitting elements. When turning on the light emitting element of the light source unit, the controller controls the voltage conversion to start in a state where the bypass switch is turned on, and then, turns off the bypass switch to turn on the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KIOTO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Takao Muramatsu, Takeshi Toda
  • Patent number: 9266465
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp includes: a bracket having an actuator attaching portion that has a first fixation portion and a second fixation portion and part of which is a cuttable portion; a first actuator that is attached to the actuator attaching portion from one direction and is fixed via the first fixation portion; and a lamp unit that is supported by the bracket and that is capable of being tilted relative to the bracket by drive force of the first actuator. The actuator attaching portion is configured so that the cuttable portion can be cut off to detach the first actuator from the bracket in another direction than the one direction and a second actuator can be attached to the actuator attaching portion from the another direction and fixed to the actuator attaching portion via the second fixture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: KIOTO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shibata, Kazutami Oishi
  • Patent number: 7059752
    Abstract: An infrared light radiating lamp in which red light emitted from a front lens is diluted so as to become inconspicuous by emitting a small amount of visible light from a rim portion of a convex lens so that the lamp will not be mistaken for a tail lamp or a stop lamp and without causing glare. A vehicular infrared light radiating lamp is provided with a light source unit including a convex lens mounted via a lens holder forward of a reflector in which a light source is mounted. An infrared light transmitting film is provided on the rear surface of the convex lens. An infrared light transmitting film-free region is provided on the outer periphery of the infrared light transmitting film such that white visible light for diluting the red light emitted from the convex lens is emitted from the rim portion of the convex lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Kioto Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Yagi, Kazuki Okui