Patents Assigned to Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Vehicle headlight
    Patent number: 10465875
    Abstract: A vehicle headlight includes a first light distribution variable lighting unit and a second light distribution variable lighting unit each having a plurality of light emitting devices and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices and that are configured to variably control a light distribution pattern of light emitted from the projection lens while switching lighting of the plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the first light distribution variable lighting unit radiates light having a first light distribution pattern toward a side in front of the projection lens with respect to a predetermined radiation range, and the second light distribution variable lighting unit radiates light having a second light distribution pattern toward the side in front of the projection lens with respect to at least a vicinity of a reference center of the radiation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Nakazato
  • Optical element
    Patent number: 10459306
    Abstract: An optical element comprises a first electrode; a second electrode partially including insulating areas; a seal frame member located between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte layer that fills a space defined by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the seal frame member; a first connection electrode disposed outside the seal frame member on the surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate; and a second connection electrode disposed outside the seal frame member on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, wherein, in an area surrounded by the seal frame member, a proportion of the insulating areas of the second electrode included in an unit area relatively close to the first connection electrode is higher than that included in an unit area positioned in the middle of the seal frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Hirano
  • GROUP III NITRIDE LAMINATE AND VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING THE LAMINATE
    Publication number: 20190323146
    Abstract: A group III nitride laminate having monocrystalline n-type AlxGa1-xN (0.7?X?1.0) and an electrode is provided. The group III nitride laminate is characterized in that an n-type contact layer made of (AlYGa1-Y)2O3 (0.0?Y<0.3) is provided between the monocrystalline n-type AlxGa1-xN (0.7?X?1.0) and the electrode. Furthermore, a vertical semiconductor device including the above-described group III nitride laminate is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinao KUMAGAI, Hisashi MURAKAMI, Toru KINOSHITA
  • ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, LIGHTING TOOL FOR VEHICLE, WINDOW PANEL ATTACHED WITH LIGHTING TOOL FOR VEHICLE, AND ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20190323674
    Abstract: An illumination device for a vehicle includes: a light source configured to emit a first light forward; and a transmission type surface emitting device that is disposed in front of the light source, that is configured to transmit the first light and that is configured to emit a second light forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki CHIKAMA, Koichiro ANO
  • HIGH-RESOLUTION ACTIVE IMAGE DATA GENERATING APPARATUS HAVING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT UNIT
    Publication number: 20190327404
    Abstract: An active image data generating apparatus includes a light emitting unit adapted to emit irradiation light, an image device having multiple pixels, and a diffractive optical element unit adapted to receive the irradiation light from the light emitting unit to generate multiple irradiation patterns toward an image area. The image area is divided into multiple image regions each corresponding to one of the multiple pixels. Each of the image regions is divided into multiple sub image regions. The sub image regions located at same positions within the image regions are defined as one of sub image region groups. A control unit time-divisionally irradiates the sub image region groups with the irradiation patterns to fetch multiple sub frame data from all the pixels of the image device, and to compose the multiple sub frame data into frame data of the image area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke YATA
  • LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190326491
    Abstract: A light-emitting element and a light-emitting device having low light loss, high luminance, and high light extraction efficiency are provided. The light-emitting element includes: a semiconductor structure layer having a light-emitting layer; a light-transmitting substrate provided on the semiconductor structure layer; a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light-transmitting substrate; a light-transmitting covering member configured to cover at least a part of a side surface of the light-transmitting substrate and have transparency to light from the light-emitting layer; and a light-shielding member configured to entirely cover surfaces including a surface of the light-transmitting covering member, and including a side surface of the semiconductor structure layer, a side surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and a side surface of the wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro KOIKE, Noriko NIHEI, Shunya IDE, Ji-Hao LIANG
  • LASER MODULE
    Publication number: 20190326725
    Abstract: A laser module has a base portion having a metal holding portion; a laser light source fixed to the base portion; an optical outputting portion deriving the laser light from a collimating optical system out of the base portion. The collimating optical system includes an input lens receiving the laser light from the laser light source; and an output lens receiving the laser light from the input lens and outputting the laser light to the optical outputting portion, each located in order from the laser light source. The input lens is a convex lens fixed in a first cylinder body made of metal and welded to the holding portion. The output lens is a convex lens having a focal point length longer than that of the input lens and held by the holding member glued to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke NAGATOMO, Yoshio OKAMOTO, Takashi NAKAI, Kenji NAGASHIMA
  • Vehicle lighting device and method
    Patent number: 10454214
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly can include a fixed connector receptacle attached to a wiring board and configured for connection to a moveable connector plug and lock cover. The moveable connector plug has electrical wires extending from a rear end and can be inserted into the fixed connector receptacle. The lock cover can mate with both the fixed connector and the moveable connector plug to keep both structures in place after connection. The lock cover is configured to be rotatable around a front positioning portion of the lock cover when engaged in a positioning opening of the fixed connector receptacle. A rear positioning tab of the lock cover engages with a rear engagement aperture located on the moveable connector plug when in the fully assembled position to lock the moveable connector plug within the fixed connector receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Sato
  • Vehicle lighting fixture
    Patent number: 10443805
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture allowing a plurality of lamp units to be attached to a housing with improved operation efficiency is provided. The vehicle lighting fixture includes: a tubular support body having front and rear openings, an inner peripheral surface defining an inner space, and an outer peripheral surface; a first lamp unit supported by the tubular support body in a state where the first lamp unit is arranged in the inner space of the tubular support body, the first lamp unit being configured to emit light from a first light source toward a front side; and a second lamp unit configured to be supported by the tubular support body in a state where the second lamp unit is arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the tubular support body, the second lamp unit being configured to emit light from a second light source to the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Nobe
  • Group-III Nitride Stacked Body and Group-III Nitride Light-Emitting Element
    Publication number: 20190312178
    Abstract: A group-Ill nitride stacked body includes a substrate, an n-type first AlGaN layer expressed by the composition formula AlXGa1-XN (0<X?1), and a second AlGaN layer which is disposed between the substrate and the n-type first AlGaN layer and which is expressed by the composition formula AlYGa1-YN (0.5<Y?1, where Y<X). A group-III nitride light-emitting element comprises an active layer which is disposed on the n-type first AlGaN layer of the group-Ill nitride stacked body and which includes at least one well layer. The well layer of the active layer is an AlGaN layer expressed by the composition formula AlWGa1-WN (0<W<1), where the Al composition W is such that W?Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Obata
  • Light amount control mechanism for vehicle headlight
    Patent number: 10436411
    Abstract: A light amount control mechanism for a vehicle headlamp can maintain high positional precision of a movable shade in its rotation axis direction to suppress variation in light distribution while allowing stable rotation of the movable shade. The light amount control mechanism includes a movable shade configured to be rotatably supported by a housing and selectively pivots to a first position or a second position to switch a shielding amount of light emitted from a light source, and an actuator configured to drive the movable shade. The light amount control mechanism for a vehicle headlamp may further include a stopper configured to position and hold the movable shade at the first position and the second position, the stopper being constituted by a V-shaped convex portion formed on any one of the movable shade and the housing and a V-groove-shaped concave portion formed on the other thereof as a pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Zanma
  • Half mirror, method for manufacturing the same and lighting unit using the same
    Patent number: 10429554
    Abstract: A half mirror, a method for manufacturing the half mirror and a lighting unit using the half mirror can include a base material and a half mirror layer formed on the base material. The half mirror layer can include a chrome oxide layer, which is made by only a sputtering method, and can be configured to perform a high thermal resistance. Accordingly, the half mirror cannot crack even under various circumstances such that repeat low/high temperatures. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide half mirrors having a high durability such as a thermal resistance and methods for manufacturing such the half mirrors in simple manufacturing processes, and also can provide lighting units using the half mirror having a high durability, which can maintain a stable reflectivity for a long term and which can also maintain a good appearance for a long-term use because the half mirror can prevent cracking therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Suzuki, Kazushige Kuroki
  • Resistor production method, resistor, and electronic device
    Patent number: 10431358
    Abstract: A resistor manufacturing method includes a first step of applying a solution wherein conductive nanosized particles with a particle diameter of less than 1 ?m and an insulating material are at least dispersed, or a solution wherein the conductive nanosized particles covered with an insulating material layer are at least dispersed, in a desired form on a substrate surface, thereby forming a film. The resistor manufacturing method also includes a second step of irradiating one portion of the film with light in a predetermined pattern, and sintering the conductive nanosized particles with the light, thereby forming a resistive film that is a conductive particle layer of the predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko Hanya
  • VISUAL LINE GUIDANCE SHEET, VISUAL LINE GUIDANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE LIGHTING APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190291640
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet for drawing user's eyes and guiding the line of sight. A visual line guidance sheet is arranged to cover at least a part of a window for a user to look out therethrough, and configured to guide the user's line of sight, by illuminating a partial region on the visual line guidance sheet. The visual line guidance sheet includes an optically transparent substrate layer, a plurality of LED dies, and a wiring pattern. The controller receives from an imager, an image obtained by imaging a region visible by the user through the window, detects an object targeted for visual line guidance, included in the image, and illuminates the LED dies on the visual line guidance sheet, corresponding to a position of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko HANYA, Toshihiko MINODA
  • Vehicle signaling light with plate light guiding lens
    Patent number: 10414330
    Abstract: A vehicle signaling light includes a first light source, a first plate light guiding lens, a second light source, and a second plate light guiding lens. The first plate light guiding lens includes a light incident portion to receive light from the first light source in a direction parallel to the plate surface and a light output surface through which the light having been guided is allowed to exit, and the light incident portion has upper and lower expanded portions. The second plate light guiding lens receives light from the second light source in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface and causes the light to exit from the light guiding lens in the direction parallel to the plate surface. The first and second plate light guiding lenses are stacked on each other to configure the vehicle signaling light including a turn signaling lamp function and a DRL function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tokieda, Kazuya Furubayashi
  • Wiring grommet and vehicular harness using the same
    Patent number: 10414354
    Abstract: A vehicular harness using a wiring grommet having a broad utility and a high reliability can include a plurality of through-holes. The wiring grommet can include each of a first minimum thickness, a second minimum thickness, and a third minimum thickness, which can be thicker than a first threshold, a second threshold and a third threshold, respectively, and can also include a first side thickness, which can be thinner than a fourth threshold. The vehicular harness can include various wires, which can be contacted with each of inner convex surfaces having a diameter of 95 percent to 60 percent of inside diameters of the though-holes in an appressed state. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing the vehicular harnesses using the wiring grommet, which can be used for vehicle lamps such as a rear lamp and the like, even when the wiring grommet is exposed to an external air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Noguchi, Daisuke Nagafuchi
  • Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 10418532
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor light-emitting device capable of easily adjusting the light intensity of output light and a method for producing such a semiconductor light-emitting device. The semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element mounted on the substrate; and a seal layer provided on the substrate so as to cover the light-emitting element. The seal layer contains resin and inorganic pigment particles. The inorganic particles have an average particle size of 1 ?m or larger and 50 ?m or smaller in a volumetric basis particle size distribution by a laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution measurement method. The inorganic particles distributed at a concentration becoming thicker in a direction toward said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Okubo
  • Lighting apparatus for display and showcase
    Patent number: 10415797
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for display includes a plurality of illumination units each including a light source that emits illumination light and a lens body, wherein the plurality of illumination units are disposed in parallel along one end of a front surface side of the display item, and the lens body has an incidence section to which illumination light enters, a reflecting surface that condenses the illumination light entering from the incidence section in a same direction by reflecting the illumination light, a first emission surface that emits the illumination light from the one end of the front surface side of the display item toward other end, and a second emission surface that emits some of the illumination light entering the reflecting surface from the one end of the front surface side of the display item to a closer side in a depth direction by allowing a transmission thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Uchiyama, Yoshifumi Kawaguchi
  • CIRCUIT BOARD, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF CIRCUIT BOARD
    Publication number: 20190281705
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board for reducing a likelihood of so-called through-hole disconnection, and enhancing connection reliability on both sides of a substrate via a through-hole. The circuit board has a substrate with the through-hole, a first conductive part covering an opening of the through-hole on one surface of the substrate in a manner blocking the opening, having a portion inserted into the through-hole from the one surface, and a second conductive part covering a second opening of the through-hole on the other surface of the substrate in a manner blocking the second opening, having a portion inserted into the through-hole from the other surface. The portion of the first conductive part inserted in the through-hole has a columnar shape forming a columnar portion having a diameter smaller than the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko HANYA
  • Lamp unit, vehicular lamp system
    Patent number: 10408409
    Abstract: To achieve a high-quality light distribution pattern in a lamp unit used in a vehicular lamp system that selectively irradiates the front of a vehicle. The unit includes a light source, an optical shutter device, and an optical system where the optical shutter device has a first liquid crystal device having first light modulation areas and a second liquid crystal device having second light modulating areas. The first light modulation areas are arranged with a gap at least in a first direction and the second light modulation areas are arranged with a gap at least in the first direction. The first liquid crystal device and the second liquid crystal device overlap with each other such that, in a plan view, the first light modulation areas and the second light modulation areas are arranged complementarily to each other without forming a gap between the two modulation areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masafumi Ohno