Patents by Inventor Atsushi Heike

Atsushi Heike 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).

  • Publication number: 20220229388
    Abstract: A heater according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a plurality of first heating elements. Each first heating element includes an inclined portion, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the one surface of the substrate, the inclined portion is provided between the first wiring and the second wiring and inclined with respect to the first direction. An angle between the first (second) connecting portion side and the first (second) wiring side on an inclined portion side is larger than an angle between the first (second) wiring side on the inclined portion side and the inclined portion side on one (the other) side of the first direction where an angle between the inclined portion side and the first (second) wiring side on the inclined portion side is 90° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shinjiro Aono, Atsushi Heike, Masahiko Tamai, Yoshitatsu Matsui, Satoko Kato
  • Patent number: 10654404
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a plurality of circuit portions that have at least one light emitting element; and a control portion that is electrically connected to the plurality of circuit portions. The control portion detects an input voltage and connects the plurality of circuit portions in series when the detected input voltage exceeds a predetermined value and connects at least a part of the plurality of circuit portions in parallel when the detected input voltage is equal to or less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 10327304
    Abstract: A light emitting device for a vehicle includes a substrate; a light emitting element which is provided on the substrate; a resistive element which is provided on the substrate, and connected in series with the light emitting element; and a thermistor which is provided on the substrate. The thermistor has a positive temperature coefficient, and is connected in parallel with the resistive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 10279727
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a plurality of circuit portions each of which has at least one light emitting element; and a control portion that is electrically connected to the plurality of the circuit portions. The control portion connects the plurality of the circuit portions in series if an input voltage exceeds a predetermined value, and connects at least a part of the plurality of the circuit portions in parallel if the input voltage is equal to or less than the predetermined value. The predetermined value is a value equal to or more than a voltage corresponding to a current value used for failure determination of the vehicle lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 10278259
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicular lighting device includes a socket, a substrate provided on one end side of the socket, at least one light emitting element provided on the substrate, a Zener diode provided on the substrate, and a controller provided on the substrate. The controller shuts off a current flowing through the light emitting element based on a voltage or a current on an anode side of the Zener diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Publication number: 20190077301
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a plurality of circuit portions each of which has at least one light emitting element; and a control portion that is electrically connected to the plurality of the circuit portions. The control portion connects the plurality of the circuit portions in series if an input voltage exceeds a predetermined value, and connects at least a part of the plurality of the circuit portions in parallel if the input voltage is equal to or less than the predetermined value. The predetermined value is a value equal to or more than a voltage corresponding to a current value used for failure determination of the vehicle lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 10212786
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a first circuit portion that has at least one light emitting element and a first resistor connected in series to the light emitting element; a second circuit portion that is connected in parallel to the first circuit portion and has at least a control portion; and a third circuit portion that is connected in series to the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion, and has at least one light emitting element. The control portion measures an input voltage and causes a current to flow through the third circuit portion in a case where the measured input voltage is a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 9961748
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a first circuit portion that has at least one light emitting element and a first resistor connected in series to the light emitting element; a second circuit portion that is connected in parallel to the first circuit portion and has at least a control portion; and a third circuit portion that is connected in series to the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion, and has at least one light emitting element. The control portion measures an input voltage and causes a current to flow through the third circuit portion in a case where the measured input voltage is a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Publication number: 20180049295
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a first circuit portion that has at least one light emitting element and a first resistor connected in series to the light emitting element; a second circuit portion that is connected in parallel to the first circuit portion and has at least a control portion; and a third circuit portion that is connected in series to the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion, and has at least one light emitting element. The control portion measures an input voltage and causes a current to flow through the third circuit portion in a case where the measured input voltage is a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Publication number: 20180029527
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a plurality of circuit portions that have at least one light emitting element; and a control portion that is electrically connected to the plurality of circuit portions. The control portion detects an input voltage and connects the plurality of circuit portions in series when the detected input voltage exceeds a predetermined value and connects at least a part of the plurality of circuit portions in parallel when the detected input voltage is equal to or less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 9821712
    Abstract: A vehicle interior lighting device according to an embodiment includes a housing, a cover provided on one end portion side of the housing, a light-emitting section provided on the inside of the housing, and a detecting section provided on the inside of the housing and configured to detect, via the cover, a change in energy involved in a motion of an operator and convert the detected change in the energy into an electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Heike
  • Publication number: 20170223805
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a first circuit portion that has at least one light emitting element and a first resistor connected in series to the light emitting element; a second circuit portion that is connected in parallel to the first circuit portion and has at least a control portion; and a third circuit portion that is connected in series to the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion, and has at least one light emitting element. The control portion measures an input voltage and causes a current to flow through the third circuit portion in a case where the measured input voltage is a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Publication number: 20170009953
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device for vehicle includes a substrate; a light emitting element which is provided on the substrate; a resistive element which is provided on the substrate, and is connected in series to the light emitting element; and a thermistor which is provided on the substrate, has a positive temperature coefficient, and is connected in parallel to the resistive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kosugi, Atsushi Heike
  • Publication number: 20160375824
    Abstract: A vehicle interior lighting device according to an embodiment includes a housing, a cover provided on one end portion side of the housing, a light-emitting section provided on the inside of the housing, and a detecting section provided on the inside of the housing and configured to detect, via the cover, a change in energy involved in a motion of an operator and convert the detected change in the energy into an electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Atsushi HEIKE
  • Publication number: 20150180202
    Abstract: A solid-state lighting device includes light source, light emitting, light receiving and light guiding sections, and a protection circuit. The light source section has a semiconductor laser including a light emitting layer and a driving circuit. The light source section emits light with a bluish purple to blue wavelength range. The light emitting section includes a heat conduction part which includes a wavelength conversion layer absorbs the light and emits wavelength-converted light, and an optical part which guides the light. The light receiving section detects returning light from the optical part. The light guiding section guides the light from the light source section toward the optical part, and guides returning light therefrom toward the light receiving section. The protection circuit outputs a driving stop signal to the driving circuit, which stops driving the semiconductor laser, if the amount of the returning light detected is not within a prescribed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Ishikawa, Atsushi Heike
  • Patent number: 6392367
    Abstract: A DC power source is connected to a base of a transistor of each of inverter circuit through a resistance in series. A primary winding having an intermediate tap of an inverter transformer, a resonance capacitor and a primary winding of a synchronization transformer are connected together in parallel between collectors of a pair of transistors having grounded emitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Harison Toshiba Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Heike, Tomohiro Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20020047530
    Abstract: A DC power source is connected to a base of a transistor of each of inverter circuits through a resistance in series. A primary winding having an intermediate tap of an inverter transformer, a resonance capacitor and a primary winding of a synchronization transformer are connected together in parallel between collectors of a pair of transistors having grounded emitters. Secondary windings of the synchronization transformers of the inverter circuits are connected together in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Atsushi Heike, Tomohiro Mizoguchi