Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kanagawa

Hiroaki Kanagawa 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: 11619361
    Abstract: A vehicle luminaire includes: a board having a plate shape and including a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and at least one coupling portion penetrating between the first surface and the second surface; a light-emitting element provided on the first surface of the board; and a connecting portion having a plate shape, including a convex portion provided inside each coupling portion on one end portion side, and extending in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface. A tip portion of the convex portion may protrude from the first surface of the board. A distance between the tip portion of the convex portion and the first surface of the board may be larger than a distance between a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element and the first surface of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kanagawa
  • Publication number: 20220307666
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle luminaire includes: a board having a plate shape and including a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and at least one coupling portion penetrating between the first surface and the second surface; a light-emitting element provided on the first surface of the board; and a connecting portion having a plate shape, including a convex portion provided inside each coupling portion on one end portion side, and extending in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface. A tip portion of the convex portion protrudes from the first surface of the board. A distance between the tip portion of the convex portion and the first surface of the board is larger than a distance between a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element and the first surface of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 9349581
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an incandescent lamp includes: a bulb; a pair of lead sections that have respectively a holding section including nickel or molybdenum as a main component and an introduction section that is joined to one end portion of the holding section and is formed of Dumet wire; a filament section that is held between end portions of a pair of holding sections opposite to a side on which the introduction sections are joined inside the bulb; a fixing member that holds a pair of introduction sections inside the bulb; and a sealing section that seals one end portion of the bulb and holds the pair of introduction sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kanagawa, Atsushi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20150279653
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an incandescent lamp includes: a bulb; a pair of lead sections that have respectively a holding section including nickel or molybdenum as a main component and an introduction section that is joined to one end portion of the holding section and is formed of Dumet wire; a filament section that is held between end portions of a pair of holding sections opposite to a side on which the introduction sections are joined inside the bulb; a fixing member that holds a pair of introduction sections inside the bulb; and a sealing section that seals one end portion of the bulb and holds the pair of introduction sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kanagawa, Atsushi Ogawa