Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nakade

Hiroshi Nakade 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: 7572016
    Abstract: A reflector comprises a body having a reflecting member constituting the front surface and a base member mounted on the reflecting member and a plurality of reflex reflector structures provided along the front surface of the body, while the front surface has a curved shape arched in a longitudinal section of the body and the optical axes of the plurality of reflex reflector structures are directionally constant along the overall longitudinal direction of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: CatEye Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakade, Takashi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20070121335
    Abstract: A headlamp for a bicycle includes an LED element, a power supply device supplying electric power to the LED element, a vibration sensor detecting vibration, a luminance detector detecting ambient illuminance, and a switching device providing ON-OFF control of electrical connection between the LED element and the power supply device in response to a result detected by the vibration sensor and a result detected by the illuminance detector. The vibration sensor has a helical spring and a central metal conductive wire passing through the helical spring, and the helical spring and the conductive wire are disposed to extend in a direction obliquely intersecting with a horizontal direction and a vertical direction when the headlamp is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Takuya Fujimoto, Hiroshi Nakade
  • Publication number: 20060103934
    Abstract: A reflector comprises a body having a reflecting member constituting the front surface and a base member mounted on the reflecting member and a plurality of reflex reflector structures provided along the front surface of the body, while the front surface has a curved shape arched in a longitudinal section of the body and the optical axes of the plurality of reflex reflector structures are directionally constant along the overall longitudinal direction of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakade, Takashi Ueda
  • Patent number: 6290362
    Abstract: A delineator easily recognized by the driver even when attached at a moderate curve of a road includes colorless transparent reflectors attached inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to an aluminum base and amber transparent reflectors attached inclined in the opposite direction. Each reflector has a reflex reflecting element, an optical axis of which is inclined in the same direction as the corresponding reflector. Thus light beams entering in a direction parallel to the surface on which the delineator is attached can also be reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Cateye Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakade
  • Patent number: 6084709
    Abstract: A delineator easily recognized by the driver even when attached at a moderate curve of a road includes colorless transparent reflectors attached inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to an aluminum base and amber transparent reflectors attached inclined in the opposite direction. Each reflector has a reflex reflecting element, an optical axis of which is inclined in the same direction as the corresponding reflector. Thus light beams entering in a direction parallel to the surface on which the delineator is attached can also be reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Cateye Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakade
  • Patent number: D532330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Cateye Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakade