Patents by Inventor Kenji Nobuhara
Kenji Nobuhara 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).
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Publication number: 20230130713Abstract: A vehicle communication system installed in a vehicle includes: a lamp for illumination, a display or signal; a display that is configured by a planar light emitter and has an information display function; and a control unit that is capable of controlling turning-on of the lamp and of the display. The control unit is configured to control the lamp and the display in a linked manner, and present vehicle information indicating a condition of the vehicle by combining light emission of the lamp with information display of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji NOBUHARA, Yosuke SAKAUCHI, Hiroya KOIZUMI
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Patent number: 11584293Abstract: A vehicle communication system installed in a vehicle includes: a lamp for illumination, a display or signal; a display that is configured by a planar light emitter and has an information display function; and a control unit that is capable of controlling turning-on of the lamp and of the display. The control unit is configured to control the lamp and the display in a linked manner, and present vehicle information indicating a condition of the vehicle by combining light emission of the lamp with information display of the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Nobuhara, Yosuke Sakauchi, Hiroya Koizumi
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Publication number: 20200384913Abstract: A vehicle communication system installed in a vehicle includes: a lamp for illumination, a display or signal; a display that is configured by a planar light emitter and has an information display function; and a control unit that is capable of controlling turning-on of the lamp and of the display. The control unit is configured to control the lamp and the display in a linked manner, and present vehicle information indicating a condition of the vehicle by combining light emission of the lamp with information display of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji NOBUHARA, Yosuke SAKAUCHI, Hiroya KOIZUMI
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Patent number: 9669754Abstract: Provided is a turn signal lamp including a light source, a light guide, and a camera having an image capture device, which are installed within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and an outer cover. At least a portion of the light guide is formed in an area that extends from the camera in a direction following a vehicle surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Hiroya Koizumi, Kazuyuki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20160207444Abstract: Provided is a turn signal lamp including a light source, a light guide, and a camera having an image capture device, which are installed within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and an outer cover. At least a portion of the light guide is formed in an area that extends from the camera in a direction following a vehicle surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Hiroya Koizumi, Kazuyuki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7946743Abstract: A vehicle lamp assembly includes a first lamp section and a second lamp section, which are disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. The first lamp section includes a light source and a reflector which reflects light from the light source. The second lamp section includes a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a light guide member, and an optical component. The light guide member includes a base end face from which the light guide member extends in a strip shape along the front cover, a functional portion having a diffusing front surface which emits light from a first light emitting device, and a decorative portion having an internally reflecting rear surface which reflects light from a second light emitting device. A light emitting area of the decorative portion is larger than that of the functional portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Natsume, Kenji Nobuhara
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Publication number: 20110032721Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a body that opens forward; an outer cover attached to the body so as to cover the opening; a first light source disposed within a lamp chamber formed from the body and the outer cover; an optical member that reflects first light source light from the first light source forward; a second light source disposed within the lamp chamber; and a light guide in which an end portion thereof receives second light source light from the second light source and an extended side surface thereof radiates forward at least a portion of the second light source light. The light guide is provided at a position that does not block a light component that forms a main light distribution of the first light source light.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroya Koizumi, Kenji Nobuhara, Kazunori Natsume
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Publication number: 20090154186Abstract: A vehicle lamp assembly includes a first lamp section and a second lamp section, which are disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. The first lamp section includes a light source and a reflector which reflects light from the light source. The second lamp section includes a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a light guide member, and an optical component. The light guide member includes a base end face from which the light guide member extends in a strip shape along the front cover, a functional portion having a diffusing front surface which emits light from a first light emitting device, and a decorative portion having an internally reflecting rear surface which reflects light from a second light emitting device. A light emitting area of the decorative portion is larger than that of the functional portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunori Natsume, Kenji Nobuhara
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Patent number: 4792585Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition consisting essentially of:(A) 20 to 80% by weight of a polycarbonate having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 14,000 to 27,000,(B) 10 to 70% by weight of a maleimide resin obtained by polymerizing 95 to 35 parts by weight of a monomer mixture consisting of 10 to 70% by weight of a maleimide compound, 25 to 80% by weight of an aromatic alkenyl compound, 5 to 40% by weight of an alkenyl cyanide compound and optionally 50% by weight or less of a monomer copolymerizable therewith, in the presence of 5 to 65 parts by weight of at least one rubber-like polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene rubber, an ethylene-propylene rubber and an acrylic rubber, and(C) 5 to 70% by weight of a styrene resin obtained by polymerizing 95 to 20 parts by weight of a monomer mixture consisting of 5 to 40% by weight of an alkenyl cyanide compound, 10 to 95% by weight of an aromatic alkenyl compound and optionally 0 to 70% by weight of at least oneType: GrantFiled: December 1, 1987Date of Patent: December 20, 1988Assignee: Japan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kenji Nobuhara, Hodaka Mizuno, Atsuko Yanagawa
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Patent number: D531329Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Naoki Kazaoka