Patents by Inventor Kento HAMADA

Kento HAMADA 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: 12061335
    Abstract: A light source unit used for a vehicular head-up display includes a prism-shaped multi-reflection member and a substrate. The multi-reflection member has: an entrance surface; an emission surface; and a reflective surface connecting the entrance surface and the emission surface. The substrate faces the entrance surface and is provided with a plurality of light sources mounted in a matrix. A ratio Ra=A/B or a ratio Rc=a/b is larger than a ratio Rb=C/D, where A and B is the number of the light sources provided in a longer and shorter direction of the entrance surface, respectively, C and D is a longer and shorter dimension of the emission surface, respectively, and a and b is the sum of lengths of light-emitting surfaces of the plurality of light sources in the longer and shorter direction of the entrance surface, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kento Hamada, Takanobu Toyoshima
  • Publication number: 20220197025
    Abstract: A light source unit (60) used for a vehicular head-up display according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular multi-reflection member (61) which connects an entrance plane (63) and an exit plane (64) and which has a reflecting plane (66) provided on an inner surface thereof; and a substrate (62) which is disposed so as to face the entrance plane (63) and on which a plurality of light sources (65) are mounted in a matrix configuration. The ratio Ra=AB between the number A of light sources (65) disposed in a long-axis direction (X) of the entrance plane (63) and the number (B) of light sources (65) disposed in a short-axis direction (Y) of the entrance plane (63) is configured to be greater than the ratio Rb=C/D between the long-axis dimension C and the short-axis dimension D of the exit plane (64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kento HAMADA, Takanobu TOYOSHIMA