Patents by Inventor Kouji Shimakura

Kouji Shimakura 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: 6746634
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp and injection mold and manufacturing method for lamp bodies for producing a plurality of different types of vehicular lamps while resulting in a reduced cost of manufacturing due to sharing of a common injection mold. A lamp body of a tail lamp, for example, includes a reflective surface for reflecting light from a light source bulb forward and is formed with a bulb attachment hole for mounting the light source bulb constituted by an insert-molded surface. That is, part of a reflective surface of the lamp body is formed by an insert-molded surface molded with a cavity surface of an insert constituting a part of a fixed mold of an injection mold. To change to molding a different type of lamp body, it is only necessary to change the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouji Shimakura
  • Publication number: 20020145882
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp and injection mold and manufacturing method for lamp bodies for producing a plurality of different types of vehicular lamps while resulting in a reduced cost of manufacturing due to sharing of a common injection mold. A lamp body of a tail lamp, for example, includes a reflective surface for reflecting light from a light source bulb forward and is formed with a bulb attachment hole for mounting the light source bulb constituted by an insert-molded surface. That is, part of a reflective surface of the lamp body is formed by an insert-molded surface molded with a cavity surface of an insert constituting a part of a fixed mold of an injection mold. To change to molding a different type of lamp body, it is only necessary to change the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kouji Shimakura