Patents by Inventor Manbu Maeda

Manbu Maeda 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: 7207704
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp having a distance adjustment section that adjusts the distance between the lamp body and the reflector and includes an adjustment shaft, a gear member, and a receiving element. The adjustment shaft has a spherical end; the gear member includes a shaft portion that has the adjustment shaft therein, elastic pawls protruding from the shaft portion, and empty spaces defined by the elastic pawls to allow flexure of the elastic pawls toward the shaft portion; and the receiving element is formed on the back surface of the reflector. The gear member having the adjustment shaft is rotatably inserted in an insertion hole of the lamp body, the elastic pawls are engaged with the edge of the insertion hole to prevent the gear member from slipping out; and the spherical end of the adjustment shaft is engaged with the receiving element and prevented from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Tachiiwa, Manbu Maeda, Koichi Nakamura, Fujio Onuki