Patents by Inventor Masakazu Gotoh

Masakazu Gotoh 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: 5684468
    Abstract: An illuminating display device for limiting the travel direction of beams. This device includes a main body which is transparent; a display layer disposed on the surface of the main body and including a display mark composed of a cut-out section; a reflective layer formed in the cut-out section on the surface of the main body and having a pattern including light beams reflecting parts and light beams transmitting parts respectively scattered thereover; and a light source disposed in the main body. In this construction, the main body includes a refracting medium, disposed in a passage for light beams emitted from the light source, for regulating the direction of beams which travel outside the device by refracting the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masakazu Gotoh, Takeshi Kojima