Patents by Inventor Masanori SHIRATSUCHI

Masanori SHIRATSUCHI 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: 10596980
    Abstract: A bracket for an on-vehicle camera includes: a camera fixing portion to which the on-vehicle camera is fixed; at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion provided integrally with the camera fixing portion and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; and at least one weak portion arranged at a position at which the camera fixing portion is separable from the at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion by breakage of the at least one weak portion, the at least one weak portion being breakable more easily than another part of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FALTEC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Uchiyama, Masanori Shiratsuchi
  • Publication number: 20180281696
    Abstract: A bracket for an on-vehicle camera includes: a camera fixing portion to which the on-vehicle camera is fixed; at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion provided integrally with the camera fixing portion and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; and at least one weak portion arranged at a position at which the camera fixing portion is separable from the at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion by breakage of the at least one weak portion, the at least one weak portion being breakable more easily than another part of the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FALTEC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi UCHIYAMA, Masanori SHIRATSUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110115376
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes inner sill lamps that illuminate a floor in a cabin. Each of the inner sill lamps is provided on each side surface of inner sill covers. The side surfaces faces to the cabin. The lighting device can sufficiently illuminate the floor without illuminance reduction due to an object such as an instrument panel or a seat disposed between the inner sill lamps and the floor. In addition, the lighting device can surely illuminate the floor around a user's feet when the user gets in or off the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: FALTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori SHIRATSUCHI, Yoshitaka TANABE, Youichi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20110115375
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a headlamp; a door lamp that illuminates the ground, an inner sill lamp that illuminates a cabin floor, a user position detector that detects whether a user is close to the vehicle or distant from the vehicle, a door open/close detector, and a controller. The controller turns on the headlamp when the user position detector detects a user's approach to the vehicle, turns on the door lamp when opening of the door is detected by the door open/close detector, and then turns on the inner sill lamp. According to the lighting device, the user can smoothly get in or off the vehicle at night.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: FALTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori SHIRATSUCHI, Yoshitaka TANABE, Youichi TAKANO