Patents by Inventor Masao Matubara

Masao Matubara 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: 6250787
    Abstract: In a lamp fixture for a vehicle lamp comprising a lamp body and a lens that has an outer edge portion curved backward and is mounted on the lamp body, a hook is formed on the outside wall of an attaching grooved portion of the lamp body, and a hook engaging portion is formed on the attaching leg portion of the lens, the front end surface of the hook engaging portion being substantially parallel to the rear surface of the outer edge portion of the lens so that once the hook engaging portion of the lens is engaged with the hook of the lamp body they are not easily separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Matubara
  • Patent number: 6220735
    Abstract: A head lamp for vehicle use is provided, which includes a intermediate tilting member tiltably supported by a lamp body at three points. One point acts as a tilting fulcrum, while the other two points are supported by an aiming adjusting member of an aiming adjusting mechanism, for changing positions of the intermediate tilting member with respect to the lamp body. The head lamp also includes a reflector which is tiltably supported by the intermediate tilting member at three support points, wherein two points are formed into tilting fulcrums, and the other point is supported via a leveling actuator of a leveling adjusting mechanism, for changing a position of the reflector with respect to the intermediate tilting member by an automatic operation or a remote operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Matubara
  • Patent number: 5971575
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp including a bulb for emitting a light, a reflector having an optical axis and a reflecting surface for reflecting light received from the bulb in a forward direction, for a shade fitted to the reflector and shielding the light emitted from the bulb. The shade includes a light-shielding section which shields the light traveling from the bulb to lower right and left regions on the reflecting surface, a bridge section extending in a circumferential direction of the optical axis of the reflector, and mounting legs, each having a front end and a rear end, which are connected at the front ends to the bridge section and are connected at the rear ends to the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Matubara