Patents by Inventor Masato Nakaarai

Masato Nakaarai 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: 10036526
    Abstract: A light guiding lens and vehicle lighting unit are shown. According to one aspect, an elongated light guiding lens guides and emits light emitted from LEDs. The light guiding lens includes a first rod extension and a second rod extension connected with each other, and a flange protruding from the first rod extension. The flange includes a plurality of light incident portions to introduce light into the flange. The light incident portions guide light toward the first rod extension along a light guiding direction and lies in the direction toward the second rod extension, the light guiding direction defining an acute intersecting angle with the extending direction of the first rod extension. The first rod extension includes reflecting surfaces to internally reflect the light incident on the light incident portions and guided inside the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Masato Nakaarai
  • Publication number: 20160356446
    Abstract: A light guiding lens and vehicle lighting unit are shown. According to one aspect, an elongated light guiding lens guides and emits light emitted from LEDs. The light guiding lens includes a first rod extension and a second rod extension connected with each other, and a flange protruding from the first rod extension. The flange includes a plurality of light incident portions to introduce light into the flange. The light incident portions guide light toward the first rod extension along a light guiding direction and lies in the direction toward the second rod extension, the light guiding direction defining an acute intersecting angle with the extending direction of the first rod extension. The first rod extension includes reflecting surfaces to internally reflect the light incident on the light incident portions and guided inside the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Masato Nakaarai
  • Patent number: 7914942
    Abstract: The fuel cell vehicle, includes a fuel cell generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; an accessory for the fuel cell; and a fuel cell system box mounted on a vehicle body and housing the fuel cell and the accessory, wherein the fuel cell system box is formed in a vessel shape which has a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the first side wall supporting at least one pipe through which a fluid supplied to the fuel cell flows, and the first side wall is constituted of a material having a specific gravity that is greater than that of the bottom wall and the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Takatsugu Koyama, Mitsunori Matsumoto, Masato Nakaarai
  • Patent number: 7641017
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a vehicle body having a floor frame; a fuel cell that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; and a subframe on which the fuel cell is mounted, being attached to the lower side of the floor frame and has a pair of side frames that extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body, wherein the bottom end of the fuel cell disposed at a position between the upper end and the lower end of the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
  • Publication number: 20060272877
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a vehicle body having a floor frame; a fuel cell that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; and a subframe on which the fuel cell is mounted, being attached to the lower side of the floor frame and has a pair of side frames that extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body, wherein the bottom end of the fuel cell disposed at a position between the upper end and the lower end of the subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
  • Publication number: 20060113131
    Abstract: The fuel cell vehicle, includes a fuel cell generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; an accessory for the fuel cell; and a fuel cell system box mounted on a vehicle body and housing the fuel cell and the accessory, wherein the fuel cell system box is formed in a vessel shape which has a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the first side wall supporting at least one pipe through which a fluid supplied to the fuel cell flows, and the first side wall is constituted of a material having a specific gravity that is greater than that of the bottom wall and the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Takatsugu Koyama, Mitsunori Matsumoto, Masato Nakaarai