Patents by Inventor Naoki Kazaoka

Naoki Kazaoka 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: 8226282
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light guide including: a first end surface; a second end surface opposite to the first end surface; a front side surface; and a back side surface opposite to the front side surface; a light source disposed to face the first end surface of the light guide so as to emit light toward the first end surface; and a reflector disposed to face the back side surface of the light guide. The light is incident on the first end surface and travels toward the second end surface along an longitudinal direction of the light guide. A first beam of the light is output from the front side surface of the light guide. A second beam of the light is output from the back side surface, and reflected by the reflector to travel toward a forward area of the vehicle lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Masahiro Fukumuro, Kyouhei Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20100149829
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light guide including: a first end surface; a second end surface opposite to the first end surface; a front side surface; and a back side surface opposite to the front side surface; a light source disposed to face the first end surface of the light guide so as to emit light toward the first end surface; and a reflector disposed to face the back side surface of the light guide. The light is incident on the first end surface and travels toward the second end surface along an longitudinal direction of the light guide. A first beam of the light is output from the front side surface of the light guide. A second beam of the light is output from the back side surface, and reflected by the reflector to travel toward a forward area of the vehicle lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Masahiro Fukumuro, Kyouhei Akiyama
  • Patent number: 7033052
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp including, within a lamp chamber s defined by a lamp body 10 and an outer cover 20, an led 28 which is the light source, and a light guide 24 which guides light emitted from the led 28 by internal reflection so as to emit light at a plurality of locations. the light guide 24 is constructed of a coupling unit u1 that extends along the outer cover 20 and is made of a plurality of light guiding members 25, the surface of each light guiding member 25 formed in an elliptical surface 25a that has a pair of focal points f, are coupled in series while sharing the focal points with each other at coupling portions 26, and the focal points f at both end portions of the light guide 24 (coupling unit u1) are near the light-emitting portion 29 of the led 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Kazunori Natsume, Yasuyuki Amano, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Publication number: 20040208016
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp including, within a lamp chamber s defined by a lamp body 10 and an outer cover 20, an led 28 which is the light source, and a light guide 24 which guides light emitted from the led 28 by internal reflection so as to emit light at a plurality of locations. the light guide 24 is constructed of a coupling unit u1 that extends along the outer cover 20 and is made of a plurality of light guiding members 25, the surface of each light guiding member 25 formed in an elliptical surface 25a that has a pair of focal points f, are coupled in series while sharing the focal points with each other at coupling portions 26, and the focal points f at both end portions of the light guide 24 (coupling unit u1) are near the light-emitting portion 29 of the led 28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Kazunori Natsume, Yasuyuki Amano, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: D531328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamura, Naoki Kazaoka
  • Patent number: D531329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Naoki Kazaoka
  • Patent number: D656293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
  • Patent number: D657932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
  • Patent number: D691496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Kazaoka
  • Patent number: D696830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Hiroyasu Aruga, Akihiro Ishigami
  • Patent number: D696831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Hiroyasu Aruga, Akihiro Ishigami
  • Patent number: D699415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
  • Patent number: D699911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
  • Patent number: D725863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: MItsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Hidehiko Makida, Shigeyuki Terada
  • Patent number: D858590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Kazaoka
  • Patent number: D869207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Aruga, Naoki Kazaoka
  • Patent number: D881731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Naoki Shibata
  • Patent number: D885796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Aruga, Naoki Kazaoka
  • Patent number: D922175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Christopher Schuttera
  • Patent number: D922304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Kazaoka