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).
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Patent number: 8226282Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Masahiro Fukumuro, Kyouhei Akiyama
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Publication number: 20100149829Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Masahiro Fukumuro, Kyouhei Akiyama
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Patent number: 7033052Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Kazunori Natsume, Yasuyuki Amano, Toshiyuki Shirai
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Publication number: 20040208016Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Kazunori Natsume, Yasuyuki Amano, Toshiyuki Shirai
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Patent number: D531328Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Okamura, Naoki Kazaoka
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Patent number: D531329Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Naoki Kazaoka
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Patent number: D656293Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
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Patent number: D657932Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
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Patent number: D691496Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Kazaoka
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Patent number: D696830Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Hiroyasu Aruga, Akihiro Ishigami
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Patent number: D696831Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Hiroyasu Aruga, Akihiro Ishigami
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Patent number: D699415Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
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Patent number: D699911Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Mitsuaki Matsukuma, Ryota Adachi
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Patent number: D725863Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: MItsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Hidehiko Makida, Shigeyuki Terada
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Patent number: D858590Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoki Kazaoka
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Patent number: D869207Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu Aruga, Naoki Kazaoka
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Patent number: D881731Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Naoki Shibata
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Patent number: D885796Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu Aruga, Naoki Kazaoka
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Patent number: D922175Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoki Kazaoka, Christopher Schuttera
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Patent number: D922304Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Naoki Kazaoka