Patents by Inventor Norifumi Imazeki
Norifumi Imazeki 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: 10823362Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting comprising a film light source that includes a transparent film having flexibility, and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements which are fixed in a state of being two-dimensionally disposed on at least a front surface of the transparent film; and a reflection surface that is disposed in a state of facing a rear surface of the transparent film of the film light source, and that reflects light which is emitted from a part or all of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and transmitted through the transparent film.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Chikama, Norifumi Imazeki, Haruna Minami, Marino Mine, Akihiko Hanya, Kosaburo Ito, Takuya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10808907Abstract: Provided is a vehicular lamp which has a novel lighting appearance and satisfies a light distribution standard required by certain laws as well as being capable of realizing lighting patterns of various luminances and various light-emitting shapes, e.g., various lighting graphics. The vehicular lamp is provided with a film light source including a film having flexibility and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements fixed in a state of being two-dimensionally disposed on at least a surface of the film.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Yamamoto, Marino Mine, Haruna Minami, Akihiko Hanya, Kosaburo Ito, Norifumi Imazeki, Hiroyuki Chikama
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Patent number: 10724698Abstract: A light source unit for a lighting tool for a vehicle includes a circuit board on which a light emitting element is provided and a socket main body having a board attachment section to which the circuit board is attached and a connector section electrically connected to the circuit board via lead terminals, wherein the board attachment section has a fixing terminal configured to fix the circuit board, and the circuit board has first hole sections, into which the lead terminals are inserted, and a second hole section, into which the fixing terminal is inserted, and is attached to the board attachment section by the lead terminals being fixed to a periphery of the first hole sections and the fixing terminal being fixed to a periphery of the second hole section.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichiro Ano, Norifumi Imazeki, Nobuo Kato, Masakazu Inoue
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Publication number: 20200080703Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting comprising a film light source that includes a transparent film having flexibility, and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements which are fixed in a state of being two-dimensionally disposed on at least a front surface of the transparent film; and a reflection surface that is disposed in a state of facing a rear surface of the transparent film of the film light source, and that reflects light which is emitted from a part or all of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and transmitted through the transparent film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Hiroyuki Chikama, Norifumi Imazeki, Haruna Minami, Marino Mine, Akihiko Hanya, Kosaburo Ito, Takuya Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20200063941Abstract: Provided is a vehicular lamp which has a novel lighting appearance and satisfies a light distribution standard required by certain laws as well as being capable of realizing lighting patterns of various luminances and various light-emitting shapes, e.g., various lighting graphics. The vehicular lamp is provided with a film light source including a film having flexibility and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements fixed in a state of being two-dimensionally disposed on at least a surface of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Takuya Yamamoto, Marino Mine, Haruna Minami, Akihiko Hanya, Kosaburo Ito, Norifumi Imazeki, Hiroyuki Chikama
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Publication number: 20190257489Abstract: A light source unit for a lighting tool for a vehicle includes a circuit board on which a light emitting element is provided and a socket main body having a board attachment section to which the circuit board is attached and a connector section electrically connected to the circuit board via lead terminals, wherein the board attachment section has a fixing terminal configured to fix the circuit board, and the circuit board has first hole sections, into which the lead terminals are inserted, and a second hole section, into which the fixing terminal is inserted, and is attached to the board attachment section by the lead terminals being fixed to a periphery of the first hole sections and the fixing terminal being fixed to a periphery of the second hole section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Koichiro ANO, Norifumi IMAZEKI, Nobuo KATO, Masakazu INOUE
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Patent number: 10234615Abstract: An illumination device can include a light source; and a light guiding lens for receiving light from the light source. The light guiding lens includes a light emission portion that extends in a predetermined direction and has a main surface with reflecting cuts, and a light guiding portion provided to the light emission portion at an end portion thereof in the predetermined direction. The light guiding portion is configured to project more than the light emission portion in a thickness direction of the light emission portion and extend along the end portion of the light emission portion. The light source is disposed to face to an end face of the light guiding portion in an extending direction of the light guiding portion, the end face projecting more than the light emission portion. An end face of the light guiding portion has reflecting cuts arranged in the extending direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouichi Osaka, Daisuke Nakashima, Naoya Sone, Norifumi Imazeki, Mari Kawabata
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Patent number: 10174902Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture can achieve uniform projection of light while being capable of providing improved luxurious sense of projected light. The vehicle lighting fixture can include a housing, an outer lens configured to cover an opening of the housing to define a lighting chamber; and a light source and a light guiding lens located in the lighting chamber. The light guiding lens is configured so as to receive light from the light source and guide the light to a light exiting surface thereof for light projection. The light guiding lens has a functional surface which is opposite to the light exiting surface and can include a plurality of flute cuts configured to diffuse light and a plurality of prism cuts configured to reflect light. The plurality of prism cuts are arranged at random on the functional surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Nakashima, Norifumi Imazeki
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Patent number: 10078168Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can distribute light in a wider area than the conventional lighting unit without increasing the number of parts. The vehicle lighting unit can include: a light source; a light guiding member configured to have a side portion to receive light from the light source from the side portion and guide the light, and have an inclined face formed obliquely rearward in a light guiding path of the light; and a reflection face inclined forward and disposed to face to the inclined face with a gap between the reflection face and the inclined face of the light guiding member.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Nakashima, Norifumi Imazeki, Manabu Yatabe
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Patent number: 10066806Abstract: A lighting fixture projects light sideward and has no restriction in design. The lighting fixture can include an LED; a primary lens disposed in an optical axis of the LED, the primary lens being configured to form a main light distribution; an auxiliary lens disposed on an outer peripheral side of the primary lens around the optical axis of the LED; and a reflecting portion configured to reflect part of light emitted from the LED to substantially an entire area of the auxiliary lens on an inner peripheral surface side thereof. The reflecting portion can be formed integrally with the primary lens and include an incident surface on which part of light emitted from the LED can be incident, a reflecting surface configured to reflect light having entered through the incident surface, and a light-exiting surface configured to allow the light reflected by the reflecting surface to exit.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Norifumi Imazeki
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Publication number: 20170241616Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture can achieve uniform projection of light while being capable of providing improved luxurious sense of projected light. The vehicle lighting fixture can include a housing, an outer lens configured to cover an opening of the housing to define a lighting chamber; and a light source and a light guiding lens located in the lighting chamber. The light guiding lens is configured so as to receive light from the light source and guide the light to a light exiting surface thereof for light projection. The light guiding lens has a functional surface which is opposite to the light exiting surface and can include a plurality of flute cuts configured to diffuse light and a plurality of prism cuts configured to reflect light. The plurality of prism cuts are arranged at random on the functional surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Daisuke Nakashima, Norifumi Imazeki
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Publication number: 20170038024Abstract: A lighting fixture projects light sideward and has no restriction in design. The lighting fixture can include an LED; a primary lens disposed in an optical axis of the LED, the primary lens being configured to form a main light distribution; an auxiliary lens disposed on an outer peripheral side of the primary lens around the optical axis of the LED; and a reflecting portion configured to reflect part of light emitted from the LED to substantially an entire area of the auxiliary lens on an inner peripheral surface side thereof. The reflecting portion can be formed integrally with the primary lens and include an incident surface on which part of light emitted from the LED can be incident, a reflecting surface configured to reflect light having entered through the incident surface, and a light-exiting surface configured to allow the light reflected by the reflecting surface to exit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventor: Norifumi Imazeki
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Publication number: 20160245974Abstract: An illumination device can include a light source; and a light guiding lens for receiving light from the light source. The light guiding lens includes a light emission portion that extends in a predetermined direction and has a main surface with reflecting cuts, and a light guiding portion provided to the light emission portion at an end portion thereof in the predetermined direction. The light guiding portion is configured to project more than the light emission portion in a thickness direction of the light emission portion and extend along the end portion of the light emission portion. The light source is disposed to face to an end face of the light guiding portion in an extending direction of the light guiding portion, the end face projecting more than the light emission portion. An end face of the light guiding portion has reflecting cuts arranged in the extending direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Kouichi Osaka, Daisuke Nakashima, Naoya Sone, Norifumi Imazeki, Mari Kawabata
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Patent number: 9328885Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit includes LEDs mounted on a substrate, and an elongated inner lens configured to receive light from the LEDs and guide the light along its lengthwise direction so as to emit light from its front surface. The inner lens includes a first light guiding section extending in the left-to-right direction and a second light guiding section extending in the vertical direction, and a bending section between the first and second light guiding sections. The bending section includes a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface. The first and second reflection surfaces internally reflect light toward the first and second light guiding sections, respectively. The LEDs include a first LED and a second LED, disposed in the rear of the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Asaki Ichikawa, Norifumi Imazeki
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Publication number: 20160116657Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can distribute light in a wider area than the conventional lighting unit without increasing the number of parts. The vehicle lighting unit can include: a light source; a light guiding member configured to have a side portion to receive light from the light source from the side portion and guide the light, and have an inclined face formed obliquely rearward in a light guiding path of the light; and a reflection face inclined forward and disposed to face to the inclined face with a gap between the reflection face and the inclined face of the light guiding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Daisuke Nakashima, Norifumi Imazeki, Manabu Yatabe
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Publication number: 20140211493Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit includes LEDs mounted on a substrate, and an elongated inner lens configured to receive light from the LEDs and guide the light along its lengthwise direction so as to emit light from its front surface. The inner lens includes a first light guiding section extending in the left-to-right direction and a second light guiding section extending in the vertical direction, and a bending section between the first and second light guiding sections. The bending section includes a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface. The first and second reflection surfaces internally reflect light toward the first and second light guiding sections, respectively. The LEDs include a first LED and a second LED, disposed in the rear of the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Asaki Ichikawa, Norifumi Imazeki
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Patent number: 8212277Abstract: In an optical semiconductor device module constructed by an optical semiconductor device having a light emitting portion on its top surface, a mounting substrate adapted to mount the optical semiconductor device thereon, at least one wiring pattern layer formed on a front surface of the mounting substrate, and at least one power supplying portion in contact with the wiring pattern layer, at least one of the power supplying portion and the wiring pattern layer is uneven.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Sakai, Norifumi Imazeki, Soji Owada
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Publication number: 20100044745Abstract: In an optical semiconductor device module constructed by an optical semiconductor device having a light emitting portion on its top surface, a mounting substrate adapted to mount the optical semiconductor device thereon, at least one wiring pattern layer formed on a front surface of the mounting substrate, and at least one power supplying portion in contact with the wiring pattern layer, at least one of the power supplying portion and the wiring pattern layer is uneven.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Takaaki Sakai, Norifumi Imazeki, Soji Owada
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Patent number: 6871990Abstract: A vehicle lamp can include a primary light source and a visor for preventing the lamp from falling into a state of false illumination due to incident light from light sources other than the primary light source. The lamp can irradiate light toward a predetermined direction. The visor can be provided at a position close to either the light source or a false light source formed by light from the light source. The visor can include a plurality of grooves extending horizontally on one surface thereof, and the grooves can have a V-shaped cross section. An angle made by two sides forming the V-shaped cross section is preferably an acute angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norifumi Imazeki, Takashi Nakanishi, Takeaki Okamura
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Patent number: 6846100Abstract: A lighting fixture is configured such that it comprises at least one light source, a first reflecting surface which reflects light from the light source or sources to change it into parallel light, one intermediate reflecting surface which reflects parallel light from the first reflecting surface toward the second reflecting surface, a second reflecting surface which reflects light reflected by the intermediate reflecting surface forward and one lens provided forwardly of the second reflecting surface and such that the light source is provided outside the lens in relation to the direction of the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2002Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Inventors: Norifumi Imazeki, Takashi Nakanishi, Takeaki Okamura, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hirokuni Osugi, Kentaro Hayashi