Patents by Inventor Noriko FUKAWA

Noriko FUKAWA 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).

  • Automotive lamp
    Patent number: 9482402
    Abstract: An automotive lamp includes an LED, a substrate that mounts the LED, a reflector that reflects the light emitted from the LED, and an projection lens having an incident surface, which receives the light reflected by the reflector, and an emission surface that emits the light toward a front area of the automotive lamp. A fine asperity structure is formed on the incident surface of the projection lens. The fine asperity structure includes recesses or raised portions formed with the pitch less than or equal to the visible light wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., ITOH OPTICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriko Fukawa, Masashi Omote, Mamoru Kosuge, Yuji Saito, Hirohisa Kato, Takehiro Shimizu, Norihito Soma
  • RESIN OPTICAL MEMBER AND AUTOMOTIVE LAMP
    Publication number: 20150138821
    Abstract: A resin optical member allows light to pass therethrough. The resin optical member includes a fine asperity portion formed with fine asperity structure and a flat portion not formed with fine asperity structure. The fine asperity structure include concavities or convexities formed at a pitch equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light. The fine asperity structure includes concavities or convexities having a height 37 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru KOSUGE, Noriko Fukawa, Masashi Katayama, Takahito Osawa, Yuji Saito, Hirohisa Kato, Takehiro Shimizu, Norihito Soma
  • AUTOMOTIVE LAMP
    Publication number: 20120314441
    Abstract: An automotive lamp includes an LED, a substrate that mounts the LED, a reflector that reflects the light emitted from the LED, and an projection lens having an incident surface, which receives the light reflected by the reflector, and an emission surface that emits the light toward a front area of the automotive lamp. A fine asperity structure is formed on the incident surface of the projection lens. The fine asperity structure includes recesses or raised portions formed with the pitch less than or equal to the visible light wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: ITOH OPTICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriko FUKAWA, Masashi OMOTE, Mamoru KOSUGE, Yuji SAITO, Hirohisa KATO, Takehiro SHIMIZU, Norihito SOMA