Patents by Inventor Shigeyuki Watanabe
Shigeyuki Watanabe 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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Publication number: 20190355133Abstract: An input interface is configured to receive at least one sensor signal corresponding to information of the exterior of the vehicle sensed by at least one sensor. A processor is configured to, based on the sensor signal, generate: a first data corresponding to first information sensed in a first area; and a second data corresponding to second information sensed in a second area located outside the first area. An output interface is configured to output the first data and the second data independently from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeyuki WATANABE, Yuichi WATANO
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Publication number: 20190351913Abstract: A sensor system mounted on a vehicle includes: a first sensor configured to detect information on a first area outside the vehicle; a second sensor configured to detect information on a second area that partially overlaps with the first area outside the vehicle; a memory configured to store a positional relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor based on information detected in an overlapped area between the first area and the second area; and a processor configured to generate positional displacement information of the sensor system with respect to the vehicle, based on the information detected by at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor and the positional relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Shigeyuki Watanabe, Yuichi Watano
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Patent number: 10470274Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The vehicle lamp is arranged at an upper part of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo
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Publication number: 20190289696Abstract: A vehicle lamp has a roof unit. The roof unit includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The roof unit is arranged at a roof part of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo
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Publication number: 20180228004Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The vehicle lamp is arranged at an upper part of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo
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Publication number: 20180202063Abstract: A surface treatment system includes a surface treatment tank, a first guide rail and a second guide rail that extend at a position offset from a position over the upper opening of the surface treatment tank, and a plurality of transfer jigs that respectively hold a workpiece and are supported by the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The transfer jig includes a horizontal arm section, a first guide target section that is guided by the first guide rail, a second guide target section that is guided by the second guide rail, and a vertical arm section that is suspended from the horizontal arm section at a position between the first guide target section and the second guide target section, and holds the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: ALMEX PE INC.Inventors: Tomohiro NODA, Shigeyuki WATANABE, Katsumi ISHII
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Patent number: 9693554Abstract: Plant growth accelerator comprising, as an active ingredient, 5-amino-4-hydroxypentanoic acid of formula (1) H2NCH2CH(OH)CH2CH2COOR1??(1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: COSMO OIL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Li, Yasunobu Ueda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Yasutomo Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20160237588Abstract: A surface treatment system includes a surface treatment tank, a first guide rail and a second guide rail that extend at a position offset from a position over the upper opening of the surface treatment tank, and a plurality of transfer jigs that respectively hold a workpiece and are supported by the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The transfer jig includes a horizontal arm section, a first guide target section that is guided by the first guide rail, a second guide target section that is guided by the second guide rail, and a vertical arm section that is suspended from the horizontal arm section at a position between the first guide target section and the second guide target section, and holds the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: ALMEX PE INC.Inventors: Tomohiro NODA, Shigeyuki WATANABE, Katsumi ISHII
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Patent number: 9346632Abstract: A surface treatment system includes a surface treatment tank, a first guide rail and a second guide rail that extend at a position offset from a position over the upper opening of the surface treatment tank, and a plurality of transfer jigs that respectively hold a workpiece and are supported by the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The transfer jig includes a horizontal arm section, a first guide target section that is guided by the first guide rail, a second guide target section that is guided by the second guide rail, and a vertical arm section that is suspended from the horizontal arm section at a position between the first guide target section and the second guide target section, and holds the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: ALMEX PE INC.Inventors: Tomohiro Noda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Katsumi Ishii
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Publication number: 20160007599Abstract: Plant growth accelerator comprising, as an active ingredient, 5-amino-4-hydroxypentanoic acid of formula (1) H2NCH2CH(OH)CH2CH2COOR1 ??(1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: COSMO OIL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun LI, Yasunobu UEDA, Shigeyuki WATANABE, Yasutomo TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 9080738Abstract: A vehicular lamp comprising includes a light-emitting diode that is used as a light source and that emits light; and a light transmitting member that is arranged in a path of the emitted light and through which the light is passed. The light transmitting member shields the light-emitting diode from infrared rays that travel in an opposite direction to a traveling direction of the light.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Motohiro Komatsu, Hiroyuki Serizawa, Hiroyuki Ishida, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Kiyoshi Sazuka
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Patent number: 9039262Abstract: An optical unit includes: a heat sink that radiates heat from a light source; and a base portion including a reflector mounting section, a lens mounting section and a connecting section connecting the reflector mounting section and the lens mounting section. The base portion is configured such that the light from the light source is reflected by a reflector mounted onto the reflector mounting section and is incident onto a projection lens mounted onto the lens mounting section. The heat sink is exposed to a space surrounded by the lens mounting section, the connecting section and the reflector mounting section.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yasuda, Tatsuhiko Yamamichi, Shigeyuki Watanabe
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Patent number: 9035346Abstract: The light source module includes a circuit board adapted to be placed on a mounting base of a light source holding member, and a power feeding attachment to supply power to a semiconductor light emitting device, the circuit board including a board part on which the semiconductor light emitting device is mounted, and a conductive circuit formed on a surface of the board part and having a pair of terminal parts and a light source connection part to connect the pair of terminal parts and the semiconductor light emitting device, the power feeding attachment including an electrically-insulating portion and an conductive portion partially embedded in the electrically-insulating portion, the power feeding attachment being adapted to be attached to the light source holding member such that the electrically-insulating portion presses at least a portion of the circuit board against the mounting base.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hironori Tsukamoto, Ryuho Sato
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Patent number: 9010974Abstract: A projector type vehicle headlamp includes a metal supporting member that has an upper surface to which a circuit board to which a light-emitting device is mounted is mounted; a projection lens; a reflector that reflects light of the light-emitting device toward the vicinity of a rearward focal point of the projection lens; a driving source provided in front of the metal supporting member; a movable shade configured to be arranged near the rearward focal point of the projection lens, or removed from near the rearward focal point, by the driving source; and a cooling fan that is provided below the metal supporting member, and that faces a lower surface of the metal supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeyuki Watanabe, Tatsuhiko Yamamichi
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Patent number: 8908822Abstract: In a nuclear reactor, a core barrel (46) is disposed in a reactor vessel (41) having an inlet nozzle (44) and an outlet nozzle (45), a core (53) is disposed in the core barrel (46), a lower plenum (58) is partitioned by the reactor vessel (41) and a bottom portion of the core barrel (46), and a downcomer portion (59) is partitioned by the reactor vessel (41) and a side wall of the core barrel (46). The lower plenum (58) includes a straightening member (61) formed of an upper ring (65) and a lower ring (69) in a ring shape, and a plurality of spokes (64 and 68) radially arranged inside the rings (65 and 69), respectively. Heat exchange efficiency is enhanced by uniformly supplying coolant introduced into a pressure vessel to the core from the lower plenum in a radial direction and a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuki Uda, Shigeyuki Watanabe
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Patent number: 8903032Abstract: An upper hole 37A and a lower hole 37B are provided at two positions, namely, upper and lower portions, of a side surface of a guide tube 27, and a thimble tube 22 is pressed against an inner circumferential surface of the guide tube 27, by a differential pressure between coolant inside and outside the upper hole 37A and the lower hole 37B.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuki Uda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Kazuo Hirota, Hideyuki Sakata, Hideyuki Morita, Makoto Nakajima, Chikara Kurimura, Toshio Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20140022807Abstract: A projector type vehicle headlamp includes a metal supporting member that has an upper surface to which a circuit board to which a light-emitting device is mounted is mounted; a projection lens; a reflector that reflects light of the light-emitting device toward the vicinity of a rearward focal point of the projection lens; a driving source provided in front of the metal supporting member; a movable shade configured to be arranged near the rearward focal point of the projection lens, or removed from near the rearward focal point, by the driving source; and a cooling fan that is provided below the metal supporting member, and that faces a lower surface of the metal supporting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Shigeyuki WATANABE, Tatsuhiko YAMAMICHI
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Publication number: 20130341670Abstract: The light source module includes a circuit board adapted to be placed on a mounting base of a light source holding member, and a power feeding attachment to supply power to a semiconductor light emitting device, the circuit board including a board part on which the semiconductor light emitting device is mounted, and a conductive circuit formed on a surface of the board part and having a pair of terminal parts and a light source connection part to connect the pair of terminal parts and the semiconductor light emitting device, the power feeding attachment including an electrically-insulating portion and an conductive portion partially embedded in the electrically-insulating portion, the power feeding attachment being adapted to be attached to the light source holding member such that the electrically-insulating portion presses at least a portion of the circuit board against the mounting base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hironori Tsukamoto, Ryuho Sato
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Patent number: 8534888Abstract: An optical unit includes: a heat sink that radiates heat from a light source; and a base portion including a reflector mounting section, a lens mounting section and a connecting section connecting the reflector mounting section and the lens mounting section. The base portion is configured such that the light from the light source is reflected by a reflector mounted onto the reflector mounting section and is incident onto a projection lens mounted onto the lens mounting section. The heat sink is exposed to a space surrounded by the lens mounting section, the connecting section and the reflector mounting section.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasuda, Tatsuhiko Yamamichi, Shigeyuki Watanabe
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Patent number: D762891Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeyuki Watanabe, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kazutaka Kosugi, Shinji Sato