Patents by Inventor Shiro Sugawara

Shiro Sugawara 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: 7465084
    Abstract: A light guiding plate includes: an X axis direction light distribution control section; and a diffuse reflection section. The X axis direction light distribution control section performs light distribution control by which the incident light is deflected such that a tilt of an X axis direction with respect to a normal direction approaches to zero, and outputted from the light emitting surface. A direction of the incident light is the X axis direction, a direction orthogonal to the X axis direction and parallel to the light emitting surface is a Y axis direction, and a direction vertical to the X axis direction and the Y axis direction is the normal direction. The diffuse reflection section reflects the guided incident light from the light incident surface to diffuse in the Y axis direction inside of the light guiding plate and guides to the X axis direction light distribution control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinari Kawashima, Youhei Yamazaki, Nobuo Suematsu, Shiro Sugawara, Nobuaki Kuribara, Akira Koshimura
  • Publication number: 20050117370
    Abstract: A light guiding plate includes: an X axis direction light distribution control section; and a diffuse reflection section. The X axis direction light distribution control section performs light distribution control by which the incident light is deflected such that a tilt of an X axis direction with respect to a normal direction approaches to zero, and outputted from the light emitting surface. A direction of the incident light is the X axis direction, a direction orthogonal to the X axis direction and parallel to the light emitting surface is a Y axis direction, and a direction vertical to the X axis direction and the Y axis direction is the normal direction. The diffuse reflection section reflects the guided incident light from the light incident surface to diffuse in the Y axis direction inside of the light guiding plate and guides to the X axis direction light distribution control section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshinari Kawashima, Youhei Yamazaki, Nobuo Suematsu, Shiro Sugawara, Nobuaki Kuribara, Akira Koshimura
  • Patent number: 4617714
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for finishing the surface of a guide roller uses a drive belt under tension to ensure a uniform surface finish. Prior to surface machining, bearings at el. are inserted into the central bore of a guide roller sleeve to form a guide roller assembly. The assembly is mounted loosely on a stationary shaft and driven to rotate by an endless drive belt at a known tension. A cutting bit machines the outer surface of the sleeve as it rotates. The bit pressure against the sleeve is less than the frictional force of engagement between the guide roller and the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuaki Kori, Hirotaka Ozawa, Shiro Sugawara