Patents by Inventor Shota Asano

Shota Asano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240101026
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source unit that outputs light, an elongated light guide including a first end surface on which the light is incident, a second end surface located opposite to the first end surface, an emitting surface, and at least one held portion provided on at least one of the longitudinal side surfaces different from the emitting surface, the light guide guiding the light from the first end surface to the second end surface, and a housing including an attachment portion to which the light source unit is attached, a housing portion that is open at an end portion on the attachment portion side and includes a housing recess to house the light guide and an exposure opening exposing the emitting surface, and a holding portion that holds the light guide in the housing recess by sandwiching the at least one held portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiaki MORI, Yoichi MATSUOKA, Koichiro ENDO, Yukihiko UMEDA, Shota KATSUNO, Hiroyuki ASANO
  • Patent number: D778785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Hirokawa, Shota Asano, Yasutaka Etou, Koji Fujita
  • Patent number: D859241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Asano
  • Patent number: D873717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matthew Niven Sperling, Shota Asano
  • Patent number: D937715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Shota Asano
  • Patent number: D945927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yukihiro Koide, Ken Billes, Shota Asano, Tokiko Hirai
  • Patent number: D964608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Asano
  • Patent number: D964609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Asano
  • Patent number: D976755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihiro Koide, Ken Billes, Shota Asano, Tokiko Hirai, Makoto Takahashi
  • Patent number: D1021709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimin Lee, Shota Asano