Patents by Inventor Shuichirou Tokuda

Shuichirou Tokuda 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: 5036435
    Abstract: An illumination panel, which comprises an optical fiber sheet formed by arranging a plurality of optical fibers having a core-sheath structure, which has one end optically connected to a light source and a light-leaking portion on at least one surface thereof, a surface panel arranged on the front surface side of the optical fiber sheet, and a reflecting layer arranged on the back surface side of the optical fiber sheet, wherein the light-leaking portion is formed of a plurality of flaws extending to the core of the optical fiber from the sheath thereof, the light-leaking width of the light-leaking portion increases toward the side far from the light source from the side near to the light source, the presence density of the flaws increases toward the side far from the light source from the side near to the light source, and the depth of the flaws increases toward the side far from the light source from the side near to the light source, whereby the entire illumination surface is uniformly illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichirou Tokuda, Noriyuki Furukawa, Yoshinori Kawai