Patents by Inventor Shuji Koman

Shuji Koman 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: 9416935
    Abstract: A vehicle direction indicator light includes a light source and a light emitting body. The light emitting body guides light to the outside of the vehicle, and includes an outer emitting surface facing the outside of the vehicle, an inner emitting surface facing the inside of the vehicle, and a tip surface connecting the inner and outer emitting surfaces and facing a front or rear side of the vehicle. The outer emitting surface has a step shape in which a first surface portion that faces the outside of the vehicle and a second surface portion that faces the front side or the rear side of the vehicle are alternatingly connected to each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Light emitted through the second surface portion and the tip surface has a higher intensity than the light emitted through the first surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Watanabe, Tomohiko Sano, Koji Fukura, Masayuki Takayama, Shuji Koman, Hiroshi Ishibashi, Shigeru Watanuki, Masahiro Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20140301099
    Abstract: A vehicle direction indicator light includes a light source and a light emitting body. The light emitting body guides light to the outside of the vehicle, and includes an outer emitting surface facing the outside of the vehicle, an inner emitting surface facing the inside of the vehicle, and a tip surface connecting the inner and outer emitting surfaces and facing a front or rear side of the vehicle. The outer emitting surface has a step shape in which a first surface portion that faces the outside of the vehicle and a second surface portion that faces the front side or the rear side of the vehicle are alternatingly connected to each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Light emitted through the second surface portion and the tip surface has a higher intensity than the light emitted through the first surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Watanabe, Tomohiko Sano, Koji Fukura, Masayuki Takayama, Shuji Koman, Hiroshi Ishibashi, Shigeru Watanuki, Masahiro Sagawa
  • Patent number: D463334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shuji Koman
  • Patent number: D581564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Koman
  • Patent number: D582069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Koman
  • Patent number: D584191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jarad Hall, Shuji Koman
  • Patent number: D499988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Minami, Wataru Murakami, Shuji Koman
  • Patent number: D593231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Koman
  • Patent number: D593232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Koman, Wataru Murakami
  • Patent number: D605558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Koman, Wataru Murakami, Daisuke Tanii
  • Patent number: D351367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Koman, Hideyuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: D668180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shuji Koman, Naohiro Kitazono
  • Patent number: D668190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shuji Koman, Takahiro Suzumi
  • Patent number: D430066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Koman, Nobuyuki Takahashi