Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Iwao
Shunsuke Iwao 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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Patent number: 11820282Abstract: The present invention provides a notification apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and notifies surroundings of the vehicle that the vehicle is starting, the notification apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect a driver's intention to start the vehicle; and a lighting controller configured to cause, when the detector detects the driver's intention to start the vehicle, a lighting device in the vehicle to light in a predetermined lighting mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Morimichi Nishigaki, Shunsuke Iwao
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Patent number: 11624860Abstract: A method for producing a half mirror includes forming a reflection region by which light is reflected and a transmission region through which the light is transmitted on a surface of a transparent plate Only the reflection region is coated with a plating. The coating includes a masking step of coating a position of the transparent plate corresponding to the transmission region with a masking material, a plating step of coating the entire surface which includes the transmission region which has been coated with the masking material and the reflection region with the plating, a plating removing step of removing the plating to a depth in which the masking material is exposed after the plating step, and a masking material removing step of removing the masking material after the plating removing step.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Tsuchiya, Daisuke Nakashima, Shunsuke Iwao, Masayoshi Takori
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Patent number: 11598907Abstract: A method for producing a half mirror includes forming a reflection region by which light is reflected and a transmission region through which the light is transmitted on a surface of a transparent plate Only the reflection region is coated with a plating. The coating includes a masking step of coating a position of the transparent plate corresponding to the transmission region with a masking material, a plating step of coating the entire surface which includes the transmission region which has been coated with the masking material and the reflection region with the plating, a plating removing step of removing the plating to a depth in which the masking material is exposed after the plating step, and a masking material removing step of removing the masking material after the plating removing step.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Tsuchiya, Daisuke Nakashima, Shunsuke Iwao, Masayoshi Takori
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Patent number: 11590879Abstract: A vehicle lamp body device includes: on an inner side of a long frame body, a lightguide rod; and a light curtain disposed sideways in front of the lightguide rod, in which the light curtain includes a plurality of claw-like parts at an interval in a longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Patent number: 11585506Abstract: A turn light, a position light and a driving light are provided inside a same headlight unit, a first lens for which a first light source for the turn light and a second light source for the position light and the driving light are alternately arranged and a second lens which is arranged below the first lens and on which light from the first light source and the second light source is made incident are provided, a first diffusion part is provided on a light exit surface of the light of the first lens, and a second diffusion part is provided on a light exit surface of the light of the second lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Patent number: 11513265Abstract: A method for producing a half mirror includes forming a reflection region by which light is reflected and a transmission region through which the light is transmitted on a surface of a transparent plate Only the reflection region is coated with a plating. The coating includes a masking step of coating a position of the transparent plate corresponding to the transmission region with a masking material, a plating step of coating the entire surface which includes the transmission region which has been coated with the masking material and the reflection region with the plating, a plating removing step of removing the plating to a depth in which the masking material is exposed after the plating step, and a masking material removing step of removing the masking material after the plating removing step.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Tsuchiya, Daisuke Nakashima, Shunsuke Iwao, Masayoshi Takori
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Patent number: 11460163Abstract: In a vehicle lamp body device provided with a first light source arranged at a center of a base and second light sources arranged at both ends of the base, the device includes a first lightguide rod configured to branch and guide light from the first light source to an outside of both ends of the base and a second lightguide rod configured to guide light from the second light sources to the outside of both ends of the base respectively, the first lightguide rod and the second lightguide rod are superimposed in a light emission direction on the outside of both ends of the base and optical paths of the first lightguide rod and the second lightguide rod are merged.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20220305984Abstract: The present invention provides a notification apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and notifies surroundings of the vehicle that the vehicle is starting, the notification apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect a driver's intention to start the vehicle; and a lighting controller configured to cause, when the detector detects the driver's intention to start the vehicle, a lighting device in the vehicle to light in a predetermined lighting mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Yoshitaka MIMURA, Morimichi NISHIGAKI, Shunsuke IWAO
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Publication number: 20220268412Abstract: A turn light, a position light and a driving light are provided inside a same headlight unit, a first lens for which a first light source for the turn light and a second light source for the position light and the driving light are alternately arranged and a second lens which is arranged below the first lens and on which light from the first light source and the second light source is made incident are provided, a first diffusion part is provided on a light exit surface of the light of the first lens, and a second diffusion part is provided on a light exit surface of the light of the second lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20220266742Abstract: A vehicle lamp body device includes: on an inner side of a long frame body, a lightguide rod; and a light curtain disposed sideways in front of the lightguide rod, in which the light curtain includes a plurality of claw-like parts at an interval in a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20220268417Abstract: In a vehicle lamp body device provided with a first light source arranged at a center of a base and second light sources arranged at both ends of the base, the device includes a first lightguide rod configured to branch and guide light from the first light source to an outside of both ends of the base and a second lightguide rod configured to guide light from the second light sources to the outside of both ends of the base respectively, the first lightguide rod and the second lightguide rod are superimposed in a light emission direction on the outside of both ends of the base and optical paths of the first lightguide rod and the second lightguide rod are merged.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Patent number: 11384918Abstract: A vehicle lamp structure 1 comprises an inner lens 3 scattering light from a light source, and a reflector 4 that is disposed inward of the inner lens 3 in a vehicle inside-outside direction and reflects the light from the inner lens 3, the reflector 3 including a first face 4a that is disposed so as to intersect with the vehicle inside-outside direction and a second face 4b that is disposed so as to intersect with an up-down direction and connected with the first face 4a at a predetermined angle ?x to the first face 4a.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20210364146Abstract: A vehicle lamp structure 1 comprises an inner lens 3 scattering light from a light source, and a reflector 4 that is disposed inward of the inner lens 3 in a vehicle inside-outside direction and reflects the light from the inner lens 3, the reflector 3 including a first face 4a that is disposed so as to intersect with the vehicle inside-outside direction and a second face 4b that is disposed so as to intersect with an up-down direction and connected with the first face 4a at a predetermined angle ?x to the first face 4a.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Shunsuke IWAO, Daisuke NAKASHIMA, Hiroya OHKUBO
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Patent number: 11137127Abstract: A lamp body includes a light source, a light guide body configured to cause light from the light source to be guided and cause the light to be emitted from a light emitting surface, a reflector configured to cause the light, which has exited from a light guide exit surface of the light guide body, to be reflected toward a side of the light emitting surface; and a half mirror disposed to face the reflector and having a reflection area where the light reflected by the reflector is reflected toward a side of the reflector and a transmission area where the reflected light is transmitted. In the light guide body, a first light guide lens causes the light to be guided in a first direction and a second light guide lens has the light guide exit surface from which the light exits in a second direction intersecting the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Tsuchiya, Daisuke Nakashima, Shunsuke Iwao, Masayoshi Takori
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Publication number: 20210172579Abstract: A lamp body includes a light source, a light guide body configured to cause light from the light source to be guided and cause the light to be emitted from a light emitting surface, a reflector configured to cause the light, which has exited from a light guide exit surface of the light guide body, to be reflected toward a side of the light emitting surface; and a half mirror disposed to face the reflector and having a reflection area where the light reflected by the reflector is reflected toward a side of the reflector and a transmission area where the reflected light is transmitted. In the light guide body, a first light guide lens causes the light to be guided in a first direction and a second light guide lens has the light guide exit surface from which the light exits in a second direction intersecting the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji TSUCHIYA, Daisuke NAKASHIMA, Shunsuke IWAO, Masayoshi TAKORI
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Publication number: 20210173131Abstract: A method for producing a half mirror includes forming a reflection region by which light is reflected and a transmission region through which the light is transmitted on a surface of a transparent plate Only the reflection region is coated with a plating. The coating includes a masking step of coating a position of the transparent plate corresponding to the transmission region with a masking material, a plating step of coating the entire surface which includes the transmission region which has been coated with the masking material and the reflection region with the plating, a plating removing step of removing the plating to a depth in which the masking material is exposed after the plating step, and a masking material removing step of removing the masking material after the plating removing step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji TSUCHIYA, Daisuke NAKASHIMA, Shunsuke IWAO, Masayoshi TAKORI
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Patent number: 10260704Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source mounted on a vehicle body and a light guide body for guiding light generated by the light source. On the light guide body, vertically to a light travelling direction, a plurality of notch-shaped portions are formed in line. The notch-shaped portions become narrow in pitch as the distance from the light source increases and are formed deeper as the distance from the light source increases. Preferably, the notch-shaped portions exhibit arc cross-sections having the same curvature radius, and the depths of the notch-shaped portions are specified by the central angles of the arc cross-sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Yamada, Shunsuke Iwao, Koji Ueda, Ryo Chijimatsu
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Publication number: 20160102834Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source mounted on a vehicle body and a light guide body for guiding light generated by the light source. On the light guide body, vertically to a light travelling direction, a plurality of notch-shaped portions are formed in line. The notch-shaped portions become narrow in pitch as the distance from the light source increases and are formed deeper as the distance from the light source increases. Preferably, the notch-shaped portions exhibit arc cross-sections having the same curvature radius, and the depths of the notch-shaped portions are specified by the central angles of the arc cross-sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Akira Yamada, Shunsuke Iwao, Koji Ueda, Ryo Chijimatsu