Patents by Inventor Takahito Osawa

Takahito Osawa 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: 10195773
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical component having an optical surface includes: injecting a molten resin into a cavity; curing the molten resin to form the optical component; and taking the optical component out from the movable mold by moving the movable mold away from the fixed mold, and piercing a part of the optical surface (first incident surface) of the optical component attached to the movable mold by the protruding pin, and then wherein a tip end face of the protruding pin includes: a first surface; and a second surface having an area smaller than an area of the first surface, and extending continuously from the first surface in a curved form, the second surface being located on at least a part of an outer circumferential edge portion of the tip end face, that is, a tip end in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshida, Takahito Osawa, Masashi Katayama
  • Patent number: 10162158
    Abstract: A projection lens formed of a light-transmitting resin including an incidence part on which light is incident, an emission part, a peripheral edge portion, and a thick part. Light is incident on the incidence part. The emission part emits the light incident from the incidence part. The peripheral edge portion is provided at a boundary between the incidence part and the emission part. The thick part is provided at a part of the peripheral edge portion, made thicker in an optical axis direction than other parts of the peripheral edge portion and having a gate mark formed at least on a part of an outer peripheral surface of the thick part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Matsumoto, Tatsuhiko Yamamichi, Kenji Yoshida, Masashi Katayama, Takahito Osawa, Mamoru Kosuge
  • Patent number: 10094526
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp according to an aspect of the present invention includes a light source, a metal light-source stage including a light-source mounting portion, and a lens member that emits light from the light source toward the front of the lamp. The light-source stage includes a support portion for the lens member. The lens member includes a leg projecting toward the light-source stage and having an end that is supported by the support portion. The support portion includes three projections that abut the leg in a state in which the leg is supported by the support portion and position the lens member in a direction of an optical axis. The three projections are positioned relative to one another such that at least a portion of the light source lies in an extension range of a triangle with vertices given by the three projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Takada, Kazuki Kajiyama, Takahito Osawa, Mamoru Kosuge, Kenji Yoshida, Masashi Katayama, Shuji Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20160320012
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp according to an aspect of the present invention includes a light source, a metal light-source stage including a light-source mounting portion, and a lens member that emits light from the light source toward the front of the lamp. The light-source stage includes a support portion for the lens member. The lens member includes a leg projecting toward the light-source stage and having an end that is supported by the support portion. The support portion includes three projections that abut the leg in a state in which the leg is supported by the support portion and position the lens member in a direction of an optical axis. The three projections are positioned relative to one another such that at least a portion of the light source lies in an extension range of a triangle with vertices given by the three projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ryo TAKADA, Kazuki KAJIYAMA, Takahito OSAWA, Mamoru KOSUGE, Kenji YOSHIDA, Masashi KATAYAMA, Shuji MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20160311145
    Abstract: Provided is a molding mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold which are caused to abut on each other so as to form a cavity. An air supply path configured to supply air and a gas discharge path configured to discharge a gas are formed in the fixed mold or the movable mold, the air supply path and the gas discharge path are communicated with the cavity, and a molten resin is filled in the cavity in a state where the cavity is maintained at a pressure higher than an atmospheric pressure by the air supplied from the air supply path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Takahito Osawa, Masashi Katayama, Kenji Yoshida, Mamoru Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20160298817
    Abstract: A projection lens formed of a light-transmitting resin including an incidence part on which light is incident, an emission part, a peripheral edge portion, and a thick part. Light is incident on the incidence part. The emission part emits the light incident from the incidence part. The peripheral edge portion is provided at a boundary between the incidence part and the emission part. The thick part is provided at a part of the peripheral edge portion, made thicker in an optical axis direction than other parts of the peripheral edge portion and having a gate mark formed at least on a part of an outer peripheral surface of the thick part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori MATSUMOTO, Tatsuhiko YAMAMICHI, Kenji YOSHIDA, Masashi KATAYAMA, Takahito OSAWA, Mamoru KOSUGE
  • Publication number: 20160004002
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical component having an optical surface includes: injecting a molten resin into a cavity; curing the molten resin to form the optical component; and taking the optical component out from the movable mold by moving the movable mold away from the fixed mold, and piercing a part of the optical surface (first incident surface) of the optical component attached to the movable mold by the protruding pin, and then wherein a tip end face of the protruding pin includes: a first surface; and a second surface having an area smaller than an area of the first surface, and extending continuously from the first surface in a curved form, the second surface being located on at least a part of an outer circumferential edge portion of the tip end face, that is, a tip end in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshida, Takahito Osawa, Masashi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20150138821
    Abstract: A resin optical member allows light to pass therethrough. The resin optical member includes a fine asperity portion formed with fine asperity structure and a flat portion not formed with fine asperity structure. The fine asperity structure include concavities or convexities formed at a pitch equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light. The fine asperity structure includes concavities or convexities having a height 37 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru KOSUGE, Noriko Fukawa, Masashi Katayama, Takahito Osawa, Yuji Saito, Hirohisa Kato, Takehiro Shimizu, Norihito Soma