Patents by Inventor Takao Sugiyama

Takao Sugiyama 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: 10173580
    Abstract: A lighting circuit which lights a semiconductor light source, the lighting circuit includes a drive circuit configured to receive a PWM signal from a controller, to generate a drive current to the semiconductor light source, and to switch the drive current according to the PWM signal. When a non-input state of the PWM signal exceeds a predetermined time, the lighting circuit is configured to assert an abnormality detection signal and to output the abnormality detection signal to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama, Susumu Ogo
  • Publication number: 20180339641
    Abstract: A light source includes a first light emitting unit, which performs light emission of a first function, and a second light emitting unit, which performs light emission of a second function and has the maximum lighting voltage lower than the forward voltage of the first light emitting unit, the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit being connected in parallel to each other. A lighting circuit includes a current supply unit, which supplies driving current to the light source, a controller, which performs stabilization control of the driving current from the current supply unit, a switch element, which is provided to disconnect a current path portion, which is the current path of the second light emitting unit and is parallel to the current path of the first light emitting unit, and a selector, which connects the current path of the second light emitting unit by the switch element when light emission of the second function is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9992835
    Abstract: A lighting circuit is configured to supply a driving current to a first light source and a second light source. The light circuit includes a conversion unit which receives a first voltage for the first light source and a second voltage for the second light source via a common input terminal, performs voltage conversion on the first voltage or the second voltage and supplies the driving current, a control unit which controls a current value of the driving current output from the conversion unit, a first switch which selects whether to supply the driving current to the first light source by a first signal based on the first voltage, a signal generation unit which receives the first voltage and the second voltage and generates a second signal, and a second switch which selects whether to supply the driving current to the second light source by the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20180029526
    Abstract: A lighting circuit which lights a semiconductor light source, the lighting circuit includes a drive circuit configured to receive a PWM signal from a controller, to generate a drive current to the semiconductor light source, and to switch the drive current according to the PWM signal. When a non-input state of the PWM signal exceeds a predetermined time, the lighting circuit is configured to assert an abnormality detection signal and to output the abnormality detection signal to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama, Susumu Ogo
  • Publication number: 20160302267
    Abstract: A lighting circuit is configured to supply a driving current to a first light source and a second light source. The light circuit includes a conversion unit which receives a first voltage for the first light source and a second voltage for the second light source via a common input terminal, performs voltage conversion on the first voltage or the second voltage and supplies the driving current, a control unit which controls a current value of the driving current output from the conversion unit, a first switch which selects whether to supply the driving current to the first light source by a first signal based on the first voltage, a signal generation unit which receives the first voltage and the second voltage and generates a second signal, and a second switch which selects whether to supply the driving current to the second light source by the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8985823
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp body having an opening, a front cover attached to the lamp body to close the opening, and a first optical unit disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by the lamp body and the cover. The first optical unit includes a printed wiring board having a first section formed with a first conductor pattern and a second section formed with a second conductor pattern electrically coupled to the first conductor pattern, an LED mounted on the first section of the printed wiring board, and a lighting control circuit provided on the second section of the printed wiring board to control a lighting of the LED. The first optical unit further has a bracket supporting the printed wiring board in a horizontal manner, and a drip-preventive cover covering the lighting control circuit. The drip-preventive cover is provided on the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8476838
    Abstract: A lighting circuit includes: a countercurrent prevention unit including a first control terminal and a second control terminal, the countercurrent prevention unit transmitting a first current or a second current; and a current controller including: a common terminal connected to the first control terminal and the second control terminal; and a switching terminal connected to the first control terminal, the current controller providing a first driving current or a second driving current from the common terminal to the light source. The countercurrent prevention unit further includes: a first rectifier, wherein voltage at the first control terminal is provided to the switching terminal through the first rectifier; a first P-FET provided between the first control terminal and the common terminal; a second P-FET provided between the second control terminal and the common terminal; and a second rectifier provided between the second P-PET and the common terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8330375
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp lighting control device includes: a current control unit which is of a non-insulation type and supplies a supply current to a semiconductor light source; an abnormality detecting unit which detects abnormality of a positive-electrode-side output based on at least one of a power supply voltage or a supply voltage supplied to the semiconductor light source, and outputs signal indicating the abnormality; and a bypass unit which bypasses the supply current supplied from the current control unit in accordance with the signal indicating the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20120307510
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp body having an opening, a front cover attached to the lamp body to close the opening, and a first optical unit disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by the lamp body and the cover. The first optical unit includes a printed wiring board having a first section formed with a first conductor pattern and a second section formed with a second conductor pattern electrically coupled to the first conductor pattern, an LED mounted on the first section of the printed wiring board, and a lighting control circuit provided on the second section of the printed wiring board to control a lighting of the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20120032591
    Abstract: A lighting circuit includes: a countercurrent prevention unit including a first control terminal and a second control terminal, the countercurrent prevention unit transmitting a first current or a second current; and a current controller including: a common terminal connected to the first control terminal and the second control terminal; and a switching terminal connected to the first control terminal, the current controller providing a first driving current or a second driving current from the common terminal to the light source. The countercurrent prevention unit further includes: a first rectifier, wherein voltage at the first control terminal is provided to the switching terminal through the first rectifier; a first P-FET provided between the first control terminal and the common terminal; a second P-FET provided between the second control terminal and the common terminal; and a second rectifier provided between the second P-PET and the common terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20100270926
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp lighting control device includes: a current control unit which is of a non-insulation type and supplies a supply current to a semiconductor light source; an abnormality detecting unit which detects abnormality of a positive-electrode-side output based on at least one of a power supply voltage or a supply voltage supplied to the semiconductor light source, and outputs signal indicating the abnormality; and a bypass unit which bypasses the supply current supplied from the current control unit in accordance with the signal indicating the abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takao Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20090267520
    Abstract: A lighting control device includes a current driving portion for DC-controlling or PWM-controlling an LED unit, and a disconnection detection portion for detecting disconnection of the LED unit. The disconnection detection portion has a latch circuit and a reset portion. The latch circuit provides a disconnection detection signal after it is detected that disconnection has occurred for a prescribed time. The reset portion resets the disconnection detection signal based on prescribed conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsui, Takayoshi Kitagawa, Takao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 4929438
    Abstract: Preventives or remedies for medicinal and alcoholic poisoning contain as a pharmaceutically effective component phytic acid or its salt which may be an innoxious metal salt, or an innoxious salt with an organic base, a basic amino acid or an organic ester residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Kiichi Sawai, Masayasu Kurono, Hiromiotu Asai, Takahiko Mitani, Naohisa Ninomiya, Takao Sugiyama, Eiji Furukawa, Hisashi Michishita
  • Patent number: 4541441
    Abstract: A combine harvester having a cutting device provided in a front portion of the combine harvester, a conveying device for conveying the cut crops, a threshing device for threshing the conveyed crops, and a separating device for separating the threshed crops. The threshing device comprises a threshing auger oriented in the traveling direction of the harvester, and a concave sieve provided around a lower portion of the auger. The separating device comprises two separating augers arranged parallel with the threshing auger at a position under the concave sieve, and a sieve provided under the separating auger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Institute of Agricultural Machinery
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ichikawa, Takao Sugiyama, Masao Manaka