Patents by Inventor Takato Watanabe

Takato Watanabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20250033553
    Abstract: A detector-attached vehicular lighting device includes a lighting unit and a detection unit. The lighting unit includes a light source and a lens. The lens is formed with a storage recess that is recessed in a counter-detection direction other than a detection direction. The detection unit includes a detector, a bracket, and a cover. At least a part of the detector is stored in the storage recess. The bracket supports the detector from a side in the counter-detection direction. The cover is provided with a flange that projects in the counter-detection direction. The cover is attached to the bracket by engagement of the bracket and the flange at a predetermined location of engagement. The detector has, at an end in the detection direction, a detection surface for detecting an object. The flange extends, above the detector, further toward the side in the counter-detection direction than the detection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250033554
    Abstract: Provided is a bracket attachment structure for detachably attaching a bracket to which a radar unit is attached to an outer lens. In the bracket attachment structure, the outer lens is attached to a lamp housing and constitutes a lamp chamber in which a lamp unit is disposed between the outer lens and the lamp housing, the outer lens includes a recessed part and an engaged part formed on an inner wall of the recessed part, and the bracket includes a bracket main body disposed in the recessed part, an engaging part provided on the bracket main body and inserted into the engaged part, an extension part extending to an outside of the recessed part and detachably fixed to an attachment partner, and at least one spring part disposed between the rear surface of the bracket main body and a bottom surface of the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Takehiro MATSUMOTO, Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250035779
    Abstract: A detector-attached vehicular lighting device includes a lighting unit and a detection unit. The detection unit includes a detector, a bracket, and a cover. At least a part of the detector is stored in a storage recess on a lens of the lighting unit. The bracket supports the detector from a side in a counter-detection direction. A flange of the cover is in engagement with the bracket. A gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the storage recess and the cover. A part of the inner peripheral surface of the storage recess, which is facing the gap, is provided with a lens side guide surface extending along an insertion virtual line heading from the gap toward a location of the engagement. A part of the cover, which is facing the gap, is provided with a cover side guide surface extending along the insertion virtual line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250033555
    Abstract: Provided is a bracket attachment structure for detachably attaching a bracket to which a radar unit is attached to an outer lens. In the bracket attachment structure, the outer lens is attached to a lamp housing and constitutes a lamp chamber in which a lamp unit is disposed between the outer lens and the lamp housing, the outer lens includes a recessed part, the bracket includes a bracket main body disposed in the recessed part and an extension part extending from an other end side on a side opposite to one end side of the bracket main body to the outside of the recessed part and detachably fixed to an attachment partner, a restricting part is provided on a bottom surface of the recessed part, and a fitting recessed part into which the restricting part is inserted and fitted is provided in the bracket main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuuri OYABU, Masaki ANDO, Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Patent number: 12162397
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting and the like capable of preventing (or suppressing) vibrations of a radar unit (and as a result, capable of preventing the detection area of the radar unit from being significantly changed) are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a lamp housing; an outer lens attached to the lamp housing, the outer lens including a recessed part and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; a radar cover disposed while covering the recessed part, and forming a second space between the radar cover and the recessed part; a bracket disposed in the second space; a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket; and a first fixing part fixing one end of the bracket to the outer lens; and a second fixing part fixing the other end of the bracket to the lamp housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LID., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Watanabe, Atsushi Imori, Yuichiro Nishimura, Minoru Yamaguchi, Miho Sasaki, Hideaki Aizawa, Masayuki Takayama, Hironori Tamakawa, Takato Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12066563
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting and the like capable of preventing the distance between a radar unit and the radar cover from changing are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a lamp housing; an outer lens attached to the lamp housing while covering an opening of the lamp housing, and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; a radar housing; a radar cover attached to the radar housing while covering an opening of the radar housing, and forming a second space between the radar cover and the radar housing; a radar unit disposed in the second space; a first fixing part fixing the radar unit to the radar housing; and a second fixing part fixing the radar cover to the radar housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ito, Yuri Mitomo, Takuya Matsumaru, Kentaro Mori, Miho Sasaki, Hideaki Aizawa, Masayuki Takayama, Hironori Tamakawa, Takato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240025332
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture comprising a housing, an outer lens attached to the housing and forming a first space between the outer lens and the housing, and a lighting-fixture unit arranged in the first space, wherein the outer lens includes a light-transmitting part through which light emitted from the lighting-fixture unit passes and a recess arranged below the light-transmitting part, wherein the vehicle lighting fixture further comprising: a radar cover arranged in a state of covering the recess and forming a second space between the radar cover and the recess; a bracket arranged in the second space; a radar unit arranged in the second space in a state of detachably being fixed to the bracket; a first fixing part fixing one end of the bracket to the outer lens, and a second fixing part fixing the other end of the bracket to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuri MITOMO, Yuichiro NISHIMURA, Takahiko TOKIWA, Keiichi HIRATA, Minoru YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi ITO, Keishi SHIOMI, Hideaki AIZAWA, Shunichi NAKANO, Takato WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11752925
    Abstract: A lamp device has a base body to be installed to a vehicle; a lamp unit; a translucent cover that is installed to the base body, covering the front surface of the base body so as to accommodate the lamp unit therein, thereby defining a lamp body space, and has a recess in the front surface at a side position in a horizontal direction of the lamp unit; and a radar unit that has a radar sensor and a radar housing accommodating the radar sensor therein, and is inserted in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Mori, Hironori Tamakawa, Hideaki Aizawa, Takato Watanabe, Miho Sasaki, Masayuki Takayama
  • Publication number: 20230258765
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a protection structure of an object detection device of a vehicle. The protection structure includes: a bumper provided in a first direction, which is an object detection direction with respect to a radar device attached to a vehicle body frame via a support member; and a cover member covering the radar device. The cover member includes: a base part connected to the bumper; and an extension part extending from the base part in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The extension part is configured to abut on the vehicle body frame before the base part contacts the radar device or the support member in response to the bumper being displaced in the second direction due to an action of an external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo NAKAYAMA, Takato WATANABE, Hideaki AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230139390
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting and the like capable of preventing (or suppressing) vibrations of a radar unit (and as a result, capable of preventing the detection area of the radar unit from being significantly changed) are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a lamp housing; an outer lens attached to the lamp housing, the outer lens including a recessed part and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; a radar cover disposed while covering the recessed part, and forming a second space between the radar cover and the recessed part; a bracket disposed in the second space; a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket; and a first fixing part fixing one end of the bracket to the outer lens; and a second fixing part fixing the other end of the bracket to the lamp housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Atsushi IMORI, Yuichiro NISHIMURA, Minoru YAMAGUCHI, Miho SASAKI, Hideaki AIZAWA, Masayuki TAKAYAMA, Hironori TAMAKAWA, Takato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230139713
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a structure including a lamp housing and an outer lens attached to the lamp housing and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; and the outer lens includes a recess recessed toward the lamp housing; wherein the vehicular lamp fitting further comprises: a radar cover that is detachably fixed to the structure in a state of covering the recess, and forms a second space between the radar cover and the recess; a bracket including one end detachably fixed to the structure, its opposite other end detachably fixed to the structure, and a bracket body provided between the one end and the other end and disposed in the second space; and a radar unit disposed in the second space in a state of detachably being fixed to the bracket body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Atsushi IMORI, Yuichiro NISHIMURA, Minoru YAMAGUCHI, Miho SASAKI, Hideaki AIZAWA, Masayuki TAKAYAMA, Hironori TAMAKAWA, Takato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230138416
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting and the like capable of preventing the distance between a radar unit and the radar cover from changing are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a lamp housing; an outer lens attached to the lamp housing while covering an opening of the lamp housing, and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; a radar housing; a radar cover attached to the radar housing while covering an opening of the radar housing, and forming a second space between the radar cover and the radar housing; a radar unit disposed in the second space; a first fixing part fixing the radar unit to the radar housing; and a second fixing part fixing the radar cover to the radar housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi ITO, Yuri MITOMO, Takuya MATSUMARU, Kentaro MORI, Miho SASAKI, Hideaki AIZAWA, Masayuki TAKAYAMA, Hironori TAMAKAWA, Takato WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11506779
    Abstract: An outside sensor unit includes an outside sensor, a main bracket, a support bracket, a rotation device, and a position adjustment device. The outside sensor detects the outside of a vehicle. The main bracket is attached to a vehicle body. The support bracket supports the outside sensor and is attached to the main bracket. The rotation device has a rotation axis line which is substantially parallel to a roll axis of the vehicle and connects the support bracket and the main bracket together rotatably around the rotation axis line. The position adjustment device is capable of adjusting the relative rotation position between the support bracket and the main bracket around the rotation axis line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujita, Takato Watanabe, Yoshitaka Katashima
  • Publication number: 20220340072
    Abstract: A lamp device has a base body to be installed to a vehicle; a lamp unit; a translucent cover that is installed to the base body, covering the front surface of the base body so as to accommodate the lamp unit therein, thereby defining a lamp body space, and has a recess in the front surface at a side position in a horizontal direction of the lamp unit; and a radar unit that has a radar sensor and a radar housing accommodating the radar sensor therein, and is inserted in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kentaro MORI, Hironori TAMAKAWA, Hideaki AIZAWA, Takato WATANABE, Miho SASAKI, Masayuki TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10872248
    Abstract: A vehicle surrounding information acquiring apparatus acquires information of surroundings of a vehicle by using radar detectors configured to detect an object around the vehicle by radio waves, and lidar detectors configured to detect an object around the vehicle by light. The radar detectors are arranged one by one at four corners of the vehicle and one at a center on one side of the vehicle, and the lidar detectors are arranged one by one inside arrangement positions of the radar detectors in a vehicle width direction at respective corner portions on one side of the vehicle, one by one outside the arrangement positions of the radar detectors in the vehicle width direction at respective side portions on the other side of the vehicle, and one at a center on the other side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Fujita, Takato Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10670714
    Abstract: An outside sensor unit includes an outside sensor, a main bracket, a support bracket, and a cover member. The main bracket is attached to a vehicle body. The support bracket supports the outside sensor and is attached to the main bracket rotatably adjustably. The cover member covers an outer circumference in an outside detection direction of the outside sensor. The main bracket has a base wall that is attached to the support bracket rotatably adjustably and an attachment seat that is arranged at a position which is offset in the outside detection direction of the outside sensor with respect to the base wall. The cover member is attached to the attachment seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujita, Takato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190286924
    Abstract: A vehicle surrounding information acquiring apparatus acquires information of surroundings of a vehicle by using radar detectors configured to detect an object around the vehicle by radio waves, and lidar detectors configured to detect an object around the vehicle by light. The radar detectors are arranged one by one at four corners of the vehicle and one at a center on one side of the vehicle, and the lidar detectors are arranged one by one inside arrangement positions of the radar detectors in a vehicle width direction at respective corner portions on one side of the vehicle, one by one outside the arrangement positions of the radar detectors in the vehicle width direction at respective side portions on the other side of the vehicle, and one at a center on the other side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shintaro FUJITA, Takato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190219690
    Abstract: An outside sensor unit includes an outside sensor, a main bracket, a support bracket, a rotation device, and a position adjustment device. The outside sensor detects the outside of a vehicle. The main bracket is attached to a vehicle body. The support bracket supports the outside sensor and is attached to the main bracket. The rotation device has a rotation axis line which is substantially parallel to a roll axis of the vehicle and connects the support bracket and the main bracket together rotatably around the rotation axis line. The position adjustment device is capable of adjusting the relative rotation position between the support bracket and the main bracket around the rotation axis line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Akira Fujita, Takato Watanabe, Yoshitaka Katashima
  • Publication number: 20190219689
    Abstract: An outside sensor unit includes an outside sensor, a main bracket, a support bracket, and a cover member. The main bracket is attached to a vehicle body. The support bracket supports the outside sensor and is attached to the main bracket rotatably adjustably. The cover member covers an outer circumference in an outside detection direction of the outside sensor. The main bracket has a base wall that is attached to the support bracket rotatably adjustably and an attachment seat that is arranged at a position which is offset in the outside detection direction of the outside sensor with respect to the base wall. The cover member is attached to the attachment seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Akira Fujita, Takato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180203110
    Abstract: There is provided a cover member that protects a sensor configured to output an electromagnetic wave and detect an ambient situation of a vehicle. The cover member includes a cover arranged on the side of the electromagnetic wave output surface of the sensor and formed by a flexible member, and an electromagnetic wave absorbing member attached to the inner surface side or outer surface side of the cover through which the electromagnetic wave output from the sensor passes. The cover and the electromagnetic wave absorbing member form a layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Takato Watanabe