Patents by Inventor Tetsu MIZUSHIRO

Tetsu MIZUSHIRO 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: 9266468
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear lighting device which includes an elongated light guide, a light source disposed at an end in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, and a case accommodating the light guide and the light source. In the linear lighting device, the light guide has a plurality of grooves arranged in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and has a stepped cutout at the other end on an opposite side from the end, and a protruding portion protruding into the cutout is formed on an inner surface of the case which faces the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Mizushiro, Yukihiko Umeda, Shinichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9197072
    Abstract: A charging device charges an in-vehicle battery for an electric vehicle by a power supply fed from an attachment plug extending from an external power supply. The charging device includes: a charging inlet; a housing recess formed within the charging inlet; a charging connector disposed within the housing recess; and an illumination light source embedded in an upper peripheral wall of the housing recess. The illumination light source emits light downward, and an optical axis thereof is positioned closer to an opening of the housing recess than a front surface of the charging connector. A first irradiation light emitted toward the opening of the housing recess than the optical axis is emitted obliquely downward from the charging inlet. A second irradiation light emitted toward a bottom of the housing recess than the optical axis is emitted to the charging connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Umeda, Kazushi Noda, Tetsu Mizushiro
  • Publication number: 20140029292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear lighting device which includes an elongated light guide, a light source disposed at an end in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, and a case accommodating the light guide and the light source. In the linear lighting device, the light guide has a plurality of grooves arranged in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and has a stepped cutout at the other end on an opposite side from the end, and a protruding portion protruding into the cutout is formed on an inner surface of the case which faces the cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Tetsu MIZUSHIRO, Yukihiko UMEDA, Shinichi OGAWA
  • Patent number: D719284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsu Mizushiro, Yukihiko Umeda
  • Patent number: D719285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsu Mizushiro, Yukihiko Umeda
  • Patent number: D721833
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsu Mizushiro, Yukihiko Umeda