Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Nakagawa

Tomoyuki Nakagawa 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: 10018324
    Abstract: A light source unit of one embodiment includes a socket housing, a light emitting module, a substrate, a sealing part, and a lens part. The sealing part seals the light emitting element and the conductive part to the substrate. A lens part is formed on the sealing part. Alastic modulus of the lens part is higher than that of the sealing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Ozawa, Ryota Naito
  • Publication number: 20180165955
    Abstract: An optical detection device includes: an optical sensor configured to detect light from a light source of an indication lamp; an optical-detection-side communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit at least an optical detection signal of the optical sensor; and a photoelectric conversion unit configured to convert light from the light source into power and to store the power. The optical sensor and the optical-detection-side communication unit operate using the power stored in the photoelectric conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Sakon MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9995301
    Abstract: A vane pump includes a rotor; a plurality of vanes; a cam ring; and a pump body having an accommodating concave portion accommodating the cam ring. The cam ring includes a ring fitting portions formed in a plurality of regions on an outer circumference and a ring small-diameter portions formed on the outer circumference so as to have an outer diameter smaller than those of the ring fitting portions. The accommodating concave portion has a body fitting portion to which the ring fitting portions is fitted and a body large-diameter portions formed on the inner circumference in a plurality of regions so as to have an inner diameter lager than that of the body fitting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Sugihara, Tomoyuki Fujita, Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Tsutomu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20180149153
    Abstract: A pump device includes: a main pump and a sub pump; and a switching valve that switches so as to supply the hydraulic oil discharged from the sub pump to the hydraulic device, or to return the hydraulic oil discharged from the sub pump to the suction side. The main pump and the sub pump each include: a rotor, a discharge port into which the hydraulic oil discharged from a pump chamber is led, and a groove-shaped discharge-side notch formed from an opening edge of the discharge port toward a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the rotor. The switching valve switches according to a rotation speed of the drive shaft. At least one discharge-side notch of the sub pump is formed so that a resistance applied to the flow of the hydraulic oil passing therethrough is greater than that of the discharge-side notch of the main pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro AKATSUKA, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Fumiyasu KATOU, Hiroki GOMI
  • Publication number: 20180112661
    Abstract: A variable displacement vane pump includes: a control orifice that imparts resistance to a flow of working oil discharged from pump chambers; a flow-amount control valve that operates in accordance with an upstream-downstream differential pressure of the control orifice and controls a flow amount of the working oil discharged from the pump chambers; a variable control valve that is operated by the working oil that has passed through the control orifice and controls an amount of eccentricity of a cam ring with respect to a rotor by controlling a pressure difference between a first fluid pressure chamber and a second fluid pressure chamber; and a return passage that is connected to the flow-amount control valve and circulates a part of the working oil discharged from the pump chambers through a suction passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro AKATSUKA, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Fumiyasu KATOU, Hiroki GOMI
  • Publication number: 20180073714
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light emitting element which functions as a light source, a wiring pattern on which the light emitting element is mounted, an electrode pad connected to the wiring pattern, a substrate on which the wiring pattern is formed and the electrode pad is mounted, a power supply body which supplies external power to the electrode pad, and a socket housing which has an engaging portion engaged with a predetermined member and holds the substrate, the light emitting element and the power supply body. The power supply body has a terminal holding portion formed of an insulating resin material and a connection terminal supported by the terminal holding portion and connected to an external power supply. The connection terminal and the electrode pad are connected to each other by a conduction connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi OZAWA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Tsutomu MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170308065
    Abstract: An operation order system includes a management apparatus that manages processing executed by a plurality of processing machines and operations performed on the processing machines by operators and that determines a next operation for each operator based on an operation state of the operator, and portable terminal that can be carried by the operator and via which the operator can input the operation state of the operator so that the portable terminal transmits the input operation state to the management apparatus through wireless communication, the portable terminal receives the next operation from the management apparatus through wireless communication and displays the received next operation. The portable terminal receives, as the operation state, operation start information or operation completion information input from the operator indicating that the operator has started or completed the operation at a home position in a facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAGUCHI, Kazuki YOSHIKAWA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Toshio AONO
  • Publication number: 20170227007
    Abstract: A pump device includes a flow control valve that returns a part of working fluid discharged from a pump to the suction side, and the flow control valve includes a valve body, a first fluid pressure chamber that is provided so as to face against a first-side end surface of the valve body and that is communicated with a discharge channel, a second fluid pressure chamber that is provided so as to face against a second-side end surface of the valve body and that is communicated with the discharge channel, a biasing member that is accommodated in the second fluid pressure chamber for biasing the valve body in the valve-closing direction, and a pressure regulator that is provided in a communicating passage through which the discharge channel is communicated with the second fluid pressure chamber and that adjusts pressure in the second fluid pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro AKATSUKA, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Fumiyasu KATOU, Hiroki GOMI
  • Publication number: 20170067462
    Abstract: A vane pump includes a rotor; a plurality of vanes; a cam ring; and a pump body having an accommodating concave portion accommodating the cam ring. The cam ring includes a ring fitting portions formed in a plurality of regions on an outer circumference and a ring small-diameter portions formed on the outer circumference so as to have an outer diameter smaller than those of the ring fitting portions. The accommodating concave portion has a body fitting portion to which the ring fitting portions is fitted and a body large-diameter portions formed on the inner circumference in a plurality of regions so as to have an inner diameter lager than that of the body fitting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi SUGIHARA, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Tsutomu KOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20160377078
    Abstract: A pump device includes a pump, a flow control valve having a spool that returns a part of working fluid discharged from the pump to a suction side, and a differential pressure adjusting device that adjusts a differential pressure acting on both end portions of the spool to a target differential pressure, and the differential pressure adjusting device includes a pressure regulating chamber that communicates with a second fluid pressure chamber and a pilot chamber into which pressure in the discharge channel is guided: and a pressure in the pressure regulating chamber is adjusted such that a differential pressure between the pressure in the pressure regulating chamber and a pressure in the pilot chamber becomes the target differential pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro AKATSUKA, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Fumiyasu KATOU, Hiroki GOMI
  • Publication number: 20160290587
    Abstract: A light source unit of one embodiment includes a socket housing, a light emitting module, a substrate, a sealing part, and a lens part. The sealing part seals the light emitting element and the conductive part to the substrate. A lens part is formed on the sealing part. Alastic modulus of the lens part is higher than that of the sealing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Atsushi OZAWA, Ryota NAITO
  • Patent number: 8998463
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus is provided with: a light-emitting module; a control circuit unit configured to control the lighting of the light-emitting module; a heat-radiating substrate configured to support the light-emitting module and the control circuit unit in such a manner as to recover the heat produced by the light-emitting module and the control circuit unit; and a connection support unit mounted on the heat-radiating substrate in such a state as to support an electrically conductive member by which to electrically connect the light-emitting module and the control circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Matsumoto, Tetsuya Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Akitaka Kanamori, Takayuki Saito, Kaname Miyagishima, Hiroki Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8975364
    Abstract: This is to provide a polyamide resin which can sufficiently ensure all of a relative viscosity ?r (high degree of polymerization), moldable temperature range estimated from a temperature difference (Td?Tm), heat resistance estimated from a melting point Tm, melt moldability estimated from a temperature difference (Tm?Tc), and low water absorbability as compared with the conventional polyoxamide resin. This is a polyamide resin comprising a dicarboxylic acid-derived unit and a diamine-derived unit being bonded, wherein the above-mentioned dicarboxylic acid contains oxalic acid (Compound A), and the above-mentioned diamine contains 1,6-hexanediamine (Compound B) and 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediamine (Compound C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Maeda, Tomoyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8911125
    Abstract: A circuit module includes: a lighting control circuit that controls lighting of a semiconductor light emitting element; a first heat radiating member on which the lighting control circuit is mounted; a second heat radiating member that is separated from the first heat radiating member and has a surface on which the semiconductor light emitting element is mounted; and a connecting mechanism having both a housing that connects the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member together and a conductive portion that transmits a signal from the lighting control circuit to the semiconductor light emitting element. The housing is formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal conductivity lower than those of the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Akihiro Matsumoto, Takashi Inoue, Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Naoki Sone
  • Patent number: 8851728
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes: a light-emitting module; a control circuit section for controlling a lighting of the light-emitting module; and a reflector including a reflecting face configured to reflect and collect light emitted from the light-emitting module. The control circuit section includes an opposing portion that is opposed to the reflecting face. The opposing portion is disposed at a position away from an optical path of light to be collected by the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Matsumoto, Tetsuya Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8833992
    Abstract: An automotive headlamp is provided with: a light-emitting module; a control circuit unit configured to control the lighting of the light-emitting module; a support substrate configured to support both the light-emitting module and the control circuit unit; and a reflector configured to reflect, through an inner surface of the reflector, light emitted by the light-emitting module and collect the reflected light. The support substrate is arranged in a manner such that the control circuit unit is positioned in a region outside the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Matsumoto, Tetsuya Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8803168
    Abstract: In a light emitting module, a semiconductor light emitting element is mounted on a mounting board. A plated layer is provided on the surface of the mounting board so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting element mounted on the mounting board. The plated layer has a power feeding portion and an element connection portion. The power feeding portion extends, of the surfaces of the mounting board, from the upper surface on which the semiconductor light emitting element is to be mounted to a stepped surface located below the upper surface, so that power can be fed, on the stepped surface, to the semiconductor light emitting element. The element connection portions are provided on the upper surface such that a plurality of the semiconductor light emitting elements mounted on the upper surface are connected together in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Matsumoto, Tetsuya Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20130201706
    Abstract: A circuit module includes: a lighting control circuit that controls lighting of a semiconductor light emitting element; a first heat radiating member on which the lighting control circuit is mounted; a second heat radiating member that is separated from the first heat radiating member and has a surface on which the semiconductor light emitting element is mounted; and a connecting mechanism having both a housing that connects the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member together and a conductive portion that transmits a signal from the lighting control circuit to the semiconductor light emitting element. The housing is formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal conductivity lower than those of the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SUZUKI, Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Naoki SONE, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20130201707
    Abstract: In a circuit module, a supporting member has both an element mounting surface on which a package can be mounted and a circuit mounting surface on which a lighting control circuit that controls lighting of a semiconductor light emitting element can be mounted. The lighting control circuit is mounted on the circuit mounting surface. The circuit mounting surface is formed so as to be orthogonalized or inclined with respect to the element mounting surface. Thereby, the length in the longitudinal direction of the circuit module can be made smaller in comparison with that of a circuit module in which a circuit mounting surface and an element mounting surface are formed on the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SUZUKI, Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Naoki SONE
  • Publication number: 20130172520
    Abstract: Provided is a polyoxamide resin which has excellent impact resistance and is characterized in that the polyoxamide resin is obtained from a diamine in which the diamine component has 10 to 18 carbons and in that the polyoxamide resin has a relative viscosity (?r) of 2.1 or greater as determined at 25° C. using 96% sulfuric acid as a solvent and a solution having a concentration of 1.0 g/dL, and also provided is an impact-resistant part comprising this resin. The polyoxamide resin has a higher molecular weight than a conventional polyoxamide resin, a large moldable temperature range as estimated from the difference between the melting point and the thermal decomposition temperature and therefore excellent molten moldability, and furthermore excellent impact resistance when compared to a conventional aliphatic polyoxamide resin without losing the low water absorbency, chemical resistance, hydrolysis resistance, high elasticity, and high strength seen with aliphatic straight-chain polyoxamide resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Maeda, Kouichiro Kurachi, Hiroshi Okushita, Yasunari Hanaoka, Naoyasu Yabu, Tomoyuki Nakagawa