Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Yajima

Toshihiko Yajima 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: 20190137068
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting fixture has a lens body and a light source. The lens body includes: a light incident portion; a lens cut portion having lens cut surfaces to internally reflect light entered through the light incident portion; and a light irradiating portion provided on a front surface thereof allowing light to exit therethrough. The lens cut surfaces are formed from surfaces of a conical surface having a rotation axis, and defined by an arbitrary surface and a vertical plane extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis from a line of intersection between the arbitrary surface and another conical surface disposed inside the conical surface and having the same rotation axis as that of the conical surface. The lens cut portion provided between the front surface and the rear surface of the lens body is in a region overlapping with the light irradiating portion in a front view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Akane Sato, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Toshihiko Yajima
  • Patent number: 10036525
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can prevent the appearance from deteriorating due to darkened portion even when a light guiding member is disposed in an area where the light guiding member cannot be seen from outside. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, and a light guiding member having a light guiding main body and configured to receive light emitted from the light source and guide the light while reflecting the light so that the light exits through the light guiding member, which are contained in a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens covering the opening of the housing. The light guiding member can include a fin-shaped light emitting portion extending from the light guiding main body and disposed in an area corresponding to an angular range through which the light guiding main body of the light guiding member cannot be seen directly from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Yajima
  • Patent number: 9862306
    Abstract: A vehicle decorative lighting device and a vehicle lamp including the lighting device can include a light guide lens and a light source that can emit various color lights. The light guide lens can includes a front surface including a plurality of convex surfaces so as to emit the color lights having a substantially uniform light-intensity from the front surface. The vehicle lamp can include a lamp room between an outer lens and a housing, and can incorporate various vehicle lamps such as a headlight along with the lighting device in the lamp room. The lighting device can be located in the lamp room so as to emit the color lights along a periphery of the outer lens. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle lamps including the decorative lighting device having a harmonious favorable light distribution, for example, such that combine a headlight with a position lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yajima, Takanori Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170050557
    Abstract: A vehicle decorative lighting device and a vehicle lamp including the lighting device can include a light guide lens and a light source that can emit various color lights. The light guide lens can includes a front surface including a plurality of convex surfaces so as to emit the color lights having a substantially uniform light-intensity from the front surface. The vehicle lamp can include a lamp room between an outer lens and a housing, and can incorporate various vehicle lamps such as a headlight along with the lighting device in the lamp room. The lighting device can be located in the lamp room so as to emit the color lights along a periphery of the outer lens. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle lamps including the decorative lighting device having a harmonious favorable light distribution, for example, such that combine a headlight with a position lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yajima, Takanori Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20160053958
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can prevent the appearance from deteriorating due to darkened portion even when a light guiding member is disposed in an area where the light guiding member cannot be seen from outside. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, and a light guiding member having a light guiding main body and configured to receive light emitted from the light source and guide the light while reflecting the light so that the light exits through the light guiding member, which are contained in a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens covering the opening of the housing. The light guiding member can include a fin-shaped light emitting portion extending from the light guiding main body and disposed in an area corresponding to an angular range through which the light guiding main body of the light guiding member cannot be seen directly from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Toshihiko Yajima