Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Hirato

Yoshiaki Hirato 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).

  • Light source unit and vehicular room light
    Patent number: 9950661
    Abstract: A light source unit including a light source that emits light into a vehicle interior through a lens of a room light, a substrate on which the light source is mounted, the substrate being mounted on a base member of the room light, an engagement portion that engages with, among a plurality of mounting seats that are provided on the base member and that have different protrusion heights, an upper side mounting seat, the engagement portion being provided on the substrate and on a circumference of an imaginary circle formed about the light source, and a clearance portion that is capable of avoiding interference with, among the plurality of mounting seats, a lower side mounting seat, the clearance portion being provided in the substrate and on the circumference of the imaginary circle formed about the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Udo, Kenichi Takizawa, Yoshiaki Hirato, Naoki Nakanishi
  • LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND VEHICULAR ROOM LIGHT
    Publication number: 20170001555
    Abstract: A light source unit including a light source that emits light into a vehicle interior through a lens of a room light, a substrate on which the light source is mounted, the substrate being mounted on a base member of the room light, an engagement portion that engages with, among a plurality of mounting seats that are provided on the base member and that have different protrusion heights, an upper side mounting seat, the engagement portion being provided on the substrate and on a circumference of an imaginary circle formed about the light source, and a clearance portion that is capable of avoiding interference with, among the plurality of mounting seats, a lower side mounting seat, the clearance portion being provided in the substrate and on the circumference of the imaginary circle formed about the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Udo, Kenichi Takizawa, Yoshiaki Hirato, Naoki Nakanishi