Patents by Inventor Youmei Kaminaga
Youmei Kaminaga 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).
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Publication number: 20240011618Abstract: A vehicle side light that can decrease the number of components to reduce the cost, that does not produce a dark portion not easily visible, and that can more easily perform efficient light distribution control only in necessary directions with a simple configuration. In a vehicle side light (10) that is provided on a vehicle side surface, and that is constructed by supporting, in a light body (11), a light source (20) and a lens (30) for distributing light from the light source (20), the light source (20) is constructed by mounting a plurality of LEDs (22) on a surface of a single substrate (21), and the lens (30) is arranged in a front direction of the light source (20), and is capable of distributing light of any of the plurality of LEDs (22) to both sides of the vehicle side surface in addition to the front direction perpendicular to the vehicle side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Shuhei KOJIMA, Kohei NOGAMI, Youmei KAMINAGA, Akira SAITO, Yasuyo KOJIMA
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Patent number: 11835201Abstract: An optical lens (10) capable of facilitating efficient light distribution control with a simple configuration is provided. It comprises a plurality of light distribution control parts (11) continuing in a bilateral direction such that each of the light distribution control parts corresponds to each column of LEDs (22), the light distribution control parts defining optical paths of light from the LEDs (22) on a column basis, one light distribution control part (11) discharges light entering from the LEDs (22) in a column corresponding thereto in one direction of the bilateral direction that intersects the optical axes, and a further light distribution control part (11) discharges light entering from the LEDs (22) in a column corresponding thereto in a further direction of the bilateral direction that intersects the optical axes.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuyo Kojima, Youmei Kaminaga
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Patent number: 11802684Abstract: It is an illumination apparatus (10) that can achieve special illumination in addition to normal illumination. It includes a main illumination light source (21) of a predetermined luminescent color, a sub illumination light source (22) adjustable to an arbitrary luminescent color, and a control unit (30) that controls lighting of the main illumination light source (21) and the sub illumination light source (22), the main illumination light source (21) and the sub illumination light source (22) are arranged in a state where respective irradiated lights are mixed on the same path, and the control unit (30) can set a high illuminance mode in which, in addition to lighting of the main illumination light source (21) during normal use, the sub illumination light source (22) is lighted in the same luminescent color as the main illumination light source (21).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Youmei Kaminaga
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Patent number: 11725801Abstract: An optical lens capable of facilitating efficient light distribution control with a simple configuration includes a plurality of light distribution control parts arranged in a bilateral direction such that each of the light distribution control parts corresponds to each column of LEDs. The light distribution control parts define optical paths of light from the LEDs. The optical paths are sequentially shortened from one end side to the other end side in the bilateral direction. The light distribution control parts guide the light in a direction that intersects optical axes of the LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuyo Kojima, Youmei Kaminaga
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Patent number: 11665805Abstract: A lighting device includes an indoor lamp (11), being provided in the cabin of a railroad vehicle (1) in order to wholly irradiate the inside of the cabin over the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a vehicle body power supply (20), supplying electric power to the indoor lamp (11), and a storage battery (30), being charged with a voltage applied by the vehicle body power supply (20). The indoor lamp (11) includes a general lamp light source (12) and a standby lamp light source (13), being lighted at an illuminance lower than that at which the general lamp light source (12) is lighted, and the general lamp source (12) being supplied with electric power from the vehicle body power supply (20) not through the storage battery (30), while the standby lamp light source (13) being supplied with electric power from the vehicle body power supply (20) through the storage battery (30).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Fujii, Hideto Sanui, Jun Ito, Hajime Suzuki, Youmei Kaminaga, Takayuki Izumi, Kazuo Maruyama
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Publication number: 20220357015Abstract: An optical lens (10) capable of facilitating efficient light distribution control with a simple configuration is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Yasuyo KOJIMA, Youmei KAMINAGA
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Publication number: 20220243905Abstract: It is an illumination apparatus (10) that can achieve special illumination in addition to normal illumination. It includes a main illumination light source (21) of a predetermined luminescent color, a sub illumination light source (22) adjustable to an arbitrary luminescent color, and a control unit (30) that controls lighting of the main illumination light source (21) and the sub illumination light source (22), the main illumination light source (21) and the sub illumination light source (22) are arranged in a state where respective irradiated lights are mixed on the same path, and the control unit (30) can set a high illuminance mode in which, in addition to lighting of the main illumination light source (21) during normal use, the sub illumination light source (22) is lighted in the same luminescent color as the main illumination light source (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventor: Youmei KAMINAGA
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Publication number: 20220235917Abstract: An optical lens (10) capable of facilitating efficient light distribution control with a simple configuration is provided. It comprises a plurality of light distribution control parts (11) continuing in a bilateral direction such that each of the light distribution control parts corresponds to each column of LEDs (22), the light distribution control parts defining optical paths of light from the LEDs (22) on a column basis, one light distribution control part (11) discharges light entering from the LEDs (22) in a column corresponding thereto in one direction of the bilateral direction that intersects the optical axes, and a further light distribution control part (11) discharges light entering from the LEDs (22) in a column corresponding thereto in a further direction of the bilateral direction that intersects the optical axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Yasuyo KOJIMA, Youmei KAMINAGA
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Patent number: 11105489Abstract: An illumination lens includes an incident face (510), being provided in a recessed manner in a bottom apex part of the lens body (51), and receiving light from the light source (41); a reflection face (520) on the inner side of an outer periphery of the lens body (51), totally reflecting the light, having reached from the incident face (510); and an emission face (530) at the upper end of the lens body (51), emitting the light, having reached from the incident face (510) and the reflection face (520), to the outside, and the incident face (510) distributes the light, which could be directed toward the entire region of the reflection face (520), only in a predetermined range (521) within the reflection face, being adjacent to the upper end side portion, following the emission face (530), and being closer to the bottom apex part.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Fujii, Jun Ito, Youmei Kaminaga, Yasuyo Kojima, Satoru Yakushiji
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Publication number: 20210062997Abstract: An illumination lens includes an incident face (510), being provided in a recessed manner in a bottom apex part of the lens body (51), and receiving light from the light source (41); a reflection face (520) on the inner side of an outer periphery of the lens body (51), totally reflecting the light, having reached from the incident face (510); and an emission face (530) at the upper end of the lens body (51), emitting the light, having reached from the incident face (510) and the reflection face (520), to the outside, and the incident face (510) distributes the light, which could be directed toward the entire region of the reflection face (520), only in a predetermined range (521) within the reflection face, being adjacent to the upper end side portion, following the emission face (530), and being closer to the bottom apex part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Koito Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi FUJII, Jun ITO, Youmei KAMINAGA, Yasuyo KOJIMA, Satoru YAKUSHIJI
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Publication number: 20200398744Abstract: A lighting device includes an indoor lamp (11), being provided in the cabin of a railroad vehicle (1) in order to wholly irradiate the inside of the cabin over the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a vehicle body power supply (20), supplying electric power to the indoor lamp (11), and a storage battery (30), being charged with a voltage applied by the vehicle body power supply (20). The indoor lamp (11) includes a general lamp light source (12) and a standby lamp light source (13), being lighted at an illuminance lower than that at which the general lamp light source (12) is lighted, and the general lamp source (12) being supplied with electric power from the vehicle body power supply (20) not through the storage battery (30), while the standby lamp light source (13) being supplied with electric power from the vehicle body power supply (20) through the storage battery (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Tadashi FUJII, Hideto SANUI, Jun ITO, Hajime SUZUKI, Youmei KAMINAGA, Takayuki IZUMI, Kazuo MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 10174888Abstract: Problem: To provide a modular lighting unit that allows freely designing a lighting fitting in accordance with the demand for illumination design of the user, and moreover that can be easily assembled, resulting from the simple structure thereof, whereby the cost can be substantially reduced, and its commercial value is high. Solution: A modular lighting unit 10, including one light emitting element 42 disposed in a lamp chamber that is enclosed by a case 20 and a cover 30, the case 20 and the cover 30 being combined with each other in such a way that the peripheral wall 31 of the cover 30 covers the peripheral wall 21 of the case 20, and in the mutually combined state, they being fixed to each other with an engaging part 34 provided for either one of them being engaged with an engaged part 24 provided for the other by snap fitting. Between the light emitting element 42 and the irradiation aperture 33a, there being disposed a lens body 50.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidekazu Narushima, Youmei Kaminaga