Patents by Inventor Yuki SASANUMA

Yuki SASANUMA 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: 20250033553
    Abstract: A detector-attached vehicular lighting device includes a lighting unit and a detection unit. The lighting unit includes a light source and a lens. The lens is formed with a storage recess that is recessed in a counter-detection direction other than a detection direction. The detection unit includes a detector, a bracket, and a cover. At least a part of the detector is stored in the storage recess. The bracket supports the detector from a side in the counter-detection direction. The cover is provided with a flange that projects in the counter-detection direction. The cover is attached to the bracket by engagement of the bracket and the flange at a predetermined location of engagement. The detector has, at an end in the detection direction, a detection surface for detecting an object. The flange extends, above the detector, further toward the side in the counter-detection direction than the detection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250033555
    Abstract: Provided is a bracket attachment structure for detachably attaching a bracket to which a radar unit is attached to an outer lens. In the bracket attachment structure, the outer lens is attached to a lamp housing and constitutes a lamp chamber in which a lamp unit is disposed between the outer lens and the lamp housing, the outer lens includes a recessed part, the bracket includes a bracket main body disposed in the recessed part and an extension part extending from an other end side on a side opposite to one end side of the bracket main body to the outside of the recessed part and detachably fixed to an attachment partner, a restricting part is provided on a bottom surface of the recessed part, and a fitting recessed part into which the restricting part is inserted and fitted is provided in the bracket main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuuri OYABU, Masaki ANDO, Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250035779
    Abstract: A detector-attached vehicular lighting device includes a lighting unit and a detection unit. The detection unit includes a detector, a bracket, and a cover. At least a part of the detector is stored in a storage recess on a lens of the lighting unit. The bracket supports the detector from a side in a counter-detection direction. A flange of the cover is in engagement with the bracket. A gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the storage recess and the cover. A part of the inner peripheral surface of the storage recess, which is facing the gap, is provided with a lens side guide surface extending along an insertion virtual line heading from the gap toward a location of the engagement. A part of the cover, which is facing the gap, is provided with a cover side guide surface extending along the insertion virtual line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250033554
    Abstract: Provided is a bracket attachment structure for detachably attaching a bracket to which a radar unit is attached to an outer lens. In the bracket attachment structure, the outer lens is attached to a lamp housing and constitutes a lamp chamber in which a lamp unit is disposed between the outer lens and the lamp housing, the outer lens includes a recessed part and an engaged part formed on an inner wall of the recessed part, and the bracket includes a bracket main body disposed in the recessed part, an engaging part provided on the bracket main body and inserted into the engaged part, an extension part extending to an outside of the recessed part and detachably fixed to an attachment partner, and at least one spring part disposed between the rear surface of the bracket main body and a bottom surface of the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Takehiro MATSUMOTO, Yuki SASANUMA, Takato WATANABE, Keishi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20250033587
    Abstract: The objective is to suppress function impairment of a detection device during a light collision. A vehicle front structure includes a bumper reinforcement, a bracket, and a detection device. The bumper reinforcement extends in a vehicle-width direction at a front part of the vehicle. The bracket is attached to an end in the vehicle-width direction of a front part of the vehicle. The detection device is attached to the bracket, and detects objects obliquely ahead of the vehicle. An end on the vehicle-width direction inside of the detection device is located more to the vehicle-width direction inside than an end on the vehicle-width direction outside of the bumper reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki SASANUMA, Tomoya YABU, Teruaki AIZAWA