Patents by Inventor Yuki Yamagata

Yuki Yamagata 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: 11703748
    Abstract: A light source lighting device includes: a laser light source unit; a converging lens that converges a plurality of light beams emitted from the laser light source unit; a diffuser plate that diffuses a plurality of light beams converged by the converging lens; and a second collimating lens that collimates a light beam diffused by the diffuser plate. The converging lens has an aspherical surface, the second collimating lens has a spherical surface, the aspherical surface of the converging lens has an aspherical surface coefficient that is set to cancel a positive spherical aberration of the second collimating lens. A luminous flux density in a proximity of an optical axis is lower than a luminous flux density in a peripheral part away from the optical axis, the optical axis being an axis of a light beam emitted from the second collimating lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Yamagata
  • Patent number: 11503257
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first reflector having a first reflective surface; a second reflector having a second reflective surface that is parallel to the first reflective surface and is located in a space behind the first reflective surface with respect to a normal direction of the first reflective surface; a first light source that emits a first light beam directed to the first reflective surface; and a second light source emitting a second light beam that is parallel to the first light beam. The second light beam is directed to the second reflective surface through a space in front of the first reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20220163878
    Abstract: A light source lighting device includes: a laser light source unit; a converging lens that converges a plurality of light beams emitted from the laser light source unit; a diffuser plate that diffuses a plurality of light beams converged by the converging lens; and a second collimating lens that collimates a light beam diffused by the diffuser plate. The converging lens has an aspherical surface, the second collimating lens has a spherical surface, the aspherical surface of the converging lens has an aspherical surface coefficient that is set to cancel a positive spherical aberration of the second collimating lens. A luminous flux density in a proximity of an optical axis is lower than a luminous flux density in a peripheral part away from the optical axis, the optical axis being an axis of a light beam emitted from the second collimating lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Yuki YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20210195147
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first reflector having a first reflective surface; a second reflector having a second reflective surface that is parallel to the first reflective surface and is located in a space behind the first reflective surface with respect to a normal direction of the first reflective surface; a first light source that emits a first light beam directed to the first reflective surface; and a second light source emitting a second light beam that is parallel to the first light beam. The second light beam is directed to the second reflective surface through a space in front of the first reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Yuki YAMAGATA
  • Patent number: 10809539
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes first and second laser light source units, each of which is configured by juxtaposing a plurality of laser light sources in an array, and which are provided to oppose each other. The illumination apparatus further includes first and second reflecting members. The second reflecting member has a first gap and is divided into first and second reflecting portions, and the first reflecting member is disposed so as to pass through the first gap. A second outgoing light beam transmitted through a transmitting region of the first reflecting member and a fourth outgoing light beam transmitted through a transmitting region of the second reflecting member are reflected in an output light direction by a reflecting region of the second reflecting member and a reflecting region of the first reflecting member, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Yamagishi, Yuki Yamagata
  • Patent number: 10495963
    Abstract: A light source device includes first and second laser light source units, a first reflective member, and a returning reflective member. The first and second laser light source units are disposed face-to-face, each of the first and the second laser light source units comprising a plurality of laser light sources arranged in an array. The first reflective member is disposed diagonally with respect to the light emitted from the first and second laser light source units, the first reflective member reflecting the light. The returning reflective member reflects the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member. The light emitted from the first laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member is parallel to, and in a same direction of travel as, the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the returning reflective member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamagata, Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20190310539
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes first and second laser light source units, each of which is configured by juxtaposing a plurality of laser light sources in an array, and which are provided to oppose each other. The illumination apparatus further include first and second reflecting members. The second reflecting member has a predetermined first gap and is divided into first and second reflecting portions, and the first reflecting member is disposed so as to pass through the first gap. The second outgoing light beam transmitted through the transmitting region of the first reflecting member and the fourth outgoing light beam transmitted through the transmitting region of the second reflecting member are reflected in the output light direction by the reflecting region of the second reflecting member and the reflecting region of the first reflecting member, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Shigekazu YAMAGISHI, Yuki YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20190171096
    Abstract: A light source device includes first and second laser light source units, a first reflective member, and a returning reflective member. The first and second laser light source units are disposed face-to-face, each of the first and the second laser light source units comprising a plurality of laser light sources arranged in an array. The first reflective member is disposed diagonally with respect to the light emitted from the first and second laser light source units, the first reflective member reflecting the light. The returning reflective member reflects the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member. The light emitted from the first laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member is parallel to, and in a same direction of travel as, the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the returning reflective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: YUKI YAMAGATA, HIROKI SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8013725
    Abstract: Pneumatic pressure monitoring units that measure pneumatic pressures of respective tires and that transmit results of the measurements of the pneumatic pressures from respective antennas by the use of radio signals are provided at the tires, respectively. A communication unit including a beam controller arranged to selectively direct reception beams towards the respective tires is provided at substantially the center near the bottom surface of a vehicle. The antennas of the respective pneumatic pressure monitoring units are constructed so that directivity patterns of transmission beams are directed towards the inside in axle directions of the tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Murata, Yuki Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20070159315
    Abstract: Pneumatic pressure monitoring units that measure pneumatic pressures of respective tires and that transmit results of the measurements of the pneumatic pressures from respective antennas by the use of radio signals are provided at the tires, respectively. A communication unit including a beam controller arranged to selectively direct reception beams towards the respective tires is provided at substantially the center near the bottom surface of a vehicle. The antennas of the respective pneumatic pressure monitoring units are constructed so that directivity patterns of transmission beams are directed towards the inside in axle directions of the tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Murata, Yuki Yamagata