Patents by Inventor Junichi Kimiya

Junichi Kimiya 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: 20150109792
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting apparatus is provided in which positioning of a light-emitting module including a ceramic board is easy and light extraction efficiency is improved. The lighting apparatus includes an apparatus body; a light-emitting module which includes a light transmissive ceramic board and a light-emitting element provided on one surface side of the ceramic board and is disposed in the apparatus body; a thermal radiator including a light-emitting module connection part to which the light-emitting module is heat-conductively connected; a heat conductive sheet intervening between the light-emitting module connection part and the light-emitting module and having insulation properties; and a reflection member intervening between the heat conductive sheet and other surface side of the ceramic board and having light reflective properties and sliding properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masazumi Ishida, Junichi Kimiya
  • Publication number: 20150092403
    Abstract: The disclosure is to provide a light emitting module that suppress a dark section from forming in an end portion thereof, a tube type light emitting lamp and a luminaire. The light emitting module includes a long substrate that has a connection member provided in an end portion thereof in a longitudinal direction; a first light emitting element that is provided on the substrate to line up in a row with the connection member in a short direction; and a second light emitting element that has a light emitting surface area larger than the first light emitting element, and is provided closer to a center side of the substrate in the longitudinal direction than the first light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ono, Hiroshi Kubota, Junichi Kimiya, Manabu Kika
  • Publication number: 20150085486
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermal radiator of a lamp device includes a light-emitting module connection part to which a light-emitting module is thermally conductively connected. An attachment base is arranged around the light-emitting module connection part. The attachment base is made of an insulating material, and supports the light-emitting module connected to the light-emitting module connection part. The light-emitting module connection part protrudes from the attachment base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masazumi Ishida, Junichi Kimiya, Makoto Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20140355265
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a housing of a lamp device a cylindrical shape, and includes an opening part at one end side, a closing part at the other end side, and an insertion part formed at a center of the closing part. A thermal radiator includes a support part which is inserted through the insertion part, a light-emitting module connection part which is provided at one end side of the support part and to which the light-emitting module is connected to enable heat conduction, and an external thermal radiation part provided at the other end side of the support part. An area of the light-emitting module connection part is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the support part, and the support part, the light-emitting module connection part and the external thermal radiation part are integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Makoto Otsuka, Masazumi Ishida, Kenji Nezu, Kazunari Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8894254
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp apparatus includes a light-emitting module, housing, and a lighting circuit. The light-emitting module includes a light-emitting element. The housing opens in the direction of irradiation of a light beam and having a cap on a side opposite from the direction of irradiation of the light beam. The cap is provided with a light-emitting module mounting portion projecting in the direction of irradiation of the light beam and the light-emitting module is mounted on the light-emitting module mounting portion. The lighting circuit is accommodated in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ryotaro Matsuda, Jun Sasaki, Shigeru Osawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Hiromichi Nakajima, Kenji Takanashi, Keiichi Shimizu, Masahiro Izumi, Hiroshi Matsushita, Masahiro Toda, Junichi Kimiya, Hiroshi Takenaga, Takeshi Osada
  • Patent number: 8882295
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp device includes a main body, a light-emitting module, a lighting device and a support member. The main body includes an opening and a heat radiating part provided at an opposite side of the opening. The support member is thermally coupled to the light-emitting module and the heat radiating part. The support member holds the light-emitting module in the main body to cause the light-emitting module to be positioned in a direction closer to the opening than the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Masahiro Toda
  • Publication number: 20140286022
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp device includes a housing, an insulating sheet, and a light-emitting module. The housing includes a thermal radiation section on the rear side opposite to the front side, which is a light emission side. A projecting section projects to the front side of the thermal radiation section. The insulating sheet includes an insert-through hole through which the projecting section is inserted. The insulating sheet is arranged on the front side of the thermal radiation section. The light-emitting module includes a substrate having a shape larger than the external shape of the projecting section and a light-emitting section formed on the front side surface of the substrate. The rear side surface of the substrate is thermally connected to the projecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Masazumi Ishida, Makoto Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20140286014
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a housing includes a cover provided with an opening section opened on the front side, which is a light emission side, and a thermal radiation section on the rear side opposite to the front side. An opening section of the cover is located further on the rear side than a peripheral portion of the cover. A light-emitting module includes a substrate and a light-emitting section formed on the substrate. The substrate is thermally connected to the thermal radiation section. The light-emitting section is opposed to the opening section of the cover, The translucent member is arranged in the opening section of the cover and located further on the rear side than the peripheral portion of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Masazumi Ishida, Makoto Otsuka, Kazunari Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20140286021
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a projection projects in the rear side center portion of a housing. A light-emitting module is arranged in the housing. A pair of power-supply sections configured to supply electric power to the light-emitting module is arranged around a light-emitting section in the housing. An information circuit configured to output information to the outside is arranged in a position around the light-emitting section and different from the positions of the pair of power-supply sections in the housing. A plurality of pins are provided at intervals along the rear side peripheral portion of the housing around the projection. Connecting means connects the power-supply sections and the pins located near the power-supply sections and connects the information circuit and the pin located near the information circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Masazumi Ishida, Makoto Otsuka
  • Patent number: 8816575
    Abstract: An LED module substrate includes a substrate main body, an LED mounted on one plane of the substrate main body, and a contact mounted at an edge of the one plane of the substrate main body and electrically connected to the LED. A cover section covers the LED module substrate in which the contact and the thermal radiation sheet are exposed. A lamp is attached to a socket. The socket includes a terminal electrically connected to the contact by the attachment of the lamp. A luminaire main body includes a thermal radiator including a contact surface and a recess. The lamp attached to the socket is brought into contact with and thermally connected to the contact surface. The recess is provided in a position opposed to the terminal of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Kenji Nezu, Go Kato, Yoshiyuki Tamaki, Hiroto Nakamura, Kazunari Higuchi, Makoto Otsuka, Yoshiyuki Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20140233239
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting module includes a substrate, a cover, a frame body, and a resin layer. A light-emitting section including a light-emitting element is provided on the substrate. The cover has translucency and is opposed to the light-emitting section. The frame body is interposed between the substrate and the cover around the light-emitting section. The resin layer has translucency and is interposed between the light-emitting section and the cover while being set in contact with the light-emitting section and the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Ryotaro MATSUDA, Masazumi ISHIDA, Junichi KIMIYA, Jun SASAKI
  • Patent number: 8794794
    Abstract: A lighting circuit substrate is arranged in a cap so that one surface of a lighting circuit substrate and a flat portion of a cap projection are arranged so as to face each other. Also, lighting circuit components are mounted on the one surface of the lighting circuit substrate, and the lighting circuit components are arranged within the cap projection. Arrangement is such that a clearance between the lighting circuit substrate and the flat portion of the cap projection becomes larger than the height of a component whose projecting dimension from the lighting circuit substrate is the largest from among the lighting circuit components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Go Kato, Tomokazu Usami, Kenji Nezu, Junichi Kimiya
  • Patent number: 8764249
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp device includes a light-emitting module including a semiconductor light-emitting element, a lighting circuit to light the semiconductor light-emitting element, and a housing to house the light-emitting module and the lighting circuit. The housing includes a case including a holder part to hold the light-emitting module, and a cap member fixed to the case by a fixing unit. The light-emitting module is sandwiched and fixed between the holder part and the cap member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Toda, Shigeru Osawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Hiroshi Matsushita, Junichi Kimiya
  • Publication number: 20140153255
    Abstract: A luminaire according to an embodiment includes a main body attached to an attachment surface such as the ceiling or the wall of a building. The luminaire includes a light-emitting surface substantially parallel to the attachment surface. A semiconductor light-emitting element is arranged on the light-emitting surface. A cover body having translucency is attached to the main body to cover the light-emitting surface. The inner surface of the cover body includes a refracting surface forming an acute angle with respect to an optical axis of light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and located in a position further on the inner side than a peripheral edge section of the main body. The outer surface of the cover body includes an outer peripheral surface projecting further to the outer side than a peripheral edge section of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Kimiya
  • Publication number: 20140091698
    Abstract: A lamp device includes a substrate body, a light source part mounted on the substrate body, and a contact portion electrically connected to the light source part. A cover receives the light source part in a space formed by the cover and the substrate body, is light transmissive at least at a position facing the light source part, and spatially separates the light source part mounted on the substrate body and the contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Kenji Nezu, Kazunari Higuchi, Makoto Otsuka, Takeshi Osada, Yoshiyuki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20140055022
    Abstract: An LED module substrate includes a substrate main body, an LED mounted on one plane of the substrate main body, and a contact mounted at an edge of the one plane of the substrate main body and electrically connected to the LED. A cover section covers the LED module substrate in which the contact and the thermal radiation sheet are exposed. A lamp is attached to a socket. The socket includes a terminal electrically connected to the contact by the attachment of the lamp. A luminaire main body includes a thermal radiator including a contact surface and a recess. The lamp attached to the socket is brought into contact with and thermally connected to the contact surface. The recess is provided in a position opposed to the terminal of the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kimiya, Kenji Nezu, Go Kato, Yoshiyuki Tamaki, Hiroto Nakamura, Kazunari Higuchi, Makoto Otsuka, Yoshiyuki Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20140029252
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an LED lamp includes a lighting circuit, a storage, a thermal radiating body, an LED substrate, and a cover. The storage includes a pair of electrode pins electrically connected to the lighting circuit, and stores the lighting circuit in the interior thereof. The thermal radiating body integrally includes a lid portion configured to cover the storage and an arrangement portion located in a periphery of the lid portion. The LED substrate includes an LED configured to emit light upon receipt of power feed from the lighting circuit, and is arranged so as to be thermally connected to the arrangement portion of the thermal radiating body. The cover has translucency and covers the LED substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Go KATO, Masahiko Kamata, Junichi Kimiya, Kenji Nezu, Yoshiyuki Tamaki, Hiroto Nakamura, Makoto Otsuka, Yoshiyuki Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20130201699
    Abstract: A lighting circuit substrate is arranged in a cap so that one surface of a lighting circuit substrate and a flat portion of a cap projection are arranged so as to face each other. Also, lighting circuit components are mounted on the one surface of the lighting circuit substrate, and the lighting circuit components are arranged within the cap projection. Arrangement is such that a clearance between the lighting circuit substrate and the flat portion of the cap projection becomes larger than the height of a component whose projecting dimension from the lighting circuit substrate is the largest from among the lighting circuit components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go KATO, Tomokazu USAMI, Kenji NEZU, Junichi KIMIYA
  • Publication number: 20130077301
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light source unit includes a light source module including at least one light emitting device and a main body. The main body includes a setting surface section on which the light source module is set, a thermal radiating section disposed around the setting surface section and configured to radiate heat received from the light source module, and a thick section arranged between the setting surface section and the thermal radiating section and including an inclined plane that has thickness larger than the thickness of the setting surface section and inclines in an irradiation direction from the light source module toward the outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi KIMIYA
  • Publication number: 20120262928
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp apparatus includes a light-emitting module, housing, and a lighting circuit. The light-emitting module includes a light-emitting element. The housing opens in the direction of irradiation of a light beam and having a cap on a side opposite from the direction of irradiation of the light beam. The cap is provided with a light-emitting module mounting portion projecting in the direction of irradiation of the light beam and the light-emitting module is mounted on the light-emitting module mounting portion. The lighting circuit is accommodated in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ryotaro Matsuda, Jun Sasaki, Shigeru Osawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Hiromichi Nakajima, Kenji Takanashi, Keiichi Shimizu, Masahiro Izumi, Hiroshi Matsushita, Masahiro Toda, Junichi Kimiya, Hiroshi Takenaga, Takeshi Osada