Patents by Inventor Kentaro NISHIGAKI

Kentaro NISHIGAKI 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: 11482569
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least three light emitting elements arranged side by side, and one or more light transmissive members each containing a phosphor and covering the light emitting elements. The at least three light emitting elements include two outer light emitting elements arranged on outer sides, and an inner light emitting element arranged between the two outer light emitting elements and having a different peak emission wavelength than a peak emission wavelength of the two outer light emitting elements. The phosphor has a longer peak emission wavelength than the peak emission wavelengths of the outer light emitting elements and the peak emission wavelength of the inner light emitting element. The two outer light emitting elements and the inner light emitting element are connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro Akagawa, Takeshi Morikawa, Kentaro Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20210233956
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least three light emitting elements arranged side by side, and one or more light transmissive members each containing a phosphor and covering the light emitting elements. The at least three light emitting elements include two outer light emitting elements arranged on outer sides, and an inner light emitting element arranged between the two outer light emitting elements and having a different peak emission wavelength than a peak emission wavelength of the two outer light emitting elements. The phosphor has a longer peak emission wavelength than the peak emission wavelengths of the outer light emitting elements and the peak emission wavelength of the inner light emitting element. The two outer light emitting elements and the inner light emitting element are connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro AKAGAWA, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Kentaro NISHIGAKI
  • Patent number: 11004891
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least three light emitting elements arranged side by side, and one or more light transmissive members each containing a phosphor and covering the light emitting elements. The at least three light emitting elements include two outer light emitting elements arranged on outer sides, and an inner light emitting element arranged between the two outer light emitting elements and having a different peak emission wavelength than a peak emission wavelength of the two outer light emitting elements. The phosphor has a longer peak emission wavelength than the peak emission wavelengths of the outer light emitting elements and the peak emission wavelength of the inner light emitting element. The two outer light emitting elements and the inner light emitting element are connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro Akagawa, Takeshi Morikawa, Kentaro Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 10656019
    Abstract: A method of determining a chromaticity rank of a light emitting device includes selecting the light emitting device having a chromaticity rank in a region surrounded by four defining points on a 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram. A ratio of a distance in a y-direction between, of the four defining points, two defining points furthest from each other in the y-direction to a distance in an x-direction between, of the four defining points, two defining points furthest from each other in the x-direction is 0.5 or less A peak light emission wavelength of the blue light emitting element is in a range of 447 to 452 nm, a peak light emission wavelength of the green light emitting element is in a range of 520 to 541 nm, and a peak light emission wavelength of the red light emitting element is in a range of 630 to 632 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro Akagawa, Toshiyuki Hashimoto, Kentaro Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 10274667
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: one or more first light-emitting elements each having a peak wavelength in a range from 430 nm to less than 490 nm; a second light-emitting element having a peak wavelength Y in a range from 490 nm to less than a wavelength X; a third light-emitting element having a peak wavelength Z in a range from more than the wavelength X to 570 nm; and a phosphor or a fourth light-emitting element having a peak wavelength in a range from 580 nm to 680 nm. At least one of the second and third light-emitting elements is connected to at least one of the first light-emitting elements in series. The wavelength X is in a range from more than 490 nm to less than 570 nm with an absolute value of difference between |X?Y| and |X?Z| being 10 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro Akagawa, Takeshi Morikawa, Yusaku Achi, Kentaro Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20180024006
    Abstract: A method of determining a chromaticity rank of a light emitting device includes selecting the light emitting device having a chromaticity rank in a region surrounded by four defining points on a 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram. A ratio of a distance in a y-direction between, of the four defining points, two defining points furthest from each other in the y-direction to a distance in an x-direction between, of the four defining points, two defining points furthest from each other in the x-direction is 0.5 or less A peak light emission wavelength of the blue light emitting element is in a range of 447 to 452 nm, a peak light emission wavelength of the green light emitting element is in a range of 520 to 541 nm, and a peak light emission wavelength of the red light emitting element is in a range of 630 to 632 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro AKAGAWA, Toshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Kentaro NISHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20170229512
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least three light emitting elements arranged side by side, and one or more light transmissive members each containing a phosphor and covering the light emitting elements. The at least three light emitting elements include two outer light emitting elements arranged on outer sides, and an inner light emitting element arranged between the two outer light emitting elements and having a different peak emission wavelength than a peak emission wavelength of the two outer light emitting elements. The phosphor has a longer peak emission wavelength than the peak emission wavelengths of the outer light emitting elements and the peak emission wavelength of the inner light emitting element. The two outer light emitting elements and the inner light emitting element are connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro AKAGAWA, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Kentaro NISHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20170205565
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: one or more first light-emitting elements each having a peak wavelength in a range from 430 nm to less than 490 nm; a second light-emitting element having a peak wavelength Y in a range from 490 nm to less than a wavelength X; a third light-emitting element having a peak wavelength Z in a range from more than the wavelength X to 570 nm; and a phosphor or a fourth light-emitting element having a peak wavelength in a range from 580 nm to 680 nm. At least one of the second and third light-emitting elements is connected to at least one of the first light-emitting elements in series. The wavelength X is in a range from more than 490 nm to less than 570 nm with an absolute value of difference between |X?Y| and |X?Z| being 10 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Seitaro AKAGAWA, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Yusaku ACHI, Kentaro NISHIGAKI