Patents by Inventor Masafumi Kuramoto

Masafumi Kuramoto 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: 20190189866
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a base body, a conductive adhesive member, and a sealing member. The semiconductor element includes a substrate, a semiconductor element structure provided on the substrate, and p-electrode and n-electrode provided on the semiconductor element structure. The semiconductor element is disposed on the base body. The conductive adhesive member electrically connects the p-electrode and the n-electrode to the base body. The sealing member is provided to cover the semiconductor element on an upper surface of the base body. The conductive adhesive member contains particles selected from a group of (i) surface-treated particles having a particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 ?m or less and (ii) particles that coexist with a dispersing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Toshifumi IMURA, Tomoki TANISADA
  • Patent number: 10290778
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which wet-spreading of an adhesive member for bonding the semiconductor element on a base body is suppressed. The semiconductor device includes a base body, and a semiconductor element bonded on the base body via an adhesive member. The adhesive member contains surface-treated particles, or particles that coexist with a dispersing agent. At least a part of the marginal portion of the adhesive member is a region where the particles are unevenly distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Toshifumi Imura, Tomoki Tanisada
  • Patent number: 10263161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface mounted light emitting apparatus which has long service life and favorable property for mass production, and a molding used in the surface mounted light emitting apparatus. The surface mounted light emitting apparatus comprises the light emitting device 10 based on GaN which emits blue light, the first resin molding 40 which integrally molds the first lead 20 whereon the light emitting device 10 is mounted and the second lead 30 which is electrically connected to the light emitting device 10, and the second resin molding 50 which contains YAG fluorescent material and covers the light emitting device 10. The first resin molding 40 has the recess 40c comprising the bottom surface 40a and the side surface 40b formed therein, and the second resin molding 50 is placed in the recess 40c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohisa Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20190097102
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base, a semiconductor element mounted on the base, a porous metal sintered body and a sealing member. The porous metal sintered body is provided on the base in an area different from an area on which the semiconductor element is mounted. The sealing member covers the semiconductor element. The sealing member is placed inside the porous metal sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Teppei KUNIMUNE, Masafumi KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10134955
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor stacked body, an oxide film, and a reflecting film. The semiconductor stacked body has a body surface. The oxide film has an upper surface and a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface. The oxide film is provided on the semiconductor stacked body such that the bottom surface of the oxide film is opposite to the body surface of the semiconductor stacked body. The reflecting film is provided on the oxide film to be in contact with the upper surface of the oxide film and includes silver and oxide nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Shioji, Masafumi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20180315913
    Abstract: Provided is a metal powder sintering paste having a high resistance to thermal stress. The present invention provides a metal powder sintering paste containing silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.3 ?m to 5 ?m as a main component, further containing inorganic spacer particles having a CV value (standard deviation/average value) of less than 5%, and containing substantially no resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei KUNIMUNE, Masafumi KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10109766
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes lead frames, a light-emitting element placed on a bottom of a recessed portion formed at one of the lead frames, and a light-transmitting resin covering the light-emitting element. The lead frames have a covered region which is covered with the light-transmitting resin and an exposed region exposed out of the light-transmitting resin. The light-emitting device has a gap between the lead frame and the light-transmitting resin at an inner side surface of the recessed portion, the gap having a width longer than a main wavelength of light from the light-emitting element. The lead frame is in close contact with the light-transmitting resin at an end of the covered region, which is located in a boundary with the exposed region or in the vicinity of the boundary within the covered region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Okada, Masafumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 10090446
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device having high light extraction efficiency, and a method for manufacturing the light emitting device. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device (100) according to the present invention, includes: forming a sealing member (40) for sealing a light emitting element (10) on a base body (30) by dropping, the base body (30) including a conductive member (20) for connecting to the light emitting element (10), and a molding (25) integrally molded with the conductive member (20); the sealing member (10) being formed such that at least a part of a periphery of the sealing member (40) is located on an outward surface (38) of the conductive member (20) or the molding (25), the outward surface facing outward in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Daisuke Iwakura, Kenji Ozeki, Tomoaki Tsuruha, Satoshi Okada, Masaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180182917
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes placing a light emitting element on a releasable base material so that a first face of the light emitting element is in contact with the releasable base material. An entire area of the first face is a first area. A wavelength converting material is provided on the releasable base material to cover an entirety of the light emitting element. The releasable base material is removed. A first electrically conductive material covers the first electrode and the wavelength converting material. An entire area of the first electrically conductive material viewed in a height direction is a second area larger than the first area. A second electrically conductive material covers the second electrode and the wavelength converting material. An entire area of the second electrically conductive material viewed in the height direction is a third area larger than the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Daisuke IWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20180175253
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface mounted light emitting apparatus which has long service life and favorable property for mass production, and a molding used in the surface mounted light emitting apparatus. The surface mounted light emitting apparatus comprises the light emitting device 10 based on GaN which emits blue light, the first resin molding 40 which integrally molds the first lead 20 whereon the light emitting device 10 is mounted and the second lead 30 which is electrically connected to the light emitting device 10, and the second resin molding 50 which contains YAG fluorescent material and covers the light emitting device 10. The first resin molding 40 has the recess 40c comprising the bottom surface 40a and the side surface 40b formed therein, and the second resin molding 50 is placed in the recess 40c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Tomohisa KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9960326
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base substrate having a recessed portion at a flat upper surface thereof. The recessed portion has an inner wall. A sealing member is provided in the recessed portion. The sealing member contains surface-treated particles, or particles coexisting with a dispersing agent. The particles have a particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 ?m or less. The particles are made of an organic material or an inorganic material. The organic material and the inorganic material are free of a phosphor. The at least a part of an edge portion of the sealing member is a region located in the vicinity of an edge of the recessed portion which is a boundary between a surface of the inner wall and the flat upper surface. The at least one of the particles and aggregates of particles are unevenly distributed in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Akiko Yamasaki, Hirofumi Ichikawa, Yasunori Shimizu, Akihiro Ota
  • Publication number: 20180086950
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrically conductive adhesive containing: (A) a polyether polymer having a backbone comprising a repeating unit of the formula: —R1—O— wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an end group which is a hydrolyzable silyl group, and (B) silver particles. Further disclosed is an electrically conductive material which is a hardened product of the electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei KUNIMUNE, Masafumi KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9929318
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface mounted light emitting apparatus which has long service life and favorable property for mass production, and a molding used in the surface mounted light emitting apparatus. The surface mounted light emitting apparatus comprises the light emitting device 10 based on GaN which emits blue light, the first resin molding 40 which integrally molds the first lead 20 whereon the light emitting device 10 is mounted and the second lead 30 which is electrically connected to the light emitting device 10, and the second resin molding 50 which contains YAG fluorescent material and covers the light emitting device 10. The first resin molding 40 has the recess 40c comprising the bottom surface 40a and the side surface 40b formed therein, and the second resin molding 50 is placed in the recess 40c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohisa Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9893250
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least one light emitting element including a plurality of semiconductor layers; and a light transmissive sealing member covering the at least one light emitting element. The light transmissive sealing member comprises a light transmissive sealing resin containing a silicone resin having a siloxane bond scaffold having methyl and phenyl groups as a principal ingredient. The light transmissive sealing resin has a refractive index in a range between 1.45 and 1.52, a durometer type D hardness at 25° C. specified by JIS K 6253 in a range between 20 and 70, and a DMA tan ?-based glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range between 20° C. and 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ichikawa, Tomoki Tanisada, Yasunori Shimizu, Masafumi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20180013045
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive material that allows a low electric resistance to be generated, and that is obtained by using an inexpensive and stable conductive material composition containing no adhesive. The conductive material can be provided by a producing method that includes the step of sintering a first conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 ?m to 15 ?m, and a metal oxide, so as to obtain a conductive material. The conductive material can be provided also by a method that includes the step of sintering a second conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 ?m to 15 ?m in an atmosphere of oxygen or ozone, or ambient atmosphere, at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 320° C., so as to obtain a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Satoru OGAWA, Katsuaki SUGANUMA, Keun-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20180004040
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a package having a recessed portion defined by a bottom surface and lateral walls surrounding the bottom surface, first and second light-emitting elements aligned in the longitudinal direction on the bottom surface, and a wavelength conversion member in the recessed portion, the wavelength conversion member converting light from the first light-emitting element. The first and second light-emitting elements each have a polygonal shape other than a rectangular shape in a front view. The first and second light-emitting elements are disposed away from each other so that a longest side of each light-emitting element will be substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface and so that sides facing each other will be substantially parallel to each other. The wavelength conversion member is disposed at least in a region on the bottom surface between the first and second light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Daisuke IWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20170369751
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition which can be cured to form a material (cured product) that has low tack properties and resists adhesion of garbage. The present invention provides a curable resin composition comprising polysiloxane (A) having not less than 2 alkenyl groups in the molecule and polysiloxane (B) having not less than 2 hydrosilyl groups in the molecule, wherein (T+Q)/D>0.3 and M+D+T+Q=1 are satisfied regarding all silicon atoms contained therein, the amount of the hydrosilyl groups with respect to 1 mol of aliphatic carbon-carbon double bonds present therein is 0.9 to 5.0 mol, and a cured product of the curable resin composition exhibits a separation strength of not more than 0.40 N per mm2 in separation load evaluation and/or a total separation load of not more than 0.018 N·mm per mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: DAICEL CORPORATION, NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunobu NAKAGAWA, Takeshi YOSHIDA, Satoru OGAWA, Masafumi KURAMOTO, Masahide BANDO
  • Patent number: 9808970
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element on a molded part. The molded part is formed by molding and curing a thermosetting epoxy resin composition comprising (A) the reaction product of a triazine derived epoxy resin with an acid anhydride, (B) an internal parting agent having m.p. 50-90° C., (C) a reflective agent, (D) an inorganic filler, and (E) a curing catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Hayashi, Hiroto Tamaki, Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohide Miki, Takayuki Sano, Tomohisa Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9812624
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive material that allows a low electric resistance to be generated, and that is obtained by using an inexpensive and stable conductive material composition containing no adhesive. The conductive material can be provided by a producing method that includes the step of sintering a first conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 ?m to 15 ?m, and a metal oxide, so as to obtain a conductive material. The conductive material can be provided also by a method that includes the step of sintering a second conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 ?m to 15 ?m in an atmosphere of oxygen or ozone, or ambient atmosphere, at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 320° C., so as to obtain a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Katsuaki Suganuma, Keun-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20170283624
    Abstract: There is a problem that when a silver powder sintering paste that is substantially free from resin is used, an organic solvent used as a dispersion medium bleeds, which results in contamination and wire bonding defects. In order to solve the problem, provided is a metal powder sintering paste that contains, as a principal component, silver particles having an average particle diameter (a median diameter) of 0.3 ?m to 5 ?m and further contains an anionic surfactant but is substantially free from resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei KUNIMUNE, Masafumi KURAMOTO