Patents by Inventor Takahito Kashiwagi
Takahito Kashiwagi 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).
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Patent number: 8847477Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting circuit including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting portions, and a luminous intensity distribution control member is provided. A plurality of the light-emitting portions are arranged apart from each other on the substrate. A plurality of the light-emitting portions each have a plurality of light-emitting elements and a color mixing unit. A plurality of the light-emitting elements radiate light. The color mixing unit combines the lights sealing a plurality of the light-emitting elements and radiated from a plurality of the light-emitting elements. The luminous intensity distribution control member includes a plurality of lenses provided corresponding to a plurality of the light-emitting portions, respectively, provided so that respective lights radiated from a plurality of the light-emitting portions enter a plurality of the lenses respectively, and configured to control the luminous intensity distribution of the light-emitting portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Seiko Kawashima, Yoshiko Takahashi, Masahiro Fujita, Takahito Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20140232259Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting circuit including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting portions, and a luminous intensity distribution control member is provided. A plurality of the light-emitting portions are arranged apart from each other on the substrate. A plurality of the light-emitting portions each have a plurality of light-emitting elements and a color mixing unit. A plurality of the light-emitting elements radiate light. The color mixing unit combines the lights sealing a plurality of the light-emitting elements and radiated from a plurality of the light-emitting elements. The luminous intensity distribution control member includes a plurality of lenses provided corresponding to a plurality of the light-emitting portions, respectively, provided so that respective lights radiated from a plurality of the light-emitting portions enter a plurality of the lenses respectively, and configured to control the luminous intensity distribution of the light-emitting portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Seiko KAWASHIMA, Yoshiko Takahashi, Masahiro Fujita, Takahito Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20140043803Abstract: A light-emitting module according to an embodiment includes a substrate. The light-emitting module according to the embodiment includes a light-emitting elements (for example, red LEDs and blue LEDs) of different types provided on the substrate, the light emitting elements of each such type configured to emit light having a different wavelength. The light-emitting module according to the embodiment includes a first transparent member provided on the substrate and configured to partition the light-emitting elements on the substrate according to their type and allow light emitted from the light-emitting elements to be transmitted at a predetermined transmissivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Seiko Kawashima, Takahito Kashiwagi, Yoshiko Takahashi, Kazuo Shimokawa, Masahiro Fujita, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu
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Publication number: 20130249411Abstract: A light emitting module includes a toric sealing unit which seals blue LEDs arranged in a toric shape on a substrate from above, and a sealing unit which seals red LEDs arranged in the vicinity of a center of the toric shape of the blue LEDs. The sealing unit is formed to fill the inside of the toric shape of the toric sealing unit. The sealing unit has a refractive index of light higher than that of the toric sealing unit. The light which are emitted from the blue LEDs and the red LEDs, are refracted on the interface between the sealing unit and sealed gas, and proceed to the direction of the sealed gas, thereby being composed appropriately.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiko Takahashi, Seiko Kawashima, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takahito Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20100033106Abstract: Disclosed is a high-pressure discharge lamp includes a translucent ceramics sealed container provided with an enclosed part with a discharge space formed therein, a pair of electrodes disposed inside of both end parts of the translucent sealed container, an ionization medium having a structure containing a metal halide that primarily emits light, a starting gas and substantially no mercury, the metal halide that primarily emits light including 30% by mass or more of a halide of at least one lanthanoid type rare earth metal and the starting gas having a pressure P (atm) satisfying the equation, 1?P?20, the ionization medium being sealed in the translucent ceramics sealed container, wherein the ratio D/G satisfies the equation, 0.3?D/G?2.4 when the maximum inside diameter of the translucent ceramics sealed container is D and the inter-electrode distance is G.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Masazumi ISHIDA, Takahito Kashiwagi, Kozo Uemura, Yuichiro Takahara, Noriyuki Kitamura
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Patent number: 7573203Abstract: A mercury-free high-pressure discharge lamp includes a light-transmissive airtight envelope enclosing therein a discharge space, and a pair of electrodes sealed inside the light-transmissive airtight envelope and facing the discharge space, and the primary halide includes at least thulium bromide having an innumerable emission spectrum primarily around the peak of a luminosity curve and alkali metal halide, and the accessory halide contains one or more metal halides mostly selected from a group of Magnesium (Mg), Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co), Chromium (Cr), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Manganese (Mn), Aluminum (Al), Antimony (Sb), Bismuth (Bi), Beryllium (Be), Rhenium (Re), Gallium (Ga), Titanium (Ti), Zirconium (Zr), and Hafnium (Hf) which primarily contribute to fix lamp voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Takahito Kashiwagi, Masazumi Ishida, Mikio Matsuda, Kozo Uemura
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Publication number: 20080001543Abstract: This invention provides a metal halide lamp and a lighting equipment that, despite the fact that mercury is not filled, can provide electrical characteristics comparable with a mercury-contained metal halide lamp and can provide luminescent characteristics favorably comparable with the mercury-contained metal halide lamp. A metal halide lamp MHL includes a hermetically sealed vessel 1, a pair of electrodes 2, and a discharge medium filled in the hermetically sealed vessel. The discharge medium contains a first halide, a second halide, and a rare gas. The first halide is composed mainly of a halide of a luminescent metal and contains a halide of thulium (Tm) filled at the highest filling ratio in all of metal halides filled in the hermetically sealed vessel, and the content of an alkali metal halide in the first halide is less than 10% by mass at the highest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2005Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Takahito Kashiwagi, Masazumi Ishida, Mikio Matsuda, Kozo Uemura
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Publication number: 20070138964Abstract: A mercury-free high-pressure discharge lamp includes a light-transmissive airtight envelope enclosing therein a discharge space, and a pair of electrodes sealed inside the light-transmissive airtight envelope and facing the discharge space, and the primary halide includes at least thulium bromide having an innumerable emission spectrum primarily around the peak of a luminosity curve and alkali metal halide, and the accessory halide contains one or more metal halides mostly selected from a group of Magnesium (Mg), Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co), Chromium (Cr), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Manganese (Mn), Aluminum (Al), Antimony (Sb), Bismuth (Bi), Beryllium (Be), Rhenium (Re), Gallium (Ga), Titanium (Ti), Zirconium (Zr), and Hafnium (Hf) which primarily contribute to fix lamp voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahito Kashiwagi, Masazumi Ishida, Mikio Matsuda, Kozo Uemura
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Publication number: 20060192491Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a translucent airtight container having a discharge space therein, a pair of electrodes sealed in the airtight container, the electrodes having an inter-electrode distance D of 2 mm or less and facing the discharge space, and an ionizing medium sealed in the airtight container and substantially being mercury-free while it contains thulium (Tm) halide, zinc (Zn) halide and rare gas, the zinc (Zn) halide being less than 20% to 90% by mass of all metal halides sealed in the airtight container, wherein a ratio V1/D of a lamp voltage V1 (V) to the inter-electrode distance D (mm) satisfies the following formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Takahito Kashiwagi, Masazumi Ishida, Mikio Matsuda, Kozo Uemura
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Patent number: 6781292Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp which includes a translucent ceramic discharge vessel having a swollen portion defining a discharge space and a pair of cylindrical portions formed in and communicating with the swollen portion and extending from the swollen portion in the opposite directions with each other. The high-pressure discharge lamp also includes metal tubes each having a outer diameter D and fit with its one end on the cylindrical portion, a pair of fusible metal plugs each plugged in the outer end of the metal tube, the fusible metal plug sealing the discharge vessel by being fused to the inner surface of the metal tube for a specified height T from the outer end of the metal plug, a pair of electrode systems each supported its one end to the fusible metal plug and facing the interior of swollen portion with its other end, and ionizing filling filled in the discharge vessel The ratio T/D of the height T concerning the fusible metal plug and the diameter D satisfies the following equation 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Masazumi Ishida, Sadao Sakaguchi, Shigemi Oku, Takahito Kashiwagi
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High pressure discharge lamp, high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus and luminaire therefor
Patent number: 6661176Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp includes a light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel with an envelope having a maximum outer diameter D1 and open ends, a metal pipe having one end, i.e., a top end fused in the open end of the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel and the other end, i.e., a base end protruding from the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel, a pair of electrodes each having one end, i.e., a base end connectively supported on the base end of the metal pipe and the other end, i.e., a top end extending within the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel, and a discharge agent which is filled in the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel, wherein it is also characterized by that the high pressure discharge lamp has an overall length L1, and the overall length L1 and the maximum outer diameter of D1 satisfies a following equation. 1.5≦L1/D1≦4.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Hisashi Honda, Sadao Sakuguchi, Masazumi Ishida, Seiji Ashida, Shigemi Oku, Takahito Kashiwagi -
Patent number: 6628082Abstract: A glow starter comprises a discharge vessel, filled with a filling including a rare gas, substantially transmitting ultraviolet rays of about 300 nm or less. A pair of electrodes, which are arranged in the discharge vessel, is adapted and arranged to touch each other by being heated by a glow discharge. The glow starter may be used for a high pressure discharge lamp, a high pressure discharge lamp apparatus, or a lighting fixture.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Naoya Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ogata, Satoshi Iwasawa, Takahito Kashiwagi, Akira Ito, Daisuke Takayama, Makoto Hashimoato, Toshihiko Ishigami
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Publication number: 20030141797Abstract: The invention provide a high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a translucent ceramic discharge vessel having a swollen portion defining a discharge space and a pair of cylindrical portions formed in communicating with the swollen portion and extending from the swollen portion in the opposite directions with each other, metal tubes each having a outer diameter D and fit with its one end on the cylindrical portion, a pair of fusible metal plugs each plugged in the outer end of the metal tube, the fusible metal plug sealing the discharge vessel by being fused to the inner surface of the metal tube for a specified height T from the outer end of the metal plug, a pair of electrode systems each supported its one end to the fusible metal plug and facing the interior of swollen portion with its other end, and ionizing filling filled in the discharge vessel, wherein the ratio T/D of the height T concerning the fusible metal plug and the diameter D satisfies the following equation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2003Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Masazumi Isida, Sadao Sakaguchi, Shigemi Oku, Takahito Kashiwagi
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High pressure discharge lamp, high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus and luminaire therefor
Publication number: 20020135304Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp includes a light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel with an envelope having a maximum outer diameter D1 and open ends, a metal pipe having one end, i.e., a top end fused in the open end of the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel and the other end, i.e., a base end protruding from the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel, a pair of electrodes each having one end, i.e., a base end connectively supported on the base end of the metal pipe and the other end, i.e., a top end extending within the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel, and a discharge agent which is filled in the light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel, wherein it is also characterized by that the high pressure discharge lamp has an overall length L1, and the overall length L1 and the maximum outer diameter of D1 satisfies a following equation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2001Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Hisashi Honda, Sadao Sakuguchi, Masazumi Ishida, Seiji Ashida, Shigemi Oku, Takahito Kashiwagi -
Publication number: 20020000780Abstract: A glow starter comprises a discharge vessel, filled with a filling including a rare gas, substantially transmitting ultraviolet rays of about 300 nm or less. A pair of electrodes, which are arranged in the discharge vessel, is adapted and arranged to touch each ether by being heated by a glow discharge. The glow starter may be used for a high pressure discharge lamp, a high pressure discharge lamp apparatus, or a lighting fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2001Publication date: January 3, 2002Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ogata, Satoshi Iwasawa, Takahito Kashiwagi, Akira Ito, Daisuke Takayama, Makoto Hashimoato, Toshihiko Ishigami