Patents by Inventor Yusaku ACHI

Yusaku ACHI 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: 10121941
    Abstract: A light source device having: a blue light emitting element that emits blue light having an emission peak in a wavelength region of 440 nm to 460 nm; a green phosphor that absorbs part of the blue light emitted by the blue light emitting element and thereby emits green light having an emission peak in a wavelength region of 500 nm to 575 nm; a red phosphor that absorbs at least one of part of the blue light emitted by the blue light emitting element and part of the green light emitted by the green phosphor, and thereby emits red light having an emission peak in a wavelength region of 600 nm to 690 nm; and an absorbent containing neodymium fluoride that absorbs part of the green light and part of the red light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Iwakura, Masaki Hayashi, Shoji Hosokawa, Yusaku Achi
  • Publication number: 20180259703
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light-guide plate and a light source optically coupled with the light-guide plate, with which light is input from a plane of the light-guide plate and white-light is output from the first principal plane of the light-guide plate. The light source has a plurality of blue light emitting diodes, red phosphor material excited by light from the blue light emitting diodes and emits red light, and a plurality of green semiconductor lasers having emission peaks at green light wavelengths. The red phosphor material is included in a phosphor sheet, and the phosphor sheet is disposed on a surface of the light-guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto ITOI, Ryosuke WAKAKI, Ken KATSURAGI, Yusaku ACHI, Shingo MASUI
  • Patent number: 9995870
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light-guide plate and a light source optically coupled with the light-guide plate, with which light is input from a plane of the light-guide plate and white-light is output from the first principal plane of the light-guide plate. The light source has a plurality of blue light emitting diodes, red phosphor material excited by light from the blue light emitting diodes and emits red light, and a plurality of green semiconductor lasers having emission peaks at green light wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto Itoi, Ryosuke Wakaki, Ken Katsuragi, Yusaku Achi, Shingo Masui
  • Publication number: 20180159002
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; and at least one light source comprising: a light-emitting element comprising a plurality of electrodes that face the substrate, and a resin member covering at least portions of lateral surfaces of the light-emitting element and not covering an upper surface of the light-emitting element, wherein, in a directivity diagram of the light source, a variation in light output of the light source in a range of ?40° to 40° is 15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei YAMASHITA, Yusaku Achi
  • Patent number: 9851487
    Abstract: A backlight device includes a light guide plate including a first incident surface, and one or more second incident surfaces that are connected to the first incident surface and inclined with respect to the first incident surface in a top plan view; at least one green illuminant arranged to face one of (i) the first incident surface and (ii) the one or more second incident surfaces; and at least one red illuminant arranged to face the other of (i) the first incident surface and (ii) the one or more second incident surfaces. At least one of (i) the green light emitted from the green illuminant, and (ii) the red light emitted from the red illuminant, contains a blue component whose emission peak wavelength is 420 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Achi, Daisuke Iwakura
  • Patent number: 9841552
    Abstract: A backlight device includes a light guide plate having an incident surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. The first side surface extends from a first end of the incident surface and the second side surface extends from a second end of the incident surface. A green illuminant faces the incident surface and emits a green light toward the incident surface. A red illuminant faces the incident surface and emits a red light toward the incident surface. A white illuminant disposed on a side of at least one end of the first and second ends of the incident surface emits a white light toward the light guide plate. At least one of the emitted green light and the emitted red light includes a blue component having an emission peak wavelength in a range of 420 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Achi, Daisuke Iwakura
  • Patent number: 9728685
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base that has an element mounting surface, a light emitting element that is mounted on the element mounting surface and that has maximum light intensity in a directly upward direction, and a coating member that contains a fluorescent body that is excited by light from the light emitting element, and that is constituted by a single layer that coats an upper part of the light emitting element. The fluorescent body exists at a position other than directly above the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Iwakura, Yusaku Achi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170090095
    Abstract: A light source device having; a blue light emitting element that emits blue light having an emission peak in a wavelength region of 440 nm to 460 nm; a green phosphor that absorbs part of the blue light emitted by the blue light emitting element and thereby emits green light having an emission peak in a wavelength region of 500 nm to 575 nm; a red phosphor that absorbs at least one of part of the blue light emitted by the blue light emitting element and part of the green light emitted by the green phosphor, and thereby emits red light having an emission peak in a wavelength region of 600 nm to 690 nm; and an absorbent containing neodymium fluoride that absorbs part of the green light and part of the red light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke IWAKURA, Masaki HAYASHI, Shoji HOSOKAWA, Yusaku ACHI
  • Publication number: 20170030549
    Abstract: A base has a base surface. Light emitting elements are disposed on the base surface along an X-axis with an X pitch and along the Y axis with a Y pitch to form a matrix. The X pitch is smaller than the Y pitch. Lenses has a batwing illumination distribution. Each of the lenses covers each of the light emitting elements. A first lenticular lens sheet is provided on the base such that a first lenticular lens sheet lower surface is opposite to the base surface. A second lenticular lens sheet is provided on the first lenticular lens sheet such that a second lenticular lens sheet lower surface is opposite to a first lenticular lens sheet upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KAMADA, Yusaku ACHI, Tomohisa KISHIMOTO, Satoshi YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20160091151
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light-guide plate and a light source optically coupled with the light-guide plate, with which light is input from a plane of the light-guide plate and white-light is output from the first principal plane of the light-guide plate. The light source has a plurality of blue light emitting diodes, red phosphor material excited by light from the blue light emitting diodes and emits red light, and a plurality of green semiconductor lasers having emission peaks at green light wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto ITOI, Ryosuke WAKAKI, Ken KATSURAGI, Yusaku ACHI, Shingo MASUI
  • Publication number: 20160091655
    Abstract: A backlight device includes a light guide plate having an incident surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. The first side surface extends from a first end of the incident surface and the second side surface extends from a second end of the incident surface. A green illuminant faces the incident surface and emits a green light toward the incident surface. A red illuminant faces the incident surface and emits a red light toward the incident surface. A white illuminant disposed on a side of at least one end of the first and second ends of the incident surface emits a white light toward the light guide plate. At least one of the emitted green light and the emitted red light includes a blue component having an emission peak wavelength in a range of 420 to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku ACHI, Daisuke IWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20160011354
    Abstract: A backlight device includes a light guide plate including a first incident surface, and one or more second incident surfaces that are connected to the first incident surface and inclined with respect to the first incident surface in a top plan view; at least one green illuminant arranged to face one of (i) the first incident surface and (ii) the one or more second incident surfaces; and at least one red illuminant arranged to face the other of (i) the first incident surface and (ii) the one or more second incident surfaces. At least one of (i) the green light emitted from the green illuminant, and (ii) the red light emitted from the red illuminant, contains a blue component whose emission peak wavelength is 420 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku ACHI, Daisuke IWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20140239332
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base that has an element mounting surface, a light emitting element that is mounted on the element mounting surface and that has maximum light intensity in a directly upward direction, and a coating member that contains a fluorescent body that is excited by light from the light emitting element, and that is constituted by a single layer that coats an upper part of the light emitting element. The fluorescent body exists at a position other than directly above the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke IWAKURA, Yusaku ACHI