Patents Assigned to Nichias Corporation
  • Patent number: 12183862
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device including: providing an intermediate structure including an light emitting element and a support body; securing a plate-shaped intermediate resin member and the light emitting element with a light-transmissive member such that the intermediate resin member includes first resin extended portions extending outwardly in the first direction respectively from both short sides of the light emitting element in a plan view; cutting the intermediate resin member at cutting positions along the second direction to obtain a resin member with a concave lower surface, a maximum distance from the light emitting element to a respective one of the cutting positions in the first direction being longer than a maximum length of the light emitting element in the second direction; and forming a covering member to cover lateral surfaces of the resin member such that an upper surface of the resin member is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Hori, Tomokazu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12185468
    Abstract: A wiring board includes: an insulating member having a first upper surface, and a second upper surface located higher than the first upper surface; and a first wiring layer located on the first upper surface. The first upper surface has a wiring region that does not overlap with the second upper surface in a top view, and that is located in an exposed region. The first wiring layer extends from the wiring region to a connecting region that is connected to the wiring region, that overlaps with the second upper surface in a top view, and that is not exposed. The first wiring layer comprises a first pad portion located in the wiring region, and a first pattern portion located in the connecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soichiro Miura
  • Patent number: 12181146
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes three or more light-emitting portions, and two or more light shielding layers. Each of the three or more light-emitting portions has a phosphor, is separated from each other, and is disposed to be aligned in a first direction. Each of the two or more light shielding layers is disposed between the two light-emitting portions adjacent to each other. The light-emitting portion and the light shielding layer are alternately aligned in the first direction. In the first direction, a length of each of the light-emitting portions is in a range of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm. An interval in the first direction between the two light-emitting portions adjacent to each other is in a range of 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20240429373
    Abstract: Provided is a cathode material that can further improve the high-rate performance in a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode material inculeds secondary particles comprising: primary particles containing a lithium transition metal compound having an olivine structure; and carbon adhering to the surfaces of the primary particles, a plurality of which primary particles are aggregated. The content of the carbon is more than 0.5% by mass and 1.8% by mass or less with respect to the cathode material. The lithium transition metal compound has a crystallite size that is 50 nm to 70 nm. The cathode material has a specific surface area that is 14 m2/g to 45 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenobu NODA, Takashi ENOMOTO, Hideyuki KIRIE, Kento ISAI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12176536
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the method includes preparing nickel-containing composite oxide particles having a ratio 1D90/1D10 of a 90% particle size 1D90 to a 10% particle size 1D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution of 3 or less; obtaining a raw material mixture containing the composite oxide particles and a lithium compound and having a ratio of a total number of moles of lithium to a total number of moles of metal elements contained in the composite oxide in a range of 1 to 1.3; subjecting the raw material mixture to a heat treatment to obtain a heat-treated material; subjecting the heat-treated material to a dry-dispersion treatment to obtain a first dispersion; and bringing the first dispersion into contact with a liquid medium to obtain a second dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12176457
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element that comprises a pair of first electrodes; a second light emitting element that comprises a pair of second electrodes; a covering member that integrally covers the first and second light emitting elements such that lower surfaces of the pair of first electrodes and lower surfaces of the pair of second electrodes are exposed from a lower surface of the covering member; a pair of first external connection electrodes, each comprising: a first portion that covers the lower surface of a respective first electrode, and a second portion that covers a portion of the lower surface of the covering member; and a pair of second external connection electrodes, each comprising: a first portion that covers the lower surface of a respective second electrode, and a second portion that covers a portion of the lower surface of the covering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12173208
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes: a sintered body that has a light incidence face, a light emission face, and a light reflecting face that is different from the light incidence face and the light emission face, wherein the sintered body contains phosphor particles. The light reflecting face of the sintered body has a plurality of recessed portions. A distribution of the phosphor particles at the light reflecting face is lower than a distribution of the phosphor particles at a cross-section inside the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12176468
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light guide member, a reflecting member, a wavelength conversion member. The light emitting element has a light emitting surface and lateral surfaces. The light guiding member is provided on at least a portion of the lateral surfaces of the light emitting element. The reflecting member is provided on the lateral surface of the light emitting element with the light guiding member interposed therebetween. The wavelength conversion member is provided on the light emitting surface of the light emitting element, the light guiding member and the reflecting member. The wavelength conversion member is provided with a recess between an outer lateral surface of the wavelength conversion member and the light guiding member. The reflecting member is provided in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12169058
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source. The first light source is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal. The second light source and the third light source are connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, in anti-parallel with the first light source. The first, second, and third light sources are aligned in a first direction along a light-emitting surface, with the first light source between the second light source and the third light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12169287
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light source; and an optical member configured to control a distribution of light emitted from the light source. The optical member comprises an incident face on which the light from the light source is incident, and an output face through which the light incident on the incident face exits. In a plan view: the optical member is shaped to have a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to the long axis, and a central axis of the optical member passes through a center of the light source, a center of the incident face, and a center of the output face, while being orthogonal to a long axis direction parallel to the long axis and a short axis direction parallel to the short axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Aruga, Masahiro Imai
  • Patent number: 12169299
    Abstract: A planar light source includes a support member; a light guide member including a first surface located proximate to an upper surface of the support member, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a through hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; a light source unit including a light-emitting element and a wavelength conversion member that covers an upper surface and a lateral surface of the light-emitting element and disposed on the support member at a position of the through hole; a light-transmissive member disposed between the light source unit and the light guide member in the through hole; and a light adjustment member disposed on the light source unit and the light-transmissive member. An upper surface of the wavelength conversion member of the light source unit is located higher than the second surface of the light guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seitaro Akagawa, Takuya Nakabayashi, Masato Okuda, Yasunori Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20240413602
    Abstract: A base includes: a bottom part having a bottom face; and a lateral part surrounding the bottom face and extending upwards from the bottom face, the lateral part having an uppermost face and comprises a first stepped portion including a first upper face and a second stepped portion including a second upper face, the first upper face and the second upper face being disposed below the uppermost face, and a height of the first stepped portion from the bottom face being different from a height of the second stepped portion from the bottom face. In a top view: the first upper face and the second upper face are disposed inward of the uppermost face, the bottom face is directly adjacent to the first upper face, the bottom face is directly adjacent to the second upper face, and the first upper face is directly adjacent to the second upper face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota MURAKAMI, Soichiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20240414846
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface and including, at the top surface, a plurality of wiring regions; one or more light emitting devices, each light emitting device including a plurality of semiconductor laser elements, and a package in which the plurality of semiconductor laser elements is disposed, and each light emitting device being configured to emit light upward; and a first connection component including a first connection portion. The plurality of wiring regions include a plurality of a first wiring regions, a plurality of second wiring regions that are electrically connected to the plurality of first wiring regions, one or more third wiring regions, and one or more fourth wiring regions. The one or more light emitting devices are disposed on the plurality of first wiring regions. The first connection component is disposed on the plurality of second wiring regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma KOZURU
  • Publication number: 20240413321
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the method includes preparing nickel-containing composite oxide particles having a ratio 1D90/1D10 of a 90% particle size 1D90 to a 10% particle size 1D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 3 or less; mixing the composite oxide particles and a lithium compound to obtain a first mixture; subjecting the first mixture to a first heat treatment at a first temperature and a second heat treatment at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to obtain a first heat-treated product; and subjecting the first heat-treated material to a dispersion treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KOBAYASHI, Yukiko SANO
  • Patent number: 12163632
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less and a first fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 570 nm or more and 680 nm or less, and emits light having a correlated color temperature being 1,950 K or less, an average color rendering index Ra being 70 or more, a full width at half maximum of a light emission peak having the maximum light emission intensity being 110 nm or less, and a ratio B/L of an effective radiance B to a luminance L being 0.151 or less, wherein the luminance of light emitted by the light emitting device in a range of 300 nm or more and 800 nm or less when B and L is as defined in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Matsumoto, Kazushige Fujio
  • Patent number: 12163633
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device, a lighting appliance, and a street light that emit light with minimal negative effects on the behavior of sea turtles and which makes irradiated objects easily visible to humans. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength within a range from 400 nm to 490 nm; and a first phosphor having an emission peak wavelength within a range from 570 nm to 680 nm, wherein the light-emitting device, lighting appliance, and street light emit light that has a correlated color temperature of 1950 K or less, an average color rendering index Ra of 40 or greater, a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum indicating a maximum emission intensity in an emission spectrum of the light-emitting device of 110 nm or less, and a sea turtle light attraction index T derived from Equation (1) of 0.416 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Matsumoto, Miyuki Kurata, Kazushige Fujio
  • Patent number: 12166330
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element; a package in which the light-emitting element is arranged; an optical member fixed to the package, the optical member having a lens portion having a lens surface including a first lens, and a non-lens portion that is a portion that does not overlap the lens surface in a top view; and one or more adhesives fixing the optical member to the package. The package has an emission surface through which light from the light-emitting element exits the package. The optical member has an incidence surface on which the light exiting the package enters the optical member, and the lens surface from which the light that has entered the optical member exits the optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kanazawa, Kazuma Kozuru
  • Publication number: 20240405155
    Abstract: A method for transferring a light-emitting element from a first substrate to a second substrate includes: providing the light-emitting element fixed to a first surface of the first substrate via a release layer; and removing the release layer by irradiating the release layer with laser light from a side of the second surface, opposite the first surface, through the first substrate. An intensity distribution of the laser light on the first surface is, in the entire release layer, equal to or higher than a minimum intensity at which the release layer can be removed, and a maximum intensity of the intensity distribution is 150% or less of the minimum intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao MORINO, Takeru TABUCHI, Hiroaki TAMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240405173
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source having a light emitting surface, and a light shielding member located above the light source and having an opening. The light shielding member is movable between (i) a first position in which the opening overlaps the light emitting surface of the light source in a top view, and (ii) a second position, different from the first position, in which the opening overlaps the light emitting surface of the light source in the top view. Light emission of the light source is controllable under a first condition when the light shielding member is in the first position, and is controllable under a second condition when the light shielding member is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAGEYAMA, Takahito MORITA, Kiyoko UMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240400896
    Abstract: An oxide fluorescent material has a composition represented by the following formula (1). (Ga1-uM1u)2(Ge1-vM2v)wOx:Cry,M3z??(1), wherein M1 represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Sc, and In; M2 represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Zr, Sn, and Hf, M3 represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Eu, Fe, Mn, Nd, Tm, Ho, Er, and Yb; and u, v, w, x, y, and z satisfy 0?u?1.0, 0?v?0.5, 1.0?w?3.0, 5?x?9, 0.005?y?1.0, and 0?z?0.5, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori MURAZAKI