Patents Examined by Matthew E Hoban
  • Patent number: 11453821
    Abstract: This specification discloses a method of enhancing the stability and performance of Eu2+ doped narrow band red emitting phosphors. The resulting phosphor compositions are characterized by crystallizing in ordered structure variants of the UCr4C4 crystal structure type and having a composition of AE1?xLi3?2yAl1+2y?zSizO4?4y?zN4y+z:EUx(AE=Ca, Sr, Ba; 0<x<0.04, 0?y<1, 0<z<0.05, y+z?1). It is believed that the formal substitution (Al,O)+ by (Si,N)+ reduces the concentration of unwanted Eu3+ and thus enhances properties of the phosphor such as stability and conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Peter Josef Schmidt, Philipp-Jean Strobel, Volker Weiler, Andreas Tücks
  • Patent number: 11456096
    Abstract: There is provided a ferrite sintered magnet having a high residual magnetic flux density. A ferrite sintered magnet 2 includes a plurality of main phase particles 5 including ferrite having a hexagonal structure, the number of core-shell structured particles 5A having a core 7 and a shell 9 covering the core 7, among the main phase particles 5, is smaller than the number of the main phase particles 5 other than the core-shell structured particles 5A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morita, Masanori Ikeda, Yoshitaka Murakawa, Taku Murase
  • Patent number: 11440810
    Abstract: Provided is a powder of a ?-iron oxyhydroxide-based compound that is a group of particles of a ?-iron oxyhydroxide-based compound represented by Formula (1) below; in which a surface of the particles of the ?-iron oxyhydroxide-based compound is modified with a surface modifier; in which, in a case where the powder is dispersed in water to be made into a sol, a zeta potential of the powder is equal to or higher than +5 mV at pH 10; and ?-AaFe1-aOOH??(1) in which, in Formula (1), A represents at least one metallic element other than Fe, and a represents a number that satisfies a relationship of 0?a<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11434143
    Abstract: A polycrystalline YAG sintered body, wherein, when dimensions of a smallest rectangular solid surrounding a YAG sintered body are A mm×B mm×C mm, a maximum value (A, B, C) is 150 mm or less, a minimum value (A, B, C) is more than 20 mm and 40 mm or less, and an optical loss coefficient when light of a wavelength of 300 to 1500 nm (excluding wavelengths which result in absorption of light by an additive element) is transmitted therethrough is 0.002 cm?1 or less. Moreover, a polycrystalline YAG sintered body, wherein, when dimensions of a smallest rectangular solid surrounding a YAG sintered body are A mm×B mm×C mm, a maximum value (A, B, C) is more than 150 mm and 300 mm or less, a minimum value (A, B, C) is more than 5 mm and 40 mm or less, and an optical loss coefficient when light of a wavelength of 300 to 1500 nm (excluding wavelengths which result in absorption of light by an additive element) is transmitted therethrough is 0.002 cm?1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Mikami Makoto, Yoshiki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11427758
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity is provided. The method for producing ?-sialon fluorescent material includes providing a composition comprising silicon nitride that contains aluminium, an oxygen atom, and europium, heat treating the composition, contacting the heat-treated composition with a basic substance, and washing the composition, which has been contacted with the basic substance, with an acidic liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoharu Morikawa, Shoji Hosokawa, Takashi Kaide, Kenichi Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 11421154
    Abstract: A composition for photoluminescence of the chemical formula M2(1-y-z)Yb2yRem2zADO5-xF2x, a method for producing said composition, and uses of said composition are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Inventors: Dmitry Busko, Guojun Gao, Ian Howard, Bryce Richards, Andrey Turshatov
  • Patent number: 11407941
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fluorescent nanomaterial and a preparation method and applications thereof, and the preparation method comprises: subjecting amphiphilic molecules in a solvent system to an illumination treatment and/or a heat treatment to obtain fluorescent nanomaterials. The preparation of fluorescent nanomaterials provided by the present disclosure is simple in process, simple and easily available in raw materials and requires neither additional addition of a strong acid, a strong alkali, a passivating agent and the like, nor high temperature and high pressure in the preparation process. The whole process is environmentally friendly and pollution-free and the products can be used in various fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hongbin Cao, He Zhao, Qin Dai
  • Patent number: 11407937
    Abstract: The present invention provides quantum dot compositions and methods of producing quantum dot compositions. The quantum dot compositions comprise a population of quantum dots, an aminosilicone polymer, an epoxy-functional silicone, and an organic resin. The present invention also provides quantum dot films comprising a quantum dot layer and methods of making quantum dot films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventor: David Olmeijer
  • Patent number: 11401466
    Abstract: A nanocrystal with a large Stokes shift includes a matrix domain having a composition of M1xM2yAz, and a plurality of seed domains which are distributed in the matrix domain and each of which has a composition of M1x?M2y?Az?, wherein M1, M2, A, x, y, z, x?, y?, and z? are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hsueh-Shih Chen, Yi-Ching Yang
  • Patent number: 11404188
    Abstract: A sintered ferrite magnet having a composition of metal elements of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co, which is represented by the general formula of Ca1-x-yRxAyFe2n-zCoz, wherein R is at least one of rare earth elements indispensably including La; A is Sr and/or Ba; x, y, z and n represent the atomic ratios of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co; 2n represents a molar ratio expressed by 2n=(Fe+Co)/(Ca+R+A); and x, y, z and n meet the conditions of 0.15?x?0.35, 0.05?y?0.40, (1-x-y)>y, 0<z?0.18, and 7.5?(2n-z)<11.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tanioku, Yushi Yoshimitsu, Yoshinori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11396628
    Abstract: Provided is a near-infrared light emitting fluorescent material including an oxide containing Gd, Cr and Al, in which a molar ratio of Cr is in a range of 0.0085 or more and 0.05 or less when a total molar ratio of Gd and Cr is defined as 1 in 1 mol of the chemical composition of the near-infrared light emitting fluorescent material, and having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 690 nm or more and 790 nm or less, as excited with light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm or more and 480 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomokazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11390800
    Abstract: Disclosed is a zinc oxide-based quantum dot aggregate capable of emitting white light is a mixture of a zinc oxide quantum dot and a zinc oxide-graphene quantum dot, in which the zinc oxide quantum dot emits yellow light when being irradiated with an excitation wavelength shorter than a wavelength corresponding to an energy band gap of the zinc oxide quantum dot, the zinc oxide-graphene quantum dot is in a form in which a zinc oxide quantum dot is bound with graphene via a Zn—O—C bond and emits blue-based light, and white light emission is possible through color rendering of yellow light emission by the zinc oxide quantum dot and blue-based light emission by the zinc oxide-graphene quantum dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Won-Kook Choi, Hong Hee Kim, Yeonju Lee
  • Patent number: 11390803
    Abstract: A scintillator, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof are disclosed wherein the scintillator has a chemical formula of TlaAbBc:yCe, wherein: A is at least one rare earth element selected from trivalent rare earth elements; B is at least one halogen element selected from halogen elements; a=1, b=2 and c=7, a=2, b=1 and c=5, or a=3, b=1 and c=6; and y is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.5. According to another embodiment, the scintillator has a chemical formula of TlaAbBc:yEu, wherein: A is an alkaline earth metal element; B is a halogen element; a=1, b=2 and c=5, or a=1, b=1 and c=3; and y is greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 50 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hong Joo Kim, Hwanbae Park, Sunghwan Kim, Gul Rooh
  • Patent number: 11377593
    Abstract: In a phosphor according to an aspect, an emission site has a perovskite crystal structure expressed by ABX3, in which A and B are each a cation and X is an anion, and an emission element is located at a B site serving as a body center of the perovskite crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Daicho, Yu Shinomiya, Kiminori Enomoto, Hideo Hosono, Satoru Matsuishi, Hiroshi Sawa, Akitoshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11377594
    Abstract: A ?-type sialon phosphor represented by the following expression 1, in which D50 is 10 ?m or less, and values of D10, D50, and D90 satisfy a relationship of the following expression 2 with respect to D10, D50, and D90 (each unit is [?m]) on a volume frequency basis as measured according to a laser diffraction/scattering method. Expression 1: Si12-aAlaObN16-b:Eux (wherein 0<a?3; 0<b?3; 0<x?0.1), expression 2: (D90?D10)/D50<1.6 (wherein the D10, D50, and D90 (each unit is [?m]) on a volume frequency basis as measured according to the laser diffraction/scattering method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keita Kobayashi, Shunsuke Mitani, Ryousuke Kondo, Kazuya Sugita, Takuya Matsufuji, Akihisa Kajiyama
  • Patent number: 11373788
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of synthetic garnet materials for use in radiofrequency applications. In some embodiments, increased amounts of gadolinium can be added into specific sites in the crystal structure of the synthetic garnet by incorporating indium, a trivalent element. By including both indium and increased amounts of gadolinium, the dielectric constant can be improved. Thus, embodiments of the disclosed material can be advantageous in both above and below resonance applications, such as for isolators and circulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 11370713
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a composite material combining a metal oxide or metalloid based matrix suited for allowing light to pass, and a mineral pigment dispersed in the matrix, the method comprising a step of mixing the mineral pigment in powder form with the matrix in powder form, and a step of sintering of the mixture under sufficient pressure such that the densification temperature of the matrix under said pressure is below the breakdown temperature of the mineral pigment, where the sintering temperature is greater than or equal to the densification temperature of the matrix and below the breakdown temperature of the mineral pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HUBLOT SA, GENEVE
    Inventor: Mathias Buttet
  • Patent number: 11370966
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite particle including a plurality of nanoparticles encapsulated in an inorganic material, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles is uniformly dispersed in the inorganic material. Also disclosed is relates to a light emitting material, a support supporting at least one composite particle and/or a light emitting material and an optoelectronic device including at least one composite particle and/or a light emitting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NEXDOT
    Inventors: Marc Pousthomis, Michele D'Amico, Alexis Kuntzmann, Yu-Pu Lin, Edgar Cao
  • Patent number: 11365349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing luminescent nanoparticles wherein particle size of the nanoparticles is controlled. The method of the present invention includes admixing two or more rare earth metal salts in a first solvent and an organic oil to form a reaction mixture, and subjecting the reaction mixture to an inert gas so that flow rate of the inert gas is at least 2-5 L/h and pressure in the reaction vessel is at least 50 Pa over atmospheric pressure, preferably 50-80 Pa over atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KAIVOGEN OY
    Inventors: Eeva Junkkari, Terhi Riuttamäki, Johanna Pyylampi, Jarkko Karvinen, Antti Pihlava
  • Patent number: 11367548
    Abstract: Provided is an ?-iron oxide type ferromagnetic powder with a powder pH within a range of 4.8 to 6.8; and a method for manufacturing the ?-iron oxide type ferromagnetic powder and a composition containing at least the ?-iron oxide type ferromagnetic powder and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Fujimoto