Patents by Inventor Aki INADA

Aki INADA 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).

  • Light flux controlling member, light emitting device and illumination apparatus
    Patent number: 9297512
    Abstract: Incidence region 162 of light flux controlling member 160 includes first lens region 10 and second lens region 50 which have a fan shape in a plan view thereof. First lens region 10 includes a plurality of first projections 172. In first inclining surface 174 of first projection 172, angle ?11 on a first cross section and angle ?21 on a second cross section in a direction orthogonal to the first cross section are both larger than 0°. In second inclining surface 176, angle ?12 on the second cross section is larger than angle ?22 on the second cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Aki Inada, Noriyuki Kawahara
  • LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150016119
    Abstract: Incidence region 162 of light flux controlling member 160 includes first lens region 10 and second lens region 50 which have a fan shape in a plan view thereof. First lens region 10 includes a plurality of first projections 172. In first inclining surface 174 of first projection 172, angle ?11 on a first cross section and angle ?21 on a second cross section in a direction orthogonal to the first cross section are both larger than 0°. In second inclining surface 176, angle ?12 on the second cross section is larger than angle ?22 on the second cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Aki INADA, Noriyuki KAWAHARA