Patents by Inventor Akira Mabuchi

Akira Mabuchi 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: 6984536
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1?xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1?xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1?xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1?xN) ha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Japan Science and Technology Agency, Nagoya University
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Patent number: 6830992
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nagoya University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Patent number: 6818691
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-drying sealer composition which does not substantially swell or shrink non-polar vulcanized rubber products. The non-drying sealer composition is suitable for sealing a gap between a sheet-metal flange and the inside of a trim part by charging the composition into the trim part of the weatherstrip for an automobile. The non-drying sealer composition comprises liquid rubber as a sealer base, a tackifier and a thixotropic agent as auxiliary materials, and a non-volatile softener (including a plasticizer) as a dispersing medium. As the non-volatile softer, a shrinking component is used alone or in combination with a swelling component. Thus the swelling action of the sealer composition against the non-polar vulcanized rubber product reaches within about ±5% in terms of the degree of swelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kawamura, Akira Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 6730942
    Abstract: A sealing member for a short-wavelength light emitting element comprises a main agent and a curing agent. The main agent comprises a first component of an alicyclic epoxy produced by hydrogenating an aromatic epoxy, preferably a bisphenol A epoxy, and a second component of an alicyclic epoxy having a lower molecular weight than the first component. The mixing amount of the second component is not less than 10% by weight and less than 30% by weight based on the main agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Mabuchi, Masato Kawamura, Kanae Matsumura, Takemasa Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 6680490
    Abstract: After a light-emitting element exhibiting an emission peak wavelength in a wavelength range of not longer than 500 nm is mounted into a cup-like portion of a base member, the cup-like portion is filled with epoxy group-containing silicone rubber. An aromatic polyamide-based resin is used as a reflector material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemasa Yasukawa, Akira Mabuchi, Yasuji Ozaki, Kenichi Watanabe, Satoshi Honda, Tsutomu Yokota
  • Publication number: 20030168652
    Abstract: A sealing member for a short-wavelength light emitting element comprises a main agent and a curing agent. The main agent comprises a first component of an alicyclic epoxy produced by hydrogenating an aromatic epoxy, preferably a bisphenol A epoxy, and a second component of an alicyclic epoxy having a lower molecular weight than the first component. The mixing amount of the second component is not less than 10% by weight and less than 30% by weight based on the main agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Mabuchi, Masato Kawamura, Kanae Matsumura, Takemasa Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 6617787
    Abstract: An alicyclic epoxy resin is used as a material for forming a member for sealing a Group III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisaki Kato, Kanae Matsumura, Akira Mabuchi, Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 6607595
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlXGa1-xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-XN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-x
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyu sho, Nagoya University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hasimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Patent number: 6593599
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nagoya University
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Publication number: 20030006421
    Abstract: After a light-emitting element exhibiting an emission peak wavelength in a wavelength range of not longer than 500 nm is mounted into a cup-like portion of a base member, the cup-like portion is filled with epoxy group-containing silicone rubber. An aromatic polyamide-based resin is used as a reflector material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Takemasa Yasukawa, Akira Mabuchi, Yasuji Ozaki, Kenichi Watanabe, Satoshi Honda, Tsutomu Yokota
  • Patent number: 6472689
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nagoya University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Patent number: 6472690
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nagoya University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Publication number: 20020061952
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-drying sealer composition which does not substantially swell or shrink non-polar vulcanized rubber products. The non-drying sealer composition is suitable for sealing a gap between a sheet-metal flange and the inside of a trim part by charging the composition into the trim part of the weatherstrip for an automobile. The non-drying sealer composition comprises liquid rubber as a sealer base, a tackifier and a thixotropic agent as auxiliary materials, and a non-volatile softener (including a plasticizer) as a dispersing medium. As the non-volatile softer, a shrinking component is used alone or in combination with a swelling component. Thus the swelling action of the sealer composition against the non-polar vulcanized rubber product reaches within about ±5% in terms of the degree of swelling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Masato Kawamura, Akira Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20020060326
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1-x
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Patent number: 6362017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are (1) a light-emitting semiconductor device that uses a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) in which the n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN) is of double-layer structure including an n-layer of low carrier concentration and an n+-layer of high carrier concentration, the former being adjacent to the i-layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (AlxGa1−xN); (2) a light-emitting semiconductor device of similar structure as above in which the i-layer is of double-layer structure including an iL-layer of low impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively low concentration and an iH-layer of high impurity concentration containing p-type impurities in comparatively high concentration, the former being adjacent to the n-layer; (3) a light-emitting semiconductor device having both of the above-mentioned features and (4) a method of producing a layer of an n-type gallium nitride compound semic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nagoya University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Publication number: 20010008484
    Abstract: An alicyclic epoxy resin is used as a material for forming a member for sealing a Group III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Hisaki Kato, Akira Mabuchi, Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 6249012
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an n-type layer of gallium nitride that is doped with silicon and has a resistively ranging from 3×10−1 &OHgr;cm to 8×10−3 &OHgr;cm or a carrier concentration ranging from 6×1016/cm3 to 3×1018/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nagoya University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki
  • Patent number: 6187850
    Abstract: The sealant composition disclosed herein is favorable for sealing car parts. The sealant composition is charged inside the trim of a weather strip of a car so as to seal the gap between the trim and the plate flange as inserted inside the trim. The sealant composition comprises a liquid rubber as the base component, a tackifier and a thixotropy promoter as secondary components, and a nonvolatile plasticizer and/or a process oil as the dispersion medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kawamura, Akira Mabuchi, Koji Wakabayashi, Etsuro Mori, Yoshihiro Miura
  • Patent number: 5843264
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vibration insulating assembly including a rubber vibration insulator and metallic members bonded thereto. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing the same, by which the quality of the resulting assembly is improved by providing a high bonding strength between the vibration insulator and metallic members. Retainers are provided about the peripheries of the bonding surfaces of the rubber vibration insulator in order to restrict displacement and deformation of the rubber vibration insulator across the bonding surfaces or at the bonding interface with the metallic members and to facilitate its positioning. The presence of the retainers allows for the application of a predetermined pressure on the bonding surfaces to enhance the bonding strength while preventing an undesirable strain from forming in the bonding surface of the rubber vibration insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Mabuchi, Kanae Matsumura, Takayoshi Iwata, Kazutoshi Miyake, Kyouichi Fujinami, Masato Ueno, Satomi Watanabe, Kazuya Ito, Hideyuki Imai, Hiroshi Yokoi
  • Patent number: 5733796
    Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor device using a gallium nitride compound semiconductor (Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x N) having an i.sub.L -layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x N, inclusive of x=0) containing a low concentration of p-type impurities. An i.sub.H -layer of insulating gallium nitride compound semiconductor (Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x N, inclusive of x=0) containing a high concentration of p-type impurities is adjacent to the i.sub.L -layer. An n-layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x N, inclusive of x=0) of low carrier concentration is adjacent to the i.sub.L -layer. An n.sup.+ -layer of n-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor (Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x N, inclusive of x=0) of high carrier concentration doped with n-type impurities is adjacent to the n-layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Nagoya University, Research Development Corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Katsuhide Manabe, Akira Mabuchi, Hisaki Kato, Michinari Sassa, Norikatsu Koide, Shiro Yamazaki, Masafumi Hashimoto, Isamu Akasaki