Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kojima

Atsushi Kojima 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).

  • Publication number: 20220052238
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device that comprises a first cover member and a second cover member, includes: providing a package that comprises a substrate, a plurality of resin walls, and a recessed part defined by an upper surface of the substrate and lateral surfaces of the plurality of resin walls, wherein the substrate includes a grooved part surrounding a first region; mounting a light emitting element in the first region; forming the second cover member in a region between the lateral surfaces defining the recessed part to an upper edge of an outer perimeter of the grooved part; forming the first cover member, which comprises depositing an uncured resin on the second cover member, and allowing the uncured resin to flow into a groove of the grooved part; and forming a light transmitting member on the first cover member and the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220029061
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a mounting board; at least one light-emitting element located on or above the mounting board; a first covering member comprising, in order from an upper surface of the mounting board: a containing layer comprising a light-absorbing material, and a light-transmissive layer; and a second covering member located over the first covering member and the light-emitting element. A thickness of the containing layer is less than a thickness of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI, Yoshio ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220020733
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a mounting board; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the mounting board; a plurality of light transmissive members, each located on an upper surface of a respective one of the light emitting element; a first cover member located on or above the mounting board, the first cover member including: a first reflective material containing layer disposed between the light emitting elements and containing a first reflective material, and a light transmissive layer disposed between the light transmissive members; and a second cover member disposed around the light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Patent number: 11192579
    Abstract: An actuator control device includes: a turning control value calculation unit configured to calculate a turning control value that controls an actuator configured to turn a steered wheel on a basis of an operation state amount by a driver with respect to a steering mechanism of the vehicle; a target value setting unit configured to set a target value of a state amount indicating a traveling direction of the vehicle on a basis of a surrounding environment of the vehicle; a target value control unit configured to control the actuator by integral control so that actual the state amount approaches the target value; and an integral suppression unit configured to suppress an increase in a first integral value calculated in the integral control according to a second integral value calculated according to the operation state amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ishida, Masahiro Maeda, Atsushi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11189765
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate including a grooved part surrounding a first region; a light emitting element mounted in the first region; a first cover member comprising: a reflecting material-containing layer that is disposed in the groove of the grooved part and that contains a first reflecting material, and a light transmitting layer that covers at least a portion of lateral surfaces of the light emitting element; and a light transmitting member disposed on the first cover member and the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai
  • Publication number: 20210367118
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a package in which a recess is defined; a light emitting element mounted on a bottom surface defining the recess; a first reflecting layer covering lateral surfaces defining the recess; and a second reflecting layer covering the bottom surface defining the recess, wherein the second reflecting layer is in contact with the first reflecting layer, wherein at least a portion of lateral surfaces of the light emitting element is exposed from the second reflecting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Patent number: 11171260
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a mounting board; at least one light-emitting element located on or above the mounting board; a first covering member comprising, in order from an upper surface of the mounting board: a containing layer comprising a light-absorbing material, and a light-transmissive layer; and a second covering member over the first covering member and the light-emitting element. A thickness of the containing layer is less than a thickness of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai, Yoshio Ichihara
  • Patent number: 11164991
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements; a plurality of light transmissive members, each located on an upper surface of a respective one of the light emitting element; a mounting board on which the light emitting elements are disposed; a first cover member located on or above the mounting board, the first cover member comprising: a first reflective material containing layer disposed between the light emitting elements and containing a first reflective material, and a light transmissive layer disposed between the light transmissive members; and a second cover member disposed around the light emitting elements and comprising a second reflective material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai
  • Patent number: 11121297
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: mounting a light emitting element in a package in which a recess is defined, the light emitting element being mounted on a bottom surface defining the recess; forming a first reflecting layer by covering lateral surfaces defining the recess with a first resin containing a first reflecting material; forming a second reflecting layer covering the bottom surface defining the recess, wherein the step of forming the second reflecting layer comprises settling the second reflecting material in the second resin by a centrifugal force so as to form (i) a layer containing a second reflecting material on the bottom surface defining the recess, and (ii) a light-transmissive layer above the layer containing the second reflecting material; and disposing a phosphor-containing layer on the second reflecting layer and the light emitting element, the phosphor-containing layer comprising a third resin that contains a phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai
  • Publication number: 20210245805
    Abstract: An actuator control device includes: a turning control value calculation unit configured to calculate a turning control value that controls an actuator configured to turn a steered wheel on a basis of an operation state amount by a driver with respect to a steering mechanism of the vehicle; a target value setting unit configured to set a target value of a state amount indicating a traveling direction of the vehicle on a basis of a surrounding environment of the vehicle; a target value control unit configured to control the actuator by integral control so that actual the state amount approaches the target value; and an integral suppression unit configured to suppress an increase in a first integral value calculated in the integral control according to a second integral value calculated according to the operation state amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi ISHIDA, Masahiro MAEDA, Atsushi KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11043621
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element; a first reflecting member containing reflecting particles, and covering the upper surface of a base while exposing a light extraction surface of the light emitting element; a first cover member having a lower concentration of reflecting particles than the first reflecting member and covering the first reflecting member and a portion of lateral surfaces of the light emitting element while exposing the light extraction surface of the light emitting element; a second cover member covering a portion of the lateral surfaces of the light emitting element; a second reflecting member surrounding the second cover member in a top view and contacting the second cover member and the first reflecting member; the second reflecting member having a narrow-width portion being in contact with the first reflecting member and a wide-width portion located above the narrow-width portion in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Aihara, Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai, Kazuya Tamura
  • Publication number: 20210028339
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing a wiring board that includes: a substrate, and a wiring pattern comprising: a plating base layer disposed on the substrate so as to have a gap portion that surrounds a first region in which a light-emitting element is to be mounted, and a plating layer having a groove that surrounds the first region; mounting the light-emitting element in the first region; supplying a first resin that contains a first reflective material into the groove; forming a first covering member, at least a portion of which is located in the groove and comprises: a reflective material containing layer containing the first reflective material, and a light-transmissive layer formed above the reflective material containing layer; and forming a light-transmissive member on the first covering member and the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kojima, Kenji Ozeki, Chinami Nakai
  • Publication number: 20200407634
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element that emits light having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 365 to 500 nm, and a fluorescent member containing a resin and a fluorescent material having a composition represented by CasSrtEuuSivAlwNx wherein 0.05?s?0.995, 0?t?0.95, 0.005?u?0.04, 0.8?s+t+u?1.1, 0.8?v?1.2, 0.8?w?1.2, 1.8?v+w?2.2, and 2.5?x?3.2, and configured to be excited by the light from the light emitting element to emit light having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 620 to 670 nm. A content of the fluorescent material in the fluorescent member is in a range of 115 to 150 parts mass relative to 100 parts mass of the resin. The light emitting device is configured to emit light having a dominant wavelength in a range of 610 to 630 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki SUZUKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Shoji HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200295242
    Abstract: A method of producing a light-emitting device includes: providing a package having an upper surface and a recess including an opening located at the upper surface; disposing a light-emitting element on a surface defining a bottom of the recess of the package; disposing an uncured sealing member in the recess of the package; and curing the uncured sealing member while applying a centrifugal force to the package in which the uncured sealing member are disposed, such that the centrifugal force is applied in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface and toward the surface defining the bottom of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20200212277
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate including a grooved part surrounding a first region; a light emitting element mounted in the first region; a first cover member comprising: a reflecting material-containing layer that is disposed in the groove of the grooved part and that contains a first reflecting material, and a light transmitting layer that covers at least a portion of lateral surfaces of the light emitting element; and a light transmitting member disposed on the first cover member and the light emitting element
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20200212015
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements; a plurality of light transmissive members, each located on an upper surface of a respective one of the light emitting element; a mounting board on which the light emitting elements are disposed; a first cover member located on or above the mounting board, the first cover member comprising: a first reflective material containing layer disposed between the light emitting elements and containing a first reflective material, and a light transmissive layer disposed between the light transmissive members; and a second cover member disposed around the light emitting elements and comprising a second reflective material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20200105974
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a mounting board; at least one light-emitting element located on or above the mounting board; a first covering member comprising, in order from an upper surface of the mounting board: a containing layer comprising a light-absorbing material, and a light-transmissive layer; and a second covering member over the first covering member and the light-emitting element. A thickness of the containing layer is less than a thickness of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI, Yoshio ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200013936
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element; a first reflecting member containing reflecting particles, and covering the upper surface of a base while exposing a light extraction surface of the light emitting element; a first cover member having a lower concentration of reflecting particles than the first reflecting member and covering the first reflecting member and a portion of lateral surfaces of the light emitting element while exposing the light extraction surface of the light emitting element; a second cover member covering a portion of the lateral surfaces of the light emitting element; a second reflecting member surrounding the second cover member in a top view and contacting the second cover member and the first reflecting member; the second reflecting member having a narrow-width portion being in contact with the first reflecting member and a wide-width portion located above the narrow-width portion in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato AIHARA, Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI, Kazuya TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200006608
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: mounting a light emitting element in a package in which a recess is defined, the light emitting element being mounted on a bottom surface defining the recess; forming a first reflecting layer by covering lateral surfaces defining the recess with a first resin containing a first reflecting material; forming a second reflecting layer covering the bottom surface defining the recess, wherein the step of forming the second reflecting layer comprises settling the second reflecting material in the second resin by a centrifugal force so as to form (i) a layer containing a second reflecting material on the bottom surface defining the recess, and (ii) a light-transmissive layer above the layer containing the second reflecting material; and disposing a phosphor-containing layer on the second reflecting layer and the light emitting element, the phosphor-containing layer comprising a third resin that contains a phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20190337565
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that includes a torque sensor to detect a steering torque, a current command value calculating section to calculate a current command value, a motor to generate a steering assist torque applied to a steering mechanism, and a motor control section to driving-control the motor based on the current command value, including: a steering angle estimating calculating section to vary a front-wheel weight X of a front-wheel estimated steering angle and a rear-wheel weight Y of a rear-wheel estimated steering angle corresponding to a running state of the vehicle and calculate a four-wheel estimated steering angle based on the front-wheel weight X and the rear-wheel weight Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi KOJIMA