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).
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Publication number: 20220052238Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Publication number: 20220029061Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI, Yoshio ICHIHARA
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Publication number: 20220020733Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Patent number: 11192579Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Ishida, Masahiro Maeda, Atsushi Kojima
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Patent number: 11189765Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai
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Publication number: 20210367118Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Patent number: 11171260Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai, Yoshio Ichihara
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Patent number: 11164991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai
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Patent number: 11121297Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai
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Publication number: 20210245805Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Tadashi ISHIDA, Masahiro MAEDA, Atsushi KOJIMA
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Patent number: 11043621Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Aihara, Kenji Ozeki, Atsushi Kojima, Chinami Nakai, Kazuya Tamura
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Publication number: 20210028339Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Kojima, Kenji Ozeki, Chinami Nakai
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Publication number: 20200407634Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeyuki SUZUKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Shoji HOSOKAWA
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Publication number: 20200295242Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Publication number: 20200212277Abstract: 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 elementType: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Publication number: 20200212015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Publication number: 20200105974Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI, Yoshio ICHIHARA
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Publication number: 20200013936Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masato AIHARA, Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI, Kazuya TAMURA
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Publication number: 20200006608Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Nichia CorporationInventors: Kenji OZEKI, Atsushi KOJIMA, Chinami NAKAI
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Publication number: 20190337565Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Atsushi KOJIMA