Patents by Inventor Hiroki FUKUTA

Hiroki FUKUTA 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: 20250085390
    Abstract: In a surroundings monitoring apparatus, a third determiner determines, based on a positional relationship between the object determined by a first determiner and the towed vehicle determined by a second determiner, whether the rearward side object is a ghost. An establishing unit establishes an object searching area located at least in front of or on the right or left side of an own vehicle in accordance with: (i) a position of a radio-wave transceiver; (ii) at least one of a position of each of left and right edges of the front end of the towed vehicle and a position of each of left and right edges of the rear end of the towed vehicle; and (iii) an angle of the towed vehicle tilted to a traveling direction of the own vehicle. The first determiner determines whether an object is located in the established searching area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Junzoh TSUCHIYA, Naotsugu SHIMIZU, Masafumi IBUSHI, Seiya FUJITSU, Keita SUGIURA, Koji TAKEUCHI, Takaya YAMASHITA, Hiroki SHIMAZU, Junya FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20240395786
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a substrate having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed in plan view, light emitting elements arranged along a first long side of the substantially rectangular shape of the substrate, light transmissive members each disposed on an upper surface of each of the light emitting elements, and a cover member having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed in plan view. The cover member covering an upper surface of the substrate, and exposing upper surfaces of the light transmissive members. The device includes terminals exposed from the cover member. The terminals being arranged along a second long side of the substantially rectangular shape of the substrate, and being capable of individually driving the light emitting elements. When viewed in the plan view, a long side of the substantially rectangular shape of the cover member overlaps with at least one of the first and the second long sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20240395982
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element configured to emit a first light, a wavelength conversion member disposed on an upper surface of the light-emitting element and configured to emit, by excitation by the first light, a second light having a peak wavelength longer than a peak wavelength of the first light, and a covering member disposed around the light-emitting element and the wavelength conversion member and containing a light-reflective material and a phosphor. The phosphor is configured to emit, by excitation by the first light, a third light having a peak wavelength longer than the peak wavelength of the second light. The content of the phosphor above the upper surface of the light-emitting element is less than the content of the phosphor below the upper surface of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi SHICHIJO, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 12110469
    Abstract: A polymer composition, in which a differential distribution value in a differential molecular weight distribution curve of the polymer composition, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, satisfies Equation 1 and a maximum value of a normalized back-scattering intensity of a 35 wt % base oil solution of the polymer composition, where a size q of a scattering vector of small-angle X-ray scattering at 25° C. is in a range of 0.07 nm?1 or more and 2 nm?1 or less, is 40 cm?1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukuta, Katsufumi Mochizuki, Fumiko Fujie, Takahiro Mukuda, Hiroshi Niino, Eiko Okamoto, Kazunari Matsumura, Hiroko Shinada, Hiroki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240317908
    Abstract: A curable composition includes a macromonomer (A) having a structural unit (a1) of formula (1): R1 being a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 being an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 being a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and h being a natural number of 1 to 20; a silicone-based (meth)acrylate (B); and a hydrophilic monomer (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Taiki TSURUOKA, Daiki TABATA, Hiroki FUKUTA, Go OTANI
  • Publication number: 20240301193
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a resin composition containing a vinyl chloride-based polymer (A1), a plasticizer (A2), and a (meth)acrylic copolymer (B), in which the (meth)acrylic copolymer (B) is a block copolymer or a graft copolymer, which contains a monomer unit (b1) represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MCPP Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Hiroki FUKUTA, Go OTANI, Masanari NISHIMURA, Kenji MIYAWAKI
  • Patent number: 12078343
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a light emitting element disposed on the substrate; a first wavelength conversion member disposed on the light emitting element and having a lower surface bonded to the light emitting element, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and a lateral surface that meets the upper surface; a first light reflecting member disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and covering lateral surfaces of the light emitting element; and a second wavelength conversion member disposed on the first light reflecting member, on the upper surface of the substrate, and on the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member without covering the upper surface of the first wavelength conversion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Satoshi Shichijo, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 12080695
    Abstract: A method that includes providing a substrate having first and second regions for forming first and second light emitting devices, respectively, that are axisymmetrical in plan view with respect to a boundary line extending between the regions. The method includes mounting first and second light emitting elements in the first and second regions, respectively, arranging first and second light transmissive members respectively thereon, and arranging a covering member to collectively cover at least a portion of the first and second light emitting devices. The first and second devices have external connection terminals that are exposed. The terminals of the first light emitting device are on a side of the first light emitting device opposite to a side thereof adjacent the boundary line, and the terminals of the second light emitting device are on a side thereof opposite to a side of the second light emitting device adjacent the boundary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20230420435
    Abstract: A method that includes providing a substrate having first and second regions for forming first and second light emitting devices, respectively, that are axisymmetrical in plan view with respect to a boundary line extending between the regions. The method includes mounting first and second light emitting elements in the first and second regions, respectively, arranging first and second light transmissive members respectively thereon, and arranging a covering member to collectively cover at least a portion of the first and second light emitting devices. The first and second devices have external connection terminals that are exposed. The terminals of the first light emitting device are on a side of the first light emitting device opposite to a side thereof adjacent the boundary line, and the terminals of the second light emitting device are on a side thereof opposite to a side of the second light emitting device adjacent the boundary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20230392769
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a light emitting element disposed on the substrate; a first wavelength conversion member disposed on the light emitting element and having a lower surface bonded to the light emitting element, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and a lateral surface that meets the upper surface; a first light reflecting member disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and covering lateral surfaces of the light emitting element; and a second wavelength conversion member disposed on the first light reflecting member, on the upper surface of the substrate, and on the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member without covering the upper surface of the first wavelength conversion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi SHICHIJO, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 11791324
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, and a protective element. The substrate includes a support member and a plurality of wirings disposed on an upper surface of the support member. The substrate has a first side extending in a first direction and a second side opposite to the first side. The light emitting element is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, and the protective element is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The plurality of wirings has a plurality of external connecting portions disposed adjacent to the first side and arranged in the first direction in a plan view. The protective element is disposed between the light emitting element and the second side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11767967
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element configured to emit first light; a first wavelength conversion member disposed on the light emitting element and having a lower surface bonded to the light emitting element, an upper surface, and a lateral surface that meets the upper surface, the first wavelength conversion member being configured to emit second light when excited by the first light; a second wavelength conversion member covering the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member without covering the upper surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member having an oblique surface extending outward from the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member being configured to emit third light when excited by at least one of the first light and the second light; and a first light reflecting member covering the oblique surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Satoshi Shichijo, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20230204192
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element configured to emit first light; a first wavelength conversion member disposed on the light emitting element and having a lower surface bonded to the light emitting element, an upper surface, and a lateral surface that meets the upper surface, the first wavelength conversion member being configured to emit second light when excited by the first light; a second wavelength conversion member covering the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member without covering the upper surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member having an oblique surface extending outward from the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member being configured to emit third light when excited by at least one of the first light and the second light; and a first light reflecting member covering the oblique surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi SHICHIJO, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20230063756
    Abstract: A polymer composition, in which a differential distribution value in a differential molecular weight distribution curve of the polymer composition, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, satisfies Equation 1 and a maximum value of a normalized back-scattering intensity of a 35 wt % base oil solution of the polymer composition, where a size q of a scattering vector of small-angle X-ray scattering at 25° C. is in a range of 0.07 nm?1 or more and 2 nm?1 or less, is 40 cm?1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukuta, Katsufumi Mochizuki, Fumiko Fujie, Takahiro Mukuda, Hiroshi Niino, Eiko Okamoto, Kazunari Matsumura, Hiroko Shinada, Hiroki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220302098
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, and a protective element. The substrate includes a support member and a plurality of wirings disposed on an upper surface of the support member. The substrate has a first side extending in a first direction and a second side opposite to the first side. The light emitting element is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, and the protective element is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The plurality of wirings has a plurality of external connecting portions disposed adjacent to the first side and arranged in the first direction in a plan view. The protective element is disposed between the light emitting element and the second side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OZEKI, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 11417811
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor stacked body, an insulating film, first and second electrodes, a second external connection portion, and first external connection portions. The first semiconductor layer is exposed at a plurality of exposed portions disposed in a plurality of rows in plan view. The first external connection portions include at least one smaller-size first external connection portion disposed between adjacent ones of the rows other than the outermost one of the rows, and at least one larger-size first external connection portion extending from the end region, in which a spacing between a first outer edge of a second semiconductor layer and the exposed portions in the outermost one of the rows is narrower than a spacing between the exposed portions in adjacent ones of the rows, to at least a position between the outermost one of the rows and an adjacent one of the rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Takenaga, Takanori Fukumori, Satoshi Shichijo, Hiroki Fukuta, Kunihito Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220246815
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor layered body, an insulating film, first and second electrodes, and first and second external connection portions. The semiconductor layered body defines exposed portions in which the first semiconductor layer is exposed from the second semiconductor layer and the light emitting layer. In the plan view, the first external connection portion includes a plurality of first portions located between the exposed portions in a first direction, and arrayed in the first direction, with a number of the first portions disposed between adjacent ones of the exposed portions being two or more, and a plurality of second portions not located between the exposed portions in the first direction, and arrayed in the first direction. Each of the second portions is different in shape or size from each of the first portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Naoto FURUHA, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 11393803
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate and a light emitting element mounted on the substrate, a light transmissive member, covering member, first and second protruding members, and a protective element. The light transmissive member is disposed on an upper surface of the light emitting element. The covering member covers an upper surface of the substrate, a lateral surface of the light emitting element, and at least a portion of a lateral surface of the light transmissive member such that an upper surface of the light transmissive member is exposed. The first protruding member and the second protruding member are provided on the substrate such that the light emitting element and the light transmissive member are positioned between the first protruding member and the second protruding member. The protective element is mounted on the substrate so as to be positioned between the light emitting element and the second protruding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11313536
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range greater than or equal to 380 nm and less than or equal to 470 nm; a wavelength conversion member that is disposed on the light emitting element and includes: a translucent member, and a first fluorescent material layer interposed between the light emitting element and the translucent material, the first fluorescent material layer comprising a resin that contains a first fluorescent material, and the first fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu; and a covering member that covers sides of the wavelength conversion member and surrounds the light emitting element, the covering member comprising light reflecting material and a second fluorescent material, and the second fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko Iwasa, Yuji Sato, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20210231293
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range greater than or equal to 380 nm and less than or equal to 470 nm; a wavelength conversion member that is disposed on the light emitting element and includes: a translucent member, and a first fluorescent material layer interposed between the light emitting element and the translucent material, the first fluorescent material layer comprising a resin that contains a first fluorescent material, and the first fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu; and a covering member that covers sides of the wavelength conversion member and surrounds the light emitting element, the covering member comprising light reflecting material and a second fluorescent material, and the second fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko IWASA, Yuji SATO, Hiroki FUKUTA