Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kawanami

Hiroki Kawanami 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: 10088137
    Abstract: An LED module includes a circuit board, multiple LEDs, and multiple electronic components for constituting a power supply circuit for lighting the multiple LEDs. The multiple LEDs are disposed on a first surface of the circuit board. The multiple electronic components are disposed on a second surface of the circuit board opposite to the first surface. At least some of the multiple electronic components are arranged so as to surround projections of the multiple LEDs projected onto the second surface of the circuit board in a thickness direction of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Kawanami
  • Publication number: 20170082275
    Abstract: An LED module includes a circuit board, multiple LEDs, and multiple electronic components for constituting a power supply circuit for lighting the multiple LEDs. The multiple LEDs are disposed on a first surface of the circuit board. The multiple electronic components are disposed on a second surface of the circuit board opposite to the first surface. At least some of the multiple electronic components are arranged so as to surround projections of the multiple LEDs projected onto the second surface of the circuit board in a thickness direction of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroki KAWANAMI
  • Publication number: 20090295778
    Abstract: An OLED driver possesses a square-wave voltage source, a controller and a detector. In accordance with first control, the source generates square-wave voltage and applies the voltage across at least one organic electroluminescence element to drive the element. The controller controls the source in accordance with the first control. The detector detects equivalent capacitance inherent in the element. The controller also judges whether or not the element is normal based on the equivalent capacitance. If the element is normal, the controller operates in accordance with the first control. If the element is not normal, the controller operates in accordance with predetermined second control for the element which is not normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works , Ltd
    Inventors: Minoru Maehara, Futoshi Okamoto, Akinori Hiramatsu, Tomoyuki Nakano, Hiroki Kawanami