Patents by Inventor Hiroki KIUCHI

Hiroki KIUCHI 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: 10883680
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a package substrate that is provided with a recessed portion having an opening at an upper surface thereof; a light-emitting device that is housed in the recessed portion; a window member that is provided on the upper surface such that the window member covers the opening; and a sealing portion that bonds the package substrate and the window member. The window member includes a lens portion facing the light-emitting device and a flange portion that projects from the lens portion and bonds to the sealing portion. The lens portion and the flange portion are formed of the same glass material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIKKISO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Konagayoshi, Nobuhiro Torii, Tetsumi Ochi, Hiroki Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10800672
    Abstract: A sterilization apparatus is provided with: a light source, which has a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits ultraviolet light; a housing, which forms a flow passage through which a fluid subject to sterilization passes; a light receiving unit, which receives a portion of the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source and detects the amount of ultraviolet light that has been received; and a control unit, which controls the output of the semiconductor light-emitting element based on information regarding the amount of ultraviolet light acquired from the light receiving unit. The housing has an incidence portion on which ultraviolet light becomes incident and a reflection portion, which reflects the ultraviolet light at the inner surface thereof. The light receiving unit is provided at a position where the light receiving unit can receive the portion of ultraviolet light that has been transmitted through the reflection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Nikkiso Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hidenori Konagayoshi, Nobuhiro Torii, Tetsumi Ochi, Hiroki Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10736979
    Abstract: A sterilization device includes: a treatment chamber with a discharge valve provided on a downstream side of the treatment chamber; a light source that irradiates a fluid stored temporarily in the treatment chamber with ultraviolet light; and a heat exchange chamber connected to an upstream side of the treatment chamber via a gate valve. The heat exchange chamber is thermally connected to the light source. The sterilization device may further include a heat pipe that thermally connects the light source and the heat exchange chamber. The heat pipe may be provided to extend vertically upward from the light source toward the heat exchange chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NIKKISO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20180310498
    Abstract: A fluid sterilization apparatus includes: a flow passage for causing a fluid to flow; and a light source that irradiates the fluid flowing in the flow passage with ultraviolet light of a wavelength of 290˜310 nm. The fluid contains a cutting fluid for a cutting work or Japanese sake in the process of manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki ASANO, Tetsumi OCHI, Hidenori KONAGAYOSHI, Hiroki KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180228928
    Abstract: A fluid sterilization device includes a straight pipe that constitutes a flow passage extending in a longitudinal direction, and a light source that emits ultraviolet light in the longitudinal direction toward a fluid flowing in a laminar state within the flow passage. The light source includes a light emitting element for emitting ultraviolet light and emits ultraviolet light so as to provide an intensity distribution on a cross section of the flow passage perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, in which the ultraviolet intensity in an area near the center is higher than the ultraviolet intensity around the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsumi OCHI, Hidenori KONAGAYOSHI, Nobuhiro TORll, Hiroki KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180208486
    Abstract: A sterilization apparatus is provided with: a light source, which has a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits ultraviolet light; a housing, which forms a flow passage through which a fluid subject to sterilization passes; a light receiving unit, which receives a portion of the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source and detects the amount of ultraviolet light that has been received; and a control unit, which controls the output of the semiconductor light-emitting element based on information regarding the amount of ultraviolet light acquired from the light receiving unit. The housing has an incidence portion on which ultraviolet light becomes incident and a reflection portion, which reflects the ultraviolet light at the inner surface thereof. The light receiving unit is provided at a position where the light receiving unit can receive the portion of ultraviolet light that has been transmitted through the reflection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenori KONAGAYOSHI, Nobuhiro TORII, Tetsumi OCHI, Hiroki KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180195677
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a package substrate that is provided with a recessed portion having an opening at an upper surface thereof; a light-emitting device that is housed in the recessed portion; a window member that is provided on the upper surface such that the window member covers the opening; and a sealing portion that bonds the package substrate and the window member. The window member includes a lens portion facing the light-emitting device and a flange portion that projects from the lens portion and bonds to the sealing portion. The lens portion and the flange portion are formed of the same glass material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenori KONAGAYOSHI, Nobuhiro TORll, Tetsumi OCHI, Hiroki KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180177908
    Abstract: An irradiation apparatus is provided with: a straight pipe that is formed of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); and a light source that is arranged at an end portion of the straight pipe and that irradiates the inside of the straight pipe with ultraviolet light. The light source has a light emitting device that emits ultraviolet light and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the direction of the ultraviolet light such that the ultraviolet light from the light emitting device becomes incident on the internal wall surface of the straight pipe at an incident angle of 75 degrees or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsumi OCHI, Hidenori KONAGAYOSHI, Nobuhiro TORII, Hiroki KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180140729
    Abstract: A sterilization device includes a treatment chamber provided with multiple inlet ports and an outlet port, and multiple light sources that irradiate a fluid flowing within the treatment chamber with ultraviolet light. Each of the multiple light sources is disposed so as to emit ultraviolet-light toward a fluid flowing closer to the corresponding inlet port than to the outlet port. The treatment chamber may be of a shape extending in the longitudinal direction from a first end surface toward a second end surface. The multiple light sources may include the first light source disposed on the first end surface and the second light source disposed on the second end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki KIUCHI, Tetsumi OCHI
  • Publication number: 20180140728
    Abstract: A sterilization device includes: a treatment chamber with a discharge valve provided on a downstream side of the treatment chamber; a light source that irradiates a fluid stored temporarily in the treatment chamber with ultraviolet light; and a heat exchange chamber connected to an upstream side of the treatment chamber via a gate valve. The heat exchange chamber is thermally connected to the light source. The sterilization device may further include a heat pipe that thermally connects the light source and the heat exchange chamber. The heat pipe may be provided to extend vertically upward from the light source toward the heat exchange chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroki KIUCHI