Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Toki

Hitoshi Toki 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: 7604752
    Abstract: A SrTiO3:Pr phosphor includes a SrTiO3:Pr phosphor material and an additive having one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W, Mo and V in a form of an elemental substance and/or a compound. A total amount of one or more elements included in the additive is in a range from 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % of the SrTiO3:Pr phosphor. The additive is WO3 and a particle size distribution of WO3 is such that a weight of WO3 whose particle diameters are in a range from 0.2 to 0.4 ?m is not less than 70% of a total weight of WO3. A fluorescent luminous tube includes the SrTiO3:Pr phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamada, Masahiro Kato, Tadaomi Mori, Hitoshi Toki
  • Patent number: 7446465
    Abstract: A multi-color luminous fluorescent display device includes therein a vacuum-sealed vessel having a glass substrate, an anode disposed on the glass substrate, a cathode installed in the vacuum-sealed vessel, a first phosphorescent layer containing a phosphor emitting yellow to red light, and a second phosphorescent layer containing a phosphor emitting blue to green light. The first phosphorescent layer contains a Ln2O2S:Eu phosphor (Ln is at least one selected from a group consisting of La, Gd, Lu and Y) which emits yellow to red light, and the second phosphorescent layer contains at least one phosphor selected from ZnO:Zn phosphor, ZnGa2O4 phosphor and ZnGa2O4:Mn phosphor which emit blue to green light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Toki, Takuya Hamada, Tomohiro Yamada, Masahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7205711
    Abstract: In a fluorescent display device wherein light is emitted by impinging a low speed electron beam on a phosphor layer formed on an anode, the phosphor layer comprises a compound containing W and/or a compound containing P, K and/or Na. The compound containing P, K and/or Na may be a compound selected from the group consisting of K3PO4, P2O5 and Na2SiO3, the compound being added in an amount of 0.01 to 10.00 wt % to the phosphor layer, to provide a higher luminance residual ratio and a higher high temperature exposure characteristic than those of a convention fluorescent display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Masahiro Kato, Tomohiro Yamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20060175576
    Abstract: A SrTiO3:Pr phosphor includes a SrTiO3:Pr phosphor material and an additive having one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W, Mo and V in a form of an elemental substance and/or a compound. A total amount of one or more elements included in the additive is in a range from 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % of the SrTiO3:Pr phosphor. The additive is WO3 and a particle size distribution of WO3 is such that a weight of WO3 whose particle diameters are in a range from 0.2 to 0.4 ?m is not less than 70% of a total weight of WO3. A fluorescent luminous tube includes the SrTiO3:Pr phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamada, Masahiro Kato, Tadaomi Mori, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20060006789
    Abstract: A fluorescent display tube is provided, which employs a non-evaporation type getter, instead of the evaporation-type Ba getter, whereby the serviceable life of the fluorescent substance containing SrTiO3 as a base component is prolonged. At least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zr, V, Fe, Ti, Ma, Mn, and La are used for the getter for fluorescent display tubes, each which employs a fluorescent substance containing SrTiO3 as a base component. This feature allows carbon series residual gases remaining in the tube to be removed, so that the serviceable operation can be prolonged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Shigeo Itoh, Hitoshi Toki, Hirokazu Takanashi, Hisamitsu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Sato, Kazuhiko Itakura, Takuya Hamada, Takao Shiraga, Kiyoshi Tamura, Tatsuo Yamaura
  • Publication number: 20050269938
    Abstract: A multi-color luminous fluorescent display device includes therein a vacuum-sealed vessel having a glass substrate, an anode disposed on the glass substrate, a cathode installed in the vacuum-sealed vessel, a first phosphorescent layer containing a phosphor emitting yellow to red light, and a second phosphorescent layer containing a phosphor emitting blue to green light. The first phosphorescent layer contains a Ln2O2S:Eu phosphor (Ln is at least one selected from a group consisting of La, Gd, Lu and Y) which emits yellow to red light, and the second phosphorescent layer contains at least one phosphor selected from ZnO:Zn phosphor, ZnGa2O4 phosphor and ZnGa2O4:Mn phosphor which emit blue to green light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Toki, Takuya Hamada, Tomohiro Yamada, Masahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 6761836
    Abstract: A yellow light emission phosphor usable in a fluorescent display device does not include cadmium and Eu concentration in the yellow light emission phosphor is reduced to a range of about 0.001 mol % to about 0.1 mol %. The phosphor on a fluorescent display driven at a low voltage generates a yellow light emission with an excellent chromaticity and has a good life span characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Futaba Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20040113131
    Abstract: A mixture phosphor is provided by mixing a phosphor of a red luminous color devoid of Cd with a phosphor of a green family luminous color also devoid of Cd, wherein a luminous color of the mixture phosphor is a warm color ranging from yellow to orange. And, in the mixture phosphor, S component is removed or less than that of the conventional phosphor of the warm luminous color. Accordingly, a dark streak may not appear or a dark streak appearing time may be delayed, thereby providing a fluorescent display device having an improved display quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Futabu Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kazuhiko Itakura, Takao Shiraga, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hirokazu Takanashi, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20040100181
    Abstract: In a fluorescent display device wherein light is emitted by impinging a low speed electron beam on a phosphor layer formed on an anode, the phosphor layer comprises a compound containing W and/or a compound containing P, K and/or Na. The compound containing P, K and/or Na may be a compound selected from the group consisting of K3PO4, P2O5 and Na2SiO3, the compound being added in an amount of 0.01 to 10.00 wt % to the phosphor layer, to provide a higher luminance residual ratio and a higher high temperature exposure characteristic than those of a convention fluorescent display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Masahiro Kato, Tomohiro Yamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Patent number: 6690119
    Abstract: A phosphor without using cadmium having excellent luminous characteristic which emits a light in the visible region. The phosphor is prepared by mixing 1% of B2O3 powder and 10% of In2O3 with CaS:Eu, Ce phosphor to prepare a mixture to which is added vehicle containing an organic binder to form paste. The vacuum fluorescent display using the phosphor exhibits lifetime performance and initial luminance superior to the fluorescent display in which a phosphor without using cadmium is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Patent number: 6673269
    Abstract: A phosphor material of the chemical composition formula (Sr1−x−y, Mgx, Cay)TiO3:Pr,Al, where the value of x+y is in the range 0.001 to 0.05. Another phosphor material has the chemical composition formula SrTiO3:Pr,Al, in which the surfaces of phosphor particles are diffused with a diffusing agent containing at least one of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba. Still another phosphor material has the chemical composition formula SrTiO3:Pr,Al, where Sr/Ti molar ratio is 0.88 to 0.99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Nichia Corporation, Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Suzuki, Takuya Hamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20030057863
    Abstract: A phosphor without using cadmium having excellent luminous characteristic which emits a light in the visible region. The phosphor is prepared by mixing 1% of B2O3 powder and 10% of In2O3 with CaS:Eu, Ce phosphor to prepare a mixture to which is added vehicle containing an organic binder to form paste. The vacuum fluorescent display using the phosphor exhibits lifetime performance and initial luminance superior to the fluorescent display in which a phosphor without using B2O3 is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Patent number: 6531072
    Abstract: A phosphor in the form of a columnar powder capable of exhibiting enhanced luminous efficiency, providing various luminous colors by electron excitation depending on the selection of elements added thereto and having improved life characteristics. The phosphor is made by heating a starting material constituted by a GaN based phosphor material to a temperature equal to or greater than a sublimation temperature thereof. The phosphor thus obtained is represented by Ga1−xInxN:A,B, wherein x is larger than or equal to 0 and smaller than 1 (0≦x<1), A is Zn or Mg, and B is Si or Ge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoriko Suda, Kenichi Honda, Yoshitaka Sato, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20020175314
    Abstract: The Phosphor material has the chemical composition formula (Sr1−x−y, Mgx, Cay)TiO3:Pr,Al; where the value of x+y is in the range 0.001 to 0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Tomokazu Suzuki, Takuya Hamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Patent number: 6410895
    Abstract: In an induction heating coil unit for a manifold in a hot runner mold, it is possible to uniformly heat a material over the entire length of a runner. Also, a coil is easily attached to and detached from the manifold. The hot runner mold includes a fixed mold and a movable mold, and a space is provided along a side surface of the manifold on which clamping force applied by the fixed mold and the movable mold does not act. A coil is wound to the side surface along an axial line of a runner of the manifold within the space such that the manifold is induction-heated from the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Ju-Oh Inc.
    Inventors: Itsuo Shibata, Shinichi Edagawa, Ryoichi Sekiguchi, Hitoshi Toki, Tamotsu Munakata
  • Publication number: 20020057229
    Abstract: A yellow light emission phosphor usable in a fluorescent display device does not include cadmium and Eu concentration in the yellow light emission phosphor is reduced to a range of about 0.001 mol % to about 0.1 mol %. The phosphor on a fluorescent display driven at a low voltage generates a yellow light emission with an excellent chromaticity and has a good life span characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Futaba Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kazunori Kitagawa, Hitoshi Toki
  • Patent number: 6337035
    Abstract: A phosphor is prepared by depositing a compound semiconductor of Groups III-V in the form of fine particles or a thin film on a surface of a carrier particle by hetero-epitaxial growth. Thus, the phosphor increased in quality is obtained with satisfactory reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Futaba Denshi Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Shigeo Itoh, Hitoshi Toki
  • Publication number: 20010038006
    Abstract: The present invention provides an induction heating method for a manifold in a hot runner mold where it is possible to uniformly heat material over the entire length of a runner and in which a coil may be easily attached to and detached from the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Itsuo Shibata, Shinichi Edagawa, Ryoichi Sekiguchi, Hitoshi Toki, Tamotsu Munakata
  • Patent number: 6310333
    Abstract: In an induction heating method for a manifold in a hot runner mold, it is possible to uniformly heat a material over the entire length of a runner. Also, a coil is easily attached to and detached from the manifold. The hot runner mold includes a fixed mold and a movable mold, and a space is provided along a side surface of the manifold on which clamping force applied by the fixed mold and the movable mold does not act. A coil is wound to the side surface along an axial line of a runner of the manifold within the space such that the manifold is induction-heated from the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: JU-OH Inc.
    Inventors: Itsuo Shibata, Shinichi Edagawa, Ryoichi Sekiguchi, Hitoshi Toki, Tamotsu Munakata
  • Patent number: 6303403
    Abstract: A method for preparing a gallium nitride phosphor which is capable of emitting light at luminance increased to a degree sufficient to permit the phosphor to be practically used. A dopant compound containing elements reacted with H2 and gasified by heating is arranged on an upstream side in a calcination oven in which NH3 is flowed and a matrix element compound is arranged on the downstream side therein, resulting in calcination of the compound being carried out. This permits GaN to be surrounded with ammonia and the dopant during the calcination, so that the GaN phosphor may be fully doped with the dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Futaba Denshi Kogyo, K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sato, Yoriko Suda, Fumiaki Kataoka, Hitoshi Toki, Yuji Nomura