Patents by Inventor Kazunori Kitagawa

Kazunori Kitagawa 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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