Patents by Inventor Masaaki Katoh

Masaaki Katoh 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: 10008644
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Publication number: 20170283694
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu MASUDA, Masaaki KATOH, Tsukasa INOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9722149
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Publication number: 20160141465
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu MASUDA, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 9281456
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 9163810
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a lead frame which has a lead frame body and a plurality of bumper sections raised from the lead frame body. A rectangular case member with a hole is mounted to the lead frame. A light emitting element is placed in the hole of the case member, which is filled with a sealing resin that seals the light emitting element. The bumper sections are arranged on two opposite sides of the case member. Tip surfaces of the bumper sections are at a level higher than or equal to an upper end surface of the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Katoh, Masaki Kondoh
  • Patent number: 9065031
    Abstract: A low-cost and productivity-oriented surface mount light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an insulating film 2, at least one pair of land portions 3a and 3b comprising metal film pieces formed on the top surface of the insulating film 2, external connection terminal portions 4a and 4b comprising metal film pieces formed on the bottom surface of the insulating film 2, that are opposed to the land portions 3a and 3b across the insulating film 2 in one-to-one correspondence, through-conductors 7a and 7b that connect between the land portions 3a and 3b and the terminal portions 4a and 4b corresponding to each other through the insulating film 2, and a light-emitting element 10 that is electrically connected to the pair of the land portions 3a and 3b and disposed in a unit section which contains the pair of the land portions 3a and 3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Katoh, Toshio Hata
  • Publication number: 20150043245
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a lead frame which has a lead frame body and a plurality of bumper sections raised from the lead frame body. A rectangular case member with a hole is mounted to the lead frame. A light emitting element is placed in the hole of the case member, which is filled with a sealing resin that seals the light emitting element. The bumper sections are arranged on two opposite sides of the case member. Tip surfaces of the bumper sections are at a level higher than or equal to an upper end surface of the case member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masaaki Katoh, Masaki Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20140353705
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element includes a transparent substrate that transmits light emitted from said semiconductor light emitting element and a multi-layered structure formed on the transparent substrate. The multi-layered structure includes a semiconductor multi-layered film consisting of an n-type layer, an MQW light emitting layer and a p-type layer. The transparent substrate includes a light scattering structure formed in the transparent substrate for scattering the light that entered the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamikawa, Masaaki Katoh, Tetsuya Hanamoto
  • Publication number: 20140225145
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu MASUDA, Masaaki KATOH, Tsukasa INOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8729788
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Publication number: 20130119426
    Abstract: A low-cost and productivity-oriented surface mount light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an insulating film 2, at least one pair of land portions 3a and 3b comprising metal film pieces formed on the top surface of the insulating film 2, external connection terminal portions 4a and 4b comprising metal film pieces formed on the bottom surface of the insulating film 2, that are opposed to the land portions 3a and 3b across the insulating film 2 in one-to-one correspondence, through-conductors 7a and 7b that connect between the land portions 3a and 3b and the terminal portions 4a and 4b corresponding to each other through the insulating film 2, and a light-emitting element 10 that is electrically connected to the pair of the land portions 3a and 3b and disposed in a unit section which contains the pair of the land portions 3a and 3b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Katoh, Toshio Hata
  • Patent number: 8441022
    Abstract: An outer lead connected to an inner lead penetrating a molded resin section, and another outer lead connected to another inner lead penetrating the molded resin section are provided on an outer wall surface of the molded resin section. The outer lead has a surface area greater than that of the another outer lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Masaaki Katoh
  • Publication number: 20120012876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light emitting device which can be improved in reliability and moreover which can be manufactured with low cost. A surface-mount type light emitting device 100 includes a substrate 10, a interconnect pattern 20 provided on the substrate 10, a semiconductor light emitting element 30 mounted on the substrate 10 and electrically connected to the interconnect pattern 20, a dome-shaped phosphor-containing sealing resin 40 for sealing the semiconductor light emitting element 30, a reflector 50 attached to the substrate 10 and having an opening 51 which overlaps with the semiconductor light emitting element 30 in a plan view, and a liquid-repelling layer 60 which covers an inner wall surface of the opening 51 of the reflector 50 and part of which is in contact with the dome-shaped phosphor-containing sealing resin 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki KATOH
  • Publication number: 20110284888
    Abstract: An outer lead connected to an inner lead penetrating a molded resin section, and another outer lead connected to another inner lead penetrating the molded resin section are provided on an outer wall surface of the molded resin section. The outer lead has a surface area greater than that of the another outer lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuhiro NISHIYAMA, Masaaki Katoh
  • Publication number: 20100213821
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 7737621
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 7473014
    Abstract: An LED lamp has a convex lens 3 which has an upper portion 5 and a lower portion 6. An upper curved surface 5A of the upper portion is different in shape from a lower curved surface 6A of the lower portion 6 so as to refract rays of light from an LED chip 2 more strongly than the lower curved surface 6A does. This avoids reflection of incident outside light toward a front and hence prevents misrecognition. An interface plane S1 between the upper and lower portions 5 and 6 of the convex lens 3 is located on an upper end face 2A to thereby prevent collection of outgoing light upon the interface plane S1 and generation of an irregular emission peak at the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Katoh, Masatoshi Omoto, Masataka Miyata, Keiji Takasugi, Masahiro Seko
  • Patent number: 7465961
    Abstract: An electronic equipment includes a light source, in which light of the light source is guided and emitted from an operation member having translucent properties via an optical waveguide, wherein a phosphor emitting visible light by being excited by the light from the light source is contained in a path through which the light of the light source is guided. A backlight structure in which a light source is provided in a printed substrate that is inside a casing having a waveguide plate, and light of the light source is transmitted through the waveguide plate and emitted, wherein a wavelength-converting phosphor that emits light by being excited by the light of the light source is provided in a waveguide path leading to a point where the light of the light source is transmitted through the waveguide plate and is emitted out, except the light source and the printed substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh
  • Publication number: 20070052342
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element emitting primary light and a wavelength conversion portion absorbing a part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength equal to or longer than the wavelength of the primary light. The wavelength conversion portion includes a plurality of green or yellow light-emitting phosphors and a plurality of red light-emitting phosphors. The green or yellow light-emitting phosphor is implemented by at least one selected from a specific europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor (A-1) and a specific cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor (A-2). The red light-emitting phosphor is implemented by a specific europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor (B). The light-emitting device emitting white light at efficiency and color rendering property higher than in a conventional example can thus be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Hiroshi Umeda, Yuhichi Memida, Takashi Oouchida, Yuhsuke Fujita, Masatoshi Omoto