Patents by Inventor Masafumi Kuramoto
Masafumi Kuramoto 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).
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Publication number: 20150155456Abstract: To provide a light emitting device that can suppress the increase in pits and projections caused by the thermal history of the reflective film on the surface of the reflective film used in the light emitting device, the light emitting device includes: a light emitting element; and a reflective film for reflecting light from the light emitting element, in which the reflective film contains silver as a principal component, and nanoparticles of an oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Shuji SHIOJI, Katsuyuki TSUNANO
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Patent number: 9034671Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element (10) composed of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor having an emission peak wavelength of not less than 430 nm; a molded body (40) provided with a recessed portion having a bottom surface on which the light-emitting element (10) is mounted and a lateral surface; and a sealing member (50) containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, or a silicon-containing resin. The molded body (40) is obtained by using a cured product of a thermosetting epoxy resin composition essentially containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, and has a reflectance of not less than 70% at the wavelengths of not less than 430 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohide Miki, Tomoya Tsukioka, Tomohisa Kishimoto
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Patent number: 9018664Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, temporarily bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying a pressure or an ultrasonic vibration to the semiconductor element or the base, and permanently bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 150 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Miki Niwa
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Patent number: 9011728Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive material that has a low electric resistivity and that is obtained using an inexpensive and stable conductive material composition. A conductive material having a low electric resistivity can be obtained by a method including the step of heating a conductive material composition that contains at least one of a full-cured or semi-cured thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin, as well as silver particles. Such a conductive material is a conductive material that includes fused silver particles, and thermosetting resin fine particles that have an average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m both inclusive and are dispersed in the fused silver particles. Further, in such a conductive material is a conductive material that includes fused silver particles, and a thermoplastic resin welded among the fused silver particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Miki Niwa, Katsuaki Suganuma, Keun-Soo Kim
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Patent number: 8968608Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive material that allows a low electric resistance to be generated, and that is obtained by using an inexpensive and stable conductive material composition containing no adhesive. The conductive material can be provided by a producing method that includes the step of sintering a first conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 ?m to 15 ?m, and a metal oxide, so as to obtain a conductive material. The conductive material can be provided also by a method that includes the step of sintering a second conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 ?m to 15 ?m in an atmosphere of oxygen or ozone, or ambient atmosphere, at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 320° C., so as to obtain a conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Katsuaki Suganuma, Keun-Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20150028373Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element configured to emit visible light; a fluorescent substance excited by light from the light emitting element and configured to emit visible light; a translucent member containing a translucent base material, which provided on the fluorescent substance or configured to contain the fluorescent substance, and provided on the light emitting element; and a film provided on an upper surface of the translucent member, and configured as an agglutination of nanoparticles having a different refractive index from the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Koji ABE, Masafumi KURAMOTO, Masaki HAYASHI
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Patent number: 8927341Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, and bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 200 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Miki Niwa
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Patent number: 8900710Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element on a molded part. The molded part is formed by molding and curing a thermosetting epoxy resin composition comprising (A) the reaction product of a triazine derived epoxy resin with an acid anhydride, (B) an internal parting agent having m.p. 50-90° C., (C) a reflective agent, (D) an inorganic filler, and (E) a curing catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masaki Hayashi, Hiroto Tamaki, Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohide Miki, Takayuki Sano, Tomohisa Kishimoto
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Patent number: 8883048Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflector for a light-emitting device consisting of (A) an polyamide composition comprising a polyamide polymerized from (a) a dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mol % of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and (b) a diamine comprising at least 50 mol % of a diamine with a branched main chain.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation, Nichia CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Hashimoto, Kazunori Terada, Masafumi Kuramoto, Motohisa Kitani
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Publication number: 20140315338Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element (10) composed of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor having an emission peak wavelength of not less than 430 nm; a molded body (40) provided with a recessed portion having a bottom surface on which the light-emitting element (10) is mounted and a lateral surface; and a sealing member (50) containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, or a silicon-containing resin. The molded body (40) is obtained by using a cured product of a thermosetting epoxy resin composition essentially containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, and has a reflectance of not less than 70% at the wavelengths of not less than 430 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Tomohide MIKI, Tomoya TSUKIOKA, Tomohisa KISHIMOTO
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Patent number: 8836130Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. In the semiconductor device, silver arranged on a semiconductor element and silver arranged on a base are bonded. No void is present or a small void, if any, is present at an interface between the semiconductor element and the silver arranged on the semiconductor element, no void is present or a small void, if any, is present at an interface between the base and the silver arranged on the base, and one or more silver abnormal growth grains and one or more voids are present in a bonded interface between the silver arranged on the semiconductor element and the silver arranged on the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Teppei Kunimune
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Patent number: 8803159Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element (10) composed of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor having an emission peak wavelength of not less than 430 nm; a molded body (40) provided with a recessed portion having a bottom surface on which the light-emitting element (10) is mounted and a lateral surface; and a sealing member (50) containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, or a silicon-containing resin. The molded body (40) is obtained by using a cured product of a thermosetting epoxy resin composition essentially containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, and has a reflectance of not less than 70% at the wavelengths of not less than 430 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohide Miki, Tomoya Tsukioka, Tomohisa Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20140141550Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, and bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 200 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Satoru OGAWA, Miki NIWA
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Publication number: 20140124812Abstract: To provide a light emitting device having high light extraction efficiency, and a method for manufacturing the light emitting device. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device (100) according to the present invention, includes: forming a sealing member (40) for sealing a light emitting element (10) on a base body (30) by dropping, the base body (30) including a conductive member (20) for connecting to the light emitting element (10), and a molding (25) integrally molded with the conductive member (20); the sealing member (10) being formed such that at least a part of a periphery of the sealing member (40) is located on an outward surface (38) of the conductive member (20) or the molding (25), the outward surface facing outward in a top view.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Daisuke Iwakura, Kenji Ozeki, Tomoaki Tsuruha, Satoshi Okada, Masaki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20140110740Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, temporarily bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying a pressure or an ultrasonic vibration to the semiconductor element or the base, and permanently bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 150 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Satoru OGAWA, Miki NIWA
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Patent number: 8679898Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, and bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 200 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Miki Niwa
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Patent number: 8642392Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, temporarily bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying a pressure or an ultrasonic vibration to the semiconductor element or the base, and permanently bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 150 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Satoru Ogawa, Miki Niwa
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Publication number: 20140027780Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element (10) composed of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor having an emission peak wavelength of not less than 430 nm; a molded body (40) provided with a recessed portion having a bottom surface on which the light-emitting element (10) is mounted and a lateral surface; and a sealing member (50) containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, or a silicon-containing resin. The molded body (40) is obtained by using a cured product of a thermosetting epoxy resin composition essentially containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, and has a reflectance of not less than 70% at the wavelengths of not less than 430 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi KURAMOTO, Tomohide MIKI, Tomoya TSUKIOKA, Tomohisa KISHIMOTO
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Patent number: 8575632Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element (10) composed of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor having an emission peak wavelength of not less than 430 nm; a molded body (40) provided with a recessed portion having a bottom surface on which the light-emitting element (10) is mounted and a lateral surface; and a sealing member (50) containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, or a silicon-containing resin. The molded body (40) is obtained by using a cured product of a thermosetting epoxy resin composition essentially containing an epoxy resin including a triazine derivative epoxy resin, and has a reflectance of not less than 70% at the wavelengths of not less than 430 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masafumi Kuramoto, Tomohide Miki, Tomoya Tsukioka, Tomohisa Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20130249127Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element on a molded part. The molded part is formed by molding and curing a thermosetting epoxy resin composition comprising (A) the reaction product of a triazine derived epoxy resin with an acid anhydride, (B) an internal parting agent having m.p. 50-90° C., (C) a reflective agent, (D) an inorganic filler, and (E) a curing catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masaki HAYASHI, Hiroto TAMAKI, Masafumi KURAMOTO, Tomohide MIKI, Takayuki SANO, Tomohisa KISHIMOTO