Patents by Inventor Mitsunori Harada

Mitsunori Harada 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: 11545473
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to the present invention comprises: a mounting board; a plurality of light-emitting elements that each include a supporting substrate and a semiconductor structure layer, the supporting substrate being disposed on the mounting board, and the semiconductor structure layer being formed on the supporting substrate and including a light-emitting layer, a wavelength conversion member that covers the plurality of light-emitting elements above the light-emitting elements and converts a wavelength of a light emitted from the light-emitting layer; a translucent member that covers a lower surface of the wavelength conversion member and covers the semiconductor structure layer on the supporting substrate; and a resin member filled between the plurality of light-emitting elements, the resin member being formed of a resin material containing particles having a light reflectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro Koike, Ji-Hao Liang, Mitsunori Harada, Shunya Ide, Hiroshi Kotani, Soji Owada, Satoshi Ando
  • Patent number: 11404614
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having a plurality of light-emitting elements with high operation stability and light extraction efficiency. The light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element; a translucent member which is disposed on the light-emitting element and has a columnar first portion having a bottom surface opposed to an upper surface of the light-emitting element, a second portion formed continuously with the first portion on the first portion and narrowed upward, and a columnar third portion formed continuously with the second portion on the second portion; and a reflective member configured to cover the side surfaces of the translucent member. In this light-emitting device, the height of the first portion of the translucent member in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface thereof is ? or more the height of the translucent member in the direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro Koike, Ji-Hao Liang, Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana, Shunya Ide, Hiroshi Kotani, Satoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20210305216
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to the present invention comprises: a mounting board; a plurality of light-emitting elements that each include a supporting substrate and a semiconductor structure layer, the supporting substrate being disposed on the mounting board, and the semiconductor structure layer being formed on the supporting substrate and including a light-emitting layer, a wavelength conversion member that covers the plurality of light-emitting elements above the light-emitting elements and converts a wavelength of a light emitted from the light-emitting layer; a translucent member that covers a lower surface of the wavelength conversion member and covers the semiconductor structure layer on the supporting substrate; and a resin member filled between the plurality of light-emitting elements, the resin member being formed of a resin material containing particles having a light reflectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro KOIKE, Ji-Hao LIANG, Mitsunori HARADA, Shunya IDE, Hiroshi KOTANI, Soji OWADA, Satoshi ANDO
  • Patent number: 10935858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device for which laser repair can be easily performed to correct a defect pixel, and/or a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing generation of contact failure and a short circuit. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate in the given order. The first substrate includes: an insulating substrate; a scanning line; a data line; a first insulating film disposed between the scanning line and the data line; a common line extending in an extension direction of the scanning line or the data line; a counter electrode facing the common line with the first insulating film in between; a switching element being connected to the scanning line and the data line; a second insulating film; a pixel electrode being connected to the switching element and the counter electrode; a third insulating film; and a common electrode being provided with an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Morinaga, Mitsunori Harada, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomoo Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10937770
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having light-emitting elements with high operation stability and light extraction efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes: a substrate; light-emitting elements aligned and arranged on the substrate in an arrangement direction; wavelength conversion layers each disposed on each of the light-emitting elements with a light-transmitting adhesive interposed therebetween, each of the wavelength conversion layers having an upper surface smaller than a bottom surface, and a side surface shape in which a length in a lateral direction parallel to the bottom surface and perpendicular to the arrangement direction decreases from the bottom surface toward the upper surface; a light-transmitting plate disposed over the wavelength conversion layers; and a reflective resin covering side surfaces of the light-emitting elements, the wavelength conversion layers, and the light-transmitting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana, Satoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20200365775
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having a plurality of light-emitting elements with high operation stability and light extraction efficiency. The light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element; a translucent member which is disposed on the light-emitting element and has a columnar first portion having a bottom surface opposed to an upper surface of the light-emitting element, a second portion formed continuously with the first portion on the first portion and narrowed upward, and a columnar third portion formed continuously with the second portion on the second portion; and a reflective member configured to cover the side surfaces of the translucent member. In this light-emitting device, the height of the first portion of the translucent member in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface thereof is ? or more the height of the translucent member in the direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro KOIKE, Ji-Hao LIANG, Mitsunori HARADA, Kaori TACHIBANA, Shunya IDE, Hiroshi KOTANI, Satoshi ANDO
  • Patent number: 10825964
    Abstract: A high-quality semiconductor light emitting device is provided, which include: a semiconductor light emitting element; and a light transmitting member disposed on or above the semiconductor light emitting element and including a wavelength conversion material at least in part. The light transmitting member includes: a first portion having side surfaces all being a vertical surface; a second portion disposed on the first portion and including an inclined surface on at least part of the side surfaces; and a third portion disposed on the second portion and having side surfaces all being a vertical surface. The third portion has an upper surface of which a size is smaller than a size of a lower surface of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10825972
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting apparatus is constructed by a wiring substrate, at least one semiconductor light-emitting element provided on the wiring substrate, at least one wavelength-converting member provided on the semiconductor light-emitting element, and a light reflection adjusting member directly covering a sidewall of the semiconductor light-emitting element and a sidewall of the wavelength-converting member. The light reflection adjusting member is formed of gray resin including light reflecting fillers and light absorbing fillers for visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana, Satoshi Ando
  • Patent number: 10741738
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting apparatus includes: forming multiple eutectic material layers on multiple first electrode patterns, respectively, of a wiring substrate; mounting multiple semiconductor light-emitting elements on the multiple eutectic material layers, respectively; mounting a plate on the multiple semiconductor light-emitting elements via multiple eutectic temperature liquid layers, respectively, the multiple eutectic temperature liquid layers maintaining a liquid state even at a eutectic temperature of the multiple eutectic material layers; and heating and cooling the multiple eutectic material layers and the multiple temperature liquid layers while the plate is adhered via the multiple eutectic temperature liquid layers to the multiple semiconductor light-emitting elements by the surface tension phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20190317375
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device for which laser repair can be easily performed to correct a defect pixel, and/or a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing generation of contact failure and a short circuit. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate in the given order. The first substrate includes: an insulating substrate; a scanning line; a data line; a first insulating film disposed between the scanning line and the data line; a common line extending in an extension direction of the scanning line or the data line; a counter electrode facing the common line with the first insulating film in between; a switching element being connected to the scanning line and the data line; a second insulating film; a pixel electrode being connected to the switching element and the counter electrode; a third insulating film; and a common electrode being provided with an opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: JUNICHI MORINAGA, MITSUNORI HARADA, MASAHIRO YOSHIDA, TOMOO FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190312187
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting apparatus is constructed by a wiring substrate, at least one semiconductor light-emitting element provided on the wiring substrate, at least one wavelength-converting member provided on the semiconductor light-emitting element, and a light reflection adjusting member directly covering a sidewall of the semiconductor light-emitting element and a sidewall of the wavelength-converting member. The light reflection adjusting member is formed of gray resin including light reflecting fillers and light absorbing fillers for visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana, Satoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20190221550
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having light-emitting elements with high operation stability and light extraction efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes: a substrate; light-emitting elements aligned and arranged on the substrate in an arrangement direction; wavelength conversion layers each disposed on each of the light-emitting elements with a light-transmitting adhesive interposed therebetween, each of the wavelength conversion layers having an upper surface smaller than a bottom surface, and a side surface shape in which a length in a lateral direction parallel to the bottom surface and perpendicular to the arrangement direction decreases from the bottom surface toward the upper surface; a light-transmitting plate disposed over the wavelength conversion layers; and a reflective resin covering side surfaces of the light-emitting elements, the wavelength conversion layers, and the light-transmitting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori HARADA, Kaori TACHIBANA, Satoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190172990
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting apparatus includes: a wiring substrate; multiple semiconductor light-emitting elements mounted via multiple eutectic layers, respectively, on the wiring substrate; and a wavelength-converting plate via multiple transparent adhesive layers on upper surfaces of the semiconductor light-emitting elements, respectively. A standard deviation of thicknesses of the transparent adhesive layers is smaller than a standard deviation of thicknesses of the eutectic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori HARADA, Kaori TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20190157521
    Abstract: A high-quality semiconductor light emitting device is provided, which include: a semiconductor light emitting element; and a light transmitting member disposed on or above the semiconductor light emitting element and including a wavelength conversion material at least in part. The light transmitting member includes: a first portion having side surfaces all being a vertical surface; a second portion disposed on the first portion and including an inclined surface on at least part of the side surfaces; and a third portion disposed on the second portion and having side surfaces all being a vertical surface. The third portion has an upper surface of which a size is smaller than a size of a lower surface of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Kaori Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10267469
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device having a longitudinal direction, and able to smoothly incline luminance for the longitudinal direction is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting layers of a predetermined shape disposed in a row on the substrate. The semiconductor light-emitting layers have such a structure that light emission amount of light-emitting surface of each semiconductor light-emitting layer inclines from a side of one predetermined end toward a side of the other end for the direction of the row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Harada, Yuji Takehara
  • Patent number: 9797577
    Abstract: A wavelength converting device, a method for manufacturing the device and a lighting unit using the device can emit various color lights. The converting device can include a substrate, a filter disposed on the substrate and the wavelength converting layer including a plurality of wavelength converting chips disposed on the filter, and can be manufactured by almost cutting process. The lighting unit using the device includes a laser device, a movable mirror and a controller, which enables the laser device to generate a pulsed laser beam and enables the movable mirror to scan the pulsed laser beam into a respective one of the wavelength converting chips. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide the wavelength converting device, which can form various colored light distribution patterns including a white light to use for a headlight and the like, and can provide methods for efficiently manufacturing such the devices with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsunori Harada
  • Publication number: 20170210277
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device having a longitudinal direction, and able to smoothly incline luminance for the longitudinal direction is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting layers of a predetermined shape disposed in a row on the substrate. The semiconductor light-emitting layers have such a structure that light emission amount of light-emitting surface of each semiconductor light-emitting layer inclines from a side of one predetermined end toward a side of the other end for the direction of the row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori HARADA, Yuji TAKEHARA
  • Patent number: 9690156
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a first inorganic insulating film (first insulating layer) provided on a gate insulating film (insulating film); an organic insulating film (second insulating layer) provided on the first inorganic insulating film and having a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the first inorganic insulating film; and a second inorganic insulating film (third insulating layer) provided in such a manner as to cover the organic insulating film and partially contacting the first inorganic insulating film. A notch is provided above the gate insulating film and in a portion of the second inorganic insulating film where the organic insulating film is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yokoi, Mitsunori Harada
  • Patent number: 9599868
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel that, when subjected to laser repair for repairing defects, can avoid degradation of members other than the target of the laser repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hijiri Nakahara, Mitsunori Harada, Masakatsu Tominaga
  • Patent number: 9561284
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes a block copolymer having a hydrophilic segment, a hydrophobic segment, and a boronic acid compound bound to a side chain of the hydrophobic segment via a linker moiety that includes a heterocyclic structure. The heterocyclic structure contains a cyclic skeleton that includes a boron atom of the boronic acid compound, one or two atom(s) X bound to the boron atom and selected from an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom, and one or two carbon atom(s) (respectively) bound to the atom(s) X. The block copolymer further includes at least one organic group bound to the carbon atom(s). The organic group(s) contain(s) an aromatic group or cyclic alkyl group that sterically protects a boronic acid ester bond and/or a boron amide bond resulting from bonding between the boron atom and the atom(s) X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NANOCARRIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Katsutoshi Kobayashi, Ryosuke Tanaka, Mitsunori Harada, Yasuki Kato