Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Ubahara

Nobuhiro Ubahara 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: 10615314
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a substrate second upper surface provided between a substrate bottom surface and a substrate first upper surface in a height direction. A light-emitting element to emit ultraviolet light is provided on the substrate first upper surface. A protective element includes a protective element upper surface provided between the substrate first upper surface and the substrate second upper surface in the height direction. A frame is bonded to the substrate first upper surface via adhesive members to surround the light-emitting element. The frame includes a frame lower surface opposite to the substrate first upper surface and the substrate second upper surface in the height direction to provide a gap between the substrate first upper surface and the frame lower surface. A space in which the light-emitting element is provided communicates with an outside of the light-emitting device via the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Yamanoi, Nobuhiro Ubahara, Hiroaki Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20170288096
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a substrate second upper surface provided between a substrate bottom surface and a substrate first upper surface in a height direction. A light-emitting element to emit ultraviolet light is provided on the substrate first upper surface. A protective element includes a protective element upper surface provided between the substrate first upper surface and the substrate second upper surface in the height direction. A frame is bonded to the substrate first upper surface via adhesive members to surround the light-emitting element. The frame includes a frame lower surface opposite to the substrate first upper surface and the substrate second upper surface in the height direction to provide a gap between the substrate first upper surface and the frame lower surface. A space in which the light-emitting element is provided communicates with an outside of the light-emitting device via the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya YAMANOI, Nobuhiro UBAHARA, Hiroaki MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 8878214
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprises a semiconductor light emitting element comprising a semiconductor laminate including a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type semiconductor layer which are sequentially laminated, and a conductive support substrate joined to the p-type semiconductor layer side of the semiconductor laminate. The semiconductor laminate is divided into at least two semiconductor regions by a trench. The semiconductor light emitting device further comprises a first transparent sealing resin covering at least a portion of the semiconductor light emitting element, the first transparent sealing resin comprising a plurality of first fluorescent particles, each of the first fluorescent particles having an individual average particle diameter. A width of the trench is smaller than an overall average of the individual average particle diameters of the first fluorescent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ubahara, Kouichiroh Deguchi, Takao Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120161184
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprises a semiconductor light emitting element comprising a semiconductor laminate including a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type semiconductor layer which are sequentially laminated, and a conductive support substrate joined to the p-type semiconductor layer side of the semiconductor laminate. The semiconductor laminate is divided into at least two semiconductor regions by a trench. The semiconductor light emitting device further comprises a first transparent sealing resin covering at least a portion of the semiconductor light emitting element, the first transparent sealing resin comprising a plurality of first fluorescent particles, each of the first fluorescent particles having an individual average particle diameter. A width of the trench is smaller than an overall average of the individual average particle diameters of the first fluorescent particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ubahara, Kouichiroh Deguchi, Takao Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120161183
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element comprises a semiconductor laminate including a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type semiconductor layer which are sequentially laminated; and a conductive support substrate joined to the p-type semiconductor layer side of the semiconductor laminate. The semiconductor laminate is divided into at least two semiconductor regions by a trench penetrating the p-type semiconductor layer, the active layer and the n-type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuhiro UBAHARA, Kouichiroh DEGUCHI, Takao YAMADA
  • Patent number: 8030673
    Abstract: Provided is a nitride semiconductor light emitting element capable of producing an emission spectrum having two peaks with stable ratio of emission peak intensity. The nitride semiconductor light emitting 1 comprises an active layer 12 disposed between an n-type nitride semiconductor layer 11 and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer 13. The active layer 12 comprises a first well layer 14, second well layers 15 interposing the first well layer 14 and disposed at outermost sides among the well layers, and barrier layers 16, 17 disposed between each of the well layers. The second well layer 15 comprises a nitride semiconductor having a larger band gap energy than the band gap energy of a nitride semiconductor constituting the first well layer 14, and the nitride semiconductor light emitting element 1 has peaks in the emission spectrum respectively corresponding to the first well layer 14 and the second well layer 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ubahara
  • Publication number: 20100096650
    Abstract: Provided is a nitride semiconductor light emitting element capable of producing an emission spectrum having two peaks with stable ratio of emission peak intensity. The nitride semiconductor light emitting 1 comprises an active layer 12 disposed between an n-type nitride semiconductor layer 11 and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer 13. The active layer 12 comprises a first well layer 14, second well layers 15 interposing the first well layer 14 and disposed at outermost sides among the well layers, and barrier layers 16, 17 disposed between each of the well layers. The second well layer 15 comprises a nitride semiconductor having a larger band gap energy than the band gap energy of a nitride semiconductor constituting the first well layer 14, and the nitride semiconductor light emitting element 1 has peaks in the emission spectrum respectively corresponding to the first well layer 14 and the second well layer 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhiro UBAHARA