Patents by Inventor Noriaki Hiraide

Noriaki Hiraide 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: 11929387
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed on the wiring board and electrically connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board; a first light diffusing member being disposed on the wiring board, the first light diffusing member having a plurality of throughholes and containing a light-diffusive material, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of throughholes; a plurality of second light diffusing members covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and being disposed in the plurality of throughholes, each second light diffusing member containing a light-diffusive material, such that a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in each second light diffusing member is higher than a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in the first light diffusing member; and a wavelength converting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11901498
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; light-emitting elements on the wiring board; a light reflecting member on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the light-emitting elements; wavelength conversion layers each provided on or above an emission surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements; light reflecting layers on the wavelength conversion layers, respectively; and a protecting layer configured to transmit light and provided on the light reflecting member. The light-transmitting protecting layer covers at least a lateral surface of the wavelength conversion layers and at least a lateral surfaces of the light reflecting layers. An upper surface of the protecting layer has a first recess in a region where the plurality of light reflecting layers are not present in a top view. The first recess includes at least one concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Toshinobu Katsumata, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11799195
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11799064
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements provided on the wiring board and electrically coupled with a wire layer of the wiring board; a light reflecting member provided on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffusing layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and the light reflecting member; a wavelength conversion layer located on or above the light diffusing layer; and a plurality of light reflecting layers located between the light diffusing layer and the wavelength conversion layer, each of the light reflecting layers being located above a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements. An upper surface of the light reflecting member has a recess which includes at least one concave surface, and there is a space between the concave surface and the light diffusing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Toshinobu Katsumata, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20230178702
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; light-emitting elements on the wiring board; a light reflecting member on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the light-emitting elements; wavelength conversion layers each provided on or above an emission surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements; light reflecting layers on the wavelength conversion layers, respectively; and a protecting layer configured to transmit light and provided on the light reflecting member. The light-transmitting protecting layer covers at least a lateral surface of the wavelength conversion layers and at least a lateral surfaces of the light reflecting layers. An upper surface of the protecting layer has a first recess in a region where the plurality of light reflecting layers are not present in a top view. The first recess includes at least one concave surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toshinobu KATSUMATA, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20230068998
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 11594665
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; light-emitting elements on the wiring board; a light reflecting member on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the light-emitting elements; wavelength conversion layers each provided on or above an emission surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements; light reflecting layers on the wavelength conversion layers, respectively; and a protecting layer configured to transmit light and provided on the light reflecting member. The light-transmitting protecting layer covers at least a lateral surface of the wavelength conversion layers and at least a lateral surfaces of the light reflecting layers. An upper surface of the protecting layer has a first recess in a region where the plurality of light reflecting layers are not present in a top view. The first recess includes at least one concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Toshinobu Katsumata, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11532872
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20220384520
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed on the wiring board and electrically connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board; a first light diffusing member being disposed on the wiring board, the first light diffusing member having a plurality of throughholes and containing a light-diffusive material, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of throughholes; a plurality of second light diffusing members covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and being disposed in the plurality of throughholes, each second light diffusing member containing a light-diffusive material, such that a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in each second light diffusing member is higher than a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in the first light diffusing member; and a wavelength converting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20220310896
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements provided on the wiring board and electrically coupled with a wire layer of the wiring board; a light reflecting member provided on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffusing layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and the light reflecting member; a wavelength conversion layer located on or above the light diffusing layer; and a plurality of light reflecting layers located between the light diffusing layer and the wavelength conversion layer, each of the light reflecting layers being located above a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements. An upper surface of the light reflecting member has a recess which includes at least one concave surface, and there is a space between the concave surface and the light diffusing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toshinobu KATSUMATA, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 11450707
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed on the wiring board and electrically connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board; a first light diffusing member being disposed on the wiring board, the first light diffusing member having a plurality of throughholes and containing a light-diffusive material, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of throughholes; a plurality of second light diffusing members covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and being disposed in the plurality of throughholes, each second light diffusing member containing a light-diffusive material, such that a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in each second light diffusing member is higher than a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in the first light diffusing member; and a wavelength converting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11428943
    Abstract: By arranging cables, which transmit video signals to a pair of video image display elements arranged on the right side and the left side, along a frame for supporting a pair of right and left light guiding devices, it is possible to concentrate the cables on one of the right and left sides. That is, it is possible to integrally form the cables. By accommodating the cables in a cable cover portion, which extends along the frame, in a cover inside, it is possible to suppress an increase in size which accompanies cable arrangement and to implement the apparatus as a whole in a small body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11402568
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source, a light guide member, and a defining member. The light source is configured to emit light. The light guide member is configured to guide the light and having a light incident end surface on which the light is to be incident. The defining member is arranged between the light source and the light guide member to define a distance between the light source and the light incident end surface of the light guide member. The defining member includes a light passage member configured to allow the light to pass between the light source and the light incident end surface, and a light transmission member configured to transmit the light between the light passage member and the light incident end surface. The light source is spaced apart from the light transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11393965
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements provided on the wiring board and electrically coupled with a wire layer of the wiring board; a light reflecting member provided on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffusing layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and the light reflecting member; a wavelength conversion layer located on or above the light diffusing layer; and a plurality of light reflecting layers located between the light diffusing layer and the wavelength conversion layer, each of the light reflecting layers being located above a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements. An upper surface of the light reflecting member has a recess which includes at least one concave surface, and there is a space between the concave surface and the light diffusing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Toshinobu Katsumata, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20220187530
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source, a light guide member, and a defining member. The light source is configured to emit light. The light guide member is configured to guide the light and having a light incident end surface on which the light is to be incident. The defining member is arranged between the light source and the light guide member to define a distance between the light source and the light incident end surface of the light guide member. The defining member includes a light passage member configured to allow the light to pass between the light source and the light incident end surface, and a light transmission member configured to transmit the light between the light passage member and the light incident end surface. The light source is spaced apart from the light transmission member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 11360435
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a case (case body) including a bottom wall and a sidewall integrated with each other, having an opening, and having a receiving surface provided as part of the sidewall and along the circumferential edge of the opening, a light transmissive member that covers the opening and is placed on the receiving surface, and a bezel provided in a position outside the sidewall that forms the receiving surface and so attached to the case as to be pressed toward the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20210036199
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements provided on the wiring board and electrically coupled with a wire layer of the wiring board; a light reflecting member provided on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffusing layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and the light reflecting member; a wavelength conversion layer located on or above the light diffusing layer; and a plurality of light reflecting layers located between the light diffusing layer and the wavelength conversion layer, each of the light reflecting layers being located above a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements. An upper surface of the light reflecting member has a recess which includes at least one concave surface, and there is a space between the concave surface and the light diffusing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toshinobu KATSUMATA, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20210036198
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes: a wiring board; light-emitting elements on the wiring board; a light reflecting member on the wiring board, the light reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the light-emitting elements; wavelength conversion layers each provided on or above an emission surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements; light reflecting layers on the wavelength conversion layers, respectively; and a protecting layer configured to transmit light and provided on the light reflecting member. The light-transmitting protecting layer covers at least a lateral surface of the wavelength conversion layers and at least a lateral surfaces of the light reflecting layers. An upper surface of the protecting layer has a first recess in a region where the plurality of light reflecting layers are not present in a top view. The first recess includes at least one concave surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toshinobu KATSUMATA, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20210036050
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a wiring board; a plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed on the wiring board and electrically connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board; a first light diffusing member being disposed on the wiring board, the first light diffusing member having a plurality of throughholes and containing a light-diffusive material, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of throughholes; a plurality of second light diffusing members covering the plurality of light-emitting elements and being disposed in the plurality of throughholes, each second light diffusing member containing a light-diffusive material, such that a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in each second light diffusing member is higher than a content ratio of the light-diffusive material in the first light diffusing member; and a wavelength converting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20200328504
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE