Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Kitajima

Tadayuki Kitajima 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).

  • Publication number: 20240291231
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a base member, a light-emitting element, and a cover. The cover has a lateral portion surrounding a periphery of the light-emitting element and an upper portion arranged above the light-emitting element. The cover includes a wavelength conversion member and a light-shielding member. The wavelength conversion member has an incident surface where the light emitted from the light-emitting element in the lateral direction is incident, at least a part of the wavelength conversion member constituting at least a part of the upper portion of the cover. A straight line, which passes through a light-emitting point of the light-emitting element and is parallel to an optical axis direction, passes through a part of the light-shielding member. At least the part of the light-shielding member is located, relative to the wavelength conversion member, on a side opposite from the light-emitting element in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Kazuma KOZURU
  • Publication number: 20240250497
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base having a recess and a flat upper surface; a light emitting element disposed on the upper surface of the base and configured to emit light laterally from an emission end surface; and a reflective member disposed on the upper surface of the base to face the light emitting element with the recess located between part of the reflective member and the light emitting element in a top view, the reflective member having a reflective surface configured to reflect the light upward. At least a portion of the reflective surface overlaps with the recess in the top view. A lower end of the reflective surface is located lower than the upper surface of the base and higher than a bottom surface of the recess in a direction normal to the upper surface of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadayuki KITAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11962121
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a semiconductor laser element, a base member, and a cover. The base member includes a first alignment mark, a second alignment mark, a third alignment mark, and a fourth alignment mark. The base member has a disposition surface on which the semiconductor laser element is disposed. The cover is bonded to the base member to define a closed space in which the semiconductor laser element is arranged. The first alignment mark and the second alignment mark are arranged outside the closed space. The third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark are arranged inside the closed space. A straight line connecting the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark is parallel to a straight line connecting the third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Kitajima, Tomokazu Taji
  • Publication number: 20240113492
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor laser element, a wavelength conversion member, and a package. The wavelength conversion member includes a wavelength conversion portion and a reflective portion. The wavelength conversion portion includes a light incident surface and a light-emitting surface. The package includes a disposition region. The wavelength conversion member is disposed at a position away in a first direction from a position at which the semiconductor laser element is disposed. The light-emitting surface has a shape that, in a plan view perpendicular to the light-emitting surface, has a first region decreasing in width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from the side closest to the semiconductor laser element toward the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Soichiro MIURA, Munetake FUKUNAGA, Yusuke MORI
  • Publication number: 20240088336
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: an insulating base; a first upper metal part located on an upper surface of the base; a first light emitting element that is disposed on the upper surface of the base with the first upper metal part being interposed between the first light emitting element and the base, and is configured to emit light laterally from a first emission end surface of the first light emitting element; a first reflective member that is disposed on the upper surface of the base without the first upper metal part being interposed between the first reflective member and the base, faces the first light emitting element, and has a first reflective surface configured to reflect the light upward; and one or more lower metal parts located on the lower surface of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Kazuma KOZURU
  • Publication number: 20240044475
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base member including a mounting surface, a first light-emitting element that is disposed on the mounting surface and emits light passing along a first optical axis, a second light-emitting element that is disposed on the mounting surface and emits light passing along a second optical axis, a third light-emitting element that is disposed on the mounting surface and emits light passing along a third optical axis, and one or more light reflective members including a first light reflective surface that includes a first position to be irradiated with the light passing along the first optical axis, a second light reflective surface that includes a second position to be irradiated with the light passing along the second optical axis and, and a third light reflective surface that includes a third position to be irradiated with the light passing along the third optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadayuki KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240047934
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes first and second semiconductor laser elements configured to respectively emit first and second lights, first and second light reflecting members each having at least four light reflecting surfaces, and a wavelength conversion member including an incident surface on which the reflected first light and the reflected second light are incident. Light intensity distributions in the fast axis direction of the first and second lights on the incident surface are more uniform than light intensity distributions in a fast axis direction of a far-field pattern of each of the first and second semiconductor laser elements. In a state in which the first and second lights are combined on the incident surface, 93% or more of a sum of light outputs of the first and second lights is emitted to a region of a 0.5 mm square on the incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Tadayuki KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230344192
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base having a mounting surface; one or more light reflective members arranged on the mounting surface and providing one or more light reflective surfaces on one virtual plane; a first light-emitting element having a first light-exiting surface facing toward the one or more light reflective surfaces, arranged on the mounting surface such that the first light-exiting surface is oblique relative to the one or more light reflective surfaces, and wherein light emitted from the first light-exiting surface is irradiated on the one or more light reflective surfaces; and a second light-emitting element having a second light-exiting surface facing toward the one or more light reflective surfaces, arranged on the mounting surface such that the second light-exiting surface is oblique relative to the first light-exiting surface, and wherein light emitted from the second light-exiting surface is irradiated on the one or more light reflective surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadayuki KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230253756
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a semiconductor laser element, a base member, and a cover. The base member includes a first alignment mark, a second alignment mark, a third alignment mark, and a fourth alignment mark. The base member has a disposition surface on which the semiconductor laser element is disposed. The cover is bonded to the base member to define a closed space in which the semiconductor laser element is arranged. The first alignment mark and the second alignment mark are arranged outside the closed space. The third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark are arranged inside the closed space. A straight line connecting the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark is parallel to a straight line connecting the third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Tomokazu TAJI
  • Patent number: 11664638
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes one or more electrical components and a base member. The electrical components include a first semiconductor laser element, which has a light emission end surface. The base member has a first surface on which the first semiconductor laser element is disposed. The base member includes a plurality of metal films including a first metal film and a second metal film. The first metal film is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical components, and defines a first alignment mark for aligning the first semiconductor laser element. The second metal film is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical components, and defines a second alignment mark for aligning the first semiconductor laser element. A straight line connecting the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark extends parallel to the light emission end surface of the first semiconductor laser element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Kitajima, Tomokazu Taji
  • Patent number: 11527864
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base; a first semiconductor laser element disposed on an upper surface of the base and configured to emit first light; a first light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the base, the first light reflecting member having a first light reflecting face including a plane configured to reflect the first light; a second semiconductor laser element disposed on an upper surface of the base and configured to emit second light; a second light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the base, the second light reflecting member having a second light reflecting face including a plane configured to reflect the second light; and a phosphor member onto which the first light reflected from the first light reflecting member and the second light reflected from the second light reflecting member are irradiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Kitajima, Soichiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20220190553
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes one or more electrical components and a base member. The electrical components include a first semiconductor laser element, which has a light emission end surface. The base member has a first surface on which the first semiconductor laser element is disposed. The base member includes a plurality of metal films including a first metal film and a second metal film. The first metal film is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical components, and defines a first alignment mark for aligning the first semiconductor laser element. The second metal film is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical components, and defines a second alignment mark for aligning the first semiconductor laser element. A straight line connecting the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark extends parallel to the light emission end surface of the first semiconductor laser element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Tomokazu TAJI
  • Patent number: 11303095
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, the method including: disposing a first semiconductor laser element on a disposition surface of a base member such that a light emission end surface of the first semiconductor laser element is parallel to a first line passing through a pair of alignment marks provided on the base member; and disposing a first light-reflective member on the disposition surface such that a reference line for the first light-reflective member, which serves as an alignment reference in disposing the first light-reflective member, is parallel to a second line that is oblique to the first line at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Kitajima, Tomokazu Taji
  • Publication number: 20210218221
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package body, a cover made of glass or sapphire directly or indirectly secured to the package body, one or more semiconductor laser elements configured to emit a laser light, and disposed in a space enclosed by the package body and the cover, a wavelength converting member disposed above the cover in an optical path of the laser light emitted from the one or more semiconductor laser elements, a wiring disposed on a light incidence surface-side of the wavelength converting member, a resin containing a light-absorbing filler material and covering a part of the cover and a part of the wavelength converting member, and electrodes disposed on a surface of the package body, exposed from the resin and electrically connected to the wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: Tadayuki KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210131619
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base; a first semiconductor laser element disposed on an upper surface of the base and configured to emit first light; a first light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the base, the first light reflecting member having a first light reflecting face including a plane configured to reflect the first light; a second semiconductor laser element disposed on an upper surface of the base and configured to emit second light; a second light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the base, the second light reflecting member having a second light reflecting face including a plane configured to reflect the second light; and a phosphor member onto which the first light reflected from the first light reflecting member and the second light reflected from the second light reflecting member are irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Soichiro MIURA
  • Patent number: 10978852
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package body, a light-transmissive cover, one or more semiconductor laser elements, a wavelength converting member, a wiring, electrically conductive layers, an opaque electrically insulating member, and electrodes. The light-transmissive cover is secured to the package body. The wavelength converting member is disposed above the light-transmissive cover in an optical path of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element. The wiring is disposed on a light incidence surface-side of the wavelength converting member. The electrically conductive layers are electrically connected to the wiring and disposed on an upper surface of the light-transmissive cover. The electrically insulating member at least partially covers the electrically conductive layers and the light-transmissive cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadayuki Kitajima
  • Patent number: 10920937
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base; a first semiconductor laser element disposed on an upper surface of the base and configured to emit first light; a first light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the base and configured to reflect the first light upwards; a phosphor member having a lower surface onto which the first light is irradiated and an upper surface serving as a light extraction surface; and a light shielding member surrounding lateral surfaces of the phosphor member. First and second regions of the first light reflecting member are formed such that a portion of the light reflected by the first region that is reflected on a side close to the second region and a portion of the light reflected by the second region that is reflected on a side close to the first region intersect before reaching the lower surface of the phosphor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Kitajima, Soichiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20200266605
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, the method including: disposing a first semiconductor laser element on a disposition surface of a base member such that a light emission end surface of the first semiconductor laser element is parallel to a first line passing through a pair of alignment marks provided on the base member; and disposing a first light-reflective member on the disposition surface such that a reference line for the first light-reflective member, which serves as an alignment reference in disposing the first light-reflective member, is parallel to a second line that is oblique to the first line at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Tomokazu TAJI
  • Publication number: 20190305512
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package body, a light-transmissive cover, one or more semiconductor laser elements, a wavelength converting member, a wiring, electrically conductive layers, an opaque electrically insulating member, and electrodes. The light-transmissive cover is secured to the package body. The wavelength converting member is disposed above the light-transmissive cover in an optical path of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element. The wiring is disposed on a light incidence surface-side of the wavelength converting member. The electrically conductive layers are electrically connected to the wiring and disposed on an upper surface of the light-transmissive cover. The electrically insulating member at least partially covers the electrically conductive layers and the light-transmissive cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Tadayuki KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190234565
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base; a first semiconductor laser element disposed on an upper surface of the base and configured to emit first light; a first light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the base and configured to reflect the first light upwards; a phosphor member having a lower surface onto which the first light is irradiated and an upper surface serving as a light extraction surface; and a light shielding member surrounding lateral surfaces of the phosphor member. First and second regions of the first light reflecting member are formed such that a portion of the light reflected by the first region that is reflected on a side close to the second region and a portion of the light reflected by the second region that is reflected on a side close to the first region intersect before reaching the lower surface of the phosphor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki KITAJIMA, Soichiro MIURA