Patents by Inventor Taiji Morimoto

Taiji Morimoto 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: 8716427
    Abstract: A two-component curable solventless adhesive which enables a laminated composite film comprising a barrier layer and a plastic film laminated with each other to maintain excellent appearance and adhesive strength for a long period even after a sterilization treatment at high temperature, and to appropriately adjust a reaction between a base resin and a curing agent during a production of the laminated composite film. The two-component curable solventless adhesive comprises a base resin and a curing agent, wherein the base resin contains a polyol having an acid group and a secondary or tertiary terminal hydroxyl group accounting for 30% or more of the entire terminal hydroxyl groups of the polyol, and the curing agent contains an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer containing at least an aralkyl polyisocyanate and/or a modified substance thereof as a raw polyisocyanate, and a content of a low molecular weight polyisocyanate is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Imai, Kazuaki Imamura, Taiji Morimoto, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Mikio Matsufuji
  • Patent number: 8604506
    Abstract: This invention provides a surface mounting type light emitting diode excellent in heat radiation performance, reliability and productivity. The surface mounting type light emitting diode includes a metallic base member, a semiconductor light emitting element having a bottom face fixedly bonded to a top face of the base member, and a metallic reflector joined to the top face of the base member with a heat conduction type adhesive sheet interposed therebetween, to surround the semiconductor light emitting element. Heat generated from the semiconductor light emitting element is transferred to the reflector via the base member and the heat conduction type adhesive sheet, and then is radiated to the outside. The metallic reflector can efficiently radiate the heat to the outside. The cutting margin provided for the reflector facilitates a dicing process, which improves productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Toshio Hata, Taiji Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8421088
    Abstract: This invention provides a surface mounting type light emitting diode excellent in heat radiation performance, reliability and productivity. The surface mounting type light emitting diode includes an insulating base member, a semiconductor light emitting element having a bottom face fixedly bonded to a top face of the base member, and a metallic reflector joined to the top face of the base member with a heat conduction type adhesive sheet interposed therebetween, to surround the semiconductor light emitting element. Heat generated from the semiconductor light emitting element is transferred to the reflector via the base member and the heat conduction type adhesive sheet, and then is radiated to the outside. The metallic reflector can efficiently radiate the heat to the outside. The cutting margin provided for the reflector facilitates a dicing process, which improves productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Toshio Hata, Taiji Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8395311
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a light emitting section having a plurality of light sources, the plurality of light sources each including a semiconductor light emitting element and one or more types of phosphors for performing a wavelength conversion on a portion of light outputted from the semiconductor light emitting element to radiate fluorescence, and the plurality of light sources each emitting light of different colors; and a light emitting control section for controlling emission intensity of each of the plurality of light sources to control a color temperature of a combined light emitted from the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taiji Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8358388
    Abstract: Light-emitting elements are divided into chromaticity groups on the basis of their chromaticity. In a planar light source, light-emitting elements selected from two of the chromaticity groups are alternately provided in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, respectively. The two chromaticity groups are substantially equally away from a target chromaticity in directions reverse to each other. Further, pairs of two of the light-emitting elements belonging to the two chromaticity groups which are separated from each other, are provided so that distances d2 at which two of the light-emitting elements in each of the pairs are provided are less than distances d1 at which the pairs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Kawasaki, Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110205465
    Abstract: Light-emitting elements are divided into chromaticity groups on the basis of their chromaticity. In a planar light source, light-emitting elements selected from two of the chromaticity groups are alternately provided in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, respectively. The two chromaticity groups are substantially equally away from a target chromaticity in directions reverse to each other. Further, pairs of two of the light-emitting elements belonging to the two chromaticity groups which are separated from each other, are provided so that distances d2 at which two of the light-emitting elements in each of the pairs are provided are less than distances d1 at which the pairs are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu KAWASAKI, Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7965351
    Abstract: Light-emitting elements are divided into chromaticity groups on the basis of their chromaticity. In a planar light source, light-emitting elements selected from two of the chromaticity groups are alternately provided in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, respectively. The two chromaticity groups are substantially equally away from a target chromaticity in directions reverse to each other. Further, pairs of two of the light-emitting elements belonging to the two chromaticity groups which are separated from each other, are provided so that distances d2 at which two of the light-emitting elements in each of the pairs are provided are less than distances d1 at which the pairs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Kawasaki, Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7938636
    Abstract: A fluorescence-containing material injection apparatus of the present invention includes a fluorescence-containing material temperature control section, a fluorescence-containing material stirring section, a fluorescence-containing material remaining amount sensor, and a fluorescence-containing material injection amount adjustment section, by which disproportion in the mixture ratio of contaminates in a fluorescence-containing material M is restrained. This makes it possible to evenly apply a fluorescence-containing material onto a semiconductor light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Hideaki Tatsuta, Hiromu Tagashira, Taiji Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7872418
    Abstract: By using a light emitting device including a substrate and a light emitting unit, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on substrate and electrically connected to external electrodes; a first sealing member layer containing a first fluorescent material, formed to cover light emitting elements; and a second sealing member layer containing a second fluorescent material, formed on first sealing member layer, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device capable of suppressing color shifts and the like by the fluorescent materials, and of being easily manufactured, as well as a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Masahiro Konishi, Makoto Agatani, Taiji Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7700964
    Abstract: In a light emitting apparatus using LEDs, luminance and chromaticity of the LED changes largely due to a temperature change. Meanwhile, by using phosphors, it is possible to improve the stability of the luminance and chromaticity against the temperature change. However, color reproducibility of the light emitting apparatus decreases. Therefore, the light emitting apparatus includes a first LED, a second LED, a first phosphor which is excited by the second LED and emits light whose color is the same as or similar to a color of light emitted from the first LED, and a control circuit which controls a ratio between an emission intensity of the first LED and an emission intensity of the second LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7638754
    Abstract: A direct-type backlight device for a non-self-luminous image display panel has a light-emitting area corresponding to a display area of the image display panel. The light-emitting area is arranged by combining a plurality of backlight substrates each of which is provided with (i) a color sensor for detecting an incident light intensity and (ii) red, green, and blue LEDs whose respective light intensities are controlled in accordance with a detection result obtained by the color sensor. This arrangement allows reduction of brightness unevenness entirely in the light-emitting area of the backlight device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taiji Morimoto, Tsukasa Inoguchi, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Yuhichi Memida, Masanori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090168406
    Abstract: Light-emitting elements are divided into chromaticity groups on the basis of their chromaticity. In a planar light source, light-emitting elements selected from two of the chromaticity groups are alternately provided in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, respectively. The two chromaticity groups are substantially equally away from a target chromaticity in directions reverse to each other. Further, pairs of two of the light-emitting elements belonging to the two chromaticity groups which are separated from each other, are provided so that distances d2 at which two of the light-emitting elements in each of the pairs are provided are less than distances d1 at which the pairs are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu KAWASAKI, Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090002604
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a light emitting section having a plurality of light sources, the plurality of light sources each including a semiconductor light emitting element and one or more types of phosphors for performing a wavelength conversion on a portion of light outputted from the semiconductor light emitting element to radiate fluorescence, and the plurality of light sources each emitting light of different colors; and a light emitting control section for controlling emission intensity of each of the plurality of light sources to control a color temperature of a combined light emitted from the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taiji Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20080308226
    Abstract: To provide a two-component curable solventless adhesive which enables a laminated composite film comprising a barrier layer and a plastic film laminated with each other to maintain excellent appearance and adhesive strength for a long period even after a sterilization treatment at high temperature, and to appropriately adjust a reaction between a base resin and a curing agent during a production of the laminated composite film, thereby to ensure excellent workability, the two-component curable solventless adhesive comprises a base resin and a curing agent, wherein the base resin contains a polyol having an acid group and a secondary or tertiary terminal hydroxyl group accounting for 30% or more of the entire terminal hydroxyl groups of the polyol, and the curing agent contains an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer containing at least an aralkyl polyisocyanate and/or a modified substance thereof as a raw polyisocyanate, and a content of a low molecular weight polyisocyanate having a molecular weig
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Akihiro Imai, Kazuaki Imamura, Taiji Morimoto, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Mikio Matsufuji
  • Publication number: 20080245949
    Abstract: A direct-type backlight device for a non-self-luminous image display panel has a light-emitting area corresponding to a display area of the image display panel. The light-emitting area is arranged by combining a plurality of backlight substrates each of which is provided with (i) a color sensor for detecting an incident light intensity and (ii) red, green, and blue LEDs whose respective light intensities are controlled in accordance with a detection result obtained by the color sensor. This arrangement allows reduction of brightness unevenness entirely in the light-emitting area of the backlight device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiji Morimoto, Tsukasa Inoguchi, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Yuhichi Memida, Masanori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080231169
    Abstract: By using a light emitting device including a substrate and a light emitting unit, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on substrate and electrically connected to external electrodes; a first sealing member layer containing a first fluorescent material, formed to cover light emitting elements; and a second sealing member layer containing a second fluorescent material, formed on first sealing member layer, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device capable of suppressing color shifts and the like by the fluorescent materials, and of being easily manufactured, as well as a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio HATA, Masahiro Konishi, Makoto Agatani, Taiji Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20080203416
    Abstract: This invention provides a surface mounting type light emitting diode excellent in heat radiation performance, reliability and productivity. The surface mounting type light emitting diode includes a metallic base member, a semiconductor light emitting element having a bottom face fixedly bonded to a top face of the base member, and a metallic reflector joined to the top face of the base member with a heat conduction type adhesive sheet interposed therebetween, to surround the semiconductor light emitting element. Heat generated from the semiconductor light emitting element is transferred to the reflector via the base member and the heat conduction type adhesive sheet, and then is radiated to the outside. The metallic reflector can efficiently radiate the heat to the outside. The cutting margin provided for the reflector facilitates a dicing process, which improves productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro KONISHI, Toshio Hata, Taiji Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20080203417
    Abstract: This invention provides a surface mounting type light emitting diode excellent in heat radiation performance, reliability and productivity. The surface mounting type light emitting diode includes an insulating base member, a semiconductor light emitting element having a bottom face fixedly bonded to a top face of the base member, and a metallic reflector joined to the top face of the base member with a heat conduction type adhesive sheet interposed therebetween, to surround the semiconductor light emitting element. Heat generated from the semiconductor light emitting element is transferred to the reflector via the base member and the heat conduction type adhesive sheet, and then is radiated to the outside. The metallic reflector can efficiently radiate the heat to the outside. The cutting margin provided for the reflector facilitates a dicing process, which improves productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro KONISHI, Toshio HATA, Taiji MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20080029779
    Abstract: A fluorescence-containing material injection apparatus of the present invention includes a fluorescence-containing material temperature control section, a fluorescence-containing material stirring section, a fluorescence-containing material remaining amount sensor, and a fluorescence-containing material injection amount adjustment section, by which disproportion in the mixture ratio of contaminates in a fluorescence-containing material M is restrained. This makes it possible to evenly apply a fluorescence-containing material onto a semiconductor light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Hideaki Tatsuta, Hiromu Tagashira, Taiji Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20070284994
    Abstract: In a light emitting apparatus using LEDs, luminance and chromaticity of the LED changes largely due to a temperature change. Meanwhile, by using phosphors, it is possible to improve the stability of the luminance and chromaticity against the temperature change. However, color reproducibility of the light emitting apparatus decreases. Therefore, the light emitting apparatus includes a first LED, a second LED, a first phosphor which is excited by the second LED and emits light whose color is the same as or similar to a color of light emitted from the first LED, and a control circuit which controls a ratio between an emission intensity of the first LED and an emission intensity of the second LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiji Morimoto, Masanori Watanabe