Patents by Inventor Takuya Hashimoto

Takuya Hashimoto 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: 20220085230
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element having a light emitting surface; an optical member having a lower surface, a first reflecting surface inclined to the lower surface, transmitting part of a first light emitted from the light emitting surface, and reflecting the rest upward, and a second reflecting surface located farther from the light emitting surface than the first reflecting surface and reflecting part or all of the first light passing through the first reflecting surface; and a photodetector located below the optical member and having a top surface provided with one or a plurality of light receiving regions including a first light receiving region configured to receive the first light reflected by the second reflecting surface. In a top view, part or all of the first light receiving region overlaps part or all of the first reflecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Soichiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210376561
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a package having a light extraction face that has a light transmitting region; a first light emitting element disposed in the package and having an emission face configured to emit light that diverges; an optical member disposed in the package, wherein light emitting from the first light emitting element is incident on the optical member, and wherein the optical member is configured to reflect a portion of the incident light and to transmit a remainder of the incident light therethrough; and a photodetector disposed in the package and having a light receiving face configured to receive the light emitted from the first light emitting element and reflected by the optical member. The light emitted from the first light emitting element and transmitted through the optical member exits from the package through the light transmitting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro MIURA, Takuya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210315098
    Abstract: An inductor bridge includes a flexible substrate and a coil defined by a conductor pattern provided on or in the flexible substrate, and connects a plurality of circuit portions. The flexible substrate includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion, the rigid portion being wider than the flexible portion. The rigid portion includes the coil and a joining portion connected to another circuit. The coil includes two coil portions located at different positions in plan view, a flexible portion is located adjacent to one side of the rigid portion, and at least two coil portions of the plurality of coil portions are located on the one side when viewed from the joining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11083083
    Abstract: An inductor bridge includes a flexible substrate and a coil defined by a conductor pattern provided on or in the flexible substrate, and connects a plurality of circuit portions. The flexible substrate includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion, the rigid portion being wider than the flexible portion. The rigid portion includes the coil and a joining portion connected to another circuit. The coil includes two coil portions located at different positions in plan view, a flexible portion is located adjacent to one side of the rigid portion, and at least two coil portions of the plurality of coil portions are located on the one side when viewed from the joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Masayoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210230715
    Abstract: A metal titanium production apparatus includes: a reductor that subjects titanium tetrachloride to a reduction process in presence of bismuth and magnesium to obtain a liquid alloy containing titanium and the bismuth; a segregator that subjects the liquid alloy to a segregation process to obtain a precipitate; and a distillator that subjects the precipitate to a distillation process to obtain metal titanium, and the distillator sets an atmosphere so as to preferentially vaporize the bismuth attached to the precipitate and then sets the atmosphere so as to vaporize the bismuth forming the precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya UDA, Yoshinobu KUNITOMO, Akihiro KISHIMOTO, Kazuhiro KUMAMOTO, Akihiro SATO, Yasushi DODO, Takuya HASHIMOTO, Akihiko YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210159665
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base including: a main body, and a frame disposed on an upper surface of the main body; one or more laser elements disposed on the upper surface of the main body and positioned inward of the frame; and a cover including: a support member that is fixed to an upper surface of the frame and that has an opening inside the frame, and a light transmissive portion that is fixed to the support member and that is disposed so as to close the opening. A first interface, between the light transmissive portion and the support member, is located inward of and lower than a second interface, between the support member and the frame. A portion of the support member that extends at least from an outermost end of the first interface to an innermost end of the second interface has a constant thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Eiichiro OKAHISA
  • Patent number: 10965097
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base including: a main body, and a frame disposed on an upper surface of the main body; one or more laser elements disposed on the upper surface of the main body and positioned inward of the frame; a cover including: a support member that is fixed on an upper surface of the frame and has an opening inside the frame, and a light transmissive portion disposed so as to close the opening; and a lens body disposed on the support member and above the light transmissive portion. A difference between a thermal expansion coefficient of the light transmissive portion and a thermal expansion coefficient of the lens body is smaller than a difference between a thermal expansion coefficient of the light transmissive portion and a thermal expansion coefficient of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa
  • Publication number: 20210083451
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a base part; one or more semiconductor laser devices disposed on an upper surface of the base part; a frame body having a flat region that is above the lower surface of the base part and outside a region in which the one or more semiconductor laser devices are disposed, the frame body having a throughhole that extends from an upper surface to a lower surface of the flat region; an electrical conduction member disposed on a lower surface side of the flat region, the electrical conduction member including on an upper surface thereof a first conductive region and an insulative region, such that the first conductive region and the insulative region are located in a region defined by the throughhole of the frame body in a top plan view; and wiring having an end that is bonded to the first conductive region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210021097
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface comprises an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part; a frame joined to the upper surface of the bottom plate and comprising a first through-hole that penetrates the frame; a plate jointed to the outside or inside surface of the frame, the plate comprising a second through-hole that penetrates the plate in a same direction as that of the first through-hole, a thickness of the plate being greater than a thickness of the frame; a lead terminal inserted into the first through-hole and the second through-hole; a fixing member provided in the second through-hole and fixing the lead terminal; and a semiconductor element fixed to the inside part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20200398165
    Abstract: A game system, a game method, and a game program, which allow the user to enjoy a game with peace of mind even if a bias is provided in predetermined parameters. The game system is configured to acquire, as available environment information indicating an available environment for a game to be executed on a user terminal used by the user, information indicating a type of an operating system (OS); and determine a parameter to be used to provide a content to the user each time the user performs an input operation on the basis of the information indicating the type of the OS associated with the user at the time of the input operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: The Pokemon Company
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Satoki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200381900
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate including a main surface; a first projection positioned on the main surface, the first projection including an upper surface and first and second lateral surfaces, wherein the first lateral surface of the first projection comprises a first reflective part, and the second lateral surface of the first projection comprises a second reflective part; a first laser element configured to irradiate laser light to the first reflective part; a second laser element configured to irradiate laser light to the second reflective part; and a first optical member fixed to the upper surface of the first projection, wherein the first optical member comprises a first lens part positioned above the first reflective part, and a second lens part positioned above the second reflective part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10833473
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in this order: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part, and wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate includes a reference part and a recess positioned above the reference part, at least a part of the recess being disposed directly below the outer peripheral part; joining a frame member to the outer peripheral part of the bottom plate, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the inside part of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20200305277
    Abstract: An inductor bridge includes a flexible substrate and a coil defined by a conductor pattern provided on or in the flexible substrate, and connects a plurality of circuit portions. The flexible substrate includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion, the rigid portion being wider than the flexible portion. The rigid portion includes the coil and a joining portion connected to another circuit. The coil includes two coil portions located at different positions in plan view, a flexible portion is located adjacent to one side of the rigid portion, and at least two coil portions of the plurality of coil portions are located on the one side when viewed from the joining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200194968
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package defining a recess, a cap and at least one laser element. The cap is fixed to the package so as to cover the recess. The cap includes a light-transmissive member having a lower surface facing the package and an upper surface, the lower surface having a light extraction region, and a light blocking film arranged on the lower surface so as to avoid the light extraction region, the light blocking film including a mark representing prescribed information. The at least one laser element is disposed in a space bounded by the cap and the package at a prescribed position such that the light extraction region is irradiated by laser light emitted from the at least one laser element. At least a part of the at least one laser element overlaps at least a part of the light blocking film in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Soichiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20200194974
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting module comprising at least one light emitting device in which a plurality of light emitting elements are mounted, includes: providing a plurality of light emitting devices including one or more first light emitting devices and one or more second light emitting devices, wherein a number of the light emitting elements mounted in the first light emitting device is different from a number of the light emitting elements mounted in the second light emitting device; providing a first mounting substrate having a mounting surface provided with a plurality of connection patterns having the same pattern, each of the connection patterns corresponding to a respective one of the light emitting devices; and mounting at least some of the plurality of light emitting devices, selected from the one or more first light emitting devices and one or more second light emitting devices, on the connection patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma KOZURU, Takuya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200185881
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base including: a main body, and a frame disposed on an upper surface of the main body; one or more laser elements disposed on the upper surface of the main body and positioned inward of the frame; a cover including: a support member that is fixed on an upper surface of the frame and has an opening inside the frame, and a light transmissive portion disposed so as to close the opening; and a lens body disposed on the support member and above the light transmissive portion. A difference between a thermal expansion coefficient of the light transmissive portion and a thermal expansion coefficient of the lens body is smaller than a difference between a thermal expansion coefficient of the light transmissive portion and a thermal expansion coefficient of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Eiichiro OKAHISA
  • Patent number: 10608406
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base including: a main body, and a frame disposed on an upper surface of the main body; one or more laser elements disposed on the upper surface of the main body inward of the frame; a cover comprising: a support member that is fixed on an upper surface of the frame and has an opening inside the frame, and a light transmissive portion disposed so as to close the opening; and a lens body disposed above the light transmissive portion. The support member includes; a first portion fixed on the upper surface of the frame, a second portion on which the lens body is disposed, the second portion being positioned inward of and lower than the first portion, and a third portion on which the light transmissive portion is disposed, the third portion being disposed inward of and lower than the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa
  • Patent number: 10522969
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a package body; a lid body connected to the package body, wherein the package body and the lid body together form a sealed space; and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in the sealed space. The lid body includes: a non-transmissive member including an outer frame, and one or more inner frames connected to the outer frame, wherein the outer frame and the one or more inner frames define a plurality of openings, a transmissive member integrally covering the plurality of openings and configured to allow light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting elements to be transmitted through the plurality of openings, and an adhesive member fixing the transmissive member to the non-transmissive member. The adhesive member is located on the outer frame and is not located on the one or more inner frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Kazuma Kozuru, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Makoto Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190305511
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in this order: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part, and wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate includes a reference part and a recess positioned above the reference part, at least a part of the recess being disposed directly below the outer peripheral part; joining a frame member to the outer peripheral part of the bottom plate, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the inside part of the bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTONIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20190165542
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base including: a main body, and a frame disposed on an upper surface of the main body; one or more laser elements disposed on the upper surface of the main body inward of the frame; a cover comprising: a support member that is fixed on an upper surface of the frame and has an opening inside the frame, and a light transmissive portion disposed so as to close the opening; and a lens body disposed above the light transmissive portion. The support member includes; a first portion fixed on the upper surface of the frame, a second portion on which the lens body is disposed, the second portion being positioned inward of and lower than the first portion, and a third portion on which the light transmissive portion is disposed, the third portion being disposed inward of and lower than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIMOTO, Eiichiro OKAHISA