Patents by Inventor Takuya Nakabayashi

Takuya Nakabayashi 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: 10608154
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate including a base member including a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a bottom surface perpendicular to the front surface, and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, a first wiring portion located on the front surface, and a second wiring portion located on the rear surface; a light emitting element electrically connected with the first wiring portion; and a first reflective member covering a lateral surface of the light emitting element and the front surface of the base member. The base member has a recessed portion opened on the rear surface and the bottom surface. The substrate includes a third wiring portion covering an inner wall of the recessed portion and electrically connected with the second wiring portion, and a via in contact with the first wiring portion, the second wiring portion and the third wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Gensui Tamura
  • Patent number: 10600942
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element; and a light reflective member having a multilayer structure and covering the side faces of the semiconductor light emitting element. The light reflective member includes: a first layer disposed on an inner, semiconductor light emitting element side, the first layer comprising a light-transmissive resin containing a light reflective substance, and a second layer disposed in contact with an outer side of the first layer, the second layer comprising a light-transmissive resin containing the light reflective substance at a lower content than that of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Beppu, Yoichi Bando, Hiroto Tamaki, Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20200091394
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a molded package having leads including a pair of a first lead and a second lead, a molded resin, and a recess, where an upper surface of the leads is partially exposed from a bottom surface of the recess. The device further including a light emitting component mounted on the bottom surface, and at least one sealing member located in the recess to cover the light emitting component. At least one of the first lead and the second lead has a groove on an upper surface thereof, where the groove is positioned so as to correspond to a corner on the bottom surface of the recess in a cross sectional view. A portion of the molded resin located within the groove is exposed from the bottom surface. A surface of the corner is composed of a curved surface, and the sealing member covers the corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei SASAOKA, Takuya NAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200091384
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing a substrate including a pair of connection terminals, the connection terminals each having a protruding portion at least on a first main surface of the connection terminal; providing a light emitting element on the protruding portion, the light emitting element having a semiconductor laminate and a pair of electrodes on a same surface of the semiconductor laminate; bonding the pair of the electrodes of the light emitting element and the pair of the connection terminals, respectively, by a molten material; and embedding a surface of the protruding portion of the connection terminals, a surface of the molten material, and a space between the substrate and the light emitting element into a light reflecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Takuya NAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200083421
    Abstract: A method of producing a light source device includes providing a light emitting device having a substrate including a base member that includes a bottom surface and a recess. The substrate further including a wiring portion in the recess. The method further including providing a support substrate having a support base member, a first wiring pattern on a top surface of the support base member and including a joining region, and an insulating region, and applying a solder member such that the solder member on the insulating region has a volume larger than that of the solder member on the joining region. The light emitting device is placed on the support substrate while the solder member is separate from a portion of the wiring portion positioned in the vicinity of the bottom surface and the wiring portion is joined to the joining region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya NAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10559735
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element and a light transmissive member. The substrate has a first main surface, a second main surface, and a mounting surface. The substrate includes an insulating base material defining a concave component opening on the second main surface and the mounting surface, a pair of connection terminals disposed on the first main surface, a pair of external connection sections disposed on the second main surface, and a pair of vias arranged at positions that interpose therebetween a line passing through a center of the concave component when viewed along a direction normal to the second main surface. The light emitting element has a pair of electrodes which connect to element connection sections of the pair of connection terminals. The light transmissive member is disposed on an upper surface of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Akira Hori
  • Publication number: 20200044115
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element having a peak emission wavelength different from that of the first light-emitting element, a light-guide member covering a light extracting surface and lateral surfaces of the first light-emitting element and a light extracting surface and lateral surfaces of the second light-emitting element, and a wavelength conversion layer continuously covering the light extracting surface of each of the first and second light-emitting elements and disposed apart from each of the first and second light-emitting elements, and a first reflective member covering outer lateral surfaces of the light-guide member. An angle defined by an active layer of the first light-emitting element and an active layer of the second light-emitting element is less than 180° at a wavelength conversion layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru HASHIMOTO, Takuya NAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200035874
    Abstract: A light-emitting device has a longitudinal direction and a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element having a peak emission wavelength different from a peak emission wavelength of the first light-emitting element and being aligned with the first light-emitting element in the longitudinal direction, a light-transmissive member covering a first element light extracting surface and a second element light extracting surface such that a portion of a light-guide member is located between the light-transmissive member and each of the first element light extracting surface and the second element light extracting surface, a first reflective member surrounding the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the light-guide member in a top view, and a first inclined member between the first light-emitting element and the first reflective member in the longitudinal direction and having an inclined surf
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Yukiko YOKOTE, Tadaaki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10522731
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes providing molded packages each of which has a recess. A light emitting component is mounted on a bottom surface of the recess. At least one sealing member covering the light emitting component is formed within the recess. A lead frame including a first lead and a second lead is provided, the first lead having a first groove on an upper surface of the first lead the second lead having a second groove on an upper surface of the second lead. Spaces are formed, each of the spaces being surrounded with an upper metal mold, a lower metal mold, and the lead frame by cooperatively holding the lead frame with the upper metal mold and the lower metal mold. The spaces and the first groove and the second groove are filled with a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Sasaoka, Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10522729
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, and a light reflecting member. The substrate includes a base material having a rectangular planar shape, a connection terminal disposed on a first main surface of the base material, and an outer connection portion disposed on a second main surface of the base material opposite to the first main surface. The connection terminal includes a protruding portion, and the connection terminal is connected to the outer connection portion via a through hole defined in the base material. The light emitting element is connected to the connection terminal on the first main surface of the base material via a molten bonding material. The light reflecting member covers the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10504876
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a mounting board, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element and a light-reflective covering member. The mounting board includes first lands and second lands on an upper surface of the mounting board. The first light-emitting element is flip-chip mounted on the first lands. The second light-emitting element is flip-chip mounted on the second lands. The light-reflective covering member covers a lateral surface of the first light-emitting element, a lateral surface of the second light-emitting element, and the upper surface of the mounting board. The mounting board and the light-reflective covering member define a depressed portion between the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element with a bottom surface of the depressed portion being located inside the mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Tadaaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10490714
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements, a light-transmissive member, and a covering member. The light emitting elements each has a pair of electrodes on a lower surface thereof. The light-transmissive member includes a plurality of recesses on a lower surface thereof with the light emitting elements being respectively accommodated in the recesses so that light from the light emitting elements transmits through the light-transmissive member. The covering member surrounds an outer periphery of each of the light emitting elements, and constitutes a part of a lower surface and a part of an outermost lateral surface of the light emitting device. The covering member is in contact with a part of each of the light emitting elements. Lower surfaces of the electrodes are exposed from the covering member at the lower surface of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10468571
    Abstract: A light distribution method is for an adaptive driving beam headlamp system including a light emitting device, an on-board camera and an electronic control unit. The light distribution method includes: obtaining data indicative of a state in front of a vehicle by the on-board camera; computing one or more of: attributes of an object in front of the vehicle; attributes of a vehicle ahead; a speed of the vehicle ahead; a distance between vehicles; brightness of the object; and a road shape; determining a light distribution pattern; determining a control amount indicative of at least one of an ON or OFF state of each of the light emitting elements and an applied power to each of the light emitting elements according to the light distribution pattern determined; and controlling driving of the adaptive driving beam headlamp system based on the control amount determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10446725
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mounting board, first and second light emitting elements and a light reflective covering member. The mounting board includes an insulating base, first and second lands arranged, and an intermediate part arranged between the first and second lands. The first and second light emitting elements are flip-chip mounted on the first and second lands, respectively. The light reflective covering member is provided above the intermediate part and covers lateral surfaces of the first and second light emitting elements. The light reflective covering member defines a recess part arranged above the intermediate part with a bottom of the recess part being positioned below top surfaces of the first and second light emitting elements and above the top surface of the intermediate part, and a surface of the light reflective covering member defining the recess part constitutes a part of an outer surface of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Tadaaki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190305193
    Abstract: A wavelength converting member comprising a first wavelength converting layer containing: a first fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 620 nm or more and 660 nm or less; a second fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 510 nm or more and 560 nm or less; and a resin, wherein the average particle diameter, as measured according to a Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer method, of the first fluorescent material is in a range of 2 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less, wherein the second fluorescent material comprises a ?-SiAlON fluorescent material, the circularity of the ?-SiAlON fluorescent material is 0.7 or more, and the volume average particle diameter, as measured according to a laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution measuring method, of the ?-SiAlON fluorescent material is in a range of 2 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less, and wherein the thickness of the first wavelength converting layer is in a range of 50 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi AOYAGI, Takashi KAIDE, Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Shoji HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190295994
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate including a base member including an upper surface, a lower surface and one or more lateral surfaces, and defining a recess that is opened at the upper surface and the lateral surfaces and surrounds an outer perimeter of the upper surface; a first light emitting element; a second light emitting element; a light guide member covering the first and the second light emitting elements and the upper surface of the base member; and a first reflective member having a closed-ring shape surrounding the upper surface of the base member and the light guide member, a portion of the first reflective member being located in the recess. At least one of the lateral surfaces of the base member and corresponding at least one of one or more outer lateral surfaces of the first reflective member are in the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Yukiko YOKOTE
  • Publication number: 20190267530
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting clement and a light transmissive member. The substrate has a first main surface, a second main surface, and a mounting surface. The substrate includes an insulating base material defining a concave component opening on the second main surface and the mounting surface, a pair of connection terminals disposed on the first main surface, a pair of external connection sections disposed on the second main surface, and a pair of vias arranged at positions that interpose therebetween a line passing through a center of the concave component when viewed along a direction normal to the second main surface. The light emitting element has a pair of electrodes which connect to element connection sections of the pair of connection terminals. The light transmissive member is disposed on an upper surface of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Akira HORI
  • Publication number: 20190237634
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element including a first surface; a light guide member covering at least a part of a lateral surface of the light emitting element; a first wavelength conversion member covering the first surface and including a first wavelength conversion particles; and a reflective member being in contact with the light emitting element. The first wavelength conversion member has a thickness of 60 ?m or more and 120 ?m or less. The first wavelength conversion particles have an average particle size of 4 ?m or longer and 12 ?m or smaller; the first wavelength conversion particles have a central particle size of 4 ?m or longer and 12 ?m or smaller. A weight ratio of the first wavelength conversion particles is 60% by weight or more and 75% by weight or less with respect to the total weight of the first wavelength conversion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10366945
    Abstract: A lead frame includes at least one row of a plurality of unit regions arranged in a first direction. Each of the unit regions includes: a first lead; a second lead; and an isolation region configured to isolate the first lead from the second lead, the isolation region including a bent portion that is located at an end part of the second lead. The first lead has an extending portion extending along the end part of the second lead. The plurality of unit regions includes a first unit region, and a second unit region that is adjacent to the first unit region in the first direction. The first lead of the first unit region is connected to the first lead or second lead of the second unit region via the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20190221541
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes first and second light emitting elements, first and second color conversion material layers, a support member and a light reflective member. The first color conversion material layer has a first color conversion surface facing a first light extraction surface of the first light emitting element. The second color conversion material layer has a second color conversion surface facing a second light extraction surface of the second light emitting element. The support member supports the first and second color conversion material layers. The light reflective member covers a first side surface of the first light emitting element and a second side surface of the second light emitting element. At least a part of an upper surface of the light reflective member is positioned closer to the support member than the first color conversion material layer and the second color conversion material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroto TAMAKI, Takuya NAKABAYASHI