Patents by Inventor Tetsushi Tamura

Tetsushi Tamura 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: 20020130326
    Abstract: A lighting device includes: a plurality of LEDs arranged in an at least two-dimensionally dispersed manner; a transparent resin layer that covers the plurality of LEDs in an integrated form; a photo-detecting unit that detects an intensity of light emitted from the plurality of LEDs using a photodetector, the photodetector being arranged inside, on a surface, or in the vicinity of the transparent resin layer; and a power supply circuit unit that controls driving of the plurality of LEDs based on a detection output from the photo-detecting unit. Here, the number of the photodetector is smaller than the number of the LEDs, and the photodetector detects an intensity of light emitted from the LEDs and propagated through the transparent resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsushi Tamura, Hideo Nagai, Nobuyuki Matsui, Masanori Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20020113246
    Abstract: A number of red LEDs, green LEDs, and blue LEDs are mounted on one surface of a polygonal flexible multilayer substrate. The LEDs are connected in series according to color. A red feeder terminal, a green feeder terminal, a blue feeder terminal, and a common terminal are provided on each of at least three sides of the periphery of the flexible multilayer substrate. Circuit patterns for connecting LEDs at the high-potential end of the red, green, and blue series-connected LEDs respectively to the red feeder terminals, green feeder terminals, and blue feeder terminals are provided to the flexible multilayer substrate. Also, a circuit pattern for connecting LEDs at the low-potential end of the red, green, and blue series-connected LEDs all to the common terminals is provided to the flexible multilayer substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Hideo Nagai, Nobuyuki Matsui, Tetsushi Tamura, Masanori Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20020070681
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes blue and red LEDs and a phosphor. The blue LED produces an emission at a wavelength falling within a blue wavelength range. The red LED produces an emission at a wavelength falling within a red wavelength range. The phosphor is photoexcited by the emission of the blue LED to exhibit a luminescence having an emission spectrum in an intermediate wavelength range between the blue and red wavelength ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Masanori Shimizu, Yoko Shimomura, Tetsushi Tamura, Hideo Nagai, Nobuyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 4914548
    Abstract: An electrolytic paper for an electrolytic capacitor interposed between an anode foil and a cathode foil is made of cellulose fiber induced with organic substituent. The inducing reaction of the organic substituent is selected from etherification for hydroxyl group contained in the cellulose fiber, esterification for hydroxyl group contained in the cellulose fiber, or acetalization for hydroxyl group contained in the cellulose fiber. The swelling degree of the electrolytic paper made of this organic substituent induced fiber for electrolyte is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Inventors: Yoshiyo Kubo, Tetsushi Tamura, Tomoko Sasaki