Patents by Inventor Tomohisa SHIMODE

Tomohisa SHIMODE 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).

  • Planar illumination device and method of manufacturing planar illumination device
    Patent number: 10627568
    Abstract: A planar illumination device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a light source, a substrate, and a fixing member. The light guide plate causes light incident on a side surface to exit from a light exit surface. The light source is arranged on a side of the side surface of the light guide plate and has a light emitting surface to emit light toward the side surface. The light source is mounted on the substrate by bonding a bonding surface of the light source thereto by a solder. The fixing member is cured at temperature lower than a melting point of the solder and fixes the light source to the substrate while maintaining a position and a posture of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tomohisa Shimode, Takashi Edamitsu
  • PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180164484
    Abstract: A planar illumination device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a light source, a substrate, and a fixing member. The light guide plate causes light incident on a side surface to exit from a light exit surface. The light source is arranged on a side of the side surface of the light guide plate and has a light emitting surface to emit light toward the side surface. The light source is mounted on the substrate by bonding a bonding surface of the light source thereto by a solder. The fixing member is cured at temperature lower than a melting point of the solder and fixes the light source to the substrate while maintaining a position and a posture of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANAKA, Tomohisa SHIMODE, Takashi EDAMITSU