Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Kurushima

Tomoyuki Kurushima 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: 20240117248
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KURUSHIMA, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Publication number: 20240101898
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 11891555
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 11891554
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 11884857
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 11884856
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Publication number: 20230287267
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KURUSHIMA, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Publication number: 20230250334
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KURUSHIMA, Yuhei INATA, Naoto HIROSAKI
  • Publication number: 20230242813
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KURUSHIMA, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Publication number: 20230235221
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KURUSHIMA, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 11661549
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 11655416
    Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and having a minimum reflectance of 20% or more in a specific wavelength region, in which the specific wavelength region is from the emission peak wavelength of the phosphor to 800 nm, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima, Yuhei Inata, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Publication number: 20220002617
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a scintillator which has excellent impact resistance and favorable workability and moldability. The problem is solved by a resin-phosphor composite scintillator which contains a resin and a phosphor and is capable of converting irradiated radiation into visible light. In this composite scintillator, a brightness retention rate, which is measured 24 hours after 38-minute irradiation with an X-ray to a total irradiation dose of 13 kGy at a distance of 40 mm from a radiation source, is 65% or higher; the Rockwell hardness is 30 HRM or higher; and the content of the resin is not less than 10% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kuriwada, Takeshi Oomori, Tomoyuki Kurushima
  • Publication number: 20160208164
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having good binning characteristics with suppressed changes in color derived from shifts in excitation wavelength. The present invention achieves the above object by way of a light-emitting device that comprises a blue semiconductor light-emitting element, and a wavelength conversion member, wherein the wavelength conversion member comprises: a phosphor Y represented by formula (Y1) below and having a peak wavelength of 540 nm or more and 570 nm or less in an emission wavelength spectrum when excited at 450 nm, (Y,Ce,Tb,Lu)x(Ga,Sc,Al)yOz??(Y1) (x=3, 4.5?y?5.5, 10.8?z?13.4); and a phosphor G represented by formula (G1) below and having a peak wavelength of 520 nm or more and 540 nm or less in an emission wavelength spectrum when excited at 450 nm. (Y,Ce,Tb,Lu)x(Ga,Sc,Al)yOz??(G1) (x=3, 4.5?y?5.5, 10.8?z?13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ENGINEERING-PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro KATSUMOTO, Minoru SOMA, Tomoyuki KURUSHIMA, Hisashi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150166888
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having good binning characteristics with suppressed changes in color derived from shifts in excitation wavelength. The present invention achieves the above object by way of a light-emitting device that comprises a blue semiconductor light-emitting element, and a wavelength conversion member, wherein the wavelength conversion member comprises: a phosphor Y represented by formula (Y1) below and having a peak wavelength of 540 nm or more and 570 nm or less in an emission wavelength spectrum when excited at 450 nm, (Y,Ce,Tb,Lu)x(Ga,Sc,Al)yOz??(Y1) (x=3, 4.5?y?5.5, 10.85?z?13.4); and a phosphor G represented by formula (G1) below and having a peak wavelength of 520 nm or more and 540 nm or less in an emission wavelength spectrum when excited at 450 nm. (Y,Ce,Tb,Lu)x(Ga,Sc,Al)yOz??(G1) (x=3, 4.5?y?5.5, 10.8?z?13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ENGINEERING-PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Katsumoto, Minoru Soma, Tomoyuki Kurushima, Hisashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8277687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor that satisfies requirements (1) to (3): (1) the phosphor satisfies Formula [2] and/or Formula [3]: 85?{R455(125)/R455(25)}×100?110??[2] 92?{R405(100)/R405(25)}×100?110??[3] wherein R455(125) represents an emission peak intensity when the phosphor is excited by light having a peak wavelength of 455 nm at 125° C., (2) the emission peak wavelength is in the range of 570 nm to 680 nm, and (3) the full width at half maximum of an emission peak is 90 nm or less. The phosphor of the present invention has a high luminous efficiency and emits light of orange to red with high luminance. The use of the phosphor makes it possible to produce a light-emitting device, an illumination apparatus, and an image display, having a high efficiency and excellent color rendering properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Takahashi, Nobuhiro Kodama, Yasuo Shimomura, Naoto Kijima, Tomoyuki Kurushima, Takashi Hase, Eiji Hattori, Kouichi Adachi, Keiichi Seki, Yutaka Mori
  • Publication number: 20100213822
    Abstract: In order to improve quantum efficiency and/or durability of phosphors, a complex oxynitride phosphor is provided represented by the following formula, which can be obtained by firing a phosphor precursor in the presence of flux. M1xBayM2zLuOvNw (In the formula, M1 represents at least one kind of activation element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, M2 represents at least one kind of bivalent metal element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Mg and Zn, L represents a metal element selected from the metal elements belonging to the fourth group or the fourteenth group of the periodic table, and 0.00001?x?3, 0?y?2.99999, 2.6?x+y+z?3, 0<u?11, 6<v?25, and 0<w?17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimooka, Kyota Ueda, Naoto Kijima, Takashi Hase, Chisato Shimooka, Hiromu Watanabe, Tomoyuki Kurushima
  • Publication number: 20100213817
    Abstract: To present a green- to yellow-emitting phosphor whereby a light-emitting device having high color rendering properties and high luminance can be obtained, a light-emitting device employing such a phosphor, and an image display device and a lighting system, containing such a light-emitting device. A phosphor made of a compound represented by the following formula (I), which comprises, as matrix, a compound of a garnet structure and which contains, as a luminescent center ion, a metal element in the matrix: M1aM2bXcM3dM43Oe??(I) wherein M1 is Mg and/or Zn, M2 is a bivalent metal element excluding Mg and Zn, X is a metal element as a luminescent center ion composed mainly of Ce, M3 is a trivalent metal element excluding X, M4 is a tetravalent metal element, and a, b, c, d and e are numbers satisfying the following formulae, respectively: 0.001?a?0.5 2.5?b?3.3 0.005?c?0.5 1.5?d?2.3 e={(a+b)×2+(c+d)×3+12}/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Shimomura, Naoto Kijima, Tomoyuki Kurushima
  • Patent number: 7713441
    Abstract: To present a green- to yellow-emitting phosphor whereby a light-emitting device having high color rendering properties and high luminance can be obtained, a light-emitting device employing such a phosphor, and an image display device and a lighting system, containing such a light-emitting device. A phosphor made of a compound represented by the following formula (I), which comprises, as matrix, a compound of a garnet structure and which contains, as a luminescent center ion, a metal element in the matrix: M1aM2bXcM3dM43Oe??(I) wherein M1 is Mg and/or Zn, M2 is a bivalent metal element excluding Mg and Zn, X is a metal element as a luminescent center ion composed mainly of Ce, M3 is a trivalent metal element excluding X, M4 is a tetravalent metal element, and a, b, c, d and e are numbers satisfying the following formulae, respectively: 0.001?a?0.5 2.5?b?3.3 0.005?c?0.5 1.5?d?2.3 e={(a+b)×2+(c+d)×3+12}/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Shimomura, Naoto Kijima, Tomoyuki Kurushima
  • Publication number: 20090072255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor that satisfies requirements (1) to (3): (1) the phosphor satisfies Formula [2] and/or Formula [3]: 85?{R455(125)/R455(25)}×100<110??[2] 92?{R405(100)/R405(25)}×100<110??[3] wherein R455(125) represents an emission peak intensity when the phosphor is excited by light having a peak wavelength of 455 nm at 125° C., (2) the emission peak wavelength is in the range of 570 nm to 680 nm, and (3) the full width at half maximum of an emission peak is 90 nm or less. The phosphor of the present invention has a high luminous efficiency and emits light of orange to red with high luminance. The use of the phosphor makes it possible to produce a light-emitting device, an illumination apparatus, and an image display, having a high efficiency and excellent color rendering properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Takahashi, Nobuhiro Kodama, Yasuo Shimomura, Naoto Kijima, Tomoyuki Kurushima, Takashi Hase, Eiji Hattori, Kouichi Adachi, Keiichi Seki, Yutaka Mori