Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Masuda

Toshifumi Masuda 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: 8939612
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a socket, a radiating member, and a reflecting member. The socket is adapted for loading a lamp unit therein. The lamp unit loaded in the socket contacts the radiating member. The reflecting member is sandwiched and fixed between the socket and the radiating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8641246
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp unit includes a light-emitting module, a lighting circuit, and a housing. The light-emitting module includes a light emitting portion having a semiconductor light-emitting element. The lighting circuit lights the semiconductor light-emitting element. The housing includes a case opening in the direction of irradiation of light, and a base on a side of the case opposite from the direction of radiation of the light. The lighting circuit is accommodated in the case, and the light-emitting module is mounted on the base at a position closer to the base with respect to the position of the lighting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Takahara, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Osada, Toshifumi Masuda, Hiromichi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8511863
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a luminaire includes a thermal radiation member, and a light source unit provided on a front side of the thermal radiation member. The thermal radiation member has plural support walls provided on a rear surface radially about a substantially central portion of the rear surface toward an outer periphery, and plural thermal radiation fins provided on the rear surface, being away from each other and substantially parallel to each other toward the outer periphery from neighboring wall surface sides of the plural support walls. The light source unit includes a light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Masuda, Kazunari Higuchi, Ryotaro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20130170233
    Abstract: A lamp device 14 includes a light-emitting portion 34 in which a semiconductor light-emitting element is used. The light-emitting portion 34 is arranged on the side of one of surfaces of the housing 16. Provided on the side of the other surface of the housing 16 is a metallic cap portion 44 and a lamp pin 46 projecting from the other surface side of the housing 16. The lighting circuit 21 is stored in the housing 16. Then, the lamp device 14 includes lamp pin mounting portions 73 where the lamp pins are to be mounted and the insulating member 47 having an insulating portion 75 interposed between the inner surface of the cap portion 44 and the lighting circuit 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Nezu, Shigeru Osawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Takeshi Osada, Toshifumi Masuda, Hiromichi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20120243243
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a luminaire includes a thermal radiation member, and a light source unit provided on a front side of the thermal radiation member. The thermal radiation member has plural support poles provided on a rear surface radially about a substantially central portion of the rear surface toward an outer periphery, and plural thermal radiation fins provided on the rear surface, being away from each other and substantially parallel to each other toward the outer periphery from neighboring wall surface sides of the plural support poles. The light source unit includes a light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi MASUDA, Kazunari Higuchi, Ryotaro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20120127731
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a socket, a radiating member, and a reflecting member. The socket is adapted for loading a lamp unit therein. The lamp unit loaded in the socket contacts the radiating member. The reflecting member is sandwiched and fixed between the socket and the radiating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20120127740
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a luminaire body, a socket, and a radiating member. The luminaire body has a cylindrical body part, and a lamp unit is housed within the body part. The luminaire body is inserted, from an upper side of the body part, into an embedding hole provided in an installation target section, and the luminaire body is thus arranged on the installation target section. The socket is arranged within the body part of the luminaire body, and the lamp unit is loaded therein. The radiating member is arranged on the upper side of the body part of the luminaire body and is formed with a smaller dimension than a maximum outer dimension of the body part of the luminaire body. The lamp unit loaded in the socket contacts the radiating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20120127741
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp unit includes a light-emitting module, a housing, a lighting circuit, and a heat conductive sheet. The light-emitting module includes a light emitting portion having a semiconductor light-emitting element formed thereon. The housing includes a case opening in the direction of irradiation of light, and a base on a side of the case opposite from the direction of irradiation of the light. The light-emitting module is mounted on a surface of the base on the case side. A base surface is formed on an outer surface of the base on the side opposite from the case side, and a depressed portion is formed on the base surface. The lighting circuit is accommodated in the housing. The heat conductive sheet allows resilient deformation, and is disposed in the depressed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Osada, Yuichiro Takahara, Shigeru Osawa, Toshifumi Masuda, Hiromichi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20120127739
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp unit includes a light-emitting module, a lighting circuit, and a housing. The light-emitting module includes a light emitting portion having a semiconductor light-emitting element. The lighting circuit lights the semiconductor light-emitting element. The housing includes a case opening in the direction of irradiation of light, and a base on a side of the case opposite from the direction of radiation of the light. The lighting circuit is accommodated in the case, and the light-emitting module is mounted on the base at a position closer to the base with respect to the position of the lighting circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro TAKAHARA, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Osada, Toshifumi Masuda, Hiromichi Nakajima
  • Patent number: D651173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp., BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Takeshi Osada, Shigeru Osawa, Yuichiro Takahara, Toshifumi Masuda, Karl-Wilhelm Vogt, Freddi Plikun
  • Patent number: D665117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi Yoshida, Toshifumi Masuda, Yaeko Sugiyama, Akihito Shinozaki