Patents by Inventor Toshihisa Shirai

Toshihisa Shirai 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).

  • Light-emitting apparatus
    Patent number: 9799635
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting apparatus including a substrate, first and second pairs of terminals, each pair including two terminals disposed at two opposed positions on the substrate, a first plurality of light-emitting devices which are mounted in one of two sections formed by bisecting a mounting region on the substrate by a line segment jointing the two positions, and which are connected to the first pair of terminals, and a second plurality of light-emitting devices which are mounted in the other section of the mounting region, and which are connected to the second pair of terminals, and wherein the first and second plurality of light-emitting devices are arranged in a direction parallel to the line segment, and are each mounted at an angle relative to one side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: CITIZENS WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Kuriki, Takakazu Yano, Takeshi Yoshida, Toshihisa Shirai, Satoshi Abe
  • LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160343693
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting apparatus including a substrate, first and second pairs of terminals, each pair including two terminals disposed at two opposed positions on the substrate, a first plurality of light-emitting devices which are mounted in one of two sections formed by bisecting a mounting region on the substrate by a line segment jointing the two positions, and which are connected to the first pair of terminals, and a second plurality of light-emitting devices which are mounted in the other section of the mounting region, and which are connected to the second pair of terminals, and wherein the first and second plurality of light-emitting devices are arranged in a direction parallel to the line segment, and are each mounted at an angle relative to one side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Kuriki, Takakazu Yano, Takeshi Yoshida, Toshihisa Shirai, Satoshi Abe