Patents by Inventor Toshio Hata

Toshio Hata 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: 9966504
    Abstract: By using a light emitting device including an insulating substrate and a light emitting unit formed on the insulating substrate, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of linear wiring patterns disposed on the insulating substrate in parallel with one another, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted between the wiring patterns while being electrically connected to the wiring patterns, and a sealing member for sealing the light emitting elements, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device that achieves sufficient electrical insulation and has simple manufacturing processes so that it can be manufactured at a low cost, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Makoto Agatani, Toshio Hata
  • Patent number: 9966367
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a ceramic substrate; a plurality of LED chips; a printed resistor(s) connected in parallel with the plurality of LED chips; a dam resin made of a resin having a low optical transmittance; a fluorescent-material-containing resin layer; and an anode-side electrode and a cathode-side electrode, (a) which are provided on a primary surface of the ceramic substrate so as to face each other along a first direction on the primary surface and (b) which are disposed below at least one of the dam resin and the fluorescent-material-containing resin layer. With the configuration in which a plurality of LEDs, which are connected in a series-parallel connection, are provided on a substrate, it is possible to provide a light emitting device which can achieve restraining of luminance unevenness and an improvement in luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Ishizaki, Makoto Agatani, Tomokazu Nada, Toshio Hata
  • Patent number: 9960332
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus of the present invention has (i) a semiconductor device which emits light toward a higher position than a substrate and (ii) a plurality of external connection terminals, and includes: a light-reflecting layer, provided on the substrate, which reflects the light emitted by the semiconductor device; and a covering layer which covers at least the light-reflecting layer and which transmits the light reflected by the light-reflecting layer. Further, the semiconductor device is provided on the covering layer, and is electrically connected to the external connection terminals via connecting portions, and the semiconductor device and the connecting portions are sealed with a sealing resin so as to be covered. Therefore, the light-emitting apparatus has increased efficiency with which light is taken out, and can prevent a reflecting layer from being altered, deteriorating, and decreasing in reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Masaki Kondo, Takaaki Horio, Takanobu Matsuo, Toshio Hata, Kiyohisa Ohta
  • Publication number: 20180076181
    Abstract: There is provided a light source device which includes at least one kind of light emitting elements of which the number is one or more, and a phosphor excited by output light of the light emitting element. In a case where all light emitting elements mounted before the phosphor is mounted in the light source device emit light, the light source device has a peak wavelength of output light in a first wavelength region of longer than 440 nm and 490 nm or shorter, and has a peak wavelength of output light in a second wavelength region of 380 nm to 440 nm. Thus, it is possible to provide a light source device which can cause the white color, the dark-blue color, and the black color to simultaneously look vivid when an irradiation target (for example, clothes or the like) is irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: HIROAKI ONUMA, MAKOTO MATSUDA, KIYOTO GOTOH, TOSHIO HATA
  • Publication number: 20180069161
    Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device including an anode electrode land, a cathode electrode land, and a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit electrically connected to the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land and provided in parallel to each other, in which the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit each include blue light-emitting LED chips, the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit have different amounts of change in luminous flux with respect to an amount of change in current applied between the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land, and a color temperature generated from an entire light-emitting unit including the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAGUCHI, Tomokazu NADA, Hiroaki ONUMA, Makoto MATSUDA, Osamu JINUSHI, Toshio HATA
  • Publication number: 20170354010
    Abstract: A light emitting device which can adjust color temperature as power is supplied from a single power source and a lighting device including the light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device includes an anode electrode land; a cathode electrode land; a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit which are electrically connected to the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land, are adjacently provided in parallel with each other; and a low pass filter including a capacitance member which is provided in parallel with the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, and a resistance member which is provided in series with the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, in which electric resistance of the first light emitting unit is larger than electric resistance of the second light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAGUCHI, Tomokazu NADA, Makoto MATSUDA, Hiroaki ONUMA, Osamu JINUSHI, Toshio HATA
  • Patent number: 9818731
    Abstract: The color purities of blue-green light and yellow or yellow-green light are enhanced. A light emitting device (100) configured to emit at least blue-green light and yellow or yellow-green light includes a substrate (51), an LED chip group, and a sealing resin part (50) collectively sealing the LED chip group, wherein the LED chip group at least includes a green LED chip (GB), a green LED chip (GY), a blue LED chip (B), and a red LED chip (R), and the green LED chip (GB) has a dominant wavelength shorter than a dominant wavelength of the green LED chip (GY).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Kondoh, Tomokazu Nada, Toshio Hata, Hideshi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20170317244
    Abstract: By using a light emitting device including an insulating substrate and a light emitting unit formed on the insulating substrate, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of linear wiring patterns disposed on the insulating substrate in parallel with one another, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted between the wiring patterns while being electrically connected to the wiring patterns, and a sealing member for sealing the light emitting elements, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device that achieves sufficient electrical insulation and has simple manufacturing processes so that it can be manufactured at a low cost, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro KONISHI, Makoto AGATANI, Toshio HATA
  • Patent number: 9806236
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element disposed on the substrate, and a sealing member for sealing the light-emitting element. The sealing member contains at least a particulate red phosphor. The red phosphor contains at least a Mn4+-activated fluoride complex phosphor. The sealing member has an upper surface with irregularities on at least part of the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Kitano, Kohji Miyake, Takashi Ono, Toshio Hata
  • Publication number: 20170268734
    Abstract: A light emitting device that can adjust a color temperature by using power supply from a single power source and a lighting device including the light emitting device are provided. A light emitting device includes a reflector formed of a housing having an opening at an upper portion, an anode electrode terminal and a cathode electrode terminal that are disposed on a side wall or a bottom surface of the housing, and a first light-emitting portion and a second light-emitting portion that are arranged in parallel inside the reflector so as to be electrically connected to the anode electrode terminal and the cathode electrode terminal and that are adjacent to each other. The first light-emitting portion includes a first resistance member. The color temperature of light emitted from an entire light-emitting portion including the first light-emitting portion and the second light-emitting portion can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAGUCHI, Tomokazu NADA, Makoto MATSUDA, Hiroaki ONUMA, Osamu JINUSHI, Toshio HATA
  • Patent number: 9755115
    Abstract: By using a light emitting device including an insulating substrate and a light emitting unit formed on the insulating substrate, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of linear wiring patterns disposed on the insulating substrate in parallel with one another, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted between the wiring patterns while being electrically connected to the wiring patterns, and a sealing member for sealing the light emitting elements, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device that achieves sufficient electrical insulation and has simple manufacturing processes so that it can be manufactured at a low cost, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Makoto Agatani, Toshio Hata
  • Publication number: 20170243859
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a ceramic substrate; a plurality of LED chips; a printed resistor(s) connected in parallel with the plurality of LED chips; a dam resin made of a resin having a low optical transmittance; a fluorescent-material-containing resin layer; and an anode-side electrode and a cathode-side electrode, (a) which are provided on a primary surface of the ceramic substrate so as to face each other along a first direction on the primary surface and (b) which are disposed below at least one of the dam resin and the fluorescent-material-containing resin layer. With the configuration in which a plurality of LEDs, which are connected in a series-parallel connection, are provided on a substrate, it is possible to provide a light emitting device which can achieve restraining of luminance unevenness and an improvement in luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Shinya ISHIZAKI, Makoto AGATANI, Tomokazu NADA, Toshio HATA
  • Patent number: 9732935
    Abstract: A light source device is obtained, which has an enhanced light distribution characteristic with sufficiently homogeneous diffused light and can be readily manufactured with a simple configuration. The light source device has a substrate 2, a board-like first reflector 3 erected vertically to traverse a center section on the substrate 2 while both side surfaces face outward, and a plurality of LED chips 4 positioned on the substrate 2 as a plurality of light emitting elements so as to surround the first reflector 3. At least both side surfaces of the first reflector 3 have a light reflecting function. Thereby, a light source device is obtained, which has an enhanced light distribution characteristic with sufficiently homogeneous diffused light and can be readily manufactured with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Makoto Agatani, Tomokazu Nada
  • Patent number: 9735133
    Abstract: A light-emitting device capable of ensuring an electric connection between a light-emitting element and an electrode without generating any problem in practical use, by both connecting methods with a solder and a connector, and a lighting device provided with the light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device according to the present invention has a plurality of LED chips, and a soldering electrode land and a connector connecting electrode land electrically connected to the chips, on a ceramic substrate. The soldering electrode land is formed of a first conductive material having a function to prevent diffusion to a solder, and the connector connecting electrode land is formed of a second conductive material having a function to prevent oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Agatani, Toshio Hata, Tomokazu Nada, Shinya Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20170175972
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting sections. A first light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer, and a second light-emitting section is made up of LED chips and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer. The first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and the second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer are provided in a plurality of locations such that the fluorescent-substance-containing resin layers for the different light-emitting sections are adjacently arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Toshio HATA, Makoto AGATANI, Toyonori UEMURA, Shinya ISHIZAKI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 9679942
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a ceramic substrate; a plurality of LED chips; a printed resistor(s) connected in parallel with the plurality of LED chips; a dam resin made of a resin having a low optical transmittance; a fluorescent-material-containing resin layer; and an anode-side electrode and a cathode-side electrode, (a) which are provided on a primary surface of the ceramic substrate so as to face each other along a first direction on the primary surface and (b) which are disposed below at least one of the dam resin and the fluorescent-material-containing resin layer. With the configuration in which a plurality of LEDs, which are connected in a series-parallel connection, are provided on a substrate, it is possible to provide a light emitting device which can achieve restraining of luminance unevenness and an improvement in luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Ishizaki, Makoto Agatani, Tomokazu Nada, Toshio Hata
  • Patent number: 9666769
    Abstract: A substrate-type LED light source (10) includes: at least one blue LED chip (2) which has an emission peak in a range from 400 nm to 480 nm so as to correspond to a blue light region absorption peak of chlorophyll; a red phosphor (7b) which emit, upon receiving excitation light from the at least one blue LED chip (2), light having a peak wavelength in a range from 620 nm to 700 nm so as to correspond to a red light region absorption peak of chlorophyll; and a resin layer (7) in which the red phosphor 7b is dispersed and which covers the at least one blue LED chip (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Osaki, Toyonori Uemura, Toshio Hata, Tomokazu Nada, Tatsuya Morioka, Makoto Matsuda, Shinya Ishizaki, Makoto Agatani, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9611985
    Abstract: The light-emitting device (100) includes a substrate (101) and a plurality of light-emitting sections. A first light-emitting section is made up of LED chips (102) and a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (107), and a second light-emitting section is made up of LED chips (102) and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (108). The first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (107) and the second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer (108) are provided in a plurality of locations such that the fluorescent-substance-containing resin layers for the different light-emitting sections are adjacently arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Makoto Agatani, Toyonori Uemura, Shinya Ishizaki, Hitoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9607970
    Abstract: The light-emitting device of the present invention includes LED chips provided on a ceramic substrate and a sealing material in which the LED chips are embedded. The sealing material contains a fluorescent substance and divided into a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer by a first resin ring and a second resin ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Agatani, Toshio Hata, Toyonori Uemura
  • Publication number: 20170047311
    Abstract: The color purities of blue-green light and yellow or yellow-green light are enhanced. A light emitting device (100) configured to emit at least blue-green light and yellow or yellow-green light includes a substrate (51), an LED chip group, and a sealing resin part (50) collectively sealing the LED chip group, wherein the LED chip group at least includes a green LED chip (GB), a green LED chip (GY), a blue LED chip (B), and a red LED chip (R), and the green LED chip (GB) has a dominant wavelength shorter than a dominant wavelength of the green LED chip (GY).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki KONDOH, Tomokazu NADA, Toshio HATA, Hideshi KOIZUMI