Patents by Inventor Yoji Urano

Yoji Urano 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: 9685594
    Abstract: An LED module includes a submount having a face in a thickness direction thereof, an LED chip bonded to the face of the submount with a first bond, and a patterned wiring circuit electrically connected to the LED chip. The first bond transmits light emitted from the LED chip. The submount is a light-transmissive member having light diffusing properties, and a planar size larger than a planar size of the LED chip. The patterned wiring circuit is provided on the face of the submount so as not to overlap the LED chip. The submount is constituted by a plurality of light-transmissive layers which are stacked in the thickness direction and have different optical properties so that a light-transmissive layer of the plurality of light-transmissive layers which is farther from the LED chip is higher in reflectance in a wavelength range of the light emitted from the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Kenichiro Tanaka, Akifumi Nakamura, Toru Hirano, Hideaki Hyuga, Masanori Suzuki, Teruhisa Yokota
  • Patent number: 9680075
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in accordance with the present invention includes a mounting substrate; an LED chip bonded to a surface of the mounting substrate with a bond; and an encapsulating portion covering the LED chip. The bond transmits light from the LED chip. The mounting substrate includes: a light-transmissive member having a planar size larger than that of the LED chip; and first and second penetrating wirings which penetrate the light-transmissive member in the thickness direction thereof and are electrically connected to first and second electrodes of the LED chip via first and second wires, respectively. The light-transmissive member includes at least two light-transmissive layers with different optical properties which are stacked in the thickness direction. A light-transmissive layer of the light-transmissive layers which is farther from the LED chip is higher in reflectance to the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Akifumi Nakamura, Hayato Ioka, Toru Hirano, Masanori Suzuki, Hideaki Hyuga, Ryoji Imai, Jun Goda
  • Patent number: 9437581
    Abstract: The LED module includes: a light diffusing substrate having light transmissive properties; an LED chip bonded to a first surface of the light diffusing substrate with a transparent first bond in between; a color converter facing the first surface to cover the LED chip; and a mounting substrate. The color converter is made of transparent material containing phosphor which, when excited by light emitted from the LED chip, emits light having a different color from the LED chip. The mounting substrate includes a diffuse reflection layer diffusely reflecting light emitted from the LED chip and light emitted from the phosphor. The diffuse reflection layer is placed facing a second surface of the light diffusing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Akifumi Nakamura, Hayato Ioka, Ryoji Imai, Jun Goda, Toru Hirano, Masanori Suzuki, Hideaki Hyuga
  • Publication number: 20150137149
    Abstract: An LED module includes a submount having a face in a thickness direction thereof, an LED chip bonded to the face of the submount with a first bond, and a patterned wiring circuit electrically connected to the LED chip. The first bond transmits light emitted from the LED chip. The submount is a light-transmissive member having light diffusing properties, and a planar size larger than a planar size of the LED chip. The patterned wiring circuit is provided on the face of the submount so as not to overlap the LED chip. The submount is constituted by a plurality of light-transmissive layers which are stacked in the thickness direction and have different optical properties so that a light-transmissive layer of the plurality of light-transmissive layers which is farther from the LED chip is higher in reflectance in a wavelength range of the light emitted from the LED chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Kenichiro Tanaka, Akifumi Nakamura, Toru Hirano, Hideaki Hyuga, Masanori Suzuki, Teruhisa Yokota
  • Publication number: 20150108510
    Abstract: The LED module includes: a light diffusing substrate having light transmissive properties; an LED chip bonded to a first surface of the light diffusing substrate with a transparent first bond in between; a color converter facing the first surface to cover the LED chip; and a mounting substrate. The color converter is made of transparent material containing phosphor which, when excited by light emitted from the LED chip, emits light having a different color from the LED chip. The mounting substrate includes a diffuse reflection layer diffusely reflecting light emitted from the LED chip and light emitted from the phosphor. The diffuse reflection layer is placed facing a second surface of the light diffusing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Akifumi Nakamura, Hayato Ioka, Ryoji Imai, Jun Goda, Toru Hirano, Masanori Suzuki, Hideaki Hyuga
  • Publication number: 20150077982
    Abstract: An LED module includes: an opaque substrate on which a wiring circuit is provided; a submount bonded to a surface of the opaque substrate with a first bond; an LED chip bonded with a second bond to an opposite side of the submount from the opaque substrate; and wires electrically connecting the LED chip to patterned wiring circuit. In the LED module, the first bond and the second bond each allow light emitted from the LED chip to pass therethrough. The submount is a light-transmissive member. A lighting device includes a device main body and the LED module. The lamp includes the LED module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Kenichiro Tanaka, Akifumi Nakamura, Toru Hirano, Hideaki Hyuga, Masanori Suzuki, Teruhisa Yokota
  • Patent number: 8967827
    Abstract: Provided is lead frame in which a wiring pattern supported by a support piece inside of a one-pitch outer frame section comprises a plurality of base units, each of which comprises a die pad on which a solid-state light emitting element is mounted, a heat sink extending from die pad so as to surround die pad electrically connected to one electrode of the element, and a lead electrically connected to the other electrode of the element. Lead of one base unit among adjacent base units and heat sink of the other base unit are coupled and electrically connected in series. Increase in temperature of the element is inhibited, light output is increased, and cost of a light emitting unit in which a plurality of solid-state light emitting elements connected in series are used is reduced. Also provided are wiring board, light emitting unit, and illuminating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Ryoji Yokotani, Ikko Kuzuhara, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150048402
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in accordance with the present invention includes a mounting substrate; an LED chip bonded to a surface of the mounting substrate with a bond; and an encapsulating portion covering the LED chip. The bond transmits light from the LED chip. The mounting substrate includes: a light-transmissive member having a planar size larger than that of the LED chip; and first and second penetrating wirings which penetrate the light-transmissive member in the thickness direction thereof and are electrically connected to first and second electrodes of the LED chip via first and second wires, respectively. The light-transmissive member includes at least two light-transmissive layers with different optical properties which are stacked in the thickness direction. A light-transmissive layer of the light-transmissive layers which is farther from the LED chip is higher in reflectance to the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Akifumi Nakamura, Hayato Ioka, Toru Hirano, Masanori Suzuki, Hideaki Hyuga, Ryoji Imai, Jun Goda
  • Patent number: 8592836
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a solid light-emitting element; a mounting substrate mounting the solid light-emitting element thereon; an encapsulating member encapsulating the solid light-emitting element; and a lead frame electrically connected to the solid light-emitting element through a wire. The lead frame is arranged on a rear surface of the mounting substrate, and the mounting substrate includes a front mounting surface on which the solid light-emitting element is mounted. The front mounting surface having a smooth surface region covered with the encapsulating member. The mounting substrate further includes a wire hole through which the wire extends from the front mounting surface of the mounting substrate to the rear surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoji Yokotani, Yoji Urano, Ikko Kuzuhara, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8573800
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprising: an elongated-shaped LED unit provided with a plurality of lighting units on one surface in the thickness direction thereof, each of said lighting units having a LED chip; a reflective plate held by a main body; a lighting device for lighting the LED unit; and a heat radiation block to which said LED unit being replaceably attached, configured to dissipate the heat generated in the LED unit, and arranged at the other surface side in the thickness direction of the LED unit. The reflective plate has an installation portion for installing the LED unit. The heat radiation block is held by the reflective plate. The LED unit has a flat portion at light extracting surface from the lighting unit. The flat portion has the same plane with a surrounding area of the installation portion in a reflective surface of the reflective plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yoji Urano
  • Publication number: 20130171835
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention to provide: a composition which can be used for water-repellent treating of the entire surface of a semiconductor substrate having a pattern formed by laminating a Si-containing insulating layer and a metal layer, at one time; and a method for water-repellent treatment of the semiconductor substrate surface using the composition. The present invention relates to: (1) a composition for water-repellent treatment of a semiconductor substrate surface comprising a) at least one kind of a compound selected from the group consisting of a long-chain alkyl tertiary amine and a long-chain alkyl ammonium salt, b) a base or an acid generating agent, having a condensed ring structure or forming a condensed ring structure by generating a base or an acid and c) a polar organic solvent, and (2) a method for water-repellent treatment of the semiconductor substrate surface having the pattern formed by laminating the Si-containing insulating layer and the metal layer, using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Yoji Urano, Masahiko Kakizawa
  • Publication number: 20130070452
    Abstract: Provided is lead frame in which a wiring pattern supported by a support piece inside of a one-pitch outer frame section comprises a plurality of base units, each of which comprises a die pad on which a solid-state light emitting element is mounted, a heat sink extending from die pad so as to surround die pad electrically connected to one electrode of the element, and a lead electrically connected to the other electrode of the element. Lead of one base unit among adjacent base units and heat sink of the other base unit are coupled and electrically connected in series. Increase in temperature of the element is inhibited, light output is increased, and cost of a light emitting unit in which a plurality of solid-state light emitting elements connected in series are used is reduced. Also provided are wiring board, light emitting unit, and illuminating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Urano, Ryoji Yokotani, Ikko Kuzuhara, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120287602
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprising: an elongated-shaped LED unit provided with a plurality of lighting units on one surface in the thickness direction thereof, each of said lighting units having a LED chip; a reflective plate held by a main body; a lighting device for lighting the LED unit; and a heat radiation block to which said LED unit being replaceably attached, configured to dissipate the heat generated in the LED unit, and arranged at the other surface side in the thickness direction of the LED unit. The reflective plate has an installation portion for installing the LED unit. The heat radiation block is held by the reflective plate. The LED unit has a flat portion at light extracting surface from the lighting unit. The flat portion has the same plane with a surrounding area of the installation portion in a reflective surface of the reflective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoji Urano
  • Publication number: 20120153313
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a solid light-emitting element; a mounting substrate mounting the solid light-emitting element thereon; an encapsulating member encapsulating the solid light-emitting element; and a lead frame electrically connected to the solid light-emitting element through a wire. The lead frame is arranged on a rear surface of the mounting substrate, and the mounting substrate includes a front mounting surface on which the solid light-emitting element is mounted. The front mounting surface having a smooth surface region covered with the encapsulating member. The mounting substrate further includes a wire hole through which the wire extends from the front mounting surface of the mounting substrate to the rear surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji YOKOTANI, Yoji Urano, Ikko Kuzuhara, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7833691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterocycle-containing onium salt useful as, for example, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an acid generator for a chemically amplified resist, and provides a heterocycle-containing onium salt shown in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Ishihara, Yoji Urano, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080161520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterocycle-containing onium salt useful as, for example, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an acid generator for a chemically amplified resist, and provides a heterocycle-containing onium salt shown in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Ishihara, Yoji Urano, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7318991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterocycle-containing onium salt useful as, for example, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an acid generator for a chemically amplified resist, and provides “a heterocycle-containing onium salt shown in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Ishihara, Yoji Urano, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7101918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid type onium salt having an iodonium salt and a sulfonium salt in the molecule, Useful, for example, as a cationic type photopolymerization initiator and an acid generator for a chemically amplified resist and provides a hybrid type onium salt shown by the general formula [1]: and R4 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group and an amino group which may be substituted or a group shown by the general formula [2]: and a polymerization initiator or an acid generator, comprising said onium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Ishihara, Tsuneaki Maesawa, Yoji Urano
  • Publication number: 20050233253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterocycle-containing onium salt useful as, for example, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an acid generator for a chemically amplified resist, and provides “a heterocycle-containing onium salt shown by the general formula [1]: [wherein R is a group shown by the general formula [2]: (wherein R3 and R4 are each independently a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom or an aryl group as a substituent, or an aryl group which may have a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group as a substituent; X2 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; i is an integer of 0 to 4; and j is an integer of 0 to 3), or a group shown by the general formula [3]: (wherein R5 and R6 are each independently a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom or an aryl group as a substituent, or an aryl group which may have a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group as a substituent; X3 and X4 are each independently an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; p is an integer of
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Masami Ishihara, Yoji Urano, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6414159
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparation of a quaternary ammonium salt comprising reacting an alkyl halide with 2 equimolar amount or more per the alkyl halide of a pyridine compound or an N-lower alkyl imidazole at 120° C. to 350° C., and a method for the continuous production of a quatemary ammonium salt comprises introducing continuously an alkyl halide and 2 equimolar amount or more per the alkyl halide of a pyridine compound or an N-lower alkyl imidazole into a pipe reactor from the one end thereof under heating at 120 to 350° C. to pass through the pipe reactor wherein a reaction is allowed to take place, and taking out continuously the resulting quaternary ammonium salt from the other end of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimihiko Sano, Yoji Urano, Takuhiro Kimura, Atsunori Sano