Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Chosa

Yoshihiko Chosa 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: 20120305973
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device which emits high-luminance, uniform white light with reduced variations in luminance, a light emitting element 101 is mounted on a substrate 105 and covered with a wavelength conversion layer 106 of uniform thickness, and then a light scattering layer 107 made of a translucent resin containing a light reflecting material is formed. As the light scattering layer 107, a high density region 109 in which a density of the light reflecting material is high is formed immediately above a central part of a light emitting surface of the light emitting element 101, and a low density region 110 in which the density of the light reflecting material is low is formed around a region immediately above the central part of the light emitting surface of the light emitting element. A translucent resin layer 108 is formed on the light scattering layer 107.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Chosa, Takashi Kuwaharada, Kiyoshi Fujihara, Kenichi Koya
  • Publication number: 20090310062
    Abstract: To provide a linear light source device (1) arranged on a lateral surface of a light guide plate, comprising: a plurality of linear light source assemblies (3) each including an elongated substrate and a plurality of light emitting elements linearly mounted on one of main surfaces of the sub substrate; and a main substrate (2) having mounted thereon the linear light source assemblies (3). With this structure, even if the linear light source device (1) is elongated, luminance unevenness is hardly caused in planar light emitting devices and liquid crystal display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Chosa, Hiroshi Uchida, Tetsuya Fukudome, Hisakazu Kawahara, Toshiro Horiuchi, Yu Hasegawa, Kouji Hidaka, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7455441
    Abstract: A linear light source includes light emitting elements 5 which are arranged on a square rod-shaped printed board 4 along the longitudinal direction thereof and reflectors 6 which are arranged alternately with the light emitting elements 5. The opposing surfaces 6a of the reflectors 6 sandwiching the light emitting element are inclined such that the distance between the opposing surfaces of the reflectors increases in the direction of light emitted from the light emitting element 5. The linear light source further includes resin seal layers 10 which are in the form of a trapezoidal prism or a truncated pyramid and formed by filling recesses, each of which is defined by the printed board 4, light emitting element 5 and reflectors 6, with a light-transmissive resin sealant. A strip-shaped reflection member made of a reflection sheet 1 or a vapor-deposited film 12 is arranged to cover a region ranging from the end face of the printed board 4 adjoining to the component side to the tips of the reflectors 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Chosa, Tadaaki Ikeda, Koji Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20070109792
    Abstract: A linear light source includes light emitting elements 5 which are arranged on a square rod-shaped printed board 4 along the longitudinal direction thereof and reflectors 6 which are arranged alternately with the light emitting elements 5. The opposing surfaces 6a of the reflectors 6 sandwiching the light emitting element are inclined such that the distance between the opposing surfaces of the reflectors increases in the direction of light emitted from the light emitting element 5. The linear light source further includes resin seal layers 10 which are in the form of a trapezoidal prism or a truncated pyramid and formed by filling recesses, each of which is defined by the printed board 4, light emitting element 5 and reflectors 6, with a light-transmissive resin sealant. A strip-shaped reflection member made of a reflection sheet 1 or a vapor-deposited film 12 is arranged to cover a region ranging from the end face of the printed board 4 adjoining to the component side to the tips of the reflectors 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Chosa, Tadaaki Ikeda, Koji Hidaka
  • Patent number: 6219074
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first plate provided a conductor pattern thereon; a second plate, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed at predetermined portions on the first plate, respectively; a plurality of light-passing structures provided so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the light-emitting elements are sealed with a transparent resin sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Chosa, Kazuya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6204938
    Abstract: A linear illumination device, includes: a light conducting body; a light diffusion portion formed at least on one side surface in a longitudinal direction of the light conducting body; a light output portion formed in a portion of the light conducting body opposing the light diffusion portion; a light source portion disposed at a first end of the light conducting body; and a light reflecting layer provided at a second end opposing the first end of the light conducting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro Horiuchi, Kohichi Takesako, Takashi Yamanaka, Yoshihiko Chosa, Tetsuro Nakamura