Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Suehiro

Yoshinobu Suehiro 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: 20240072101
    Abstract: An LED array includes: a substrate having a depressing-projecting structure formed on a surface of the substrate; a planarization layer formed on the depressing-projecting structure; a plurality of micro LED elements each of which is formed on the planarization layer; and a stray light attenuating groove formed between a pair of adjacent micro LED elements among the plurality of micro LED elements, and extending from toward the pair of micro LED elements to toward the depressing-projecting structure at least part way of the planarization layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Meijo University
    Inventors: YOSHIHIRO UETA, Motoaki IWAYA, Yoshinobu SUEHIRO, Yuta IMAIZUMI, Tatsunari SAITO
  • Patent number: 9966332
    Abstract: A solid-state device includes a metal pattern formed on a substrate, a conductive bump connected to the metal pattern so as to be contact with a side surface of the metal pattern, and a solid-state element connected to the metal pattern via the conductive bump. A bottom surface level of at least a portion of the conductive bump is substantially equal to a bottom surface level of a portion of the metal pattern at which the metal pattern is connected to the conductive bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Satoshi Wada, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 9653661
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes a hole forming process for forming a through-hole that continues from a front surface to a back surface of a mounting substrate, a pattern forming process for continuously forming a circuit pattern on an inner surface of the through-hole in the mounting substrate, from an end portion of the through-hole on the front surface of the mounting substrate to a mounting portion of a light-emitting element, and on a periphery of the through-hole on the back surface of the mounting substrate, a mounting process for mounting the light-emitting element on the mounting portion, and a hot pressing process in that an inorganic material softened by heating is placed on the surface of the mounting substrate and is advanced into the through-hole while sealing the light-emitting element by pressing and bonding the inorganic material to the surface of the mounting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Seiji Yamaguchi, Katsunori Arakane, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 9640730
    Abstract: A light emitting device, comprises an element mounting substrate with a circuit pattern at least on an element mounting surface of the element mounting substrate, a light emitting element mounted on the element mounting surface of the element mounting substrate and connected with the circuit pattern, a sealing member that seals the light emitting element and is bonded on the element mounting surface, and a coating layer that covers the element mounting side of the element mounting substrate inside the sealing member, wherein the coating layer has its refractive index smaller than that of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 9097833
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source including an inorganic material substrate, a light emitting element mounted on a mounting surface of the inorganic material substrate, and a metalized pattern formed on a non-mounting surface of the inorganic material substrate on which the light emitting element is not mounted, a mounting substrate including an mounting surface on which the light source is mounted, and a conductor pattern formed on the mounting surface and bonded to the metalized pattern, and an optical member disposed on the mounting surface of the mounting substrate so as to guide a light emitted from the light source in a predetermined direction. The optical member includes a heat absorbing surface at least a part of which faces the conductor pattern of the mounting substrate, and a heat radiating surface that radiates heat of the light source conducted from the conductor pattern via the heat absorbing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 8894245
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light emitting portion including a substrate having a mounting surface for mounting an LED element and a metal portion formed on a surface of the substrate opposite to the mounting surface, the substrate including a ceramic or a semiconductor and the metal portion being bondable to a solder material and a heat dissipating member including one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, magnesium, and a magnesium alloy, and having, on a surface thereof, a junction treated so as to be bondable to the solder material and a heat dissipating film formed in a periphery of the junction, wherein the metal portion of the light emitting portion is bonded to the junction of the heat dissipating member by the solder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 8685766
    Abstract: A method of making a solid element device that includes a solid element, an element mount part on which the solid element is mounted and which has a thermal conductivity of not less than 100 W/mK, an external terminal provided separately from the element mount part and electrically connected to the solid element, and a glass sealing part directly contacting and covering the solid element for sealing the solid element, includes pressing a glass material at a temperature higher than a yield point of the glass material for forming the glass sealing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Sumita Optical Glass Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Hideaki Kato, Kunihiro Hadame, Ryoichi Tohmon, Satoshi Wada, Koichi Ota, Kazuya Aida, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Masaaki Ohtsuka, Naruhito Sawanobori
  • Patent number: 8545083
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light source including an element mounting substrate, an LED element mounted thereon by flip-chip connection and a sealing portion for sealing the LED element on the element mounting substrate, and a light guide plate including a housing hole for housing the light source. The housing hole extends from one surface side to another surface side of the light guide plate and an area of an inner surface thereof on which light is incident from the light source is parallel to a thickness direction of the light guide plate. The light source is housed in the housing hole so that the element mounting substrate is located on the other surface side of the light guide plate, emits light toward the one surface side of the light guide plate in the housing hole and the inner surface side of the housing hole, and has an optical axis parallel to the thickness direction of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Sumita Optical Glass, Inc., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Terajima, Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
  • Publication number: 20130248916
    Abstract: A solid-state device includes a metal pattern formed on a substrate, a conductive bump connected to the metal pattern so as to be contact with a side surface of the metal pattern, and a solid-state element connected to the metal pattern via the conductive bump. A bottom surface level of at least a portion of the conductive bump is substantially equal to a bottom surface level of a portion of the metal pattern at which the metal pattern is connected to the conductive bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Satoshi Wada, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 8523626
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a light emitting element, a mounting portion and a sealing part. On the mounting portion, the light emitting element is mounted and a circuit pattern is formed to supply power to the light emitting element. The sealing part is formed on the mounting portion, sealing the light emitting element, and formed of a glass and a phosphor uniformly dispersed in the glass. The phosphor is adapted to emit a wavelength-converted light by being excited by a light emitted from the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Suehiro
  • Patent number: 8490431
    Abstract: An optical device has a substrate, an optical element mounted on the substrate, a first glass member sealing the optical element and the substrate, and a second glass member formed on the first glass member and having a mold separation property higher than the first glass member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Sumita Optical Glass, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuya Aida, Yoshinobu Suehiro
  • Publication number: 20130033870
    Abstract: A light emitting device, comprises an element mounting substrate with a circuit pattern at least on an element mounting surface of the element mounting substrate, a light emitting element mounted on the element mounting surface of the element mounting substrate and connected with the circuit pattern, a sealing member that seals the light emitting element and is bonded on the element mounting surface, and a coating layer that covers the element mounting side of the element mounting substrate inside the sealing member, wherein the coating layer has its refractive index smaller than that of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 8309969
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light-emitting portion including a metal part including a metal able to be bonded to a solder material, and a heat dissipation member that includes aluminum, aluminum alloy, magnesium or magnesium alloy and a bonding portion processed to be bonded to the solder material. The metal part of the light-emitting portion is bonded via the solder material to the bonding portion of the heat dissipation member. The solder material includes a material unable to be directly bonded to the heat dissipation member, the metal part of the light-emitting portion is formed by metalizing an insulation of ceramic or semiconductor, and the bonding portion includes a thermal expansion coefficient between that of the heat dissipation member and that of the insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
  • Patent number: 8294160
    Abstract: A method of making a light emitting device, includes a mounting and a light emitting element on a substrate; hot-pressing a glass material on the light emitting element to form a glass sealing portion for sealing the light emitting element; and forming a phosphor layer on a surface of the glass sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Seiji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120250329
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source including an inorganic material substrate, a light emitting element mounted on a mounting surface of the inorganic material substrate, and a metalized pattern formed on a non-mounting surface of the inorganic material substrate on which the light emitting element is not mounted, a mounting substrate including an mounting surface on which the light source is mounted, and a conductor pattern formed on the mounting surface and bonded to the metalized pattern, and an optical member disposed on the mounting surface of the mounting substrate so as to guide a light emitted from the light source in a predetermined direction. The optical member includes a heat absorbing surface at least a part of which faces the conductor pattern of the mounting substrate, and a heat radiating surface that radiates heat of the light source conducted from the conductor pattern via the heat absorbing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi, Osamu Ito
  • Publication number: 20120171789
    Abstract: A method of making a solid element device that includes a solid element, an element mount part on which the solid element is mounted and which has a thermal conductivity of not less than 100 W/mK, an external terminal provided separately from the element mount part and electrically connected to the solid element, and a glass sealing part directly contacting and covering the solid element for sealing the solid element, includes pressing a glass material at a temperature higher than a yield point of the glass material for forming the glass sealing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: SUMITA OPTICAL GLASS INC., TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Hideaki Kato, Kunihiro Hadame, Ryoichi Tohmon, Satoshi Wada, Koichi Ota, Kazuya Aida, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Masaaki Ohtsuka, Naruhito Sawanobori
  • Patent number: 8172443
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light source portion including a mounting board, a light emitting element mounted on the mounting board, a rectangular solid sealing material for sealing the light emitting element, the sealing material including a first distance between the light emitting element and a top face thereof and a second distance between the light emitting element and a side face thereof, the first distance being greater than the second distance and a phosphor dispersed in the sealing material for radiating a wavelength conversion light by being excited by light emitted from the light emitting element, wherein a first light emitted through the top face of the sealing material is different in emission color from a second light emitted through the side face of the sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi, Kazue Tagata
  • Patent number: 8154047
    Abstract: A solid element device includes a solid element, an electric power receiving and supplying part for receiving electric power from and supplying the electric power to the solid element, and an inorganic sealing material for sealing the solid element. The inorganic sealing material includes a low melting glass selected from SiO2—Nb2O5-based, B2O3—F-based, P2O5—F-based, P2O5—ZnO-based, SiO2—B2O3—La2O3-based, and SiO2—B2O3-based low melting glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Sumita Optical Glass Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Hideaki Kato, Kunihiro Hadame, Ryoichi Tohmon, Satoshi Wada, Koichi Ota, Kazuya Aida, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Masaaki Ohtsuka, Naruhito Sawanobori
  • Patent number: 8129743
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, an element mounting board including a wiring layer on an element mounting surface thereof, and a sealing portion that seals the light emitting element. The light emitting element includes a contact electrode including a transparent conductive film, a transparent dielectric layer formed on a surface of the contact electrode and including a refractive index lower than the contact electrode, and a pad electrode electrically connected to the contact electrode. The light emitting element is flip-chip mounted on the wiring layer. A part of the transparent dielectric layer is formed between the contact electrode and the pad electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Shigeo Takaya
  • Patent number: 8101441
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes, when sealing a light-emitting element on a mounting portion by a glass material softened by heating or when processing the glass material after the sealing, producing a concave portion partially on the glass material by partially contacting and pressing a die against an upper surface of the glass material such that a part of the upper surface being not in contact with the die is deformed and forms a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Sumita Optical Glass, Inc., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Aida, Hiroki Watanabe, Seiji Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Suehiro