Patents by Inventor Yoshio Manabe
Yoshio Manabe 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).
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Patent number: 9651223Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes a pedestal, a substrate, an LED, an optical component, and a fastener. The LED is mounted on the substrate, and the substrate includes a first through-hole. The substrate is disposed on the pedestal. The optical component is disposed in the emission direction of light from the LED. The fastener passes through the first through-hole and fastens the optical component to the pedestal. A portion of the pedestal or a portion of the optical component is inserted in the first through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouji Yokotani, Yasuharu Ueno, Masashi Sakata, Yoshinori Kakuno, Yoshio Manabe
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Patent number: 9080757Abstract: A bulb-type lamp having both heat dissipation and size/weight reduction properties with a lower thermal load on a lighting circuit. An LED module is mounted in a case with a base member to allow dissipation of heat. An LED mount member closes another end of the case and allows conduction of heat to the case. A lighting circuit receives power via the base member. The lighting circuit is disposed inside a circuit holder. An air space exists between the circuit holder and both the case and the mount member. The lighting circuit is isolated from the air space by the circuit holder. A relationship 0.5?S1/S2?3.0, is satisfied where S1 denotes an area of a portion of the mount member in contact with the case and S2 denotes an area of the portion of the mount member in contact with a substrate of the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenzi Takahasi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai, Mamoru Takeda, Yoshio Manabe
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Patent number: 9062851Abstract: An LED lamp provides a strong red color with a natural appearance. The LED lamp is provided with an LED module and a filter. The LED module includes a blue LED with a main emission peak in the 440 nm to 460 nm wavelength band, a green/yellow phosphor that is excited by light emitted by the blue LED, and a red phosphor that is excited by light emitted by at least one of the blue LED and the green/yellow phosphor. The filter reduces the spectral radiation intensity of at least a portion of the 570 nm to 590 nm wavelength band among light emitted by the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoko Matsubayashi, Hiroshi Yagi, Masanori Shimizu, Yoshio Manabe, Atsushi Motoya, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Toshio Mori
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Publication number: 20150109778Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes a pedestal, a substrate, an LED, an optical component, and a fastener. The LED is mounted on the substrate, and the substrate includes a first through-hole. The substrate is disposed on the pedestal. The optical component is disposed in the emission direction of light from the LED. The fastener passes through the first through-hole and fastens the optical component to the pedestal. A portion of the pedestal or a portion of the optical component is inserted in the first through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouji YOKOTANI, Yasuharu UENO, Masashi SAKATA, Yoshinori KAKUNO, Yoshio MANABE
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Patent number: 8646926Abstract: To constrain reductions in luminous efficacy while enhancing the color rendition index, the LED module includes a blue LED, at least one variety of phosphor particles excited by the outgoing light from the blue LED, and neodymium glass particles that include neodymium ions absorbing the outgoing light from the phosphor particles in a predetermined wavelength band.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshio Manabe, Atsushi Motoya, Toshio Mori, Ikuko Aoki, Hiroshi Yagi, Makoto Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20130182433Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source including a plurality of solid-state light-emitting elements, each of which emits light using a semiconductor; a shielding body that includes an opening that allows only a part of the light emitted from the light source to pass through; a lens that converts the light allowed to pass through the opening into spotlight; and a reflecting body that is provided between the lens and the shielding body and reflects the light that is traveling in a direction diverged from the lens, to reach the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Okazaki, Toshihiro Ohya, Toshio Mori, Yoshio Manabe
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Publication number: 20130146937Abstract: A substrate having a mounting surface on which an LED is mounted, including: a conductive member provided on the mounting surface and including an electrode and wiring which are electrically connected to the LED; a fitting portion to which a metal body is fitted; and a discharge-reducing portion provided between the conductive member and the fitting portion and having a face tilted with respect to a surface of the mounting substrate, thereby increasing a creeping distance between the conductive member and the fitting portion compared to the case where the discharge-reducing portion is not provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Omura, Atsushi Motoya, Yoshio Manabe
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Patent number: 8322898Abstract: A bulb-type lamp having both heat dissipation and size/weight reduction properties with a lower thermal load on a lighting circuit. An LED module is mounted in a case with a base member to allow dissipation of heat. An LED mount member closes another end of the case and allows conduction of heat to the case. A lighting circuit receives power via the base member. The lighting circuit is disposed inside a circuit holder. An air space exists between the circuit holder and both the case and the mount member. The lighting circuit is isolated from the air space by the circuit holder. A relationship 0.5?S1/S2?3.0, is satisfied where S1 denotes an area of a portion of the mount member in contact with the case and S2 denotes an area of the portion of the mount member in contact with a substrate of the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenzi Takahasi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai, Mamoru Takeda, Yoshio Manabe
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Publication number: 20120300448Abstract: A bulb-type lamp having both heat dissipation and size/weight reduction properties with a lower thermal load on a lighting circuit. An LED module is mounted in a case with a base member to allow dissipation of heat. An LED mount member closes another end of the case and allows conduction of heat to the case. A lighting circuit receives power via the base member. The lighting circuit is disposed inside a circuit holder. An air space exists between the circuit holder and both the case and the mount member. The lighting circuit is isolated from the air space by the circuit holder. A relationship 0.5?S1/S2?3.0, is satisfied where S1 denotes an area of a portion of the mount member in contact with the case and S2 denotes an area of the portion of the mount member in contact with a substrate of the LED module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Kenzi Takahasi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai, Mamoru Takeda, Yoshio Manabe
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Publication number: 20120300432Abstract: An LED lamp provides a strong red color with a natural appearance. The LED lamp is provided with an LED module and a filter. The LED module includes a blue LED with a main emission peak in the 440 nm to 460 nm wavelength band, a green/yellow phosphor that is excited by light emitted by the blue LED, and a red phosphor that is excited by light emitted by at least one of the blue LED and the green/yellow phosphor. The filter reduces the spectral radiation intensity of at least a portion of the 570 nm to 590 nm wavelength band among light emitted by the LED module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoko Matsubayashi, Hiroshi Yagi, Masanori Shimizu, Yoshio Manabe, Atsushi Motoya, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Toshio Mori
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Publication number: 20120155061Abstract: To constrain reductions in luminous efficacy while enhancing the color rendition index, the LED module includes a blue LED, at least one variety of phosphor particles excited by the outgoing light from the blue LED, and neodymium glass particles that include neodymium ions absorbing the outgoing light from the phosphor particles in a predetermined wavelength band.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Yoshio Manabe, Atsushi Motoya, Toshio Mori, Ikuko Aoki, Hiroshi Yagi, Makoto Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20120057371Abstract: A lamp capable of suppressing an increase in a temperature of semiconductor light-emitting devices such as LED is provided. The lamp includes an LED module (11) which is a light source, a radiator (14) thermally coupled to the light source, a lighting circuit (13) for turning the lighting source on and is housed in the radiator (14), and a base (12) for supplying power to the lighting circuit (13), and the radiator (14) includes a heat sink (15) covering the lighting circuit (13) and a light source attachment (16) to which the light source is placed. Furthermore, a convex (16b) of an end portion of the light source attachment (16) is fit into a recess (15c) of the heat sink (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Makoto Kai, Yoshio Manabe, Kenji Takahashi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi
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Publication number: 20120002421Abstract: A bulb-type lamp having both heat dissipation and size/weight reduction properties with a lower thermal load on a lighting circuit. An LED module is mounted in a case with a base member to allow dissipation of heat. An LED mount member closes another end of the case and allows conduction of heat to the case. A lighting circuit receives power via the base member. The lighting circuit is disposed inside a circuit holder. An air space exists between the circuit holder and both the case and the mount member. The lighting circuit is isolated from the air space by the circuit holder. A relationship 0.5?S1/S2?3.0, is satisfied where S1 denotes an area of a portion of the mount member in contact with the case and S2 denotes an area of the portion of the mount member in contact with a substrate of the LED module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Kenzi Takahasi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai, Mamoru Takeda, Yoshio Manabe
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Patent number: 8038329Abstract: A bulb-type lamp having both heat dissipation and size/weight reduction properties with a lower thermal load on a lighting circuit. An LED module is mounted in a case with a base member to allow dissipation of heat. An LED mount member closes another end of the case and allows conduction of heat to the case. A lighting circuit receives power via the base member. The lighting circuit is disposed inside a circuit holder. An air space exists between the circuit holder and both the case and the mount member. The lighting circuit is isolated from the air space by the circuit holder. A relationship 0.5?S1/S2, is satisfied where S1 denotes an area of a portion of the mount member in contact with the case and S2 denotes an area of the portion of the mount member in contact with a substrate of the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenzi Takahasi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai, Mamoru Takeda, Yoshio Manabe
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Patent number: 7986082Abstract: A fluorescent lamp according to the present invention includes: a glass tube 1 in which mercury and a rare gas are enclosed; a protective film 3 that is attached so as to cover an inner face of the glass tube 1; and a phosphor layer 4 that is laminated on the protective film 3. The protective film 3 has a thickness of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m. Further, the protective film 3 is formed of inorganic particles and has a volume ratio of 0.1 to 0.5. Preferably, the inorganic particles are of at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, yttrium oxide, and calcium halophosphate.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshio Manabe, Fumihiro Inagaki, Shogo Toda, Masaaki Hama
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Patent number: 7938629Abstract: A fluorescent lamp is configured so that a glass bulb has a phosphor film formed on its internal face, and a rare gas and an amalgam pellet are enclosed therein. The amalgam pellet contains zinc, tin, and mercury as principal components, one amalgam pellet is enclosed in the glass bulb, and the amalgam pellet has a weight of not more than 20 mg. The fluorescent lamp satisfies the relationship expressed as: 45×(1?A)?x?55×(1?A), 75A?y?85A, 45?30A?z?55?30A, and x+y+z?100, where x represents a content of zinc contained in the amalgam pellet in percent by weight, y represents a content of tin therein in percent by weight, and z represents a content of mercury therein in percent by weight. This configuration allows the fluorescent lamp to be characterized in that an amount of released mercury that is necessary for the first lighting of the fluorescent lamp is secured, and that the phosphor film is less prone to being peeled due to the amalgam.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Yagi, Yoshio Manabe, Tsuyoshi Terada
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Publication number: 20110068687Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a bulb-type lamp that can achieve improvement in the heat dissipation properties and size/weight reduction simultaneously, and that can lighten thermal load on a lighting circuit. [Solution] A bulb-type lamp 1 is composed of: an LED module 3 including LEDs; a cylindrically-shaped case 7, to one end of which a base member 15 is attached and which allows dissipation of heat therefrom, the heat being generated by the LEDs emitting light; a mount member 5, on which the LED module 3 is mounted, which closes the other end of the case 7, and allows conduction of the heat to the case 7; a lighting circuit 11 that, upon receiving power via the base member 15, causes the LEDs to emit light; and a circuit holder 13 positioned inside the case 7, with the lighting circuit 11 disposed inside the circuit holder 13. The air space exists between the circuit holder 13 and the case7, and between the circuit holder 13 and the mount member 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Kenzi Takahasi, Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai, Mamoru Takeda, Yoshio Manabe
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Publication number: 20090218927Abstract: A fluorescent lamp is configured so that a glass bulb has a phosphor film formed on its internal face, and a rare gas and an amalgam pellet are enclosed therein. The amalgam pellet contains zinc, tin, and mercury as principal components, one amalgam pellet is enclosed in the glass bulb, and the amalgam pellet has a weight of not more than 20 mg. The fluorescent lamp satisfies the relationship expressed as: 45×(1?A)?x?55×(1?A), 75A?y?85A, 45?30A?z?55?30A, and x+y+z?100, where x represents a content of zinc contained in the amalgam pellet in percent by weight, y represents a content of tin therein in percent by weight, and z represents a content of mercury therein in percent by weight. This configuration allows the fluorescent lamp to be characterized in that an amount of released mercury that is necessary for the first lighting of the fluorescent lamp is secured, and that the phosphor film is less prone to being peeled due to the amalgam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi YAGI, Yoshio MANABE, Tsuyoshi TERADA
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Patent number: 7538479Abstract: A fluorescent lamp is configured so that a glass bulb has a phosphor film formed on its internal face, and a rare gas and an amalgam pellet are enclosed therein. The amalgam pellet contains zinc, tin, and mercury as principal components, one amalgam pellet is enclosed in the glass bulb, and the amalgam pellet has a weight of not more than 20 mg. The fluorescent lamp satisfies the relationship expressed as: 45×(1?A)?x?55×(1?A), 75A?y?85A, 45?30A?z?55?30A, and x+y+z?100, where x represents a content of zinc contained in the amalgam pellet in percent by weight, y represents a content of tin therein in percent by weight, and z represents a content of mercury therein in percent by weight. This configuration allows the fluorescent lamp to be characterized in that an amount of released mercury that is necessary for the first lighting of the fluorescent lamp is secured, and that the phosphor film is less prone to being peeled due to the amalgam.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Yagi, Yoshio Manabe, Tsuyoshi Terada
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Patent number: RE47591Abstract: An LED lamp provides a strong red color with a natural appearance. The LED lamp is provided with an LED module and a filter. The LED module includes a blue LED with a main emission peak in the 440 nm to 460 nm wavelength band, a green/yellow phosphor that is excited by light emitted by the blue LED, and a red phosphor that is excited by light emitted by at least one of the blue LED and the green/yellow phosphor. The filter reduces the spectral radiation intensity of at least a portion of the 570 nm to 590 nm wavelength band among light emitted by the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoko Matsubayashi, Hiroshi Yagi, Masanori Shimizu, Yoshio Manabe, Atsushi Motoya, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Toshio Mori