US Patent Issued to NICHIA on June 30 for "Light-emitting device including light-transmissive member disposed above wavelength conversion member via air layer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,233, issued on June 30, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device including light-transmissive member disposed above wavelength conversion member via air layer" was invented by Yusaku Funakura (Tokushima, Japan), Masato Aihara (Komatsushima, Japan) and Toru Taruki (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes first and second portions. The first portion includes a light-emitting element, a wavelength conversion member, and a first reflective member covering lateral surfaces of the light-emitting element and the wavelength conversion member. The second portion includes a lig...