ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,494, issued on May 13, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Lighting device with connection to element electrodes using filler" was invented by Eiko Minato (Anan, Japan), Yumiko Kameshima (Anan, Japan), Koji Taguchi (Anan, Japan) and Masaaki Katsumata (Anan, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device includes a light emitting element having element electrodes; a light guide member to receive incoming light from the light emitting element and to emit light spreading along a plane; and a substrate including a base substitute. Conductors are formed on a first surface of the base substrate. An adhesive member is forme...