United Nations
Industrial Development Organization
Investment and Technology Promotion Office, Tokyo
Energy and Environment related technologies and solutions:
Rechargeable LED Lantern
Company data
| Name | SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. |
| Address | 5-5, Keihan-Hondori 2-Chome, Moriguchi City, Osaka 570-8677, Japan |
| Capital | ¥322,242 million (As of March 31, 2010) |
| Contact person | Takayuki Hotta, Manager Government Relattions Department e-mail : takayuki.hotta@sanyo.com tel : +81 3 6364 3605 fax : +81 3 3837 6271 |
| Number of employees | 104,882 (Consolidated) 9,504 (Non-Consolidated) (As of March 31, 2010) |
| Date of company foundation | February, 1947 |
| The type of business | General Electronics Manufacturing |
International operation
| Number of employees for international operation(including overseas operation, if any) | ||
| Overseas offices | City , Country | Name of company |
| China | 34 manufacturing plants and 14 offices | |
| Other Asian countrires | ||
 Singapore |
Asian HQ and 6 offices | |
| Indonesia |
6 manufacturing plants and 1 offices | |
| Vietnam |
4 manufacturing plants | |
| Others |
23 plants/offices | |
| Americas | 9 manufacturing plants and 13 offices | |
| Europe & Africas | 3 manufacturing plants and 11 offices | |
Modality of business transaction
Mark , if applicable |
Mode of business | Brief description |
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Direct Investment | Building manufacturing plants close the market. |
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Partnership | Technical guidance in cooperation with the local firm, establishment of the joint venture corporation, and business development. |
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Export of product | Developing the global market and promote the brand/products. |
| Licensing of patent |
Technology data
| Name of technology | Rechargeable LED Lantern | |
| Field of the technology | Major category: Low carbon and energy conservation |
Sub-category: Buildings and household, Renewable energy |
| Conceivable applications |
Rechargeable LED lantern for using at home, school, and hospital, outdoor activities, and a nighttime walk. It can be easily brought to where you want to use. It can be put on the desk or table, and also hanged it from the ceiling. UBS output is available so that cellular phone can be also recharged. |
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| Performance |
The lantern is economical and ecological high-performance. Batteries in the lantern can be recharged from car batteries, home AC outlets, and photovoltaic. A solar charger system for the lantern is also available. Full-charged batteries can operate approx. 26 hours even in the mode of high brightness. It has long service life due to the reasons as follow. - batteries can be recharged more than 500 times without significant performance loss, - lifespan of LED is 10 years and more, and - waterproof is ensured for outdoor using. 22 pcs of LED provide 350 lux of brightness at high mode and 160 lux at low mode. The weight of the lantern is approx. 1.3Kg, which results in ease of bringing. |
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| Technical maturity | Recharging system is performed by SANYO LEAD Acid batteries which has been distributed from 1990 in Japan. | |
| Competitive advantage | SANYO’s top battery technology built-in as a world market leader 500 cycle
time of LEAD Acid batteries Over 10 years of long life LED |
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| Conceivable risk | Maintenance network has not been set yet throughout all the world. | |
| Information on patent related to this technology | ||
Schematic illustration of the technology
Dimensions (W x L x H) of the lantern are 80 x 143 x 263 mm
Rechargeable Battery
System: Ni-MH
Voltage: 6 V
Capacity: 4500 mAh
Solar recharging system (optional)
