Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hasegawa

Atsushi Hasegawa 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).

  • Patent number: 10962815
    Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Tanabe, Masaru Takabatake, Toshiki Kaneko, Atsushi Hasegawa, Hiroko Sehata
  • Publication number: 20200307479
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam extending in a left-right direction, and left and right side members functioning as a frame member supporting both ends of the bumper beam. The bumper beam includes a connecting member that connects the both ends to suppress the extension between the both ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Keiichiro Tsuji, Takayuki Fujii, Yusuke Miura, Tomohiro Shimizu, Yumi Saito
  • Patent number: 10696252
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a bumper beam, an extension, and a gusset. The bumper beam extends in a vehicle width direction in a rear part of a vehicle body. The extension is provided for attaching the bumper beam to the vehicle body. The gusset is provided between the bumper beam and the extension and at an inner position in a vehicle width direction of the extension. A deformation facilitating part is provided on a middle part of the gusset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Keiichiro Okuyama, Hirofumi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200150484
    Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hideo TANABE, Masaru TAKABATAKE, Toshiki KANEKO, Atsushi HASEGAWA, Hiroko SEHATA
  • Publication number: 20200130747
    Abstract: Each rear side member (4) of a vehicle body rear structure includes a first deformable portion (41), a second deformable portion (42), a third deformable portion (43), and a fourth deformable portion (44) in that order from a rear end thereof on an inboard side and an outboard side in an alternating manner and in a mutually spaced apart relationship, and the distances between the adjacent deformable portions are substantially 1:2:1:1 in ratio as measure from the rear end of the rear side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi HASEGAWA, Koji YOSHIKAWA, Yusuke MIURA, Ryota YAMANE, Tomohiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200130618
    Abstract: A bumper beam of a vehicle body structure (1) is provided with a laterally extending laterally middle part (55) and a pair of end parts (56) each extending from a corresponding lateral end of the middle part in an outboard direction with a certain inward slant with respect to a fore and aft direction, and each end part curves at a laterally middle point thereof so as to have a concave side facing outward with respect to the fore and aft direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi HASEGAWA, Keiichiro TSUJI, Yusuke MIURA, Ryota YAMANE, Tomohiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200086816
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a pair of side members (4) extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body, each side member having a hollow structure defining a hollow interior (28), and provided with a vertical outboard wall (27), a bumper beam (3) extending laterally along fore and aft ends of the side members, and curved so as to be convex on a side thereof facing away from the vehicle body, and a pair of extension members (5) each connected to a corresponding end part of the bumper beam and partly received in the hollow interior of the corresponding side member, a pair of cushioning members (72, 91, 101, 111, 123, 131) are each interposed between the corresponding extension member and the vertical outboard wall of the corresponding side member, each cushioning member being deformable in a lateral direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi HASEGAWA, Keiichiro TSUJI, Yusuke MIURA, Ryota YAMANE
  • Patent number: 10578826
    Abstract: Lens barrel includes first group lens frame unit, second group lens frame unit, lens frame, insertion hole, and depressions. First group lens frame unit holds lenses. Second group lens frame unit holds lens. Lens frame is disposed between first group lens frame unit and second group lens frame unit on an inner circumference side of first group lens frame unit through radial clearance. Insertion hole is provided on an outer peripheral surface of first group lens frame unit, and a jig of lens frame is inserted into insertion hole. Depressions are provided at a position accessible from an outside in a state where first group, second group lens frame units and lens frame are assembled, and fix lens frame to first group lens frame unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Kenji Ikeo
  • Patent number: 10564459
    Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Tanabe, Masaru Takabatake, Toshiki Kaneko, Atsushi Hasegawa, Hiroko Sehata
  • Publication number: 20200013276
    Abstract: A communication unit and a safety system, through which an increase in initial cost is minimized in constructing a safety system, are provided. In a communication unit of the invention, two input and output portions are configured to be directly connected to each other when a plurality of unit main bodies are connected to each other in series, and a notched portion forming a disposition space for a connection portion-side terminal of at least a cable is provided at an end of the unit main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMAJI, Minoru HASHIMOTO, Atsushi HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10509196
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Uno, Atsushi Hasegawa, Manabu Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Fujinaka
  • Patent number: 10474008
    Abstract: A collapsible lens barrel includes: an opening/closing unit (shutter unit) that includes an opening/closing portion (shutter blade) openable and closable along a plane orthogonal to an optical axis to control a light amount, and a maintaining portion (projection) that maintains an opened state of the opening/closing portion; an inner lens disposed closer to an object than the opening/closing unit is; an inner frame that holds the inner lens; an outer lens disposed closer to the object than the inner lens is; an outer frame that holds the outer lens; and a restriction portion that restricts operation of the maintaining portion by restriction applied from the outer frame to the maintaining portion via the inner frame to maintain the opened state of the opening/closing portion when the outer frame and the inner frame are collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Ichikawa, Atsushi Hasegawa, Takumi Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 10453416
    Abstract: A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyazawa, Iwao Takemoto, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masahiro Maki, Kazutaka Goto
  • Patent number: 10365541
    Abstract: Provided is a collapsible lens barrel including a base barrel, a drive device including a linear motion member reciprocating in an optical axis direction and a drive source for driving the linear motion member, a cam frame provided with a cam groove, a drive device frame that is engaged with the cam groove and causes the drive device to reciprocate in the optical axis direction, a focus lens group frame that holds a focus lens group, and a contact part and an arm that extend from the focus lens group frame toward an object side and are engaged with the linear motion member to cause the focus lens group frame to reciprocate in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Shuhei Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20190156780
    Abstract: A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Toshio MIYAZAWA, Iwao TAKEMOTO, Atsushi HASEGAWA, Masahiro MAKI, Kazutaka GOTO
  • Patent number: 10223994
    Abstract: A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyazawa, Iwao Takemoto, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masahiro Maki, Kazutaka Goto
  • Publication number: 20190049775
    Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hideo TANABE, Masaru TAKABATAKE, Toshiki KANEKO, Atsushi HASEGAWA, Hiroko SEHATA
  • Publication number: 20190016282
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a bumper beam, an extension, and a gusset. The bumper beam extends in a vehicle width direction in a rear part of a vehicle body. The extension is provided for attaching the bumper beam to the vehicle body. The gusset is provided between the bumper beam and the extension and at an inner position in a vehicle width direction of the extension. A deformation facilitating part is provided on a middle part of the gusset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Keiichiro Okuyama, Hirofumi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10160495
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure having left and right side frames located on both sides in a vehicle width direction, each side frame including an end on an external force acting side that receives a collision load in a vehicle longitudinal direction acting from outside of a vehicle, and an end on an opposite side of the end on the external force acting side. The side frames are provided with a plurality of fragile portions on left and right sides. The plurality of fragile portions include at least left and right first fragile portions located at the ends on the external force acting side, and left and right second fragile portions located on sides of the ends on the opposite side. An area of each of the left and right first fragile portions is set to be larger than each of areas of the left and right second fragile portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Autotech Engineering, AIE.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Yusuke Miura, Emmanuel Leroy, Thomas Lemaitre, Marti Meca
  • Patent number: 10133103
    Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Tanabe, Masaru Takabatake, Toshiki Kaneko, Atsushi Hasegawa, Hiroko Sehata