Patents by Inventor Gen Nagaoka
Gen Nagaoka 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: 11289515Abstract: For the purpose of changing, in an external connection terminal of a display device that transmits a plurality of polarities of the image signals, the positions of pairs of electrodes to which signals of different polarities are applied, a display device includes a display area having a plurality of pixels, a wiring area in which a plurality of wires corresponding to the plurality of pixels are arranged, and an external connection terminal having a plurality of electrodes to which image signals to be transmitted to the plurality of wires are applied. In the display device, polarities of the image signals transmitted to wires adjacent to each other among the plurality of wires are different from each other in the display area. In the display device, the order of arrangement of the plurality of electrodes is different from the order of the image signals transmitted to the plurality of wires of the display area.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Nakayama, Gen Nagaoka, Takashi Matsui
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Publication number: 20210134839Abstract: For the purpose of changing, in an external connection terminal of a display device that transmits a plurality of polarities of the image signals, the positions of pairs of electrodes to which signals of different polarities are applied, a display device includes a display area having a plurality of pixels, a wiring area in which a plurality of wires corresponding to the plurality of pixels are arranged, and an external connection terminal having a plurality of electrodes to which image signals to be transmitted to the plurality of wires are applied. In the display device, polarities of the image signals transmitted to wires adjacent to each other among the plurality of wires are different from each other in the display area. In the display device, the order of arrangement of the plurality of electrodes is different from the order of the image signals transmitted to the plurality of wires of the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: MASAKI NAKAYAMA, GEN NAGAOKA, TAKASHI MATSUI
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Patent number: 10811488Abstract: A display device includes a TFT layer provided in a display area, a bending section and a terminal in a non-active area, and a terminal wiring line that connects to the terminal through the bending section, and the terminal wiring line includes a first wiring line and a second wiring line each positioned on both sides of the bending section and a third wiring line that passes through the bending section and is electrically connected with each of the first wiring line and the second wiring line and curved so as to have recesses and protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Matsui, Yukio Shimizu, Gen Nagaoka, Motoji Shiota
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Publication number: 20190363153Abstract: A display device includes a TFT layer provided in a display area, a bending section and a terminal in a non-active area, and a terminal wiring line that connects to the terminal through the bending section, and the terminal wiring line includes a first wiring line and a second wiring line each positioned on both sides of the bending section and a third wiring line that passes through the bending section and is electrically connected with each of the first wiring line and the second wiring line and curved so as to have recesses and protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Takashi MATSUI, Yukio SHIMIZU, Gen NAGAOKA, Motoji SHIOTA
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Patent number: 9207477Abstract: A display module 1 of the present invention includes a first board 3, a second board 4, a base film 5, and a circuit member 2. The first board 3 and the second board 4 are bonded together to face with each other. The base film 5 is provided between the first board 3 and the second board 4 and extends outwardly from an end of the first board 3. The base film 5 has an insulating property and the extended portion is bent to an outer surface side of one of the first board 3 and the second board 4. The circuit member 2 is formed on the base film 5.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Miyazaki, Motoji Shiota, Takatoshi Kira, Gen Nagaoka, Seiji Muraoka, Makoto Tamaki, Keiji Aota, Yukio Shimizu, Takashi Matsui, Hiroki Nakahama, Hiroki Makino, Minoru Horino
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Patent number: 9060429Abstract: Provided is a circuit board in which visibility of an alignment mark is improved. In a case of manufacturing a substrate module in which a touch panel (20) and an FPC (50) are electrically connected, an alignment mark in the FPC (50) is formed by an opaque metal film, so that visibility is high. Consequently, when an alignment mark (25) in the touch panel (20) is also formed by an opaque metal film, the visibility of the alignment mark (25) also becomes high. By performing alignment using the alignment marks having high visibility, alignment between the touch panel (20) and the FPC (50) can be performed easily with high precision. As a result, the yield of the substrate module increases and modification of an alignment apparatus used for alignment becomes unnecessary, so that the manufacturing cost of the substrate module can be decreased.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Gen Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Hida, Hiroki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9007777Abstract: Affixed to a projection (111) of a glass substrate (110) included in a liquid crystal module (100) are a first ACF (150a), which has low surface tack strength but high connection reliability, and a second ACF (150b), which has high component attaching capability attributed to high surface tack strength. With these, an LSI chip (130), electronic components (150), etc., are mounted on the glass substrate (110), so that high-speed electronic component mounting can be achieved while ensuring connection reliability.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Gen Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Hida, Hiroki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20140248817Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device provided with a thin-film electronic circuit 11 includes: forming the thin-film electronic circuit 11 having a glass substrate 21 that is temporarily attached to a support member 23 by thinning the glass substrate 21 through etching while the glass substrate 21 is temporarily attached to the support member 23; attaching the thin-film electronic circuit 11 that is temporarily attached to the support member 23 to a display panel; and peeling off the support member 23 from the thin-film electronic circuit 11 attached to the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mikihiro Noma, Tomotoshi Tsujioka, Minoru Mayumi, Takatoshi Kira, Hiroki Makino, Gen Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20140238952Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin substrate includes the following steps: a first etching step in which the thickness of a glass substrate (110a) is reduced by etching one surface of the glass substrate (110a); a scribing step in which a scribe line (Ca) for splitting a glass substrate (110b), which is formed by reducing the thickness of the glass substrate (110a), is formed on a surface of the glass substrate (110b); and a second etching step in which the thickness of a glass substrate (110c), which is formed by forming the scribe line (Ca) on the glass substrate (110b), is reduced by etching a surface of the glass substrate (110c), and the glass substrate (110c) is split by way of the scribe line (Ca).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Makino, Gen Nagaoka, Takatoshi Kira
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Publication number: 20140092338Abstract: A display module 1 of the present invention includes a first board 3, a second board 4, a base film 5, and a circuit member 2. The first board 3 and the second board 4 are bonded together to face with each other. The base film 5 is provided between the first board 3 and the second board 4 and extends outwardly from an end of the first board 3. The base film 5 has an insulating property and the extended portion is bent to an outer surface side of one of the first board 3 and the second board 4. The circuit member 2 is formed on the base film 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Miyazaki, Motoji Shiota, Takatoshi Kira, Gen Nagaoka, Seiji Muraoka, Makoto Tamaki, Keiji Aota, Yukio Shimizu, Takashi Matsui, Hiroki Nakahama, Hiroki Makino, Minoru Horino
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Patent number: 8563983Abstract: The invention provides a display panel and display device enabling easy connection to an external connection component depending on the type of a mounted component, and provides a display device manufacturing method allowing a simple manufacturing process. The display panel of the present invention is a display panel in which a thin film transistor array substrate and an opposed substrate are disposed opposing each other. The thin film transistor array substrate has a first routing wiring that is routed at the outer edge of the substrate, a common transfer section that is formed at a position overlapping with the first routing wiring when the substrate surface is viewed from a normal direction, and a first terminal region, having a plurality of terminals formed thereon including a terminal that is joined to the first routing wiring, at an end portion of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Hida, Gen Nagaoka
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Patent number: 8450753Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) includes a glass substrate (110) having an LSI chip (130) and an FPC board (140) mounted thereon. A component ACF (150a) made of a single sheet is used to further mount discrete electronic components such as stabilizing capacitors (150) on the glass substrate (110). The component ACF (150a) has a size that covers not only a region where the discrete electronic components are to be mounted, but also the top surfaces of the LSI chip (130) and the FPC board (140) which are mounted first. By thus using the large component ACF (150a), a positional constraint upon adhering the component ACF (150a) to the glass substrate (110) is eliminated, reducing the area of a region where the discrete electronic components are mounted. By this, a board module miniaturized by reducing the area of a region where discrete electronic components are mounted is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motoji Shiota, Gen Nagaoka, Ichiro Umekawa, Yasuhiro Hida, Yukio Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120320290Abstract: A display device that can easily attach a connection member to a display panel is provided. This liquid crystal display device (1) includes: a liquid crystal display panel (2) that includes a TFT substrate (10) and a CF substrate (20); a FPC (30) that is electrically connected to the TFT substrate; and a FPC (40) that is electrically connected to the CF substrate. An alignment mark (13) is provided in the TFT substrate. An alignment mark (41) corresponding to the alignment mark (13) is provided in the FPC (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Hida, Gen Nagaoka, Hiroki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20120319980Abstract: Provided is a circuit board in which visibility of an alignment mark is improved. In a case of manufacturing a substrate module in which a touch panel (20) and an FPC (50) are electrically connected, an alignment mark in the FPC (50) is formed by an opaque metal film, so that visibility is high. Consequently, when an alignment mark (25) in the touch panel (20) is also formed by an opaque metal film, the visibility of the alignment mark (25) also becomes high. By performing alignment using the alignment marks having high visibility, alignment between the touch panel (20) and the FPC (50) can be performed easily with high precision. As a result, the yield of the substrate module increases and modification of an alignment apparatus used for alignment becomes unnecessary, so that the manufacturing cost of the substrate module can be decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Gen Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Hida, Hiroki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20120188733Abstract: To provide a substrate mounting structure with which reliability can be improved. This substrate mounting structure includes an ACF (2) disposed on a surface (1a) of a glass substrate (1) and SMDs (3) mounted on the surface (1a) of the glass substrate (1) via the ACF (2) and disposed in an SMD mounting region (10a) on the surface (1a) of the glass substrate (1). Then, dummy components (4) are respectively disposed in a region adjacent to one side of the SMD mounting region (10a) and in a region adjacent to the other side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Miyazaki, Gen Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Hida
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Publication number: 20120182697Abstract: Affixed to a projection (111) of a glass substrate (110) included in a liquid crystal module (100) are a first ACF (150a), which has low surface tack strength but high connection reliability, and a second ACF (150b), which has high component attaching capability attributed to high surface tack strength. With these, an LSI chip (130), electronic components (150), etc., are mounted on the glass substrate (110), so that high-speed electronic component mounting can be achieved while ensuring connection reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Gen Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Hida, Hiroki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20120146022Abstract: The invention provides a display panel and display device enabling easy connection to an external connection component depending on the type of a mounted component, and provides a display device manufacturing method allowing a simple manufacturing process. The display panel of the present invention is a display panel in which a thin film transistor array substrate and an opposed substrate are disposed opposing each other. The thin film transistor array substrate has a first routing wiring that is routed at the outer edge of the substrate, a common transfer section that is formed at a position overlapping with the first routing wiring when the substrate surface is viewed from a normal direction, and a first terminal region, having a plurality of terminals formed thereon including a terminal that is joined to the first routing wiring, at an end portion of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Hida, Gen Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20120133876Abstract: A region for mounting components such as an IC chip is sufficiently ensured on a glass substrate with which a liquid crystal panel is configured, without reducing the number of panel pieces to be taken from a large panel. A liquid crystal panel is composed of a first glass substrate (10) and a second glass substrate (20) which face each other with a liquid crystal therebetween. The first glass substrate (10) and the second glass substrate (20) are formed in substantially the same size in plan view and bonded together in a state in which these substrates are shifted from each other by a predetermined distance in the direction of the longer side or in the direction of the shorter side. Regions to become a frame (frame regions) are provided on both the first glass substrate (10) and the second glass substrate (20), and pads (60) are provided on both of these frame regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Nakahama, Keigo Aoki, Gen Nagaoka, Kiyoshi Inada, Motoji Shiota
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Publication number: 20110169022Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) includes a glass substrate (110) having an LSI chip (130) and an FPC board (140) mounted thereon. A component ACF (150a) made of a single sheet is used to further mount discrete electronic components such as stabilizing capacitors (150) on the glass substrate (110). The component ACF (150a) has a size that covers not only a region where the discrete electronic components are to be mounted, but also the top surfaces of the LSI chip (130) and the FPC board (140) which are mounted first. By thus using the large component ACF (150a), a positional constraint upon adhering the component ACF (150a) to the glass substrate (110) is eliminated, reducing the area of a region where the discrete electronic components are mounted. By this, a board module miniaturized by reducing the area of a region where discrete electronic components are mounted is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motoji Shiota, Gen Nagaoka, Ichiro Umekawa, Yasuhiro Hida, Yukio Shimizu
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Publication number: 20110169792Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel in which, without providing connection terminals, the number of which corresponds to the number of test terminals of a liquid crystal panel, on a circuit board such as an FPC board, miniaturization is obtained while reducing costs such as the mounting cost and material cost of the circuit board, and stable operation is performed. A liquid crystal panel (10) has a configuration in which jumper resistors (60a) to (60f) are provided in an overhanging portion (20a) of a glass substrate (20) to ground test terminals, which eliminates the need to ground the test terminals on an FPC board (50). Thus, wiring lines and connection terminals which are connected to the test terminals, respectively, and the numbers of which are equal to the number of the test terminals do not need to be provided on the FPC board (50), reducing the width of the FPC board (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukio Shimizu, Gen Nagaoka, Ichiro Umekawa, Motoji Shiota, Yasuhiro Hida