Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Suga

Katsuyuki Suga 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: 11887510
    Abstract: A rollable electronic apparatus being windable, includes: a flexible electronic device; a flexible cable; a circuit substrate; and a support body having a tubular body, wherein the flexible electronic device includes a terminal portion, the flexible cable connects the terminal portion and the circuit substrate, a drive circuit is mounted on the circuit substrate, the flexible electronic device and the flexible cable are wound on an outer circumferential surface of the support body by rotating the support body, the support body has, in a cross-sectional view, two curved portions and a planar portion connecting the two curved portions, and the circuit substrate is stored in the planar portion in a state in which the flexible cable is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11737224
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic component having flexibility, a drive circuit substrate, a first support body capable of winding at least a portion of the electronic component around an outer face, and a second support body including a center axis that is the same axis as a rotation axis of the first support body and including an outer periphery having a length smaller than a length of an outer periphery of the first support body, the second support body being capable of winding at least a portion of the external connection cable around an outer face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11404525
    Abstract: A terminal of a flexible organic EL display device is formed using a third conductive member being a second metal layer exposed through an opening of a second resin layer. In the opening of the second resin layer, a protruding portion being formed using a third resin layer being a layer lower than the second resin layer and the third conductive member being the second metal layer overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Yasuda, Katsuyuki Suga
  • Patent number: 11395422
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel, and an accommodation section configured to house the flexible display panel and provided with at least one movable guide member being movable and a plurality of fixed guide members configured to support the flexible display panel, where a distance between the at least one movable guide member and the plurality of fixed guide members at a time of pull-out is different from that at a time of housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20210368637
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel, and an accommodation section configured to house the flexible display panel and provided with at least one movable guide member being movable and a plurality of fixed guide members configured to support the flexible display panel, where a distance between the at least one movable guide member and the plurality of fixed guide members at a time of pull-out is different from that at a time of housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: KATSUYUKI SUGA, YUKI YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210358346
    Abstract: In a display panel, a first slit is formed between a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion that are two of a plurality of terminal portions, and the first slit separates the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: KATSUYUKI SUGA, YUKI YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210343194
    Abstract: A rollable electronic apparatus being windable, includes: a flexible electronic device; a flexible cable; a circuit substrate; and a support body having a tubular body, wherein the flexible electronic device includes a terminal portion, the flexible cable connects the terminal portion and the circuit substrate, a drive circuit is mounted on the circuit substrate, the flexible electronic device and the flexible cable are wound on an outer circumferential surface of the support body by rotating the support body, the support body has, in a cross-sectional view, two curved portions and a planar portion connecting the two curved portions, and the circuit substrate is stored in the planar portion in a state in which the flexible cable is wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: KATSUYUKI SUGA, YUKI YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210345504
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic component having flexibility, a drive circuit substrate, a first support body capable of winding at least a portion of the electronic component around an outer face, and a second support body including a center axis that is the same axis as a rotation axis of the first support body and including an outer periphery having a length smaller than a length of an outer periphery of the first support body, the second support body being capable of winding at least a portion of the external connection cable around an outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: KATSUYUKI SUGA, YUKI YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20200411626
    Abstract: A terminal of a flexible organic EL display device is formed using a third conductive member being a second metal layer exposed through an opening of a second resin layer. In the opening of the second resin layer, a protruding portion being formed using a third resin layer being a layer lower than the second resin layer and the third conductive member being the second metal layer overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: YUKI YASUDA, KATSUYUKI SUGA
  • Patent number: 10862075
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an EL device including a mother substrate and a layered body including a light emitting element, the method includes irradiating a laser beams to peel the mother substrate and the layered body from each other, wherein the mother substrate and the layered body contact with each other via a resin layer of the layered body, a protection material is formed on a face of the layered body, the face of the layered body not contacting with the mother substrate, the irradiating includes irradiating a first laser beam and a second laser beam after the first laser beam, and an absorption rate of the second laser beam irradiation by the resin layer is greater than an absorption rate of the second laser beam irradiation by the protection material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10693070
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an EL device, the method including peeling a mother substrate from a layered body including a light-emitting element layer with irradiation with a laser. The mother substrate and the layered body are in contact with each other with a resin layer of the layered body interposed therebetween, and in a case that the peeling is performed by irradiating the resin layer with the laser, the irradiation is performed on at least a part of an end portion of the resin layer under a condition different from that in a central portion of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10636996
    Abstract: A display device includes: a support material; a TFT layer that includes a plurality of inorganic insulating films; a light emitting element layer; and a sealing layer. A slit pattern that penetrates through the plurality of inorganic insulating films is formed, in a plan view, outside a display region and inside edges of the support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Yasuda, Katsuyuki Suga
  • Publication number: 20190363303
    Abstract: A display device production method is a production method in which, after a layered body including a resin layer, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer is formed on a substrate that is transparent, a lower face of the resin layer is irradiated with laser from a reverse face of the substrate using a laser peeling device, and the substrate is peeled from the layered body. The display device production method includes measuring an optical characteristic of the substrate that is peeled off, and performing predetermined processing in a case that a measurement result exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mayuko SAKAMOTO, Katsuyuki SUGA
  • Publication number: 20190363304
    Abstract: A method of producing an EL device includes layering a resin layer, a barrier layer and a protective film on a mother glass substrate, the layering including forming, along an end face of the mother glass substrate, an adhesive strengthening layer to strengthen adhesive force between the barrier layer and the protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsunori TANAKA, Katsuyuki SUGA, Yuki YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20190363305
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an EL device including a mother substrate and a layered body including a light emitting element, the method includes irradiating a laser beams to peel the mother substrate and the layered body from each other, wherein the mother substrate and the layered body contact with each other via a resin layer of the layered body, a protection material is formed on a face of the layered body, the face of the layered body not contacting with the mother substrate, the irradiating includes irradiating a first laser beam and a second laser beam after the first laser beam, and an absorption rate of the second laser beam irradiation by the resin layer is greater than an absorption rate of the second laser beam irradiation by the protection material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuyuki SUGA, Yuki YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20190363284
    Abstract: A display device includes: a support material; a TFT layer that includes a plurality of inorganic insulating films; a light emitting element layer; and a sealing layer. A slit pattern that penetrates through the plurality of inorganic insulating films is formed, in a plan view, outside a display region and inside edges of the support material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki YASUDA, Katsuyuki SUGA
  • Publication number: 20190326513
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an EL device (2), the method including peeling a mother substrate (50) from a layered body (7) including a light-emitting element layer (5) with irradiation with a laser (62). The mother substrate (50) and the layered body (7) are in contact with each other with a resin layer (12) of the layered body (7) interposed therebetween, and in a case that the peeling is performed by irradiating the resin layer (12) with the laser (60), the irradiation is performed on at least a part of an end portion of the resin layer (12) under a condition different from that in a central portion of the resin layer (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuyuki SUGA, Yuki YASUDA
  • Patent number: 10310334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel 10 including a first substrate 30A having thin film patterns 30L on a section of a plate surface thereof and a second substrate 20A that is bonded to the first substrate 30A with sealant 40 that is disposed to surround the thin film patterns 30L, the display panel 10 performing displaying, and a resin film 12 having flexibility and configuring a section of the thin film patterns 30L and extending outside the sealant 40 continuously from the thin film patterns 30L, the resin film 12 having a section outside the sealant 40 and at least the section having metal lines 13 through which signals for driving the display panel 10 are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Suga
  • Publication number: 20180188566
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel 10 including a first substrate 30A having thin film patterns 30L on a section of a plate surface thereof and a second substrate 20A that is bonded to the first substrate 30A with sealant 40 that is disposed to surround the thin film patterns 30L, the display panel 10 performing displaying, and a resin film 12 having flexibility and configuring a section of the thin film patterns 30L and extending outside the sealant 40 continuously from the thin film patterns 30L, the resin film 12 having a section outside the sealant 40 and at least the section having metal lines 13 through which signals for driving the display panel 10 are transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: KATSUYUKI SUGA
  • Publication number: 20180173033
    Abstract: A method includes a first resin film forming process of forming a first resin film on one section of a first substrate, a metal line forming process of forming metal lines continuously on another section of the first substrate and the first resin film and forming an insulator film on the metal lines, a pattern forming process of forming thin film patterns on the other section, a bonding process of disposing sealant on the first substrate and bonding the first and second substrates opposite each other, a second substrate removing process of removing a section of the second substrate outside the sealant, a second resin film forming process of forming a second resin film on the first resin film outside the sealant, and a first substrate removing process of separating and removing at least a section of the first substrate outside the sealant from the first resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: KATSUYUKI SUGA