Patents by Inventor Masayoshi MUKAIDE

Masayoshi MUKAIDE 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: 9298214
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight, a pair of inverter circuit boards that are respectively arranged in vicinities of end portions in a longitudinal direction of a hack side of the display panel, and an expansion slot unit having an expansion slot, a case that includes a slit serving as an opening through which a expansion board to be inserted into the expansion slot is inserted and can guide and house the expansion hoard, and an expansion slot board, the expansion slot unit being arranged on the back side of the display panel to be adjacent to a side of one of the pair of the inverter circuit boards and the slit being provided in an open state at a position separated from the side edge of the display panel by more than a length in an insertion direction of the expansion board that is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mukaide, Atsushi Mizutani, Mitsutaka Murakoshi
  • Patent number: 9223338
    Abstract: The instant application describes a display device including a display panel; a first component forming the front portion of the cabinet; a second component forming the rear portion of the cabinet; a metal plate comprising a first flat portion parallel to the display surface of the display panel and a second flat portion perpendicular to the first flat portion; an engaging portion provided on the first flat portion, the engaging portion being engaged with the first component; a female screw portion to which a screw penetrating the second component is inserted, and a receiving portion provided on the first component to which the engaging portion is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO TECHNOLOGY CENTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mukaide, Yu Ning Peng, Guo Li, Peng Lin
  • Patent number: 8908376
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display device which is provided with an image display panel (1), and a housing (2) which houses the image display panel (1). On the rear wall (22) of the housing (2), a socket (6), wherein the plug (71) of a power supply code (7) for supplying the image display panel (1) with power is to be fitted, is provided. On the rear wall (22) of the housing (2), a housing section (3) for housing the socket (6) is provided, and the housing section (3) is configured by bonding together a recessed section (4) provided in the rear wall (22) of the housing (2), and a cover body (5) that covers the opening (40) of the recessed section (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Mukaide
  • Patent number: 8902595
    Abstract: An image display device which is provided with an image display panel, and a housing which houses the image display panel. In the front wall of the housing, an image display window makes the screen of the image display panel viewable from the outside. In the rear wall of the housing are two housing sections, each being configured by connecting together a recessed section provided in the rear wall, and a cover which covers the opening of the recessed section. On the recessed section-side connecting surface from the surfaces on which the recessed section and the cover of each housing section are connected, screw members are screwed at a plurality of areas along the inner circumference of the connecting surface by penetrating the cover. The distances between the adjacent screw members in the two housing sections are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Mukaide
  • Patent number: 8797729
    Abstract: The instant application describes a display device including a display panel; a cabinet configured to house the display panel; a spacer disposed inside of the cabinet between a back wall of the cabinet and a back portion of the display panel; and a fastening component configured to secure the back wall of the cabinet to the back portion of the display panel by penetrating through the back wall of the cabinet and the spacer and resting in an aperture provided in the back portion of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Technology Center (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mukaide, Ren Jie Gao, Guo Li, Yu Ning Peng
  • Publication number: 20140204564
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight, a pair of inverter circuit boards that are respectively arranged in vicinities of end portions in a longitudinal direction of a hack side of the display panel, and an expansion slot unit having an expansion slot, a case that includes a slit serving as an opening through which a expansion board to be inserted into the expansion slot is inserted and can guide and house the expansion hoard, and an expansion slot board, the expansion slot unit being arranged on the back side of the display panel to be adjacent to a side of one of the pair of the inverter circuit boards and the slit being provided in an open state at a position separated from the side edge of the display panel by more than a length in an insertion direction of the expansion board that is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi MUKAIDE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Mitsutaka MURAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130026340
    Abstract: A display device has a cabinet; a button provided on the cabinet; a switch being pushed by the button; a circuit board including the switch, and a button pad which comprises: (a) a button portion; (b) a peripheral portion which is in the surroundings of the button portion, and (c) a plurality of annular ribs provided on the button pad in a position corresponding to the periphery of the button, wherein, each of the rib is arranged so as to contact the inner surface of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki KANAMORI, Masayoshi MUKAIDE
  • Publication number: 20120314376
    Abstract: The instant application describes a display device including a display panel; a first component forming the front portion of the cabinet; a second component forming the rear portion of the cabinet; a metal plate comprising a first flat portion parallel to the display surface of the display panel and a second flat portion perpendicular to the first flat portion; an engaging portion provided on the first flat portion, the engaging portion being engaged with the first component; a female screw portion to which a screw penetrating the second component is inserted, and a receiving portion provided on the first component to which the engaging portion is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: SANYO Technology Center (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi MUKAIDE, Yu Ning PENG, Guo LI, Peng LIN
  • Publication number: 20120307457
    Abstract: An image display device which is provided with an image display panel, and a housing which houses the image display panel. In the front wall of the housing, an image display window makes the screen of the image display panel viewable from the outside. In the rear wall of the housing are two housing sections, each being configured by connecting together a recessed section provided in the rear wall, and a cover which covers the opening of the recessed section. On the recessed section-side connecting surface from the surfaces on which the recessed section and the cover of each housing section are connected, screw members are screwed at a plurality of areas along the inner circumference of the connecting surface by penetrating the cover. The distances between the adjacent screw members in the two housing sections are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi MUKAIDE
  • Publication number: 20120229988
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display device which is provided with an image display panel (1), and a housing (2) which houses the image display panel (1). On the rear wall (22) of the housing (2), a socket (6), wherein the plug (71) of a power supply code (7) for supplying the image display panel (1) with power is to be fitted, is provided. On the rear wall (22) of the housing (2), a housing section (3) for housing the socket (6) is provided, and the housing section (3) is configured by bonding together a recessed section (4) provided in the rear wall (22) of the housing (2), and a cover body (5) that covers the opening (40) of the recessed section (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Masayoshi Mukaide
  • Publication number: 20120229968
    Abstract: The instant application describes a display device including a display panel; a cabinet configured to house the display panel; a spacer disposed inside of the cabinet between a back wall of the cabinet and a back portion of the display panel; and a fastening component configured to secure the back wall of the cabinet to the back portion of the display panel by penetrating through the back wall of the cabinet and the spacer and resting in an aperture provided in the back portion of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicants: SANYO Technology Center (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi MUKAIDE, Ren Jie Gao, Guo Li, Yu Ning Peng
  • Patent number: D763965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Mukaide