Patents by Inventor Michitaka Sakamoto

Michitaka Sakamoto 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: 8339536
    Abstract: A display module is equipped with a display panel having a display screen for displaying images on a front side of the panel. A panel chassis is provided on a rear side of the display panel with respect to the display screen. The display module is assembled with a plurality of fixing members. Each fixing member has a panel holder to hold the display panel as covering a portion of a periphery of the display screen and a chassis coupling member coupled to the panel chassis so that the display panel is interposed between the panel holder and the panel chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, Takenori Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 8264822
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image display apparatus main body and a pedestal part supporting the image display apparatus main body. The image display main body has a display module, a center frame, a left R cover, a right R cover, and an upper pedestal fixing member connecting part. The display module displays an image on a front face. The center frame is connected to the back face of the display module, and a part thereof is exposed to the outside. The left R cover and the right R cover are connected to the center frame, and cover the back face of the display module. The upper pedestal fixing member connecting part is provided protruding backward from the center frame. The pedestal part has a bottom plate part, a pedestal fixing member, and an upper center frame connecting part. The pedestal fixing member is provided in the bottom plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Takenori Yaguchi, Hideki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20100265638
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image display apparatus main body and a pedestal part supporting the image display apparatus main body. The image display main body has a display module, a center frame, a left R cover, a right R cover, and an upper pedestal fixing member connecting part. The display module displays an image on a front face. The center frame is connected to the back face of the display module, and a part thereof is exposed to the outside. The left R cover and the right R cover are connected to the center frame, and cover the back face of the display module. The upper pedestal fixing member connecting part is provided protruding backward from the center frame. The pedestal part has a bottom plate part, a pedestal fixing member, and an upper center frame connecting part. The pedestal fixing member is provided in the bottom plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
    Inventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Takenori Yaguchi, Hideki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20100220257
    Abstract: A display module is equipped with a display panel having a display screen for displaying images on a front side of the panel. A panel chassis is provided on a rear side of the display panel with respect to the display screen. The display module is assembled with a plurality of fixing members. Each fixing member has a panel holder to hold the display panel as covering a portion of a periphery of the display screen and a chassis coupling member coupled to the panel chassis so that the display panel is interposed between the panel holder and the panel chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. a corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, Takenori Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090225254
    Abstract: A display module includes a base plate having a front surface section and a rear surface section that has at least one edge section, a display panel provided on the front surface section of the base plate, a circuit board provided in a specific zone of the rear surface section of the base plate in which the specific zone is closer to the edge section of the rear surface section of the base plate than a center of the rear surface section is, and a protecting cover to protect the circuit board and the base plate. The protecting cover has a higher section and a lower section that is closer to the base plate than the higher section is so that the higher section at least partially covers the circuit board while the lower section at least partially covers the base plate. The higher and lower sections give a space inside the display module but outside the protecting cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuzawa, Michitaka Sakamoto, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, Shigehiro Masuji