Patents by Inventor Tsuneo Kusunoki

Tsuneo Kusunoki 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: 6695981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a luminescent material whereby the surfaces of phosphor particles are uniformly coated with glass, and a luminescent material made up of such particles is easily obtainable, a luminescent material manufactured by the manufacturing method, and a display substrate and a display apparatus having the luminescent material. The luminescent material is manufactured through the steps of adding a phosphor in the form of a solid solution comprising a sulfide or an oxysulfide, and a luminescent center substance incorporated in the sulfide or the oxysulfide in an aqueous solution containing water glass with stirring; adding the resulting aqueous solution to an aqueous solution of a metallic salt with stirring; forcedly extracting particles of the phosphor from the resulting aqueous solution; and drying the particles of the phosphor extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Katsutoshi Ohno, Yasushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20030230965
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a Braun Tube for projectors having an illuminant layer provided on a phosphor screen, the illuminant layer including Zinc Silver Aluminum Oxide (ZnS:Ag, Al) as a blue color illuminant; Yttrium Terbium Silicate (Y2SiO5:Tb) as a green color illuminant; and Yttrium Europium Oxide (Y2O3:Eu) as a red color illuminant, all illuminants having particle size of 5 to 7 &mgr;m. As a result, it is possible to realize a Braun Tube for projectors, in which an extended life cycle is achieved by constraining the degradation of the illuminant, constraining the browning phenomenon as well as improving the spot size of the electron beam thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Katsutoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 6447698
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a nanocrystal light emission substance having a nano structure crystal, doped with an activator and cured with ultraviolet light. The nanocrystal light emission substance is synthesized by a liquid phase co-precipitation process. During the liquid phase reaction, an organic acid, such as acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, is added. Alternatively, a high molecular organic acid, such as polyacrylic or polymethacrylic acid, polystyrene, is added after the liquid phase reaction. The resulting substance is then cured with ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Ihara, Igarashi Takahiro, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Katsutoshi Ohno, Mamoru Senna, Tetsuhiko Isobe, Miho Konishi
  • Publication number: 20020074536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a luminescent material whereby the surfaces of phosphor particles are uniformly coated with glass, and a luminescent material made up of such particles is easily obtainable, a luminescent material manufactured by the manufacturing method, and a display substrate and a display apparatus having the luminescent material. The luminescent material is manufactured through the steps of adding a phosphor in the form of a solid solution comprising a sulfide or an oxysulfide, and a luminescent center substance incorporated in the sulfide or the oxysulfide in an aqueous solution containing water glass with stirring; adding the resulting aqueous solution to an aqueous solution of a metallic salt with stirring; forcedly extracting particles of the phosphor from the resulting aqueous solution; and drying the particles of the phosphor extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Katsutoshi Ohno, Yasushi Ito
  • Patent number: 6299797
    Abstract: A fluorescent material is disclosed which is excellent in the intensity of color and brightness and suitable for a FED and a precise CRT. The fluorescent material is prepared by co-activating yttrium oxide fluorescent material activated with europium. The means particle size is 10 nm to 100 nm. To prepare the fluorescent material, basic carbonate activated with europium and zinc is used as a precursor which is then baked. The precursor is prepared by a liquid-phase reaction. Specifically, yttrium nitrate, europium nitrate and zinc acetate are allowed to react in a solution together with sodium carbonate. The prepared precursor is baked by a quick heating and cooling As an alternative to this, the precursor is baked together with flux (phosphate of alkali metal).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Masaru Ihara, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Katsutoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 6071657
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a phosphor screen of a cathode ray tube, a first photo-resist layer is coated on an inner surface of a panel of the cathode ray tube except at predetermined locations. A second photo-resist layer dispersed with pigment particles is coated on the first photo-resist layer and at the predetermined locations. The second photo-resist layer is exposed at the predetermined locations from an opposite side of the panel. The first photo-resist layer is dissolved and the second photo-resist layer is removed from the first photo-resist layer so as to form a color filter layer at the predetermined locations. A phosphor layer is formed on the color filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Kusunoki, Norihiro Tateyama, Katsutoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 5914558
    Abstract: A phosphor screen (10) formed of respective color phosphor layers (9R), (9G), (9B) and respective color filter layers (4R), (4G), (4B) is formed on the inner surface of the panel (1). In that case, the respective color filter layers (4R), (4G), (4B) are respectively formed between the inner surface of the panel (1) and the phosphor layers (9R), (9G) and (9B). Therefore, the color cathode ray tube can be made high in contrast and in brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Kusunoki, Norihiro Tateyama, Katsutoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 5825124
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube includes a phosphor screen having a tricolor phosphor layer composed of a red phosphor, a green phosphor of ZnS:Cu, Al activated with Ni, Fe, or Co, and a blue phosphor of ZnS:Ag activated with Ni, Fe, or Co. The green phosphor and the blue phosphor have a decay intensity of at most 0.5% upon elapse of 8 milliseconds after excitation is removed therefrom. The green phosphor of ZnS:Cu, Al activated with Ni and the blue phosphor of ZnS:Ag activated with Ni have their afterglow characteristics substantially equalized to the afterglow characteristics of the red phosphor of Y.sub.2 O.sub.2 S:Eu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ohno, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Kenji Takayanagi, Masaru Ihara
  • Patent number: 5754001
    Abstract: A display device such as a color phosphor display panel has a panel assembly comprising a faceplate, a pair of spaced side plates, and a backplate 1c which are joined together to provide an evacuated interior space. The display device includes a color filter layer having red, green, and blue filters disposed on the inner surface of the faceplate, the filter layer containing fine particles of inorganic metal compounds. A plurality of phosphor layers of ZnO:Zn are disposed on the color filter layer. A grid is disposed in spaced relation between the phosphor layers and a cathode for controlling a flow of thermions emitted from the cathode toward the phosphor layers. The fine particles of inorganic metal compounds have a particle size ranging from 0.01 .mu.m to 0.02 .mu.m. Preferably, the red filter contains fine particles of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, the green filter contains fine particles of TiO.sub.2.ZnO.CoO.NiO, and the blue filter contains fine particles of CoO.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ohno, Tsuneo Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 5560964
    Abstract: A minute-particle iron oxide red pigment slurry is formed by adding sodium silicate to a minute-particle iron oxide red pigment slurry, and used to form a red filter formed between a phosphor layer of a color cathode ray tube and a panel thereof. Therefore, even if the red filter is brought in contact with a black matrix under the condition of a process of manufacturing the color cathode ray tube at high temperature, the red filter does not discolor the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ohno, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Kenichi Ozawa, Kenji Takayanagi, Shigeo Sasaki, Akira Nishio
  • Patent number: 5476737
    Abstract: A phosphor screen (10) formed of respective color phosphor layers (9R), (9G), (9B) and respective color filter layers (4R), (4G), (4B) is formed on the inner surface of the panel (1). In that case, the respective color filter layers (4R), (4G), (4B) are respectively formed between the inner surface of the panel (1) and the phosphor layers (9R), (9G) and (9B). Therefore, the color cathode ray tube can be made high in contrast and in brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Kusunoki, Norihiro Tateyama, Katsutoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 5372903
    Abstract: Respective phosphor layers (3R), (3G) and (3B) and a light absorption layer (2) are formed on the inner surface of a panel. An intermediate layer (11) is selectively formed on the surfaces of the respective phosphor layers by using a water soluble liquid having photosensitivity and containing water dispersion vinyl polymer emulsion and partial saponification polyvinyl acetate-system photosensitizer and then a metal-backing layer (12) is formed. A color purity of a phosphor screen can be increased and a brightness thereof can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Oji Kako, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Tateyama, Katsutoshi Ohno, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Hiroshi Itoh, Shuichi Nakazato, Naoki Isobe
  • Patent number: 5340673
    Abstract: A method of forming a phosphor screen in which a color filter layer is formed between a phosphor layer and an inner surface of a panel having a slurry in which a fine particle pigment and transparent particles are dispersed into a photosensitive liquid coated on the inner surface of the panel. Then, the color filter layer is formed by exposure and development. When the color filter layer that constitutes one portion of a phosphor screen of a color cathode ray tube is formed in this manner, an adhesive force with which the color filter layer is bonded onto the panel can be increased and a transmittance of the color filter layer can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Tateyama, Katsutoshi Ohno, Tsuneo Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 5104573
    Abstract: A green light emitting phosphor comprising tetravalent elements added to a green light emitting phosphor, Y.sub.3 (Al,Ga).sub.5 O.sub.12 :Tb, wherein the green light emitting phosphor can prevent a so-called electron beam burning even when excited by electron beams of high energy. The green light emitting phosphor is, particularly suitable to be applied to a projector tube or a high-brightness phosphor display tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ono, Tomohiko Abe, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Yuichi Kimizuka