Patents Assigned to Japan
  • Patent number: 11031801
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply able to discharge a power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol source; a connector able to be electrically connected to an external power supply; and a control device. The power supply unit further includes: a conductor which electrically connects the connector and the control device; a capacitor provided between the connector and the control device so as to be connected in parallel with the control device; a first circuit board on which the connector is provided; a second circuit board which is apart from the first circuit board and on which the capacitor and the control device are provided; and a conductive member which electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Akao
  • Patent number: 11029567
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes pixels arranged in first and second directions and having a pixel region and including: first and second electrodes; and an alignment film having an alignment direction, wherein the first electrode has: a plurality of electrode branches each having first and second ends in the first direction; a slit between adjacent two branches; a first connection connecting the first ends; a second connection connecting the second ends; and a contact hole adjacent to second connection, wherein the first electrode has areas including: a main portion; and a bent portion that is adjacent to the contact hole and that includes the second end, the bent portion being bent relative to main portion at an angle not less than 7 degrees with respect to alignment direction, wherein an area ratio of the bent portion relative to entire area of the pixel region is not more than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sakurai, Hironao Tanaka, Harumi Okuno, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 11029791
    Abstract: A touch panel comprises, a substrate, a layered structure formed in a sensing region defined on one side of the substrate, the layered structure including at least a first conductor layer made of a first hardened conductive ink, a second conductor layer made of a second hardened conductive ink and an insulating layer disposed therebetween, and an external connection terminal formed outside the sensing region on the one side of the substrate, wherein the external connection terminal comprises a first terminal layer made of the first hardened conductive ink and a second terminal layer made of the second hardened conductive ink, such that the first terminal layer and the second terminal layer are directly overlaid on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Akitoshi Sakaue
  • Patent number: 11031451
    Abstract: An organic EL display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate, a plurality of pixels that are disposed on the substrate, a first inorganic insulating layer that covers the plurality of pixels, a conductive layer that is disposed on a side of the first inorganic insulating layer opposite to the plurality of pixels and covers the plurality of pixels, and a second inorganic insulating layer that is disposed on a side of the conductive layer opposite to the first inorganic insulating layer and covers the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiraaki Kokame, Akinori Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11030532
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus discloses herein includes an acquiring unit and an estimating unit. The acquiring unit acquires a plurality of pieces of identity information including a keyword based on an operation performed by a user. The estimating unit estimates an age group of the user based on the plurality of pieces of identity information acquired by the acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryotaro Takeda, Takuya Nomura
  • Patent number: 11029794
    Abstract: A touch panel, a display panel, and a display unit achieving prevention of erroneous detection caused by external noise. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection scan electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of detection electrodes facing the plurality of detection scan electrodes and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction. A ratio of fringe capacitance to total capacitance between one or more selected detection scan electrodes and a first detection electrode is different from a ratio of fringe capacitance to total capacitance between the one or more selected detection scan electrodes and a second detection electrode. The one or more selected detection scan electrodes are selected, in a desired unit, from the plurality of detection scan electrodes, to be supplied with a selection pulse, and each of the first and the second detection electrodes is selected from the plurality of detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takeya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11026453
    Abstract: A flavor aspirator includes: a weight-concentrated part that is provided at a position off the mouthpiece end and closer to the mouthpiece end side than to a midpoint position between the mouthpiece end and the distal end, and that accounts for at least approximately half of a total weight of the flavor aspirator. A value of (a length from the mouthpiece end to the center of gravity)/(a total length defined by a length from the mouthpiece end to the distal end) is in a range of 0.20 to 0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Furudono, Kazuya Ishibashi, Takuya Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20210165254
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a first spacer projecting from the second substrate towards the first substrate and including a distal end portion opposing the first substrate with a gap therebetween, a second spacer projecting from the second substrate towards the first substrate and in contact with the first substrate and an adhesive member adhering the distal end portion and the first substrate together. A total height of the first spacer and the adhesive member is the same as a height of the second spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junko NAGASAWA, Kasumi HASE
  • Publication number: 20210166834
    Abstract: A connecting object is used for connection to a device. The connecting object has a sheet-like shape. The device has at least two ground pins and at least one signal pin. The at least one signal pin is arranged between two of the ground pins in a pitch direction. The connecting object has a wiring layer, a shield layer and an insulator. The wiring layer is formed with only a signal line which is configured to be connected with the signal pin. The wiring layer is formed with no ground line which is configured to be connected with the ground pin. The shield layer covers the wiring layer via the insulator which is positioned between the shield layer and the wiring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yukitaka TANAKA, Yuki SUDA
  • Publication number: 20210161190
    Abstract: Provided is a novel core body temperature reducing agent. The core body temperature reducing agent of the present invention includes an extract from Tongkat Ali as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka KUROKI, Koyomi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210167505
    Abstract: A split-ring resonator comprises a first ground terminal which is separated from a ground pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keishi KOSAKA, Eiji HANKUI, Hiroshi TOYAO, Yasuhiko MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210167555
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first shell which has four side wall portions arranged like a square frame. The second connector includes a second shell which has four side wall portions arranged like a square frame. In a state in which the first and second connectors are connected to each other, the second shell is fit inside the first shell. For a pair consisting of one arbitrarily selected side wall portion of the four side wall portions of the first shell and one side wall portion, corresponding to the one selected side wall portion, of the four side wall portions of the second shell, one side wall portions of the pair has a protruding portion which extends linearly along the one side wall portion, and the other side wall portion of the pair does not have the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Junji OOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20210167136
    Abstract: A sealing member containing conductive particles and disposed in a seal region is formed between a display panel and a touch panel. A laminated structure formed on the display panel includes a first detection lines. The first detection lines extend from the seal region to a connection region and are connected through the conductive particles to terminals of second detection lines formed on the touch panel. A peripheral edge of the organic barrier is located inward from the conductive particles of the sealing member. The above described structure can facilitate a work for connecting external lines such as FPC to the display panel and the touch panel. Further, the structure can secure stability of electrical connection between the external lines and the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuhide MIYAMOTO, Hajime AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210165266
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to supply a reference potential to a conductive film for shield formed on an outer major surface of the substrate without forming a voltage supply pad at the terminal area. An example of the concrete structure is: the liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, on which wirings and pixels are formed, a first polarizing film adhered to the first substrate, a second substrate opposing to the first substrate, and a second polarizing plate adhered to the second substrate, the second substrate and the second polarizing plate being mutually adhered by a conductive adhesive, a back light including a metal component, the back light and the liquid crystal display panel being fixed by a conductive resin formed on a side surface of the metal component and a side surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the conductive resin electrically connecting with the conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru NAKAKOMI, Takeshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20210162945
    Abstract: Provided is an air bag 1 for a passenger seat, which is inflated and deployed between the passenger seat and an instrument panel. The air bag 1 includes a main bag 2 and a left sub-bag 3 and a right sub-bag 4 connected to the left and right sides of the main bag 2. An extension portion 3A of the left sub-bag 3 expands so as to protrude further rearward than the main bag 2. The left sub-bag 3 communicates with the main bag 2 via communication ports 5 and 6 and the right sub-bag 4 communicates with the main bag 2 via a communication port 15. The communication ports 5 and 15 have substantially the same opening area and are in a substantially symmetrical positional relationship in a left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKEUCHI, Kazuya NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210167314
    Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix along a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other. A plurality of light-emitting layers overlap with the respective plurality of pixel electrodes. A plurality of carrier generation layers are separated from one another. Each of the plurality of carrier generation layers continuously overlap with two of the plurality of light-emitting layers. The two are next to each other in a direction oblique to both the first direction and the second direction. A common electrode is opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro USHIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210161211
    Abstract: A favor generation system includes: a power source unit (110) that includes a power source (10) that is electrically connected to or connectable to a load (121R) for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source, and a first controller (50); and a charging unit (200) that includes a second controller (250) and that is capable of charging the power source. The first controller and the second controller are configured to be capable of controlling a charging speed of the power source. In the control of the charging speed, a first object to be operated by the first controller is different from a second object to be operated by the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi AKAO, Takashi ODA, Takuma NAKANO, Hajime FUJITA
  • Patent number: D921591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Obata, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D921592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouhei Ueda
  • Patent number: D921832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironobu Arashima