Patents by Inventor Daisaku Kiguchi

Daisaku Kiguchi 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: 9445039
    Abstract: There has been a need for a technology for effectively realizing a narrow frame in a flat-screen display device including a speaker. A liquid crystal television is provided with SP bosses (30) for attaching a speaker unit (50) to a bottom cover (20) which also serves as an appearance part. In addition, the speaker unit (50) is arranged onto a backlight chassis (12) (rear side). By arranging the speaker unit (50) and anchoring with a screw (81) so as to cause fixation holes of SP fixation portions (53) and holes of the SP bosses (30) to coincide, the speaker unit (50) is fixed to the bottom cover (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Suzuki, Daisaku Kiguchi, Harutaka Uno, Ryuji Hanao
  • Publication number: 20160006973
    Abstract: There has been a need for a technology for effectively realizing a narrow frame in a flat-screen display device including a speaker. A liquid crystal television is provided with SP bosses (30) for attaching a speaker unit (50) to a bottom cover (20) which also serves as an appearance part. In addition, the speaker unit (50) is arranged onto a backlight chassis (12) (rear side). By arranging the speaker unit (50) and anchoring with a screw (81) so as to cause fixation holes of SP fixation portions (53) and holes of the SP bosses (30) to coincide, the speaker unit (50) is fixed to the bottom cover (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei SUZUKI, Daisaku KIGUCHI, Harutaka UNO, Ryuji HANAO
  • Publication number: 20150260908
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus in which an optical member is precisely positioned and fixed to a backlight chassis without an additional work such as a molding process or screwing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisaku Kiguchi
  • Patent number: 8897018
    Abstract: Provided is a display device in which a panel module can be fixed to a front cabinet without using screws, and when performing maintenance, the panel module can be easily removed from the front cabinet. The display device including a panel module having a display surface on the front side thereof, a front cabinet surrounding a peripheral edge part of the panel module, and a back cabinet covering a back side of the panel module includes a flexible hook part protruded toward the back cabinet from the inner surface of the front cabinet, and an L-shaped fixing member which has an L shape and includes a latch plate having a hole part in which the flexible hook part is latched and a contact plate which contacts with a back surface of the panel module so as to fix the front cabinet to the panel module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Suwa, Daisaku Kiguchi, Takeshi Nishii, Junichi Takeuchi, Yuhsuke Ebata, Hitoshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20130235277
    Abstract: Provided is a display device in which a panel module can be fixed to a front cabinet without using screws, and when performing maintenance, the panel module can be easily removed from the front cabinet. The display device including a panel module having a display surface on the front side thereof, a front cabinet surrounding a peripheral edge part of the panel module, and a back cabinet covering a back side of the panel module includes a flexible hook part protruded toward the back cabinet from the inner surface of the front cabinet, and an L-shaped fixing member which has an L shape and includes a latch plate having a hole part in which the flexible hook part is latched and a contact plate which contacts with a back surface of the panel module so as to fix the front cabinet to the panel module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Suwa, Daisaku Kiguchi, Takeshi Nishii, Junichi Takeuchi, Yuhsuke Ebata, Hitoshi Hasegawa