Patents by Inventor Fumihiko Sagawa

Fumihiko Sagawa 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: 6458236
    Abstract: An electrical part mounting apparatus includes a pressure measuring member for measuring the pressure of a pressure head, and a moving speed control member for controlling the moving speed of the pressure head. Accordingly, the electrical part mounting apparatus can freely change the pressure and the moving speed of the pressure head to desired values, and is suitable for connection between electrical parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Elctric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeshita, Manabu Kusano, Fumihiko Sagawa, Taizo Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6426763
    Abstract: In a light-guide plate for use in a liquid crystal display device, light enters a transmissive plate member from one end face thereof, is reflected and diffused inside the plate member, and emerges from one main surface of the plate member. A guide member is formed integrally with the main surface so as to guide a light-diffusing sheet member to be placed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumihiko Sagawa
  • Patent number: 6362860
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device in which the effect of cutting off an electromagnetic wave generated from a liquid crystal module and a backlight portion in a shield member is improved and in which it is possible to ground the drive control circuit. A liquid crystal display device includes a shield member which is made of an elastic metal and which includes a casing portion having an opening and a plate portion substantially closing the opening, wherein the casing portion has in the entire periphery surrounding the opening a plurality of spring fingers protruding elastically outward, wherein a liquid crystal module and a backlight portion for illuminating the screen of the liquid crystal module are arranged inside the shield member, and wherein a substrate of a drive control circuit for driving and controlling the liquid crystal module and the backlight portion is arranged outside the shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumihiko Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20010037855
    Abstract: An electrical part mounting apparatus includes a pressure measuring member for measuring the pressure of a pressure head, and a moving speed control member for controlling the moving speed of the pressure head. Accordingly, the electrical part mounting apparatus can freely change the pressure and the moving speed of the pressure head to desired values, and is suitable for connection between electrical parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: NAOKI TAKESHITA, MANABU KUSANO, FUMIHIKO SAGAWA, TAIZO NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 6040529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible substrate whose conductor patterns can be firmly connected to conductor patterns of a printed circuit board.Conductor patterns for connection (4) are formed on one side of a flexible substrate so as to be opposed to conductor patterns (2) provided on a printed circuit board (1), wherein recesses (4b) or/and protrusions (4c) are provided on either side end of each conductor pattern for connection (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeshita, Manabu Kusano, Fumihiko Sagawa, Taizo Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5555116
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display which can eliminate the nonuniformity of display contrast due to a difference in wiring resistance between electrode terminals of a liquid crystal panel. Two adjacent ones of the electrode terminals which are respectively connected to two adjacent ones of tape carriers are set substantially equal in length. Furthermore, two adjacent ones of the electrode terminals which are respectively connected to two of lead wires adjacent to each other with a lead pitch increased area interposed therebetween are set substantially equal in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Ishikawa, Takashi Date, Fumihiko Sagawa
  • Patent number: 5283677
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display in which an LCD is protected against the influence of static electricity or noise, and the color shading in the peripheral part of the display area of the LCD is suppressed. A ground terminal is provided in the area between the electrode terminals 5a and 5b of the LCD 1, the electrode terminals being adjacently positioned and connected to different flexible substrates 6 and 6. The ground terminal is electrically independent of the electrode terminal group 5's, and has a similar shape to that of the area between two electrode terminals. A ground pattern 13, which is independent of the lead pattern group 8's and connected to the ground terminal 12, is provided on each flexible substrate 6. The ground pattern 13 is grounded through a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Sagawa, Takehiro Ishikawa, Takao Tanaka