Patents by Inventor Hideaki Katoh
Hideaki Katoh 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).
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Patent number: 8284328Abstract: A liquid crystal television includes a display module generating heat, a substrate having a mounting surface and being placed at an interval from the display module, a component group mounted on the mounting surface, and a housing storing the display module, the substrate, and the component group. The mounting surface includes a first surface extending opposite to the display module and a second surface placed at a rear side of the first surface. A component in the component group having the greatest height with respect to the mounting surface is mounted on the first surface of the first surface and the second surface. The housing is provided with a first air vent hole positioned below the substrate and a second air vent hole positioned above the substrate. An airflow circulating through the first air vent hole, space between the display module and the first surface, and the second air vent hole is created within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Shinki, Tsuyoshi Tamura, Hideaki Katoh, Nobuyuki Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20120113328Abstract: Disclosed are a mounting substrate for semiconductor light emitting elements, a backlight chassis containing the substrate, a display device and a television receiver. The substrate is easily manufactured and has a simple structure that allows good dissipation of heat from semiconductor light emitting elements, and can suppress temperature increases when mounted thereupon with a flip flop-type semiconductor light emitting element. A mounting substrate for semiconductor light emitting elements comprises a pair of electrode patterns that respectively connect the positive and negative electrodes of LED chips on an insulating substrate and wire patterns drawn between the electrode patterns. The pair of the electrode patterns have a larger surface area than the wire patterns. This allows heat from the LED chips to transfer favorably via the large electrode patterns to the insulating substrate. The mounting substrate is attached to a backlight chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Mitsuru Takeshima, Hideaki Katoh, Akio Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20100296009Abstract: A liquid crystal television (100) includes a display module (10) generating heat, a substrate (21) having a mounting surface (22) and being placed at an interval from the display module (10), a component group (26) mounted on the mounting surface (22), and a housing (11) storing the display module (10), the substrate (21), and the component group (26). The mounting surface (22) includes a first surface (22a) extending opposite to the display module (10) and a second surface (22b) placed at a rear side of the first surface (22a). A component (26A) in the component group (26) having the greatest height with respect to the mounting surface (22) is mounted on the first surface (22a) of the first surface (22a) and the second surface (22b). The housing (11) is provided with a first air vent hole (18) positioned below the substrate (21) and a second air vent hole (19) positioned above the substrate (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Shinki, Tsuyoshi Tamura, Hideaki Katoh, Nobuyuki Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20090021060Abstract: Projections capable of crushing a rear windowpane upon crash of a vehicle are arranged on a back of a stay embedded in a pad of a headrest. Thus, when the headrest strongly hits the rear windowpane upon crash of the vehicle, the rear windowpane is crushed by the projections in the form of metal pieces on upper rear portions of vertical stay portions of the stay, so that great impact is prevented from being applied on a head of an occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Ishijima, Hideaki Katoh, Takahide Kirihara
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Publication number: 20080246312Abstract: In a rear section structure of a vehicle, corners are defined by upstanding rear pillars at opposite ends of a back door opening and a lower back extending below the back door opening and extending laterally of the vehicle. A lower back inner part is extended to just below a rear pillar outer reinforcement to be joined to a lower portion of the rear pillar outer reinforcement. As a result, the corners can be reinforced without substantially increasing number of parts and assembling man-power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventor: Hideaki KATOH
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Patent number: 5769522Abstract: A surface light source device comprising at least one light source, a transparent panel, a diffusing panel and a reflecting surface. This surface light source device is configured so that brightness is enhanced in a direction perpendicular to the diffusing panel by disposing, on the side of a front surface of the transparent panel, a transparent sheet which has protrusions having a saw-tooth-like sectional shape formed on one surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Enplas CorporationInventors: Isamu Kaneko, Hideaki Katoh, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5655827Abstract: A surface light source device comprising at least one light source, a transparent panel, a diffusing panel and a reflecting surface. This surface light source device is configured so that brightness is enhanced in a direction perpendicular to the diffusing panel by disposing, on the side of a front surface of the transparent panel, a transparent sheet which has protrusions having a saw-tooth-like sectional shape formed on one surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Enplas CorporationInventors: Isamu Kaneko, Hideaki Katoh, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5641225Abstract: A thin illumination device providing uniform luminance distribution on the diffusing plate comprising a reflecting plate, linear light sources arranged in the vicinity of the reflecting plate and a diffusing plate arranged on the opposite side of the reflecting plate with regard to the light sources, section of the reflecting plate having a shape of continuous curves having different curvature.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Enplas CorporationInventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Teruo Hoshi
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Patent number: 5420771Abstract: A thin illumination device providing uniform luminance distribution on the diffusing plate comprising a reflecting plate, linear light sources arranged in the vicinity of the reflecting plate and a diffusing plate arranged on the opposite side of the reflecting plate with regard to the light sources, section of the reflecting plate having a shape of continuous curves having different curvature.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1993Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Teruo Hoshi
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Patent number: 5414599Abstract: A surface light source device comprising at least one light source, a transparent panel, a diffusing panel and a reflecting surface. This surface light source device is configured so that brightness is enhanced in a direction perpendicular to the diffusing panel by disposing, on the side of a front surface of the transparent panel, a transparent sheet which has protrusions having a saw-tooth-like sectional shape formed on one surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1992Date of Patent: May 9, 1995Assignee: Enplas CorporationInventors: Isamu Kaneko, Hideaki Katoh, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5186537Abstract: A thin illumination device providing uniform luminance distribution on the diffusing plate comprising a reflecting plate, linear light sources arranged in the vicinity of the reflecting plate and a diffusing plate arranged on the opposite side of the reflecting plate with regard to the light sources, section of the reflecting plate having a shape of continuous curves having different curvature.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1991Date of Patent: February 16, 1993Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko, Teruo Hoshi
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Patent number: 5144539Abstract: An illumination device having a reflecting plate, at least one linear light source arranged on a first side of the reflecting plate, a diffusing plate arranged on a second side of the reflecting plate, and a light quantity adjusting member formed integrally with the reflecting plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1991Date of Patent: September 1, 1992Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko, Toshiaki Sugimoto, Seiki Kitahara, Teruo Hoshi, Minoru Suzuki, Shuichi Satoh
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Patent number: 5105345Abstract: An illumination device comprising a reflecting plate, a single or a plural number of linear light source(s) arranged over said reflecting plate and a diffusing plate arranged over said light source(s), a light quantity adjusting means being arranged on the surface of the linear light source on between said light source(s) and said diffusing plate, and said illumination device being so adapted as to uniformalize luminance distribution on the diffusing plate by selecting shape and size of light-transmitting portions of the light quantity adjusting means.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1991Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko
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Patent number: 5101331Abstract: An illumination device comprising a reflecting plate, a single or a plural number of linear light source(s) arranged over said reflecting plate and a diffusing plate arranged over said light source(s), a light quantity adjusting means being arranged on the surface of the linear light source on between said light source(s) and said diffusing plate, and said illumination device being so adapted as to uniformalize luminance distribution on the diffusing plate by selecting shape and size of light-transmitting portions of the light quantity adjusting means.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1991Date of Patent: March 31, 1992Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko, Toshiaki Sugimoto, Seiki Kitahara, Teruo Hoshi, Minoru Suzuki, Shuichi Satoh
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Patent number: 5038259Abstract: An illumination device comprising a reflecting plate, a single or a plural number of linear light source(s) arranged over said reflecting plate and a diffusing plate arranged over said light source(s), a light quantity adjusting means being arranged on the surface of the linear light source on between said light source(s) and said diffusing plate, and said illumination device being so adapted as to uniformalize luminance distribution on the diffusing plate by selecting shape and size of light-transmitting portions of the light quantity adjusting means.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1988Date of Patent: August 6, 1991Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Isamu Kaneko, Seiki Kitahara, Teruo Hoshi, Shuichi Satoh
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Patent number: 5034809Abstract: A video display apparatus has a pair of displaying devices for displaying, by using television signals, images to be respectively viewed with left and right eyes; a pair of magnifying lenses for the left and right eyes; and a frame for supporting the displays and the magnifying lenses so that left and right virtual images formed by the magnifying lens, when images on the screens of the displays are viewed with the left and right eyes, coincide with each other. This video display apparatus enables stereoscopic vision by displaying video images on the displays on the basis of the principle of binocular parallax. half mirrors may be disposed between the magnifying lens and the eyes to enable images on the displays or the outside scenery to be selectively viewed. A shutter may also be provided between the half mirrors and the outside scenery to facilitate viewing of the displayed image.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1989Date of Patent: July 23, 1991Assignee: Palca, Inc.Inventor: Hideaki Katoh