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).

  • Patent number: 8284328
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinki, Tsuyoshi Tamura, Hideaki Katoh, Nobuyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20120113328
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Mitsuru Takeshima, Hideaki Katoh, Akio Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20100296009
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinki, Tsuyoshi Tamura, Hideaki Katoh, Nobuyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20090021060
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishijima, Hideaki Katoh, Takahide Kirihara
  • Publication number: 20080246312
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki KATOH
  • Patent number: 5769522
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Kaneko, Hideaki Katoh, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 5655827
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Kaneko, Hideaki Katoh, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 5641225
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Teruo Hoshi
  • Patent number: 5420771
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Teruo Hoshi
  • Patent number: 5414599
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Kaneko, Hideaki Katoh, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 5186537
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko, Teruo Hoshi
  • Patent number: 5144539
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko, Toshiaki Sugimoto, Seiki Kitahara, Teruo Hoshi, Minoru Suzuki, Shuichi Satoh
  • Patent number: 5105345
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5101331
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Isamu Kaneko, Toshiaki Sugimoto, Seiki Kitahara, Teruo Hoshi, Minoru Suzuki, Shuichi Satoh
  • Patent number: 5038259
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Katoh, Nobuhisa Noguchi, Isamu Kaneko, Seiki Kitahara, Teruo Hoshi, Shuichi Satoh
  • Patent number: 5034809
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Palca, Inc.
    Inventor: Hideaki Katoh