Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kunieda

Hideaki Kunieda 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: 11717920
    Abstract: A first resin member including a first contact surface and formed of laser beam-transmissive resin and a second resin member including a second contact surface, which contacts the first contact surface, and formed of laser beam-absorbing resin are arranged one upon the other. A laser welding apparatus includes a clamping unit abutting the second resin member and applying clamping force to the second resin member, a laser emitter emitting laser beam, a laser controller controlling output of the laser beam, a displacement sensor measuring displacement of the second contact surface in stacking direction of the resin members, and a control unit controlling the clamping unit to adjust the clamping force corresponding to displacement amount of the second contact surface continuously or intermittently obtained from the displacement sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., HIROSHIMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Inoue, Yuji Kaede, Shu Kumamoto, Hideaki Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20220080537
    Abstract: A first resin member including a first contact surface and formed of laser beam-transmissive resin and a second resin member including a second contact surface, which contacts the first contact surface, and formed of laser beam-absorbing resin are arranged one upon the other. A laser welding apparatus includes a clamping unit abutting the second resin member and applying clamping force to the second resin member, a laser emitter emitting laser beam, a laser controller controlling output of the laser beam, a displacement sensor measuring displacement of the second contact surface in stacking direction of the resin members, and a control unit controlling the clamping unit to adjust the clamping force corresponding to displacement amount of the second contact surface continuously or intermittently obtained from the displacement sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Hiroshima Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke INOUE, Yuji KAEDE, Shu KUMAMOTO, Hideaki KUNIEDA
  • Patent number: 8035792
    Abstract: One embodiment, among others, of an LCD panel includes an array substrate, a CF substrate facing the array substrate and offset by a cell gap from the array substrate, a plurality of spacers positioned on the array substrate or the CF substrate for maintaining the cell gap and supporting the array substrate and the CF substrate, and liquid crystal molecules sealed between the array substrate and the CF substrate. The spacers have different coefficients of elasticity per unit area. Other embodiments are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Yamashita, Hideaki Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20060181668
    Abstract: One embodiment, among others, of an LCD panel includes an array substrate, a CF substrate facing the array substrate and offset by a cell gap from the array substrate, a plurality of spacers positioned on the array substrate or the CF substrate for maintaining the cell gap and supporting the array substrate and the CF substrate, and liquid crystal molecules sealed between the array substrate and the CF substrate. The spacers have different coefficients of elasticity per unit area. Other embodiments are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Hidefumi Yamashita, Hideaki Kunieda