Patents by Inventor Hidetarou Tsuchiya

Hidetarou Tsuchiya 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).

  • Liquid crystal display apparatus in which a non-transmissive elastic member surrounding a display area is disposed between a viewer side light transmissive plate and the LCD
    Patent number: 5659376
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is constituted by: a housing; a liquid crystal panel comprising a liquid crystal disposed between a pair of substrates each provided with electrodes, the liquid crystal panel being affixed to the housing; and a backlight for illuminating the liquid crystal panel, detachably affixed to the housing. A light-transmissive plate, such as a diffusion plate, allowing transmission of light from the backlight is further disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight so as to define an almost closed first space in cooperation with the liquid crystal panel, whereby the first space retaina its almost closed state even when the backlight is detached from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Uehara, Hidetarou Tsuchiya, Hisao Tajima, Hiroyuki Yokomizo, Hiroshi Takabayashi, Shigeki Yabu, Toshiaki Itazawa, Mitsuo Iwayama, Yoshihiro Onitsuka, Yasushi Shioya