Patents by Inventor Hiroya Morimoto

Hiroya Morimoto 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: 11886081
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell bonded to the first liquid crystal cell. Each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, one or more first spacers disposed inside the sealant and holding the gap, and a plurality of second spacers disposed in an effective area surrounded by the sealant and holding the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Junko Nagasawa, Hiroya Morimoto, Yuji Maede
  • Publication number: 20240019742
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a panel unit including a plurality of light adjustment panels stacked in a first direction. The light adjustment panels each include a first substrate, a second substrate overlapping the first substrate in a first direction, a first alignment film provided on the first substrate, a second alignment film provided on the second substrate and overlapping the first alignment film in the first direction, a liquid crystal layer filling a gap between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, a seal material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and on the outer side of the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a conductive member providing conduction between a first electrode provided on the first substrate and a second electrode provided on the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroya MORIMOTO, Shunpei TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240012276
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a panel unit having a rectangular pillar shape and including a plurality of light adjustment panels stacked in a first direction, each light adjustment panel having a polygonal shape and including a lower substrate and an upper substrate overlapping the lower substrate. The light adjustment panels each have a first side, a second side adjacent to the first side, and a first corner at which the first side intersects the second side, and when two light adjustment panels adjacent to each other in a first direction among the light adjustment panels are viewed in the first direction, the first corner of one of the light adjustment panels is positioned inside of an edge of the other light adjustment panel, and the first corner of the other light adjustment panel is positioned inside of an edge of the one light adjustment panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shunpei TAKEUCHI, Kohei YAMAGUCHI, Katsuichi IDE, Yukiya HIRABAYASHI, Osamu KAI, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Koichi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230384640
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells each including a light adjustment region that polarizes light emitted from a light source, the liquid crystal cells being stacked in a direction in which the light is emitted. The liquid crystal cells each include a first substrate in which a plurality of first metal wires are provided, and a second substrate in which a plurality of second metal wires are provided and that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer with the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro OCHIAI, Shunpei TAKEUCHI, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Takeo KOITO, Koichi NAGAO
  • Patent number: 11789303
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region, a peripheral region around the display region, a sealing portion provided in the peripheral region to seal a liquid crystal layer, and a liquid crystal supply portion provided at a part of the sealing portion and interconnecting an outside of the sealing portion and the display region. The peripheral region includes a first peripheral region which is provided between the display region and the sealing portion and from which an insulating film is removed and a second peripheral region which is provided between the display region and the sealing portion and in which the insulating film covering a circuit is formed. A light blocking film arranged so as to straddle the first and second peripheral regions and extending linearly in an extending direction of a boundary between the first and second peripheral regions is formed on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kitamura, Yoshihide Ohue, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroya Morimoto, Masato Kesho
  • Publication number: 20230213821
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell bonded to the first liquid crystal cell. Each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, one or more first spacers disposed inside the sealant and holding the gap, and a plurality of second spacers disposed in an effective area surrounded by the sealant and holding the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junko NAGASAWA, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Yuji MAEDE
  • Patent number: 11650463
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell bonded to the first liquid crystal cell. Each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, one or more first spacers disposed inside the sealant and holding the gap, and a plurality of second spacers disposed in an effective area surrounded by the sealant and holding the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Junko Nagasawa, Hiroya Morimoto, Yuji Maede
  • Patent number: 11614661
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region, a peripheral region around the display region, a sealing portion provided in the peripheral region to seal the liquid crystal layer, and a liquid crystal supply portion provided at a part of the sealing portion and interconnecting an outside of the sealing portion and the display region. The liquid crystal supply portion is provided along one side of the peripheral region. The peripheral region includes a first peripheral region located between the display region and the sealing portion. An insulating film is removed in the first peripheral region. In the first peripheral region, a plurality of second spacer members and a plurality of third spacer members to support the plurality of second spacer members are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kitamura, Yoshihide Ohue, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroya Morimoto, Masato Kesho
  • Publication number: 20220373838
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region, a peripheral region around the display region, a sealing portion provided in the peripheral region to seal a liquid crystal layer, and a liquid crystal supply portion provided at a part of the sealing portion and interconnecting an outside of the sealing portion and the display region. The peripheral region includes a first peripheral region which is provided between the display region and the sealing portion and from which an insulating film is removed and a second peripheral region which is provided between the display region and the sealing portion and in which the insulating film covering a circuit is formed. A light blocking film arranged so as to straddle the first and second peripheral regions and extending linearly in an extending direction of a boundary between the first and second peripheral regions is formed on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Koji KITAMURA, Yoshihide OHUE, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Masato KESHO
  • Publication number: 20220317498
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region, a peripheral region around the display region, a sealing portion provided in the peripheral region to seal the liquid crystal layer, and a liquid crystal supply portion provided at a part of the sealing portion and interconnecting an outside of the sealing portion and the display region. The liquid crystal supply portion is provided along one side of the peripheral region. The peripheral region includes a first peripheral region located between the display region and the sealing portion. An insulating film is removed in the first peripheral region. In the first peripheral region, a plurality of second spacer members and a plurality of third spacer members to support the plurality of second spacer members are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji KITAMURA, Yoshihide OHUE, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Masato KESHO
  • Publication number: 20220187647
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell bonded to the first liquid crystal cell. Each of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, one or more first spacers disposed inside the sealant and holding the gap, and a plurality of second spacers disposed in an effective area surrounded by the sealant and holding the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junko NAGASAWA, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Yuji MAEDE
  • Publication number: 20100227981
    Abstract: An epoxide-based composition comprising a combination of an epoxide and a curing agent, wherein the epoxide is selected from a phenyl glycidyl ether-based polyepoxide and the curing agent is a salt compound composed of a N-alkanol piperidine and a carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Chiba, Atteye Houssein Abdourazak, Hiroya Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20060173141
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a one-component type room temperature-curable composition having good storage stability, which comprises an epoxy resin and an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group. The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a polyepoxide having two or more oxirane rings in a molecule or a polyepoxide formed optionally by mixing, into the above-mentioned polyepoxide, monoepoxide having one oxirane ring per a molecule, a certain ketimine, and an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Yasuo Chiba, Hiroya Morimoto, Masahiro Yokomakura
  • Publication number: 20050010022
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition is provided which has a longer working time, the so-called pot-life, and is used as adhesives, sealing agents or paints. The composition comprises a polyepoxide compound (Component A) and a ketimine (Component B) derived from the condensation reaction of an amine having 2 or more primary amino groups directed bonded to a cyclohexane ring and an aliphatic ketone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuo Chiba, Hiroya Morimoto, Masahiro Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 4836917
    Abstract: A solid-liquid separating apparatus for obtaining a liquid component, for example, from a used solid-liquid mixture for reuse of the same, which includes a filtering member having a hollow cylindrical shape made of a hard porous material such as porous ceramics, sintered metal, layered metal net, sintered resin, unwoven cloth, and the like. The hard porous material is provided with continuous air holes and a device is provided for reducing the pressure in the inner hollow space of the filtering member during the rotation thereof. A scraper is provided for scraping a solid component remaining on the filtering surface of the filtering member after the liquid component is sucked into the inner space of the filtering member. The separating apparatus further includes a cutter for effectively removing the solid component and a device which allows reuse of the mixture with solid particles evenly distributed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Kanebo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Tomita, Eiichi Oishi, Hiroshi Miyaji, Hiroya Morimoto, Tetsuo Sekigawa, Kenichi Mitsuhashi