Patents by Inventor Katsumi Ichihara

Katsumi Ichihara 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: 8102349
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which sandwiches liquid crystal in the inside thereof sealed by a TFT substrate, a color filter substrate and a sealing portion, and a flexible printed circuit board which is mounted on the TFT substrate, wherein the TFT substrate has an area larger than the color filter substrate. A plurality of scanning lines extend in a lateral direction and are arranged parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, a plurality data signal lines extend in the longitudinal direction and are arranged parallel to each other in the lateral direction, and terminal portions corresponding to the scanning lines are formed on the TFT substrate, the terminal portion is arranged at a region that is not covered by the color filter substrate. The terminal portions and the scanning lines are connected by auxiliary lines and connection lines in order from the terminal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichirou Ashizawa, Katsumi Ichihara, Masafumi Hirata
  • Patent number: 7961282
    Abstract: An LCD device has a pair of substrates including orientation films on surfaces thereof which face opposing substrates. The substrate on which signal lines are formed, on a side thereof which is disposed between a region on which sealing material is arranged and a display region and along which the signal lines extend to the outside of the sealing material from the display region, includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and an insulation layer which is interposed therebetween. The insulation layer extends in the direction at least along an outer periphery of the display region, and includes groove portion having a recessed groove which opens on the orientation film side. The first conductive layer is covered on the surface of the recessed groove. The signal lines are formed in a state that the signal lines go around the recessed groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwato, Katsumi Ichihara, Masafumi Hirata, Nagatoshi Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 7800727
    Abstract: In a substrate of a liquid crystal display device which forms a bus line which three-dimensionally intersects scanning signal lines, video signal lines and an insulation layer thereon, the present invention facilitates repairs of short-circuiting between the respective signal lines and the bus line. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel which is constituted of a pair of substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. Out of the pair of substrates, one substrate includes a bus line which is arranged outside a display region and is electrically connected to a first conductive layer arranged inside the display region, and a plurality of signal lines which three-dimensionally intersect the bus line by way of an insulation layer. The bus line includes opening portions outside intersecting regions where the bus line is overlapped to the signal lines as viewed in a plan view. The opening portions are arranged on both sides of each intersecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwato, Katsumi Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20090033609
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique which can prevent the disconnection of lines in the vicinity of terminal portions formed on an end portion of a TFT substrate of a liquid crystal display panel. Terminal portions for supplying electric signals to scanning lines are formed on a TFT substrate. Auxiliary lines and connection lines are formed between the terminal portions and the scanning lines in order from the terminal portions. A line width of the auxiliary line is set to 20 ?m or more and the auxiliary lines extend to a region where the TFT substrate is covered with the color filter substrate. Although the connection lines connect the auxiliary lines and the scanning lines, for making the resistances from the terminal portions uniform, a line width of the connection line at a center portion of a flexible printed circuit board is set to a small value and a line width of the connection line at a peripheral portion of the flexible printed circuit board is set to a large value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Keiichirou ASHIZAWA, Katsumi Ichihara, Masafumi Hirata
  • Publication number: 20080018848
    Abstract: The present invention suppresses the spreading by wetting of an orientation film material in a liquid form toward a sealing agent applied region positioned on an outer periphery of a display region in forming an orientation film thus ensuring the uniformity of a film thickness in the display region. A pair of substrates includes orientation films on surfaces thereof which face opposing substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwato, Katsumi Ichihara, Masafumi Hirata, Nagatoshi Kurahashi
  • Publication number: 20070279355
    Abstract: The present invention enhances accuracy in feedbacking a common potential applied to common electricity supply lines. On a substrate of a display device, a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of video signal lines which stereoscopically intersects the plurality of scanning signal lines by way of an insulation layer, common electricity supply lines arranged in a matrix array which intersect the plurality of scanning signal lines and the plurality of video signal lines by way of the insulation layer, and a common bus line which is arranged around an approximately quadrangular display region to surround the display region annularly and is electrically connected with the common electricity supply lines are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Masafumi Hirata, Keiichirou Ashizawa, Yoshiki Watanabe, Hiroaki Iwato, Katsumi Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20070279563
    Abstract: In a substrate of a liquid crystal display device which forms a bus line which three-dimensionally intersects scanning signal lines, video signal lines and an insulation layer thereon, the present invention facilitates repairs of short-circuiting between the respective signal lines and the bus line. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel which is constituted of a pair of substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. Out of the pair of substrates, one substrate includes a bus line which is arranged outside a display region and is electrically connected to a first conductive layer arranged inside the display region, and a plurality of signal lines which three-dimensionally intersect the bus line by way of an insulation layer. The bus line includes opening portions outside intersecting regions where the bus line is overlapped to the signal lines as viewed in a plan view. The opening portions are arranged on both sides of each intersecting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwato, Katsumi Ichihara