Patents by Inventor Katsunori Murouchi

Katsunori Murouchi 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: 7291238
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided which includes bonding a pair of substrates to each other with a gap maintained therebetween and defining an intake between the substrates, injecting liquid crystal into a space between the substrates through the intake in an environment heated in comparison with room temperature, and sealing the intake by a sealant, with the environment kept heated from the injecting of the liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunori Murouchi, Masashi Tatsukawa
  • Publication number: 20040257521
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided which includes bonding a pair of substrates to each other with a gap maintained therebetween and defining an intake between the substrates, injecting liquid crystal into a space between the substrates through the intake in an environment heated in comparison with room temperature, and sealing the intake by a sealant, with the environment kept heated from the injecting of the liquid crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Katsunori Murouchi, Masashi Tatsukawa
  • Patent number: 6067144
    Abstract: A rigid liquid crystal display cell is provided with superior productivity and durability. The liquid crystal display cell includes upper and lower substrates, two kinds of spacers with different heights, and a liquid crystal layer held between a gap defined by the upper and lower substrates. The upper and lower substrates are sealed at the peripheral by sealant. The liquid crystal material is put into the gap through an injection inlet. The substrate are pushed by the pressure to discharge superfluous liquid crystal material from the cell. An end seal closes the inlet but the width of the end seal to be sucked is kept in a predetermined range when the pressure applied to the substrates is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Katsunori Murouchi
  • Patent number: 6036568
    Abstract: On the surface of an array substrate 60, a sealing material 64 is provided so as to surround a display region, and a plurality of spacers 66 are provided in the display region. The array substrate 60 and a counter substrate 62 are vacuum held to stages 20 and 18, respectively, so that the array substrate 60 and the counter substrate 62 face each other. In one of the stages, a recessed portion 26 facing the effective region of the counter substrate 62 is formed. By evacuating the recessed portion, the effective region of the counter substrate 62 is deflected so as to go away from the effective region of the array substrate 60. In this state, the peripheral portions of the array substrate 60 and the counter substrate 62 are panel aligned with each other via the sealing material 64. Subsequently, the counter substrate 62 is positioned with respect to the array substrate 60 by means of an X-Y-.theta. stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsunori Murouchi, Satoru Narioka, Tetsuya Nishino, Hirokazu Morimoto, Takaomi Tanaka, Tadashi Honda, Hiroshi Otaguro, Hironori Takabayashi, Toshitaka Nonaka